Zaine Kennedy

Zaine Kennedy

Born	5 April 1998 (1998-04-05) (age 26) Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Career history
2019	Sheffield Tigers
2021	Leicester Lions
2022-2023, 2025	Scunthorpe Scorpions

Zaine Kennedy (born 5 April 1998) is a speedway rider from Australia.[1][2][3]

Speedway career

Kennedy represented the Australian U-23 team at the 2018 Team Speedway Junior World Championship semi-finals.[4]

Kennedy began his British speedway career when he joined Sheffield Tigers for the SGB Championship 2019.[5][6][7] His 2020 season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, before he signed for the Leicester Lions during the SGB Championship 2021 season.[8]

In 2022, he rode for the Scunthorpe Scorpions in the SGB Championship 2022 but suffered an end of season injury when he fractured his pelvis in a crash.[9] In 2023, he signed for Scunthorpe again[10] but remained in his native Australia after failing to fully recover from his injuries.[11]

After another year spent in Australia, Kennedy finally returned to Scunthorpe for the SGB Championship 2025. His brother Declan Kennedy also signed for the club.[11]

References

1. "Kennedy, Zaine". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
2. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
3. "Zaine Kennedy profile". Speedway News. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
4. "Speedway driver walks away from horror crash unscathed". Glasgow Times. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
5. "TIGER ZAINE WANTS TEAM SPOT". Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
6. "Speedway: Highly-rated Zaine Kennedy zooms in to join Sheffield Tigers". The Star. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
7. "Zaine Kennedy has a dilemma as he prepares for Sheffield Tigers's next speedway event". The Star. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
8. "Zaine Kennedy". WWOS backup. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
9. "ZAINE KENNEDY UDPATE [sic]". Scunthorpe Speedway. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
10. "Scorpions bring back Kennedy". British Speedway. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
11. "Scorpions sign Worrall, Name Team". Speedway Star. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.