{{Short description|British motorcycle speedway competition}} {{Use British English|date=October 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sports league | image = File:Terry Betts.jpg | pixels = 150px | caption = Terry Betts, twice winner | sport = [[motorcycle speedway]] | founded = 1958 | fame = | motto = | competitors = | country = United Kingdom | champion = | folded = 1992 | website = | formerly = | replaced = | divisions = }}
The '''Southern Riders' Championship''' was an individual [[motorcycle speedway]] competition inaugurated in 1958 for top riders of teams from the South of Great Britain and staged intermittently until 1992.<ref>{{cite web | title = Southern Riders Championship | url = http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/southern-riders-championship.html|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html |title=Year by Year |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>
==Past winners== {| class="wikitable" |- align=center |width=40px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Year''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P1}}|'''Winner''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Team''' |width=200px {{Speedway color|P2}}|'''Venue''' |width=20px |'''Ref''' |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1958 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|NZL}}) [[Barry Briggs]] | [[Wimbledon Dons]] | [[Wimbledon Stadium]] | |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1959 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Ron How]] | [[Wimbledon Dons]] | [[Poole Stadium]] |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1960 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|SWE}}) [[Ove Fundin]] | [[Norwich Stars]] | [[New Cross Stadium]] | |- align=left | align=center colspan=5|1961 Not staged |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1962* | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|AUS}}) [[Geoff Mudge]] | [[Poole Pirates]] | [[County Ground Stadium]] | |- align=left | align=center colspan=5|1963 Not staged |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1964* | {{Speedway color|p1}}| ({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Tommy Sweetman]] | [[Wolverhampton Wolves]] | [[Monmore Green Stadium]] | |- align=left | | align=center colspan=4|1965-1968 Not staged |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1969 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Colin Pratt]] | [[Hackney Hawks]] | [[King's Lynn Stadium]] | |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1970 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Terry Betts]] | [[King's Lynn Stars]] | Wimbledon Stadium | |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1971 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Terry Betts]] | [[King's Lynn Stars]] | Wimbledon Stadium | |- align=left | align=center colspan=5|1972-1974 Not staged |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1975 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|SWE}}) [[Tommy Jansson]] | [[Wimbledon Dons]] | Wimbledon Stadium | |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1976 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]] | [[Ipswich Witches]] | [[Reading Stadium]] | |- align=left | | align=center colspan=4|1977-1983 Not staged |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1984 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Jamie Luckhurst]] | [[Canterbury Crusaders]] | [[Arena Essex Raceway]] |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1984record.pdf |title=1984 results |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1985 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Jamie Luckhurst]] | [[Wimbledon Dons]] | [[Arena Essex Raceway]] |<ref>{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Daily Mirror |date=27 September 1985 |access-date=27 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19850927/194/0031 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1986 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Martin Dugard (speedway rider)|Martn Dugard]] | [[Eastbourne Eagles]] | [[Wimborne Road]] |<ref>{{cite news |title=Mullett sixth in Southern event |work=Kentish Gazette |date=29 August 1986 |access-date=27 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005421/19860829/412/0036 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1987 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Andy Buck]] | [[Eastbourne Eagles]] | [[Wimborne Road]] |<ref>{{cite news |title=Double dose of bad luck |work=Western Gazette |date=4 September 1987 |access-date=27 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003609/19870904/039/0039 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1988 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Andy Galvin]] | [[Hackney Kestrels]] | [[Hackney Wick Stadium]] |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1988fixtures.pdf |title=1988 fixtures |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1989 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Andy Galvin]] | [[Hackney Kestrels]] | [[Hackney Wick Stadium]] |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1989fixtures.pdf |title=1989 fixtures |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1990 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|ENG}}) [[Steve Schofield (speedway rider)|Steve Schofield]] | [[Hackney Kestrels]] | [[Hackney Wick Stadium]] |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1990fixtures.pdf |title=1990 fixtures |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> |- align=left | align=center {{Speedway color|2}}|1991 | {{Speedway color|p1}}|({{flagicon|DEN}}) [[Brian Karger]] | [[Arena Essex Hammers]] | [[Rye House Stadium]] |<ref>{{cite news |title=Speedway results|work=Newcastle Journal |date=7 October 1991 |access-date=27 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19911007/231/0019 | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |}
<small>''* 1962 and 1964 - Provincial League Southern Riders Championship''</small>
==See also== * [[List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' champions]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Speedway in the United Kingdom}} {{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons}}
[[Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom]]