Matthew James Wethers (born 30 May 1985) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.[1]

Speedway career

Wethers began began his British career riding for Edinburgh Monarchs in 2003, where he spent ten consecutive seasons from 2003 to 2012.[2] During the 2003 season, Wethers also rode for Armadale Devils (The Edinburgh junior team) in the Conference Trophy and Knockout Cup.[3]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Wolverhampton Wolves during the 2010 Elite League speedway season.[4][5]

After joining Berwick Bandits in 2013[6] he was made the club captain and the following season in 2014, Wethers suffered a serious hip injury in a crash.[7]

In 2018, he joined Newcastle Diamonds and was later part of the team that competed in the SGB Championship 2021 and SGB Championship 2022.[8]

References

  1. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Battling Cudas slip to a double defeat". Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian. 20 August 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "2010 rider index". British Speedway. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Greensheet Averages". British Speedway. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway: Berwick made it easy for Wethers after axe". The Scotsman. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Matthew Wethers injured in horror crash". The Southern Reporter. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Wethers back for more at Newcastle". Speedway Star. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Wethers
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