 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ridgeon akaberekerwa muBury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Akakunda mumakwikwi emamita zana negumi nematanhatu pamakwikwi eEuropean Junior Championship muna 1985, pamberi pemumwe wake mutambi weBritish Colin Jackson, uyo akapedza semumhanyi. Ridgeon ipapo akapedza wechipiri kuna Jackson pa 1986 World Junior Championships. Akamirira England mumakwikwi e110 metres hurdles, pa1986 Commonwealth Games muEdinburgh, Scotland. 