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Many thanks to BL65 for putting together this list of British tracks Ronnie appeared at, along with dates on which he paid his first visit.

 

If there are any others that need to be added (perhaps Division Two venues where he may have appeared in unofficial match-races or open events, etc), then plse let us know.

 

Cheers.

 

Ronnie Moore – First Appearances at British Tracks

 

Aldershot

21 July 1951

Match Races v Trevor Redmond and Geoff Mardon

Belle Vue

15 April 1950

Belle Vue v WIMBLEDON (Spring Cup)

Birmingham

2 June 1951

Birmingham v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)

Bradford Odsal

17 June 1950

Bradford v WIMBLEDON (National League Division ))

Bristol

21 April 1950

Bristol v WIMBLEDON (Spring Cup)

Coatbridge

17 May 1969

World Championship Qualifying Round (Individual)

Coventry

26 September 1950

Brandonapolis (Individual)

Cradley Heath

21 April 1951

Midlands v KANGAROOS IChallenge)

Edinburgh

18 August 1951

Match Races v Jack Young

Exeter

21 April 1969

Exeter v WIMBLEDON (British League)

Glasgow White City

4 July 1951

Scots v KIWIS (Challenge)

Glasgow Hampden Park

3 July 1970

GREAT BRITAIN v Sweden (International)

Hackney

4 July 1969

Hackney v WIMBLEDON (British League Division 1)

Halifax

26 April 1969

The Dews Trophy (Individual)

Harringay

26 May 1950

Harringay v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)

Hull

7 August 1974

Hull v COVENTRY (British League Division 1)

Ipswich

3 May 1956

Golden Helmet Match Races v Peter Craven

King’s Lynn

10 May 1969

King’s Lynn v WIMBLEDON (British League Division 1)

Leicester

12 October 1951

Leicester v WIMBLEDON (Challenge)

Motherwell

21 May 1954

Motherwell v WIMBLEDON (Challenge)

New Cross

12 April 1950

New Cross v WIMBLEDON (Spring Cup)

Newcastle

14 July 1969

Newcastle v WIMBLEDON (British League Division 1)

Newport

23 May 1969

World Championship Qualifying Round (Individual)

Norwich

31 May 1952

Norwich v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)

Oxford

21 June 1951

Match Races v Ernie Rawlins

Plymouth

3 October 1952

Southern Stars v NEW ZEALAND (Challenge)

Poole

16 June 1953

Scratch Races

Rayleigh

2 July 1955

Rayleigh v WIMBLEDON (Challenge)

Reading

29 March 1971

Reading v WIMBLEDON (Metropolitan Gold Cup)

St Austell

9 October 1951

Scratch Races

Sheffield

8 October 1969

Sheffield v WIMBLEDON (Division 1 KO Cup Final 1st Leg)

Southampton

18 August 1953

Southampton v Oxford v WIMBLEDON (2nd Half Challenge)

Stoke

1 August 1953

Stoke v WIMBLEDON (National Trophy)

Swindon

2 October 1954

Swindon v WIMBLEDON (Challenge)

Wembley

18 May 1950

Wembley v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)

West Ham

27 June 1950

West Ham v WIMBLEDON (National League Division 1)

White City London

25 May 1954

Match Races v Cyril Roger and Freddie Williams

Wigan

20 June 1952

Wigan v NEW ZEALAND (Challenge)

Wimbledon

27 March 1950

Junior Scratch Races

Wolverhampton

26 September 1969

Pride of the Midlands Trophy (Individual)

Yarmouth

18 August 1951

Match Races v Jack Young

 

 

 

 

 

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The White City appearance is tenuous. If it was anything like the 1953 event, they raced on Vespa scooters over 2 laps of the athletics track!

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Update to the original list . . . Ronnie Moore's first appearance at Rye House was on Sunday August 28, 1960, the opening of the 'new' track.

He appeared in a series of match-races v Mike Broadbank before watching the Ronnie Moore All Star Trophy, which was won by Tommy Sweetman (whose son, Chris, confirmed these details):


Champions’ Match Race
Ht1 Mike Broadbanks bt Ronnie Moore 70.4*

Ht2 Ronnie Moore bt Mike Broadbanks 73.0
Ht3 Ronnie Moore bt Mike Broadbanks 73.2

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