Trevor Redmond

Infobox Speedway rider


ridername= Trevor Redmond
nationality = flagicon|New Zealand New Zealand
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1927|6|16
cityofbirth = Christchurch
countryofbirth = New Zealand
retired = Retired
career = Aldershot Shots
Wembley Lions
Swindon Robins
Bristol Bulldogs
Wolverhampton Wolves
St Austell Gulls
Glasgow Tigers
years = 1950-1951
1952-1956
1959
1960
1961
1963
1964-1965
indivhonour = None
indivyear =
teamhonour = National League Champions
National Trophy Winner
teamyear = 1952, 1953
1954

Trevor Redmond (born 16 June 1927 in Christchurch, New Zealand)Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2003) "Bristol Bulldogs: 50 Greats", Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2865-9] is a former speedway rider who mainly rode for the Aldershot Shots, the Wembley Lions. Redmond was also opened a speedway track in Neath, Wales in 1962.

Career

Rider

Redmond started his UK career when he won a team place with the newly formed Aldershot Shots in 1950. He was successful enough to attract the Wembley Lions to sign him in 1952, where he remained until their closure in 1956. Whilst with the Lions, Redmond qualified for two World Championship finals.

A season in non-league speedway followed in 1957 but in 1958 he did not ride at all, instead he opened a track in Cornwall at St Austell. He returned to racing for a spell with the Swindon Robins and moved onto the Bristol Bulldogs in 1960. The Bristol track closed at the end of that season and in 1961 Redmond had a brief spell with the Wolverhampton Wolves.

Promoter

In 1958 Redmond promoted at St Austell, on an open licence. and in 1961 he also promoted open meetings in Dublin (Shelbourne). In 1962 he opened a track in Neath, Wales. The team was named the Neath Dragons and operated in the Speedway Provincial League. The team finished in second place, which was considered a remarkable achievement by the speedway press.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2003) "Bristol Bulldogs: 50 Greats", Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2865-9] Neath folded at the start of the 1963 season, so Redmond took the St Austell Gulls into the Provincial League but also made a riding comeback as well as promoting. In 1964 he continued to both ride and promote, but this time with the Glasgow Tigers, which he reopened and operated from the White City Stadium. He stopped finally riding in 1964, but continued to promote the club until the start of the 1967 season. In 1970, Redmond was influential in the reopening of speedway at Wembley Stadium, with the return of the Wembley Lions.

World Final Appearances

* 1952 - Flag|GBR Wembley - Res - Did not ride
* 1954 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 13th - 5pts [Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). "A History of the World Speedway Championship". Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5]

References