Southern Riders' Championship
Terry Betts, twice winner
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded1958
Ceased1984
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 1991.[1][2]

Past winners

Year Winner Team Venue
1958 Barry Briggs (New Zealand) Wimbledon Dons Wimbledon Stadium
1959 Ron How (England) Wimbledon Dons Poole Stadium
1960 Ove Fundin (Sweden) Norwich Stars New Cross Stadium
1961 Not staged
1962* Geoff Mudge (Australia) Poole Pirates County Ground Stadium
1963 Not staged
1964* Tommy Sweetman (England) Wolverhampton Wolves Monmore Green Stadium
1965-1968 Not staged
1969 Colin Pratt (England) Hackney Hawks King's Lynn Stadium
1970 Terry Betts (England) King's Lynn Stars Wimbledon Stadium
1971 Terry Betts (England) King's Lynn Stars Wimbledon Stadium
1972-1974 Not staged
1975 Tommy Jansson (Sweden) Wimbledon Dons Wimbledon Stadium
1976 John Louis (England) Ipswich Witches Reading Stadium
1977-1983 Not staged
1984 Jamie Luckhurst (England) Canterbury Crusaders Arena Essex Raceway

* 1962 and 1964 - Provincial League Southern Riders Championship

See also

References

  1. "Southern Riders Championship".
  2. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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