Tyron Brian Proctor (born 27 February 1987)2019 Rider Index
, speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 20 August 2019 is an Australian

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rider.

Career

Born in

Longwarry, Victoria Longwarry is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shires of Baw Baw and Cardinia local government areas. Longwarry recorded a population of 2,436 at the 2021 census. It has ...

, Proctor attended the Longwarry Primary School and

Drouin Secondary College Drouin Secondary College is a secondary school in Drouin, Victoria, located outside of Melbourne, Australia. It was established in 1956. Drouin's mottos are "Achievement, Respect, Commitment, Community" and "Finem Respice", which means "look to ...

."Rollercoaster Ride for Ty Proctor", ''Warragul & Drouin Gazette'', 5 February 2019 Ty's brother Toby was also a speedway rider. Proctor started riding motorbikes after being left one by a relative who had died of

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. After finishing fourth in the Western Australia Solo Championship, Proctor began his British speedway career in 2008 with

Redcar Bears The Redcar Bears are a British speedway team who currently compete in the SGB Championship (middle tier of the British speedway leagues). Their major team honour to date is the SGB Championship KO Cup win in 2019 against rivals Newcastle Diamo ...

in the

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, also riding in the Elite League for

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 se ...

. He stayed with the Bears in 2009, but in the Elite League switched to

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 20 ...

, with whom he won the Elite League and the Elite Shield, and stayed with the team through to the end of the 2014 season, winning the Elite Shield again in 2011. In 2010 he won the Victoria Solo Championship. He also rode in the Premier League for

Plymouth Devils The Plymouth Gladiators are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. Under several names Plymouth have competed during various seasons from 1932. The club was reformed after a gap of thirty-six years in 2006 by former St Austell Gulls ...

(2013),

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 ...

(2014–2015), and

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 Workingt ...

(from 2017), his career interrupted by visa issues in 2015 and 2016. His 2013 season finished early after sustaining fractured vertebrae in a crash at

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, Wolverhampton Speedway. Retrieved 20 August 2019 In 2018, he moved from the Wolves to

King's Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" comes from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 1996 when Kin ...

in the newly-formed

SGB Premiership The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Premiership is the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was in ...

, staying with Comets in the new

SGB Championship The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Championship is the second division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It ...

, winning the

and the Championship Shield that year. He started the 2019 season with the Stars and Sheffield Tigers, but after losing both places, was signed by

and

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 ...

. In 2021, he rode for the King's Lynn Stars in the

SGB Premiership 2021 The SGB Premiership 2021 was the 86th season of the top division, called the SGB Premiership, of the British speedway championship in 2021. Six teams participated. Team changes Changes from the 2019 league season saw the Swindon Robins (the 2019 c ...

and the Leicester Lions in the

SGB Championship 2021 The SGB Championship 2021 was the second tier division, called the SGB Championship, of the British speedway championship in 2021. Changes from the last edition of the Championship (held in 2019) were the addition of three teams and the loss of ...

. In 2022, he rode for the

Berwick Bandits The Berwick Bandits are a British speedway club, based in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They currently compete in the SGB Championship, racing at Shielfield Park, with home matches usually taking place on Saturday evenings. They also run a second team ...

in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Proctor, Ty 1987 births Living people Australian speedway riders Redcar Bears riders Peterborough Panthers riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders Plymouth Devils riders Sheffield Tigers riders Workington Comets riders King's Lynn Stars riders Leicester Lions riders