Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)

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Bobby Beaton
Born14 May 1952 (1952-05-14) (age 71)
Blantyre, Scotland
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Career history
1968–1972, 1986–1988 Glasgow Tigers
1973 Coatbridge Tigers
1974-1981 Hull Vikings
1982–1984 Newcastle Diamonds
1982-1983 Belle Vue Aces
1984-1985 Edinburgh Monarchs
Individual honours
1980 British Championship finalist
Team honours
1979Inter-League Four Team Tournament
1982, 1983 National League Champion
1982 National League KO Cup Winner
1982, 1983National League Supernational Playoff Winner
1982, 1983 National League Four Team Champion

John Robert Thompson Beaton (born 14 May 1952) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Scotland. [1] [2]

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Speedway career

Beaton rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1968 to 1985, riding for various clubs. [3] [4] He reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1980. [1] [5]

In 1982, he helped the Newcastle Diamonds win the Fours Championship during the 1982 National League season and he repeated the success the following year during the 1983 National League season. [6] [7]

At retirement he had earned 15 international caps for Scotland national speedway team and 1 cap for the Great Britain national speedway team. [3]

Family

His younger brother Jim Beaton was a speedway rider and his older brother George Beaton was a junior rider before he was killed in a car crash in 1972. His father Jimmy Beaton Sr. was a promoter at Glasgow Tigers. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Beaton Brothers". Blantyre project. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Heartbreak puncture robs Tigers of national Fours title" . Cambridge Daily News. 26 July 1982. Retrieved 10 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Tigers miss out again in dramatic finish" . Cambridge Daily News. 25 July 1983. Retrieved 10 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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