Andrew Silver (speedway rider)

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Andrew Silver
Born(1967-01-13)13 January 1967
London, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
Great Britain
1983–1985, 2009 Rye House Rockets
1984 Oxford Cheetahs
1984 Poole Pirates
1984 Wolverhampton Wolves
1985–1986 Cradley Heathens
1986–1987 Arena Essex Hammers
1988–1991 Swindon Robins
1992–1993 Eastbourne Eagles
Sweden
1990 Smederna
Individual honours
1987 National League Riders Championship

Andrew George Silver (born 13 January 1967) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned 22 international caps for the England national speedway team. [1]

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Family

His father is former rider and speedway promoter Len Silver. [2]

Career

Silver took his first rides in 1983 at father Len's Rye House circuit, making rapid progress from reserve to heat leader in three years. When Len, decided to sell his interest in the Rockets, Andrew was widely expected to make the move into top flight British League racing - so it was a shock when he moved across to the Arena Essex Hammers for a reported £9,000.[ citation needed ]

He was capped by England at senior level, qualified for successive British Finals from 1986 to 1989, with a best place finish of seventh. He also recorded an average of 10.66 during the 1987 National League season for Arena Essex. [3]

Silver also enjoyed individual success during his tenure with the Hammers, winning the National League Riders' Championship in 1987, held on 12 September at Brandon Stadium, [4] to add to the Grand Slam title he won earlier that year at Oxford.

In 1988, Andrew moved into top flight racing, signing for British League Swindon. [5] His career stuttered from this point on and despite four seasons in Robins' colours he failed to live up to expectations. He moved to Eastbourne in 1992 and was joined by his father in 1993 before retiring at the start of the 1994 season. [6] [7] He retired from speedway early to take up a post in his father's ski holiday company.[ citation needed ]

After a long break from the sport, Silver made a successful comeback as a member of the 2009 Rye House Rockets team in the Premier League and scored a six-ride maximum for the Rockets in their victory over Stoke on 2 September 2009. At the end of the 2009 season, Silver retired once again. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. ISBN   0-948882-00-X
  3. ↑ "Andrew Silver". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Nigel makes up for NLRC second" . Staffordshire Sentinel. 14 September 1987. Retrieved 21 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 1 2 "Andrew Silver". Speedway Bikes. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Silvers leave" . Halifax Evening Courier. 1 April 1994. Retrieved 6 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Eagles land six of England's best" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 7 March 1994. Retrieved 7 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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