Provincial League Riders' Championship Explained

Provincial League Riders' Championship
Sport:Speedway
Founded:1960
Folded:1965
Country:United Kingdom
Footnotes:replaced by the
British League Division Two Riders Championship

Replaced
Southern Area League Riders' Championship

The Provincial League Riders Championship was a contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest average points total from each speedway club competing in the Provincial League in the United Kingdom. Held in each year that the league existed - between 1960 and 1964. The competition was superseded by the British League Division Two Riders Championship in 1968. The Provincial League had merged with the National League in 1965, to form the British League.[1] [2] [3]

Winners

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1960[4] Trevor RedmondBristol BulldogsCradley Heath
1961[5] Reg ReevesRayleigh RocketsHarringay
1962[6] Len SilverExeter FalconsBelle Vue
1963[7] Ivan MaugerNewcastle DiamondsBelle Vue
1964[8] Ivan MaugerNewcastle DiamondsBelle Vue

See also

Notes and References

  1. Rogers, Martin (1978) The Illustrated History of Speedway, Studio Publications,, p. 25
  2. Web site: Provincial League Riders Championship 1960-1964. Edinburgh Speedway Archive. 8 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Year by Year. Speedway Researcher. 8 October 2021.
  4. News: Bulldog Redmond is leagues's top rider . Bristol Evening Post. 26 September 1960 . 10 June 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  5. News: One Long Yawn for Trevor . Daily Mirror . 18 September 1961 . 12 June 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  6. News: Hunter out of Luck . Edinburgh Evening News . 24 September 1962 . 12 June 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  7. News: Squibb & Cox not in hunt . Express and Echo . 30 September 1963 . 13 June 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  8. News: Mauger keeps his title after a decider . Birmingham Weekly Mercury . 27 September 1964 . 13 June 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .