Kevin Doolan

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Kevin Doolan
Speedway Kevin Doolan 2007 Belle Vue.jpg
Doolan riding for Belle Vue in 2007
Born (1980-11-30) 30 November 1980 (age 43)
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
1999–2000, 2007, 2009 Belle Vue Aces
2002, 2014–2019 Berwick Bandits
2003 Glasgow Tigers
2004–2006, 2008, 2010 King's Lynn Stars
2005, 2011–2012 Ipswich Witches
2006 Eastbourne Eagles
2009 Workington Comets
2011, 2013 Lakeside Hammers
2012 Redcar Bears
2013 Leicester Lions
Individual honours
2003, 2004 Gillman Solo Championship
2004, 2008 Jack Young Solo Cup winner
Team honours
2005, 2006 Premier League Knockout Cup
2006 Premier Trophy
2006 Premier League Champions
2009, 2011 Premier League Fours

Kevin Doolan (born 30 November 1980) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. [1] [2]

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Biography

Born in Shepparton, Victoria, Doolan first raced in Australia, finishing third in the 1996 Australian Under-16 Championship.

He began his British speedway career in 1999 with Belle Vue Aces. [3] He was a finalist in the Junior World Championship in both 1999 and 2000. He moved on to Berwick Bandits in 2002 and Glasgow Tigers in 2003 before signing for then Premier League King's Lynn Stars as a club asset in 2004. [3] Back home in Australia, Doolan was the winner of the 2003 and 2004 Gillman Solo Championships held at the Gillman Speedway in Adelaide and also won the 2004 Jack Young Solo Cup at Gillman.

With King's Lynn he won the Premier League Knockout Cup in both 2005 and 2006 and the Premier Trophy and the Premier League Championship in 2006. [3] After also riding in the Elite League for Ipswich Witches and Eastbourne Eagles in 2005 and 2006 respectively, he made the move back to the top flight in 2007 with Belle Vue. [3] [4]

He returned to King's Lynn in 2008 and won the 2008 Jack Young Solo Cup at Gillman, before signing for Workington Comets in 2009, captaining the team in a season in which they won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, [5] but that for him was ended by a crash in September. [3] [6] In 2010 he returned to King's Lynn, and again his season ended early with a broken wrist sustained in July. [3] After failing to agree terms with King's Lynn for 2011, he moved to Ipswich on a full transfer, becoming the team captain in the club's return to the Premier League. [3] [7] [8] With Ipswich he won the Premier Fours for a second time in 2011. [3] In July 2012 Doolan lost his place in the Witches team with Taylor Poole returning from injury. [9] He subsequently signed for Redcar Bears. On 25 November 2012 it was announced that Doolan would ride for Leicester Lions for the 2013 Premier League season.

In 2014, Doolan signed for Berwick Bandits becoming captain in 2015 and 2016. He continued to ride for the Scottish club until his final season during the SGB Championship 2019. [1] He announced his retirement after the season. [10]

World Final Appearances

Individual Under-21 World Championship

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References

  1. 1 2 "2019 Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2012-04-08
  4. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "2009 Premier League Fours". You Tube. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Kevin Doolan Named Workington Speedway Captain Archived 4 September 2012 at archive.today ", Hexham Courant, 20 February 2009, retrieved 2012-04-08
  7. ↑ "Kevin Doolan to lead Ipswich Witches in Premier League", BBC, 8 December 2010, retrieved 2012-04-08
  8. ↑ "Speedway: King's Lynn Stars put Kevin Doolan on transfer list", Daily Mirror , 5 November 2010, retrieved 2012-04-08
  9. ↑ King, Elvin (2012) "Shock axe for Doolan", Speedway Star , 28 July 2012, p. 16
  10. ↑ "Doolan steps back from full time racing". Edinburgh Reporter. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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