Paul Clews

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Paul Clews
Born (1979-07-19) 19 July 1979 (age 43)
Coventry, England
NicknameClewsy
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1995-1997 Coventry Bees
1996 Oxford Cheetahs
1996, 1998 Peterborough Panthers
1997 Isle of Wight Islanders
1998-2003 Reading Racers
2004-2006 Stoke Potters
2007 Newcastle Diamonds
2008 Newport Wasps
2008-2011 Berwick Bandits
Team honours
1998 Premier League Champion
1998 Premier League KO Cup Winner
1997 Premier Conference Champion

Paul Gordon Clews (born 19 July 1979 in Coventry, England) [1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. [2]

Career

Clews has ridden for Great Britain at Under-21 level. He won the Premier League and KO Cup with the Reading Racers in 1998. [3]

He started the 2008 season with the Newport Wasps in the Premier League. [4] However, after the death of Newport promoter Tim Stone the club closed down which Clews became a free agent and so signed for the Berwick Bandits. He was the Berwick captain for the 2009 season. [2] He retired from Speedway in 2011 after a final season with Berwick for the 2010 Premier League speedway season.

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References

  1. Oakes, P (2006). Speedway Star Almanac. Pinegen Ltd. ISBN   0-9552376-1-0.
  2. 1 2 "2009 Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. Bamford, Robert (1 March 2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN   978-0-7524-4250-1.
  4. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 February 2023.