Joe Jacobs (speedway rider)

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Joe Jacobs
Born (1993-08-14) 14 August 1993 (age 29)
Ipswich, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2010 Rye House Cobras
2013 Coventry Storm
2013 Glasgow Tigers
2014 Peterborough Panthers
2014 Wolverhampton Wolves
2014 Workington Comets
2016 Belle Vue Aces
2016 Ipswich Witches
2016 Isle of Wight Islanders
2017 Berwick Bandits
Team honours
2011, 2012 National League Knockout Cup
2012 National League Fours
2012National League
2012, 2014National League Trophy

Joseph Louis Jacobs (born 14 August 1993) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1]

Career

Born in Ipswich, Jacobs began riding motorcycles at the age of four, and took up speedway as a junior, riding for Rye House in the Academy League in 2008, finishing as runner up in the British Under-15 Championship that year. [2] He made his senior debut in 2009 with Mildenhall Fen Tigers in the National League, moving to Rye House Cobras in 2010 after the Fen Tigers closed early in the season. [2] That year he finished as runner up (to Brendan Johnson) in the British Under-18 Championship. [2]

He returned to the Fen Tigers in 2011 and was part of the Mildenhall team that won the National League Fours, held on 26 August 2012 at Loomer Road Stadium. [3]

He signed for the newly formed Coventry Storm in 2013. [4]

He also rode in the Premier League in 2013 for Glasgow Tigers. [4] In 2014, he rode in all three British Leagues, riding for Mildenhall Fen Tigers (NL), Peterborough Panthers then Workington Comets (PL), and Wolverhampton Wolves (Elite League). [5]

Joe took a year out of the sport in 2015 but returned in 2016 after being offered an Elite League place with Belle Vue Aces. Following a successful 28-day contract with National League Isle of Wight Islanders as injury cover Joe was signed by Premier League Ipswich Witches in June 2016.

After failing to secure team places for 2017 (although he had a short-term contract mid-season with Berwick Bandits) and 2018, he announced his retirement from the sport in January 2018. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 26 March 2014
  3. ↑ "2012 Cradley results". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 Carpenter, Steve (2012) "Joe Jacobs set to lead Bees National League side Archived 26 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine ", Coventry Observer , 18 December 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2014
  5. ↑ "Elite League speedway: Wolves maul Birmingham Brummies in season opener", Sky Sports, 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014
  6. ↑ "Joe Jacobs Announces Retirement", worldspeedway.com, 7 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018
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