# Adam Roynon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Roynon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Roynon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Roynon > Source revision: 1209380285 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British motorcycle speedway rider (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | image = | name= Adam Roynon | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|8|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [Barrow](/source/Barrow-in-Furness), England | career1 = '''Great Britain''' | years2 = 2003 | career2 = [Swindon](/source/Swindon_Robins) | years3 = 2003 | career3 = [Armadale](/source/Edinburgh_Monarchs) | years4 = 2004, 2021 | career4 = [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_Diamonds) | years5 = 2004–2005 | career5 = [Mildenhall](/source/Mildenhall_Fen_Tigers) | years6 = 2005 | career6 = [Boston](/source/Boston_Barracudas) | years7 = 2005–2006 | career7 = [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow_Tigers_(speedway)) | years8 = 2006–2007 | career8 = [Rye House](/source/Rye_House_Rockets) | years9 = 2006 | career9 = [Buxton](/source/Buxton_Hitmen) | years10 = 2007, 2014, 2017–2018 | career10 = [Plymouth](/source/Plymouth_Gladiators) | years11 = 2008 | career11 = [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham_Brummies) | years12 = 2010, 2012, 2016–2017 | career12 = [Workington](/source/Workington_Comets) | years13 = 2010 | career13 = [Stoke](/source/Stoke_Potters) | years14 = 2010–2011 | career14 = [King's Lynn](/source/King's_Lynn_Stars) | years15 = 2011–2012 | career15 = [Dudley](/source/Dudley_Heathens) | years16 = 2011, 2015, 2022 | career16 = [Redcar](/source/Redcar_Bears) | years17 = 2012–2013, 2016 | career17 = [Coventry](/source/Coventry_Bees) | years18 = 2013 | career18 = [Leicester](/source/Leicester_Lions) | years19 = 2013–2014 | career19 = [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield_Tigers) | years20 = 2014–2015 | career20 = [Peterborough](/source/Peterborough_Panthers) | years22 = 2022 | career22 = [Scunthorpe](/source/Scunthorpe_Scorpions) | years23 = 2023 | career23 = [Poole](/source/Poole_Pirates) | career24 = '''Poland''' | years25 = 2008 | career25 = [Ostrów](/source/KM_Ostr%C3%B3w_Wielkopolski) | indivyear1 = 2006 | indivhonour1 = [Conference Riders Champion](/source/Conference_League_Riders'_Championship) | teamyear1 = 2007 | teamhonour1 = [Premier League Champion](/source/Premier_League_(speedway)) | teamyear2 = 2004 | teamhonour2 = [Conference League](/source/Conference_League_(speedway)) Champion | teamyear3 = 2004 | teamhonour3 = [Conference](/source/Conference_League_(speedway)) Trophy Winner | teamyear4 = 2004 | teamhonour4 = [Conference League](/source/Conference_League_(speedway)) KO Cup | teamyear5 = 2012 | teamhonour5 = [Premier League Pairs](/source/Premier_League_Pairs_Championship) | teamyear6 = 2011 | teamhonour6 = [National League Fours](/source/NDL_Fours) }} '''Adam Wayne Roynon''' (born 30 August 1988, in [Barrow-in-Furness](/source/Barrow-in-Furness), [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria))Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. {{ISBN|0-948882-81-6}} is a British [motorcycle speedway](/source/motorcycle_speedway) rider.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/adam-roynon/ |title=Adam Wayne Roynon Wielka Brytania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=2 April 2023}} He earned one international cap for the [Great Britain national speedway team](/source/Great_Britain_national_speedway_team).{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=28 December 2023}} ==Career== In 2004, Roynon won three trophies in the [Conference League](/source/Conference_League_(speedway)) season with [Mildenhall Fen Tigers](/source/Mildenhall_Fen_Tigers), winning the League Championship, the Conference Trophy and the Knockout Cup. In 2006, he won the [Riders' Championship](/source/National_League_Riders'_Championship), held on 9 September at [Rye House Stadium](/source/Rye_House_Stadium).{{cite web |url=https://plymouth-speedway.com/adam-roynon-joins-the-swrt-centurions/ |title=Adam Roynon joins The SWTR Centurions|website=Plymouth Speedway |access-date=29 June 2023}} He won the Premier League Championship with the [Rye House Rockets](/source/Rye_House_Rockets) in 2007 and finished 3rd in the Indoor speedway event at Brighton. Roynon was contracted to Elite League team the [Coventry Bees](/source/Coventry_Bees), but declined a team place there for 2008.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=2008 Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=2 April 2023}} On 6 March 2009, Roynon crashed while practising with the [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_national_speedway_team) squad at the Norfolk Arena, [King's Lynn](/source/King's_Lynn_Stars) and suffered a blood clot to his brain and a broken neck (C2 vertebra). His survival chances were initially assessed as 50/50,{{cite web|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-warwickshire-sport/coventry-bees-speedway/2009/03/11/horror-crash-bees-rider-out-of-coma-92746-23120381/ |title=Horror crash Bees rider out of coma |publisher=[Coventry Telegraph](/source/Coventry_Telegraph) |year=2009 |accessdate=2009-03-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003143404/http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-warwickshire-sport/coventry-bees-speedway/2009/03/11/horror-crash-bees-rider-out-of-coma-92746-23120381/ |archivedate=3 October 2011 }} but his recovery "amazed" doctors who allowed him to leave hospital eleven days later wearing a [halo brace](/source/halo_(medicine)).{{cite web|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington_speedway_rider_roynon_home_after_amazing_recovery_1_529952?referrerPath=sport |title=Workington rider Roynon home after amazing recovery |publisher=[News & Star](/source/News_%26_Star) |year=2009 |accessdate=2009-03-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213115336/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/comets/workington_speedway_rider_roynon_home_after_amazing_recovery_1_529952?referrerPath=sport |archivedate=13 February 2012 }} On 30 April 2009 his father announced that halo brace/hyperbaric therapy had been unsuccessful and Roynon would require surgery to stabilise his broken neck, further delaying his return to riding.{{cite web|url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/devastated_bike_ace_suffers_injury_setback_1_548599?referrerPath=1.205043 |title=BIKE ACE SUFFERS INJURY SETBACK |publisher=[North West Evening Mail](/source/North_West_Evening_Mail) |year=2009 |accessdate=2009-05-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605102942/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/devastated_bike_ace_suffers_injury_setback_1_548599?referrerPath=1.205043 |archivedate=5 June 2011 }} He returned in 2010 with [Workington Comets](/source/Workington_Comets) but another injury cut short his time there."[http://www.speedwaygb.co/riderindex11_r.html 2011 Rider Index]", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-27 He rode for [Stoke Potters](/source/Stoke_Potters) later that season, but suffered a broken ankle. After recovering, he was signed by [King's Lynn Stars](/source/King's_Lynn_Stars) to replace [Joe Haines](/source/Joe_Haines_(speedway_rider)). In 2011, he was loaned out to [Redcar Bears](/source/Redcar_Bears), also riding for [Dudley Heathens](/source/Dudley_Heathens) in the [National League](/source/National_League_(speedway)), but a broken femur in April saw him again out of action until July. However, after his comeback he was part of the Dudley team that won the [National League Fours](/source/NDL_Fours), held on 30 July 2011 at [Loomer Road Stadium](/source/Loomer_Road_Stadium).{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/years/2011.htm |title=2011 |website=Cradley Speedway |access-date=10 July 2023}} He signed to ride for Workington Comets and Dudley Heathens in 2012. In 2012, he won the [Premier League Pairs Championship](/source/Premier_League_Pairs_Championship) partnering [René Bach](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Bach) for Workington, during the [2012 Premier League speedway season](/source/2012_Premier_League_speedway_season).{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/riders/ad_roynon.htm |title=Adam Roynon profile |website=Cradley Speedway |access-date=30 May 2023}} However, he broke his leg in the National League playoff final. He signed for [Leicester Lions](/source/Leicester_Lions) for the 2013 Premier League season and doubled-up in the Elite League with [Coventry Bees](/source/Coventry_Bees). He suffered serious concussion in crash in his first match of the season for Coventry, leading to another enforced break from racing. After returning from injury he signed for [Sheffield Tigers](/source/Sheffield_Tigers) and in July was reinstated to the Coventry team."[http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.21262 Roynon Back for Bees]", speedwaygb.co, 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013 In 2022, he rode for the [Scunthorpe Scorpions](/source/Scunthorpe_Scorpions) and Redcar Bears in the [SGB Championship 2022](/source/SGB_Championship_2022) and Plymouth Centurions during the [2022 National Development League speedway season](/source/2022_National_Development_League_speedway_season).{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/player/roynon-adam/ |title=British Speedway rider profile |website=British Speedway |access-date=2 October 2022}} The following season he signed for [Poole Pirates](/source/Poole_Pirates) for the [SGB Premiership 2023](/source/SGB_Premiership_2023).{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/championship/roynon-completes-pirates/ |title=Roynon competes Pirates |website=British Speedway |access-date=19 January 2023}} ==Family== His father, Chris Roynon, was a speedway rider and promoter for the [Barrow Blackhawks](/source/Barrow_Bombers). == Honours == * [Individual U-21 World Championship](/source/Individual_Speedway_Junior_World_Championship): ** ''[2007](/source/2007_Individual_Speedway_Junior_World_Championship) - 18th place in Qualifying Round 4 (1 point in 1 heat)'' ** ''[2008](/source/2008_Individual_Speedway_Junior_World_Championship) - 11th place in Qualifying Round 2 (7 points)'' == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roynon, Adam}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:British speedway riders Category:English motorcycle racers Category:Sportspeople from Barrow-in-Furness Category:Leicester Lions riders Category:Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders Category:Plymouth Gladiators riders Category:Poole Pirates riders Category:Rye House Rockets riders Category:Scunthorpe Scorpions riders Category:Workington Comets riders --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Adam Roynon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Roynon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Roynon?action=history)). 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