DAKOTA NORTH
Age: 18.
Born: August 4, 1991, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.

Signed for the Panthers in December despite interest from at least 12 other clubs and will spend the season on loan to Premier League Newcastle.

Came to England in 2007 for a short holiday and had an after the meeting outing at Oxford and was instantly offered the chance of riding for the Cheetahs Conference League side by their Director of Speedway Peter Oakes.

He made his debut in the Knock Out Cup at Plymouth and had one home meeting against Scunthorpe before returning to Australia.

Missed out on the whole of 2008 through injury but came over to the UK last year when he joined Mildenhall as a non-contracted rider.

His season ended prematurely when he suffered a serious back injury while riding for Australasia in an Under 21 test against Great Britain at the Isle of Wight.

He rode in three matches for the Anzacs, scoring 32, paid 34 points.

Son of former rider Rod North who had spells riding in Britain with Workington (1978) and Stoke (1978, 1980-82) when he qualified as reserve for the  Second Division Riders' Championship Final. He also had a taste of top-flight action with Poole and Birmingham.

Peterborough Debut: Has not yet ridden for club.

CAREER RECORD
National League
M R Pts BP TPts Ave FM PM
2007 Oxford 2 9 7 0 7 3.11 0 0
2009 Mildenhall 2 13 23 3 26 8.00 0 0
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Premier League        
2010 Newcastle        

Individual Honours
Australian Under 16 Champion, 2007.


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