Steve Boxall
{{Short description|British speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image =
| name= Steve Boxall
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|5|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Canterbury, England
| years1 = 2002-2005
| career1 = Rye House Raiders
| years2 = 2004-2007, 2011, 2014-2015
| career2 = Rye House Rockets
| years3 = 2007, 2009
| career3 = Poole Pirates
| years4 = 2008-2010
| career4 = Belle Vue Aces
| years5 = 2009
| career5 = Newcastle Diamonds
| years6 = 2010
| career6 = Somerset Rebels
| years7 = 2013, 2018
| career7 = Kent Kings
| years8 = 2015
| career8 = Lakeside Hammers
| years9 = 2016-2017
| career9 = Plymouth Devils
| years10 = 2023
| career10 = Berwick Bandits/Bullets
| indivyear1 = 2005
| indivhonour1 = Conference League Riders' Champion
| indivyear2 = 2013
| indivhonour2 = National League Riders' Champion
| teamyear1 = 2005, 2007
| teamhonour1 = Premier League Champion
| teamyear2 = 2005
| teamhonour2 = Premier Trophy Winner
| teamyear3 = 2003
| teamhonour3 = Conference League Fours Winner
}}
Steven Shane Boxall (born 16 May 1987 in Canterbury, Kent)Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. {{ISBN|0-948882-81-6}} is a motorcycle speedway rider. He rode with the Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League,{{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=29 June 2023}} and currently rides for the Berwick Bullets in the National Development League.
Career
Boxall rode for Rye House Raiders in the Conference League and in 2005 won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 August at Rye House Stadium.{{cite web |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/799377.bears-relish-hat-trick/ |title=Bears relish hat-trick |website=The Northern Echo |access-date=29 June 2023}}
Also in 2005, he won the Premier League Championship with the Rye House Rockets, and he did so again in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/resultarchive|title=British Speedway Archive|publisher=Speedway GB|access-date=16 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html|title=Year by Year|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=16 October 2021}}
In 2013, eight years after his first success, he won the Riders' Championship for the second time.{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/years/2013.htm |title=Yes Heathens win the lot |website=Cradley Speedway |access-date=15 February 2023}}
In 2018, Boxall was banned from speedway for two years after being selected for a random drugs and alcohol test in a meeting between Kent and Plymouth at Central Park Stadium on Monday 6 August. He refused to take the test and left the circuit. As a result, he was handed a two-year ban by the Speedway Control Bureau.{{cite web |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/sport/boxall-banned-188036/|title=Kent Kings speedway rider Steve Boxall given two-year ban|website=Kent Online|access-date=5 July 2023}} Boxall subsequently retired from speedway after being handed the two-year ban.
He returned to the sport five years later in 2023. After impressing during practice runs on the Isle of Wight, he signed for the Berwick Bullets in the National Development League and then in August came into the Berwick main team as an injury replacement.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/cab-direct-championship/two-in-for-bandits/ |title=Two in for Bandits |website=British Speedway |access-date=3 August 2023}}