Great Britain national speedway team

Infobox Speedway national team
clubname = Great Britain


manager = Jim Lynch
captain = Scott Nicholls
colour = Blue
swcwins = 9
squad1 = Scott Nicholls "(c)"
squad2 = Lee Richardson
squad3 = Chris Harris
squad4 = Tai Woffinden
squad5 = Edward Kennett

The Great Britain national speedway team (also known as Team GB) are one of the major teams in international speedway. They are managed by Jim Lynch, who was appointed team manager by the BSPA in March 2008 on a one year contract after former manager Neil Middleditch resigned from the job after 7 years in charge in February 2008. [ cite web | title = Lynch and Loram in GB Roles | publisher = BSPA | date = 19th March 2008 | url =http://www.british-speedway.co.uk/news.php?extend.1355.1 | accessdate = 2008-04-04 ] The current captain is Scott Nicholls.

Speedway World Cup

The England national speedway team has won the Speedway World Team Cup on five occasions with the Great Britain side winning four times. They were a major force in the 1970s, winning 5 tournaments in a row, 3 as England and 2 as Great Britain. Key riding members of the title wins include Peter Collins (5 wins), Malcolm Simmons (4 wins), New Zealand-born Ivan Mauger, Dave Jessup and Ray Wilson (all 3 wins). The cup has eluded them since 1989, although they came mighty close in 2000, missing out when Mark Loram fell in a race-off, and 2004 where a team of Mark Loram, Lee Richardson, Gary Havelock, David Norris and Scott Nicholls missed out by 1 point. Both narrow defeats were at the hands of Sweden and both in somewhat controversial fashion.

Wins as Great Britain

Titles

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before = flagicon|SWE Sweden
title = World Champions
years = 1968 (1st title)
after = flagicon|POL Polandsuccession box
before = flagicon|SWE Sweden
title = World Champions
years = 1971 (2nd title)
1972 (3rd title)
1973 (4th title)
1974 (5th title)
1975 (6th title)
after = flagicon|AUS Australiasuccession box
before = flagicon|AUS Australia
title = World Champions
years = 1977 (7th title)
after = flagicon|DEN Denmarksuccession box
before = flagicon|NZL New Zealand
title = World Champions
years = 1980 (8th title)
after = flagicon|DEN Denmarksuccession box
before = flagicon|DEN Denmark
title = World Champions
years = 1989 (9th title)
after = flagicon|USA USA

Famous British riders

*flagicon|ENG Eric Boocock
*flagicon|ENG Nigel Boocock
*flagicon|NZL Barry Briggs
*flagicon|ENG Les Collins
*flagicon|ENG Peter Collins
*flagicon|ENG Phil Collins
*flagicon|ENG Peter Craven
*flagicon|ENG Chris Harris
*flagicon|ENG Gary Havelock
*flagicon|ENG Dave Jessup
*flagicon|ENG Eric Langton
*flagicon|ENG Michael Lee
*flagicon|ENG Mark Loram
*flagicon|ENG Chris Louis
*flagicon|ENG John Louis
*flagicon|NZL Ivan Mauger
*flagicon|SCO Ken McKinlay
*flagicon|NZL Ronnie Moore
*flagicon|ENG Chris Morton
*flagicon|ENG Scott Nicholls
*flagicon|ENG Tommy Price
*flagicon|ENG Lee Richardson
*flagicon|ENG Joe Screen
*flagicon|ENG Malcolm Simmons
*flagicon|ENG Kelvin Tatum
*flagicon|ENG Simon Wigg
*flagicon|ENG Ray Wilson

References

External links

* [http://www.british-speedway.co.uk BSPA Website]