The following is an A-Z list of riders who are contracted to appear in 2009, at Elite League, Premier League 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. 8 riders in the Elite League; (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. This particular part of the Index is a work in progress.
COMPILED BY ROBERT BAMFORD
LAST UPDATED: October 31, 2009
RIDERS - A
AARNIO, Tero Kalevi DATE OF BIRTH: 17 April 1984, Kuusankoski, Finland. BRITISH CAREER: (2008-09) Berwick. MAJOR HONOURS: Finnish Under-21 Champion: 2004, 2005. RIDER LINKS: Son of Timo Aarnio (born: 15 February 1953, Kuusankoski, Finland). ADDITIONAL INFO: The Finn was just two months old when he was taken to his first speedway meeting and the sport has been in his blood ever since. His father, a former rider, became his coach - a position he retains to this day - and Aarnio took his initial rides on an 80cc machine at his hometown track of Kuusankoski, when just 10-years-of-age in 1994. He first appeared on the junior scene in Sweden in 1996 and has ridden there every year since with the sole exception of 2008, when he concentrated on establishing himself in the UK with Berwick. Prior to that, he moved on to the full size 500 cc beasts in 2001, before claiming back-to-back successes in the Finnish Under-21 Championship in 2004 and 2005. Having been signed by Berwick, the diminutive rider soon became immensely popular with the Shielfield Park faithful for his full-throttle style, earning the nickname of ‘Tero the Hero'. Still on board with the Bandits in 2009, Aarnio unfortunately suffered a number of confidence-sapping mechanical problems in the first half of the season; however, having remained an integral part of the Borders side, a drop to the reserve berth saw the Finn hit form with a bang on 8 August, when he tallied 14+2 points for Berwick in a home Premier League match against reigning Champions Edinburgh.
ADAMS, Leigh Scott DATE OF BIRTH: 28 April 1971, Mildura, Victoria, Australia. BRITISH CAREER: (1989) Poole; (1990-92) Swindon; (1993-95) Arena-Essex; (1996) London; (1997-98) Swindon; (1999-2000) King's Lynn; (2001-02) Oxford; (2003) Poole; (2004-09) Swindon. MAJOR HONOURS: Australian Under-16 Champion: 1986; Australian Under-21 Champion: 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992; Victoria State Champion: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995; Australian Champion: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009; World Under-21 Champion: 1992; Commonwealth Champion: 1993; World Team Cup Champion: 1999; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004; World Cup Champion: 2001, 2002; Elite League Riders' Champion: 2009. CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1989 [Poole], 2001 [Oxford], 2003 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2000 [King's Lynn], 2003 [Poole]; British League Cup winner: 2003 [Poole]; Pairs Championship winner: 2004, 2005 [both Swindon]; Elite Shield winner: 2008 [Swindon]. GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Challenge Champion: 1995, 1998; Scandinavian GP Champion: 2002, 2007, 2008; Slovenian GP Champion: 2003; Swedish GP Champion: 2004, 2007; Latvian GP Champion: 2007; European GP Champion: 2008. NOTE: Adams never won the World Championship, his closest effort being second place overall in the 2007 Grand Prix series. RIDER LINKS: Second cousin of Cory Gathercole (see separate entry). ADDITIONAL INFO: With Swindon dropping into the lower league for 1999, the super-smooth speedster found himself without a track until King's Lynn swooped for his services at the end of April. The Aussie joined the Norfolk side as a replacement for Tomas Topinka, who had been axed by the then promotion. This was the only time in his long UK career that Adams wasn't fixed up with a club at the start of a campaign. The Australian's testimonial meeting was held at Swindon on 31 July 2003, when Adams, himself, took victory in an individual contest. He became the highest scoring rider in Swindon's history when surpassing Martin Ashby's overall points record in an away league match at Lakeside on 8 August 2008. Dubbed the ‘Sultan of Slide', the mighty Mildura-man continued to re-write the record books when, in April 2009, he became the first rider in British speedway history to reach the landmark of 10,000 points in official competitions. And, prior to the commencement of the UK season, Adams became the first rider to win ten Australian Championships after dominating the series Down Under. He remains one of the most popular and successful riders to ever sport the Swindon colours; his loyalty and dedication to the Wiltshire outfit has been clear for everyone to see, with the current campaign representing his eleventh term of racing for the Robins, adding to his previous years with the club from 1990-92, 1997-98 and 2004-08. Capping his twentieth year of British racing, Adams - at the seventeenth attempt in its various guises - sealed his first-ever Elite League Riders' Championship success courtesy of a great display at Coventry on 2 October. Following that victory, the veteran racer was quick to quash rumours that he was to retire, stating that he intended to continue in domestic speedway for at least one more year. After his beloved Swindon had lost to Wolverhampton in the Play-Off final, the Aussie approached the last Grand Prix of the season at Bydgoszcz, Poland on 17 October and, just prior to the event, it was announced that it would be his final appearance on the World Championship stage. He bowed out with a tremendous second-place finish behind Nicki Pedersen, as he took his overall tally in the series to 1,278 points from 115 rounds between 1996 and 2009. His points total makes him the fifth highest scorer in the competition's history, whilst he lies third overall in terms of appearances.
ALDRIDGE, Andrew DATE OF BIRTH: 16 April 1986, Lincoln, Auckland, New Zealand. BRITISH CAREER: (2008) Rye House II; (2009) Bournemouth. MAJOR HONOURS: New Zealand Under-21 Champion: 2003, 2006, 2007; South Island Champion: 2005, 2008; Auckland Champion: 2006. CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2009 [Bournemouth]; League Championship winner: 2009 [Bournemouth]. ADDITIONAL INFO: The highly-rated Aldridge made his official debut in British speedway with Rye House in a Conference League match at Boston on 21 May 2008, but was forced to withdraw from the meeting after taking a knock to the shoulder in a heat three accident. He quickly recovered, though, and remained ever-present to post a real-time average of 6.65. It was announced in February 2009 that Poole had signed the three-times New Zealand Under-21 Champion, and that he was to spend the season based at Wimborne Road where he would represent the Pirates' new National League outfit, Bournemouth. In a glorious campaign, he was an integral part of the Buccaneers' line-up as they completed the double of winning the Knock-Out Cup and League Championship.
ALLEN, Oliver (Olly) James DATE OF BIRTH: 27 May 1982, Norwich, Norfolk. BRITISH CAREER: (1997) Peterborough II; (1998) Mildenhall, Norfolk, Peterborough, Arena-Essex; (1999-2001) Swindon; (2002) Swindon, Peterborough; (2003) Swindon, Wolverhampton; (2004) Swindon; (2005) King's Lynn, Swindon, Eastbourne; (2006-09) Coventry. MAJOR HONOUR: Queensland State Champion: 2006. CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1997 [Peterborough II], 1998 [Peterborough], 2007 [Coventry]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2000 [Swindon], 2005 [King's Lynn], 2006 [Coventry]; Young Shield winner: 2000 [Swindon], 2005 [King's Lynn]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2003 [Swindon]; Elite Shield winner: 2006 [Coventry]; Craven Shield winner: 2008 [Coventry]. RIDER LINKS: Son of Dave Allen (born: 4 July 1957, Norwich, Norfolk). Brother of Tommy Allen (see separate entry). ADDITIONAL INFO: (1) Allen received a serious injury to the right hand whilst riding for Swindon in a Knock-Out Cup tie at Glasgow on 20 May 2001. The accident happened in a re-run heat ten, when he was sent sprawling after an over-zealous inside challenge from Stuart Swales on the third bend. Although in obvious discomfort, Allen bravely participated in the second re-run but was subsequently excluded by referee Jim McGregor for not making a bona-fide attempt to race. He was to miss over two months of action while he regained fitness; (2) Allen re-broke his throttle hand during the British Under-21 Final at Sheffield on 18 April 2002. This occurred in the second semi-final, when Chris Harris cut back underneath him exiting the fourth bend, only to inadvertently knock his fellow countryman off when they clashed on the home straight; (3) Unluckily, Allen sustained a broken scaphoid when he spun and high-sided his machine on the third bend of heat one in a league match against the Isle of Wight at Swindon on 21 August 2003. And, after returning to the saddle, he suffered a recurrence of the injury when he crashed in the Pride of the East individual meeting at King's Lynn on 25 September; (4) Allen sustained a hefty knock in a tussle with Rafal Dobrucki of Oxford in Swindon's first league match of the season at the Abbey Stadium on 8 April 2004. This happened in heat eight, when the two riders clashed on the first bend and hurtled into the air safety barrier. That was to be the start of a series of unfortunate accidents that year, which also included sustaining abdominal injuries in a home league match versus Arena-Essex on 17 June when, in heat seven, he collided with the air barrier on the second bend and took a blow in the stomach from his handlebars. Then, in an away match at Eastbourne on 6 September, he clashed with Steen Jensen on the back straight of heat fourteen and was catapulted through the safety fence and on to the concrete stock-car track; (5) On 6 April 2005, Allen received shoulder ligament damage when he was accidentally brought down by King's Lynn colleague Jan Jaros in a Premier Trophy match at home to Reading. The incident happened in heat seven, when the two team-mates collided and crashed into the safety fence on the third bend; (6) The 2007 campaign was blighted by a recurring shoulder injury for Allen, which saw him endure several spells on the sidelines in something of a stop-start season. This began when he was inadvertently taken off by Oxford's Steve Johnston in heat three of a league engagement at Cowley on 2 April. He did, however, play a part in what was a golden season for the Bees who scooped a fantastic treble, winning the League Championship, Knock-Out Cup and Craven Shield. In December that year, Coventry and Swindon concluded a direct swap deal that saw Allen join the Bees on a permanent basis, whilst Morten Risager became an asset of the Robins; (7) Allen sustained three broken bones in his wrist in a crash in Poland on 1 May 2008. This occurred whilst he was representing Grudziadz in a Division One fixture at Bydgoszcz when, in heat eleven, home rider Rafal Okoniewski caused the Brit to fall heavily; (8) Allen entered his fourth successive season with Coventry in 2009 but, after a bright start to the campaign, he had the misfortune to sustain a broken tibia while again representing his Polish club, Grudziadz, in a league match versus Poznan on 3 May. Whilst he recuperated, the elder of the racing brothers was replaced by the returning Scott Nicholls on a short term basis. Allen was to resume in the Bees' line-up in July, when Nicholls was released to join Ipswich on loan. The Norwich-born rider's testimonial meeting subsequently took place at Brandon Stadium on 23 August, when Jason Crump took the spoils of victory in an individual event.
ALLEN, Thomas (Tommy) David DATE OF BIRTH: 4 September 1984, Norwich, Norfolk. BRITISH CAREER: (2002) Mildenhall, Swindon II; (2003) Swindon, Swindon II; (2004) Rye House, Rye House II; (2005) Rye House, Swindon; (2006) Rye House, Belle Vue, Poole; (2007) Rye House, Swindon; (2008-09) Rye House. CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2005, 2007 [both Rye House]; Premier Trophy winner: 2005 [Rye House]; Craven Shield winner: 2006 [Poole]. RIDER LINKS: Son of Dave Allen (born: 4 July 1957, Norwich, Norfolk). Brother of Olly Allen (see separate entry). ADDITIONAL INFO: (1) The younger of the Allen racing brothers made an unfortunate start to his 2005 campaign with Rye House, when he broke his tibia and fibula in pre-season practice at the club's Hoddesdon raceway in February; (2) Allen received knee ligament damage, when he crashed in his third outing during the Christer Karlsson Memorial meeting at Vastervik, Sweden on 22 April 2008; (3) ‘Tommy Gun' was again sidelined on 18 April 2009, after sustaining a broken arm in heat seven of Rye House's home match versus Scunthorpe in the Premier Trophy. Unluckily, he was to be dogged by injury and misfortune all season long and, on 22 August, he suffered a broken finger on his left hand when he fell in heat seven of Rye House's home league match versus Somerset. Then, on 11 September, in the Rockets' Knock-Out Cup fixture at Edinburgh, he took a hefty whack to an ankle. And, the following night in a domestic fixture against Newport at Hoddesdon, the ‘Tommy Gun' was involved in a frightening heat two spill. Chasing down visiting rider Jonas Andersson for third place, he clipped the back of the Swede's machine on the third bend, straightened up and powered through and over the safety fence, hitting the guard rail on the inside of the former greyhound track in the process. Miraculously, he escaped with just concussion from what initially looked a far worse situation. He was to be out of action for a few weeks whilst he recovered from the knock to his head.
ALLOTT, Adam Nick DATE OF BIRTH: 19 March 1983, Stockport, Cheshire. BRITISH CAREER: (1998) Norfolk, Buxton; (1999) Buxton, Sheffield; (2000) Sheffield, Owlerton; (2001) Sheffield; (2002) Sheffield II, Swindon, Somerset; (2003) Buxton, King's Lynn; (2004) King's Lynn; (2005) King's Lynn, Eastbourne, Workington, Stoke; (2006) Stoke II; (2007) King's Lynn; (2008) Boston; (2009) King's Lynn II, Scunthorpe. CLUB HONOUR: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2007 [King's Lynn]. RIDER LINKS: Son of Nicky Allott (born: 15 December 1954, Buxton, Derbyshire). Great Nephew of Tommy Allott (born: 17 May 1908, Denby Dale, West Yorkshire). Grandson of Guy Allott (born: 19 September 1922, Penistone, South Yorkshire). Nephew of Trevor Stead (born: 24 May 1956, Sheffield, South Yorkshire) and Ian Stead (born: 25 April 1964, Sheffield, South Yorkshire). Cousin of Simon Stead (see separate entry). ADDITIONAL INFO: (1) Allott sustained serious injuries when he crashed whilst riding for Stoke in a Conference Shield match at Scunthorpe on 10 September 2006. He suffered damage to his back and also a break to his right elbow, which needed plating. The accident occurred in heat fifteen of the match, when he was launched into the safety fence at high-speed after being unable to avoid Tai Woffinden and Ben Barker, who had fallen in front of him. He announced his retirement at the end of the year, following medical advice suggesting that another knock could leave him badly injured, however, he bravely made a track return in September 2007, when he re-joined King's Lynn; (2) Having only ridden in half-a-dozen official matches for Boston at the tail-end of 2008, Allott made a full-time return to racing in 2009, when he linked with King's Lynn's second side in the newly-formed National League. He subsequently also linked with Scunthorpe towards the end of June, when he replaced Nick Simmons in the Scorpions' line-up. His spell with the Premier League side proved short-lived, though, as he was released in mid-July when Ritchie Hawkins joined the North Lincolnshire outfit.
ANDERSEN, Anders Christian DATE OF BIRTH: 10 May 1988, Herning, Denmark. BRITISH CAREER: (2008-09) Glasgow. ADDITIONAL INFO: Having linked with Glasgow during the 2008 campaign, the Dane began his first full season of British racing with the Tigers in 2009. Unfortunately, though, he sustained a broken thigh in heat thirteen of a Danish Super League match on 24 April, whilst representing Grindsted in a home fixture against Fjelsted. He was initially replaced for a month by Lee Smart.
ANDERSEN, Hans Norgaard DATE OF BIRTH: 3 November 1980, Odense, Denmark. BRITISH CAREER: (2001-02) Poole; (2003) Peterborough; (2004-05) Ipswich; (2006-07) Peterborough; (2008) Peterborough, Coventry; (2009) Poole. MAJOR HONOURS: World Cup Champion: 2006, 2008; Danish Champion: 2007; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 2008. CLUB HONOURS: Craven Shield winner: 2002 [Poole], 2008 [Coventry]; League Championship winner: 2006 [Peterborough]; Elite Shield winner: 2007 [Peterborough]; Pairs Championship winner: 2008 [Coventry], 2009 [Poole]. GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Scandinavian GP Champion: 2004; Danish GP Champion: 2006; Czech Republic GP Champion: 2006; Grand Final Champion: 2006; Italian GP Champion: 2008. ADDITIONAL INFO: (1) In 2008, Andersen served a 14-day ban imposed by the sport's authorities to enable the then Peterborough promoter Colin Horton to attempt to resolve the financial difficulties, which had led to the Danish rider withholding his services due to unpaid wages. He subsequently joined Coventry in August for the remainder of the season; (2) Having initially decided not to compete in British speedway in 2009 in order to focus on doing less meetings, the Dane had a change of heart and was signed by Poole - his first UK club - late in May, when he replaced Ales Dryml in the Pirates' declared line-up.
ANDERSSON, Jonas Eskil DATE OF BIRTH: 22 June 1990, Hultsfred, Sweden. BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Newport. ADDITIONAL INFO: On the recommendation of Peter Jansson, his team manager at Vargarna Wolves, Andersson joined Newport at the tail-end of June 2009, when he replaced Brent Werner in the side. This followed an impressive display in the Welsh Open Championship on the British Grand Prix weekend, which yielded 8 points for the nineteen-year-old Swede. Prior to the end of the campaign - having proved popular with the Wasps - he was named as the club's second signing for 2010, hot on the heels of Grant Tregoning.
ANDREWS, Richard (Rich) James DATE OF BIRTH: 6 May 1992, Tiverton, Devon. BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Newport II. ADDITIONAL INFO: Having initially been part of the declared 1-7 of Newport's new National League side in 2009, Andrews shuffled to the No. 8 position in June, being replaced in the main body of the team by Shelby Rutherford. Then, towards the end of the same month, he lost his place in the squad altogether, when Tom Young returned from injury.
ANDREWS, Marc James DATE OF BIRTH: 23 November 1986, Poole, Dorset. BRITISH CAREER: (2004) Stoke II, Swindon II, King's Lynn II; (2005) Weymouth, Stoke II, Oxford II; (2006) Newport II; (2008) Sittingbourne; (2009) Plymouth. ADDITIONAL INFO: Andrews lost his spot in Plymouth's declared 1-7 in June 2009, when his place was taken by Danny Stoneman.
ARMSTRONG, Jon Thomas DATE OF BIRTH: 1 August 1974, Manchester, Greater Manchester. BRITISH CAREER: (1992-93) Belle Vue; (1994) Coventry; (1996) Buxton, Sheffield; (1997) Buxton, Belle Vue II, Swindon, Stoke; (1998) Newport, Newport II; (1999) Belle Vue, Stoke; (2000) Newport; (2001) Stoke; (2002) Buxton, Stoke; (2003) Stoke; (2004) Mildenhall, Belle Vue; (2005) Mildenhall, Peterborough; (2006) Mildenhall, Peterborough; (2007) Boston, Birmingham, Buxton; (2008-09) Weymouth. CLUB HONOURS: Four-Team Championship winner: 2004 [Mildenhall]; Conference Trophy winner: 2004 [Mildenhall]; League Championship winner: 2004 [Mildenhall]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2004 [Mildenhall]. MAJOR HONOUR: Amateur League Riders' Champion: 1997. ADDITIONAL INFO: A lengthy career in the sport for the ‘Mighty Midget' began at Belle Vue in the 1990s and saw him represent a variety of clubs at all three levels of the sport, before he arrived at Weymouth in 2008. Regrettably, his campaign with the Wildcats came to an abrupt end on 31 May, when he suffered a broken tibia and patella tendon in a heat seven smash with team-mate Jay Herne during the Conference League Pairs Championship at his home track. The Mancunian returned to the saddle with Weymouth as club skipper in 2009 but, after struggling with the leg he broke the previous year, he was ordered to take at least six weeks off on medical advice. In the interim, he was replaced in the Wildcats' line-up by Mark Burrows. Later in the season, following Lee Smart's departure from the Wessex club, Armstrong - although still ruled out by knee problems - was briefly re-introduced into Weymouth's declared 1-7, thus allowing them a facility in his continued absence. This was utilized in a home National Trophy engagement with Mildenhall on 31 July, however, the move was subsequently vetoed and the Wildcats instead enlisted the services of Benji Compton in early August. During his elongated spell on the sidelines, doctors ordered Armstrong to undergo a knee arthroscopy to assess the full extent of the damage. However, after being kept waiting by the NHS, he ended up spending £3,500 to get it looked at privately. Having been warned that an operation might make things worse, he nonetheless decided to go for it and underwent surgery on 26 August. Thankfully, this proved a success and Armstrong began planning his comeback to racing in earnest, in all probability with Weymouth in 2010.
ASHWORTH, Richard (Ricky) David DATE OF BIRTH: 17 August 1982, Salford, Greater Manchester. BRITISH CAREER: (2001) Sheffield II; (2002) Sheffield, Sheffield II; (2003) Sheffield; (2004) Sheffield, Peterborough; (2005) Sheffield, Poole; (2006-09) Sheffield. MAJOR HONOUR: Premier League Riders' Champion: 2009. CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2002 [Sheffield]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2002 [Sheffield]; Young Shield winner: 2002 [Sheffield]. ADDITIONAL INFO: Aside from the club honours listed, Ashworth also helped Poole to win the British League Cup in 2003, appearing in both legs of the final as a guest. He later filled a ‘doubling-up' role alongside Edward Kennett with the Pirates in 2005, having shared a similar role with Andrew Appleton at Peterborough the season before; these being the only times he has dipped his toes officially in the Elite League, having been based with Sheffield for his entire career. On 27 September 2009, he used his substantial knowledge of the Owlerton circuit to great effect by taking victory in the Premier League Riders' Championship, as he scooped his first major individual honour.
ASPEGREN, Robin Alexander DATE OF BIRTH: 24 March 1989, Sweden. BRITISH CAREER: No official appearances. ADDITIONAL INFO: Eastbourne gave the highly-rated youngster a trial at the end of the 2009 season, the Swede representing the Eagles in home and away challenge matches against Poole, on 10 and 14 October, respectively.
ATKIN, Anthony (Tony) Neville DATE OF BIRTH: 8 April 1966, Wrexham, North Wales. BRITISH CAREER: (1986) Stoke; (1994) Wolverhampton; (1995) Bradford; (1996) Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Buxton; (1997) Stoke; (1999-2002) Stoke; (2003-07) Newport; (2008) Newport, Berwick; (2009) Newport II, Newport. CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 1995 [Bradford]; Pairs Champion: 2009 [Newport II]. ADDITIONAL INFO: Atkin sustained a broken ankle while riding for Newport against the Isle of Wight at Queensway Meadows in the Premier Trophy on 6 April 2008. The accident happened in heat three after the popular Wrexham-born rider had clipped Cory Gathercole's machine and then hit Paul Fry, before careering into the safety fence. Regrettably, the Welsh track was forced to close down shortly afterwards following promoter Tim Stone's death on 26 April. Only the side's Premier Trophy and Knock-Out Cup matches were permitted to count in the riders' records and Atkin subsequently re-located to Berwick. The veteran of the grass-track and speedway scene resumed with Newport's new National League side as skipper in 2009 and also linked with the senior Premier League outfit at Queensway Meadows late in May, when he replaced Kyle Newman. His stint back in the senior side proved short-lived, though, as the Wasps' promotion recalled Newman - together with Kyle Hughes - as ‘doubling-up' riders in place of Atkin early in June. Aside from his Knock-Out Cup success with Bradford in 1995, a career highlight occurred at the Isle of Wight on 18 August 2009, when he partnered Grant Tregoning to the NL Pairs Championship. Late in October, it was confirmed by the Newport management that Atkin had signed on the dotted line to again represent the Hornets in 2010.
AUTY, Joshua (Josh) Liam DATE OF BIRTH: 8 September 1990, Mirfield, West Yorkshire. BRITISH CAREER: (2005-06) Scunthorpe; (2007) Redcar, Scunthorpe; (2008) Redcar; (2009) Sheffield, Coventry. MAJOR HONOURS: British Under-15 Champion: 2004, 2005. CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2006, 2007 [both Scunthorpe]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe]; Conference Trophy winner: 2006, 2007 [both Scunthorpe]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2007 [Scunthorpe]. ADDITIONAL INFO: In 2009, Auty initially took the role of club No. 8 at Coventry, prior to being promoted to a ‘doubling-up' role in place of Joel Parsons in June. However, when his fellow ‘doubling-up' rider, Jordan Frampton, sustained a wrist injury on 20 July, the Bees temporarily dispensed with using the facility. Both Auty and Frampton were recalled to the ‘doubling-up' position at the end of August, though, when Filip Sitera was released.