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The British Speedway Under-21 Championship (also known as the British Junior Speedway Championship) is an annual speedway competition open to riders of British nationality aged at least fifteen on the date of the first meeting, and under twenty-one on 1 January in the year of the competition.
The sport of speedway in the United Kingdom has changed little since the first meetings in the 1920s. It has three domestic leagues, its own Speedway Grand Prix, and an annual entry into the Speedway World Cup / Speedway of Nations. Riders from a Hull Vikings vs. Isle of Wight Islanders British Premier League meeting in 2005
Inaugurated in 1961 as a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship it was open to riders from Britain and the British dominions. [3] It was initially dominated by riders from New Zealand such as Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger because of the British Final forming part of the World Speedway championship qualifying rounds. [4]
In 2020, Bewley won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship and became a member of the British Speedway team. [4] In 2021, he finished runner-up again in the 2021 British Speedway Championship. [6] [7] In 2021, he became a world champion after Great Britain secured the 2021 Speedway of Nations (the world team title). [8]
Hagon started racing in the British leagues during the 2021 National Development League speedway season for Mildenhall Fen Tigers and won the league title with the Suffolk-based team. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The following season he switched to the Oxford Chargers and completed a solid season, averaging 6.35.
In 1994, he became British under 21 champion and in 2000 he finished in second place at the British Speedway Championship. Hurry was selected to represent the Great Britain national speedway team at the 2001 Speedway World Cup Race-off, but the team failed to reach the final. After spells with various British clubs, Hurry returned to Arena ...
Muts came to prominence after reaching the final of the Speedway Under-21 World Championship in 1977. [5] Muts made his British leagues debut in 1977, when he joined Wimbledon Dons for the 1977 British League season. [6] In 1978, he continued to ride for Wimbledon and improved his average considerably.
British League Champion Stephen John Weatherley (born 26 November 1957 in Dartford ) [ 1 ] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England, [ 2 ] who was twice runner-up in the British Speedway Under 21 Championship .