2023 PETERBOROUGH PANTHERS


   
ANDERSEN, Hans Nørgaard
DATE OF BIRTH: 3 November 1980, Odense, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2001-02) Poole; (2003) Peterborough; (2004-05) Ipswich; (2006-07) Peterborough; (2008) Peterborough, Coventry; (2009) Poole; (2010) Belle Vue; (2011) Coventry, Peterborough; (2012-13) Swindon; (2014-15) Coventry; (2016-17) Poole; (2018) Leicester; (2019) Peterborough; (2021) Peterborough; (2022) Peterborough, Plymouth; (2023) Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOURS: World Cup Champion: 2006, 2008; Danish Champion: 2007; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 2008.
CLUB HONOURS: Craven Shield winner: 2001, 2002 [both Poole], 2008 [Coventry]; League Championship winner: 2006 [Peterborough], 2012 [Swindon], 2021 [Peterborough]; Elite Shield winner: 2007 [Peterborough], 2013 [Swindon], 2016 [Poole], 2017 [Poole]; Pairs Championship winner: 2008 [Coventry], 2009 [Poole].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 87 GPs ridden, 21 GP finals, 4 GP wins, 780 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Scandinavian GP Champion: 2004; Danish GP Champion: 2006; Czech Republic GP Champion: 2006; Grand Final Champion: 2006; Italian GP Champion: 2008.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 22 meetings, 235 points, 2 Gold medals, 3 Silver medals, 3 Bronze medals.
  BASSO, Benjamin
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 July 2001, Odense, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2021) Poole; (2022-23) Peterborough, Glasgow.
MAJOR HONOURS: World Youth Champion: 2016.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2021 [Poole]; League Championship winner: 2021 [Poole]; Championship Pairs winner: 2023 [Glasgow].
 COOK, Benjamin (Ben)
DATE OF BIRTH: 27 October 1997, Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2021-22) Poole; (2023) Peterborough, Poole.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2021 [Poole], 2022 [Poole]; League Championship winner: 2021 [Poole], 2022 [Poole].
         
   
HARRIS, Christopher (Chris) Calvin
DATE OF BIRTH: 28 November 1982, Truro, Cornwall.
BRITISH CAREER: (1998) St Austell; (1999-2000) Exeter; (2001) Trelawny; (2002-03) Trelawny, Peterborough; (2004-10) Coventry; (2011) Belle Vue; (2012) Coventry; (2013) Birmingham; (2014-16) Coventry; (2017) Rye House, Peterborough; (2018) Poole, Rye House, Glasgow; (2019) Ipswich, Somerset; (2021) Peterborough, Birmingham; (2022) Peterborough, Berwick; (2023) Leicester, Peterborough, Glasgow.
MAJOR HONOURS: British Champion: 2007, 2009, 2010.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 1998 [St Austell], 2000 [Exeter], 2005 [Coventry], 2007 [Coventry], 2010 [Coventry], 2018 [Poole], 2021 [Peterborough]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 1998 [St Austell], 2006 [Coventry], 2007 [Coventry], 2017 [Peterborough]; Premier Trophy winner: 2002 [Trelawny]; Elite Shield winner: 2006 [Coventry]; Craven Shield winner: 2007, 2008 [both Coventry]; Pairs Championship winner: 2008, 2010 [both Coventry], 2023 [Glasgow]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2017 [Peterborough], 2019 [Somerset].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 103 GPs ridden, 9 GP finals, 1 GP win, 608 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHT: British GP Champion: 2007.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 25 meetings, 248.5 points, 1 Bronze medal.
2 meetings, 4 points.
 IVERSEN, Niels-Kristian Trochmann
DATE OF BIRTH: 20 June 1982, Esbjerg, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2001) King’s Lynn; (2003) Newport, Oxford; (2004-05) Oxford; (2006-07) Peterborough; (2008) Wolverhampton; (2009-10) Peterborough; (2011-16) King’s Lynn; (2018) King’s Lynn; (2019) Ipswich; (2022) King’s Lynn; (2023) Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOURS: Danish Under-21 Champion: 2002; World Cup Champion: 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014; Danish Champion: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
CLUB HONOURS: Craven Shield winner: 2005 [Oxford]; League Championship winner: 2006 [Peterborough]; Elite Shield winner: 2007 [Peterborough].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 100 GPs ridden, 18 GP finals, 5 GP wins, 780 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Grand Final Champion: 2007; Grand Prix Challenge winner: 2013; Italian GP Champion: 2013; Scandinavian GP Champion: 2013; Danish GP Champion: 2014; British GP Champion: 2015; Torun GP Champion: 2016.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 30 meetings, 266 points, 4 Gold medals, 4 Silver medals, 2 Bronze medals.
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 3 meetings, 19 points.
  JENKINS, Jordan
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 August 2001, Norwich, Norfolk.
BRITISH CAREER: (2016-18) Mildenhall; (2019) Birmingham, Kent; (2021) Redcar, Mildenhall; (2022) Peterborough, Redcar, Oxford II; (2023) Peterborough, Oxford, Oxford II.
MAJOR HONOURS: National League Riders Champion: 2022.
CLUB HONOURS: National Trophy winner: 2017 [Mildenhall]; 2018 [Mildenhall]; 2019 [Kent]; League Championship winner: 2021 [Mildenhall].
     
  
LAGUTA, Artem
DATE OF BIRTH: 13 November 1990, Vladivostok, Russia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2023) King’s Lynn, Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOURS: Russian Champion: 2010, 2011; Grand Prix Challenge winner: 2010; World Champion: 2021.
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 48 GPs ridden, 16 GP finals, 6 GP win, 1085 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Polish GP Champion: 2020, 2021; Czech Republic GP Champion: 2021; Russian GP Champion: 2021; Danish GP Champion: 2021, Torun GP Champion: 2021.
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 3 gold medals.
 PEDERSEN, Nicki
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 April 1977, Odense, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (1998) Newcastle; (1999-2000) Wolverhampton; (2001-02) King’s Lynn; (2003) Oxford, Eastbourne; (2004-07) Eastbourne; (2011) Peterborough; (2023) Peterborough.
MAJOR HONOURS: Danish Under-21 Champion: 1997, 1998; Danish Champion: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011; World Champion: 2003, 2007, 2008; Elite League Riders’ Champion: 2005, 2007; World Cup Champion: 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014; Czech Golden Helmet Champion: 2010; European Champion: 2016.
CLUB HONOUR: Premiership winner: 2001 [King’s Lynn].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 177 GPs ridden, 64 GP finals, 17 GP wins, 1972 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: European GP Champion: 2002, 2007, 2011, ; British GP Champion: 2003; Slovenian GP Champion: 2006, 2007; Polish GP Champion: 2006, 2009, 2015; Italian GP Champion: 2007; Czech Republic GP Champion: 2007, 2008, 2012; Croatia GP Champion: 2012; Finnish GP Champion: 2015; Swedish GP Champion: 2015, 2018.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 29 meetings, 344 points, 4 Gold medals, 4 Silver medals, 3 Bronze medals.
RIDER LINKS: Brother of Ronni Pedersen (born: 6 October 1974, Middelfart, Denmark).
 TARASENKO, Vadim
DATE OF BIRTH: 12 May 1994, Sukhodol, Russia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2023) Peterborough.
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 1 GPs ridden. 4 GP points.
     
 worrall_richie21.jpg  
WOJDYLO, Patryk
DATE OF BIRTH: 15 March 1999, Poland.
BRITISH CAREER: (2023) Peterborough.
 WORRALL, Richie
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside.
BRITISH CAREER: (2011) Newcastle, Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II; (2012) Lakeside, Newcastle, Stoke; (2013) King’s Lynn, Newcastle; (2014) Belle Vue, Ipswich: (2015) Somerset; (2016) Belle Vue, Glasgow; (2017-18) Poole, Edinburgh, Glasgow; (2019) Poole, Leicester; (2021) Belle Vue, Edinburgh; (2022) King’s Lynn, Leicester; (2023) Peterborough, Plymouth.
CLUB HONOURS: Premier Shield winner: 2011 [Newcastle], 2013 [Newcastle]; League Championship winner: 2011 [Scunthorpe II/Sheffield II], 2018 [Poole], 2019 [Leicester]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2012 [Newcastle], 2015 [Somerset], 2016 [Glasgow]; League Cup winner: 2012 [Newcastle]; Elite Shield winners: 2019 [Poole]; Championship Shield winner: 2019 [Leicester].
RIDER LINKS: Twin brother of Steve Worrall (born: 23 September 1991, St Helens, Merseyside).