Northern Riders' Championship
British motorcycle speedway competition
Eric Boocock (left) 1970 winner and Peter Collins (right) three time winner | |
Sport | motorcycle speedway |
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Founded | 1938 |
Ceased | 2010 |
Country | United Kingdom |
The Northern Riders' Championship was an individual Motorcycle speedway competition inaugurated in 1938 and revived in 1960 for top riders of teams from the North of Great Britain.[1][2][3]
Winners
Year | Winner | Team | Venue |
1938 | Tommy Croombs () | West Ham Hammers | Hyde Road, Belle Vue |
1939 Not staged | |||
1940 | Bill Kitchen () | Belle Vue Aces | Hyde Road, Belle Vue |
1941 | Oliver Hart () | Belle Vue Aces | Hyde Road, Belle Vue |
1942 | Eric Chitty () | West Ham Hammers | Hyde Road, Belle Vue |
1943 | Norman Parker () | Harringay Tigers | Hyde Road, Belle Vue |
1944 | Norman Parker () | Harringay Tigers | Hyde Road, Belle Vue |
1945 | Alec Statham () | Harringay Tigers | Hyde Road, Belle Vue |
1946 | Bill Longley () | Odsal Boomerangs | Knowle Stadium, Bristol |
1947-1959 Not staged | |||
1960 | Tony Robinson () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1961 | Tony Robinson () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1962-1963 Not staged | |||
1964 | Ivan Mauger () | Newcastle Diamonds | Brough Park, Newcastle |
1965-1966 Not staged | |||
1967 | Ivan Mauger () | Newcastle Diamonds | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1968 | Ivan Mauger () | Newcastle Diamonds | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1969 | Ivan Mauger () | Belle Vue Aces | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1970 | Eric Boocock () | Halifax Dukes | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1971 | Jim Airey () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1972 | Ivan Mauger () | Belle Vue Aces | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1973 | Bob Valentine () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1974 | Peter Collins () | Belle Vue Aces | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1975 | Peter Collins () | Belle Vue Aces | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1976 | Doug Wyer () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1977 | Alan Wilkinson () | Belle Vue Aces | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1978 | Reg Wilson () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1979 | Doug Wyer () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1980 | Ivan Mauger () | Hull Vikings | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1981 | Kenny Carter () | Halifax Dukes | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1982 | Shawn Moran () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1983 | Chris Morton () | Belle Vue Aces | Hyde Road, Belle Vue |
1984 | Peter Collins () | Belle Vue Aces | The Shay, Halifax |
1985 | Shawn Moran () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1986 | Peter Carr () | Sheffield Tigers | Hyde Road, Belle Vue |
1987 | Chris Morton () | Belle Vue Aces | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield[4] |
1988-1991 Not staged | |||
1992 | Sam Ermolenko () | Wolverhampton Wolves | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1993 | Chris Morton () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1994 | Roman Matousek () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1995 | Gary Havelock () | Bradford Dukes | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1996 | Sam Ermolenko () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1997 | Joe Screen () | Bradford Dukes | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1998 | Brent Werner () | Newcastle Diamonds | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
1999-2000 Not staged | |||
2001 | Carl Stonehewer () | Workington Comets | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
2002 Not staged | |||
2003 | Sean Wilson () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
2004 | Simon Stead () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
2005 | Sean Wilson () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
2006-2009 Not staged | |||
2010 | Ricky Ashworth () | Sheffield Tigers | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield |
References
- ^ "Northern Riders Championship".
- ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "Blackbird no blow for Aces". Manchester Evening News. 22 October 1987. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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