Jason David Garrity (born 9 November 1993) was an English

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 who won the British Under-19 Championship and the National League Riders Championship in 2011.

Biography

Born in

Longsight Longsight is an inner city area of Manchester, England, south of the Manchester City Centre, city centre, bounded by Ardwick and Gorton, West Gorton to the north and east; Levenshulme to the south; and Chorlton-on-Medlock, Victoria Park, Man ...

but now living in

Droylsden Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the mid-19th cen ...

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. ...

, Garrity was raised by his grandfather, former world

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champion Kenny Longshaw.2011 Rider Index
, speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 16 November 2011. After taking up speedway in 1999, he progressed to a 500cc bike at the age of ten and won the British Under-15 championship in 2008. He began riding for

Buxton Hitmen The Buxton Hitmen were a motorcycle speedway team in the British National League (speedway), National League (formerly the Conference League (speedway), Conference League) from 1994 to 2018. The club stopped racing in the National League after ...

in 2009, becoming a regular part of the team the following year. In December 2010 he was signed by

Belle Vue Aces The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 14 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, wit ...

who made him part of their National League

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side in 2011.Belle Vue sign up rising star Jason Garrity
, ''

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'', 30 December 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2011. In July 2011, he won the British Under-19 Championship at Rye House,Frost, Richard (2011) "Hot Rod", ''Speedway Star'', 17 September 2011, p. 36.Frost, Richard (2011)
Rising star Jason Garrity wins Brit Under-19 title
, menmedia.co.uk. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011. and later that month made his Elite League debut for the Aces in two matches against the

Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Peterborough, England from 1970 to 2023. They were three times List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest lev ...

. The following month he joined

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team the

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on loan for the remainder of the season.Leicester Lions sign Jason Garrity and Viktor Bergstrom
,

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, 24 August 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011. He added another title in September when he won the

National League Riders' Championship The National League Riders' Championship is an annual 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 ...

, also at Rye House.Secret of Jason Garrity’s success
, ''

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'', 8 September 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011. In November 2011, he signed to ride for

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in 2012. He was a Grand Prix reserve in 2014. Garrity signed the

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon, Warwickshire, Brandon near Coventry, England. They are eight times champions of Britain. History Origins and 1920s The firs ...

on a full transfer from

in 2015. In 2017 he signed for

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in the British

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. After a fourth placed finish in the British Riders Championship in June 2018, he signed a temporary 28-day contract with the Belle Vue Aces. In 2020, Garrity was charged for burglary, robbery and two accounts of attempting to commit fraud. According to news reports, "He appeared before Stockport Magistrates’ Court today (Monday 20 April 2020) where he was remanded to appear before Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on 18 May 2020." He was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garrity, Jason 1993 births Living people British speedway riders English motorcycle racers Sportspeople from Manchester Buxton Hitmen riders Coventry Bees riders Redcar Bears riders