CAMPOS, Scott Dale
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 May 1989, Ipswich, Suffolk.
BRITISH CAREER: (2004) Mildenhall, Rye House II; (2005) Mildenhall, Boston; (2006) Boston; (2007) Oxford II; (2009) King’s Lynn II.

CHRZANOWSKI, Tomasz
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 February 1980, Torun, Poland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2002) Poole; (2006-07) Swindon; (2009) Belle Vue.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Prior to 2006, Chrzanowski's only previous experience of British racing occurred in 2002, when he appeared for Poole until mid-August, before being replaced by Henrik Gustafsson. Following that, a personal highlight saw him finish second in the World Championship Grand Final at Vojens, Denmark on 14 August 2004, meaning automatic qualification for the 2005 GP series. He made a return to the British scene with Swindon in August 2006, as a replacement for the departed Seb Alden who had sensationally quit the Wiltshire club early in July after a string of below par performances. The Pole made an immediate impact at Blunsdon and a wonderful array of double-figure scores was influential in Swindon's late surge for a Play-Off position, as Chrzanowski proved to be the most potent and talked about reserve in the Elite League. Remaining on board in 2007, he contributed plenty of eye-catching scores as the Robins reached three finals - Elite League Play-Offs, Knock-Out Cup and Craven Shield - although they subsequently lost the lot to treble-winning Coventry. Unable to be accommodated in 2008, the Torun-born rider sat out the UK campaign. However, having indicated his desire to return by making himself available for an aborted four-team tournament, which was due to have been staged at Swindon on 30 July 2009, Chrzanowski subsequently joined Belle Vue as a replacement for Billy Forsberg, in August. His stay with the Aces proved very brief, though, as he struggled for points and was released amid a raft of changes barely a fortnight after his arrival, having appeared in only three meetings. Both Morten Risager and the injured Charlie Gjedde also saw their names deleted from Belle Vue's team declaration, as dramatic modifications were effected. Incoming was the returning Jason Crump, together with Lubos Tomicek, whilst the Aces also opted to sign both Joel Parsons and Michal Rajkowski under the rule that permits Premier League riders to ‘double-up' with clubs in the higher sphere.

CLEWS, Paul Gordon
DATE OF BIRTH: 19 July 1979, Coventry, Warwickshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (1995) Coventry; (1996) Peterborough, Peterborough II, Coventry, Oxford, Anglian Angels; (1997) Skegness, Isle of Wight, Peterborough II, Coventry; (1998) Peterborough, Reading; (1999-2003) Reading; (2004-06) Stoke; (2007) Newcastle; (2008) Newport, Berwick; (2009) Berwick.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1997 [Peterborough II], 1998 [Peterborough]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 1998 [Reading].
RIDER LINKS: Brother-in-law of fellow rider Darren Andrews (born: 19 January 1977, Banbury, Oxfordshire).
ADDITIONAL INFO: Clews took his initial speedway rides at a Stoke training school when just eight years-of-age. He went on to become club mascot for his hometown team, Coventry, and was to hold the position for five years, before making a one-off appearance for the Bees at King's Lynn in August 1995 - this marking his official debut in the sport. He went on to represent a number of clubs, prior to settling with Reading mid-way through the 1998 campaign after a spell with Peterborough. ‘Clewsey' became renowned for his from-the-back surges during five-and-a-half seasons with the Smallmead-based club, but wasn't retained after the 2003 campaign and moved on to Stoke. During a three-season stint with the Potters, his testimonial meeting was staged at Loomer Road on 23 September 2006, when victory in a pairs meeting went the way of David Howe and Clews himself. He appeared lost to the sport in 2007, until his career was kick-started when he received a call from Newcastle in August to replace Ross Brady. Newport then beckoned for the start of the 2008 season, but the club was forced to close down after promoter Tim Stone's death on 26 April. Only the Welsh side's Premier Trophy and Knock-Out Cup matches were permitted to count in the riders' records and Clews subsequently re-located to Berwick towards the end of May. The large Shielfield Park raceway was clearly his cup of tea and he quickly became a firm favourite with the Bandits' supporters, so much so that he remained on board in 2009 and was also handed the club captaincy by the new promotion.

COCKLE, James Robert
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 May 1986, Edmonton, London.
BRITISH CAREER: (2001-03) Rye House II; (2004) Boston, Sheffield II, Reading, Glasgow; (2005) Glasgow, Sittingbourne, Boston; (2006) Glasgow; (2007) Sheffield, Scunthorpe; (2008) Mildenhall, Boston, Birmingham, Redcar II; (2009) Weymouth, Birmingham.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2007 [Scunthorpe]; Pairs Championship winner: 2008 [Boston].
ADDITIONAL INFO: Team changes at Birmingham in May 2009 saw Cockle return to the West Midlands side as a replacement for Ben Taylor, after a deal to sign Darren Mallett fell through. However, in another amendment to the Brummies' line-up early in July, Cockle lost his spot in the side to Jay Herne.

COMPLIN, Peter Lee
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 November 1984, Cowling, Nr. Skipton, Craven, North Yorkshire
BRITISH CAREER: (2001) Sheffield, Sheffield II; (2002) Sheffield, Belle Vue; (2007-08) Stoke; (2009) Stoke, Peterborough, Wolverhampton.
ADDITIONAL INFO: (1) Throughout his life, he has always be known by his middle name of Lee, rather than that with which he was Christened - Peter; (2) In his youth, Complin played for Bradford City FC and he was also an accomplished schoolboy grass-track rider prior to taking up speedway, winning six national titles; (3) During his lengthy break from speedway, the Yorkshireman continued with the football theme by making representative appearances for Sheffield FC - a club acknowledged by the FA and FIFA to be the World's first and oldest football club; (4) Before his dramatic return to speedway, he won the British Flat-track Championship in 2006; (5) Having had some five years out of speedway, Complin was hailed as the ‘Comeback King' in 2007, when he returned to the sport in April and put in many fine performances for Stoke; (6) The rider was involved in a serious road traffic accident on 26 May 2008, which left him hospitalized in the neurology unit at Leeds General Infirmary. Due to a seized engine, the rider's Subaru Impreza left the A629 near Keighley, just a few miles from his home in the village of Cowling at about 3.40 a.m. After recuperating from back, neck and chest injuries, Complin returned to action with Stoke late in September the same year; (7) The Yorkshireman lost his position as one of Peterborough's ‘doubling-up' riders upon Claus Vissing's return from injury in May 2009, when the club opted to have a straight 1-7 line-up instead. Subsequently, however, towards the end of June, he was drafted into the Wolverhampton squad as a ‘doubling-up' rider in place of Chris Kerr.

COMPTON, Andre Neil
DATE OF BIRTH: 15 May 1977, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (1993) Bradford, Newcastle; (1994) Stoke, Newcastle, Buxton; (1995) Hull, Buxton, Reading, Coventry, Belle Vue; (1996) Buxton, Bradford, Belle Vue; (1997) Newcastle, Berwick; (1998-99) Sheffield; (2000) Peterborough, Newcastle; (2001) Newcastle; (2002) Newcastle, Poole; (2003) Sheffield, Poole; (2004) Sheffield, Poole, Belle Vue; (2005-08) Sheffield; (2009) Workington.
MAJOR HONOURS: Premier League Riders' Champion: 2004.
CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team Championship winner: 1999 [Sheffield], 2009 [Workington]; League Championship winner: 1999 [Sheffield], 2001 [Newcastle], 2003 [Poole]; Young Shield winner: 1999 [Sheffield], 2009 [Workington]; Craven Shield winner: 2002 [Poole].
RIDER LINKS: Brother of Benji Compton (see separate entry).
ADDITIONAL INFO: Compton competed on the junior grass-track scene prior to taking up speedway, becoming Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire Champion. After making his top-flight debut with Bradford in May 1993, he went on to enjoy a stint with then Second Division Newcastle later the same season. The hard-charging Yorkshireman went on to represent a number of clubs, before settling with Sheffield in 2003. Since then, he has also enjoyed a number of forays into the top-flight. For instance, in 2004, he initially shared the No. 7 position at Poole with Davey Watt, however, he was released in June, when the Pirates recruited Krzysztof Kasprzak and Matej Ferjan. He subsequently joined Belle Vue as their No. 9 in August that same term. After six successive seasons with Sheffield, Compton surprisingly announced his retirement from the sport during the Tigers' home meeting versus the Isle of Wight in the Young Shield on 9 October 2008. He then said he would do one or two testimonial and benefit meetings at the start of the 2009 campaign, which subsequently mutated into a full-blown comeback with actually no real speedway time missed. His return was too late for Sheffield, as they had assembled their side, but circumstances provided him with a place at Workington on loan, following the pre-season injuries sustained by Adam Roynon. It proved a great move for rider and club, as Compton was a tall scorer throughout the campaign and featured in the Comets' double success in the Four-Team Championship and Young Shield.

COMPTON, Benjamin (Benji) Mark
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 September 1986, Tenerife, Spain.
BRITISH CAREER: (2002) Newcastle II; (2003) Sheffield II, Mildenhall; (2004) Buxton; (2005) Scunthorpe; (2006) Sheffield, Scunthorpe; (2007) Berwick, Scunthorpe, King's Lynn; (2008) Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe II, Redcar II; (2009) Redcar, Weymouth.
MAJOR HONOUR: Conference League Riders' Champion: 2008.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2003 [Mildenhall]; 2006 [Scunthorpe], 2007 [Scunthorpe]; Pairs Championship winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe ‘B']; League Championship winner: 2006, 2007 [both Scunthorpe]; Conference Trophy winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe]; Conference Shield winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe]; Premier Trophy winner: 2007 [King's Lynn].
RIDER LINKS: Brother of Andre Compton (see separate entry).
ADDITIONAL INFO: The younger of the Compton racing brothers had agreed to ride for King's Lynn's National League side in 2009, however, he was replaced by Jamie Smith prior to the commencement of the Barracudas' fixtures due to clashes of dates with his Premier League team, Redcar. He was subsequently released by the Bears in early July to make way for the comeback of Stuart Swales. Somewhat ironically, it was expected that the Tenerife-born rider - who is unique to British speedway for that very fact - would returned to action with King's Lynn's National League side later the same month as a replacement for the injured Jamie Smith, but the move didn't materialize. He instead eventually re-located to Weymouth early in August.

CONDA, Aleksander (Sandi)
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 August 1990, Radece, Slovenia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Glasgow.
MAJOR HONOUR: Slovenian Under-21 Champion: 2008.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Conda attracted considerable attention when he took victory in the six-round Slovenian Under-21 Championship in 2008 and followed it up with a promising showing for his country in Event Two of the Speedway World Cup at Peterborough on 13 July this year. Having been touted by Glasgow, the Tigers finally got their man towards the end of that month when he joined them as a replacement for the injured Ross Brady.

COOK, Craig William
DATE OF BIRTH: 21 May 1987, Whitehaven, Cumbria.
BRITISH CAREER: (2008) Scunthorpe II; (2009) Buxton, Workington.
MAJOR HONOUR: National League Riders' Champion: 2009.
CLUB HONOUR: Young Shield winner: 2009 [Workington].
ADDITIONAL INFO: Workington owner Keith Denham persuaded Cook to take his first speedway skids at Derwent Park in October 2008, the youngster having previously been a schoolboy moto-cross Champion on three occasions. After initially been named as Workington's No. 8 rider in 2009, the Cumbrian was promoted to a berth in the club's official 1-7 late in May as a replacement for Luke Priest. He showed encouraging form thereafter for the Comets and further emphasized his considerable talent when he notched a whopping 22-point haul for Buxton in a 51-42 National League defeat at the Isle of Wight on 28 July - Cook's tally equating to 52.38 per cent of his side's total. The fact that it was his first-ever visit to the banked Smallbrook raceway made the performance all the more remarkable. Continuing his meteoric rise up the speedway ladder, the Whitehaven-born youngster took victory in the National League Riders' Championship at Rye House on 26 September, after defeating Plymouth's Kyle Hughes in a title run-off. In achieving this success, he became the first rider to win the individual title of British speedway's third tier in his initial season in the sport. Adding to that success, late in the season he helped Workington to lift the Young Shield courtesy of an aggregate win over Rye House in the final.

COOK, Harland Ashley
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 August 1988, Watford, Hertfordshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Rye House II; (2004) Rye House II, Coventry II; (2005-06) Rye House II; (2007) Rye House II, Sittingbourne; (2008) Sittingbourne.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Cook was initially named as Bournemouth's No. 8 rider in 2009, but in the event didn't turn a wheel for the club. He subsequently turned his hand to the grass-track scene and went on to win the 250cc category in the British Championships, hosted by the Pickering & District Motor Club near Malton on 4 October.

COOPER, Paul Robert
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 June 1982, York, North Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Sheffield II; (2004) Sheffield II, Oxford II; (2005) Sheffield; (2006) Sheffield, Scunthorpe; (2007) Sheffield, Boston; (2008-09) Sheffield.
CLUB HONOURS: Pairs Championship winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe ‘B'], 2007 [Boston]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe]; Conference Trophy winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe]; Conference Shield winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe].
ADDITIONAL INFO: Cooper made his official debut with Sheffield Prowlers in 2003 and, the following year, turned down a Premier League berth at Berwick due to work and grass-track commitments, although he did again represent the Prowlers. Having completed his apprenticeship as a joiner, he linked with the senior Sheffield team in 2005 and was ticking along nicely, when his season came to a sudden halt at Glasgow on 11 September. The meeting saw him clash with Adam Roynon on the second bend in heat two and the resultant crash left him nursing ligament damage to the left knee. The injury bug was to strike again on 23 October 2006, whilst Cooper was riding for Scunthorpe in a Conference Trophy match at Boston. In heat four, he was involved in a four-man pile-up, along with team-mate Scott Richardson and the home duo of Nathan Irwin and Cal McDade. The Yorkshireman received a broken bone in his wrist yet, despite the obvious pain, still did his utmost for Sheffield in both legs of the Play-Off Final against King's Lynn, on 26 and 27 October. Prior to the injury, on 28 August, he had joined forces with Benji Compton to win the Conference League Pairs Championship at Scunthorpe's Normanby Road venue. Cooper subsequently enjoyed a very good 2007 campaign - despite blowing two engines early in the season - remaining ever-present over the 28-match league programme with Sheffield to post a solid real-time average of 6.60. And, topping off an excellent year of progress, he received an award at the Stars of Shale presentation dinner in Coventry for being the highest bonus-points scorer in the entire Premier League. The year also saw him ride for Boston at Conference level and, although he only made four league appearances for the Barracudas, he did represent the club in the CL Pairs Championship at Scunthorpe on 22 July when, together with Simon Lambert, he posted his second successive victory in the prestigious event. Cooper continued his long association with Sheffield in 2009, the campaign representing his fifth season at PL level and his seventh overall at the Owlerton-based club. However, having started to return some eye-catching scores after a move to reserve, his season hit the buffers on 9 August when he sustained a shattered ankle and heel - together with broken bones in his foot - in a league match at Newcastle. The injury occurred in heat fourteen, when team-mate Richard Hall lost control and careered into the fourth bend safety fence, taking Cooper with him. Whilst he recuperated, the Tigers brought club asset Scott Smith into the side to fill the gap.

COTTHAM, Gary Dominic
DATE OF BIRTH: 13 September 1989, Eastbourne, East Sussex.
BRITISH CAREER: (2004-05) Rye House II; (2006) Rye House II, Sittingbourne; (2007-08) Rye House II; (2009) Mildenhall.
RIDER LINKS: Son of Gary Cottham [Senior] (born: 2 November 1955).
ADDITIONAL INFO: (1) Both father and son have ridden for the Crusaders - in Gary senior's case for Canterbury in the 1970s, whilst Gary junior represented Sittingbourne in 2006; (2) Cottham lost his place in Mildenhall's declared line-up towards the end of May 2009, when he was replaced by Darren Smith.

COURTNEY, Jamie Mark
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 April 1988, Ashington, Northumberland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Rye House II, Trelawny II; (2004) Swindon II, Isle of Wight, Oxford II; (2005) Oxford II, Workington; (2006) Rye House; (2007) Redcar, Cleveland; (2008-09) Rye House II.
RIDER LINKS: Son of Mark Courtney (born: 25 March 1961, Braintree, Essex). Nephew of Sean Courtney (born: 5 September 1964, Braintree, Essex). Brother of Scott Courtney (see separate entry).



CRUMP, Jason Philip
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 August 1975, Bristol, Avon.
BRITISH CAREER: (1991) Poole; (1992) Peterborough; (1993) Swindon; (1994-95) Poole; (1996-97) Peterborough; (1998) Oxford; (1999) Peterborough; (2000-01) King's Lynn; (2002-06) Belle Vue; (2007) Poole; (2008-09) Belle Vue.
MAJOR HONOURS: Australian Under-16 Champion: 1990; Australian Under-21 Champion: 1995; Queensland State Champion: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004; Australian Champion: 1995, 2007; World Under-21 Champion: 1995; World Team Cup Champion: 1999; Elite League Riders' Champion: 1999, 2001, 2006, 2008; World Cup Champion: 2001, 2002; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 2002, 2006; World Champion: 2004, 2006, 2009.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1992 [Peterborough], 1994 [Poole], 1999 [Peterborough]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 1992 [Peterborough]; 2005 [Belle Vue], 1999 [Peterborough]; Four-Team Championship winner: 1994 [Poole], 1997 [Peterborough]; Craven Shield winner: 1999 [Peterborough]; Pairs Championship winner: 2006 [Belle Vue], 2007 [Poole].
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: British GP Champion: 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2009; Swedish GP Champion: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006; Polish GP Champion: 2001; Czech Republic GP Champion: 2002, 2003, 2004; Danish GP Champion: 2003, 2004, 2009; Scandinavian GP Champion: 2005; European GP Champion: 2006, 2009; Italian GP Champion: 2006; Latvian GP Champion: 2008.
RIDER LINKS: Son of Phil Crump (born: 9 February 1952, Red Cliffs, Mildura, Victoria, Australia). Grandson of Neil Street (born: 15 January 1931, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia).
ADDITIONAL INFO: One of the sport's modern-day greats, Crump collected his first major junior title in 1990, becoming Australian Under-16 Champion. And, of course he has gone on to collect many accolades in a stellar career, having initially been seen many times alongside his father, Phil, in the Swindon pits on race-nights during the 1980s, when still a young boy. Domestically, in 1991, he took his bow with Poole, where his grandfather, Neil Street, was the team manager. Moves to Peterborough and Swindon followed, before a return to the ‘Pirate-ship' in 1994 and a top-flight Championship success, having helped the Panthers to the Second Division title two years previously. After another year in Dorset, he would then spend three of the next four seasons back at the East of England Showground, the solitary term away being with Oxford in 1998. This culminated in a glorious treble for Peterborough in 1999, when they plundered the League Championship, Knock-Out Cup and Craven Shield with Crump at the helm. King's Lynn was his fifth port of call in 2000 and, after a second year with the then-nicknamed Knights, he joined Belle Vue where he showcased his usual level of top class service over five happy seasons. A high-profile move back to Poole for 2007 provided the biggest pre-season transfer story but, after just the one term back on the Pirates' books, the club announced that Crump would be leaving due to the large points limit reduction made by the BSPA at their annual general meeting. The Aussie returned to Belle Vue for 2008 but, at the conclusion of the campaign, he made known his decision to quit British speedway in order to reduce his fixture schedule. On the individual stage, the Bristol-born rider had to settle for the runner-up spot in the World Championship for three frustrating years on the bounce (2001-03), before he finally landed the title he coveted most in 2004. Another second place behind six-times Champion Tony Rickardsson followed, before ‘Crumpie' scooped a second crown in 2006. He has subsequently finished third and second, respectively, in the final Grand Prix standings, before soaring into the lead in the 2009 series; then, on 19 August, Belle Vue announced a sensational swoop to bring the double World Champion back to the club. His return was part of a colossal shake-up to the side, which saw both Tomasz Chrzanowski and Morten Risager leave the club. And with Charlie Gjedde sidelined through injury, the other full-time incoming rider was Lubos Tomicek. Meanwhile, the Aces also opted to sign both Joel Parsons and Michal Rajkowski under the rule that permits Premier League riders to ‘double-up' with clubs in the higher sphere. Having made an immediate impact with the Aces, Crump suffered a puncture wound, muscle damage and friction burns to his upper left arm in a collision with Ipswich's Troy Batchelor during a home league encounter on 14 September. This occurred in the initial running of heat fifteen, when the two riders clashed and came down on the first turn. Crump was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary and subsequently underwent over four hours of plastic surgery and skin grafts. He returned to the track in the practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Terenzano on 25 September, but was forced to withdraw after two painful laps. Bravely, he rode in the following day's event and recorded 4 points, as his overall lead in the World Championship was slashed from 26 points to 17 by Tomasz Gollob, with just one round remaining. That final round was at Bydgoszcz, Poland on 17 October and, having had three weeks to recuperate, Crump duly wrapped up a third World Championship success. At the series' end, the Aussie had taken his GP career record to 1,635 points from 111 rounds between 1995 and 2009. His points tally makes him the highest scorer in the history of the competition, whilst his appearances total is the fourth highest. The brilliant Aussie required a further skin graft after his exertions and, as such, missed Belle Vue's Relegation Play-Off matches versus Edinburgh.