![]() Terry Betts, twice winner | |
| Sport | motorcycle speedway |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958 |
| Ceased | 1984 |
| Country | United 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 ( |
Wimbledon Dons | Wimbledon Stadium | |
| 1959 | Ron How ( |
Wimbledon Dons | Poole Stadium | |
| 1960 | Ove Fundin ( |
Norwich Stars | New Cross Stadium | |
| 1961 Not staged | ||||
| 1962* | Geoff Mudge ( |
Poole Pirates | County Ground Stadium | |
| 1963 Not staged | ||||
| 1964* | Tommy Sweetman ( |
Wolverhampton Wolves | Monmore Green Stadium | |
| 1965-1968 Not staged | ||||
| 1969 | Colin Pratt ( |
Hackney Hawks | King's Lynn Stadium | |
| 1970 | Terry Betts ( |
King's Lynn Stars | Wimbledon Stadium | |
| 1971 | Terry Betts ( |
King's Lynn Stars | Wimbledon Stadium | |
| 1972-1974 Not staged | ||||
| 1975 | Tommy Jansson ( |
Wimbledon Dons | Wimbledon Stadium | |
| 1976 | John Louis ( |
Ipswich Witches | Reading Stadium | |
| 1977-1983 Not staged | ||||
| 1984 | Jamie Luckhurst ( |
Canterbury Crusaders | Arena Essex Raceway | |
* 1962 and 1964 - Provincial League Southern Riders Championship
See also
References
- ↑ "Southern Riders Championship".
- ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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