Joseph Screen (born 27 November 1972 in

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), is a former

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international

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rider. His major speedway honours include winning the World Under-21 Championship in 1993, the British Championship in 1996 and 2004, and the

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in 1992. Screen also competed in

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and longtrack

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and is a former British Masters champion.

Career

Screen began riding motorcycles at the age of four, and gained his early experience on a 50cc

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bike.Carlisle, Alex (2010)
Joe Screen - Derbyshire's Speedway star
, derbyshirelife.co.uk, 29 April 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2013 After competing in motocross and grasstrack he started to compete in speedway at the age of fourteen. Screen started his speedway career with the

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in 1989 in the top tier of

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racing. In 1994 he transferred to the

Bradford Dukes The Bradford Dukes were a British motorcycle speedway team which operated from the Odsal Stadium in Bradford from 1986 until their closure in 1997.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. History Speedway has long been asso ...

, where he spent the next four seasons. A year back at Belle Vue Aces in 1998 was followed by a solitary season with the

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. The next four seasons were spent with the

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before returning 'home' to Belle Vue in 2003, and enjoying a testimonial season the following year.Rider Index
, speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 20 June 2013 After being released by Belle Vue following the 2008 season, Screen joined Elite League champions the

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on loan for 2009, after losing 27 lbs in response to concerns over his weight. Despite improving his average over the season he was not retained by Poole. After failing to get an Elite League offer he agreed a two-year deal with

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Glasgow Tigers, but an appeal against his converted 12-point greensheet average was turned down, almost forcing him to retire. He was given a lifeline with a short-term deal with

Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves are a British speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They are sponsored by Parry's International Travel, and signed a deal with owner Dave Parry (previous speedway rider for the Wolverhampton Wolves) for the 2008 ...

for 2010, until

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returned from injury. His spell with Wolves saw his average drop sufficiently to fit into the Glasgow Tigers team, which he joined in May 2010, signing as a club asset for 2011, when he captained Glasgow to win both the Premier League Championship and the Premier League Pairs (alongside James Grieves). He also rode for

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in the Elite League in 2011 and 2012 in a doubling-up capacity. In 2013 he rode for

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in the Elite League as cover for the injured

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, but after getting injured himself, his tenure there was short-lived. Screen was the 1993 World Under-21 Champion. He made his debut for England in 1991 but did not ride for the renamed Great Britain team until 2002. Screen has twice been British Champion, in 1996 and 2004. He rode in the

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series between

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until

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(when he had to withdraw after breaking his thigh) and as a wild card in the British Grand Prix in

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, appearing in 21 Grands Prix and scoring a total of 159 points. Screen has also been involved in coaching young speedway riders and ran an academy at

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. His grasstrack career included winning both the British 350cc Championship and the British 350cc Best Pairs in 1989, reaching the World Longtrack Final in 1993 and 1994, and British Masters Championship wins in 1992 and 1995. Screen announced in June 2013 that he would be retiring from racing at the end of the season after 25 years in British league speedway, but a hand injury sustained in August brought his season to a premature end.Screen Calls it a Day
, speedway365.com, 24 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

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, Rottalstadion - 13th - 5pts

World Pairs Championship

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) - 4th - 17pts (9)

World Team Cup

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- 3rd - 31pts (2) *

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- 4th - 14pts (5) *

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, Svítkova Stadion - 4th - 29+2pts (4+2) *

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- 2nd - 40+0pts (12)

World Cup

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- 4th - 25pts (1)

Individual Under-21 World Championship

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- 5th - 10pts *

- Pfaffenhofen,

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- 3rd - 13pts *

, Svítkova Stadion - Winner - 14+3pts

Speedway Grand Prix results

World Longtrack Championship

Finalist * 1993 - Muhldorf - 11th (9pts) * 1994 - Marianske Lazne - 12th (8pts) Grand-Prix * 2000 - 16th (20pts) 1 app

British Masters Grasstrack Championship

First * 1992 @

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* 1995 @

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* 2003 @ Astra Second * 1999 @

* 2002 @ Wainfleet

External links

* http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/joe-screen/

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Screen, Joe 1972 births Living people British speedway riders Sportspeople from Chesterfield, Derbyshire British Speedway Championship winners Polonia Bydgoszcz riders Belle Vue Aces riders Hull Vikings riders Eastbourne Eagles riders Bradford Dukes riders English expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate speedway riders in Poland Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden