High Beech Speedway, also known as Kings Oak Speedway (because of its location by the Kings Oaks Hotel), is a defunct British

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team that operated between 1928 and 1931 and was based at High Beach,

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, England.

History

High Beech competed in the

1930 Speedway Southern League The 1930 Southern League was the second season of speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. The Northern teams also had their second season known as the 1930 Speedway Northern League. Summary White City had left the league ...

, finishing 11th. The club returned the following season and finished sixth in the

1931 Speedway Southern League The 1931 Southern League was the third season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams, and its final season before amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Leagues. The Northern teams also had their third season ...

. It was inevitable that without a stadium as such, the club would not be able to compete with the bigger teams, and they duly folded after the 1930 season. The venue is famous within the speedway world due to the fact that it held the first known speedway meeting (an oval

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circuit) in Britain on 19 February 1928.

Notable riders

* Billy Dallison * Jack Sharp

Season summary

References

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