Steven Edward Worrall (born 23 September 1991) 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.

Career

Born in St Helens, the twin brother of

Richie Worrall Richard Leonard Worrall (born 23 September 1991) is an English motorcycle speedway rider who in 2012 reached the final of the World Under-21 Championship. Biography Worrall was born in St. Helens, Merseyside, the slightly elder of twins, the ot ...

, Steve competed in

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before taking up speedway in 2009 and had his first competitive season in 2010 with

Scunthorpe Saints The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a motorcycle speedway team in the British SGB Championship. They have raced at various times since 1971, at three different venues. History Origins and 1970s Speedway in Scunthorpe began on 3 May 1971 at the ...

in the

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.Rider Index: W
, speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 27 December 2014 In 2011 he was part of the combined Scunthorpe/Sheffield team that won the league, and the same year finished as runner up to

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in the British Under-21 Championship. In 2012, he moved up to the

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, riding for

Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds were a motorcycle speedway team that raced in the British speedway leagues from 1929 to 2022. They were based at Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium was previously known as Brough Park. History Origins and ...

along with his brother, a season interrupted by a broken leg sustained in July. He stayed at Newcastle in 2013 but after losing confidence dropped down to the National League, riding for

King's Lynn Young Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" was adopted from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 1996 ...

and then

Stoke Potters The Stoke Potters previously the Hanley Potters were a British speedway team. As Hanley Potters they raced at the Sun Street Stadium from 1929 to 1963 and as Stoke, the team raced at Loomer Road Stadium in Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1973 to ...

.Kinvig, David (2013)
Steve Worrall sees a bright future with Monarchs
, ''

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'', 3 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2014 He returned to the Premier League later that season with

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 ...

, replacing the injured

Max Dilger Max Dilger (born 14 July 1989) is a motorcycle speedway and longtrack speedway rider from Germany. He earned 3 international caps for the German national speedway team. Career In 2006, Dilger started racing in Poland and rode for the Hungar ...

. In 2014, he rode for

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 ...

in the Elite League via the fast track draft system, and was part of the Premier League, League Cup, and Premier League Knockout Cup-winning record breaking

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 ...

team, while also riding for

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 the National League, that team also winning multiple trophies.Wallace, Barry (2014)
Newcastle Diamonds welcome back Steve Worrall for the 2015 campaign
, ''

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'', 23 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014 Worrall came close to individual honours, finishing as runner up to

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in the

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. He was voted by readers of the ''

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'' as the Robins Rider of the Year. In late 2014, 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 ...

for the 2015 Elite League season, and signed to return to Newcastle Diamonds in the Premier League. He reached the Elite League Grand Final with the

against 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 ...

in September 2015. Worrall remained with Belle Vue for six seasons and won the 2017 Division 1 KO Cup. He also rode for Newcastle and Scunthorpe in division 2. In 2020, Worrall joined the Poole Pirates in the

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and in 2021 Worrall helped Poole win the league and cup double. In 2022, he rode for the

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

SGB Premiership 2022 The 2022 SGB Premiership was the 87th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Premiership. Sheffield Tigers topped the regular season table and met Belle Vue Aces in the play off final but Belle Vue ran out the ...

and remained with Poole in the

SGB Championship 2022 The 2022 SGB Championship season is the 75th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Championship. Summary Eleven clubs competed in the Championship in 2022, with Oxford returning to the sport after a 15-yea ...

. With Poole he was part of the team that retained the tier 2 League and KO Cup double crown. In 2023, he re-signed for Wolves for the

SGB Premiership 2023 The 2023 Sports Insure SGB Premiership was the 88th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 6th known as the SGB Premiership. There was an increase of one team after the Leicester Lions opted to move up from the SGB Championship. ...

and also re-signed for Poole for the

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, where he was named the team captain after taking over from the departing Danny King. He finished runner-up behind

Dan Bewley Daniel Bewley (born 20 May 1999) is a British international speedway rider. Career Bewley started riding for the Belle Vue Colts and as a reserve for the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2017. In 2017, he won the National League Riders' Championship be ...

in the 2023 British Speedway Championship, which qualified him to compete in the

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as the wild card rider. Following the demise of Wolverhampton, he signed for

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 ...

for the 2024 Premiership season. and signed for Glasgow Tigers for the 2024 Championship season. Worrall returned to Scunthorpe Scorpions 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 ...

Major results

World individual Championship

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Worrall, Steve 1991 births Living people English motorcycle racers British speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Birmingham Brummies riders Cradley Heathens riders Edinburgh Monarchs riders Glasgow Tigers riders King's Lynn Young Stars riders Newcastle Diamonds riders Poole Pirates riders Redcar Bears riders Scunthorpe Scorpions riders Stoke Potters riders Swindon Robins riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders Sportspeople from St Helens, Merseyside