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The following is an A-Z list of riders who are contracted to appear in 2020, 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 2020 series.

ALSO NOTE: Premiership, Championship and National League and Cup racing didn't take place during the entire 2020 season because of the Coronavirus pandemic. We have, however, retained the riders in their intended teams in the lists below for reference purposes. Although those 2020 team listings will be removed from the 2021 Rider Index.
 
LAST UPDATED: OCTOBER 21, 2020
RIDERS - P

PALIN, Jordan
DATE OF BIRTH: 19 February 2004, Beverley, East Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2019) Belle Vue II; (2020) Scunthorpe, Belle Vue II.
 
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; (2019) King’s Lynn, Redcar; (2020) Peterborough, Redcar.
MAJOR HONOURS: FIM Youth 80cc Champion: 2006.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2012 [Scunthorpe]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2018 [Peterborough]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2019 [Redcar].
 
PEDERSEN, Nicki
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 April 1977, Odense, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (1998) Newcastle; (1999-2000) Wolverhampton; (2001-02) King’s Lynn; (2003) Oxford, Eastbourne; (2004-07) Eastbourne; (2011) Peterborough; (2020) Sheffield.
MAJOR HONOURS: Danish Under-21 Champion: 1997, 1998; Danish Champion: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011; World Champion: 2003, 2007, 2008; Elite League Riders’ Champion: 2005, 2007; World Cup Champion: 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 2010; European Champion: 2016.
CLUB HONOUR: Premiership winner: 2001 [King’s Lynn].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 177 GPs ridden, 64 GP finals, 17 GP wins, 1972 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: European GP Champion: 2002, 2007, 2011; British GP Champion: 2003; Slovenian GP Champion: 2006, 2007; Polish GP Champion: 2006, 2009, 2015; Italian GP Champion: 2007; Czech Republic GP Champion: 2007, 2008, 2012; Croatia GP Champion: 2012; Finnish GP Champion: 2015; Swedish GP Champion: 2015, 2018.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 29 meetings, 344 points, 4 Gold medals, 4 Silver medals, 3 Bronze medals.
RIDER LINKS: Brother of Ronni Pedersen (born: 6 October 1974, Middelfart, Denmark).
 
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; (2019) Swindon, Leicester, Leicester II; (2020) Swindon, Leicester.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winners: 2016 [Eastbourne], 2019 [Swindon], 2019 [Leicester II]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2018 [Peterborough]; Championship Shield winner: 2019 [Leicester]; League Championship winner: 2019 [Swindon], 2019 [Leicester], 2019 [Leicester II].
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).
 
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; (2019) Newcastle, Belle Vue II; (2020) Armadale.
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: (2017-20) Edinburgh.
 
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; (2020) Scunthorpe.
TEAM HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2003 [Edinburgh], 2011 [Glasgow]; Elite Shield winner: 2008 [Swindon].
 
PROCTOR, Tyron (Ty) Brian
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; (2019) King’s Lynn, Peterborough, Leicester, Sheffield; (2020) King's Lynn, Leicester.
MAJOR HONOURS: Victoria State Champion: 2010.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2009 [Wolverhampton], 2018 [Workington], 2019 [Leicester]; Elite Shield winner: 2010, 2011 [both Wolverhampton]; Championship Shield winner: 2018 [Workington]; Championship Shield winner: 2019 [Leicester].
RIDER LINKS: Brother of Toby Proctor (born: 2 May 1990, Longwarry, Victoria, Australia).


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