| High Beech | |
|---|---|
| Club information | |
| Track address | High Beach Loughton Epping Forest District Essex |
| Country | England |
| 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) are a defunct British motorcycle speedway team who operated between 1928 and 1931 and were 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 word due to the fact that it held the first known speedway meeting (an oval cinder circuit) in Britain, on 19 February 1928.[5]
Notable riders
Season summary
| Year and league | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 Speedway Southern League | 11th | |
| 1931 Speedway Southern League | 6th |
References
- 1 2 3 "High Beech Speedway". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ↑ "On the speedway". Daily Mirror. 24 May 1930. Retrieved 15 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "King's Oak speedway". Retro Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2021.