Ben Trigger (born 27 May 2006) is a

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider from

Plymouth Plymouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers River Plym, Plym and River Tamar, Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and ...

England.

Career

In 2021, he won the British 500cc Youth Championship and signed for the Leicester Lion Cubs for the 2021 National Development League speedway season. In 2022, he signed for Plymouth Centurions for the

2022 National Development League speedway season The 2022 National Development League was the third division/tier of British Motorcycle speedway, speedway for the 2022 season. It is a semi-professional development league, containing the junior sides of many SGB Premiership and SGB Championshi ...

. He missed some of the season after fracturing his tibia. After a successful season (despite the injury) Trigger gained a call up to the Plymouth first team and was named in their seven starters for the

SGB Championship 2023 The 2023 SGB Championship season (sponsored by Cab Direct) was the 76th season of the second tier of Speedway in the United Kingdom, British Speedway and the 6th known as the SGB Championship. The British Speedway Network (BSN) streamed 35 match ...

. He also signed for

Mildenhall Fen Tigers The Mildenhall Fen Tigers are a British speedway team, founded in 1975, who last raced in the National Development League during 2023. History 1970s The original track was built in 1971 on farm land owned by Terry Waters, with Bernie Kla ...

for the 2023 NDL season. In 2023, he helped Mildenhall win the Knockout Cup. He signed for

Redcar Bears The Redcar Bears are a British motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Championship (second tier of the British speedway leagues). The club was founded in 2006 and their major team honour to date is the SGB Championship Knockout Cup wi ...

and their junior side Middlesbrough Tigers for the 2024 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trigger, Ben 2006 births Living people British speedway riders Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders Plymouth Gladiators riders Redcar Bears riders 21st-century English sportsmen