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Alun Rossiter

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Alun Rossiter
Alun Rossiter, 2012
Born (1965-07-23) 23 July 1965 (age 59)
Swindon, England
NicknameRosco
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1982–1983, 1996Exeter Falcons
1982–1985, 1987–1988,
1993, 1997–1998, 2001
Swindon Robins
1984Weymouth Wildcats
1986Coventry Bees
1989–1992, 1994–1995,
2000
Poole Pirates
1992King's Lynn Stars
1996Peterborough Panthers
1999, 2002Oxford Cheetahs
2000–2001Wolverhampton Wolves
2002Trelawny Tigers
Team honours
1994British League (tier 1)
1994Fours championship (tier 1)
1989, 1990National League (tier 2)
1983, 1990National League KO Cup

Alun John Rossiter (born 23 July 1965, in Swindon, England)[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider and team manager. He earned eight international caps for the England national speedway team[2] and was the Great Britain team manager from 2014 to 2019.

Riding career

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Rossiter began his British leagues career, riding a couple of times for Exeter Falcons on loan from Swindon Robins during the 1982 National League season, in addition to racing for Swindon in some junior fixtures.[3]

He improved significantly in 1983 for Exeter and secured a switch to Weymouth Wildcats for the 1984 season, which was also his breakthrough year with Swindon in the top division.[4] He was a regular British League rider afterwards and spent the 1985 season with Swindon and the 1986 season with Coventry Bees before returning to Swindon in 1987.[5]

In 1989, he returned to the National League after joining the Poole Pirates and was part of the team that won the League title in 1989 and 1990 and the Knockout Cup in 1990.[6] He also won the British league title and Fours championship with Poole in 1994.[7]

He later raced for a number of clubs including Peterborough,[8] Oxford and Wolverhampton and retired from racing after sustaining a serious knee injury during a crash in 2002.

Management career

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In 2003, Terry Russell bought the promoting rights for the Robins, and soon after Rossiter was installed as co-promoter and team manager.[9] He was team manager of Coventry, when they won the 2010 league title and Swindon when they won the 2012 and 2017 league titles.

From 2014 to 2019, he was the team manager of Great Britain.

References

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  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
  2. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "1982 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Wildcat signing". Western Daily Press. 10 March 1984. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ^ Bamford, Reg (2004). Speedway Yearbook. Tempus Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 978-0-7524-2955-7.
  7. ^ "1994 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Rossiter poised for Falcon's comeback?". Western Evening Herald. 31 May 1996. Retrieved 24 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Rosco Returns". Swindon Advertiser. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 25 September 2008.[permanent dead link]