{{Short description|Australian speedway rider (born 1969)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | image = | name = Shane Bowes | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|3|4}} | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia
| years1 = 1987 | career1 = Newcastle Diamonds | years2 = 1988–1993, 1995 | career2 = Glasgow Tigers | years3 = 1994 | career3 = Reading Racers | years4 = 1996–1997 | career4 = Coventry Bees | indivyear1 = 1991 | indivhonour1 = West End Speedway International | indivyear2 = 1996 | indivhonour2 = Jack Young Memorial Cup | teamyear1 = 1993 | teamhonour1 = British League Division Two | teamyear2 = 1993 | teamhonour2 = British League Div 2 KO Cup winner | teamyear3 = 1997 | teamhonour3 = Craven Shield winner }}
'''Shane Leonard Bowes''' (born 4 March 1969, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 15 international caps for the Australia national speedway team.<ref name=URI>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=23 November 2024 }}</ref>
== Career == Bowes first rode in the United Kingdom when he signed with the Newcastle Diamonds for the 1987 National League season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19870331/077/0014 |title=They're back! |website=Newcastle Journal |date=31 March 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref> He then moved on to the Glasgow Tigers in 1988 where he made his home for the next six years.
Bowes qualified for thee 1990 Under-21 Speedway World Final in Lviv, where he finished 8th on 7 points with a win and two 2nd placings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/90.htm|title=1990|website=Speedway.org|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last =Loader| first =Tony| title =Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991| publisher = Tony Loader| year= 1991| pages = 55, 61–83, 223–225| issn = 1036-4404}}</ref>
With Glasgow, Bowes won both the British League Division Two and the Division Two KO Cup in 1993.<ref name=WWOS>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/434/shane-bowes |title=Shane Bowes profile |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref> During the 1993 British League Division Two season he averaged 8.99<ref name=WWOS/> and finished third at the Australian Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustralii.php|title=Individual Australian Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref>
He left Glasgow for Reading Racers in 1994<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002472/19940329/333/0026 |title=Shane shines for Reading |website=Reading Evening Post |date=29 March 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> but returned to the Tigers in 1995. After a single season with Glasgow, Shane moved again, this time to the Coventry Bees for 1996 and 1997, winning the Craven Shield with the Bees in 1997.<ref name=URI/>
Bowes retired from riding in the late 1990s, mostly due to injury and returned to live in Adelaide with his wife and three children. He ran a pump sales, repairs and installation business called Shane Bowes Contracting, and also worked for his father's (Len) lawn mower sales and repair business.<ref>[http://www.truelocal.com.au/business/shane-bowes-contracting/seaton Shane Bowes Contracting]</ref>
He made a one-off comeback and got back on a bike for the Gillman Speedway classic speedway meeting held in Adelaide on 1 November 2015. Bowes showed he had lost little of his skill when he dominated the Two Valve Solo Championship for the over 40-year-old's, remaining unbeaten on the afternoon.<ref>[http://www.gillmanspeedway.com/news/good-sized-crowd-enjoyed-entertaining-classc-speedway-meeting/ Gillman Speedway Classic Meeting 2015]</ref>
== Family == Shane Bowes' son Fraser Bowes is speedway rider.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cumbriacrack.com/2024/11/22/fine-pedigree-of-workington-comets-fraser-bowes/ |title=Fine pedigree of Workington Comets’ Fraser Bowes |website=Cumbria Crack | date=22 November 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024 }}</ref>
== World Final Appearances == === Individual Under-21 World Championship === * 1990 - {{flagicon|USSR}} Lviv, Stadium Ska - 8th - 7pts
== References == {{reflist}}
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