Cory Gathercole

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Cory Gathercole
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Born (1986-12-02) 2 December 1986 (age 36)
Irymple, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Career history
Great Britain
2007-2008 Isle of Wight Islanders
2007-2011, 2013 Swindon Robins
2009-2011 Somerset Rebels
2012-2013 Plymouth Devils
Poland
2009 Polonia Piła
2011 Ostrów
Individual honours
2007 WA State Champion
2007 Victorian State Champion
2012 SA State Champion
Team honours
2007 Premier League Fours Champion

Cory James Gathercole (born 2 December 1986 in Irymple, Victoria) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

Gathercole first came to British speedway when he joined the Swindon Robins squad in the Elite League for the 2007 Elite League speedway season [4] [5] and the Isle of Wight Islanders for the 2007 Premier League speedway season. He was part of the Isle of Wight four who won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 8 July 2007, at the East of England Arena. [6]

He later rode for Somerset Rebels before joining the Plymouth Devils in the British Premier League.

Has represented Australia at Under-23 level.

World Longtrack Championship

Qualifying Round

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References

  1. ↑ "Cory Gathercole". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Gathercole, Cory". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Bamford, Robert (2008). Methanol Press Speedway Yearbook 2008. Methanol Press. ISBN   978-0-9553103-5-5.
  5. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "2007 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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