Joe Haines (speedway rider)

Joe Haines

Haines riding for Scunthorpe in 2007
Born	(1991-09-04) 4 September 1991 (age 31) Bolton, England
Nationality	British (English)
Career history
2007	Scunthorpe Scorpions
2008	Workington Comets
2008	Boston Barracudas
2009	Rye House Rockets
2009-2011	Wolverhampton Wolves
2010	King's Lynn Stars
2011	Scunthorpe Scorpions
2011	Somerset Rebels
2012-2013	Sheffield Tigers
Individual honours
2006	British Under 15 Champion
2010, 2012	British Under 21 Champion
Team honours
2008	Premier League Four-Team Champion
2008	Young Shield winner
2007	Conference League Champion
2007	Conference League KO Cup Winner
2007	Conference Trophy Winners

Joseph Keir M. Haines (born 4 September 1991) ^[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Career history

Born in Bolton, England, Haines started his speedway career in 2006 with the Cleveland Bears and then joined the Scunthorpe Scorpions in 2007 in the Conference League winning the League Championship, the Knockout Cup and the Conference Trophy in his first full season. ^[5]

Wolverhampton Wolves signed Haines just after his sixteenth birthday ^[6] and immediately loaned him to the Workington Comets for the 2008 season. He also rode for the Boston Barracudas in the Conference League in 2008. He was part of the Workington four who won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 26 July 2008, at Derwent Park. ^[7]

He started the 2009 season as the number eight for Wolverhampton and rode for Rye House Rockets in the Premier League. A serious injury halted his season mid way but he returned to the saddle in September and continued to improve.

In 2010, he rode for King's Lynn Stars in the Premier League while also doubling up with parent club, Wolverhampton in the Elite League. He became the 2010 British Under 21 Champion in April. While riding in Australia during December 2010 he crashed in a race and suffered serious injury, which included a broken shoulder and ribs, a punctured lung, and vertebrae damage. ^[8]

He went on to ride for Sheffield Tigers in the Premier League before retiring in 2013 aged just 22.

References

1. Bamford, Robert (1 March 2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN   0-7524-4250-3.
2. "Comets land kid Joe". News and Star. 19 November 2007. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
3. "Joe Haines". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
4. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
5. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
6. "Wolves nab kid Haines". Daily Mirror. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
7. "2008 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
8. "Speedway star fights for his life after crash". Bolton News. Retrieved 11 February 2023.