Paul William George Hurry (born 9 April 1975 in Canterbury

Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....

, Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

) is a British international motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

 rider. Hurry began his racing career aged 16 with the Arena Essex Hammers in 1991. In 1994 he became British under 21 champion

British Speedway Under 21 Championship

The British Speedway Under-21 Championship is an annual speedway competition open to riders of British nationality aged at least fifteen on the date of the first meeting, and under twenty-one on 1 January in the year of the competition...

 and in 2000 he finished in second place at the British Speedway Championship

British Speedway Championship

The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion. It has been open in the past to riders from British dominions and was dominated in its early years by riders from...

. Hurry was selected to represent the Great Britain national speedway team

Great Britain national speedway team

The Great Britain national speedway team are one of the major teams in international speedway. The team is managed by Poole Pirates manager Neil Middleditch and the captain is Chris Harris of the Belle Vue Aces....

 at the 2001 Speedway World Cup Race-off

2001 Speedway World Cup Race-off

The 2001 Speedway World Cup Race-off was the fourth race of the 2001 Speedway World Cup season. It took place on July 5, 2001 in the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.- Results :- Heat details :- Heat after heat :...

 but the team failed to reach the final. After spells with various British clubs, Hurry returned to Arena Essex in 2004, where he stayed until 2007. He appeared to have retired from racing in 2007 due to ongoing problems with an arm injury, but returned to Elite League racing in 2009 to replace the injured Kyle Legault

Kyle Legault

Kyle Patrick Legault is a Canadian speedway rider riding for British Premier League team Newport Wasps.-Career:Legault is a three-time Canadian individual speedway champion; winning in 2003, 2004 and 2006...

 at Poole

Poole Pirates

Poole Pirates are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the British Elite League...

. In 2010, Hurry returned to ride for his first club the Lakeside Hammers

Lakeside Hammers

The Lakeside Hammers are a speedway team who race in the British Elite League. They were founded by promoter Wally Mawdsley and stock car promoter Chick Woodroffe...

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Hurry achieved many successful starts at the annual in-door December Brighton Bonanza.

Hurry also competes in grasstrack

Grasstrack

Motorcycle Grasstrack is a form of motorcycle racing which typically, in its current form, takes place on a flat track consisting of two straights and two bends usually constructed in a field. Mountain and hillside tracks are also common in the UK, creating more technically demanding circuits...

 racing and has won the 500cc British Grasstrack Championship four times and the European Grasstrack Championship in 2005.