Drew Kemp
{{short description|British motorcycle speedway rider}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Drew Kemp
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| nationality = British
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|08|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Osnabrück, Germany
| career1 = Great Britain
| career2 = Mildenhall
| years2 = 2018
| career3 = Ipswich
| years3= 2018, 2020–2021
| career4 = Cradley
| years4 = 2018
| career5 = Sheffield
| years5 = 2019
| career6 = Kent
| years6 = 2019
| career7 = Eastbourne
| years7 = 2020–2021
| career8 = Wolverhampton
| years8 = 2022
| career9 = Poole
| years9 = 2022
| career10 = Scunthorpe
| years10 = 2023
| career11 = Leicester
| years11 = 2024
| career12 = Berwick
| years12 = 2024–2025
| career14 = Poland
| career15 = Gdańsk
| years15 = 2021
| career16 = Rawicz
| years16 = 2023
| career17 = Łódź
| years17 = 2024
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| indivyear1 = 2017
| indivhonour1 = British Youth Champion 500cc
| indivyear2 = 2019, 2020, 2021
| indivhonour2 = British Under-19 Champion
| teamyear1 = 2022
| teamhonour1 = tier 2 League champion
| teamyear2 = 2022, 2023
| teamhonour2 = tier 2 KO Cup winner
| teamyear3 = 2019
| teamhonour3 = tier 3 Pairs winner
| teamyear4 = 2018, 2019
| teamhonour4 = tier 3 National Trophy
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Drew Kemp (born 11 August 2002) is a British motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/drew-kemp/ |title=Drew Kemp Wielka Brytania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=9 March 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=2 July 2023}}
Career
In 2019, riding for Kent Kings Kemp won the Division 3 Pairs with Anders Rowe, the National Trophy and finished runner-up in the NDL Riders' Championship behind his teammate Rowe. He reached the final of the 2019 U19 European Championship.{{cite web|url=http://speedwayfansite.com/juniorzy/ipeu-19/2019.html |title=Individual Under-19 European Cup |publisher= Speedway Fansite|access-date=14 January 2023}}
Kemp joined Eastbourne Eagles on 19 November 2019, for their 2020 SGB Championship season.{{cite web|title=Eagles Seal Kemp Signing|url=http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.37710 |publisher=Speedway GB |date=2019-11-19 |accessdate=2020-03-05}} It was confirmed, on 18 February 2020, that he would ride for his hometown club Ipswich Witches in the SGB Premiership. He was brought into the side after the suicide of his former Mildenhall Fen Tigers teammate Danny Ayres.{{cite web|title=2020 Witches…Drew Kemp|url=https://ipswichwitches.co/2020-witchesdrew-kemp/ |publisher=Ipswich Witches |date=2020-02-18 |accessdate=2020-03-05}} However the season was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kemp rode for the Ipswich Witches for the SGB Premiership 2021 and the Eastbourne Eagles for the SGB Championship 2021.{{cite web |url=https://ipswichwitches.co/team_member/drew-kemp/|title=Drew Kemp|website=Ipswich Witches|access-date=18 June 2021}} The following year in 2022, he rode for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the SGB Premiership 2022 and for the Poole Pirates in the SGB Championship 2022.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/player/kemp-drew/ |title=British Speedway rider profile |website=British Speedway |access-date=29 September 2022}} Kemp was part of the Poole team that successfully defended their tier 2 League and KO Cup double crown.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/championship/pirates-are-cup-kings/ |title=Pirates are Cup Kings |website=British Speedway |access-date=16 October 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/championship/pirates-clinch-league-title/ |title=Pirates Clinch League Title |website=British Speedway |access-date=5 November 2022}}
In 2023, he was signed by Scunthorpe Scorpions after losing his place at Poole{{cite web |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/23358869.danny-ford-explains-drew-kemps-poole-pirates-snub/ |title=Danny Ford explains Drew Kemp's Poole Pirates snub |website=Bournemouth Daily Echo |access-date=26 September 2024 }} but helped the Scorpions win the Knockout Cup.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/cab-direct-championship/cup-joy-for-scorpions/ |title=Cup joy for Scorpions |website=British Speedway |access-date=23 October 2023}}
For the 2024 season, he signed for the Leicester Lions (Premiership){{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/sports-insure-premiership/lions-name-reserve-duo/ |title=Lions Name Reserve Duo |website=British Speedway |access-date=4 December 2023}} and Berwick Bandits (Championship){{cite web |url=https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/sport/other-sport/drew-kemp-unveiled-as-the-latest-rider-to-join-berwick-bandits-for-2024-4444914 |title=Drew Kemp unveiled as the latest rider to join Berwick Bandits for 2024 |website=Northumberland Gazette |access-date=26 September 2024 }} but later switched to Oxford from Leicester.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/rowe-motor-oil-premiership/spires-bring-in-kemp/ |title=Spires bring in Kemp |website=British Speedway |access-date=14 July 2024}}
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Category:British speedway riders
Category:Berwick Bandits riders
Category:Cradley Heathens riders
Category:Eastbourne Eagles riders
Category:Ipswich Witches riders
Category:Leicester Lions riders
Category:Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders