Troy Matthew Batchelor (born 29 August 1987) is an Australian
speedway
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Types of races and race cours ...
rider.
Career
Australia
Born in
Brisbane
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Queensland
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, Troy Batchelor enjoyed his first success when he won the 2001 Queensland and
New South Wales
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Under-16 championships and followed this up by winning the 2003 Australian Under-16 Championship at the
Bibra Lake Speedway Bibra may refer to:
Organisations
* British Industrial Biological Research Association, now known as BIBRA in the UK
Places
* Bibra, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, a village in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
* Bibra, Saale-Hol ...
in
Perth
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. After graduating to the senior ranks following his 16th birthday, Batchelor won the Queensland State Championship in 2007 before he moved to
Adelaide
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in
South Australia
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Gillman Speedway
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five times (2008-2011, 2013). He currently sits all time second on the SA title winners list behind joint record holders
John Boulger
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and the
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
and
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh ...
World Champion
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Jack Young. Boulger and Young each won nine SA titles during their respective careers.
In January 2008, he finished runner-up to
Chris Holder
Christopher Robert Holder (born 24 September 1987 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian speedway rider currently riding for Lejonen in the Swedish Elitserien and for Apator Toruń in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga. He became the Aus ...
in the
Australian Solo Championship
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.
In January 2013, he won the Australian Championship after having finished second in both 2008 and 2010.
Batchelor also won the
Australian Long Track Championship
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in 2003 at the
Bathurst Showground
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, and again in 2004 at the Wagga Wagga Showground.
On 3 December 2016, Batchelor added the
Victorian Championship
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Max Fricke
Max Fricke (born 29 March 1996) is an Australian speedway rider. He is a World team champion, twice Australian champion and four times Australian Under-21 Champion.
Career Juniors
Fricke competed in junior levels of motocross and speedway i ...
Batchelor began his British speedway career in 2005 when he signed for
King's Lynn Stars
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in the
Premier League
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. In his first year, he won the Premier League Knockout Cup and the
Premier Trophy
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, with King's Lynn defeating
Rye House Rockets
The Rye House Rockets were a speedway team based at Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon, England. They competed in various British speedway leagues from 1954 to 2018.
History
Rye House began life in 1934 hosting open meetings. Whilst at Hackney in ...
in both finals. The next season Batchelor was back at King's Lynn and was also Elite League team
Coventry Bees
Coventry Bees were a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England.
History
A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the inaugural season of the Souther ...
number 8 rider. That year King's Lynn won a treble of the Premier League Championship, Premier Trophy and the Premier League Knockout Cup. He also helped Coventry win the
Elite League Knockout Cup
The Elite League Knockout Cup was a speedway Knockout Cup competition in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2012.
History
It was governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). ...
.
In 2007, Batchelor stepped up to the Elite League full-time with 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 List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom on ...
, whom he signed for on loan from King's Lynn. He also signed for
Polish
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team
Unia Leszno
Unia Leszno are a motorcycle speedway team established in 1938 and based in Leszno, Poland
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Swindon Robins
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and continued with Unia Leszno in Poland. He also signed for
Dackarna
Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Skrotfrag Arena which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005.
History
The team was founded i ...
in the Swedish Elitserien.
In 2022, he joined Ipswich Witches from Sheffield Tigers for
SGB Premiership 2022
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Oxford Cheetahs
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for 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 year ab ...
season, with the Cheetahs were returning to action after a 14-year absence from British Speedway.
International
Batchelor made his
Speedway Grand Prix
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debut in the Grand Prix of Poland II at the
MotoArena Toruń
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in
Toruń
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Poland
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in
2013
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. Riding as a substitute in the meeting, he finished in 12th place scoring 6 points.
For the
2014 Speedway Grand Prix
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, Batchelor became one of the top 15 Qualified Riders of the series. In his first full-time run at the
World Championship
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, he finished in 9th place with 91 points scored. Batchelor scored his first podium when he finished second in the
Danish Grand Prix
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The Danish Grand Prix was held at the Roskilde Ring circuit near Roskilde. By standards of the era, the circuit was ver ...
at the
Parken Stadium
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in
Copenhagen
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.
Troy Batchelor has also represented Australia in the
Speedway World Cup
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and numerous test matches.
World Final appearances
World Cup
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2009
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Leszno
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,
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
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The stadium is located on ...
Gorzów Wielkopolski
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Edward Jancarz Stadium
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- 2nd - 45pts (10)
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2013
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Prague
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2014
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Bydgoszcz
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Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium
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- 3rd - 36pts (2)
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2015
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Vojens
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Terenzano
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Olympia Speedway Stadium
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- 17th - 2pts (Reserve)
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2008
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Pardubice
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2008
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Holsted
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