Ty Proctor

Tyron Brian Proctor (born 27 February 1987)[1] is an Australian speedway rider.[2]

Ty Proctor
Born (1987-02-27) 27 February 1987
Longwarry, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Career history
2008–2009Redcar Bears
2008, 2019Peterborough Panthers
2009–2014Wolverhampton Wolves
2013Plymouth Devils
2014–2015, 2019Sheffield Tigers
2017–2018Workington Comets
2018–2021King's Lynn Stars
2019–2021Leicester Lions
2022Berwick Bandits
Individual honours
2010Victoria Solo Championship
Team honours
2009Elite League
2010, 2011Elite Shield
2018, 2019SGB Championship
2018SGB Championship Shield

Career

Born in Longwarry, Victoria, Proctor attended the Longwarry Primary School and Drouin Secondary College.[3] Ty's brother Toby was also a speedway rider.[1] Proctor started riding motorbikes after being left one by a relative who had died of leukaemia.[3]

After finishing fourth in the Western Australia Solo Championship,[3] Proctor began his British speedway career in 2008 with Redcar Bears in the Premier League,[4] also riding in the Elite League for Peterborough Panthers.[1] He stayed with the Bears in 2009, but in the Elite League switched to Wolverhampton Wolves, 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.[1] In 2010 he won the Victoria Solo Championship.[1] He also rode in the Premier League for Plymouth Devils (2013), Sheffield Tigers (2014–2015), and Workington Comets (from 2017), his career interrupted by visa issues in 2015 and 2016.[1][3] His 2013 season finished early after sustaining fractured vertebrae in a crash at Edinburgh.[3][5]

In 2018, he moved from the Wolves to King's Lynn Stars in the newly-formed SGB Premiership, staying with Comets in the new SGB Championship, winning the SGB Championship and the Championship Shield that year.[1] He started the 2019 season with the Stars and Sheffield Tigers,[6][7] but after losing both places, was signed by Peterborough Panthers and Leicester Lions.[1][8]

In 2021, he rode for the King's Lynn Stars in the SGB Premiership 2021 and the Leicester Lions in the SGB Championship 2021.[9] In 2022, he rode for the Berwick Bandits in the SGB Championship 2022.[10]

References
  1. "2019 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 20 August 2019
  2. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. "Rollercoaster Ride for Ty Proctor", Warragul & Drouin Gazette, 5 February 2019
  4. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  5. "Tyron proctor: Not the Final World", Wolverhampton Speedway. Retrieved 20 August 2019
  6. Pearson, Nigel (2019) "King's Lynn Stars confirm their third signing for 2019 season", Eastern Daily Press, 31 January 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019
  7. Waite, Liam (2018) "Workington Comets captain Ty Proctor joins Sheffield Tigers", News and Star, 29 November 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2019
  8. "Lions Seal Proctor Deal", Leicester Lions, 1 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019
  9. "2021 KING'S LYNN STARS". Kings Lynn Speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  10. "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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