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Northern Riders' Championship
	Eric Boocock (left) 1970 winner and Peter Collins (right) three time winner
Sport	motorcycle speedway
Founded	1938
Ceased	2010
Country	United Kingdom

The Northern Riders' Championship was an individual Motorcycle speedway competition inaugurated in 1938 and revived in 1960 for top riders of teams from the North of Great Britain.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Past winners

Year	Winner	Team	Venue	Ref
1938	Tommy Croombs ()	West Ham Hammers	Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1939 Not staged
1940	Bill Kitchen ()	Belle Vue Aces	Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1941	Oliver Hart ()	Belle Vue Aces	Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1942	Eric Chitty ()	West Ham Hammers	Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1943	Norman Parker ()	Harringay Tigers	Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1944	Norman Parker ()	Harringay Tigers	Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1945	Alec Statham ()	Harringay Tigers	Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1946	Bill Longley ()	Odsal Boomerangs	Knowle Stadium, Bristol
1947-1959 Not staged
1960	Tony Robinson ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1961	Tony Robinson ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1962-1963 Not staged
1964	Ivan Mauger ()	Newcastle Diamonds	Brough Park, Newcastle
1965-1966 Not staged
1967	Ivan Mauger ()	Newcastle Diamonds	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1968	Ivan Mauger ()	Newcastle Diamonds	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1969	Ivan Mauger ()	Belle Vue Aces	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1970	Eric Boocock ()	Halifax Dukes	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1971	Jim Airey ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1972	Ivan Mauger ()	Belle Vue Aces	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1973	Bob Valentine ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1974	Peter Collins ()	Belle Vue Aces	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1975	Peter Collins ()	Belle Vue Aces	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1976	Doug Wyer ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1977	Alan Wilkinson ()	Belle Vue Aces	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1978	Reg Wilson ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	^[4]
1979	Doug Wyer ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1980	Ivan Mauger ()	Hull Vikings	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1981	Kenny Carter ()	Halifax Dukes	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1982	Shawn Moran ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1983	Chris Morton ()	Belle Vue Aces	Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1984	Peter Collins ()	Belle Vue Aces	The Shay, Halifax
1985	Shawn Moran ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1986	Peter Carr ()	Sheffield Tigers	Hyde Road, Belle Vue
1987	Chris Morton ()	Belle Vue Aces	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	^[5]
1988-1991 Not staged
1992	Sam Ermolenko ()	Wolverhampton Wolves	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1993	Chris Morton ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1994	Roman Matousek ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1995	Gary Havelock ()	Bradford Dukes	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1996	Sam Ermolenko ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1997	Joe Screen ()	Bradford Dukes	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1998	Brent Werner ()	Newcastle Diamonds	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
1999-2000 Not staged
2001	Carl Stonehewer ()	Workington Comets	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
2002 Not staged
2003	Sean Wilson ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
2004	Simon Stead ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
2005	Sean Wilson ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
2006-2009 Not staged
2010	Ricky Ashworth ()	Sheffield Tigers	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield

References

^ "Northern Riders Championship".
^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ "A tremendous boost for Reg Wilson". Star Green 'un. 19 August 1978. Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Blackbird no blow for Aces". Manchester Evening News. 22 October 1987. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] "Northern Riders Championship".

[2] "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[3] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[4] "A tremendous boost for Reg Wilson". Star Green 'un. 19 August 1978. Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[5] "Blackbird no blow for Aces". Manchester Evening News. 22 October 1987. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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