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1953 Speedway National League Division Two
The 1953 National League Division Two was the eighth post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. Summary The League was reduced at the start of the season again to 10 teams with Oxford Cheetahs dropping down to the Southern League whilst Ashfield closed and Liverpool folded mid-season. Cradley Heath 'merged' with Wolverhampton from the Southern League but used the Wolverhampton Wasps moniker, so to all intents and purposes they had closed. Coventry Bees clinched their first title by a single point. Wolverhampton rider Mike Rogers died on 6 June 1953, the day after receiving critical injuries at Monmore Green Stadium racing against Liverpool. The 22-year-old lost control of his bike and fell heavily before being transported to the Royal Hospital in Wolverhampton. Final table Liverpool Chads withdrew mid-season - record expunged. Top Five Riders (League only) See also * List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions *Knockout Cup (speedwa ...
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Coventry Bees
Coventry Bees were a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon near Coventry, England. History A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the inaugural season of the Southern League and then the National League from 1932 during the pre-war era at Brandon stadium. There were also meetings at a stadium at the Lythalls Lane Stadium. After the war, the club became The Bees and were involved every season from 1948 until the loss of Brandon stadium shortly before the start of the 2017 season, during which they ran a series of challenge matches at other tracks. Although the club have won the now defunct Midland Cup eleven times, the first silverware won at national level by the club was the 1953 Speedway National League Division Two league title. The first major trophy was becoming league champions of the Great Britain during the 1968 British League season. They went on to become League champions in 1968, 1978, 19 ...
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Yarmouth Bloaters
The Yarmouth Bloaters were a motorcycle speedway team who operated from Yarmouth Stadium, Great Yarmouth from 1948 to 1962. History Speedway meetings had been taking place at Yarmouth Stadium since 1932. In 1948 the Yarmouth Bloaters speedway team were created and they joined the National League Division Three. The original plan was to use the name Yarmouth Mariners but the name was disliked by supporters and the name Bloaters was chosen because of the town's connections with the fishing industry. It was also the nickname of the local football team, Great Yarmouth Town F.C. The team's race jacket consisted of red and black quarters which then became red with black cross adorned with an image of a silver bloater. The team finished in 11th place in their inaugural league season. In 1949 the Bloaters finished joint top of Division Three with the Hanley Potters, but the Potters superior race points average meant that Yarmouth finished as runners up. Yarmouth were offered promotio ...
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Speedway National League Division Two
The National League Division Two was the second tier of Speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, the second division of the National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team s .... The competition was founded in 1938 following a competition named "The National Provincial League". Following World War II the second tier of racing was titled "The Northern League" in 1946 before evolving into National League Division Two in 1947. See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions References Speedway leagues Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom {{UK-motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ...
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Knockout Cup (speedway)
Knockout Cup (sometimes referred to as the KO Cup) is a type of British motorcycle speedway competition, examples of which have run annually since 1929. Each tier of British Speedway has its own respective Knockout Cup. The current Knockout Cup competitions are the SGB Premiership Knockout Cup (tier one), the SGB Championship Knockout Cup (tier two) and the National League Knockout Cup (tier three). The cups have been run in the past under the associated name of the League at the time. For example Elite League Knockout Cup when tier one was the Elite League, a Premier League Knockout Cup when tier two was the Premier League and so on. Knockout Cups (chronological order) Tier One *National Trophy 1931–1964 *British League Knockout Cup 1965–1967 * British League Division One Knockout Cup 1968–1974 *British League Knockout Cup 1975–1994 *Premier League Knockout Cup 1995–1996 *Elite League Knockout Cup 1997–2012 * not held, 2012-2016 * SGB Premiership Knockout Cup 2017â ...
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Len Williams (speedway Rider)
Leonard Frank Williams (15 December 1920 – 15 June 2007) was a British motorcycle speedway rider for Sheffield and Leicester. Career Born in Leicester in December 1920, Williams served in the Royal Air Force before beginning his speedway career, joining at the outbreak of war aged seventeen as a mechanic, and being demobilized in 1945, by which time had risen to the rank of flying officer.Morgan, Tom (1949) ''Who's Who in Speedway 1949'', Sport-in-Print, London, p. 74-75 His older brother Stan was captain of Sheffield Tigers, and tutored Len in the sport in 1947 while injured. By 1948, he had become a regular member of the Sheffield team, becoming a heat leader in 1949. He moved on to ride for Leicester Hunters (still his local team as he lived in Narborough), for a transfer fee of 1,000,
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Derick Close
Derick Close (born 13 May 1927 in Bowes, County Durham, England) was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who reached the final of Speedway World Championship in 1952.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Career Close started his career with the Middlesbrough Bears in 1947 followed by a short spell on loan with the Newcastle Diamonds at the start of 1948. He returned to the Bears and established himself in the team. In 1949 he rejoined Newcastle where he spent the next three seasons before joining the Lanarkshire Eagles mid season in 1951.Henry, J. & Moultray, I. (2001). ''Speedway in Scotland''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing The 1952 season proved to be the best of his career after receiving a call up to ride for England despite riding in National League Division Two, having never ridden in the top flight.Foster, P. (2005) ''History of the Speedway Ashes'', The History Press Ltd. He also reach ...
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Fred Brand
Charles Frederick Brand (1925–2016) was an English speedway rider. Speedway career Brand reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1954 Individual Speedway World Championship. He rode in the British speedway leagues, riding mainly for the Yarmouth Bloaters where he earned the nickname the "Master of Caister Road". World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1954 - London, Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ... - 8th - 7pts References 1925 births 2016 deaths British speedway riders Yarmouth Bloaters riders Norwich Stars riders {{England-speedway-bio-stub ...
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Don Cuppleditch
Donald Dearnley Cuppleditch (25 October 1923 – 20 December 2018) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. Biography Cuppleditch, born in Leeds, was first noticed riding a form of speedway in early 1947, when attached to the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and taking part in makeshift events overseas. He began his British leagues career riding for Edinburgh Monarchs during the 1948 Speedway National League Division Two season. The following season he improved as a rider and became an important part of the Scottish club's plans. He would ride for Ediburgh for seven years from 1948 to 1954 and recorded some impressive season averages including 9.54 in 1952 and 10.36 in 1953, the latter being the second best average in the entire division. In-between, he reached the Championship round of the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship and 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship and won the International round meeting at Old Meadowbank on 18 July 1953. Mid-way through the ...
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Stoke Potters
The Stoke Potters previously the Hanley Potters were a British speedway team competing in the National League. As Stoke, the team raced at Loomer Road Stadium in Newcastle-under-Lyme. As Hanley Potters they raced from 1929 to 1963. History Hanley Potters were inaugural members of the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League but withdrew during the season and their results were expunged. They rode at the Sun Street Stadium in Hanley. In the late 1940s, early 1950s and the early 1960s, the club attracted crowds of over 12,000. Hanley won the National League Division Three and Div 3 National Trophy in 1949. The Sun Street track closed in 1963 after the greyhound stadium owners sold the site to a garage business. The team returned in 1972 riding at a new venue the Loomer Road Stadium; they were known for one season as Chesterton Potters. From 1973 to 1995 they competed mainly in the National League. In 1996, The team rode as the Cradley & Stoke Heathens, after the Cradley ...
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Leicester Hunters
The Leicester Hunters were a motorcycle speedway team which operated from 1948 until 1962.Bamford, R & Jarvis J. (2001) ''Homes of British Speedway'', , p. 147-149 History Speedway had operated before the war at both Leicester Stadium and the Leicester Super track. Speedway was proposed to return to Leicester in 1948 at Leicester Stadium, led by A. D. Sanderson with Roy Dook and later Bob Peett managing the team, but concerns from local residents over noise levels delayed the return until the following year, with the newly formed team limited to away challenge matches in 1948. To go with the team name, the riders wore hunting pink race bibs featuring a gold horseshoe. The Hunters joined the National League in Division 3, where they finished 10th. Former rider Cyril "Squib" Burton, who had been one of the top riders of the Leicester Stadium team in the early 1930s, took over as manager in 1950 and the team joined division 2 at the end of the season, after finishing in third place. ...
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Motherwell Eagles
The Motherwell Eagles or Lanarkshire Eagles were a motorcycle speedway team based in Motherwell in Scotland that participated in the British National League Division Two from 1951 and 1954.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. Brief history The team was based at The Stadium, in Milton Street, Motherwell, which was used primarily for greyhound racing but was designed with speedway in mind; the bends wide enough for six cars side by side.Henry, J. & Moultray, I. (2001). ''Speedway in Scotland''. The first meeting was held on 14 July 1950 in a challenge match before the Eagles joined the league in 1951. The Eagles started out in the British National League Division Two with veteran ex- Glasgow Tigers Will Lowther and Joe Crowther and ex-Edinburgh rider Danny Lee in the line up. Bill Baird, a pioneer Eagle, became the only rider to ride for all four Scottish teams starting as a Glasgow Tiger before moves to Edinburgh then Ashfield. The team was stren ...
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