Cameron_Heeps

Cameron Heeps

Cameron Heeps

Australian speedway rider

Cameron Andrew George Heeps (born 27 October 1995) is an Australian speedway rider.[1][2]

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Career

He began his British career riding for the Mildenhall Fen Tigers in 2011, winning the Knockout Cup.[3] He won the National League Pairs Championship with Lewis Blackbird, held at Mildenhall Stadium, on 22 July 2012.[4]

Heeps joined Ipswich Witches in 2012 and has appeared for them during most of the next ten seasons.[5] In between he had spells at Rye House Rockets during the 2016 Premier League speedway season, the Somerset Rebels and Wolverhampton Wolves. In 2019, he had a season with the Edinburgh Monarchs.[1]

In 2021 he rode for Ipswich and Kent. In 2022, he rode for the Ipswich Witches in the SGB Premiership 2022 and the Oxford Cheetahs in the SGB Championship 2022. The Cheetahs were returning to action after a 14-year absence from British Speedway.[6][7][8]

He re-signed for Oxford Cheetahs for the SGB Championship 2023[9] and SGB Championship 2024 seasons.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Cameron Heeps". WWOS backup. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. [3]
    "2021 Kent Kings". Kent speedway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. [4]
    Butt, Randall (28 July 2012). "On-Song Tigers". Speedway Star page 26-27.
  5. [5]
    "2020 WITCHES…CAMERON HEEPS". Ipswich Witches. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Speedway and Oxford Cheetahs set to return to Oxford Stadium". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Oxford Cheetahs: Speedway side set for British Championship return in 2022". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  8. [8]
    "British Speedway rider profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Cheetahs name team for 23". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Cheetahs name their side". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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