Kyle Newman

Kyle Newman (born 14 December 1991) is an English motorcycle speedway rider.

Career Born in Poole, the son of former rider Keith Newman, he has ridden for a variety of clubs during a career that began in 2007.

For 2009, Newman was set to rejoin the Wildcats but upon his return to the UK the promotion blocked him from taking up a squad role with Newport Wasps in a higher league to help his development even though this would not affect his role at Weymouth. He was signed by the newly formed Bournemouth Buccaneers, It was at Newcastle in October where after being accidentally caught by another rider, as a result of the crash the handlebars punctured a main artery, and it is only due to the quick actions of the track's medical staff and major surgery that night at Newcastle hospital that Newman's life was saved and he has been able to carry on with his career, winning cup and league titles with Premier league team Somerset Rebels in 2012 and 2013, guesting for Poole Pirates in the 2013 Elite league final helping them to the title and achieving his first Elite League race win at Birmingham, and in 2014 being part of the Pirates team that won the Elite title. It worked out well for Newman who was voted the Pirates rider of the year in a vote on the Bournemouth Echo website. He earned 60% of the vote, in second place Maciej Janowski earned 31% of the vote. After a successful season in 2014 Poole decided to bring Newman back into the team for 2015.

Individually, Newman has regularly competed in individual events in Europe and the UK, winning the Golden Hammer meeting at Wolverhampton in 2012, and twice winning the Belgian Gold Helmet in 2013 and 2014. Newman was also the first English rider to qualify for the European Under-21 final in 2012, a broken shoulder just days before the semi-final in Terenzano hampering his chance to qualify for the finals, and he finished in 11th place. Newman was given the wildcard at the GB round of the World Under-21 Championship at Coventry where he came joint fourth on 10 points which come the end of the season actually placed Newman 18th in the world from just one out of eight rounds. He rode in the Polish I Liga in 2015 (for Gniezno) and 2016 (for Piła).

He was part of the Plymouth team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 23 and 24 July 2016, at the East of England Arena.

Newman was re-signed by Poole as vice captain until he was dropped during the 2017 season, subsequently being signed by Leicester Lions, and also raced for Ipswich Witches in 2017. For 2018 he signed with Lions in the SGB Premiership and Lakeside Hammers in the SGB Championship.

In December 2021, Newman signed for the Oxford Cheetahs for the SGB Championship 2022. The Cheetahs were returning to action after a 14-year absence from British Speedway. Newman struggled for form for the Cheetahs and later joined Redcar Bears mid-season.

In 2023, he returned to Poole for the SGB Championship 2023 and the following season he re-joined Plymouth for the 2024 season.

Honours Individual Weymouth Young Guns individual winner, 2009 Graham Warren memorial trophy, Birmingham, 2010 Queensland Under-21 State Champion, 2010 Julian Barnett Memorial trophy, Newcastle, 2011 Golden Hammer winner, Wolverhampton, 2012 Belgium Gold Helmet winner, 2013, 2014 Pinjar (Perth, Aus.) International champion, 2014

Club/fan awards Weymouth Wildcats fans rider of the year, 2008 Bournemouth Buccaneers most exciting rider, 2009 Plymouth Devils Rider of the year, 2014 Poole Pirates Rider of the year, 2014

Team Conference League champions, 2008 (Weymouth Wildcats) National League champions, 2009 (Bournemouth Buccaneers) National League Knock-out Cup winners, 2009 (Bournemouth Buccaneers) Elite League champions, 2011, 2014, 2015 (Poole Pirates) Premier Shield winners, 2011 (Newcastle Diamonds) Premier League Cup winners, 2012 (Somerset Rebels) Premier League champions, 2013 (Somerset Rebels) Premier League Knock-out Cup winners, 2013 (Somerset Rebels) Elite Shield, 2014, 2015, 2016 (Poole Pirates) Premier League Fours, 2016, (Plymouth Devils)