DATE OF BIRTH: 28 July 1990, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.

BRITISH CAREER: (2008) Isle of Wight; (2009) Birmingham, Swindon, Belle Vue; (2010) Birmingham.

MAJOR HONOUR: New South Wales State Under-21 Champion: 2007.

2010 STARTING AVERAGE: 6.44 (PL).

ADDITIONAL INFO: Having initially begun competing in junior level racing at just eleven years-of-age, Sweetman is another of the many young Australians who are forging a route to the top in speedway. After winning the New South Wales State Under-21 Championship in 2007, he was the target of many British clubs and subsequently made his way to the UK for a season of racing at Premier League level with the Isle of Wight the following year.

A move to Birmingham followed in 2009, when he also filled the position of the No. 8 rider at Swindon until a switch in July saw him replaced in the role at the Wiltshire club by Cory Gathercole.

As a full asset of the club, he still remains very much a part of the Robins' future plans, though, and a couple of performances from the reserve berth for the Brummies fully emphasized why - on 8 July, he bagged 19+1 points in a PL match versus Berwick at Perry Barr; then, on 12 July, he scorched to a 20+1 paid maximum haul in a home league encounter against Workington. Sweetman's excellent form had been noted by Belle Vue and he was to link with the Aces in a ‘doubling-up' capacity in September, alongside fellow Aussie Joel Parsons.

In November, Birmingham announced that the rider from Down Under would remain with them for a second season on loan from his parent club, Swindon, in 2010.