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1960 Provincial Speedway League

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Provincial League
competitors	10
league above	1960 National League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Rayleigh Rockets
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Bristol Bulldogs
domesticcup3	Individual
domesticcup3 winners	Trevor Redmond
highestaverage	Reg Reeves
prevseason	1959
nextseason	1961

The 1960 Provincial Speedway League was the first season of the Provincial League, ten motorcycle speedway teams took part.

Teams

The ten teams that made up the re-incarnated Provincial League were mainly teams that had not experienced league racing for several years. Eight teams were Sheffield Tigers (who had been without league speedway since 1951), Cradley Heath Heathens (1952), Stoke Potters & Liverpool Pirates (1953), Bristol Bulldogs and Edinburgh Monarchs (1954), Bradford Panthers (formerly Odsal) & Rayleigh Rockets (1957). The remaining two teams were Poole Pirates, who joined from the National League and Yarmouth Bloaters, who joined the league after moving up from the Southern Area League. The Southern Area League was disbanded leaving three teams Eastbourne Eagles, Aldershot Shots and Rye House Rockets without a league, so they ran a series of challenge matches throughout 1960.

Summary

The league was dominated by Rayleigh, Poole and Bristol. Rayleigh and Poole finished on the same points, but Rayleigh triumphed with a superior number of race points scored. At the end of the season Liverpool and Yarmouth folded and Bristol closed after their track was sold for redevelopment.

Final table

Pos	Team	M	W	D	L	Pts
1	Rayleigh Rockets	18	16	0	2	32
2	Poole Pirates	18	16	0	2	32
3	Bristol Bulldogs	18	15	0	3	30
4	Sheffield Tigers	18	9	0	9	18
5	Stoke Potters	18	8	1	9	17
6	Cradley Heath Heathens	18	8	0	10	16
7	Yarmouth Bloaters	18	7	0	11	14
8	Edinburgh Monarchs	18	5	1	12	11
9	Liverpool Pirates	18	4	0	14	8
10	Bradford Panthers	18	1	0	17	2

M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

Fixtures & results

+Poole awarded points

Top five averages (league only)

Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Reg Reeves	ENG	Rayleigh
2	Trevor Redmond	NZL	Bristol
3	Harry Bastable	ENG	Cradley Heath
4	Tony Lewis	ENG	Poole
5	Alan Smith	ENG	Rayleigh

Provincial League Knockout Cup

The 1960 Provincial League Knockout Cup was the first edition of the Knockout Cup for the Provincial League teams. Bristol Bulldogs were the winners.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
30/05	Liverpool	47–49	Cradley Heath
09/07	Edinburgh	59–37	Sheffield

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/06	Bradford	35–61	Bristol
02/07	Stoke	60–35	Cradley Heath
16/07	Edinburgh	54–41	Yarmouth
03/08	Poole	47–49	Rayleigh

Semifinals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
27/08	Edinburgh	38–58	Bristol
02/09	Rayleigh	52–43	Stoke

Final

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
07/09	Rayleigh	52–41	Bristol
23/09	Bristol	59–37	Rayleigh

Riders' Championship

Trevor Redmond won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Dudley Wood Stadium on 24 September.

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Riders & final averages

Bradford

6.90
6.57
(Jack Thorp) 5.46
4.48
4.15
3.08
1.64

Bristol

10.92
10.00
7.83
7.79
7.20
6.83
6.24
5.87
5.29

Cradley Heath

10.59
8.06
6.59
6.04
5.55
5.28
3.52
2.00

Edinburgh

8.16
8.00
7.13
6.76
4.34
4.30
3.62
3.55

Liverpool

10.00
8.15
7.40
5.30
4.93
3.52
3.26
2.57
2.09

Poole

10.43
9.93
9.40
7.72
7.52
7.93
6.00
5.25
2.75

Rayleigh

11.29
10.41
9.24
8.94
7.58
5.85
5.37
4.50
4.00

Sheffield

9.60
9.20
8.55
6.26
5.19
4.13
2.86
2.32
1.43

Stoke

11.00
9.12
7.62
7.57
6.06
5.73
5.29
4.53
3.38
3.09

Yarmouth

9.78
8.24
8.00
5.53
5.77
4.59
3.48

References

(7 February 1960). "Speedway thrills return". Birmingham Weekly Mercury.
(2008). "Championship History". Poole Speedway.
"Year by Year".
Rogers, Martin. (1978). "The Illustrated History of Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)".
(19 February 1960). "Bristol Bulldogs hope to have full speedway season".
"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"1960 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"1960 Provincial League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
(26 September 1960). "Bulldog Redmond is leagues's top rider". Bristol Evening Post.

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