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DATE OF BIRTH: 10 March 1988, Truro, Cornwall.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Oxford II, Trelawny II; (2004) Oxford II, Coventry II; (2005) Oxford II, Exeter; (2006) Somerset, Stoke II; (2007) Stoke; (2008) Stoke, Coventry; (2009-10) Coventry; (2011-12) Plymouth, Birmingham; (2013) Birmingham, Ipswich; (2014) Birmingham, Plymouth; (2015) Berwick, Peterborough; (2016) Glasgow, Ipswich; (2017) Rye House, Redcar; (2018) Redcar; (2019) Peterborough, Redcar, Scunthorpe; (2021) King’s Lynn, Newcastle; (2022-23) Ipswich, Plymouth; (2024) Plymouth; (2025) Birmingham, Plymouth.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2005 [Oxford II], 2010 [Coventry]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2006 [Stoke II]; Craven Shield winner: 2008 [Coventry]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2016 [Glasgow].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 3 meetings, 16 points. | | CASTAGNA, Michele (Paco)
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 March 1994, Arzignano, Italy.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Sheffield; (2016) Ipswich; (2019) Birmingham; (2021) Birmingham; (2022-24) Edinburgh; (2025) Birmingham, Edinburgh.
MAJOR HONOURS: Italian Under-21 Champion: 2011, 2012, 2014; Italian Champion: 2018.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 4 meetings, 27 points.
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 5 meetings, 48 points.
RIDER LINK: Son of Armando Castagna (born: 22 September 1963, Italy). | | EDWARDS, Jason
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 September 2002, Billericay, Essex.
BRITISH CAREER: (2018) Eastbourne; (2019) Eastbourne, Mildenhall; (2021) Eastbourne, Plymouth, Mildenhall; (2022) King’s Lynn, Redcar, Mildenhall; (2023) King’s Lynn, Sheffield, Redcar; (2024) Sheffield, Redcar; (2025) Birmingham, Redcar.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2018 [Eastbourne], 2024 [Sheffield]; League Championship winner: 2018 [Eastbourne], 2021 [Mildenhall], 2023 [Sheffield]. | | | | | | |  | |  | |  | HAGON, Samuel (Sam)
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 October 2004, Waltham Abbey, Essex.
BRITISH CAREER: (2021) Mildenhall; (2022) Oxford II; (2023) Birmingham, Belle Vue II; (2024) Leicester, Poole, Belle Vue II; (2025) Birmingham, Leicester, Berwick.
MAJOR HONOURS: 250cc British Youth Champion: 2019; British Under-21 Champion: 2024, 2025.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2021 [Mildenhall], 2024 [Poole]; BSN Series winner: 2024 [Poole].
RIDER LINK: Son of Martin Peter Hagon (born: 25 December 1961, Hackney, London, England); Grandson of Alfred Joseph Hagon. | | HUME, Danyon
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 July 1996, Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Rye House II; (2016-18) Ipswich, Birmingham; (2019) Birmingham, Leicester II; (2021) Sheffield, Poole; (2022) Glasgow; (2023) Ipswich, Redcar; (2024) Berwick; (2025) Birmingham, Sheffield, Berwick.
CLUB HONOURS: National Trophy winner: 2016 Birmingham; League Championship winner: 2016 [Birmingham], 2019 [Leicester II], 2021 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2019 [Leicester II], 2021 [Poole], 2023 [Ipswich]; Pairs Championship winner: 2022 [Ipswich]. | | JEPPESEN, Jonas
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 January 1998, Bramming, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2018) Somerset, Ipswich; (2025) Birmingham.
MAJOR HONOUR: Danish Under-21 Champion: 2016. | | | | | | |  | |  | |  | JEPSEN JENSEN, Michael
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 February 1992, Esbjerg, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2011-12) Peterborough; (2014) Coventry; (2025) Birmingham.
MAJOR HONOUR: World Under-21 Team Cup Champion: 2010; World Under-21 Champion: 2012; World Cup Champion: 2012.
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 27 GPs ridden, 4 GP finals, 1 GP win, 214 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHT: Nordic GP Champion: 2012
WORLD CUP RECORD: 6 meetings, 61 points, 1 Gold medal, 1 Silver medal.
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 3 meetings, 37 points. | | MUSIELAK, Tobiasz
DATE OF BIRTH: 18 August 1993, Leszno, Poland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Wolverhampton; (2017-19) Swindon; (2022-23) Sheffield; (2024) King’s Lynn; (2025) Birmingham.
MAJOR HONOUR: Under-21 World Cup Champion: 2012.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2017 [Swindon], 2019 [Swindon], 2023 [Sheffield]; Elite Shield winner: 2018 [Swindon]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2019 [Swindon]; League Cup winner: 2022 [Sheffield]. | | REW, Keynan
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 April 2003, Queensland, Australia,
BRITISH CAREER: (2023-24) Ipswich; (2025) Birmingham.
MAJOR HONOURS: Australian Under-21 Champion: 2022.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2023 [Ipswich]. | | | | | | |  | |  | | | VUOLAS, Antti
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 August 1999, Finland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2024) Belle Vue, Workington; (2025) Birmingham, Workington.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2024 [Belle Vue].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 1 meeting, 6 points.
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 1 meeting, 17 points. | | ŽAGAR, Matej
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 April 1983, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Trelawny; (2004-07) Reading; (2009) Swindon; (2010) Eastbourne; (2013-16) Belle Vue; (2022) Belle Vue; (2025) Birmingham.
MAJOR HONOURS: Slovenian Champion: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; European Under-19 Champion: 2002; European Champion: 2004, 2008.
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 129 GPs ridden, 23 GP finals, 6 GP wins, 1004 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Finnish GP Champion: 2014; Grand Prix Challenge winner: 2014, 2020; Warsaw GP Champion: 2015; Polish GP Champion: 2015; German GP Champion: 2017; Swedish GP Champion: 2017.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2022 [Belle Vue].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 17 meetings, 242 points.
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 2 meetings, 27 points.
RIDER LINKS: Son of Franci Žagar (born: 12 July 1951, Ljubljana, Slovenia). | | | |
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