Rohan Tungate

Rohan Tungate (born 27 January 1990) is an Australian speedway rider who has competed in the United Kingdom and Poland. He won the Australian Solo Championship in 2018.

Rohan Tungate
Born (1990-01-27) 27 January 1990
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Current club information
British leaguePeterborough Panthers
Career history
Great Britain
2012–2015Ipswich Witches
2013Poole Pirates
2016Swindon Robins
2016–2017Somerset Rebels
2017–2018Belle Vue Aces
2019–Peterborough Panthers
Poland
2014Start Gniezno
2015–2016Orzeł Łódź
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
Starts1
Individual honours
2015/16South Australian Solo Champion
2016Slovakian Champion
2016New South Wales Solo Champion
2018Australian Solo Champion
Team honours
2013, 2016Elite League
2015, 2016Premier League Pairs
2016Premier League Cup
2017SGB Premiership Knock-out Cup

Career

Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Tungate made his British speedway debut in 2012 with Ipswich Witches in the Premier League, spending four seasons with the club.[1]

In 2013 he also rode in the Poole Pirates team that won the Elite League.[1] In 2016 he doubled up between Premier League team Somerset Rebels and that year's winners of the Elite League, Swindon Robins.[2] With Rebels teammate Josh Grajczonek, he won the Premier League Pairs that year.[3] He stayed with Somerset in 2017 after their move up to the SGB Premiership, but was dropped in May, later riding for Belle Vue Aces and going on to win the Premiership Knock-Out Cup with them.[1][4]

Tungate also raced in Poland for Start Gniezno in 2014, and Orzeł Łódź in 2015 and 2016.

Individual competitions

Tungate was the South Australian Champion in 2015/16, the Slovakian Champion in 2016, and the New South Wales State Champion in 2016.[1] In November 2017 he won the Jack Young Solo Cup at Gillman,[5] and in December won the Crump Cup at Kurri Kurri.[6] He won the Australian Solo Championship in 2018.[7]

Tungate rode in one Speedway Grand Prix, the Australian round in October 2017, scoring 6 points.

References
  1. "2017 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 14 January 2018
  2. Edwards, Matthew (2016) "Swindon Robins late-comer Rohan Tungate is ready to shine", Swindon Advertiser, 19 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2018
  3. "Swindon Robins duo of Rohan Tungate and Josh Grajczonek claim Premier League Pairs crown", Gazette and Herald, 9 July 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2018
  4. "Tungate Joins Aces", speedwaygb.co, 22 June 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018
  5. "Rohan Tungate and Shane Hudson/Cameron Bell the winners at Gillman opening meeting", Gillman Speedway, 6 November 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018
  6. Hartshorn, Michael (2017) "Rohan Tungate, Sam Masters and Mason Campton trifecta in Cup final", The Herald, 27 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018
  7. Payne, Ned (2018) "Agony for Poole racer Brady Kurtz as Rohan Tungate snatches Australian Senior Solo Championship title in final heat", Bournemouth Echo, 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018
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