Darcy Ward
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| Born |
4 May 1992 Nanango, Queensland |
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| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Website | www |
| Current club information | |
| Career status | Retired |
| Career history | |
| Great Britain | |
| 2009 | King's Lynn Stars |
| 2010-2014 | Poole Pirates |
| 2015 | Swindon Robins |
| Poland | |
| 2009-2014 | Unibax Toruń |
| Germany | |
| 2009 | AC Landshut |
| Sweden | |
| 2015 | Piraterna |
| Individual honours | |
| 2009, 2010 | Under-21 World Champion |
| 2009, 2010, 2011 | Australian Under-21 Champion |
| 2009 | Queensland Under-21 Champion |
| 2010 | NSW State Champion |
| 2013 | Golden Helmet of Pardubice |
| Team honours | |
| 2009 | Premier League winner |
| 2009 | Permier league KO Cup winner |
| 2009 | Premier Trophy |
Darcy Stephen Ward (born 4 May 1992 in Nanango, Queensland) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Australian Under-21 Championships as well as the 2009 and 2010 World Under-21 Championships. His career was ended by spinal injuries sustained in a crash in 2015.
Darcy Ward started his speedway career as a junior in his native Queensland. He qualified for five Australian Under-16 Championships from 2003-2007, with a best finish of second in 2005 and again in 2007.
In the 2009 season he rode for Unibax Toruń (Poland), King's Lynn Stars (Great Britain). and AC Landshut (Germany). Ward's first meeting in the Polish Ekstraliga was the Pomeranian-Kuyavian Derby between Toruń and Bydgoszcz at Polonia Stadium. In this match he scored seven points and one bonus (2,1*,0,1,3). Toruń won his meeting 51-39. Unibax Toruń won regular season and after play-off qualify to the Ekstraliga Final. In the final meetings, Ward scoring 11 points and his team lost to Falubaz Zielona Góta 80:88. In total, Ward scoring 63 points, 11 bonus points in 53 heats (10 meetings) and was qualify on 34th place (Average 1.396).
Ward won the 2009 World Under-21 Championship in Goričan, Croatia with 13 points. He also rode for Australia team at the Under-21 World Cup. In a Qualifying Round One he scored a maximum 15 points, but Australia finished third and were knocked out of the competition.
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