Steve Worrall

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Steve Worrall
Born (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 (age 33)
St Helens, Merseyside, England
NationalityBritish
Career history
Great Britain
2010–2011, 2018, 2025 Scunthorpe
2012–2013, 2015–2017, 2019 Newcastle
2013 King's Lynn
2013 Redcar
2013 Stoke
2014 Cradley
2014 Edinburgh
2014 Swindon
2015–2021 Belle Vue
2020–2023 Poole
2022–2023 Wolverhampton
2024 Birmingham
2024 Glasgow
Poland
2017–2018 Rawicz
2023–2024 Daugavpils
Team honours
2017 tier 1 KO Cup winner
2014, 2021, 2022 tier 2 champions
2014, 2021, 2022 tier 2 KO Cup winner
2014 tier 2 League Cup
2011, 2014 tier 3 champions

Steven Edward Worrall (born 23 September 1991) is a motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1] [2]

Contents

Career

Born in St Helens, the twin brother of Richie Worrall, Steve competed in motocross before taking up speedway in 2009 and had his first competitive season in 2010 with Scunthorpe Saints in the National League. [3] In 2011 he was part of the combined Scunthorpe/Sheffield team that won the league, and the same year finished as runner up to Tai Woffinden in the British Under-21 Championship. [3]

In 2012, he moved up to the Premier League, riding for Newcastle Diamonds along with his brother, a season interrupted by a broken leg sustained in July. [4]

He stayed at Newcastle in 2013 but after losing confidence dropped down to the National League, riding for King's Lynn Young Stars and then Stoke Potters. [5] [6] He returned to the Premier League later that season with Redcar Bears, replacing the injured Max Dilger. [7]

In 2014, he rode for Swindon Robins in the Elite League via the fast track draft system, and was part of the Premier League, League Cup, and Premier League Knockout Cup-winning record breaking Edinburgh Monarchs team, while also riding for Cradley Heathens in the National League, that team also winning multiple trophies. [5] [8] [9] Worrall came close to individual honours, finishing as runner up to Danny Halsey in the National League Riders' Championship. [10] He was voted by readers of the Swindon Advertiser as the Robins Rider of the Year. [11]

In late 2014, he was signed by Belle Vue Aces for the 2015 Elite League season, and signed to return to Newcastle Diamonds in the Premier League. [8] [12]

He reached the Elite League Grand Final with the Belle Vue Aces against the Poole Pirates in September 2015. [13] Worrall remained with Belle Vue for six seasons and won the 2017 Division 1 KO Cup. He also rode for Newcastle and Scunthorpe in division 2.

In 2020, Worrall joined the Poole Pirates in the SGB Championship [14] and in 2021 Worrall helped Poole win the league and cup double. [15]

In 2022, he rode for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the SGB Premiership 2022 and remained with Poole in the SGB Championship 2022. [16] With Poole he was part of the team that retained the tier 2 League and KO Cup double crown. [17] [18]

In 2023, he re-signed for Wolves for the SGB Premiership 2023 [19] and also re-signed for Poole for the SGB Championship 2023, where he was named the team captain after taking over from the departing Danny King. [20] He finished runner-up behind Dan Bewley in the 2023 British Speedway Championship, which qualified him to compete in the 2023 British Grand Prix as the wild card rider. [21]

Following the demise of Wolverhampton, he signed for Birmingham Brummies for the 2024 Premiership season. [22] and signed for Glasgow Tigers for the 2024 Championship season. [23]

Worrall returned to Scunthorpe Scorpions for the SGB Championship 2025.

Major results

World individual Championship

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References

  1. ↑ "Steven (Steve) Worrall Wielka Brytania". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Rider Index: W", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  4. ↑ "Twins Richie and Steve Worrall both hit by injuries", Evening Chronicle , 23 July 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  5. 1 2 Kinvig, David (2013) "Steve Worrall sees a bright future with Monarchs", Edinburgh Evening News , 3 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  6. ↑ "Speedway: Stoke Easy Rider Potter Steve Worrall lands Premier League ride with Edinburgh", Stoke Sentinel , 28 November 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  7. ↑ Neal, Martin (2013) "Speedway: Steve Worrall signs for Redcar Bears", Teesside Gazette , 16 July 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  8. 1 2 Wallace, Barry (2014) "Newcastle Diamonds welcome back Steve Worrall for the 2015 campaign", Evening Chronicle , 23 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  9. ↑ Warren, Andy (2014) "Swindon Robins rider Steve gunning for family bragging rights", Swindon Advertiser , 7 April 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  10. ↑ "NLRC Result", scunthorpescorpions.co, 28 September 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  11. ↑ Edwards, Matthew (2014) "Worrall named Robins Rider of the Year", Swindon Advertiser , 25 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  12. ↑ "Speedway: Steve Worrall returning to Newcastle for the 2015 campaign", Sky Sports, 23 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014
  13. ↑ "Belle Vue 46 Poole 46". Official Belle Vue Aces. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Meet the Aces". Belle Vue Aces. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  15. ↑ "Poole v Edinburgh - Cup Final 2nd Leg". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Pirates are Cup Kings". British Speedway. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  18. ↑ "Pirates Clinch League Title". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  19. ↑ "Worrall completes Wolves". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  20. ↑ "Steve to skipper Pirates". British Speedway. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  21. ↑ "WILD CARD FOR WORRALL". British Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  22. ↑ "Brummies appoint Ermolenko". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  23. ↑ "Tigers complete for 24". British Speedway. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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