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{{short description|British speedway rider (born 1994)}}
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{{Infobox Speedway rider
{{Infobox Speedway rider
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| nationality = {{ENG}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|02|11|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|02|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Greater Manchester]]
| birth_place = [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Greater Manchester]]
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| nickname = <!-- optional -->
| career1 = '''Great Britain'''
| website = <!-- optional -->
| years2 = 2009, 2024
| retired = <!-- optional -->
| career2 = [[Scunthorpe Scorpions|Scunthorpe]]
| promoter = <!-- optional -->
| years3 = 2010
| manager = <!-- optional -->
| career3 = [[Bournemouth Buccaneers|Bournemouth]]
| coach = <!-- optional -->
| years4 = 2011
| britishleague = [[Swindon Robins]]/<br />[[Workington Comets]]
| career4 = [[Edinburgh Monarchs|Edinburgh]]
| polishleague = <!-- optional -->
| years5 = 2011
| swedishleague = <!-- optional -->
| career5 = [[Belle Vue Aces|Belle Vue]]
| danishleague = <!-- optional -->
| years6 = 2012–2015
| russianleague = <!-- optional -->
| career6 = [[Workington Comets|Workington]]
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| years7 = 2012
| czechleague = <!-- optional -->
| career7 = [[Poole Pirates|Poole]]
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| years8 = 2012
| finnishleague = <!-- optional -->
| career8 = [[King's Lynn Stars|King's Lynn]]
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| years9 = 2013, 2015
| career = [[Scunthorpe Saints]]<br />[[Bournemouth Buccaneers]]<br />[[Edinburgh Monarchs]]<br />[[Belle Vue Colts]]<br />[[Workington Comets]]<br />[[Poole Pirates]]<br />[[Swindon Robins]]
| career9 = [[Swindon Robins|Swindon]]
| years = 2009<br />2010<br />2011<br />2011<br />2012–<br />2012<br />2013–
| SGP No =
| years10 = 2014
| career10 = [[Coventry Bees|Coventry]]
| SGP starts =
| years11 = 2016–2019
| SGP podium =
| career11 = [[Wolverhampton Wolves|Wolverhampton]]
| SGP finals =
| years12 = 2016–2024
| SGP win =
| career12 = [[Sheffield Tigers|Sheffield]]
| indivhonour = [[British Speedway Under 21 Championship|British Under-21 Champion]]
| years13 = 2020–2022, 2025
| indivyear = 2015
| career13 = [[Leicester Lions|Leicester]]
| teamhonour =
| teamyear =
| years14 = 2023
| career14 = [[Plymouth Gladiators|Plymouth]]
| career18 = '''Poland'''
| career19 = [[Start Gniezno|Gniezno]]
| years19 = 2024

| indivyear1 = 2015
| indivhonour1 = [[British Speedway Under 21 Championship|British Under-21 Champion]]
| teamyear1 = 2023
| teamhonour1 = [[SGB Premiership]]
| teamyear2 = 2024
| teamhonour2 = Premiership [[Knockout Cup (speedway)|Knockout Cup]]
| teamyear3 = 2017, 2018
| teamhonour3 = [[SGB Championship Pairs Championship|SGB Championship Pairs]]
| teamyear4 = 2022
| teamhonour4 = [[SGB Premiership 2022|League Cup]]
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'''Kyle Howarth''' (born 11 February 1994) is a British [[motorcycle speedway]] rider.<ref name=wwos>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/3639/kyle-howarth |title=Kyle Howarth |website=WWOS backup |access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
'''Kyle Howarth''' (born 11 February 1994) is a [[British people|British]] [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] rider.


==Biography==
== Biography ==
Born in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Greater Manchester]], Howarth competed in [[grasstrack]] and [[motocross]] before starting his speedway career in 2008 in amateur competitions, gaining a [[National League (speedway)|National League]] place with [[Scunthorpe Saints]] in 2009, scoring 13+2 on his debut.<ref name="SGB">"[http://www.speedwaygb.co/riderindex11_h.html Rider Index]", speedwaygb.co, Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref> He [[Calculated Match Average|averaged]] 4.62 over the season and finished as runner up in the British Under-15 championship that year.<ref name="SGB" /> In 2010 he became a [[Poole Pirates]] asset and rode for [[Bournemouth Buccaneers]] in the National League, averaging 7.43, and also made guest appearances in the [[Premier League (speedway)|Premier League]] for [[Somerset Rebels]].<ref name="SGB" /> Also in 2010, he finished in third place in the British Under-18 Championship.<ref name="SGB" /> In 2011 he rode in the National League for [[Belle Vue Colts]], and he also rode for [[Edinburgh Monarchs]] in the Premier League, averaging 5.11, and was named at number eight for the [[Belle Vue Aces]] [[Elite League (speedway)|Elite League]] team.<ref name="SGB" /> He spent the winter riding in Australia, and won the Queensland Under-21 Championship.<ref name="NS1">"[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington-comets-speedway-rider-kyle-howarth-confident-of-raising-his-average-1.928325?referrerPath=home WORKINGTON COMETS SPEEDWAY RIDER KYLE HOWARTH CONFIDENT OF RAISING HIS AVERAGE]", ''[[News & Star]]'', 24 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref> In 2012, after initially signing for [[Ling's Lynn Stars]], he rode for Poole in the Elite League and [[Workington Comets]] in the Premier League, and has signed to ride for both teams in 2013.<ref name="BBC">"[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/speedway/17669894 Speedway: King's Lynn Stars hand berth to Kyle Howarth]", [[BBC]], 10 April 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref><ref name="NS2">"[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington-comets-sign-teen-speedway-rider-kyle-howarth-1.900357?referrerPath=home WORKINGTON COMETS SIGN TEEN SPEEDWAY RIDER KYLE HOWARTH]", ''[[News & Star]]'', 24 November 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref><ref name="NS4">"[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/kyle-howarth-re-signs-for-workington-comets-1.1014537?referrerPath=home KYLE HOWARTH RE-SIGNS FOR WORKINGTON COMETS]", ''[[News & Star]]'', 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref><ref name="Wadley">Wadley, Ian (2012) "[http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/speedway/piratesnews/10071563.Pirates__Howarth_confirmed_as_first_signing/ Pirates: Howarth confirmed as first signing]", ''[[Bournemouth Daily Echo]]'', 27 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref> He finished in third place in the 2012 [[British Speedway Under 21 Championship|British Under-21 Championship]] and represented Great Britain at under-21 level.<ref name="NS3">"[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington-speedway-ace-kyle-howarth-named-in-gb-under-21s-1.952327?referrerPath=home WORKINGTON SPEEDWAY ACE KYLE HOWARTH NAMED IN GB UNDER-21S]", ''[[News & Star]]'', 10 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref>
Born in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Greater Manchester]], Howarth competed in [[grasstrack]] and [[motocross]] before starting his speedway career in 2008 in amateur competitions, gaining a [[National League (speedway)|National League]] place with [[Scunthorpe Saints]] in 2009, scoring 13+2 on his debut.<ref name="SGB">"[http://www.speedwaygb.co/riderindex11_h.html Rider Index]", speedwaygb.co, Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref> He [[Calculated Match Average|averaged]] 4.62 over the season and finished as runner up in the British Under-15 championship that year.<ref name="SGB" /> In 2010, he became a [[Poole Pirates]] asset and rode for [[Bournemouth Buccaneers]] in the National League, averaging 7.43, and also made guest appearances in the [[Premier League (speedway)|Premier League]] for [[Somerset Rebels]].<ref name="SGB" /> Also in 2010, he finished in third place in the British Under-18 Championship.<ref name="SGB" /> In 2011 he rode in the National League for [[Belle Vue Colts]], and he also rode for [[Edinburgh Monarchs]] in the Premier League, averaging 5.11, and was named at number eight for the [[Belle Vue Aces]] [[Elite League (speedway)|Elite League]] team.<ref name="SGB" /> He spent the winter riding in Australia, and won the Queensland Under-21 Championship.<ref name="NS1">"[https://archive.today/20130421013447/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington-comets-speedway-rider-kyle-howarth-confident-of-raising-his-average-1.928325?referrerPath=home WORKINGTON COMETS SPEEDWAY RIDER KYLE HOWARTH CONFIDENT OF RAISING HIS AVERAGE]", ''[[News & Star]]'', 24 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref>


In 2012, after initially signing for [[King's Lynn Stars]], he rode for Poole in the Elite League and [[Workington Comets]] in the Premier League, and signed for both teams in 2013.<ref name="BBC">"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/speedway/17669894 Speedway: King's Lynn Stars hand berth to Kyle Howarth]", [[BBC]], 10 April 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref><ref name="NS2">"[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington-comets-sign-teen-speedway-rider-kyle-howarth-1.900357?referrerPath=home WORKINGTON COMETS SIGN TEEN SPEEDWAY RIDER KYLE HOWARTH] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130421024715/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington-comets-sign-teen-speedway-rider-kyle-howarth-1.900357?referrerPath=home |date=21 April 2013 }}", ''[[News & Star]]'', 24 November 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref><ref name="NS4">"[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/kyle-howarth-re-signs-for-workington-comets-1.1014537?referrerPath=home KYLE HOWARTH RE-SIGNS FOR WORKINGTON COMETS] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130505035821/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/kyle-howarth-re-signs-for-workington-comets-1.1014537?referrerPath=home |date=5 May 2013 }}", ''[[News & Star]]'', 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref><ref name="Wadley">Wadley, Ian (2012) "[http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/speedway/piratesnews/10071563.Pirates__Howarth_confirmed_as_first_signing/ Pirates: Howarth confirmed as first signing]", ''[[Bournemouth Daily Echo]]'', 27 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref> He finished in third place in the 2012 [[British Speedway Under 21 Championship|British Under-21 Championship]] and represented Great Britain at under-21 level.<ref name="NS3">"[http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington-speedway-ace-kyle-howarth-named-in-gb-under-21s-1.952327?referrerPath=home WORKINGTON SPEEDWAY ACE KYLE HOWARTH NAMED IN GB UNDER-21S] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130421000306/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington-speedway-ace-kyle-howarth-named-in-gb-under-21s-1.952327?referrerPath=home |date=21 April 2013 }}", ''[[News & Star]]'', 10 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012</ref>
==References==

From 2013 until 2020 he rode for numerous clubs including [[Swindon Robins]], Workington, [[Poole Pirates]] and [[Coventry Bees]]. He joined [[Sheffield Tigers]] and [[Wolverhampton Wolves]] in 2016, staying with both clubs until 2020. As a Sheffield rider he won the [[SGB Championship Pairs Championship|SGB Championship Pairs]], partnering [[Lasse Bjerre]], during the [[SGB Championship 2017]] season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-tigers-win-pairs-title-ahead-of-first-leg-of-promotion-showdown-442830 |title=Sheffield Tigers win Pairs title ahead of first leg of promotion showdown |website=The Star |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> and then the following season won it again partnering [[Charles Wright (speedway rider)|Charles Wright]], during the [[SGB Championship 2018]] season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/news-centre/article/2018-07-20/sheffields-howarth-and-wright-retain-the-title |title=SHEFFIELD'S HOWARTH AND WRIGHT RETAIN THE TITLE |website=Edinburgh Speedway |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref>

In 2021 and 2022, he returned to Sheffield in the [[SGB Premiership 2021]] and [[SGB Premiership 2022]] and signed for the [[Leicester Lions]] in the [[SGB Championship 2021]] and [[SGB Championship 2022]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/player/howarth-kyle/ |title=British Speedway rider profile |website=British Speedway |access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref> He helped Sheffield win the 2022 League cup and reach the Play off final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/premiership/tigers-win-league-cup/ |title=Tigers win League Cup |website=British Speedway |access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>

In 2023, he re-signed for Sheffield for the [[SGB Premiership 2023]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/premiership/howarth-stays-with-sheffield/ |title=Howarth stays with Sheffield |website=British Speedway |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref> and won the league title with the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/sports-insure-premiership/tigers-champions-in-grand-final-drama/ |title=Tigers champions in Grand Final drama |website=British Speedway |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref> He also signed for [[Plymouth Gladiators]] for the [[SGB Championship 2023]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/championship/howarth-heads-to-plymouth/ |title=Howarth heads for Plymouth |website=British Speedway |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref> In 2024, he re-signed for Sheffield<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/sports-insure-premiership/tigers-up-to-five/ |title=Tigers up to five |website=British Speedway |access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref> and re-signed for Scunthorpe (his first club) for the 2024 Championship season,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/cab-direct-championship/howarth-joins-scorpions/ |title=Howarth joins Scorpions |website=British Speedway |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref> winning the [[Knockout Cup (speedway)|Knockout Cup]] with the Tigers<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/other-sport/speedway-sheffield-battle-back-to-draw-at-ipswich-and-lift-ko-cup-4771234 |title=Speedway: Sheffield battle back to draw at Ipswich and lift KO Cup |website=The Star |access-date=5 October 2024 }}</ref> during his testimonial year for the club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/other-sport/speedway-sheffield-skipper-kyle-howarth-expects-close-contest-as-testimonial-set-to-go-4661581 |title=Speedway: Sheffield skipper Kyle Howarth expects 'close contest' as testimonial set to go |website=The Star |access-date=11 October 2024}}</ref>

Howarth retunred to Leicester for the [[SGB Premiership 2025]].

== References ==
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Revision as of 14:06, 23 November 2024

Kyle Howarth
Born (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 (age 30)
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
Great Britain
2009, 2024Scunthorpe
2010Bournemouth
2011Edinburgh
2011Belle Vue
2012–2015Workington
2012Poole
2012King's Lynn
2013, 2015Swindon
2014Coventry
2016–2019Wolverhampton
2016–2024Sheffield
2020–2022, 2025Leicester
2023Plymouth
Poland
2024Gniezno
Individual honours
2015British Under-21 Champion
Team honours
2023SGB Premiership
2024Premiership Knockout Cup
2017, 2018SGB Championship Pairs
2022League Cup

Kyle Howarth (born 11 February 1994) is a British motorcycle speedway rider.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, Howarth competed in grasstrack and motocross before starting his speedway career in 2008 in amateur competitions, gaining a National League place with Scunthorpe Saints in 2009, scoring 13+2 on his debut.[3] He averaged 4.62 over the season and finished as runner up in the British Under-15 championship that year.[3] In 2010, he became a Poole Pirates asset and rode for Bournemouth Buccaneers in the National League, averaging 7.43, and also made guest appearances in the Premier League for Somerset Rebels.[3] Also in 2010, he finished in third place in the British Under-18 Championship.[3] In 2011 he rode in the National League for Belle Vue Colts, and he also rode for Edinburgh Monarchs in the Premier League, averaging 5.11, and was named at number eight for the Belle Vue Aces Elite League team.[3] He spent the winter riding in Australia, and won the Queensland Under-21 Championship.[4]

In 2012, after initially signing for King's Lynn Stars, he rode for Poole in the Elite League and Workington Comets in the Premier League, and signed for both teams in 2013.[5][6][7][8] He finished in third place in the 2012 British Under-21 Championship and represented Great Britain at under-21 level.[9]

From 2013 until 2020 he rode for numerous clubs including Swindon Robins, Workington, Poole Pirates and Coventry Bees. He joined Sheffield Tigers and Wolverhampton Wolves in 2016, staying with both clubs until 2020. As a Sheffield rider he won the SGB Championship Pairs, partnering Lasse Bjerre, during the SGB Championship 2017 season.[10] and then the following season won it again partnering Charles Wright, during the SGB Championship 2018 season.[11]

In 2021 and 2022, he returned to Sheffield in the SGB Premiership 2021 and SGB Premiership 2022 and signed for the Leicester Lions in the SGB Championship 2021 and SGB Championship 2022.[12] He helped Sheffield win the 2022 League cup and reach the Play off final.[13]

In 2023, he re-signed for Sheffield for the SGB Premiership 2023[14] and won the league title with the club.[15] He also signed for Plymouth Gladiators for the SGB Championship 2023.[16] In 2024, he re-signed for Sheffield[17] and re-signed for Scunthorpe (his first club) for the 2024 Championship season,[18] winning the Knockout Cup with the Tigers[19] during his testimonial year for the club.[20]

Howarth retunred to Leicester for the SGB Premiership 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Kyle Howarth". WWOS backup. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, Retrieved 16 December 2012
  4. ^ "WORKINGTON COMETS SPEEDWAY RIDER KYLE HOWARTH CONFIDENT OF RAISING HIS AVERAGE", News & Star, 24 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012
  5. ^ "Speedway: King's Lynn Stars hand berth to Kyle Howarth", BBC, 10 April 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012
  6. ^ "WORKINGTON COMETS SIGN TEEN SPEEDWAY RIDER KYLE HOWARTH Archived 21 April 2013 at archive.today", News & Star, 24 November 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2012
  7. ^ "KYLE HOWARTH RE-SIGNS FOR WORKINGTON COMETS Archived 5 May 2013 at archive.today", News & Star, 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012
  8. ^ Wadley, Ian (2012) "Pirates: Howarth confirmed as first signing", Bournemouth Daily Echo, 27 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012
  9. ^ "WORKINGTON SPEEDWAY ACE KYLE HOWARTH NAMED IN GB UNDER-21S Archived 21 April 2013 at archive.today", News & Star, 10 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012
  10. ^ "Sheffield Tigers win Pairs title ahead of first leg of promotion showdown". The Star. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  11. ^ "SHEFFIELD'S HOWARTH AND WRIGHT RETAIN THE TITLE". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  12. ^ "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Tigers win League Cup". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Howarth stays with Sheffield". British Speedway. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Tigers champions in Grand Final drama". British Speedway. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Howarth heads for Plymouth". British Speedway. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Tigers up to five". British Speedway. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Howarth joins Scorpions". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Speedway: Sheffield battle back to draw at Ipswich and lift KO Cup". The Star. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Speedway: Sheffield skipper Kyle Howarth expects 'close contest' as testimonial set to go". The Star. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
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