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1969 British Speedway Championship

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1969 British Speedway Championship
VenueWest Ham Stadium, London
Start date5 August 1969
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The 1969 British Speedway Championship was the ninth edition of the British Speedway Championship.[1] The final took place on 5 August 1969 at West Ham Stadium in London, England. The Championship was won by Barry Briggs.[2][3]

The British Under 21 Championship was won by Graham Plant.[4][5]

British Final

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Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
1 New Zealand (9) Barry Briggs 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 England (3) Nigel Boocock 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2 3
3 New Zealand (6) Ronnie Moore 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 3 2
4 New Zealand (2) Ivan Mauger 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 4
5 Scotland (4) Ken McKinlay 11 2 3 2 1 3 11 5
6 Wales (11) Howard Cole 9 2 1 2 2 2 9 6
7 England (16) Arnold Haley 8 3 2 1 2 X 8 7 3
8 England (7) Eric Boocock 8 1 2 1 3 1 8 8 2
9 Australia (13) Garry Middleton 8 2 2 3 1 T 8 9 1
10 Australia (10) Charlie Monk 6 1 1 0 1 3 6 10
11 England (8) Martin Ashby 4 0 1 1 X 2 4 11
12 England (5) Trevor Hedge 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 12
13 Scotland (14) Jim McMillan 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 13
14 England (15) Colin Pratt 3 E T 2 0 1 3 14
15 England (1) Ray Wilson 3 1 F 1 1 0 3 15
16 England (12) Roy Trigg 1 0 E 0 0 1 1 16
R1 England (R1) James Bond 0 0 0 R1
R2 England (R2) Clive Hitch 0 0 R2
R3 England (R3) Martin Ashby 0 0 R3
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

British Under 21 final

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Pos Rider Heats SF F
1 Graham Plant 3 x 3
2 Geoff Ambrose 3 x 2
3 Mick Bell 3 x 1
4 Martyn Piddock 2 3 0
5 Bobby Beaton 1 2 x
6 Ian Turner 2 1 x
7 Phil Pratt 2 0 x
8 Ray Carter 1 x x
9 Malcolm Shakespeare 1 x x

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. ^ "1969 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 June 2024.