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This article is about the speedway rider. For the Australian rules footballer, see Leigh Adams (Australian rules footballer).
Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April, 1971 in Mildura, Australia)[2] is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion.[3]
[edit] CareerLeigh first came to England in 1988 and completed four matches for Poole in the National Junior League.[4] Adams had originally been recommended to Poole their by Australian team manager Neil Street, and it was Poole he subsequently joined for their National League Championship winning season of 1989, when he rode alongside riders such as Craig Boyce and Alun Rossiter.[5] To further his career, Leigh then moved up a league to join Swindon for the 1990 season. He made his Robins’ debut when scoring 8+2 points from six rides against Oxford in a Gold Cup match at Blunsdon on 24 March.[4] Adams won the first of his nine Australian national titles in 1992, and also captured the World Under-21 Championship after beating Mark Loram in a race-off at Pfaffenhofen, Germany.[2] With Swindon relegated to the British League Division Two after the 1992 season, Leigh moved on to spend three years with Arena Essex (1993-95), followed by a single season at London in 1996. He then returned to Swindon in 1997 and recorded a 9.96 average in the inaugural season of the Elite League.[4] Adams was again back with the Robins in 1998 but with Swindon again dropping down a league in 1999, he left and signed for the King's Lynn Stars. Adams remained at King’s Lynn for the 2000 campaign and topped the Elite League riders averages, finishing the season on 10.24.[5] In 2001, Adams signed for Oxford and won the Elite League Championship.[2] He remained with Oxford in 2002 and the 2003 season saw Adams register a 9.97 league average back with Poole in a year which the Pirates won the treble; winning the League Championship, the Knock-Out Cup and the British League Cup. The year also saw him awarded a testimonial, which took place at Swindon.[4] Adams returned to Swindon in 2004 and again finished top of the Elite League averages on 10.94 and partnered Charlie Gjedde to victory in the Elite League Pairs Championship.[4] In 2005, Adams partnered new Swindon signing Lee Richardson to the Elite League Pairs Championship at Peterborough.[5] On the world stage, Leigh ended his tenth season of Grand Prix activity with his highest ever ranking by winning the bronze medal after being the World No. 4 for the previous three years.[5] Adams put together another successful season for Swindon in 2007, as the club finished runners-up in all three major domestic finals, being beaten by Coventry in the Elite League Play-Offs final, Knock-Out Cup final and Craven Shield final.[5] Adams completed his best ever Grand Prix campaign in 2007, finishing second overall to Nicki Pedersen.[5] In a consistent Grand Prix campaign, he took victory in three rounds and completed the series with 153 points. In 2008 Adams became the Swindon Robins all time top points scorer. His paid maximum at Lakeside in August 2008 took him onto 5,482.5 points, surpassing the previous record set by Martin Ashby who scored 5,476.5 during his time with the Robins.[6] [edit] Career honours
[edit] Speedway Grand Prix results
2007 Speedway Grand Prix - 2nd place
2008 Speedway Grand Prix - 6th place
[edit] See also[edit] References
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