- Benji Compton
Infobox Speedway rider
ridername= Benji Compton
nationality = flagicon|SpainSpain
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|09|17
cityofbirth =Tenerife
countryofbirth =Spain
website =
britishleague =King's Lynn Stars Scunthorpe Scorpions
polishleague =
swedishleague =
years = 2004
2005
2006
2007
2007
career =Buxton Hitmen Scunthorpe Scorpions Sheffield Tigers Berwick Bandits King's Lynn Stars
indivhonour = None
indivyear =
teamhonour = Premier Trophy Winner
teamyear = 2007Benji Compton (born
17 September 1986 inTenerife ,Spain )cite book
last = Oakes
first = Peter
authorlink =
title = British Speedway Who's Who
publisher = ?
date =2004
pages = ?
isbn = 0-948882-81-6] is an English professional speedway rider.Career
Compton has ridden for Buxton in 2004,
Scunthorpe Scorpions in 2005,Sheffield Tigers in 2006 as well asBerwick Bandits andKing's Lynn Stars in 2007. He won the Premier Trophy in 2007 riding for King's Lynn Stars.cite book
last = Bamford
first = Robert
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007
publisher = NPI Media Group
date =2007-03-01
location =
pages =
url =
doi =
id =
isbn = 0752442503 ]His parent club is Sheffield Tigers who granted him permission to ride in 2008 for Scunthorpe Scorpions who had moved up to the Premier League from the Conference League. Compton had ridden for Scunthorpe in the Conference League from 2005 to 2007.
On
22 May ,2008 it was revealed that Compton would be leaving Scunthorpe as part of team strengthening.cite news
title = Scunthorpe Speedway: Compton leaves as Scorpions set to strengthen
publisher = worldspeedway.com
date = t | url = http://www.worldspeedway.com/artman/publish/article_6180.shtml
accessdate = 2008-06-03]Personal life
Compton is the younger brother of Sheffield Tigers captain Andre.
References
External links
* [http://www.scunthorpespeedway.com/prof_comp.php Profile at Scunthorpe Speedway website]
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