High Beech Speedway Explained

Clubname:	High Beech
Track:	High Beach Loughton Epping Forest District Essex
Founded:	1928
Closed:	1931
League:	Southern League

High Beech Speedway, also known as Kings Oak Speedway (because of its location by the Kings Oaks Hotel), is a defunct British motorcycle speedway team that operated between 1928 and 1931 and was based at High Beach, Loughton, Epping Forest District, Essex, England.^[1]

History

High Beech competed in the 1930 Speedway Southern League, finishing 11th.^{[1] [2]} The club returned the following season and finished sixth in the 1931 Speedway Southern League.^{[3] [4]}

It was inevitable that without a stadium as such, the club would not be able to compete with the bigger teams, and they duly folded after the 1930 season.^[1] The venue is famous within the speedway world due to the fact that it held the first known speedway meeting (an oval cinder circuit) in Britain on February 19, 1928.^[5]

Notable riders

• Billy Dallison
• Jack Sharp

Season summary

width=350	Year and league	width=50	Position	width=350	Notes
	11th
	6th

Notes and References

1. Web site: High Beech Speedway. Defunct Speedway. 15 August 2021.
2. Web site: BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939). Official British Speedway website. 15 August 2021.
3. Web site: Year by Year. Speedway Researcher. 15 August 2021.
4. News: On the speedway . Daily Mirror . 24 May 1930 . 15 August 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
5. Web site: King's Oak speedway. Retro Speedway. 15 August 2021.