Richard James Hall ,(born 23 August 1984) 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

Born in

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, Hall began his career with the

Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds were a motorcycle speedway team that raced in the SGB Championship, every Sunday night during the season (March–October) from their home at the Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium, previously known as Broug ...

, making his debut in the Premier League in 2001, before making his Conference League debut in 2002. Hall rode in the Premier League for Newcastle in 2002, recording an

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of 1.52, but managed an

of 7.49 in the Conference League with the Newcastle Gems. Hall spent 2003 without a Premier League ride but he was ever present for

Sheffield Tigers The Sheffield 'Tru Plant' Tigers are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Premiership, and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium. The Tigers traditionally hold their race n ...

in the Conference League, averaging 8.46 a meeting. He also rode five matches for the

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in the Conference Trophy, and eight matches for the

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in the British League Cup. Richard Hall 2003 grasstrack speedway

His good form saw him earn a place in the Sheffield Tigers team for 2004, where he averaged 5.55 from 47 meetings. He averaged over five once again in 2005 but in a surprise move he was signed by the Peterborough Panthers for 2006 to ride in the Elite League. In 2006, Hall recorded a 4.54 average and the Panthers won the Elite League Championship with Hall playing a vital role in the second leg of the play-off final. He returned to the Panthers in 2007 but his season was cut short after receiving a fractured pelvis and broken ankle in the

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Benefit Meeting at Sheffield, a few days after being dropped by the Panthers. Hall moved from the Elite League team

Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers are a British speedway team based in Peterborough, England. They are three times champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest level league in 1999, 2006 and 2021. History 1970–1994 The Panthers inaugural sea ...

at the end of the 2007 season to captain the

Scunthorpe Scorpions The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. They have raced at various times since 1972, at three different venues. History 1972–1978 The original Scunthorpe side were known as Scunthorpe Saints from 1972 ...

in their first season in the Premier League in 2008. In 2008, Hall rode for the Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Premier League. He signed for Sheffield for the 2009 season. In 2011 he joined

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. The club returned to speedway for the 2011 Premier League season, moving up to the Elite League ...

as team captain, although he was released mid-season, rejoining Scunthorpe Scorpions. In 2012 he signed for the Sheffield Tigers. In 2014, Hall started the season with Redcar but received a 30-day ban for kicking Scunthorpe's Josh Auty, and was replaced by Poland's Rafal Konopka. Hall sat out of British speedway until a brief, unsuccessful spell with the Peterborough Panthers later that year. In 2015, Hall was part of the British team with

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, Glen Phillips and

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that won the world championship gold medal at the

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. It was the first time that Britain had won the event.

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix Years *2004 - 3pts, 25th Overall (1 gp app) *2009 - 39pts, 12th Overall (5 gp app) *2011 - 50pts, 14th Overall (6 gp app) *2013 - 96pts, 3rd Overall (6 gp app) *2014 - 65pts, 4th Overall (4 gp app) *2015 - 44pts, 8th Overall (4 gp app) *2016 - 61pts, 6th Overall (5gp app) Best Grand-Prix Results First *

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2013 (1st) * Morizes 2014 (1st) * Vetcha 2015 (2nd) Challenge Best *2008

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(3rd) * 2010

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(3rd)

World Longtrack Team Championship

* 2008 -

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(with Glen Phillips,

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) bronze medal * 2009 - Eenrum (with

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, Glen Phillips &

) Fourth * 2010 - Morizes (with Glen Phillips,

& Chris Mills) Fourth * 2013 - Folkestone (with

, Glen Phillips & Paul Cooper) Third * 2014 - Forssa (with Glen Phillips,

& David Howe) Fifth * 2015 - Muhldorf (with Glen Phillips,

) Champions * 2016 - Mariánské Lázně (with Glen Phillips,

) 4th * 2017 - Roden (with

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) 6th

European Grasstrack Championship

*2009

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5th (12pts) *2011

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9th (15pts) *2012

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10th (12pts)

Other Honours

* British Junior Sand Racing Champion, * British Intermediate Sand Racing Champion – 2 times holder * ACU National Grasstrack Challenge Champion

References

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