Introducing the 2025 Gladiators
Welcome to our 2025 Championship Team, racing on Saturday nights at the Plymouth Coliseum.
Nicolai Klindt
DATE OF BIRTH: 29 December 1988, Outrup, Vestjylland, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2008-10) Wolverhampton; (2011) Swindon; (2012) Wolverhampton; (2013) King’s Lynn, Peterborough, Scunthorpe; (2014) Swindon, Scunthorpe; (2015) Sheffield; (2016) Leicester, Scunthorpe; (2017) Poole; (2018) Poole, Workington; (2019) Poole; (2022-23) King’s Lynn; (2024) King’s Lynn, Oxford; (2025) King’s Lynn, Plymouth.
HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2009 [Wolverhampton], 2018 [Poole], 2018 [Workington]; Elite Shield winner: 2017 [Poole], 2019 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2018 [Workington]; Championship Shield winner: 2018 [Workington].
Ben Barker
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 March 1988, Truro, Cornwall.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Oxford II, Trelawny II; (2004) Oxford II, Coventry II; (2005) Oxford II, Exeter; (2006) Somerset, Stoke II; (2007) Stoke; (2008) Stoke, Coventry; (2009-10) Coventry; (2011-12) Plymouth, Birmingham; (2013) Birmingham, Ipswich; (2014) Birmingham, Plymouth; (2015) Berwick, Peterborough; (2016) Glasgow, Ipswich; (2017) Rye House, Redcar; (2018) Redcar; (2019) Peterborough, Redcar, Scunthorpe; (2021) King’s Lynn, Newcastle; (2022-23) Ipswich, Plymouth; (2024-25) Plymouth.
HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2005 [Oxford II], 2010 [Coventry]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2006 [Stoke II]; Craven Shield winner: 2008 [Coventry]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2016 [Glasgow].
Alfie Bowtell
DATE OF BIRTH: 23 January 1997, Chelmsford, Essex.
BRITISH CAREER: (2015) Rye House II; (2016) Mildenhall; (2017) Newcastle, Lakeside; (2018) Lakeside, Isle of Wight; (2019) Eastbourne; (2021) Plymouth; (2022) Plymouth, Kent; (2023) Birmingham, Mildenhall. (2024) Plymouth.
HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2023 [Mildenhall].
Lasse Fredriksen
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 June 1997, Varhaug, Norway.
BRITISH CAREER: (2022-24) Edinburgh.
Joe Thompson
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 April, 2004, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2019) Leicester II; (2021-22) Leicester, Leicester II; (2023) Ipswich, Birmingham, Poole, Scunthorpe, Leicester II; (2024) Leicester, Plymouth, Leicester II.
MAJOR HONOURS: British 125cc Champion: 2015.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2019 [Leicester II], 2022 [Leicester II]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2019 [Leicester II], 2022 [Leicester II]; Pairs Championship winner: 2022 [Leicester II].
Mitchell Cluff
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 May 2000, Blackalls Park, New South Wales, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2025) Plymouth.
