INCREDIBLY, having first ridden officially on these shores for Poole in 1989, Leigh is currently in his twentieth successive season of UK racing.
He is already the highest scoring rider in British speedway history and recently, on 10 July, in the Robins’ home fixture versus Belle Vue, he made his 800th official appearance in the UK.
Leigh has since taken his overall tally of race points to an amazing 9,809.5 from 804 matches. From these meetings, he has also recorded a total of 154 maximums (70 full and 84 paid).
For Swindon alone, including this week’s home encounter against Peterborough, Adams now totals 5,435.5 points from 464 appearances in all team competitions – leaving him just 41 points adrift of Martin Ashby’s overall points tally for the club.
Leigh’s number of maximums for the Robins currently stands at exactly 100 (48 full and 52 paid), the brilliant Aussie having, of course, reached the landmark figure in Thursday’s match versus the Panthers.
In the league alone for the Robins, Adams has ridden in 311 matches, scoring 3,748.5 points. With the exclusion of a guest appearance in 1995, this adjusts to 3,737.5 points from 310 appearances.
From official matches (League, Play-Offs, Knock-Out Cup, Gold Cup, BSPA Cup, Craven Shield and Elite Shield), the durable Aussie totals 4,919.5 points from 413 meetings in Swindon’s colours, excluding those as a guest, not forgetting 95 maximums (45 full and 50 paid).
