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11th July - SCUNTHORPE SPEEDWAY
25th July - SCUNTHORPE SPEEDWAY
9th August - SCUNTHORPE SPEEDWAY
Meet The Team
Andy
I am Andy Meredith and I have ridden in 3 leagues which were the equivalent to today’s National, Premier and Elite Leagues.
At the age of 16, I signed for Coventry and rode for the junior team, being promoted to the 1st team mid-way through the year.
In 1991, aged 17, I rode for Coventry at reserve. In 1992, I rode for Stoke which meant dropping down into what is now known as the Premier League to serve my speedway apprenticeship.
I went back to Coventry in 1993, and began the season in good form. Unfortunately, due to injury at Poole, I had a 4-week lay-off and then my average was too high to get back into the Coventry side.
I finished that year at Oxford which gave me a new challenge and a fresh environment. I impressed enough that I was 1st pick for the 1994 season and things started off really well but my career came to an abrupt end on May 29th at Glasgow. I suffered serious neck and back injuries that kept me from racing again and that was the end of my speedway career.
During my career I had lots of help from world-class riders such as Hans Nielsen, Tommy Knudsen, Kelvin Tatum and the late but great Simon Wigg to name but a few.
My aim for the Andy Meredith Speedway Academy is to teach raw beginners wanting a speedway experience, and to help bring on emerging talent in need of direction and support by sharing the knowledge and experience that I was fortunate enough to receive during my career (including bike set-up for different conditions etc). And also to give track time to those that just ‘want to have a skid’
A fabulous day is guaranteed and I look forward to helping you on your journey and playing a part in your progress.
Happy Skidding!!!
Ian
I am a former British League II rider (probably equivalent to today’s National League), having ridden for Oxford and Coventry in the mid 80′s, a relative late starter to speedw1ay but did enjoy some success and regularly featured as the number 8 for the Oxford senior team at a time when it included riders such as Hans Nielsen, the late great Simon Wigg, Marvyn Cox, Andy Grahame and other greats, all of which were on hand to provide much needed help and advise.
In 2010 I developed my mid life crisis and had a year of amateur racing with the S5outhern Track Riders Club and Dragons Club and managed to win most of the events I entered which rekindled my enthusiasm.
Happy to pass on advise and encouragement and I enjoy seeing riders progress, what ever level and ambitions they may have, speedway is there to be enjoyed as well as the cut and thrust of racing action.
Heather
I have followed speedway for many years and I first caught the bug at Belle Vue. Since then I have supported many teams, depending where I was living at the time. At the present time I regularly follow Buxton, Scunthorpe and Sheffield.
I first met Andy Meredith when I was “having a go” at speedway myself at the Scunthorpe training track. I found him to be an excellent teacher. He gave me very clear instructions which I found easy to understand and follow whilst panicking on my first couple of rides! Under his tuition my confidence grew until I could actually do a slide! That made me very proud!
When Andy started the Andy Meredith Speedway Academy I was very pleased to be able to support him. My main role seems to be the “Tea Lady” but in addition to this I sign on the riders at the beginning of the sessions, do some of the admin and I am quite often the photographer on the day. Jack of all Trades really!