James Sarjeant

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James Sarjeant
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Born (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 30)
Sheffield, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
2009 Scunthorpe Saints
2010 Dudley Heathens
2010 Bournemouth Buccaneers
2011 Stoke Potters
2012 Rye House Raiders
2013–2016 Coventry Storm/Bees
2013, 2018 Leicester Lions
2015, 2018–2019 Glasgow Tigers
2017, 2019 Ipswich Witches
2017 Workington Comets
2019–2020, 2022 Edinburgh Monarchs
2021 Redcar Bears
Individual honours
2014, 2015 New Zealand Solo Champion

James Sarjeant (born 16 November 1993) is a former speedway rider from England. [1]

Career

Sarjeant took up speedway at the age of nine on 80cc bikes, progressing to 500cc bikes by the age of eleven, and was the Sheffield Tigers mascot as a child. [2] [3] He signed as a Coventry Bees asset in 2009 and the same season made his National League debut for Scunthorpe Saints. [2] He signed for Dudley Heathens in 2010, but lost his place mid-season to Micky Dyer; He subsequently joined Bournemouth Buccaneers but injury restricted him to four appearances for the team. [2] In 2011 he joined Stoke Potters and by the end of the season his Greensheet Average had risen to 6.30. [4] He made his debut for the Great Britain Under-21 side that year against the United States. [5] He rode for Rye House Raiders in 2012, finishing the season as the team's second highest averaged rider (behind Jason Garrity) on 7.87. In 2013 he signed for his parent club's National League team, Coventry Storm, and after impressing in guest rides for several teams at Premier League level was signed by Leicester Lions in July, replacing his Storm team mate Robert Branford. [6] [7] [8] He was picked by Elite League Coventry Bees in the reserve draft for their 2014 team and continued with Coventry Storm as team captain in the National League. [9]

Sarjeant won the New Zealand Solo Championship in January 2015. [10]

In 2021, he rode for Redcar Bears in the SGB Championship 2021 and in 2022, he rode for the Edinburgh Monarchs in the SGB Championship 2022. [11] He announced his retirement after the 2022 season saying "it was time to go" after a run of injuries. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  3. ↑ "Speedway: Sarjeant ready to fulfil potential", Thisisstaffordhsire.co.uk, 24 February 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  4. ↑ "Speedway: Sarjeant now under Potters' orders", Thisisstaffordshire.co.uk, 23 February 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  5. ↑ "Two Stoke Potters riders in the Great Britain Under-21 speedway squad", staffslive.co.uk, 11 October 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  6. ↑ "James Sarjeant to get his chance at Coventry Bees Archived 15 April 2014 at archive.today ", Coventry Observer , 6 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  7. ↑ "Speedway: Lasse Bjerre takes over as Leicester Lions No.1", Leicester Mercury , 3 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  8. ↑ Rowe, David (2013) "James Debut", Speedway Star, 10 August 2013, pp. 16-17
  9. ↑ Rowe, David (2014) "Heathens in ominous form ahead of National League Grand Final against Coventry Storm", Coventry Telegraph , 27 October 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014
  10. ↑ "Brytyjczyk mistrzem Nowej Zelandii", nicesport.pl, 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015
  11. ↑ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Time to walk away says Sarjeant". Speedway Star. 22 October 2022. p. 9.
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