John James Branney (born 7 November 1985 in

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...

)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is a former

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

rider from England.

Career

Branney rode for the

Workington Comets The Workington Comets are a British speedway club, based in Workington, Cumbria, racing out of the Northside Training Track. The team previously operated from 1970 to 2018 and were based at Derwent Park Stadium which they shared with Workington ...

in the

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Family

His brother

Craig Branney Craig Harry Branney (born 31 July 1982 in Whitehaven, Cumbria) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Career Branney rode with the Workington Comets in the Premier League in 2007. In July 2009, Craig joined the Stoke Potters. His ...

was also a professional speedway ride.

References

1985 births Living people British speedway riders English motorcycle racers Sportspeople from Whitehaven Berwick Bandits riders Glasgow Tigers riders Stoke Potters riders Workington Comets riders {{England-speedway-bio-stub