Bradford Tudors

Bradford Tudors

The Bradford Tudors were a motorcycle speedway team based at Odsal in Bradford from 1950 to 1958. [Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). "Homes of British Speedway". ISBN 0-7524-2210-3]

History

At the end of July 1950 the Bradford Tudors replaced the Odsal Boomerangs. At the time it was said that the name change was due to the riders hating the Boomerang nickname, or maybe they believed that a change of name would herald a change of fortune.Fact|date=October 2008 The Tudors of 1951 repeated the feat of the Boomerangs of 1948 and finished bottom of the National League.

One bright spot was Arthur Forrest, a local rider who was the product of the Monday night training school, finished third in the 1956 world final. With the decreasing attendances it was not a surprise that at the end of the 1956 season that it was announced that league racing would not be staged at Odsal in 1957.

In 1957 former riders Oliver Hart, Ron Clarke and Ron Mason took over as promoters and staged a number of open meetings and when in August, the Birmingham Brummies withdrew from the National League as a result of internal speedway politics, Clarke and Mason took over their remaining fixtures riding as the Bradford Tudors.

Notable riders

*Ron Clarke
*Oliver Hart
*Jack Biggs
*Eddie Rigg
*Dent Oliver
*Arthur Forrest
*Arthur Wright
*Jack Hughes
*Al Allison
*Guy Allott
*Nigel Boocock

References


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