Steve Boxall

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Steve Boxall
Born (1987-05-16) 16 May 1987 (age 36)
Canterbury, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
2002-2005 Rye House Raiders
2004-2007, 2011, 2014-2015 Rye House Rockets
2007, 2009 Poole Pirates
2008-2010 Belle Vue Aces
2009 Newcastle Diamonds
2010 Somerset Rebels
2013, 2018 Kent Kings
2015 Lakeside Hammers
2016-2017 Plymouth Devils
2023 Berwick Bandits/Bullets
Individual honours
2005 Conference League Riders' Champion
2013 National League Riders' Champion
Team honours
2005, 2007 Premier League Champion
2005Premier Trophy Winner
2003 Conference League Fours Winner

Steven Shane Boxall (born 16 May 1987 in Canterbury, Kent) [1] is a motorcycle speedway rider. He rode with the Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League, [2] [3] and currently rides for the Berwick Bullets in the National Development League.

Career

Boxall rode for Rye House Raiders in the Conference League and in 2005 won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 August at Rye House Stadium. [4]

Also in 2005, he won the Premier League Championship with the Rye House Rockets, and he did so again in 2007. [5] [6]

In 2013, eight years after his first success, he won the Riders' Championship for the second time. [7]

In 2018, Boxall was banned from speedway for two years after being selected for a random drugs and alcohol test in a meeting between Kent and Plymouth at Central Park Stadium on Monday 6 August. He refused to take the test and left the circuit. As a result, he was handed a two-year ban by the Speedway Control Bureau. [8] Boxall subsequently retired from speedway after being handed the two-year ban.

He returned to the sport five years later in 2023. After impressing during practice runs on the Isle of Wight, he signed for the Berwick Bullets in the National Development League and then in August came into the Berwick main team as an injury relacement. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN   0-948882-81-6
  2. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bears relish hat-trick". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Yes Heathens win the lot". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kent Kings speedway rider Steve Boxall given two-year ban". Kent Online. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Two in for Bandits". British Speedway. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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