Northampton foxes

Meet our 2026 Team

Niels-Kristian Iversen, Northampton Foxes Rider, portrait shot in Northampton Foxes Race Suit

Niels-Kristian Iversen

DATE OF BIRTH: 20 June 1982, Esbjerg, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2001) King’s Lynn; (2003) Newport, Oxford; (2004-05) Oxford; (2006-07) Peterborough; (2008) Wolverhampton; (2009-10) Peterborough; (2011-16) King’s Lynn; (2018) King’s Lynn; (2019) Ipswich; (2022) King’s Lynn; (2023) Peterborough; (2024-25) King’s Lynn; (2026) Northampton.
MAJOR HONOURS: Danish Under-21 Champion: 2002; World Cup Champion: 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014; Danish Champion: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
CLUB HONOURS: Craven Shield winner: 2005 [Oxford]; League Championship winner: 2006 [Peterborough]; Elite Shield winner: 2007 [Peterborough].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 100 GPs ridden, 18 GP finals, 5 GP wins, 780 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Grand Final Champion: 2007; Grand Prix Challenge winner: 2013; Italian GP Champion: 2013; Scandinavian GP Champion: 2013; Danish GP Champion: 2014; British GP Champion: 2015; Torun GP Champion: 2016.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 30 meetings, 266 points, 4 Gold medals, 4 Silver medals, 2 Bronze medals.
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 3 meetings, 19 points.

Nicolai Klindt

DATE OF BIRTH: 29 December 1988, Outrup, Vestjylland, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2008-10) Wolverhampton; (2011) Swindon; (2012) Wolverhampton; (2013) King's Lynn, Peterborough, Scunthorpe; (2014) Leicester, Swindon, Scunthorpe; (2015) Sheffield; (2016) Leicester, Scunthorpe; (2017) Poole; (2018) Poole, Workington; (2019) Poole; (2022-23) King’s Lynn; (2024) King’s Lynn, Oxford; (2025) King’s Lynn, Plymouth; (2026) Northampton, Redcar.
MAJOR HONOURS: Danish Under-19 Champion: 2006; Danish Under-21 Champion: 2006, 2008; European Under-19 Champion: 2007.
CLUB HONOUR: League Championship winner: 2009 [Wolverhampton], 2018 [Poole], 2018 [Workington]; Elite Shield winner: 2017 [Poole], 2019 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2018 [Workington]; Championship Shield winner: 2018 [Workington].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 2 GPs ridden, 0 GP finals, 0 GP wins, 2 GP points.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 5 meetings, 35 points, 1 Silver medal.

Troy Batchelor

DATE OF BIRTH: 29 August 1987, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2005) King’s Lynn, Eastbourne; (2006) King’s Lynn, Coventry; (2007) Poole; (2008) Swindon; (2009) Swindon, Ipswich; (2010-11) Peterborough; (2012-15) Swindon; (2016-17) King’s Lynn; (2018-19) Swindon; (2021) Sheffield, Kent; (2022) Ipswich, Oxford; (2023) Leicester, Birmingham; (2024-25) Workington; (2026) Northampton, Workington.
MAJOR HONOURS: Australian Under-16 Champion: 2003; Queensland State Champion: 2007; South Australia State Champion: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; Australian Champion: 2013; Elite League Riders’ Champion: 2014; Victoria State Champion: 2016.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2005, [King’s Lynn], 2006 [King’s Lynn and Coventry], 2019 [Swindon]; Young Shield winner: 2005 [King’s Lynn]; League Championship winner: 2006 [King’s Lynn], 2012 [Swindon], 2019 [Swindon]; Premier Trophy winner: 2006 [King’s Lynn]; Elite Shield winner: 2008 [Swindon], 2018 [Swindon]; Pairs Championship winner: 2022 [Ipswich].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 28 GPs ridden, 3 GP finals, 0 GP wins, 183 GP points.
WORLD CUP RECORD:  17 meetings, 148 points, 2 Silver medals, 2 Bronze medals.

KYE THOMSON

DATE OF BIRTH: 5 October 1998, Yandina, Queensland, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2021-22) Edinburgh; (2023) King’s Lynn, Edinburgh; (2024-25) Edinburgh; (2026) Northampton, Edinburgh.

LUKE HARRISON

BRITISH CAREER: (2023) Workington; (2024) Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe/Sheffield II; (2025) Scunthorpe, King’s Lynn II, Scunthorpe/Sheffield II; (2026) Northampton, Scunthorpe.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2025 [King's Lynn II].
MAJOR HONOURS: 2019 Dutch 125cc Champion: 2019; British Amateur 125cc Champion: 2019; Young Lions 125cc Champion: 2019; Young Lions 250cc Champion: 2020; Young Lions 250cc Champion: 2021; British Amateur 250cc Champion: 2021, 2022; British Under-19 Champion: 2025.

jaimon lidsey

DATE OF BIRTH: 27 February 1999, Mildura, Victoria, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2019) Belle Vue; (2023-25) Belle Vue; (2026) Northampton.
MAJOR HONOURS: Australian Under-21 Champion: 2018, 2019, 2020; World Under-21 Champion: 2020.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2024 [Belle Vue].
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 1 meetings, 1 points.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 3 meetings, 29 points.
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 4 meetings, 3 points, 1 Bronze medal.

Matej Žagar

DATE OF BIRTH: 3 April 1983, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Trelawny; (2004-07) Reading; (2009) Swindon; (2010) Eastbourne; (2013-16) Belle Vue; (2022) Belle Vue; (2025) Birmingham; (2026) Northampton.
MAJOR HONOURS: Slovenian Champion: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; European Under-19 Champion: 2002; European Champion: 2004, 2008.
GRAND PRIX RECORD: 129 GPs ridden, 23 GP finals, 6 GP wins, 1004 GP points.
GRAND PRIX HIGHLIGHTS: Finnish GP Champion: 2014; Grand Prix Challenge winner: 2014, 2020; Warsaw GP Champion: 2015; Polish GP Champion: 2015; German GP Champion: 2017; Swedish GP Champion: 2017.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2022 [Belle Vue].
WORLD CUP RECORD: 17 meetings, 242 points.
SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS RECORD: 2 meetings, 27 points.
RIDER LINKS: Son of Franci Žagar (born: 12 July 1951, Ljubljana, Slovenia).

JONAS JEPPESEN

DATE OF BIRTH: 3 January 1998, Bramming, Denmark.
BRITISH CAREER: (2018) Somerset, Ipswich; (2025) Birmingham, Berwick; (2026) Northampton, Workington.
MAJOR HONOUR: Danish Under-21 Champion: 2016.