Dudley Heathens Speedway: MICKY DYER

MICKY DYER

DATE OF BIRTH: 3 January 1991, Orange, New South Wales, Australia.

BRITISH CAREER: (2010) Dudley.

2010 STARTING AVERAGE: 6.00 (NL).

ADDITIONAL INFO: Dyer first rode at Nepean, near Sydney, in his homeland late in 2007. He was to show plenty of potential and made rapid strides before catching the eye when he represented New South Wales in the annual series of matches versus Queensland in 2010. The first of these occurred at Moranbah, North Queensland on 21 May, when the opening meeting was the first for speedway bikes at the venue for twelve years and the first appearance of the NSW team at the track for thirty-one years. In fact, the last previous time NSW had raced on the circuit their team had comprised the likes of Dave Mills, Ricky Day, Carl Askew and Wayne Forrest.

The match in the ‘Sunshine State' saw the visitors claim a massive 73-35 success, with Dyer grabbing a jaw-dropping 17 points. The second fixture at Bowen two days later saw NSW win 65-43 and Dyer recorded a 15-point tally to again head the score-chart. He repeated this haul at Brandon on 29 May, as his team suffered a 58-50 reverse and, the following day, rounded out the series with 17 points as NSW returned to winning ways, 64-43.

The following month he made the long journey to England and took his first laps on a British track at Stoke on 21 June, when he joined the Dudley squad for a practice session arranged by former Cradley riders Mark Robinson and Anthony Boyd. Having impressed on the Loomer Road strip, it was announced two days later that the Aussie had joined the Heathens as a replacement for James Sarjeant.

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