Introducing the 2024 Gladiators
Welcome to our 2024 Championship Team, racing on Saturday nights at the Plymouth Coliseum.
Nico Covatti
DATE OF BIRTH: 19 June 1988, Coronel Pringles, Argentina.
BRITISH CAREER: (2012-13) Birmingham; (2014) Birmingham, Sheffield; (2015-17) Ipswich; (2018) Somerset, Ipswich; (2019) Poole, Somerset; (2024) Plymouth.
MAJOR HONOURS: Argentinean Open Champion: 2008, 2013; Italian Champion: 2013.
HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2018 [Somerset]; Elite Shield winners: 2019 [Poole]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2019 [Somerset].
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) Ipswich, Plymouth; (2023) 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].
Kyle Newman
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 December 1991, Poole, Dorset.
BRITISH CAREER: (2007-08) Weymouth; (2009) Bournemouth, Newport; (2010) Newport II, Birmingham; (2011) Newcastle, Poole, Dudley; (2012) Peterborough, Somerset; (2013) Somerset; (2014-16) Poole, Plymouth; (2017) Leicester, Poole, Ipswich; (2018) Leicester, Lakeside; (2019) Birmingham, Eastbourne; (2021) Eastbourne; (2022) Oxford, Redcar; (2023) Poole.
HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2008 [Weymouth], 2009 [Bournemouth], 2011 [Poole], 2013 [Somerset], 2014 [Poole], 2015 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2009 [Bournemouth], 2013 [Somerset]; Premier Shield winner: 2011 [Newcastle]; Premier League Cup winner: 2012 [Somerset], Elite Shield winner: 2014 [Poole], 2015 [Poole], 2016 [Poole]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2016 [Plymouth]; BSN Series winner: 2023 [Poole].
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.
HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2023 [Mildenhall].
Dan Thompson
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 April, 2004, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (2019) Leicester II; (2021-22) Leicester, Leicester II; (2023) Ipswich, Leicester, Birmingham, Plymouth, Leicester II; (2024) Ipswich.
MAJOR HONOURS: British 125cc Champion: 2016; British 500cc Youth Champion: 2020; British Under-19 Champion: 2023.
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].
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.
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].
Jacob Hook
DATE OF BIRTH: 21 August 2002, Brisbane, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2022) Edinburgh; (2023) Berwick, Edinburgh, Edinburgh II.
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