Craig Cook

Craig Cook
Born (1987-05-21) 21 May 1987
Whitehaven, England
Nickname Cookie
Nationality  England
Website cc111.co.uk
Current club information
British league Belle Vue Aces
Polish league Rybnik
Career history
2008–2009 Buxton Hitmen
2008–2009, 2017 Workington Comets
2010 Peterborough Panthers
2011–2015 Edinburgh Monarchs
2011– Belle Vue Aces
2016 Peterborough Panthers
Speedway Grand Prix statistics
Starts 12
Podiums 0 (0-0-0)
Finalist 0 time
Winner 0 times
Individual honours
2009 National League Riders Champion
2012 Premier League Riders Champion
2013 Scottish Open Champion
2017 British Champion
2018 SGB Championship Riders Champion
Team honours
2009 Young Shield Winner
2013 Premier League Fours

Craig William Cook (born 21 May 1987),[1] is a British speedway rider.

Career

Born in Whitehaven, Cook's speedway career began in 2008. In 2009 Cook won the National League Riders Championship and three years later won the Premier League Riders' Championship. He rode for Peterborough Panthers in 2010.[2] He moved on to Edinburgh Monarchs, who he rode for in the Premier League between 2011 and 2015, and has been part of the Belle Vue Aces Elite League team since 2011. He has since gone on to finish second in the 2014[3] and 2015[4] British Speedway Championships.

His domestic success as also seen him recognised internationally, with appearances in the 2013 2014 2015 and 2017 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, and he was a member of the Great Britain team that finished fourth in 2014 Speedway World Cup.

In 2018 Craig Cook became a full time member of the Speedway Grand Series after being given a qualification position after he had finish fourth in the Speedway Grand Prix Challenge Final. This was due to Patryk Dudek who finished third in the SGP Challenge Final meeting and also finishing second in the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix Series.

References

  1. ↑ Bamford R.(2008). Speedway Yearbook 2008. ISBN 978-0-9553103-5-5
  2. ↑ "New Panther Craig is Cooking up a storm". The Evening Telegraph. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  3. ↑ "2014 British Final Result". speedwayresults.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "2015 British Final Result" (PDF). Speedway GB.


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