Shane Bowes
{{Short description|Australian speedway rider}}
{{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.{{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 }}
Career
Bowes first rode in the United Kingdom when he signed with the Newcastle Diamonds for the 1987 National League season.{{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}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/90.htm|title=1990|website=Speedway.org|access-date=15 July 2021}}{{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}}
With Glasgow, Bowes won both the British League Division Two and the Division Two KO Cup in 1993.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/434/shane-bowes |title=Shane Bowes profile |website=WWOS Backup |access-date=22 June 2023}} During the 1993 British League Division Two season he averaged 8.99 and finished third at the Australian Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustralii.php|title=Individual Australian Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=21 January 2023}}
He left Glasgow for Reading Racers in 1994{{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}} 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.
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.[http://www.truelocal.com.au/business/shane-bowes-contracting/seaton Shane Bowes Contracting]
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.[http://www.gillmanspeedway.com/news/good-sized-crowd-enjoyed-entertaining-classc-speedway-meeting/ Gillman Speedway Classic Meeting 2015]
Family
World Final Appearances
= Individual Under-21 World Championship =
References
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Category:Motorcycle racers from Adelaide
Category:Australian speedway riders
Category:Glasgow Tigers riders
Category:Newcastle Diamonds riders
Category:Reading Racers riders
Category:Australian expatriate speedway riders in Scotland
Category:Australian expatriate speedway riders in England