Jason Garrity

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Use British English|date=July 2016}} {{Short description|English motorcycle speedway rider (born 1993)}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | image = Jason Garrity.jpg | name= Jason Garrity | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Longsight, Greater Manchester,<br />England

| indivyear1 = 2008 | indivhonour1 = British Under-15 Champion | indivyear2 = 2011 | indivhonour2 = British Under-19 Champion | indivyear3 = 2011. | indivhonour3 = National League Riders' Champion | teamyear1 = 2010 | teamhonour1 = National League Trophy | teamyear2 = 2010 | teamhonour2 = National League Knock-out Cup | teamyear3 = 2010 | teamhonour3 = National League Champions }} '''Jason David Garrity''' (born 9 November 1993) was an English motorcycle speedway rider who won the British Under-19 Championship and the National League Riders Championship in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>

== Biography == Born in Longsight but now living in Droylsden, Greater Manchester{{when|date=August 2019}}, Garrity was raised by his grandfather, former world kickboxing champion Kenny Longshaw.<ref name="SGB">"[http://www.speedwaygb.co/riderindex11_g.html 2011 Rider Index]", speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 16 November 2011.</ref> After taking up speedway in 1999, he progressed to a 500cc bike at the age of ten and won the British Under-15 championship in 2008. He began riding for Buxton Hitmen in 2009, becoming a regular part of the team the following year. In December 2010 he was signed by Belle Vue Aces who made him part of their National League Colts side in 2011.<ref name="SGB" /><ref name="Mirror">"[https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/motorsport/2010/12/30/belle-vue-sign-up-rising-star-jason-garrity-115875-22815218/ Belle Vue sign up rising star Jason Garrity]", ''Daily Mirror'', 30 December 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2011.</ref>

In July 2011, he won the British Under-19 Championship at Rye House,<ref name="Frost">Frost, Richard (2011) "Hot Rod", ''Speedway Star'', 17 September 2011, p. 36.</ref><ref name="MEN">Frost, Richard (2011) "[http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/speedway/s/1453060_rising-star-jason-garrity-wins-brit-under-19-title Rising star Jason Garrity wins Brit Under-19 title] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811051505/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/speedway/s/1453060_rising-star-jason-garrity-wins-brit-under-19-title |date=11 August 2011 }}", menmedia.co.uk. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.</ref> and later that month made his Elite League debut for the Aces in two matches against the Peterborough Panthers. The following month he joined Premier League team the Leicester Lions on loan for the remainder of the season.<ref name="SGB" /><ref name="BBC">"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/14647349 Leicester Lions sign Jason Garrity and Viktor Bergstrom]", BBC, 24 August 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.</ref> He added another title in September when he won the National League Riders' Championship, also at Rye House.<ref name="SGB" /><ref name="Tame">"[http://menmedia.co.uk/tamesideadvertiser/sport/s/1458188_secret-of-jason-garritys-success Secret of Jason Garrity’s success] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130420232245/http://menmedia.co.uk/tamesideadvertiser/sport/s/1458188_secret-of-jason-garritys-success |date=20 April 2013 }}", ''Tameside Advertiser'', 8 September 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.</ref>

In November 2011, he signed to ride for Rye House Rockets in 2012.<ref>"[http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Sport/Speedway/Rockets-sign-teen-sensation-Garrity-25112011.htm Rockets sign teen sensation Garrity]{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}", ''Hertfordshire Mercury'', 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.</ref> He was a Grand Prix reserve in 2014. Garrity signed the Coventry Bees on a full transfer from Rye House Rockets in 2015. In 2017 he signed for Redcar Bears in the British SGB Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.31652|title=BEARS NAME THEIR TEAM - British Speedway Official Website|website=speedwaygb.co.uk|accessdate=28 November 2022}}</ref> After a fourth placed finish in the British Riders Championship in June 2018, he signed a temporary 28-day contract with the Belle Vue Aces.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

In 2020, Garrity was charged for burglary, robbery and two accounts of attempting to commit fraud. According to news reports, "He appeared before Stockport Magistrates’ Court today (Monday 20 April 2020) where he was remanded to appear before Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on 18 May 2020." He was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/139/main-news/134035/man-charged-with-burglary-and-robbing-a-woman-at-knifepoint|title=Man charged with burglary and robbing a woman at knifepoint|website=oldham-chronicle.co.uk|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/man-charged-after-vulnerable-woman-18119394|title=Man charged after vulnerable woman 'robbed at knife-point'|last=Day|first=Rebecca|date=20 April 2020|website=men|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>

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