Josh Auty
{{Short description|British speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image = JoshAuty2015.jpg
| name= Josh Auty
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|9|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mirfield, England
| years1 = 2005–2007, 2012–2021
| career1 = Scunthorpe Scorpions
| years2 = 2007–2008
| career2 = Redcar Bears
| years3 = 2009–2011
| career3 = Sheffield Tigers
| years4 = 2009–2011
| career4 = Coventry Bees
| years5 = 2012–2013, 2022
| career5 = Birmingham Brummies
| years6 = 2015–2018
| career6 = Leicester Lions
| years7 = 2017
| career7 = King's Lynn Stars
| indivyear1 = 2004, 2005
| indivhonour1 = British Under-15 Champion
| indivyear2 = 2010
| indivhonour2 = Queensland State Champion (Aust)
| indivyear3 = 2010
| indivhonour3 = Jack Young Solo Cup winner
| teamyear1 = 2006
| teamhonour1 = Conference League Champion
| teamyear2 = 2006
| teamhonour2 = Conference Trophy Winner
| teamyear3 = 2006
| teamhonour3 = Conference KO Cup Winner
| teamyear4 = 2006
| teamhonour4 = Conference Shield Winner
| teamyear5 = 2007
| teamhonour5 = Conference League Fours
| teamyear6 = 2010
| teamhonour6 = Premier League Pairs Champion
}}
Joshua Liam Auty (born 8 September 1990) in Mirfield, West Yorkshire,Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-7524-4250-1}} is a British speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=2008 Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=17 February 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=27 June 2023}}
Career
Auty was part of the Scunthorpe Scorpions team that won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 May 2007 at Plymouth Coliseum.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/2007fixtures.pdf |title=2007 fixtures and results |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=10 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/news.php?extend.618 |title=
FOURS FEVER HITS PLYMOUTH |website=British Speedway |access-date=11 July 2023}}
On 10 September 2007, Auty was signed to the Coventry Bees to ride in the Elite League. On 21 September 2007, Auty was selected to represent Great Britain for the 2007 Under 21-World Cup Final. Auty was Conference League Rider's championship runner up in 2007, held at Rye House, losing out to his Scunthorpe teammate Tai Woffinden.
File:2007 Josh Auty speedway.jpg
On 4 December 2008, Auty was signed on a loan deal from Coventry to Sheffield Tigers. In November 2011 he signed for Scunthorpe Scorpions for the 2012 Premier League season.
In 2010 Auty rode the off-season in Australia where he won the Queensland State Championship at the North Brisbane Speedway, as well as the Jack Young Solo Cup at the Gillman Speedway in Adelaide.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} In 2010, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Ricky Ashworth for Sheffield, during the 2010 Premier League speedway season.{{cite web |url=http://www.birmingham-speedway.com/_mobile/news.php?extend.985 |title=BRUMMIES DUO LOSE OUT IN FINAL |website=Birmingham Speedway |access-date=29 May 2023}} Auty rode for Birmingham Brummies from 2012 to 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/speedway/20768460 |title=Josh Auty to ride again for Birmingham Brummies in 2013 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 September 2024 }}
Auty was included in the Elite League draft for the 2015 season and picked by Leicester Lions."[http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.27841 Elite Draft Selections]", speedwaygb.co, 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014 He was again selected for the Lions for 2016.
After struggling in the SGB Premiership for Lions, Auty was dropped, and continued to ride in the SGB Championship for Scorpions{{cite web |url=https://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sport/scunthorpe-scorpions-replace-josh-auty-94577 |title=Scunthorpe Scorpions replace Josh Auty with ... Josh Auty! |website=Scunthorpe Telegraph |access-date=15 September 2024 }} until announcing his retirement from the sport at the end of May."[https://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.32379 Auty Quits Scorpions]", speedwaygb.co, 28 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017 He reversed his decision, however, a few days later; and spent the 2018 season riding for the Scunthorpe Scorpions."[http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.32453 Auty U-Turn Boosts Scorpions]", speedwaygb.co, 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017 He continued to ride for Scunthorpe during the 2019 and 2021 seasons.
In 2022, he re-joined and rode for the Birmingham Brummies in the SGB Championship 2022.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/player/auty-josh/ |title=British Speedway rider profile |website=British Speedway |access-date=30 September 2022}}
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