The Northern Riders' Championship was an individual Motorcycle speedway competition inaugurated in 1938 and revived in 1960 for top riders of teams from the North of Great Britain.
Past winners YearWinnerTeamVenueRef1938Tommy Croombs () West Ham Hammers Hyde Road, Belle Vue1939 Not staged1940Bill Kitchen () Belle Vue Aces Hyde Road, Belle Vue1941Oliver Hart () Belle Vue Aces Hyde Road, Belle Vue1942Eric Chitty () West Ham Hammers Hyde Road, Belle Vue1943Norman Parker () Harringay Tigers Hyde Road, Belle Vue1944Norman Parker () Harringay Tigers Hyde Road, Belle Vue1945Alec Statham () Harringay Tigers Hyde Road, Belle Vue1946Bill Longley () Odsal Boomerangs Knowle Stadium, Bristol1947-1959 Not staged1960Tony Robinson () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1961Tony Robinson () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1962-1963 Not staged1964Ivan Mauger () Newcastle Diamonds Brough Park, Newcastle1965-1966 Not staged1967Ivan Mauger () Newcastle Diamonds Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1968Ivan Mauger () Newcastle Diamonds Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1969Ivan Mauger () Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1970Eric Boocock () Halifax Dukes Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1971Jim Airey () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1972Ivan Mauger () Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1973Bob Valentine () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1974Peter Collins () Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1975Peter Collins () Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1976Doug Wyer () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1977Alan Wilkinson () Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1978Reg Wilson () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1979Doug Wyer () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1980Ivan Mauger () Hull Vikings Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1981Kenny Carter () Halifax Dukes Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1982Shawn Moran () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1983Chris Morton () Belle Vue Aces Hyde Road, Belle Vue1984Peter Collins () Belle Vue Aces The Shay, Halifax1985Shawn Moran () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1986Peter Carr () Sheffield Tigers Hyde Road, Belle Vue1987Chris Morton () Belle Vue Aces Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1988-1991 Not staged1992Sam Ermolenko () Wolverhampton Wolves Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1993Chris Morton () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1994Roman Matousek () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1995Gary Havelock () Bradford Dukes Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1996Sam Ermolenko () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1997Joe Screen () Bradford Dukes Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1998Brent Werner () Newcastle Diamonds Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield1999-2000 Not staged2001Carl Stonehewer () Workington Comets Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield2002 Not staged2003Sean Wilson () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield2004Simon Stead () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield2005Sean Wilson () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield2006-2009 Not staged2010Ricky Ashworth () Sheffield Tigers Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
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