James Sarjeant

James Sarjeant
Personal information
Nationality British
Date of birth 16 November 1993
Place of birth    Sheffield, England
Current club information
British league Coventry Bees/
Coventry Storm/
Glasgow Tigers
Career history
National League:
Scunthorpe Saints
Dudley Heathens
Bournemouth Buccaneers
Stoke Potters
Rye House Raiders
Coventry Storm

Premier League:
Leicester Lions
Glasgow Tigers

Elite League:
Coventry Bees
2009
2010
2010
2011
2012
2013-2014


2013
2015


2014–
Individual honours
New Zealand Solo Champion 2015
Team honours

James Sarjeant (born 16 November 1993) is a British speedway rider.

Career

Sarjeant took up speedway at the age of nine on 80cc bikes, progressing to 500cc bikes by the age of eleven, and was the Sheffield Tigers mascot as a child.[1][2] He signed as a Coventry Bees asset in 2009 and the same season made his National League debut for Scunthorpe Saints.[1] He signed for Dudley Heathens in 2010, but lost his place mid-season to Micky Dyer; He subsequently joined Bournemouth Buccaneers but injury restricted him to four appearances for the team.[1] In 2011 he joined Stoke Potters and by the end of the season his Greensheet Average had risen to 6.30.[3] He made his debut for the Great Britain Under-21 side that year against the United States.[4] He rode for Rye House Raiders in 2012, finishing the season as the team's second highest averaged rider (behind Jason Garrity) on 7.87. In 2013 he signed for his parent club's National League team, Coventry Storm, and after impressing in guest rides for several teams at Premier League level was signed by Leicester Lions in July, replacing his Storm team mate Robert Branford.[5][6][7] He was picked by Elite League Coventry Bees in the reserve draft for their 2014 team and continued with Coventry Storm as team captain in the National League.[8]

Sarjeant won the New Zealand Solo Championship in January 2015.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  2. ↑ "Speedway: Sarjeant ready to fulfil potential", Thisisstaffordhsire.co.uk, 24 February 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  3. ↑ "Speedway: Sarjeant now under Potters' orders", Thisisstaffordshire.co.uk, 23 February 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  4. ↑ "Two Stoke Potters riders in the Great Britain Under-21 speedway squad", staffslive.co.uk, 11 October 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  5. ↑ "James Sarjeant to get his chance at Coventry Bees", Coventry Observer, 6 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  6. ↑ "Speedway: Lasse Bjerre takes over as Leicester Lions No.1", Leicester Mercury, 3 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013
  7. ↑ Rowe, David (2013) "James Debut", Speedway Star, 10 August 2013, pp. 16-17
  8. ↑ Rowe, David (2014) "Heathens in ominous form ahead of National League Grand Final against Coventry Storm", Coventry Telegraph, 27 October 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014
  9. ↑ "Brytyjczyk mistrzem Nowej Zelandii", nicesport.pl, 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015