Christopher Michael Robins (born 2 January 1954) is a British 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.

Career

Born in Newton Abbott, Devon, Robins was a boxer as a schoolboy, and competed in the English Schoolboy Championships.Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) ''Who's Who of World Speedway'', Studio Publications, , p. 95 He took up speedway in late 1974, gaining his early experience riding on a beach near

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

, and after riding in second half heats at

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

, rode for Weymouth Wizards in the National League in 1975, averaging over five points in his first season.Jones, Alan (2010) ''Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar'', Automedia, p. 176 In 1976, he averaged over seven for Weymouth, which led to a transfer in 1977 to British League Leicester Lions, also riding in the National League on loan to Newport Dragons. After speculation that he would join Scunthorpe in 1978, he moved on to Workington Comets and then Furness Flyers before riding for

Milton Keynes Knights The Milton Keynes Knights are a Speedway team which originally operated from 1978 until their closure in 1992. The team were revived in 2012 but have had to race at various venues outside of Milton Keynes. History 1978–1988 The inaugural leag ...

. He retired in 1980 after only one match for the Knights.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robins, Chris 1954 births Living people British speedway riders English motorcycle racers People from Newton Abbot Crewe Kings riders Leicester Lions riders Milton Keynes Knights riders Newport Wasps riders Weymouth Wildcats riders Workington Comets riders