Grant Tregoning (born 26 January 1988) is former international

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rider from New Zealand.

Career

Tregoning began riding speedway at Moore Park in

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when he was 13 years old. He won the New Zealand under-21 championship for the first time when he was 16 and won it again in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. He was offered a place in the

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team in 2008 but due to a delay with his visa was unable to take his place. However, he was able to travel to Europe in May to compete in a World under-21 qualifying round in

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, and after this rode in two meetings in England for the

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in the Conference League. In 2009, he rode for the Newport Hornets in the National League where he achieved a 6.81 average for the season. In August he paired with Tony Atkin to win the

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. He was offered a place in the

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Premier League team for 2010 but again due to visa delays he was unable to take his place at the beginning of the season and was replaced by Alex Davies. Although he did not get another opportunity to ride speedway professionally he continued to have success at home. In 2011 he won the New Zealand Championship and he almost won it again in 2014 when he led the final until the last corner before being overtaken by

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in the last few metres. He also won the Burt Munro Challenge trophy six times and is a four-time winner of the South Island Championship. In 2012 and 2014 Tregoning was selected as a reserve for the

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when it was held in Auckland.

References

Living people 1988 births New Zealand speedway riders Sportspeople from Christchurch {{Speedway-stub