Nathan Robert Greaves (born 24 February 1998, Sheffield) is a former

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 England.

Career

Greaves started his British speedway career for the

Cradley Heathens Cradley Heathens were a motorcycle speedway team from Dudley, England. The team was founded in 1947 and competed primarily at the top level of British speedway at Dudley Wood Stadium until its closure in 1995. The team was revived as Dudley Heath ...

in 2013. He raced with

Swindon Robins The Swindon Robins are a motorcycle speedway team from England, established in 1949 that have competed primarily in the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom. They are five times league champions of the United Kingdo ...

as a fast track reserve in 2014 before joining

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

2014 Premier League speedway season The 2014 Premier League was the second division of British speedway. Summary The season took place between March and October 2014. The Somerset Rebels were the defending champions after winning in 2013. This season saw a change to the line-u ...

. Also in 2014, he was part of the Cradley team that won the National League Fours, held on 26 October 2014 at

Brandon Stadium Brandon Stadium, also known as Coventry Stadium, is located 6 miles east of Coventry in Brandon, Warwickshire, England. It was the home of the Coventry Bees motorcycle speedway team. It also hosted BriSCA F1 Stock Car Racing on the 1st Saturd ...

. After a season with the

Sheffield Tigers The Sheffield Tigers (sponsored by Tru Plant) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Premiership, and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium. They were founded in 1929 an ...

in 2016 he signed for

Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They were champions of the United Kingdom five times and raced at Monmore Green Stadium from 1928 to 2023. History 1928–1930 Speedway (known ...

in the

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and

Ipswich Witches The Ipswich Witches are a British motorcycle speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30 ...

for the 2017 season. He also rode for Wolves during the 2018 season before moving to

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 ...

in 2019. His final season was with

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

SGB Championship The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Championship is the second division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). ...

and Armadale Devils in the

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during 2021. He retired after the season on 3 September 2021.

Career honours

*2011 250cc British Under 16s Champion *2012 250cc and 500cc British Under 16s Champion *2013 500cc British Under 16s Champion *2013 National League title winner (Cradley) *2013 National League Knockout Cup winner (Cradley) *2014 National League title winner (Cradley) *2014 National League Knockout Cup winner (Cradley) *2014 National League Fours winner (Cradley) *2018 3rd place British Under-21 Final

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greaves, Nathan 1998 births Living people British speedway riders Edinburgh Monarchs riders Ipswich Witches riders Redcar Bears riders Sheffield Tigers riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders