Southern Riders' Championship

Southern Riders' Championship
Terry Betts, twice winner
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded1958
Ceased1992
CountryUnited Kingdom

The Southern Riders' Championship was an individual motorcycle speedway competition inaugurated in 1958 for top riders of teams from the South of Great Britain and staged intermittently until 1992.[1][2]

Past winners

Year Winner Team Venue Ref
1958 (New Zealand) Barry Briggs Wimbledon Dons Wimbledon Stadium
1959 (England) Ron How Wimbledon Dons Poole Stadium
1960 (Sweden) Ove Fundin Norwich Stars New Cross Stadium
1961 Not staged
1962* (Australia) Geoff Mudge Poole Pirates County Ground Stadium
1963 Not staged
1964* (England) Tommy Sweetman Wolverhampton Wolves Monmore Green Stadium
1965-1968 Not staged
1969 (England) Colin Pratt Hackney Hawks King's Lynn Stadium
1970 (England) Terry Betts King's Lynn Stars Wimbledon Stadium
1971 (England) Terry Betts King's Lynn Stars Wimbledon Stadium
1972-1974 Not staged
1975 (Sweden) Tommy Jansson Wimbledon Dons Wimbledon Stadium
1976 (England) John Louis Ipswich Witches Reading Stadium
1977-1983 Not staged
1984 (England) Jamie Luckhurst Canterbury Crusaders Arena Essex Raceway [3]
1985 (England) Jamie Luckhurst Wimbledon Dons Arena Essex Raceway [4]
1986 (England) Martn Dugard Eastbourne Eagles Wimborne Road [5]
1987 (England) Andy Buck Eastbourne Eagles Wimborne Road [6]
1988 (England) Andy Galvin Hackney Kestrels Hackney Wick Stadium [7]
1989 (England) Andy Galvin Hackney Kestrels Hackney Wick Stadium [8]
1990 (England) Steve Schofield Hackney Kestrels Hackney Wick Stadium [9]
1991 (Denmark) Brian Karger Arena Essex Hammers Rye House Stadium [10]

* 1962 and 1964 - Provincial League Southern Riders Championship

See also

References

  1. ^ "Southern Riders Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ^ "1984 results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Speedway". Daily Mirror. 27 September 1985. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Mullett sixth in Southern event". Kentish Gazette. 29 August 1986. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Double dose of bad luck". Western Gazette. 4 September 1987. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "1988 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  8. ^ "1989 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  9. ^ "1990 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Speedway results". Newcastle Journal. 7 October 1991. Retrieved 27 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.