Northern League Riders Championship

A Northern Championship was held at Belle Vue during the war years. In 1946 Bristol was the unusual venue before returning north to Wigan then was based at Bradford for two years before Sheffield hosted the event for the first time in 1960 where it became an annual comet it ion on the Sheffield calendar. In 1964 Newcastle hosted the event and Halifax in 1984. The most successful rider is Ivan Mauger won the competition six times.

Champion Club Venue 1940 Bill Kitchen Belle Vue 1941 Oliver Hart Belle Vue 1942 Eric Chitty Belle Vue 1943 Norman Parker Belle Vue 1944 Norman Parker Belle Vue 1945 Alec Statham Belle Vue 1946 Bill Longley Odsal Bristol 1947 Doug McLachlan Newcastle Diamonds Wigan 1953 meeting abandoned after heat 10 Bradford 1957 Ove Fundin Norwich Bradford 1960 Tony Robinson Sheffield Tigers Sheffield 1961 Tony Robinson Sheffield Tigers Sheffield 1962-1963 no competition 1964 Ivan Mauger  Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds 1965-1966 no competition 1967 Ivan Mauger  Newcastle Diamonds Sheffield 1968 Ivan Mauger  Newcastle Diamonds Sheffield 1969 Ivan Mauger  Belle Vue Aces Sheffield 1970 Eric Boocock  Halifax Dukes Sheffield 1972 Ivan Mauger  Belle Vue Aces Sheffield 1974 Peter Collins  Belle Vue Aces Sheffield 1975 Peter Collins  Belle Vue Aces Sheffield 1976 Doug Wyer  Sheffield Tigers Sheffield 1980 Ivan Mauger  Hull Vikings Sheffield 1981 Kenny Carter  Halifax Dukes Sheffield 1982 Shawn Moran Sheffield Sheffield 1983 Chris Morton  Belle Vue Aces Sheffield 1984 Peter Collins Belle Vue Aces Halifax 1985 Shawn Moran Sheffield Sheffield 1986 no competition 1987 Chris Morton  Belle Vue Aces Sheffield 1988-1991 no competition 1992 Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton Sheffield 1993 Chris Morton  Sheffield Tigers Sheffield 1995 Gary Havelock  Bradford Dukes Sheffield 1996 Sam Ermolenko Sheffield Sheffield 1997 Joe Screen Bradford Dukes Sheffield 1998 Brent Werner Newcastle Diamonds Sheffield 1999 – 2000 no competition 2001 Carl Stonehewer Workington Sheffield 2002 no competition 2003 Sean Wilson  Sheffield Tigers 2004 Simon Stead  Sheffield Tigers Sheffield 2005 Sean Wilson  Sheffield Tigers Sheffield 2006 – 2009 no competition 2010 Ricky Ashworth Sheffield Tigers Sheffield