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Alun Rossiter

British motorcycle speedway rider

Summary

British motorcycle speedway rider

Field	Value
name	Alun Rossiter
image	Alun Rossiter.jpg
caption	Alun Rossiter, 2012
nationality	British (English)
birth_date
birth_place	Swindon, England
nickname	Rosco
years1	1982–1983, 1996
career1	Exeter Falcons
years2	1982–1985, 1987–1988,
1993, 1997–1998, 2001
career2	Swindon Robins
years3	1984
career3	Weymouth Wildcats
years4	1986
career4	Coventry Bees
years5	1989–1992, 1994–1995,
2000
career5	Poole Pirates
years6	1992
career6	King's Lynn Stars
years7	1996
career7	Peterborough Panthers
years8	1999, 2002
career8	Oxford Cheetahs
years9	2000–2001
career9	Wolverhampton Wolves
years10	2002
career10	Trelawny Tigers
teamyear1	1994
teamhonour1	British League (tier 1)
teamyear2	1994
teamhonour2	Fours championship (tier 1)
teamyear3	1989, 1990
teamhonour3	National League (tier 2)
teamyear4	1983, 1990
teamhonour4	National League KO Cup

1993, 1997–1998, 2001 2000

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

Riding career

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.

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. 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.

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. He also won the British league title and Fours championship with Poole in 1994.

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

Management career

In 2003, Terry Russell bought the promoting rights for the Robins, and soon after Rossiter was installed as co-promoter and team manager. 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

Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. {{ISBN. 0-948882-81-6
"ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022".
"1982 season".
(10 March 1984). "Wildcat signing". Western Daily Press.
"Year by Year".
Bamford, Reg. (2004). "Speedway Yearbook". Tempus Publishing, Stroud.
"1994 season".
(31 May 1996). "Rossiter poised for Falcon's comeback?".
(2003-11-25). "Rosco Returns". Swindon Advertiser.

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