Zach Cook

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Zach Cook
Born15 July 1999 (1999-07-15) (age 25)
Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
Great Britain
2021 Plymouth
2022–2025 Poole
2023 Wolverhampton
2024 Birmingham
2025 Belle Vue
Poland
2022–2023 Toruń
Individual honours
2023 Olympique
Team honours
2022, 2024 tier 2 League champion
2022, 2024 tier 2 KO Cup winner

Zach Cook (born 15 July 1999) is a speedway rider from Australia. [1] [2] [3]

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Speedway career

Cook signed for Plymouth Gladiators for the SGB Championship 2021 season. [4] The following season in 2022, he rode for the Poole Pirates in the SGB Championship 2022, [5] and was instrumental in helping Poole retain their tier 2 League and Knockout Cup double crown. [6] [7]

In 2023, he signed for Wolverhampton Wolves, where he would make his Premiership debut in the SGB Premiership 2023. [8] He also re-signed for Poole for the SGB Championship 2023. [9] Late in the 2023 season, Cook won the Olympique. [10]

Cook re-signed for Poole for their 2024 Championship and knockout cup winning season [11] [12] and moved to join the Birmingham Brummies in the Premiership, following the demise of Wolverhampton. [13]

Zach has signed for the Premiership Champions, the Belle Vue Aces for the 2025 season.

Personal life

His brother is fellow professional rider Ben Cook. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Zach Cook". wwosbackup. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Zach Cook joins The Gladiators". Plymouth Speedway. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "PIRATES CLAIM COOK BROTHERS". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Pirates are Cup Kings". British Speedway. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Pirates Clinch League Title". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Cook books Wolves slot". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Cooks both back at Poole". British Speedway. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Cook delight with Olympique win". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Poole Pirates crowned speedway champions". BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Zach's back for Pirates". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Brummies bring in Cook". British Speedway. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Ben and Zach Cook return for Pirates in 2022". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
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