Alfie Bowtell

Alfred (Alfie) Bowtell (born 23 January 1997) is a British speedway rider. He currently rides for Eastbourne Eagles in the SGB Championship.

Alfie Bowtell
Born (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997
Chelmsford, Essex
Nationality England
Current club information
British leaguePlymouth Gladiators
Career history
Championship
2017Newcastle Diamonds
2018Lakeside Hammers
2019Eastbourne Eagles
National League
2015Rye House Raiders
2016Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2017Lakeside Hammers
2018Isle of Wight Warriors
2018Cradley Heathens (National Trophy only)
2020–Plymouth Gladiators

Career

2015-2016 seasons

It was announced, on 6 March 2015, that Bowtell had signed for the Rye House Raiders for his debut season in the National League.[1] By the end of the season he had progressed out of the reserve and moved into the number 2 position, increasing his average from 3.00 to 3.95.[2] Bowtell moved to Mildenhall Fen Tigers for the 2016 National League season.[3] He maintained his position at number 2 throughout the season and increased his average to 4.21 by the end of the season.[4]

Lakeside

On 12 December, Bowtell was announced as one of Lakeside Hammers' first signings after they dropped down to the National League from the top flight.[5] He helped Lakeside finish 4th in the league.[6] During the season Bowtell formed a strong middle order partnership with Paul Hurry; this helped him improve his average to 6.65.[7]

Newcastle

Bowtell signed for Newcastle Diamonds in the SGB Championship on 4 July; he came into the side at reserve to replace Dan Greenwood.[8] He had improved his starting average of 2.00 to 2.19 by the end of the season.[9]

Championship

Originally, Bowtell had no team. However, Lakeside were forced to change their initial plans due to a mix up of averages, so he came into the side in place of Max Clegg.[10] This was Bowtell's second consecutive season with Lakeside, and it allowed him to progress with them as they moved up to the SGB Championship for the 2018 season. Bowtell yet again improved his average, although by a small amount, to 2.38 at the end of the season.[11]

National League

For the 2018 season Cradley ran a team that only competed in the National Trophy. Bowtell signed for them on 13 May as a replacement for the injured Jordan Jenkins.[12] He helped the Heathens finish top of the North group taking them to the final against Mildenhall Fen Tigers. Cradley finished as runners-up with the final finishing with an aggregate score of 80-100 in favour of Mildenhall.[13]

After an impressive start to the season with Lakeside and Cradley, Isle of Wight Warriors signed Bowtell on 11 June to replace Ben Hopwood who had put in a transfer request to the National League side.[14] To begin with he started off in the number 5 position, however at the beginning of August he took the number 1 position from very experienced National League rider Ben Morley,[15] he remained at number 1 for the rest of the season. On 30 September, he represented Isle of Wight in the National League Rider's Championship. He finished the meeting with 14 points, leaving him level with Isle of Wight team-mate Morley, this led to a run-off which Morley won meaning Bowtell finished as runner-up.[16] His time with the Isle of Wight helped him improve massively with him finishing the season with an average of 9.28.[17]

2019 season

Bowtell joined Eastbourne Eagles on 6 December 2018, with them moving up to the SGB Championship in 2019.[18] He completed the season with an official average of 3.1.[19]

2020 season

Plymouth Gladiators brought in Alfie Bowtell as their new #1 rider in advance of the 2020 National League season.[20]

References
  1. "Raiders Complete". Rye House Speedway. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. "2015 National League Final Green Sheets Issue 25" (PDF). Speedway GB. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. "Final Tiger Is Named..." Mildenhall Fen Tigers. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. "2016 National Development League Final Green Sheets Issue 27" (PDF). Speedway GB. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. "Hammers make Double Signing". Speedway GB. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  6. "2017 National League Table". Speedway GB. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. "2017 National Development League Final Green Sheets Issue 33" (PDF). Speedway GB. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. "What's It All About ................. Alfie!". Newcastle Diamonds. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  9. "2017 SGB Chamionship League Green Sheets - Final Issue - Alphabetical" (PDF). Speedway GB. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  10. "Lakeside Hammers Club Statement". Lakeside Hammers. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  11. "2018 SGBC Final Team Declarations and Green Sheets Issue 25" (PDF). Speedway GB. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  12. "Heathens Swoop for New Signing". Cradley Heathens. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  13. "Mildenhall 49 Cradley 41". Cradley Heathens. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  14. "Warriors Bring in Bowtell". Speedway GB. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  15. "2018 National Development League Issue 25" (PDF). Speedway GB. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  16. "National League Rider's Championship at Leicester" (PDF). Speedway GB. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  17. "2018 National Development League Final Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  18. "Eagles are Go!". Eastbourne Eagles. 6 December 2018. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  19. "2019 SGBC TEAM DECLARATIONS and GREEN SHEETS Issue 34 Final Averages" (PDF). SpeedwayGB. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  20. "2020 NDL News + 5 Plymouth Gladiators for 2020 announced." Plymouth Gladiators. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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