Redcar Bears Riders - Gary Havelock, Benji Compton, Toma Suchanek, Chris Kerr, Josh Auty, Robbie Kessler, Daniel Giffard, Rusty Hodgson (Paperback)

Chapters: Gary Havelock, Benji Compton, Toma Suchanek, Chris Kerr, Josh Auty, Robbie Kessler, Daniel Giffard, Rusty Hodgson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Gary Havelock (born 4 November 1968, in Eaglescliffe, County Durham, England) is a speedway rider who currently captains the Redcar Bears in the British Premier League. He is the son of former speedway rider Brian Havelock. Havelock started his career with local club Middlesbrough Tigers in 1985 before moving to the Bradford Dukes in 1987, where he spent the next ten seasons. A season with the Eastbourne Eagles was followed by five seasons with the Poole Pirates until 2003. The highlight of his career was when he won the Speedway World Championship in 1992. He has also represented Great Britain in the Speedway World Team Cup finals six times, finishing runner-up in 1990 and in the Speedway World Cup four times, finishing runner-up in 2004. Havelock missed most of the 1996 season after seriously injuring his back whilst representing England in a test match against Australia at Poole in the July. Havelock had ridden in the first two of the Speedway Grand Prix meetings that season. Havelock was banned for the entire 1989 season after he tested positive for cannabis at the British League Riders Championship meeting in 1988. At the 2007 BSPA Annual General Meeting, Great Britain team manager Neil Middleditch announced that he would be "happy to continue" in the position but recommended that Havelock should be his successor once he has retired from racing, stating "he would take to it like a duck to water." Middleditch also mentioned he would be happy for Havelock to act as his assistant. Havelock appeared in the Sky TV football show Premier League All Stars in 2007, representing eventu...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=10447760