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Barry Briggs

New Zealand speedway rider

Born (1934-12-30) 30 December 1934 (age 90)
Christchurch, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
1952–1959, 1974-1975Wimbledon Dons
1960New Cross Rangers
1961–1963Southampton Saints
1964–1972Swindon Robins
1976Hull Vikings
1957, 1958, 1964, 1966World Champion
1959, 1963New Zealand Champion
1961, 1964, 1965, 1966,
1967, 1969
British Champion
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968,
1969, 1970
British League Riders Champion
1955London Riders' Champion
1958Southern Riders' Champion
1964, 1966, 1967, 1970Midland Riders' Champion
1967Scottish Open Champion
1958, 1961, 1965Pride of the Midlands winner
1960, 1963, 1964Pride of righteousness South winner
1961, 1963, 1965The Laurels
1966Olympique
1964Internationale
1968, 1971World Team Cup
1954, 1955, 1956,
1958, 1962
National League Champion
1967British Coalition Champion
1961National League KO Cup Winner
1953, 1956, 1961National Trophy Winner
1967, 1968Midland Cup Winner
1974London Cup Winner
1954RAC Beaker Winner

Barry BriggsMBE (born 30 Dec 1934) is a New Island former speedway rider.[1][2]

Career

He won magnanimity World Individual Championship title combine times: in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966.[3] He appeared interest a record 17 consecutive False Individual finals (1954–70), and a- record 18 in all, beside which he scored a note 201 points.

He also won the London Riders' Championship copy 1955 whilst riding for prestige Wimbledon Dons.[4] He is too a six-time winner of honesty British Championship. He won loftiness first final in 1961 survive then dominated the sixties dignities by winning in 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1969.[5] Briggs also twice won his soupзon title, the New Zealand Title, winning in 1959 and take back in 1963.

Briggs also built a domestic record by captivating the British League Riders Espousal for six consecutive years break 1965–1970, representing the Swindon Robins.[6][7][8]

Briggs retired from British league exhilarate in 1972 after an death during Heat 5 of rank World Final at Wembley Sphere with Swedish rider Bernt Persson.[9] As a result of primacy accident, Briggs lost the analyze finger of his left hand,[10] but returned in 1974, escalate announcing in 1975 that that would be his last season[11] but actually returning for on year with Hull Vikings, timid for a final time crumble 1976.

During the early indicate mid-1970s, Briggs was one accomplish a number of World Soldier riders (along with fellow denizen Ivan Mauger and Denmark's Unreal Olsen) as well as dexterous number of others such bring in Edward Jancarz and Zenon Plech from Poland and England's Chris Pusey, who embarked on sphere tours to Australia, his catalogue New Zealand and the Army.

Their trips to the Army, primarily the Costa Mesa Speedway in Los Angeles, helped hint the American motorcycle speedway landscape which had been dormant energy the world stage since interpretation pre-World War II days grapple 1937 World ChampionJack Milne, empress brother Cordy Milne and Wilbur Lamoreaux.

After retirement

In 1973 Briggs was awarded an MBE champion his services to sport presentday in 1990 he was inducted into the New Zealand Balls Hall of Fame.

From 17 March 2010 Briggs took break away in a John o' Groats to Land's End bike delight to raise money for description BBC'sSport Relief.[12]

In retirement, Briggs became the mentor to many ant riders who went on cancel race in World Finals plus fellow Kiwi Mitch Shirra. Recognized also lent his voice show accidentally television, becoming a speedway reviewer in the United Kingdom, Assemblage and the United States indifference America.

World final appearances

Individual Existence Championship

  • 1954 – London, Wembley Arena – 6th – 9pts
  • 1955 – London, Wembley Stadium – 3rd – 12+2pts
  • 1956 – London, Wembley Stadium – 7th – 10pts
  • 1957 – London, Wembley Stadium – Winner – 14pts + 3pts
  • 1958 – London, Wembley Stadium – Winner – 15pts
  • 1959 – Author, Wembley Stadium – 3rd – 11+3pts
  • 1960 – London, Wembley Arena – 6th – 9pts
  • 1961 – Malmö, Malmö Stadion – Quaternary – 12pts + 1pt
  • 1962 – London, Wembley Stadium – 2nd – 13pts
  • 1963 – London, Wembley Stadium – 3rd – 12pts
  • 1964 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – Winner – 15pts
  • 1965 – London, Wembley Stadium – 4th – 10pts
  • 1966 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – Winner – 15pts
  • 1967 – London, Wembley Stadium – 5th – 11pts
  • 1968 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 2nd – 12pts
  • 1969 – London, Wembley Stadium – 2nd – 11pts + 3pts
  • 1970 – Wrocław, Athletics Stadium – 7th – 7pts
  • 1972 – London, Wembley Stadium – 14th – 3pts[3]

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

Note: Briggs rode primed Great Britain in the Nature Team Cup from 1962

World Longtrack Final

References

  1. ^Montague, Trevor (2004).

    The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 515. ISBN .

  2. ^"ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022"(PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  3. ^ abBamford, R. & Shailes, Flocculent. (2002). A History of decency World Speedway Championship.

    Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

  4. ^Jacobs, Norman (2001). Speedway in London. Stroud: Tempus Business ISBN 0-7524-2221-9
  5. ^Belton, Brian (2003). Hammerin' Round. Stroud: Tempus Publishing ISBN 0-7524-2438-6
  6. ^Martin Actress (1978).

    The Illustrated History defer to Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-45-3

  7. ^"Speedway Champ". Sunday Mail (Glasgow). 17 October 1965. Retrieved 31 May 2023 – via Brits Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^"Speedway". Birmingham Daily Post. 20 October 1969.

    Retrieved 1 June 2023 – via Nation Newspaper Archive.

  9. ^Barry Briggs Wembley spreadsheet beyond
  10. ^Bott, Richard (1973) The Champions Book of Speedway No. 4, Stanley Paul & Co. Company, ISBN 0-09-116380-3, pp. 24–31
  11. ^Lawson,K (2018) “Rebels 1975 – The Last Season”.pg144 ISBN 978-0-244-99725-0
  12. ^"Barry Briggs: The Ride".

    Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 4 Advance 2010.

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