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Northern Riders' Championship

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Northern Riders' Championship
Eric Boocock (left) 1970 winner and Peter Collins (right) three time winner
Sportmotorcycle speedway
Founded1938
Ceased2010
CountryUnited 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]

Past winners

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Year Winner Team Venue Ref
1938 Tommy Croombs (England) West Ham Hammers Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1939 Not staged
1940 Bill Kitchen (England) Belle Vue Aces Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1941 Oliver Hart (England) Belle Vue Aces Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1942 Eric Chitty (Canada) West Ham Hammers Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1943 Norman Parker (England) Harringay Tigers Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1944 Norman Parker (England) Harringay Tigers Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1945 Alec Statham (England) Harringay Tigers Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1946 Bill Longley (Australia) Odsal Boomerangs Knowle Stadium, Bristol
1947-1959 Not staged
1960 Tony Robinson (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1961 Tony Robinson (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1962-1963 Not staged
1964 Ivan Mauger (New Zealand) Newcastle Diamonds Brough Park, Newcastle
1965-1966 Not staged
1967 Ivan Mauger (New Zealand) Newcastle Diamonds Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1968 Ivan Mauger (New Zealand) Newcastle Diamonds Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1969 Ivan Mauger (New Zealand) Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1970 Eric Boocock (England) Halifax Dukes Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1971 Jim Airey (Australia) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1972 Ivan Mauger (New Zealand) Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1973 Bob Valentine (Australia) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1974 Peter Collins (England) Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1975 Peter Collins (England) Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1976 Doug Wyer (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1977 Alan Wilkinson (England) Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1978 Reg Wilson (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield [4]
1979 Doug Wyer (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1980 Ivan Mauger (New Zealand) Hull Vikings Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1981 Kenny Carter (England) Halifax Dukes Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1982 Shawn Moran (United States) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1983 Chris Morton (England) Belle Vue Aces Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1984 Peter Collins (England) Belle Vue Aces The Shay, Halifax
1985 Shawn Moran (United States) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1986 Peter Carr (England) Sheffield Tigers Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1987 Chris Morton (England) Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield [5]
1988-1991 Not staged
1992 Sam Ermolenko (United States) Wolverhampton Wolves Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1993 Chris Morton (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1994 Roman Matousek (Czech Republic) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1995 Gary Havelock (England) Bradford Dukes Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1996 Sam Ermolenko (United States) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1997 Joe Screen (England) Bradford Dukes Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1998 Brent Werner (United States) Newcastle Diamonds Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1999-2000 Not staged
2001 Carl Stonehewer (England) Workington Comets Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
2002 Not staged
2003 Sean Wilson (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
2004 Simon Stead (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
2005 Sean Wilson (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
2006-2009 Not staged
2010 Ricky Ashworth (England) Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield

References

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  1. ^ "Northern Riders Championship".
  2. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. ^ "A tremendous boost for Reg Wilson". Star Green 'un. 19 August 1978. Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Blackbird no blow for Aces". Manchester Evening News. 22 October 1987. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.