Shane Bowes

Shane Bowes
Born (1969-03-04) 4 March 1969 (age 55)
Adelaide, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
1987Newcastle Diamonds
1988–1993, 1995Glasgow Tigers
1994Reading Racers
1996–1997Coventry Bees
Individual honours
1991West End Speedway International
1996Jack Young Memorial Cup
Team honours
1993British League Division Two
1993British League Div 2 KO Cup winner
1997Craven 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.[1]

Career

Bowes first rode in the United Kingdom when he signed with the Newcastle Diamonds for the 1987 National League season.[2] 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.[3][4]

With Glasgow, Bowes won both the British League Division Two and the Division Two KO Cup in 1993.[5] During the 1993 British League Division Two season he averaged 8.99[5] and finished third at the Australian Championship.[6]

He left Glasgow for Reading Racers in 1994[7] 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.[1]

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.[8]

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.[9]

Family

Shane Bowes' son Fraser Bowes is speedway rider.[10]

World Final Appearances

Individual Under-21 World Championship

References

  1. ^ a b "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ^ "They're back!". Newcastle Journal. 31 March 1987. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "1990". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. pp. 55, 61–83, 223–225. ISSN 1036-4404.
  5. ^ a b "Shane Bowes profile". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Individual Australian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Shane shines for Reading". Reading Evening Post. 29 March 1994. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Shane Bowes Contracting
  9. ^ Gillman Speedway Classic Meeting 2015
  10. ^ "Fine pedigree of Workington Comets' Fraser Bowes". Cumbria Crack. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.