Nick Morris (speedway rider)

Nicholas Craig Morris (born 7 June 1994) is an Australian speedway rider.[1][2][3][4]

Nick Morris
Born (1994-06-07) 7 June 1994
Canberra, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
Great Britain
2010Buxton
2010–2011, 2015Glasgow
2011Coventry
2012–2018Swindon
2012Scunthorpe
2013–2014, 2019Somerset
2017Berwick
2018Lakeside
2019–2022Wolverhampton
2020–2023Leicester
2023Birmingham
Poland
2016Wrocław
2017-2018Rzeszów
2019Rybnik
2022-2023Daugavpils
Denmark
2015Munkebo
2017, 2023Grindsted
2022Region Varde
Individual honours
2008/2009, 2009/2010Queensland Under-16 Champion
2009/2010New South Wales Under-16 Champion
2017SGB Championship Riders' Champion
Team honours
2010National League
2011, 2012Premier League
2012Elite League
2017SGB Premiership
2014Premier League Fours

Career

Born in Canberra, Morris was successful as a youngster in youth racing in Australia before making the move into British racing in 2010 with Buxton Hitmen in the National League, the team going on to be crowned champions.[5] It was the only season that Morris would race in the National League, making the step up to the Premier League and the Elite League in 2011.[6][5] He won titles with Glasgow Tigers and Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Premier League, and with the Swindon Robins in the Elite League.[5] Morris rode for Swindon Robins from 2012 to 2018.[7]

He doubled up for Somerset Rebels during the 2014 season and was part of the Somerset team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 2014, at the East of England Arena.[8]

In 2017, he won the |SGB Premiership Riders' Championship as a Swindon rider.[6]

During the SGB Premiership 2018 while riding for Swindon he was the team captain under manager Alun Rossiter. He also rode for Lakeside Hammers in the SGB Championship 2018. The following season he rode for Wolverhampton and Somerset respectively.[6]

In 2021 and 2022, he rode for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the SGB Premiership 2021 and SGB Premiership 2022 and for the Leicester Lions in the SGB Championship 2021 and SGB Championship 2022.[1] In 2023, he stayed with Leicester as they moved up a division to the SGB Premiership 2023. This resulted in his time at Wolves coming to an end[9] and his signing for Birmingham Brummies for the SGB Championship 2023.[10]

In August 2023, he was banned for two years after failing to comply with an anti-doping test.[11]

World Final appearances

Under-21 World Cup
Nick Morris

References
  1. "Morris, Nick". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. "Nick Morris Impresses UK With Astounding Speedway Success". Digga Europe. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. "Nick Morris Australia". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. "Nick Morris – The Title Gatherer". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. "Nick Morris". WWOS backup. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. bbc.co.uk : "Speedway: Swindon Robins re-sign Nick Morris for 2015". 23 December 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  8. "Fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  9. "Morris moves up with Lions". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  10. "Morris moves to Brummies". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  11. "SCB STATEMENT: NICK MORRIS". British Speedway. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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