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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 - W

WAJTKNECHT, Zach
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 February 1998, Saltford, Bristol.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Birmingham; (2016) Somerset, Birmingham; (2017) Swindon, Lakeside.
MAJOR HONOURS: FIM 125cc Youth Gold Trophy Champion: 2012, 2013; British 250cc Youth Champion: 2013; FIM 250cc Longtrack Youth World Cup: 2014; British Under-19 Champion: 2017.
CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team Championship winner: 2015 [Birmingham]; League Championship winner: 2015 [Birmingham], 2016 [Birmingham], 2016 [Somerset], 2017 [Swindon]; National Trophy winner: 2016 [Birmingham]; League Cup winner: 2016 [Somerset].
 
WALKER, Callum
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 November 1998, Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015-16) Coventry II; (2017) Plymouth.
 
WALLINGER, David
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 April 1984, York, North Yorkshire
BRITISH CAREER: (2007) Cleveland; (2016) Buxton; (2017) Stoke.
 
WALLNER, Friedrich (Fritz)
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 February 1986, Austria.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016-17) Scunthorpe.
MAJOR HONOURS: Austrian Champion: 2003.
 
WATT, David (Davey) John
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 January 1978, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2001) Isle of Wight; (2002) Newcastle; (2003) King’s Lynn, Poole; (2004) Rye House, Poole, Eastbourne; (2005) Eastbourne; (2006) Oxford; (2007) Eastbourne; (2008) Poole; (2009) Eastbourne; (2010-11) Poole; (2012-14) Lakeside; (2015) Poole; (2016) Leicester, Poole; (2017) Rye House.
MAJOR HONOUR: Queensland State Champion: 2005.
CLUB HONOURS: Young Shield winner: 2001 [Isle of Wight]; League Championship winner: 2003 [Poole], 2004 [Poole], 2008 [Poole], 2011 [Poole], 2015 [Poole]; Elite Shield winner: 2009 [Eastbourne], 2015 [Poole], 2016 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2010 [Poole], 2011 [Poole].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 5 GPs ridden, 0 GP finals, 0 GP wins, 22 GP points.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 15 meetings, 88 points, 3 Silver medals, 1 Bronze medal.
 
WELLS, Rick (Ricky)
DATE OF BIRTH: 27 July 1991, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.
BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Coventry; (2010) Stoke; (2011) Wolverhampton, Plymouth; (2012-13) Wolverhampton, Sheffield; (2014) Workington; (2015) Wolverhampton, Workington; (2016) Workington; (2017) Rye House, Edinburgh.
MAJOR HONOURS: USA Under-16 Champion: 2004, 2005; USA Under-21 Champion: 2007, 2008; AMA American Champion: 2009; California State Champion: 2009.
CLUB HONOUR: Elite Shield winner: 2011 [Wolverhampton].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 12 meetings, 61 points.
 
WHITMORE, Lewis
DATE OF BIRTH: 24 May 2001, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016-17) King’s Lynn II, Mildenhall.
MAJOR HONOUR: British 250cc Youth Champion: 2014.
 
WIDMAN, Christopher (Chris) David
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 March 1990, Leicester, Leicestershire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2005) Scunthorpe; (2008) Boston; (2009-10) King’s Lynn II; (2011) Belle Vue II; (2012) Buxton; (2013) King’s Lynn II; (2014-15) Stoke; (2016) Isle of Wight, Mildenhall, Stoke; (2017) isle of Wight.
CLUB HONOUR: National Trophy winner: 2013 [Isle of Wight].
 
WILKINSON, Carl Adam
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 May 1981, Boston, Lincolnshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (1997) Peterborough II; (1998) Norfolk; (1999) King’s Lynn II; (2000) Boston, Newcastle, Glasgow; (2001) Boston; (2002-03) Newport, Newport II; (2004) Newport; (2005) Boston, Berwick; (2006) Newport, Ipswich; (2007) Newcastle, Wolverhampton; (2008-10) Scunthorpe, Ipswich; (2011) Scunthorpe; (2012-14) Redcar; (2015-15) Scunthorpe; (2016) King’s Lynn, Scunthorpe; (2017) Scunthorpe.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1997 [Peterborough II]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2000 [Boston].
 
WILLIAMSON, Matthew (Matt)
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 August 1992, Bury, Lancashire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2013) Buxton; (2014) Scunthorpe, Cradley; (2015) Workington, Cradley; (2016) Workington, Belle Vue II; (2017) Workington, Buxton.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2014 [Cradley]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2014 [Cradley]; National Shield winner: 2014 [Cradley].
 
WILSON, Ben Ryan
DATE OF BIRTH: 15 March 1986, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2001-02) Sheffield II; (2003) Sheffield, Sheffield II, Buxton; (2004) Sheffield, Sheffield II, Carmarthen; (2005) Sheffield; (2006) Sheffield, Wolverhampton; (2007) Sheffield, Belle Vue; (2008) Sheffield; (2009) Redcar, Poole; (2010) Redcar, Stoke; (2011) Scunthorpe; (2014) Sheffield, Stoke; (2015) Scunthorpe; (2016) Stoke; (2017) Isle of Wight.
MAJOR HONOUR: British Under-21 Champion: 2006.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2001 [Sheffield II]; Pairs Championship winner: 2014 [Stoke].
 
WILSON-DEAN, Bradley
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 October 1994, Hastings, New Zealand.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Eastbourne; (2016) Somerset; (2017) Swindon, Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOURS: New Zealand Under-21 Champion: 2014, 2015; New Zealand Champion: 2016.
CLUB HONOURS: National Trophy winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Gold Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne], 2017 [Peterborough]; League Cup winner: 2016 [Somerset]; League Championship winner: 2016 [Somerset], 2017 [Swindon].
 
WÖLBERT, Kevin
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 June 1989, Crivitz, Parchim, Germany.
BRITISH CAREER: (2009-10) Edinburgh; (2011) Edinburgh, Birmingham, Poole; (2012) King’s Lynn; (2013) Belle Vue; (2014) Glasgow; (2015-16) Edinburgh; (2017) Leicester.
MAJOR HONOUR: German Champion: 2008, 2011.
CLUB HONOURS: Play-Off winner: 2009 [Edinburgh]; League Championship winner: 2010 [Edinburgh], 2011 [Poole], 2015 [Edinburgh]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2011 [Poole]; League Cup winner: 2015 [Edinburgh].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 7 meetings, 41 points.
 
WOOD, Georgie
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 September 1993, Maidstone, Kent.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015-16) Eastbourne; (2017) Sheffield, Eastbourne.
CLUB HONOURS: National Trophy winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Gold Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; 2016 [Eastbourne], 2017 [Eastbourne]; League Championship winner: 2017 [Sheffield].
 
WOODHULL, Benjamin (Ben)
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 November 2001, Leicester, Leicestershire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2017) Belle Vue II, Buxton.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2017 [Belle Vue II].
RIDER LINK: Twin brother of Luke Woodhull (born:   8 November 2001).
 
WOODHULL, Luke
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 November 2001, Leicester, Leicestershire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2017) Belle Vue II.
RIDER LINK: Twin brother of Benjamin Woodhull (born: 8 November 2001).
 
WOODS, Sam
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 June 1993, Boston, Lincolnshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2013) Kent; (2015-16) Rye House II; (2017) Mildenhall.
CLUB HONOUR: Four-Team Championship winner: 2016 [Rye House II].
 
WOOLLEY, Thomas (Tom)
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 November 1993, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2013-15) Buxton; (2016) Belle Vue II; (2017) Buxton.
 
WORRALL, Richie
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside.
BRITISH CAREER: (2011) Newcastle, Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II; (2012) Lakeside, Newcastle, Stoke; (2013) King’s Lynn, Newcastle; (2014) Belle Vue, Ipswich: (2015) Somerset; (2016) Belle Vue, Glasgow; (2017) Poole, Glasgow.
CLUB HONOURS: Premier Shield winner: 2011 [Newcastle], 2013 [Newcastle]; League Championship winner: 2011 [Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2012 [Newcastle], 2015 [Somerset], 2016 [Glasgow]; League Cup winner: 2012 [Newcastle].
RIDER LINKS: Twin brother of Steve Worrall (born: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside).
 
WORRALL, Steven (Steve)
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside.
BRITISH CAREER: (2010) Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe II; (2011) Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II; (2012) Newcastle; (2013) Newcastle, Redcar; (2014) Swindon, Edinburgh, Cradley; (2015-17) Belle Vue, Newcastle.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2011 [Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II], 2014 [Edinburgh], 2014 [Cradley]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2012 [Newcastle], 2014 [Edinburgh], 2014 [Cradley], 2017 [Belle Vue]; Premier League Cup winner: 2014 [Edinburgh]; National League Shield winner: 2014 [Cradley]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2014 [Cradley].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 2 meeting, 19 points.
RIDER LINKS: Twin brother of Richie Worrall (born: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside).
 
WRIGHT, Charles Martin
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 October 1988, Stockport, Cheshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2004-06) Buxton; (2007) Workington, Buxton; (2008-09) Workington; (2010) Buxton, Redcar; (2011) Workington, Leicester, Belle Vue II; (2012) Edinburgh, Glasgow; (2013-14) Somerset; (2015-16) Swindon, Somerset; (2017) Somerset, Redcar.
CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team winner: 2008 [Workington]; Young Shield winner: 2008 [Workington]; League Championship winner: 2013 [Somerset], 2016 [Somerset]; Knockout-Cup winner: 2013 [Somerset], 2015 [Somerset]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2014 [Somerset]; Premier Shield winner: 2014 [Somerset]; League Cup winner: 2016 [Somerset].
RIDER LINKS: Grandson of Jim Yacoby (born: 26 September 1939, Denton, Manchester, Greater Manchester). Brother of fellow rider James Wright (born: 13 June 1986, Stockport, Cheshire).


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