Jason Doyle

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Jason Doyle
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Born (1985-10-06) 6 October 1985 (age 38)
Newcastle, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Career history
Great Britain
2005–2006 Isle of Wight Islanders
2006–2007, 2010–2011 Poole Pirates
2008, 2012–2013, 2018 Somerset Rebels
2011 Newport Wasps
2011 Rye House Rockets
2012, 2016–2017, 2019 Swindon Robins
2013 Birmingham Brummies
2014–2015 Leicester Lions
2022–2024 Ipswich Witches
Poland:
2008, 2013 Rawicz
2009–2010 Gniezno
2011 Piła
2014 Łódź
2015, 2018–2019 Toruń
2016–2017 Zielona Góra
2020 Częstochowa
2021–2022 Leszno
2023 Krosno
2024 Grudziadz
Sweden:
2009 Masarna
2014 Vargarna
2015, 2021 Dackarna
2016–2019 Rospiggarna
2022–2023 Indianerna
Denmark
2012–2013 Fjelsted
2014–2015, 2024 Region Varde
2016 Grindsted
2019 Esbjerg
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
SGP Number69
Starts53
Podiums16 (6-6-4)
Finalist23 time
Winner6 times
Individual honours
2017 World Champion
2015 Australian Champion
2015 South Australian Champion
2015, 2018 UK League Riders Champion
2014 Golden Helmet of Pardubice (CZE)
Team honours
2022 2022 Speedway of Nations
2008 Premier League KO Cup
2010, 2023 Elite League/Premiership KO Cup
2012Premier League Cup
2013 Premier League Pairs
2013 Premier League
2016 Swedish Elitserien Champion
2017, 2019 SGB Premiership
2022 Premiership Pairs winners

Jason Kevin Doyle (born 6 October 1985) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. [1] He became World Champion in 2017 after winning the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix. [2]

Contents

Doyle is a member of the Australia national speedway team and represented his country in the Speedway World Cup and was a part of the Australian team that won the 2022 Speedway of Nations.

Career

UK and Europe

Doyle riding for his first UK club, the Isle of Wight Islanders Speedway Hull Vikings vs Isle of Wight Islanders May 2005, Jason Doyle of the Islanders.png
Doyle riding for his first UK club, the Isle of Wight Islanders

Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Doyle made his British speedway debut in March 2005 for Premier League team the Isle of Wight Islanders. In 2006, Doyle remained with the Isle of Wight and signed for the Poole Pirates as their number 8 before moving up to the Elite League full-time with Poole in 2007. He moved to Premier League team the Somerset Rebels in 2008 after failing to secure a team place at Poole, although he still remained a Poole asset. [3] During the 2008 season Doyle finished as runner up in the Premier League Pairs Championship with Emil Kramer and represented Australia at Under-23 Test level. He also won the Premier League Knockout Cup with Somerset. [4]

Doyle missed the 2009 season after tearing the rotator cuff in his shoulder, but returned in 2010 for the Poole Pirates. In 2012 Doyle led the Rebels to League Cup victory and the team narrowly missed on winning the Premier League; He was voted Rider of the Year by the club's supporters. [5]

In the 2013 season Doyle signed for the Birmingham Brummies, who reached the Elite League play-off final, losing to Poole Pirates. He also led the Somerset Rebels to the Premier League title [6] and the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Josh Grajczonek, during the 2013 Premier League speedway season. [7]

In December 2013 he signed for Leicester Lions for the 2014 season. Doyle fell foul of work permit rules and was initially denied a visa that would allow him to ride in the UK in 2014; [8] The situation was resolved before the start of the 2014 season although he was only permitted to ride in one league, so was released by Somerset. [9] [10] He stayed with Lions in 2015 before returning to parent club Swindon Robins for 2016.

In 2013, Doyle won the Master of Speedway title in Bockhorn, Germany. Doyle has also raced in Poland and Sweden. In Sweden Doyle moved from Vastervik to Dackarna while in Poland he has left Lodz to join Torun. In 2015, he was the UK League Riders' Championship winner, a feat he repeated in 2018. [11] [12]

Doyle returned to Swindon Robins for the 2019 season, going on to win the SGB Premiership and KO Cup. [13] [14] In 2022, he signed for the Ipswich Witches for the SGB Premiership 2022 season and won the Premiership pairs and was the stand out rider in the league, finishing top of the league averages. [15]

He remained with Ipswich for the SGB Premiership 2023, where he helped the club win the KO Cup [16] and re-signed for the SGB Premiership 2024 season. [17]

Australia

Doyle narrowly missed winning his first Australian Championship when he finished only 2 points behind Chris Holder over the three rounds of the 2014 Championship. In the "A" Final of the last round at the Gillman Speedway in Adelaide, Doyle fell and was excluded from the re-run and with Holder finishing second he was able to win his 5th national crown. Going into the round Doyle and Holder had been tied on 38 points after the first two rounds with Doyle winning the opening round in Kurri Kurri and Holder the second round at Undera Park.

On 28 December 2014 Doyle won the 2014/15 South Australian Championship at Gillman defeating Rohan Tungate, Justin Sedgmen and Dakota North in the final. Doyle became the first rider from NSW to win the SA title since Aub Lawson won the 3-Lap Championship in 1949. [18] Doyle's win also makes it 8 SA Championships in succession not won by a South Australian rider.

On 10 January 2015 Doyle won the final round of the 2015 Australian Individual Speedway Championship at Kurri Kurri, to become Australian Champion. [19]

International

Doyle has represented the Australian team at the Speedway World Cup, finishing 3rd with the team in 2013 in the Czech Republic and again in 2014 in Poland. Many judges believed he came of age in the 2014 Final at the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, winning four of his six rides (including a win over reigning World Champion Tai Woffinden) and being the second highest scorer on the night with 13 behind Denmark's triple World Champion Nicki Pedersen who scored 17.

With his second Place at the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix Challenge on 20 September in Lonigo, Italy, Doyle qualified for the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix World Championship Series, joining Australian teammates Chris Holder (the 2012 World Champion) and Wild Card rider Troy Batchelor in the Speedway Grand Prix. Doyle had a mixed year in 2015, finishing the series in 5th spot with a best finish of 2nd at the penultimate round in Toruń. He finished off the year qualifying for the final at home in Australia, but a crash in the first turn with American Greg Hancock resulted in a short stay in hospital after suffering neck and chest injuries.

On 25 June 2016, Doyle won his first ever SGP when he took out the Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic at the Markéta Stadium in Prague. [20] After finishing in 6th place in the next round in Britain he returned to the podium with second in Sweden before winning the next three Grand Prix in Gorzów, Germany and Stockholm to sit at the top of the world championship, 5 points ahead of three-time champion Greg Hancock after 9 of the 11 rounds. [21] Doyle's 3 SGP wins in a row was the first time a rider had taken a hat-trick since fellow Aussie Jason Crump had won 3 in a row on his way to winning the 2006 championship, but a crash in his first ride at the Toruń round in which he dislocated his shoulder and broke his elbow put paid to his 2016 championship hopes. He would bounce back however in 2017, going on to clinch the world title after dominating the Speedway Grand Prix series, despite riding with a broken foot for much of the season, winning the Czech Republic and Australian rounds. [22] He clinched the title in style in Australia, dropping only 2 points all night on his way to winning the meeting in front of his home fans.

Doyle finished in 10th place during the 2022 Speedway World Championship, after securing 83 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix. However, the highlight of his season was winning the 2022 Speedway of Nations for Australia with Jack Holder and Max Fricke. [23] [24] He was later selected as a full time rider for the 2023 Speedway Grand Prix. [25] In 2023, he was part of the Australian team that finished fourth in the 2023 Speedway World Cup final. [26]

Major results

World individual Championship

World Team Championship

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References

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  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Doyle:I'm no Zorro". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  4. ↑ "Rebels party on after cup triumph". Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News. 2008. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  5. ↑ "Jason Doyle named Somerset Rebels Rider of the Year", Bridgwater Mercury, 7 November 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  6. ↑ "Hunter duo create speedway history", Maitland Mercury , 1 November 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  7. ↑ "Somerset Rebels win Premier League pairs championship". Burnham on Sea. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Speedway: Leicester's Jason Doyle denied a work permit", Daily Star , 27 January 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  9. ↑ "Speedway: Somerset Rebels without Jason Doyle for 2014", BBC, 5 February 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  10. ↑ "Speedway: Leicester Lions rider Jason Doyle finally granted visa approval", Leicester Mercury , 22 March 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014
  11. ↑ "Elite League Riders' Championship". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "SPEEDWAY LIVE: Elite League Riders Championship". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Jason Doyle announces his return to Robins". 11 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Result: Thursday October 17", speedwaygb.co.uk, 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019
  15. ↑ "Witches win Premiership Pairs". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "Doyle back for Witches". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  17. ↑ "Doyle returns to Witches". British Speedway. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  18. ↑ Doyle Wins SA Solo Title
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  20. ↑ "Czech Republic Grand Prix Result". SGP.
  21. ↑ Speedway Grand Prix
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