London Riders' Championship

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The London Riders' Championship was an individual motorcycle speedway competition for top riders of teams from London. It was a prestigious competition, especially in its early days.

History

The event was introduced in 1930. It was considered a prestigious competition, especially in its early days due to the fact that the leading teams in British speedway at the time were all from London. However, as the number of teams from London dwindled, so did interest in the competition.[1][2] The last competition was held in 1983.[3][4]

An attempted revival of the Championship was made in 2011 at the Arena Essex Raceway speedway track in Purfleet, Essex, where the riders taking part represented not their current clubs, but long-defunct London clubs including West Ham Hammers, New Cross Rangers, Wembley Lions and Walthamstow Wolves. It was staged there as the track, home of the Lakeside Hammers was the closest track to London staging speedway at the time. However, the meeting was abandoned after only a few heats due to heavy rain and was never restaged.[5]

Past winners

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align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1930 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Jack Ormston (Template:Flagicon) Wembley Lions Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1931 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Joe Francis (Template:Flagicon) Crystal Palace Glaziers Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds
Championship suspended 1932-1933
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1934 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Tom Farndon (Template:Flagicon) New Cross Lambs New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1935 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Tom Farndon (Template:Flagicon) New Cross Lambs New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1936 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Vic Huxley (Template:Flagicon)[6] Wimbledon Dons New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1937 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Jack Milne (Template:Flagicon) New Cross Rangers New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1938 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Eric Chitty (Template:Flagicon) West Ham Hammers New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1939 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Jack Milne (Template:Flagicon) New Cross Rangers New Cross Stadium
Championship suspended 1939-1944
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1945 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Ron Johnson (Template:Flagicon) unattached New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1946 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Ron Johnson (Template:Flagicon) New Cross Rangers New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1947 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Vic Duggan (Template:Flagicon) Harringay Racers New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1948 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Split Waterman (Template:Flagicon) Wembley Lions New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1949 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Alec Statham (Template:Flagicon)[7] Wimbledon Dons New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1950 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Cyril Roger (Template:Flagicon) New Cross Rangers New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1951 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Aub Lawson (Template:Flagicon) West Ham Hammers New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1952 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Ronnie Moore (Template:Flagicon) Wimbledon Dons New Cross Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1953 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Jack Young (Template:Flagicon) West Ham Hammers Harringay Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1954 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Jack Young (Template:Flagicon) West Ham Hammers West Ham Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1955 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Barry Briggs (Template:Flagicon) Wimbledon Dons Wimbledon Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1956 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Brian Crutcher (Template:Flagicon) Wembley Lions Wembley Stadium
Championship suspended 1957-1962
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1963* style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Norman Hunter (Template:Flagicon) Hackney Hawks Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1964 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Mike Broadbanks (Template:Flagicon) Swindon Robins West Ham Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1965 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Sverre Harrfeldt (Template:Flagicon) West Ham Hammers Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1966 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Norman Hunter (Template:Flagicon) West Ham Hammers Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1967 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Colin Pratt (Template:Flagicon)[8] Hackney Hawks Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1968 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Colin Pratt (Template:Flagicon)[9] Hackney Hawks Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1969 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Trevor Hedge (Template:Flagicon) Wimbledon Dons Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1970 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Trevor Hedge (Template:Flagicon) Wimbledon Dons Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1971 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Bengt Jansson (Template:Flagicon) Hackney Hawks Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1972 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Ronnie Moore (Template:Flagicon) Wimbledon Dons Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1973 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Barry Thomas (Template:Flagicon) Hackney Hawks Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1974 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Barry Thomas (Template:Flagicon) Hackney Hawks Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1975 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Dave Jessup (Template:Flagicon) Leicester Lions Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1976 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Gordon Kennett (Template:Flagicon) White City Rebels Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1977 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Larry Ross (Template:Flagicon) Wimbledon Dons Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1978 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Keith White (Template:Flagicon) Hackney Hawks Hackney Wick Stadium
Championship suspended 1979
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1980 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Finn Thomsen (Template:Flagicon) Hackney Hawks Hackney Wick Stadium
Championship suspended 1981
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1982 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Kai Niemi (Template:Flagicon) Wimbledon Dons Wimbledon Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1983 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Bo Petersen (Template:Flagicon) Hackney Hawks Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1988 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Andy Galvin (Template:Flagicon) Hackney Kestrels Hackney Wick Stadium
align=center style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |1996 style="background-color:Template:Speedway color/core" |Billy Hamill (Template:Flagicon) Cradley & Stoke London Stadium

* 1963 - Provincial League London Riders Championship

References

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  1. ↑ Jacobs, Norman (2001). Speedway in London. Template:ISBN
  2. ↑ Belton, Brian (2003). Hammerin' Round. Template:ISBN
  3. ↑ Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. Template:ISBN
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