Jacob Hook (born 21 August 2002) is a speedway rider from Australia.

Speedway career

Hook began riding at the North Brisbane Junior Motorcycle Club and impressed in Australian junior racing. He began his British speedway career riding for the

Edinburgh Monarchs The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish speedway team based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess and also runs a ...

in the

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. Hook's 2020 & 2021 seasons were disrupted by the

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before he joined the Monarchs. In 2023, he re-signed for Edinburgh in the

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and also signed for Edinburgh's NDL academy side. He was later dropped by the first team but signed for Scottish rivals

Berwick Bandits The Berwick Bandits are a British speedway club, based in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They currently compete in the SGB Championship, racing at Shielfield Park, with home matches usually taking place on Saturday evenings. They also run a second team ...

for the remainder of the season. He signed for the

Plymouth Gladiators The Plymouth Gladiators are a Motorcycle speedway, speedway team in the British SGB Championship. The team competed during various seasons from 1932 to 1969, before reforming after a gap of thirty-six years in 2006. In 2021, the club successful ...

for the 2024 season. Hook signed for

Workington Comets The Workington Comets are a British motorcycle speedway club, based in Workington, Cumbria based at the Northside Speedway track (known as the GT Tyres Arena for sponsorship purposes). The team previously operated from 1970 to 2018 and were ba ...

for the

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, as one of the five Australians included in the team for the season.

References

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