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The following is an A-Z list of riders who are contracted to appear in 2017, at Premiership, Championship and National League level.

NOTE: (1) All entries for the current season are as per the declared team line-ups, but do not necessarily relate to actual appearances for the named clubs, particularly in the case of No. 8s and/or guest riders; (2) The symbol II after a team's name differentiates between a club's National level and higher league side, when more than one team was operated in the same season; (3) With regard to 'Club Honours', riders have been credited with a contribution to a league title-winning side if they rode in 6 or more matches of the team's league programme - and with a cup-winning contribution if they appeared in at least one leg of the final; (4) The Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup statistics will be updated for participating riders after each round of the 2017 series.

LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 29, 2017
RIDERS - H

HALDER, Jamie
DATE OF BIRTH: 21 May 1999, Selby, North Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015-16) Coventry II; (2017) Buxton.
 
HALL, Richard James
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 August 1984, Northallerton, North Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2001) Newcastle; (2002) Newcastle, Newcastle II; (2003) Sheffield II, Coventry, Boston; (2004) Sheffield, Sheffield II, Boston; (2005) Sheffield, Eastbourne; (2006-07) Peterborough; (2008) Scunthorpe; (2009-10) Sheffield; (2011) Leicester, Scunthorpe; (2012-13) Sheffield; (2014) Peterborough, Redcar; (2015) Berwick; (2016) Peterborough, Sheffield; (2017) Peterborough, Redcar, Cradley.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2006 [Peterborough]; Elite Shield winner: 2007 [Peterborough].
 
HALSEY, Daniel John
DATE OF BIRTH: 15 September 1988, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2005-07) Rye House II; (2008) Rye House II, Rye House; (2009) Rye House II, Birmingham; (2010) Bournemouth, Weymouth; (2011-13) Mildenhall; (2014) Eastbourne, Mildenhall; (2015) Mildenhall; (2016) Peterborough, Mildenhall; (2017) Mildenhall.
MAJOR HONOUR: National League Riders’ Champion: 2014.
CLUB HONOUR: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2011 [Mildenhall], 2012 [Mildenhall]; League Championship winner: 2012 [Mildenhall]; National Trophy winner: 2012 [Mildenhall], 2014 [Mildenhall]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2012 [Mildenhall].
 
HAMPSHIRE, Taylor
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 June 2001, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016) King’s Lynn II; (2017) Birmingham, King's Lynn II.
MAJOR HONOUR: Midland Riders Development League Champion: 2016.
 
HANSEN, Kenneth Kruse
DATE OF BIRTH: 19 October 1987, Herlev, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2007) Workington, Wolverhampton; (2008) Wolverhampton; (2009) Peterbororough; (2014) Coventry; (2015-16) Workington; (2017) Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOUR: FIM 80cc Youth Gold Trophy winner: 2003.
RIDER LINKS: Brother-in-law of Lars Munkedal (born: 3 March 1967, Copenhagen, Denmark).
 
HARRIS, Christopher (Chris) Calvin
DATE OF BIRTH: 28 November 1982, Truro, Cornwall.
BRITISH CAREER: (1998) St Austell; (1999-2000) Exeter; (2001) Trelawny; (2002-03) Trelawny, Peterborough; (2004-10) Coventry; (2011) Belle Vue; (2012) Coventry; (2013) Birmingham; (2014-16) Coventry; (2017) Rye House, Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOURS: British Champion: 2007, 2009, 2010.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1998 [St Austell], 2000 [Exeter], 2005 [Coventry], 2007 [Coventry], 2010 [Coventry]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 1998 [St Austell], 2006 [Coventry], 2007 [Coventry], 2017 [Peterborough]; Premier Trophy winner: 2002 [Trelawny]; Elite Shield winner: 2006 [Coventry]; Craven Shield winner: 2007, 2008 [both Coventry]; Pairs Championship winner: 2008, 2010 [both Coventry]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2017 [Peterborough].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 103 GPs ridden, 9 GP finals, 1 GP win, 608 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHT: British GP Champion: 2007.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 25 meetings, 248.5 points, 1 Bronze medal.
 
HARRIS, Luke
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 November 1998, Northholt, West London.
BRITISH CAREER: (2014) Kent; (2015) Cradley; (2016) Eastbourne; (2017) Cradley.
MAJOR HONOUR: British 500cc Youth Champion: 2014.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winners: 2016 [Eastbourne].
 
HAY, Christopher (Chris)
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 April 1988, Skipton, North Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016) Buxton, Stoke; (2017) Birmingham.
 
HEEPS, Cameron Andrew George
DATE OF BIRTH: 27 October 1995, Perth, Western Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2011) Mildenhall; (2012) Ipswich, Mildenhall; (2013-15) Ipswich; (2016) Rye House; (2017) Somerset, Ipswich.
MAJOR HONOURS: Western Australia Under-16 Champion: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010; Western Australia Under-19 Champion:   2012, 2014; Western Australian State Champion: 2013, 2015, 2017.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2011 [Mildenhall]; 2012 [Mildenhall]; League Championship winner: 2012 [Mildenhall]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2012 [Mildenhall]; Pairs Championship winner: 2012 [Mildenhall].
 
HOLDER, Christopher (Chris) Robert
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 September 1987, Appin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2006-07) Isle of Wight; (2008-16) Poole; (2017) King’s Lynn.
MAJOR HONOURS: Australian Under-21 Champion: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; New South Wales State Champion: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011; Western Australia State Champion: 2008; Australian Champion: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014; New South Wales Under-21 State Champion: 2009; Elite League Riders Champion: 2012; World Champion: 2012; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 2014.
CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team Championship winner: 2007 [Isle of Wight]; Pairs Championship winner: 2007 [Isle of Wight], 2009 [Poole], 2011 [Poole], 2017 [Poole]; League Championship winner: 2008 [Poole], 2011 [Poole], 2013 [Poole], 2014 [Poole], 2015 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2010 [Poole], 2011 [Poole], 2012 [Poole]; Elite Shield winner: 2012 [Poole], 2015 [Poole], 2016 [Poole].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 86 GPs ridden, 24 GP finals, 5 GP wins, 845 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: British GP Champion: 2010, 2012; Swedish GP Champion: 2011; European GP Champion: 2012; Australian GP Champion: 2016.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 24 meetings, 246 points, 3 Silver medals, 2 Bronze medals.
RIDER LINKS: Son of Mick Holder. Nephew of Matt Holder. Brother of James Holder (born: 7 May 1986, Appin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia). Brother of Jake Holder (born: 23 March 1996, Appin, New South Wales, Australia).
 
HOLDER, Jack
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 March 1996, Appin, New South Wales, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015-16) Plymouth; (2017) Poole, Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOUR: Australian Under-16 Pairs Champion: 2011; Australian Under-16 35occ Champion: 2011; New South Wales Under-21 Champion: 2013, 2015; Victoria State Under-21 Champion: 2015; Australian Under-21 Champion: 2016.
CLUB HONOUR: Four-Team Championship winner: 2016 [Plymouth]; Elite Shield winner: 2017 [Poole].
RIDER LINKS: Younger brother of Chris Holder (born: 24 September 1987, Appin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) and James Holder (born: 7 May 1986, Appin, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia).
 
HOPWOOD, Ben James
DATE OF BIRTH: 13 March 1991, Salford, Greater Manchester.
BRITISH CAREER: (2006) Mildenhall II, Stoke II; (2007) Oxford II; (2008) Plymouth, Scunthorpe II; (2009-10) Isle of Wight; (2011) Hackney; (2012-13) isle of Wight; (2014) Poole, Stoke; (2015) Buxton, Eastbourne; (2016) Buxton, Eastbourne, Rye House II, Stoke; (2017) Newcastle, Kent.
CLUB HONOURS: Conference Trophy winner: 2008 [Scunthorpe II]; National Trophy winner: 2012 [Isle of Wight], 2015 [Eastbourne]; Gold Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne].
 
HOUGAARD, Patrick Hald
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 May 1989, Fredericia, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2007) Reading; (2008-12) Belle Vue; (2013) Peterborough; (2014) Leicester; (2016) Leicester; (2017) Somerset.
MAJOR HONOURS: Danish Under-21 Champion: 2007, 2009; World Under-21 Team Cup Champion: 2010.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 1 meeting, 6 points.
 
HOWARTH, Kyle
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 February 1994, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester.
BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Scunthorpe II; (2010) Bournemouth, Somerset; (2011) Belle Vue II, Edinburgh, Belle Vue; (2012) Poole, King’s Lynn, Workington; (2013) Poole, Swindon, Workington; (2014) Coventry, Workington; (2015) Coventry, Swindon, Workington; (2016-17) Wolverhampton, Sheffield.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2012 [Poole]; League Championship winner: 2016 [Wolverhampton], 2017 [Sheffield]; Pairs Championship winner: 2017 [Sheffield].
MAJOR HONOURS: Queensland Under-21 State Champion: 2011, 2012; British Under-21 Champion: 2015.
 
HOWE, David Peter
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 March 1982, Leicester, Leicestershire.
BRITISH CAREER: (1997) Peterborough II; (1998) Peterborough, Norfolk; (1999-2001) Peterborough; (2002-05) Wolverhampton; (2006) Oxford; (2007-08) Wolverhampton; (2009-13) Scunthorpe, King's Lynn; (2014) Scunthorpe; (2015) Glasgow, Scunthorpe; (2017) Berwick.
MAJOR HONOUR: British Under-21 Champion: 2000.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1997 [Peterborough II], 1998 [Peterborough], 1999 [Peterborough], 2002 [Wolverhampton]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 1999, 2001 [both Peterborough]; Craven Shield winner: 1999 [Peterborough].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 3 GPs ridden, 0 GP finals, 0 GP wins, 12 GP points.
 
HUCKENBECK, Kai
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 February 1993, Werlte, Germany.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016-17) King’s Lynn.
MAJOR HONOURS: German Under-21 Champion: 2011; German Champion: 2013, 2014.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 1 meeting, 1 point.
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 1 GPs ridden, 0 GP finals, 0 GP wins, 4 GP points.
 
HUME, Danyon
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 July 1996, Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Rye House II; (2016-17) Ipswich, Birmingham.
CLUB HONOUR: National Trophy winner: 2016 Birmingham; League Championship winner: 2016 [Birmingham].
 
HUNTER, George
DATE OF BIRTH: 28 January 1995, Essex.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Rye House II; (2016) Rye House, Rye House II; (2017) Kent, Lakeside.
 
HURRY, Paul William George
DATE OF BIRTH: 9 April 1975, Canterbury, Kent.
BRITISH CAREER: (1991) Arena-Essex; (1992-93) Peterborough; (1994-95) Arena-Essex; (1996) London; (1997) King’s Lynn; (1998-99) Oxford; (2000) Eastbourne; (2001-02) Wolverhampton; (2003) Ipswich; (2004-06) Arena-Essex; (2007) Lakeside; (2009) Poole, Swindon; (2010) Lakeside; (2017) Lakeside.
MAJOR HONOUR: British Under-21 Champion: 1994.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1991 [Arena-Essex], 1992 [Peterborough], 2000 [Eastbourne], 2002 [Wolverhampton]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 1991 [Arena-Essex], 1992 [Peterborough]; Four-Team Championship winner: 1992 [Peterborough]; Premiership winner: 1993 [Peterborough].


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