Lewis Bridger

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Lewis Bridger
Lewis Bridger.jpg
Born (1989-11-04) 4 November 1989 (age 33)
Hastings, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
2005 Weymouth Wildcats
2006-2009, 2011-2012 Eastbourne Eagles
2010 Peterborough Panthers
2010 Coventry Bees
2013-2014, 2016 Lakeside Hammers
2015 Leicester Lions
2017 Berwick Bandits
2021 King's Lynn Stars
Individual honours
2006 British Under 18 Champion
2009 British Under 21 Champion
Team honours
2005 Conference League Fours
2008 Elite League KO Cup winner

Lewis Alan Bridger (born 4 November 1989, in Hastings, Sussex) [1] is a motorcycle speedway rider from England. [2] [3]

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Career

Bridger stepped straight into Elite League racing from the Conference League after one season with the Weymouth Wildcats, where he was part of the Weymouth team that won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 25 June 2005 at Loomer Road Stadium. [4]

On 21 September 2007, Bridger was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2007 Under 21-World Cup Final. In 2006, he became British Under 18 Champion and in 2009 he won the British Under 21 Championship.

Bridger riding for Eastbourne in 2007 Lewis Bridger speedway 2007 riding for Eastbourne.jpg
Bridger riding for Eastbourne in 2007

On 20 November 2009, Bridger signed for Peterborough Panthers from his home town club Eastbourne Eagles. He returned to the Eagles for the 2011 and 2012 seasons before moving on to Lakeside Hammers in 2013. After two seasons with the Hammers he announced that would not ride in 2015, stating "I have lost my love for the sport, have no desire to race and am quite simply not enjoying it any more." [5] He changed his mind and signed for Coventry Bees at the start of the 2015 season but left before riding for the club after the management refused to meet his demands to fund equipment. [6] He signed for Leicester Lions in May to replace Mikkel Michelsen who had quit British speedway, but quit again after only one meeting, informing the promotion only a few hours before their home meeting against Poole Pirates on 25 May. [7]

As of 2021, he rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the King's Lynn Stars in the SGB Premiership 2021. [8] [9]

He has earned 5 international caps for the Great Britain national speedway team. [3]

Career details

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References

  1. ↑ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN   978-0-7524-4250-1
  2. ↑ "2008 Rider index, Lewis Alan Bridger" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "2005 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bridger Sits Out 2015", speedwaygb.co, 31 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014
  6. ↑ Rowe, David (2015) "Coventry Bees looking for another rider after move for Lewis Bridger collapses", Coventry Telegraph , 24 February 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015
  7. ↑ "Bridger Quits", speedwaygb.co, 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015
  8. ↑ "2021 KING'S LYNN STARS". Kings Lynn Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Ipswich v Kings Lynn" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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