Adam Roynon

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Adam Roynon
Born (1988-08-30) 30 August 1988 (age 35)
Barrow, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
Great Britain
2003 Swindon
2003 Armadale
2004, 2021 Newcastle
2004–2005 Mildenhall
2005 Boston
2005–2006 Glasgow
2006–2007 Rye House
2006 Buxton
2007, 2014, 2017–2018 Plymouth
2008 Birmingham
2010, 2012, 2016–2017 Workington
2010 Stoke
2010–2011 King's Lynn
2011–2012 Dudley
2011, 2015, 2022 Redcar
2012–2013, 2016 Coventry
2013 Leicester
2013–2014 Sheffield
2014–2015 Peterborough
2022 Scunthorpe
2023 Poole
Poland
2008 Ostrów
Individual honours
2006 Conference Riders Champion
Team honours
2007 Premier League Champion
2004 Conference League Champion
2004 Conference Trophy Winner
2004 Conference League KO Cup
2012 Premier League Pairs
2011 National League Fours

Adam Wayne Roynon (born 30 August 1988, in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria) [1] is a British motorcycle speedway rider. [2] He earned one international cap for the Great Britain national speedway team. [3]

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Career

In 2004, Roynon won three trophies in the Conference League season with Mildenhall Fen Tigers, winning the League Championship, the Conference Trophy and the Knockout Cup.

In 2006, he won the Riders' Championship, held on 9 September at Rye House Stadium. [4]

He won the Premier League Championship with the Rye House Rockets in 2007 and finished 3rd in the Indoor speedway event at Brighton. Roynon was contracted to Elite League team the Coventry Bees, but declined a team place there for 2008. [5]

On 6 March 2009, Roynon crashed while practising with the Great Britain squad at the Norfolk Arena, King's Lynn and suffered a blood clot to his brain and a broken neck (C2 vertebra). His survival chances were initially assessed as 50/50, [6] but his recovery "amazed" doctors who allowed him to leave hospital eleven days later wearing a halo brace. [7] On 30 April 2009 his father announced that halo brace/hyperbaric therapy had been unsuccessful and Roynon would require surgery to stabilise his broken neck, further delaying his return to riding. [8]

He returned in 2010 with Workington Comets but another injury cut short his time there. [9] He rode for Stoke Potters later that season, but suffered a broken ankle. After recovering, he was signed by King's Lynn Stars to replace Joe Haines. [9] In 2011, he was loaned out to Redcar Bears, also riding for Dudley Heathens in the National League, but a broken femur in April saw him again out of action until July. [9] However, after his comeback he was part of the Dudley team that won the National League Fours, held on 30 July 2011 at Loomer Road Stadium. [10]

He signed to ride for Workington Comets and Dudley Heathens in 2012. In 2012, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering René Bach for Workington, during the 2012 Premier League speedway season. [11] However, he broke his leg in the National League playoff final. He signed for Leicester Lions for the 2013 Premier League season and doubled-up in the Elite League with Coventry Bees. He suffered serious concussion in crash in his first match of the season for Coventry, leading to another enforced break from racing. After returning from injury he signed for Sheffield Tigers and in July was reinstated to the Coventry team. [12]

In 2022, he rode for the Scunthorpe Scorpions and Redcar Bears in the SGB Championship 2022 and Plymouth Centurions during the 2022 National Development League speedway season. [13] The following season he signed for Poole Pirates for the SGB Premiership 2023. [14]

Family

His father, Chris Roynon, was a speedway rider and promoter for the Barrow Blackhawks.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN   0-948882-81-6
  2. ↑ "Adam Wayne Roynon Wielka Brytania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Adam Roynon joins The SWTR Centurions". Plymouth Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Horror crash Bees rider out of coma". Coventry Telegraph. 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  7. ↑ "Workington rider Roynon home after amazing recovery". News & Star. 2009. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
  8. ↑ "BIKE ACE SUFFERS INJURY SETBACK". North West Evening Mail. 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-27
  10. ↑ "2011". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Adam Roynon profile". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Roynon Back for Bees", speedwaygb.co, 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013
  13. ↑ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Roynon competes Pirates". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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