Midland Riders' Championship
Appearance
![]() Ole Olsen five times champion | |
Sport | motorcycle speedway |
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Founded | 1952 |
Ceased | 1987 |
Country | United Kingdom |
The Midland Riders' Championship was an individual speedway competition for top riders of teams from the Midlands.[1]
History
The Midland Riders' Championship was introduced in 1952.[2] It was restriced to the riders who represented teams from the Midlands area. The competition was a significant competition at the time, due to the speedway teams from the Midlands being some of the leading teams in the United Kingdom (particularly in the 1980s) when Oxford, Coventry and Cradley Heath dominated UK speedway.[3]
Past winners
References
- ^ a b c Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 66. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "Leicester back Midland rider's championship". Leicester Evening Mail. 4 February 1952. Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 978-0904584509.