Warren Edric Monk (born 5 February 1940) is an Australian former international

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rider. He earned 26 international caps for the

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and 15 caps for the

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Speedway career

Monk won a bronze medal at the

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in the

1965 Speedway World Team Cup 1965 Speedway World Team Cup was the sixth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place at the Illerstadion in Kempten, West Germany. The World Champion title was won by Poland. Format ...

when he represented Great Britain (during the time period when Oceania riders were allowed to represent Britain). Also in 1965 he won the prestigious

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. After a season with the

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in 1962 he signed for

Long Eaton Archers Long Eaton 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 motor ...

but rode primarily for Glasgow Tigers in the top tier of British Speedway riding. From 1973 to 1976, he rode for

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. In 1977, he signed for Edinburgh. He was a four times British/Commonwealth finalist and also represented Scotland in test matches.

World final appearances

World Team Cup

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* (with

Barry Briggs Barry Briggs (born 30 December 1934) is a New Zealand former speedway rider. Career He won the World Individual Championship title four times: in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway ...

Nigel Boocock Nigel Boocock (17 September 1937 – 3 April 2015) was a motorcycle speedway rider from England. who appeared in eight Speedway World Championship finals. He holds the record number of caps for Great Britain (64) and the record for total numbe ...

Ken McKinlay John Robert Vickers (Ken) McKinlay (7 June 1928 – 9 February 2003) was a British international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 23 caps for the Scotland national speedway team, 92 caps for the England national speedway team and 23 caps fo ...

/ Jimmy Gooch) - 3rd - 18pts (1) ''*Note: Monk rode for

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in the World Team Cup''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Monk, Charlie 1940 births Living people Australian speedway riders Barrow Bombers riders Edinburgh Monarchs riders Glasgow Tigers riders Australian expatriate speedway riders in Scotland Halifax Dukes riders Australian expatriate speedway riders in England Long Eaton Archers riders Neath Welsh Dragons riders Expatriate speedway riders in Wales Sheffield Tigers riders Motorcycle racers from Adelaide Sportsmen from South Australia 20th-century Australian sportsmen