Adam Ellis
Born | Marmande, France | 21 March 1996
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Nationality | British |
Current club information | |
British league | Sheffield Tigers |
Polish league | |
Swedish league | |
Career history | |
National League | |
2012–2013 | Isle of Wight Islanders |
2015 | Birmingham Brummies |
2016 | Eastbourne Eagles |
2021 | Scunthorpe Scorpions |
Premier League/Championship | |
2013–2014 | Ipswich Witches |
2018 | Lakeside Hammers |
2019 | Birmingham Brummies |
2020 | Poole Pirates |
Elite League/Premiership | |
2014–2015 | Lakeside Hammers |
2016 | Poole Pirates |
2017–2020 | Swindon Robins |
2021– | Sheffield Tigers |
Individual honours | |
2021 | British Champion |
Team honours | |
2015 | National League |
2016 | National League Knockout Cup |
2017, 2019 | SGB Premiership |
Adam Ellis (born 21 March 1996) is a British grasstrack and speedway rider.
Biography[]
Born in Marmande, France, Ellis began grasstrack racing in 2009, going on to finish second in the 250cc French Grasstrack Championship in 2010, and winning the championship in 2011.[1][2] In 2012 he again finished runner up, and also competed in the French Speedway Championship.[3] He was mentored by former rider Matt Read.[2] He also began speedway racing in the United Kingdom, winning two rounds of the British Junior Championship.[1] He was signed by the National League team Isle of Wight Islanders as their number eight, averaging 7.61 from eight matches, and also became a Lakeside Hammers asset, making his Elite League debut in October.[1][2][4][5] After the end of the 2012 season he was confirmed in the Islanders team for 2013, as well as getting a place in the Ipswich Witches Premier League team and an Elite League contract with Lakeside Hammers.[1][6][7][8]
In May 2013 he was selected to compete in the World Under-21 speedway semi-final in Lonigo.[9] In 2017 he was made an asset by Swindon Robins along with Zach Wajtknecht. In 2019 he won the SGP Premiership with Robins for the second time.[10]
Ellis became the British champion in 2021 after winning the 2021 British Speedway Championship.[11][12]
World Longtrack Championship Team Championship[]
- 2018 - Morizes 5/46pts (with James Shanes, Zach Wajtknecht & Chris Harris) Second
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Adam Ellis", ipswichwitches.co, Retrieved 16 December 2012
- ^ a b c Oakes, Peter (2012) "Our Future in Their Hands", Speedway Star, 8 December 2012, pp. 33-35
- ^ "Speedway Hot-Gun Adam Ellis in 2nd at Mid-Point of 2012 French Speedway Championships", knfilters.com, retrieved 16 December 2012
- ^ Power, Lee (2012) "Hammers hopes sunk by Pirates", lovespeedway24.co.uk, 2 October 2012. retrieved 16 December 2012
- ^ "National League Statistics", Speedway Star, 15 December 2012, p. 34
- ^ Williams, Bryn (2012) "It's Seven Up!", Speedway Star, 15 December 2012, p. 33
- ^ "Ipswich have signed Ben Barker and young star Adam Ellis", Sky Sports, 9 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012
- ^ "Big Season Ahead for Ellis", speedway365.com, 13 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012
- ^ "Ellis Receives U21 Call", speedwaygb.co, 8 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013
- ^ "Result: Thursday October 17", speedwaygb.co.uk, 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019
- ^ "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "British final". Speedway Great Britain. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- British speedway riders
- Isle of Wight Islanders riders
- Lakeside Hammers riders
- Ipswich Witches riders
- Eastbourne Eagles riders