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List Of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' Champions
The List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' Champions is the list of individual riders who have won the United Kingdom's League Riders' Championship that corresponded to the relevant league at the time. The list is split into three divisions, the top tier, the second tier and third tier, all three divisions have been known in various guises such as National League, Premier League, Elite League and many more. This list gives a complete listing of the winners for each season. During some years there was only one or two divisions. Riders' Championships (chronological order) Tier One *British League Riders' Championship 1965–1994 *Premier League Riders Championship 1995–1996 *Elite League Riders' Championship 1997–2016 *SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship 2017–present Tier Two * Provincial League Riders' Championship 1960-1964 *British League Division Two Riders Championship 1968-1994 * Academy League Riders' Championship 1995 * Conference League Riders' Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British League Riders' Championship
The British League Riders Championship was an individual motorcycle speedway contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest average from each club competing in the British League in the UK, or the top division of the league during the period when it had two or more divisions. Similar tournaments had been held before the formation of the British League in 1965, including the Provincial League Riders' Championship, open to riders from the Provincial League. The championship has been sponsored by Player's No 10, Skol, Leyland Cars, Gauntlet, Daily Mirror, TNT Sameday and Dunlop. The championship continued until the British League Riders' Championship was replaced with the Premier League Riders Championship in 1995. Results See also *List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' champions *Speedway in the United Kingdom The sport of speedway in the United Kingdom has changed little since the first meetings in the 1920s. It has three domestic leagues, its o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Olsen (speedway Rider)
Ole Olsen (born 16 November 1946) is a Danish former professional motorcycle speedway rider. He won the Speedway World Championship three times, in 1971, 1975, and 1978. He also won the World Long Track Championship in 1973. In 1979 Olsen won Speedway World Pairs Championship with Hans Nielsen. In 1978, 1981 and 1983 Olsen was the captain of Denmark's winning Speedway World Team Cup teams, while also finishing second in 1979 and 1982. Denmark could only place third in the 1980 World Team Cup Intercontinental Final and missed a place in the Final held at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland, the same track where he made his World Individual Final debut in 1970. In 2015, Olsen was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements. Olsen's success greatly helped popularize the sport in Denmark which led to him building and opening a track at Vojens, the 15,000 capacity Vojens Speedway Center, which has held many Danish Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Ferreira
Michaal John Ferreira (1955–2014) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Zimbabwe. Speedway career Ferreira rode in the top two tiers of British Speedway from 1974 to 1985, riding for various clubs. During the 1981 National League season he topped the league averages and became the National League Riders' Champion, held at Wimbledon Stadium on 26 September. He also doubled up with Crusaders teammate and fellow Zimbabwean Denzil Kent to win the National League Pairs. He reached the final of the 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. History Inaugurated in 1961 as a qualifying round of the Spe ... in 1982. References 1955 births 2014 deaths Canterbury Crusaders riders Exeter Falcons riders Swindon Robins riders Wimbledon Dons riders Sportspeople from Harare {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Carter
Kenneth Malcolm Carter (28 March 1961 – 21 May 1986), was a British world class speedway rider. He rode for Newcastle Diamonds (1978), Halifax Dukes (1978–1985) and Bradford Dukes (1986). On Wednesday, 21 May 1986, he shot dead his wife, Pam, and then killed himself, orphaning their two young children in the process. Career Carter was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He was widely regarded as a future World Champion and become the World Pairs Champion with Peter Collins in 1983. He took on six-time World Champion Ivan Mauger as his manager in 1981 who set him up with a Weslake bike and Carter qualified for the 1981 World Final run in front of 92,500 fans at Wembley Stadium. He finished 5th in 1981 and repeated the result in 1982 in Los Angeles after a controversial Heat 14 exclusion following a coming together with defending champion (and eventual 1982 winner), arch rival Bruce Penhall in which Carter fell and was excluded for being the reason the race had to be sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Brown (speedway Rider)
Wayne Brown (1959–1991) was a speedway rider from New Zealand. Speedway career Brown rode in the top two tiers of British Speedway from 1976 to 1982, riding for various clubs. In 1980, he became the National League Riders' Champion, which was held at Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium, also known as Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, was a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosted stock car and other small circuit motor racing events, and until 2005 hosted motorc ... on 28 September 1980. on 29 January 1991, Brown died in an industrial accident in his native New Zealand. References 1959 births 1991 deaths British speedway riders Berwick Bandits riders Sheffield Tigers riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders Sportspeople from Wellington City New Zealand speedway riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Collins
Leslie 'Les' Collins (born 24 May 1958) is a former speedway rider. He finished runner-up in the 1982 Speedway World Championship as well as winning the Intercontinental Final in 1982, the British Under-21 Championship in 1977 and the British League Riders' Championship in 1980. Career Crewe, Stoke & Belle Vue Born in Manchester, England, Collins started his career with the Crewe Kings before moving Belle Vue Aces. He was loaned to the Stoke Potters in 1976 but in 1977 he made a place with the Aces his own, riding alongside brother Peter and family friend Chris Morton. Leicester Lions & 1982 World Individual Final He moved to the Leicester Lions in 1980 where he stayed until 1983. It was the 1982 season however that proved to be the high point of his career. He qualified for his first and only Speedway World Championship final, winning the Inter Continental title on the way. He finished runner-up that day, despite being the only rider to beat the eventual and defending champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Gledhill
Ian Gledhill (1958–2015) was a speedway rider from England. Speedway career Gledhill rode in the top two tiers of British Speedway from 1976 to 1982, riding for various clubs. In 1979, he became the National League Riders' Champion. References Living people 1958 births 2015 deaths British speedway riders Birmingham Brummies riders Cradley Heathens riders Eastbourne Eagles riders Hackney Hawks riders Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders Oxford Cheetahs riders Reading Racers riders Stoke Potters riders Wimbledon Dons riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Koppe
Steve Koppe (born 16 April 1953) is a former speedway rider from Australia. Speedway career Koppe rode in the top two tiers of British Speedway from 1976 to 1980, riding for various clubs. In 1978, he became the National League Riders' Champion and was the Queensland Champion three years later in 1981. After Speedway Steve retired from the sport in 1989 and owned a motorcycle shop with a Suziki, Husaberg and KTM franchise. Married to Roslyn with 5 children (and a daughter from a previous marriage), they live in Townsville North Queensland Australia. Semi-retired from the franchise, letting his sons run the business and he supports their own ventures into motorcycle racing, with some success. Eldest son, Jarrod held numerous state and national dirt track titles, including the Super Motard Queensland title. Second son, Damien, was also successful and raced for Sheffield Tigers The Sheffield 'Tru Plant' Tigers are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Richardson (speedway Rider)
Colin Eric Richardson (born 24 November 1958 in London) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Early Life and Career Richardson was born on 24th November, 1958 in Lambeth, London. He attended Wick Hill Secondary Modern School in Bracknell from 1970 to 1972 and then Garth Hill Comprehensive School, also in Bracknell, from 1973 to 1977. His speedway career started when riding for Eastbourne Eagles in 1975 and Wimbledon Dons in 1976. Richardson enjoyed a very successful 1977 National League season, 1977 winning the British League Division Two Riders Championship, National League Riders' Championship, held at Wimbledon Stadium on 24 September 1977. In addition to the riders' title, he helped Eastbourne Eagles win the British League Division Two, National League and British League Division Two Knockout Cup, Knockout cup double. The success continued with Wimbledon Dons in the top division because he won the Laurels on his home track. In 1982, he joined the King's Lynn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Owen
Joseph William Owen (born 13 September 1956) is a British former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Career Born in Ormskirk, Owen took up speedway at the age of fourteen at the training school at Belle Vue and made his competitive debut for Barrow Bombers in the British League second division in 1973.Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) ''Who's Who of World Speedway'', Studio Publications, , p. 9 By 1974, he averaged over seven points per match and rode in the Young England team in matches against Australasia and Poland. In 1975, he moved to Newcastle Diamonds and rode in the top division for Hull Vikings, for which he would go on to ride until 1981. He again represented Young England in 1975 and finished as runner-up in the British Junior Championship. During the 1976 National League season, Owen won the National League Riders Final, and experienced an outstanding season. In addition to the riders title, he also won the Fours Championship and topped the league average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Etheridge
Laurie Etheridge (born 12 September 1948 in Pulborough, England) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team. Career His first attempt at speedway, in 1963, was thwarted when his bike was stolen and he did not resume the sport until 1966. In 1967, he signed for Exeter Falcons and managed three appearances for them in that season. His career really started the following year, when he was signed up for Hackney Hawks by Len Silver and their partner team Rayleigh Rockets. A good season for Rayleigh resulted in a full-time contract for Hackney. He was a Crayford Kestrels regular for eight years from 1975, achieving nearly 300 league and cup appearances as a Kestrel. Crayford held a testimonial season for Etheridge in 1982. In the 1975 National League Riders' Championship at Wimbledon on 27 September, Etheridge and Brian Collins both finished on 13 points but in the run-off for the title, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Glover
Carl Glover (born 11 October 1952) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Biography Born in Sheffield, Glover worked as a baker before taking up speedway in 1969 on Mablethorpe sands.Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) ''Who's Who of World Speedway'', Studio Publications, , p. 49-50 After riding in second half races at Sheffield in 1970, he made his league debut the following year with Boston Barracudas in the British League Division Two, averaging over seven points from 36 matches. Three further seasons with Boston followed, and in the 1973 season he averaged 9.62, scoring six full maximum and seven paid maximum scores on his way to winning the league and cup double. He improved further in 1974, averaging 10.29, with eleven full maximum scores. He also won the Second Division Riders Final at Wimbledon in 1974. Glover was a regular member of the Division Two representative 'Young England' team between 1971 and 1974. Glover had made his Division One debut in 1971 fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |