High Beech Speedway Explained

Clubname:High Beech
Track:High Beach
Loughton
Epping Forest District
Essex
Founded:1928
Closed:1931
League:Southern League

High Beech Speedway, also known as Kings Oak Speedway (because of its location by the Kings Oaks Hotel), is a defunct British motorcycle speedway team that operated between 1928 and 1931 and was based at High Beach, Loughton, Epping Forest District, Essex, England.[1]

History

High Beech competed in the 1930 Speedway Southern League, finishing 11th.[1] [2] The club returned the following season and finished sixth in the 1931 Speedway Southern League.[3] [4]

It was inevitable that without a stadium as such, the club would not be able to compete with the bigger teams, and they duly folded after the 1930 season.[1] The venue is famous within the speedway world due to the fact that it held the first known speedway meeting (an oval cinder circuit) in Britain on February 19, 1928.[5]

Notable riders

Season summary

width=350Year and leaguewidth=50Positionwidth=350Notes
11th
6th

Notes and References

  1. Web site: High Beech Speedway. Defunct Speedway. 15 August 2021.
  2. Web site: BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939). Official British Speedway website. 15 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Year by Year. Speedway Researcher. 15 August 2021.
  4. News: On the speedway . Daily Mirror . 24 May 1930 . 15 August 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  5. Web site: King's Oak speedway. Retro Speedway. 15 August 2021.