Robert Hollingworth (born 31 December 1955) 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

Hollingworth started his British leagues career during the

1973 British League Division Two season The 1973 British League Division Two season was the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. Summary The 1973 season saw the league expanded to 18 teams with the addition of Chesterton Potters. The team had last raced during the 1963 ...

, where he rode for

Berwick Bandits The Berwick Bandits are a British speedway club, based in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They currently compete in the SGB Championship, racing at Shielfield Park, with home matches usually taking place on Saturday evenings. They also run a second team in ...

. The following season he joined

Boston Barracudas The Boston Barracudas were a speedway team that competed from 1970 to 1987 and again from 2000 to 2008. the team were based at Boston Sports Stadium in New Hammond Beck Road, Boston, Lincolnshire. History 1970–1987 The Boston Barracudas were fo ...

and began to build his average over the next four years, culminating in an impressive 9.90 average during the

1977 National League season The 1977 National League was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. Summary Newport had moved down from the British League. Their riders were transferred to Bristol Bulldogs but they acquired new riders and were rena ...

. He also secured the National League Pairs, partnering Colin Cook, during the

and rode for

Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves are a British speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They are sponsored by Parry's International Travel, and signed a deal with owner Dave Parry (previous speedway rider for the Wolverhampton Wolves) for the 2008 ...

in the highest league. In 1978, he moved clubs joining

Edinburgh Monarchs The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish Speedway team, currently based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the Speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess. The cl ...

and although he finished top of the Scottish team's averages he experienced a moderate season and also struggled to perform for Wolves. He returned to Boston in 1979 and doubled up with

King's Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" comes from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 1996 when Kin ...

and then

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 ...

in the British League. His form returned in Boston colours and he finished runner up in the 1980 National League Pairs Championship with

Gary Guglielmi Gary Graham Christopher Guglielmi (born 14 February 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian international Speedway rider who represented Australia in both test matches and in the World Pairs Championship. Guglielmi is of Itali ...

. He continued to ride until 1986 before retiring until 1998. He made further appearances, primarily in the Conference until 2003.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollingworth, Rob Living people 1955 births British speedway riders Berwick Bandits riders Boston Barracudas riders Coventry Bees riders Edinburgh Monarchs riders Hull Vikings riders King's Lynn Stars riders Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders Poole Pirates riders Scunthorpe Scorpions riders White City Rebels riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders