Sam Hagon (born 10 October 2004) 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 England. He is the current British U21 champion having won the event in 2024 and 2025.

Career

Hagon started racing in the British leagues during the 2021 National Development League speedway season 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 ...

and won the league title with the Suffolk-based team. The following season he switched to the Oxford Chargers and completed a solid season, averaging 6.35. In 2023, he joined the

Belle Vue Colts The Belle Vue Colts are the junior youth development team of the Belle Vue Aces, one of the World's most famous motorcycle speedway team, based in Manchester in the northwest of England. History Belle Vue first operated a reserve team during t ...

from Oxford and his good form saw him selected by

Birmingham Brummies Birmingham Brummies are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League (1929–31), Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of Britis ...

during 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 ...

campaign. He signed for the

Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Poole Speedway is promoted by l ...

for their 2024 title and knockout Cup winning season and replaced Joe Thompson as the rising star for the

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. and again from 2011. The team race at the Beaumont Park Stadium (or Hydroscand Arena for sponsorsh ...

in the Premiership. Later that year he won the 2024 British Under 21 Championship. Hagon signed for

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

SGB Championship 2025 The 2025 SGB Cab Direct Championship season will be the 78th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 8th known as the SGB Championship. Poole Pirates are the defending league champions, Knockout Cup champions and BSN Series cham ...

and successfully defended his British U-21 at the

2025 British Speedway Championship The 2025 British Speedway Championship (sponsored by Attis Insurance) was the 65th edition of the British Speedway Championship. Dan Bewley was the defending champion having won the title in 2024. The competition consisted of one semi-final an ...

Personal life

Hagon is part of a large speedway family. His father

Martin Hagon Martin Peter Hagon (born 25 December 1961 in Hackney, England is a former motorcycle speedway, grasstrack and longtrack rider. Career Hagon raced for Hackney Hawks during the 1982 British League season. After another season with them he ...

was a speedway rider, as was his grandfather Alf Hagon. Meanwhile his uncle Martin Dugard is a former

Speedway Grand Prix Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. The series started in 1995 replacing the previous format of a single event final. The first ...

winner.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hagon, Sam Living people 2004 births British speedway riders Belle Vue Colts riders Berwick Bandits riders Birmingham Brummies riders Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders Poole Pirates riders 21st-century English sportsmen