Troy Batchelor

Troy Batchelor
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Date of birth 29 August 1987 (1987-08-29) (age 24)
Place of birth    Brisbane, Australia
Website Official Website
Current club information
British league Peterborough Panthers
Polish league Unia Leszno
Swedish league Smederna
Career history
Great Britain
King's Lynn Stars
Coventry Bees
Poole Pirates
Swindon Robins
Poland
Unia Leszno
Sweden
Dackarna Målilla

2005-2006
2006
2007
2008-

2007-

2008-
Individual honours
Queensland State Champion
South Australian Champion
Australian Under-16 Champion
Queensland Under-16 Champion
NSW Under-16 Champion
Australian Longtrack Champion
2007
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
2002
2001
2001
2003, 2004
Team honours
Premier League KO Cup winner
Young Shield
Premier Laague Champion
Premier Trophy Winner
Elite League KO Cup Winner
Ekstraliga Champion
Elite Shield
2005, 2006
2005
2006
2006
2006
2007
2008

Troy Matthew Batchelor (born 29 August 1987 in Brisbane, Australia)[1] is a speedway rider riding for the Peterborough Panthers in the British Elite League.

Career

Troy Batchelor enjoyed his first success when he won the 2001 Queensland and New South Wales Under-16 championships and followed this up by winning the 2003 Australian Under-16 Championship. After graduating to the senior ranks following his 16th birthday, Batchelor won the Queensland State Championship in 2007 before he moved to Adelaide in South Australia where he has won the South Australian Championship at the Gillman Speedway four times (2008-2011).

Batchelor began his British speedway career in 2005 when he signed for King's Lynn in the Premier League. In his first year he won the Premier League Knockout Cup and the Premier Trophy, with King's Lynn defeating Rye House in both finals. The next season Batchelor was back at King's Lynn and was also Elite League team Coventry Bees 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.[2]

In 2007 Batchelor stepped up to the Elite League full time with the Poole Pirates, who he signed for on loan from King's Lynn. He also signed for Polish team Unia Leszno in the Ekstraliga and helped them win the 2007 Ekstraliga Championship.[2] In 2008, Batchelor is on loan at Swindon Robins and is continuing with Unia Leszno in Poland. He has also signed for Dackarna in the Swedish Elitserien. In January 2008 he finished runner-up to Chris Holder in the Australian national championship.

References

  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  2. ^ a b "Troy Batchelor profile". Swindon Speedway. 2008. http://www.swindon-speedway.co.uk/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=62. Retrieved 2008-03-23. 

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