Adam Roynon
{{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, England
| career1 = Great Britain
| years2 = 2003
| career2 = Swindon
| years3 = 2003
| career3 = Armadale
| years4 = 2004, 2021
| career4 = Newcastle
| years5 = 2004–2005
| career5 = Mildenhall
| years6 = 2005
| career6 = Boston
| years7 = 2005–2006
| career7 = Glasgow
| years8 = 2006–2007
| career8 = Rye House
| years9 = 2006
| career9 = Buxton
| years10 = 2007, 2014, 2017–2018
| career10 = Plymouth
| years11 = 2008
| career11 = Birmingham
| years12 = 2010, 2012, 2016–2017
| career12 = Workington
| years13 = 2010
| career13 = Stoke
| years14 = 2010–2011
| career14 = King's Lynn
| years15 = 2011–2012
| career15 = Dudley
| years16 = 2011, 2015, 2022
| career16 = Redcar
| years17 = 2012–2013, 2016
| career17 = Coventry
| years18 = 2013
| career18 = Leicester
| years19 = 2013–2014
| career19 = Sheffield
| years20 = 2014–2015
| career20 = Peterborough
| years22 = 2022
| career22 = Scunthorpe
| years23 = 2023
| career23 = Poole
| career24 = Poland
| years25 = 2008
| career25 = Ostrów
| indivyear1 = 2006
| indivhonour1 = Conference Riders Champion
| teamyear1 = 2007
| teamhonour1 = Premier League Champion
| teamyear2 = 2004
| teamhonour2 = Conference League Champion
| teamyear3 = 2004
| teamhonour3 = Conference Trophy Winner
| teamyear4 = 2004
| teamhonour4 = Conference League KO Cup
| teamyear5 = 2012
| teamhonour5 = Premier League Pairs
| teamyear6 = 2011
| teamhonour6 = National League Fours
}}
Adam Wayne Roynon (born 30 August 1988, in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria)Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. {{ISBN|0-948882-81-6}} is a British 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.{{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 season with Mildenhall Fen Tigers, winning the League Championship, the Conference Trophy and the Knockout Cup.
In 2006, he won the Riders' Championship, held on 9 September at 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 in 2007 and finished 3rd in the Indoor speedway event at Brighton. Roynon was contracted to Elite League team the 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 squad at the Norfolk Arena, King's Lynn 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 |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.{{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 |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 |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 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 later that season, but suffered a broken ankle. After recovering, he was signed by King's Lynn Stars to replace Joe Haines. In 2011, he was loaned out to Redcar Bears, also riding for Dudley Heathens in the National League, 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, held on 30 July 2011 at 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 partnering René Bach for Workington, during the 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 for the 2013 Premier League season and doubled-up in the Elite League with 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 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 and Redcar Bears in the SGB Championship 2022 and Plymouth Centurions during the 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 for the 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.
Honours
- Individual U-21 World Championship:
- 2007 - 18th place in Qualifying Round 4 (1 point in 1 heat)
- 2008 - 11th place in Qualifying Round 2 (7 points)
References
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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:Rye House Rockets riders