Jordan Jenkins (speedway rider)

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Jordan Jenkins
Born (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 23)
Norwich, Norfolk
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
2016–2018, 2021 Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2019 Birmingham Brummies
2019 Kent Kings
2020–2022 Redcar Bears
2022–2023 Peterborough Panthers
2022–2025 Oxford Cheetahs
2024–2025 Ipswich Witches
Individual honours
2022 NDL rider's champion
Team honours
2021, 2023 NDL champions

Jordan David Jenkins (born 2 August 2001) is an English speedway rider who rides in all three tiers of British Speedway. [1]

Career

He began his British career riding for the Mildenhall Fen Tigers in 2016. [2] [3] He rode for Kent Kings during 2019, although he did ride a couple of meetings for Birmingham in the division above.

Jenkins was made captain of the Mildenhall Fen Tigers in 2021 and led the team to the National Development League Championship. [4]

For the 2022 season, Jenkins signed for the newly reformed Oxford Cheetahs National Development team called the Oxford Chargers and was made captain of the team. [5] In September 2022, he won the National League Riders' Championship. [6] [7] Also in 2022, he continued to ride for the Redcar Bears [8] and signed for the Peterborough Panthers in the top tier SGB Premiership mid-way through the season. [9] He was named the Redcar Bears rider of the year. [10]

In 2023, Jenkins left Redcar and signed for the Oxford Cheetahs for the SGB Championship 2023 [11] and remained with the Chargers (as the team captain) for the 2023 NDL season. [12] He also re-signed for Peterborough as their rising star for the SGB Premiership 2023. [13] He won the NDL league title with Oxford Chargers, defeating Leicester in a one-off Grand Final. [14]

He re-signed for Oxford for the 2024 season [15] and also took his place in the Premiership with Ipswich Witches. [16] Despite an injury hit season in 2024 he returned to both Oxford and Ipswich for 2025. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "2021 team". Redcar Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ipswich v Belle Vue" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "'Brilliant' Fen Tigers take the crown". 26 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Home - British Speedway Official Website". 3 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Jordan's charge". Speedway Star. 1 October 2022. pp. 24–25.
  7. ↑ "Jordan Jenkins wins National League Riders' Championship". The Herald Series. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Panthers sign Jenkins". Peterborough Speedway.
  10. ↑ "Championship News". Speedway Star. 12 November 2022. p. 26.
  11. ↑ "Oxford Cheethas 2023 squad revealed in full". Oxford Speedway.
  12. ↑ "Oxford Cheetahs without Jordan Jenkins for Glasgow Tigers trip". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "Panthers bring back Jenkins". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Chargers' win title". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "Cheetahs name their side". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Jenkins joins Witches". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Oxford Cheetahs triple signing completes 2025 line-up". Oxford Mail. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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