Adam Roynon

Adam Roynon
Personal information
Nationality  England
Date of birth 30 August 1988 (1988-08-30) (age 23)
Place of birth    Barrow, England
Website RoynonRacing.com
Current club information
British league Kings Lynn Stars
Polish league Stal Rzeszów
Career history
Swindon Sprockets
Peterborough Pumas
Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Boston Barracudas
Glasgow Tigers
Rye House Rockets
Birmingham Brummies
Ostrów Wlkp. (POL)
Workington Comets
Stoke Potters
King's Lynn Stars
Dudley Heathens
Redcar Bears		 2003
2004
2004-2005
2005
2006
2006-2007
2008
2008
2010, 2012
2010
2010
2011–
2011
Individual honours
Conference Riders Champion 2006
Team honours
Premier League Champion
Conference League Champion
Conference Trophy Winner
Conference League KO Cup		 2007
2004
2004
2004

Adam Wayne Roynon (born 30 August 1988, in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria)[1] is a British motorcycle speedway rider, riding with the Kings Lynn Stars in the British Premier League and Coventry Bees in the British Elite League. His father, Chris Roynon, was a speedway rider and promoter for the Barrow Blackhawks.

Career

Roynon won three trophies in his first full season of Conference League racing, winning the League Championship, the Conference Trophy and the Knockout Cup. He won the Premier League Championship with the Rye House Rockets in 2007 and finished 3rd in the Indoor speedway event at Brighton. Roynon is contracted to Elite League team the Coventry Bees, but declined a team place there for 2008.

On 6 March 2009, Roynon crashed while practising with the Great Britain squad at the Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn and suffered a blood clot to his brain and a broken neck (C2 vertebra). His survival chances were initially assessed as 50/50,[2] but his recovery "amazed" doctors who allowed him to leave hospital 11 days later wearing a halo brace.[3] On 30 April 2009 his father announced that halo brace/hyperbaric therapy had been unsuccessful and Roynon would require surgery to stabilise his broken neck, further delaying his return to riding.[4]

He returned in 2010 with Workington Comets but another injury cut short his time there.[5] He rode for Stoke Potters later that season, but suffered a broken ankle. After recovering, he was signed by King's Lynn Stars to replace Joe Haines.[5] In 2011 he was loaned out to Redcar Bears, also riding for Dudley Heathens in the National League, but a broken femur in April saw him again out of action until July.[5] He has signed to ride for Workington Comets and Dudley Heathens in 2012.

Honours

References

  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
  2. ^ "Horror crash Bees rider out of coma". Coventry Telegraph. 2009. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-warwickshire-sport/coventry-bees-speedway/2009/03/11/horror-crash-bees-rider-out-of-coma-92746-23120381/. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
  3. ^ "Workington rider Roynon home after amazing recovery". News & Star. 2009. http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington_speedway_rider_roynon_home_after_amazing_recovery_1_529952?referrerPath=sport. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
  4. ^ "BIKE ACE SUFFERS INJURY SETBACK". North West Evening Mail. 2009. http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/devastated_bike_ace_suffers_injury_setback_1_548599?referrerPath=1.205043. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
  5. ^ a b c "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-27

Chris Harris (c) • Edward Kennett • Oliver Allen • Martin Smolinski • Filip Sitera • Ben Barker • Ricky Wells • Klaus Jakobsen (no. 8)
Also Rode: Scott Nicholls • Rory Schlein • Adam Roynon • Jordan Frampton • Josh Auty • Robert Ksiezak • Joel Parsons

Managers: Peter Oakes & Colin Pratt

Jason Lyons • Tomasz Piszcz • Jack Roberts • Kyle Legault • Craig Watson • James Cockle • Jay Herne
Also Rode : Lee Smart • Henning Bager • Adam Roynon • Phil Morris • Jack Hargreaves • James Birkinshaw • Mattia Carpanese

Manager: Graham Drury