Steve Boxall

Steven Shane Boxall (born 16 May 1987 in Canterbury, Kent)^[1] is a motorcycle speedway rider. He rode with the Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League,^[2][3] and currently rides for the Berwick Bullets in the National Development League.

Steve Boxall

Born	(1987-05-16) 16 May 1987 (age 37) Canterbury, England
Nationality	British (English)
Career history
2002-2005	Rye House Raiders
2004-2007, 2011, 2014-2015	Rye House Rockets
2007, 2009	Poole Pirates
2008-2010	Belle Vue Aces
2009	Newcastle Diamonds
2010	Somerset Rebels
2013, 2018	Kent Kings
2015	Lakeside Hammers
2016-2017	Plymouth Devils
2023	Berwick Bandits/Bullets
Individual honours
2005	Conference League Riders' Champion
2013	National League Riders' Champion
Team honours
2005, 2007	Premier League Champion
2005	Premier Trophy Winner
2003	Conference League Fours Winner

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.^[4]

Also in 2005, he won the Premier League Championship with the Rye House Rockets, and he did so again in 2007.^[5][6]

In 2013, eight years after his first success, he won the Riders' Championship for the second time.^[7]

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.^[8] 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 relacement.^[9]

References

1. Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
2. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
3. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
4. "Bears relish hat-trick". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
5. "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
6. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
7. "Yes Heathens win the lot". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
8. "Kent Kings speedway rider Steve Boxall given two-year ban". Kent Online. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
9. "Two in for Bandits". British Speedway. Retrieved 3 August 2023.