Bobby David Garrad (born 18 January 1960 in
Chelmsford
Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...
,
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
) is a former
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
rider from England.
Career
Garrad spent most of his career with
Rye House Rockets
The Rye House Rockets were a speedway team based at Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon, England. They competed in various British speedway leagues from 1954 to 2018.
History
Rye House began life in 1934 hosting open meetings. Whilst at Hackney in 1 ...
in the National League.
Garrad was considered to be one of the best prospects in British speedway in his early days at Rye House after finishing third in the
British Under 21 Championship in 1978. He also finished third in the
National League Riders Championship in 1982. However he never quite adjusted to the higher level of speedway in the British League.
[Jacobs, Norman (2007). ''70 Years of Rye House Speedway''. ]
References
1960 births
Living people
British speedway riders
English motorcycle racers
Sportspeople from Chelmsford
Rye House Rockets riders
King's Lynn Stars riders
Leicester Lions riders
Poole Pirates riders
Hackney Hawks riders
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