Southern Riders' Championship Explained

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Sport:motorcycle speedway
Founded:1958
Country:United Kingdom
Folded:1992

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

width=40px Yearwidth=200px Winnerwidth=200px Teamwidth=200px Venuewidth=20px Ref
align=center 1958Wimbledon DonsWimbledon Stadium
align=center 1959Wimbledon DonsPoole Stadium
align=center 1960Norwich StarsNew Cross Stadium
align=center colspan=51961 Not staged
align=center 1962*Poole PiratesCounty Ground Stadium
align=center colspan=51963 Not staged
align=center 1964* Tommy SweetmanWolverhampton WolvesMonmore Green Stadium
align=center colspan=41965-1968 Not staged
align=center 1969Hackney HawksKing's Lynn Stadium
align=center 1970King's Lynn StarsWimbledon Stadium
align=center 1971King's Lynn StarsWimbledon Stadium
align=center colspan=51972-1974 Not staged
align=center 1975Wimbledon DonsWimbledon Stadium
align=center 1976Ipswich WitchesReading Stadium
align=center colspan=41977-1983 Not staged
align=center 1984Canterbury CrusadersArena Essex Raceway[3]
align=center 1985Wimbledon DonsArena Essex Raceway[4]
align=center 1986Eastbourne EaglesWimborne Road[5]
align=center 1987Eastbourne EaglesWimborne Road[6]
align=center 1988Hackney KestrelsHackney Wick Stadium[7]
align=center 1989Hackney KestrelsHackney Wick Stadium[8]
align=center 1990Hackney KestrelsHackney Wick Stadium[9]
align=center 1991Arena Essex HammersRye House Stadium[10]

See also

Notes and References

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