Tyron Brian Proctor (born 27 February 1987)2019 Rider Index
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rider.

Career

Born in Longwarry, Victoria, Proctor attended the Longwarry Primary School and Drouin Secondary College."Rollercoaster Ride for Ty Proctor", ''Warragul & Drouin Gazette'', 5 February 2019 Ty's brother Toby was also a speedway rider. Proctor started riding motorbikes after being left one by a relative who had died of

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. After finishing fourth in the Western Australia Solo Championship, Proctor began his British speedway career in 2008 with

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in the

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, also riding in the Elite League for

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 ...

. He stayed with the Bears in 2009, but in the Elite League switched to

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 ...

, with whom he won the Elite League and the Elite Shield, and stayed with the team through to the end of the 2014 season, winning the Elite Shield again in 2011. In 2010 he won the Victoria Solo Championship. He also rode in the Premier League for

Plymouth Devils The Plymouth Gladiators are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. The team competed during various seasons from 1932 to 1969, before reforming after a gap of thirty-six years in 2006. In 2021, the club successfully applied to join t ...

(2013),

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 ...

(2014–2015), and

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 ...

(from 2017), his career interrupted by visa issues in 2015 and 2016. His 2013 season finished early after sustaining fractured vertebrae in a crash at

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, Wolverhampton Speedway. Retrieved 20 August 2019 In 2018, he moved from the Wolves to

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in the newly-formed SGB Premiership, staying with Comets in the new

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, winning the

and the Championship Shield that year. He started the 2019 season with the Stars and Sheffield Tigers, but after losing both places, was signed by

and

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 2021, he rode for the King's Lynn Stars in the

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and the Leicester Lions in the

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. In 2022, he rode for the

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in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Proctor, Ty 1987 births Living people Australian speedway riders 21st-century Australian sportsmen Redcar Bears riders Peterborough Panthers riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders Plymouth Devils riders Sheffield Tigers riders Workington Comets riders King's Lynn Stars riders Australian expatriate speedway riders in England Leicester Lions riders