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Scottish Open (speedway)

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Scottish Open
SportSpeedway
Founded1928
CountryScotland

The Scottish Open Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held annually in Scotland.[1][2]

History

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The Championship has been run almost every year since 1928. That inaugural year saw two events, one for 350 cc bikes and another for 500 cc bikes. From 1929 the event was only open to those riding the 500 cc bikes.

Run as the Scottish Championship from 1928-1945, it became the Scottish Riders Championship from 1949-1954 before a third and final name change in 1960 to the Scottish Open Championship.

Since 1988, the winner of the Scottish Open has been presented with the Jack Young Memorial Trophy in honour of the three time winner and former Edinburgh Monarchs rider from Australia who won the Speedway World Championship in 1951 and 1952. Young won the World Championship in 1951 while riding for the Monarchs, thus becoming the first second division rider to win the World crown. Young died from Emphysema in his home town of Adelaide, South Australia on 28 August 1987.

Winners (since 1928)

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Year City Venue Winners
1928 Edinburgh Marine Gardens Scotland Drew McQueen (350 cc)
Scotland Jimmy Valentine (500 cc)
1929 Edinburgh Marine Gardens Scotland Drew McQueen
1930 Edinburgh Marine Gardens England Harry Whitfield
1931-1937 Not held
1938 Edinburgh Marine Gardens Australia Bluey Wilkinson
1939 Edinburgh Marine Gardens United States Wilbur Lamoreaux
1940-1944 Not held due to (World War II restrictions)
1945 Glasgow White City Stadium Australia Ron Johnson
1946-1948 Not held
1949 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Australia Jack Young
1950 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Australia Jack Young
1951 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Australia Jack Young
1952 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank New Zealand Dick Campbell
1953 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Scotland Tommy Miller
1954 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Scotland Tommy Miller
1955-1959 Not held
1960 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Scotland Douglas Templeton
1961 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank New Zealand Trevor Redmond
1962 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Scotland Douglas Templeton
1963 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank England Maurice Mattingley
1964 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Scotland George Hunter
1965 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Denmark Arne Pander
1966 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Scotland Bill Landels
1967 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank New Zealand Barry Briggs
1968 Coatbridge Cliftonhill England Martin Ashby
1969 Coatbridge Cliftonhill Norway Reidar Eide
1970 Glasgow Hampden Park New Zealand Ivan Mauger
1971 Glasgow Hampden Park New Zealand Ivan Mauger
1972 Glasgow Hampden Park New Zealand Ivan Mauger
1973 Coatbridge Cliftonhill New Zealand Ivan Mauger
1974 Not held
1975 Coatbridge Cliftonhill Scotland Brian Collins
1976 Coatbridge Cliftonhill England Peter Collins
1977 Blantyre Saracen Park Scotland Bert Harkins
1978-1980 Not held
1981 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium New Zealand Wayne Brown
1982 Not held
1983 Glasgow Craighead Park England Steve Lawson
1984 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium New Zealand Mitch Shirra
1985 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium England Jamie Luckhurst
1986 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium England Les Collins
1987 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium England Neville Tatum
1988 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium England Steve Lawson
1989 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Australia Todd Wiltshire
1990 Not held
1991 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium United States Greg Hancock
1992 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium United States Greg Hancock
1993 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium England Michael Coles
1994 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium England Ben Howe
1995 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium United States Bobby Ott
1996 Glasgow Shawfield Stadium Australia Shane Parker
1997 Armadale Armadale Stadium England Peter Carr
1998 Armadale Armadale Stadium Denmark Frede Schott
1999 Armadale Armadale Stadium England Peter Carr
2000 Armadale Armadale Stadium England Peter Carr
2001 Armadale Armadale Stadium England Andre Compton
2002 Armadale Armadale Stadium England Peter Carr
2003 Armadale Armadale Stadium United States Sam Ermolenko
2004 Armadale Armadale Stadium Australia Rory Schlein
2005 Armadale Armadale Stadium England David Howe
2006 Armadale Armadale Stadium Poland Stanisław Burza
2007 Not held
2008 Armadale Armadale Stadium Australia Rory Schlein
2009 Armadale Armadale Stadium England James Wright
2010 Armadale Armadale Stadium Czech Republic Josef Franc
2011 Armadale Armadale Stadium Australia Rory Schlein
2012 Armadale Armadale Stadium England Andrew Tully
2013 Armadale Armadale Stadium England Craig Cook
2014 Armadale Armadale Stadium Australia Sam Masters
2015-2016 Not held
2017 Armadale Armadale Stadium Australia Justin Sedgmen
2018 Armadale Armadale Stadium Australia Rory Schlein
2019 Armadale Armadale Stadium England Richie Worrall
2020-2021 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
2022 Armadale Armadale Stadium Australia Sam Masters[4]

References

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  1. ^ Speedway Champions - Regional Championships
  2. ^ "Three former champions in Scottish Open field". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ "FIXTURES & RESULTS 2020". British Speedway. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "FAREWELL TO ARMADALE SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP". British Speedway. Retrieved 27 November 2022.