Brian Havelock

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Brian Havelock
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Born (1942-05-09) 9 May 1942 (age 83)
Yarm, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1972 Teesside Teessiders
1973, 1974 Berwick Bandits
1973–1974 Sunderland Stars/Gladiators
1975–1976 Newcastle Diamonds
1975–1976 Hull Vikings
1976–1979 Workington Comets
1976 Exeter Falcons
1980–81, 1983 Middlesbrough Tigers
1982 Stoke Potters
Team honours
1975 National League Pairs Winner
1981 National League Champion

Robert Brian Havelock (born 9 May 1942 in Yarm, Yorkshire [1] ) is a former motorcycle speedway rider and is the former promoter of the Redcar Bears. [2] [3]

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Career

Havelock began his British leagues career with Teesside Teessiders in 1972 before joining Berwick Bandits, where he raced for two seasons form 1973 to 1974. [4]

Havelock won the National League Pairs, partnering Tom Owen for the Newcastle Diamonds [5] during the 1975 New National League season. [6] He opened his own training school at Workington. [7]

After his riding career, he managed the Newcastle Diamonds. [8]

Family

His son Gary Havelock was the 1992 World Champion.

After Speedway

Since retiring, worked as a Heating Engineer. Married to Marjorie, they have two children, Lisa and Gary. Enjoys competition fishing.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN   0-904584-04-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Oakes, P. (2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN   0-948882-81-6
  3. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Berwick Bandits speedway team picture feature" . Berwick Advertiser. 5 April 1973. Retrieved 23 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ Lawson, K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN   978-0-244-72538-9
  6. ↑ "1975 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Speedway" . Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 28 February 1975. Retrieved 23 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Max back with Diamonds" . Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 12 February 1994. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.


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