Chris Neath

Chris Neath
Personal information
Nationality	England
Date of birth	January 29, 1982 (1982-01-29)
Place of birth	Worcester, England
Current club information
British league	Rye House Rockets / 2011DU TBA
Swedish league	Unattached
Career history
United Kingdom Newport Mavericks Newport Wasps Swindon Robins Rye House Rockets Wolverhampton Wolves Lakeside Hammers Reading Racers Poole Pirates Sweden Norbarrarna	1998, 1999 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 2002, 2003 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 2002DU, 2003DU, 2004DU, 2008DU 2007DU, 2010DU 2007DU 2009DU 2001
Individual honours
None
Team honours
Conference League Champion Premier League Champion Elite League Champion Premier Trophy Winner Premier League Fours Winner	1999 2005, 2007 2002 1999, 2005 2003

Christopher (Chris) Neath (born 29 January 1982 in Worcester, England) is a speedway rider in the United Kingdom, riding with the Rye House Rockets in the Premier League.

Career

Neath began riding as a young boy, competing in Youth Grass Track competitions winning numerous ACU Championship titles, British, National & Best Pairs.

He first began riding league Speedway in 1998, for the Newport Mavericks in the British Conference League. During the 1999 season Neath captained the Mavericks to the league title. From there he was elevated and also rode for the Newport senior team, the Wasps, in the Premier league. He further won the Premier Trophy with the Wasps in 1999. In 2001 Neath also ventured to Sweden riding to a 10.68 point average for Division 1 club Norbaggarna.

In 2002 Neath moved to Premier league rivals, the Swindon Robins. He spent two seasons at Swindon and at this time he was also 'doubling up' with the club that owns his contract, the Wolverhampton Wolves. This was quite a successful time for Neath. He won the Elite league title with Wolves in 2002 and the Premier League 4 team tournament with the Robins in 2003. However he never really settled at Swindon and he moved to the Rye House Rockets in 2004.

Neath was an instant success for the Rockets, topping the clubs averages and finishing third in the fiercely competitive Champions Chase meeting at Kings Lynn. The following season, Chris again topped the rockets averages as the team completed and League and Premier Trophy double, becoming the most successful team in the clubs history. 2006 was an injury plagued season for the Rockets, however they still managed to make the League Play offs, eventually losing out to eventual champions, Kings Lynn. In 2007 Neath was captain of the side that won the Premier League title - the clubs second in two years.

In 2008 having been a 10 year asset of the Wolverhampton Wolves Neath was awarded a testimonial meeting held at the Ryehouse Speedway, where he finished in third place behind Speedway Grand Prix rider Fredrik Lindgren and British U21 Champion Tai Woffinden.

Chris Neath has also represented Great Britain racing at U19, U21 and Senior level.