Adam Shields

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Adam Shields
Born8 February 1977 (1977-02-08) (age 47)
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
2000–2003 Isle of Wight Islanders
2000, 2002 King's Lynn Stars
2001–2002 Coventry Bees
2001–2002 Poole Pirates
2001–2006, 2013 Eastbourne Eagles
2007–2011 Lakeside Hammers
2012 Belle Vue Aces
Individual honours
2002 Premier League Riders' champion
Team honours
2002 Pairs Championship winner

Adam Matthew Shields (born 8 February 1977 in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, [1] is an Australian former international motorcycle speedway rider, who has ridden for multiple teams in the British speedway. [1] [2]

Speedway career

He first rode in the United Kingdom for Premier League team the Isle of Wight Islanders in 2000, [3] before stepping up to the Elite League for Eastbourne Eagles and then the Lakeside Hammers in 2007. He missed the end of the 2008 season due a number of injuries sustained during a race. [4] [5]

Adam has appeared in the Speedway World Cup for Australia and he won the Australian Under-21 Speedway Championship in 1997.

In 2002, he won the Premier League Riders Championship, during the 2002 Premier League speedway season. [6] [5] He also won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Danny Bird for the Isle of Wight. [7]

On 5 May 2012, Shields announced his retirement from the sport, citing personal reasons, [8] but returned in 2013 with Eastbourne for one final season.

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References

  1. 1 2 "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "A struggle, but it's all Wight on the night" . Berwick Advertiser. 27 July 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Hammers rocked by Shields injury
  5. 1 2 "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "2002 speedway season". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "2002 Premier League Pairs at Workington". YouTube. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Shields quits". Sky Sports. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
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