Tyron Brian Proctor (born 27 February 1987)
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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.
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, Proctor attended the Longwarry Primary School and
Drouin Secondary College.
["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
leukaemia
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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
Premier League
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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
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(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
Edinburgh
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.
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In 2018, he moved from the Wolves to
King's Lynn Stars
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in the newly-formed
SGB Premiership
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, staying with Comets in the new
SGB Championship
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, winning the
SGB Championship
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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
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 ...
and
Leicester Lions
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.
In 2021, he rode for the King's Lynn Stars in the
SGB Premiership 2021
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Team changes
Changes from the 2019 league season saw the Swindon Robins (the 2019 c ...
and the Leicester Lions in the
SGB Championship 2021
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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
SGB Championship 2022
The 2022 SGB Championship season is the 75th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Championship.
Summary
Eleven clubs competed in the Championship in 2022, with Oxford returning to the sport after a 15 year ab ...
.
References
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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