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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