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New Zealand Individual Speedway Championship
The New Zealand Solo Championship is the annual individual motorcycle speedway championship of New Zealand. The championship has been running since 1929, although the event has not been held during various years. History Throughout the history of the championship, New Zealand has produced some of the best riders of all-time. Ronnie Moore (speedway rider), Ronnie Moore, the first world champion from the country in 1958, became the champion of the New Zealand on four occasions. Two legendary riders Ivan Mauger and Barry Briggs, who won ten world individual titles between them, only won four national championships because they spent significant parts of their careers based in England and did not always compete. From 1979, the final of the New Zealand Solo Championship regularly doubled up as the New Zealand qualification round for the Speedway World Championship, although during various years this has not always been the case due to factors like licensing. Since the early 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of soil, dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Buchanan
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Hutt Speedway
Hutt can refer to: Places New Zealand * Hutt River (New Zealand), name after William Hutt (politician). ** Hutt Valley, an area inland from Wellington ** Hutt County, a former county in the Hutt Valley ** Lower Hutt ('Hutt City'), a territorial authority (formerly part of Hutt County) ** Upper Hutt Upper Hutt () is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area. History Upper Hutt is in an area originally known as Orongo ... ('Upper Hutt City'), a territorial authority (formerly part of Hutt County) ** Hutt (New Zealand electorate), a former electorate, 1983-1956 * Mount Hutt, a mountain and ski field in the Southern Aps Australia * Hutt River (South Australia) * Hutt River (Western Australia) * Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia * Hutt Street, Adelaide, South Australia Antarctica * Hutt Peak, Marie Byrd Land Other uses * Hutt (surname) * Hutt (''Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Abernethy (speedway Rider)
Bruce Mackenzie Abernethy (14 May 1926 – 2 April 1999) was a motorcycle speedway rider from New Zealand. Career Abernethy purchased his first motorcycle in 1946 and competed in beach racing and hill climbs before taking up speedway when the Hutt speedway track in Lower Hutt opened in December 1947. During his first season he was approached by Wally Kilmister who arranged for him to ride for the Wembley Lions in the 1948 Speedway National League. He was loaned out for most of the year to the Rayleigh Rockets team which competed in some third division challenge matches. From 1949 to 1951 he was included in the Wembley team and helped the team win three consecutive league titles in 1949, 1950 and 1951. He broke the Wembley track record in 1951. He won the New Zealand Speedway Championship in 1950 and 1951 and although he didn't ride in the UK after 1951, he continued to compete in New Zealand until 1959. In 1964 and 1965 he drove a Cooper Climax in the Tasman Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Manawatu
Central Energy Trust Arena is the current name of the 180,000 square meter publicly owned recreational complex just west of the Palmerston North city center in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. It has three linked indoor stadiums with movable tiered seating. Outdoor facilities include football fields and a speedway track with a grandstand. In June 2015, FMG Insurance chose not to renew the sponsorship deal for the main stadium name. History Originally founded in 1886 as the Palmerston North Showgrounds, its pavilion burnt down in a fire in 1977. It was replaced with a new stand, and the ground was reopened in 1981 as the Manawatu Sports Stadium. Since 1973 it has been owned by the Palmerston North City Council. Arena 1: Central Energy Trust Arena Capacity Central Energy Trust Arena has a capacity of 15,000. Temporary seating is added for major events, allowing the capacity to reach 20,000. Central Energy Trust Arena is home to Manawatu Rugby. It is the home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Fairhurst
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Gil Craven
Gilbert Francis Craven (30 May 1917 – circa 1990) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team and was champion of New Zealand. Biography Craven started riding aged 18, just before World War II and following his older brother Malcolm Craven into the sport. Previously he had served on a ship during the Spanish Civil War. He began his speedway career with West Ham Hammers in 1939 as a novice in their training school and won the Jack Milne Trophy at Degenham. During his novice year Craven would appear for both Wembley Lions and Glasgow as a guest before making his West ham debut in August, where he scored 4 points. With the outbreak of war his speedway career was halted and he worked as a ship's engineer in the merchant navy before spending time in the United States. He returned to speedway in 1947, winning the New Zealand Solo Championship and then in January 1948 he was a reserve in test ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mudgway
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Len Perry
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Norman Morgan
Norman Henry Morgan (born 26 March 1935) is a Welsh former international rugby union player. Raised in Llanhilleth, Morgan was a left-footed fullback and played his early rugby with the British Army during national service, before joining Newport in 1955. He played over 200 games for Newport, scoring 951 points. Morgan won three Wales caps in the 1960 Five Nations Championship, debuting against Scotland at home. He was the match-winner in his next appearance, against Ireland at Lansdowne Road, with a successful sideline conversion after captain Onllwyn Brace scored a try nine-minutes from the end, giving them a 10–9 victory. See also *List of Wales national rugby union players A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Hunt (speedway Rider)
John Casement Hunt (6 April 1921 – 10 October 1991) was a New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider. Life and career John Casement Hunt was born in Auckland on 6 April 1921, the son of Percy and Nellie Hunt. In 1945, he became champion of New Zealand after winning the New Zealand Solo Championship. He was one of the early overseas riders who travelled to the United Kingdom from New Zealand after World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ... and started racing in the British leagues during the 1947 Speedway National League Division Two, when riding for the Newcastle Diamonds. Hunt then went on to win a second New Zealand Championship in 1948 before returning to ride for Newcastle the same season. During the 1948 Speedway National League Division Two season he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
