Aaron Summers (speedway rider)

Aaron Richard Summers (born 1 March 1988) is an Australian speedway rider.

Aaron Summers
Born (1988-03-01) 1 March 1988
Adelaide, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
Current club information
British leaguePeterborough Panthers
Berwick Bandits
Career history
2007Buxton Hitmen
2007–2009Edinburgh Monarchs
2008 (CL), 2011–2014 (PL)Redcar Bears
2010Birmingham Brummies
2010, 2012–2013Coventry Bees
2015Swindon Robins
2015–2017Glasgow Tigers
2016Leicester Lions
2018–Berwick Bandits
2018Rye House Rockets
2018Somerset Rebels
2019–Peterborough Panthers
Individual honours
1994Australian Under-16 Solo Champion
Team honours
2008Premier Trophy
2008Premier League
2010Elite League
2010Premier League Fours

Career

Born in Adelaide, Summers first had success as a junior, winning the Australian Under-16 Solo Championship in 2004.[1]

He began his British speedway career in 2007, riding for Buxton Hitmen in the Conference League and Edinburgh Monarchs in the Premier League.[1] In his second season, he won the Premier League and the Premier Trophy with the Monarchs, also riding for Redcar Bears' Conference League team.[1][2]

In 2009 he stayed with the Monarchs, and the following year rode for Birmingham Brummies in the Premier League and in the title-winning Coventry Bees Elite League team.[3][4] In 2011 he began a four-year stay with Redcar Bears in the Premier League and in 2012 and 2013 returned to the Coventry Bees Elite League team. In 2015 he left the Bears and signed for Glasgow Tigers where he captained the team, doubling up in the Elite League with Swindon Robins and ending the season with a 6.82 Elite League CMA. He started the 2016 season with Tigers but with no Elite League place, but was signed by Leicester Lions in April to replace Grzegorz Walasek.[5] 2019 Now rides for Berwick Bandits (source, Aaron himself)

Honours

Individual
  • Australian Under-16 Champion (2004)

Team
  • Premier Trophy (2008 - Edinburgh Monarchs)
  • Premier League (2008 - Edinburgh Monarchs)
  • Premier League Play-Off winner (2008, 2009 - Edinburgh Monarchs)
  • Elite League (2010 - Coventry Bees)
  • Premier League Four-Team Championship (2010 - Birmingham Brummies)

References
  1. "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 10 April 2016
  2. "Could Aaron Summers be Monarchs' secret weapon?", Sunday Express, 16 April 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2016
  3. "Birmingham Brummies sign Aaron Summers on loan", BBC, 17 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2016
  4. "Birmingham Brummies: Speedway star Aaron Summers to visit fracture clinic", Birmingham Mail, 28 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2016
  5. Lanning, Phil (2015) "Glasgow Tigers sign Aaron Summers and he admits: "I've re-joined biggest club in Scotland"", Daily Record, 4 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016
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