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2018 RIDER INDEX
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The following is an A-Z list of riders who are contracted to appear in 2018, 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 Speedway of Nations statistics will be updated for participating riders after each round of the 2018 series.

LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 29, 2018
RIDERS - P

PALM TOFT, Michael
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 July 1990, Odense, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2011) Scunthorpe; (2012) King’s Lynn, Scunthorpe; (2013) Plymouth, Scunthorpe; (2014) Belle Vue; (2015-16) Peterborough, Scunthorpe; (2017) King’s Lynn, Somerset, Scunthorpe; (2018) King's Lynn, Leicester, Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOUR: FIM Youth 80cc Champion: 2006.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2012 [Scunthorpe]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2018 [Peterborough].
 
PALOVAARA, Victor
DATE OF BIRTH: 31 January 1994, Karlstad, Sweden.
BRITISH CAREER: (2014-15) Glasgow; (2016) Newcastle; (2018) Edinburgh.
 
PARKINSON BLACKBURN, Jack Daniel
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 September 2000, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Buxton; (2016) Birmingham; (2017) Sheffield, Birmingham; (2018) Birmingham.
MAJOR HONOUR: British 500cc Youth Champion: 2015; Midland Development League Riders Champion: 2015.
CLUB HONOUR: National Trophy winner: 2016 [Birmingham]; League Championship winner: 2016 [Birmingham]; 2017 [Sheffield].
 
PAVITT, Corban
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 December 2002, Whitehaven, Cumbria.
BRITISH CAREER: (2018) Buxton.
 
PERKS, Ellis George
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 March 1997, Worcester, Worcestershire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2014) Scunthorpe II; (2015) Scunthorpe, Cradley; (2016) Plymouth, Eastbourne; (2017) Rye House, Wolverhampton, Redcar, Buxton; (2018) Peterborough, Plymouth.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winners: 2016 [Eastbourne]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2018 [Peterborough].
RIDER LINKS: Great nephew of Dave Perks (born: 16 December 1951, Halesowen, Worcestershire). Son of former referee Robbie Perks (born: 24 October 1968, Halesowen, West Midlands).
 
PERRY, Thomas (Tom) Andrew
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 February 1993, Albrighton, Nr. Wolverhampton, Shropshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2010-11) Dudley; (2012) Somerset, Dudley; (2013) Somerset, Isle of Wight; (2014) Leicester, Wolverhampton, Scunthorpe, Cradley; (2015) Birmingham; (2016) Berwick, Peterborough, Birmingham; (2017) Glasgow, Cradley; (2018) Belle Vue II.
CLUB HONOURS: National Shield winner: 2011 [Dudley], 2012 [Dudley], 2014 [Cradley]; Premier League Cup winner: 2012 [Somerset]; League Championship winner: 2013 [Somerset], 2014 [Cradley], 2015 [Birmingham], 2016 [Birmingham]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2013 [Somerset], 2014 [Cradley]; National Trophy winner: 2013 [Isle of Wight]; 2016 [Birmingham]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2014 [Cradley], 2015 [Birmingham].
 
PHILLIPS, Daniel (Danny)
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 July 1996, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2012) Scunthorpe II; (2013) Mildenhall; (2014) Cradley; (2015) Stoke; (2016) Newcastle, Stoke; (2017) Newcastle, King’s Lynn II; (2018) Scunthorpe, Coventry.
MAJOR HONOUR: Northern Junior League Riders’ Champion: 2013.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2014 [Cradley]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2014 [Cradley]; National Shield winner: 2014 [Cradley].
 
PICKERING, Joshua (Josh)
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 November 1996, Heddon Greta, New South Wales, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2017-18) Edinburgh.
 
PIESZCZEK, Krystian
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 September 1995, Gdansk, Poland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2018) Leicester.
MAJOR HONOURS: Latvian Under-21 Champion: 2015; World Cup Champion: 2016.
 
PIJPER, Theo
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 February 1980, Dokkum, Holland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2002-06) Edinburgh; (2007) Wolverhampton, Edinburgh, Berwick; (2008) Swindon, Mildenhall; (2011) Glasgow, Birmingham; (2012-13) Edinburgh; (2014) Glasgow; (2015) Scunthorpe; (2016) Berwick; (2017) Edinburgh; (2018) Berwick, Redcar.
TEAM HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2003 [Edinburgh], 2011 [Glasgow]; Elite Shield winner: 2008 [Swindon].
 
PORTWOOD, Adam Charles
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 July 1995, March, Cambridgeshire, England.
BRITISH CAREER: (2011) Mildenhall, Dudley; (2015) King's Lynn II; (2017) Isle of Wight, King’s Lynn II; (2018) Isle of Wight.
 
POWELL, Charles (Charley)
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 August 1992, Orpington, Kent.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015-18) Eastbourne.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2016 [Eastbourne], 2017 [Eastbourne], 2018 [Eastbourne]; League Championship winner: 2018 [Eastbourne].
 
PROCTOR, Tyron (Ty)
DATE OF BIRTH: 27 February 1987, Longwarry, Victoria, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2008) Redcar, Peterborough; (2009) Redcar, Wolverhampton; (2010-12) Wolverhampton; (2013) Wolverhampton, Plymouth; (2014) Wolverhampton, Sheffield; (2015) Sheffield; (2017) Workington; (2018) King's Lynn, Workington.
MAJOR HONOUR: Victoria State Champion: 2010.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2009 [Wolverhampton], 2018 [Workington]; Elite Shield winner: 2010, 2011 [both Wolverhampton]; Championship Shield winner: 2018 [Workington].
RIDER LINKS: Brother of Toby Proctor (born: 2 May 1990, Longwarry, Victoria, Australia).


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