Английская Википедия:Great Britain national speedway team
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The Great Britain national speedway team (formerly the England speedway team) is one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway. The team is managed by former Great Britain riders Oliver Allen and Simon Stead, and captained by the Tai Woffinden.
The team raced as England from 1928 to 1961 and again from 1974 to 2000. They have raced as Great Britain from 1962 to 1973 and since 2001.
History
The national speedway team held test matches against the Australia as early as 1928, although the first official test match is listed as 30 June 1930 at Wimbledon Stadium.[1]
The team won the Speedway World Team Cup on five occasions as England and four times as Great Britain from 1968 to 1989. They were a major force in the 1970s, winning five consecutive tournaments, two as England and three as Great Britain.[2] Key riding members of the title wins include Peter Collins (five wins), Malcolm Simmons (four wins), New Zealand born Ivan Mauger and Ray Wilson (all three wins).[3] Prior to 1974, the Great Britain team often consisted of riders from other Commonwealth Nations including Australia and New Zealand.[4]
The cup eluded the team after 1989, although they came close in 2000, missing out when Mark Loram fell in a race-off and 2004 where a team of Mark Loram, Lee Richardson, Gary Havelock, David Norris and Scott Nicholls missed out by one point. Both the 2000 and 2004 narrow defeats were at the hands of Sweden and both in somewhat controversial fashion.
In June 2018, Great Britain competed as one of 15 nations in the inaugural Speedway of Nations tournament and in August 2018, Great Britain hosted a top-level international test match for the first time in over 15 years when they took on Australia at Glasgow's Peugeot Ashfield Stadium.
At the 2021 Speedway of Nations in Manchester, Team GB ended a 32 years drought. After finishing third in qualifying, they beat Denmark 6–3 in the Grand Final qualifier and then beat Poland in the Grand Final 5–4. The winning team included Robert Lambert, Dan Bewley and Tai Woffinden.[5]
Major tournament wins
World Team Championships
| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Riders | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Шаблон:Flagicon London Wembley Stadium |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon Great Britain (40) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (30) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (19) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Czechoslovakia (7) |
Ivan Mauger (NZ) | 12 |
| Nigel Boocock | 10 | |||
| Martin Ashby | 8 | |||
| Barry Briggs (NZ) | 7 | |||
| Norman Hunter | 3 | |||
| 1971 | Шаблон:Flagicon Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon Great Britain (37) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Soviet Union (22) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (19) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (18) |
Ray Wilson | 12 |
| Ivan Mauger (NZ) | 10 | |||
| Jim Airey (AUS) | 9 | |||
| Barry Briggs (NZ) | 6 | |||
| Ronnie Moore (NZ) | dnr | |||
| 1972 | Шаблон:Flagicon Olching Olching Speedwaybahn |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon Great Britain (36) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Soviet Union (21) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (21) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (18) |
Ivan Mauger (NZ) | 11 |
| John Louis | 9 | |||
| Terry Betts | 9 | |||
| Ray Wilson | 8 | |||
| Ronnie Moore (NZ) | dnr | |||
| 1973 | Шаблон:Flagicon London Wembley Stadium |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon Great Britain (37) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (31) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Soviet Union (20) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (8) |
Peter Collins | 12 |
| Terry Betts | 9 | |||
| Malcolm Simmons | 8 | |||
| Ray Wilson | 8 | |||
| Dave Jessup | dnr | |||
| 1974 | Шаблон:Flagicon Chorzów Stadion Śląski |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (42) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (31) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (13) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Soviet Union (10) |
Peter Collins | 12 |
| John Louis | 12 | |||
| Dave Jessup | 10 | |||
| Malcolm Simmons | 8 | |||
| Ray Wilson | dnr | |||
| 1975 | Шаблон:Flagicon Norden Motodrom Halbemond |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (41) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Soviet Union (29) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (17) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (9) |
Peter Collins | 12 |
| Malcolm Simmons | 11 | |||
| Martin Ashby | 10 | |||
| John Louis | 8 | |||
| Dave Jessup | dnr | |||
| 1977 | Шаблон:Flagicon Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (37) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (25) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Czechoslovakia (23) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (11) |
Peter Collins | 10 |
| Michael Lee | 9 | |||
| Dave Jessup | 9 | |||
| John Davis | 6 | |||
| Malcolm Simmons | 3 | |||
| 1980 | Шаблон:Flagicon Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (40) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon United States (29) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (15) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Czechoslovakia (12) |
Michael Lee | 11 |
| Chris Morton | 11 | |||
| Peter Collins | 10 | |||
| Dave Jessup | 8 | |||
| John Davis | dnr | |||
| 1989 | Шаблон:Flagicon Bradford Odsal Stadium |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (48) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Denmark (34) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (30) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon United States (8) |
Jeremy Doncaster | 13 |
| Paul Thorp | 12 | |||
| Kelvin Tatum | 12 | |||
| Simon Wigg | 11 | |||
| Simon Cross | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Шаблон:Flagicon Manchester National Speedway Stadium |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon Great Britain (64+6+5) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (74+4) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Denmark (68+3) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Australia (49) 5. Шаблон:Flagicon France (47) 6. Шаблон:Flagicon Latvia (42) 7. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (30) |
Robert Lambert | 32+4+3 |
| Dan Bewley | 11+2+2 | |||
| Tai Woffinden | 14 | |||
| Tom Brennan | 7 |
Titles
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World Pairs Championship
| Year | Venue | Standings (Pts) | Riders | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Шаблон:Flagicon Borås Ryavallen |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (24) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon New Zealand (24) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden B (22) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden A (22) 5. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (15) 6. Шаблон:Flagicon Czechoslovakia (12) 7. Шаблон:Flagicon Hungary (6) |
Ray Wilson | 15+3 |
| Terry Betts | 9 | |||
| 1976 | Шаблон:Flagicon Eskilstuna Snälltorpet |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (27) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Denmark (24) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (22) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Australia (16) 5. Шаблон:Flagicon New Zealand (15) 6. Шаблон:Flagicon Scotland (12) 7. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (10) |
John Louis | 17 |
| Malcolm Simmons | 10 | |||
| 1977 | Шаблон:Flagicon Manchester Hyde Road |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (28) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (18) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon West Germany (18) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Czechoslovakia (17) 5. Шаблон:Flagicon New Zealand (17) 6. Шаблон:Flagicon Finland (14) 7. Шаблон:Flagicon Australia (12) |
Peter Collins | 15 |
| Malcolm Simmons | 13 | |||
| 1978 | Шаблон:Flagicon Chorzówr Stadion Śląski |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (24) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon New Zealand (24) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Denmark (21) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Czechoslovakia (18) 5. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (15) 6. Шаблон:Flagicon West Germany (13) 7. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (11) |
Malcolm Simmons | 15+3 |
| Gordon Kennett | 9 | |||
| 1980 | Шаблон:Flagicon Krsko Matija Gubec Stadium |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (29) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Poland (22) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Denmark (21) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (18) 5. Шаблон:Flagicon New Zealand (16) 6. Шаблон:Flagicon Finland (14) 7. Шаблон:Flagicon Yugoslavia (6) |
Dave Jessup | 15 |
| Peter Collins | 14 | |||
| 1983 | Шаблон:Flagicon Göteborg Ullevi |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (25) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Australia (24) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon Denmark (19) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon United States (18) 5. Шаблон:Flagicon Sweden (16) 6. Шаблон:Flagicon West Germany (12) 7. Шаблон:Flagicon New Zealand (11) |
Kenny Carter | 15 |
| Peter Collins | 10 | |||
| 1984 | Шаблон:Flagicon Lonigo Santa Marina Stadium |
1. Шаблон:Flagicon England (27) 2. Шаблон:Flagicon Denmark (25) 3. Шаблон:Flagicon New Zealand (25) 4. Шаблон:Flagicon United States (19) 5. Шаблон:Flagicon Australia (14) 6. Шаблон:Flagicon Czechoslovakia (10) 7. Шаблон:Flagicon Italy (6) |
Chris Morton | 14 |
| Peter Collins | 13 |
International caps (as of 2022)
Since the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix era, international caps earned by riders is largely restricted to international competitions, whereas previously test matches between two teams were a regular occurrence. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era.[6]
Managers
- 1975–1975 (Reg Fearman)
- 1975–1976 (John Berry)
- 1976-1976 (Len Silver)
- 1977–1978 (John Berry)
- 1979–1980 (Colin Pratt)
- 1980–1980 (Ian Thomas)
- 1981-1981 (Len Silver)
- 1982-1982 (Eric Boocock)
- 1983-1984 (Wally Mawdsley)
- 1984–1984 (Carl Glover)
- 1984–1985 (John Berry)
- 1982 & 1986–1993 (Eric Boocock)
- 1986–1993 (Colin Pratt)
- 1994–1998 (John Louis)[7]
- 1994–1994 (James Easter)[7]
- 1998–2001 (Dave Jessup)[8]
- 2001–2008 (Neil Middleditch)
- 2009–2010 (Rob Lyon)[9]
- 2011–2013 (Neil Middleditch)
- 2014–2019 (Alun Rossiter)[10]
- 2019– (Oliver Allen)[11]
- 2019– (Simon Stead)[11]
References
Шаблон:National sports teams of the United Kingdom Шаблон:Speedway national teams
