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The following is an A-Z list of riders who are contracted to appear in 2019, 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 2019 series.
LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 29, 2019
RIDERS - A

AARNIO, Tero Kalevi
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 April 1984, Kuusankoski, Finland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2008-09) Berwick; (2010) Scunthorpe; (2011) Scunthorpe, Wolverhampton; (2012-13) Scunthorpe, Workington; (2013) Workington; (2014) Glasgow; (2015-16) Newcastle; (2017) Scunthorpe; (2018) Newcastle; (2019) Belle Vue, Birmingham.
MAJOR HONOURS: Finnish Under-21 Champion: 2004, 2005.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2012 [Scunthorpe].
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 2 meeting, 15 points.
RIDER LINKS: Son of Timo Aarnio (born: 15 February 1953, Kuusankoski, Finland).
 
ABLITT, Nathan
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 March 2004, Battle, East Sussex.
BRITISH CAREER: (2019) Kent.
MAJOR HONOURS: British 150cc Champion: 2016; British 250cc Champion: 2018.
CLUB HONOURS: National Trophy winner: 2019 [Kent].
 
AGERTOFT, Nick
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 February 2001, Horsens, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2019) Birmingham.
 
ALCOCK, Joseph (Joe)
DATE OF BIRTH: 5 March 1999, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2018-19) Stoke.
 
ALLEN, Jake
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 August 1995, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016) Somerset; (2017-18) Somerset, Scunthorpe; (2019) Ipswich, Scunthorpe.
MAJOR HONOURS: Queensland State Champion: 2017.
CLUB HONOURS: League Cup winner: 2016 [Somerset]; League Championship winner: 2016 [Somerset]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2018 [Somerset].
 
ANDERSEN, Hans Nørgaard
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; (2010) Belle Vue; (2011) Coventry, Peterborough; (2012-13) Swindon; (2014-15) Coventry; (2016-17) Poole; (2018) Leicester; (2019) Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOURS: World Cup Champion: 2006, 2008; Danish Champion: 2007; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 2008.
CLUB HONOURS: Craven Shield winner: 2001, 2002 [both Poole], 2008 [Coventry]; League Championship winner: 2006 [Peterborough]; 2012 [Swindon]; Elite Shield winner: 2007 [Peterborough], 2013 [Swindon], 2016 [Poole], 2017 [Poole]; Pairs Championship winner: 2008 [Coventry], 2009 [Poole].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 87 GPs ridden, 21 GP finals, 4 GP wins, 780 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Scandinavian GP Champion: 2004; Danish GP Champion: 2006; Czech Republic GP Champion: 2006; Grand Final Champion: 2006; Italian GP Champion: 2008.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 22 meetings, 235 points, 2 Gold medals, 3 Silver medals, 3 Bronze medals.
 
ANDERSEN, Kasper
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 August 1998, Bramming, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2018) King’s Lynn, Sheffield; (2019) King’s Lynn, Redcar, Sheffield.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2019 [Redcar].
 
ANDERSEN, Mikkel Brondum
DATE OF BIRTH: 31 July 1996, Bejstrup, Nordjylland, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2018) Redcar; (2019) Glasgow.
MAJOR HONOURS: Nordic Under-21 Champion: 2016.
RIDER LINK: Brother of Jonas Brondum Andersen (born: 5 September 1992, Strøm, Copenhagen, Denmark).
 
ANDERSSON, Joel
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 April 1996, Hardemo, Sweden.
BRITISH CAREER: (2018-19) Edinburgh.
MAJOR HONOURS: Swedish Under-21 Champion: 2016.
 
ANDREWS, Christopher (Kris)
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 July 1989, Tiverton, Devon.
BRITISH CAREER: (2019) Plymouth.
RIDER LINK: Brother of Richard James Andrews (born: 6 May 1992, Tiverton, Devon)
 
ANDREWS, Richard (Rich) James
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 May 1992, Tiverton, Devon.
BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Newport II; (2010) Weymouth; (2011) Newport II; (2012) Buxton, Stoke; (2014) Devon; (2015) Eastbourne; (2016) Cradley, Eastbourne; (2017-19) Plymouth.
CLUB HONOURS: National Trophy winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Gold Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2015 [Eastbourne].
RIDER LINK: Brother of Christopher Andrews (born: 30 July 1989, Tiverton, Devon)
 
ATKINS, Henry Michael
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 January 2001, Exeter, Devon.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016) Coventry II; (2017-18) Plymouth; (2019) Somerset, Mildenhall.
MAJOR HONOURS: British 125cc Champion: 2011.
 
AUTY, Joshua (Josh) Liam
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 September 1990, Mirfield, West Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2005-06) Scunthorpe; (2007) Redcar, Scunthorpe; (2008) Redcar; (2009-10) Sheffield, Coventry; (2011) Sheffield, Coventry; (2012-13) Birmingham, Scunthorpe; (2014) Scunthorpe; (2015-16) Leicester, Scunthorpe; (2017) King’s Lynn, Leicester, Scunthorpe; (2018) Leicester, Scunthorpe; (2019) Scunthorpe.
MAJOR HONOURS: British Under-15 Champion: 2004, 2005; Queensland State Under-21 Champion: 2010; Queensland State Champion: 2010.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe], 2007 [Scunthorpe], 2010 [Coventry], 2012 [Scunthorpe]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2006 [Scunthorpe]; Conference Trophy winner: 2006, 2007 [both Scunthorpe]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2007 [Scunthorpe]; Pairs Championship winner: 2010 [Sheffield].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 1 GP ridden, 0 GP finals, 0 GP wins, 1 GP point.
 
AYRES, Daniel (Danny) Stuart
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 August 1986, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
BRITISH CAREER: (2014-15) Kent; (2016) Glasgow, Kent; (2017) King’s Lynn, Leicester, Redcar, Cradley; (2018) Mildenhall; (2019) Scunthorpe, Mildenhall.
CLUB HONOURS: Pairs Championship winner: 2015 [Kent]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2016 [Glasgow]; National Trophy winner: 2018 [Mildenhall].


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