Ben Powell

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This article is about the Australian motorcycle speedway rider. For the American economist, see Benjamin Powell. For the African-American jazz trombonist, see Benny Powell.

Personal information
Ben Powell

Nationality	Australia
Date of birth	(1984-11-28) 28 November 1984
Place of birth	Helensvale, Australia
Current club information
Career status	Retired
Career history
Sheffield Tigers Camarthan Dragons Boston Barracudas Coventry Bees Rye House Raiders Mildenhall Fen Tigers Birmingham Brummies Newcastle Diamonds Scunthorpe Scorpions	2002 2003-2004 2004-2005 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006 2007 2008 2008
Individual honours
None
Team honours
None

Benjamin Richard "Ben" Powell (born 28 November 1984 in Helensvale, Queensland, Australia)^[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider. He retired from the sport in 2008 after receiving a ban from the Speedway Control Bureau.

Career

Club career

Powell signed for Sheffield Tigers's Conference League side, Sheffield Prowlers in 2002. He then spent two seasons with Carmarthen Dragons before they folded and he moved to Rye House where he rode for Rye House Raiders in the Conference League with the number one race jacket. He was also given several outings in the Rye House Rockets Premier League side in 2006. His performances improved and he was signed by Birmingham Brummies for his first full Premier League season. He averaged close to six points a meeting with the Brummies in 2007.^[1]

Another move, this time to Newcastle Diamonds in 2008, didn't work out and Scunthorpe Scorpions signed him at the beginning of June 2008. Powell was sacked by Scunthorpe after he launched his motorcycle at Newcastle rider Kenni Larsen during a meeting at his former club in October. Powell announced he was retiring from British speedway after he was later banned for 12 months by the Speedway Control Bureau.^[2]

International career

Powell previously represented New Zealand in the World Long Track Championship and World Under-21 Championship but is now a full-time resident in the United Kingdom, and had expressed a desire to ride for the Great Britain national speedway team in the future.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bamford, Robert (2007-03-01). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. The History Press Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-4250-3.
↑ "Rider who used bike as weapon is banned". Chronicle Live. 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-14.

v t e Scunthorpe Scorpions Squad 2008 (British Premier League)

Main riders:	Viktor Bergström Richard Hall Magnus Karlsson Byron Bekker Emiliano Sanchez Carl Wilkinson Ben Powell

Also Rode:	Benji Compton Andrew Moore

Promoter/Team Manager:	Kenny Smith

v t e Newcastle Diamonds Squad 2008 (British Premier League)

Riders	Christian Henry Richard Juul Josef Franc Jason King Kenni Larsen Jerran Hart Sean Stoddart

Also rode:	Jamie Roberston George Štancl Matyas Hlavacek Ben Powell

Promoter:	George English

v t e Birmingham Brummies Squad 2007 (British Premier League)

Jason Lyons Manuel Hauzinger Henning Bager Henrik Møller Emiliano Sanchez Ben Powell Lee Smart Also rode Brent Werner Aidan Collins Phil Morris Jon Armstrong Ulrich Ostergaard Manager Graham Drury

v t e Rye House Rockets Squad 2006 (British Premier League)

Stuart Robson Jamie Courtney Edward Kennett Tommy Allen Steve Boxall Luke Bowen Chris Neath Also rode Danny Betson Ross Brady Ben Powell Adam Roynon Lee Smethills Manager John Sampford

Persondata
Name	Powell, Ben
Alternative names
Short description	Australian speedway rider
Date of birth	28 November 1984
Place of birth	Helensvale, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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