Bruce Cribb

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Bruce Cribb
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Born (1946-06-27) 27 June 1946 (age 78)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Career history
1965-1969 Poole Pirates
1970-1972, 1986-1988 Exeter Falcons
1973-1978 Cradley United/Heathens
1978 Bristol Bulldogs
1979-1980, 1981 Wolverhampton Wolves
1980 Oxford Cheetahs
1981-1983 Birmingham Brummies
1982-1985 Berwick Bandits
1984 Reading Racers
Individual honours
1972 New Zealand Champion
Team honours
1979 World Team Cup
1969 British League Champion

Bruce Brian Hoani Cribb (born 27 June 1946) [1] is a former speedway rider [2] from New Zealand, who rode in the United Kingdom for several teams in a career spanning over twenty years. [3] He earned 22 international caps for the New Zealand national speedway team and 3 caps for Great Britain national speedway team. [4]

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Career

Cribb was born in Palmerston North, where he began riding, before joining the Poole Pirates in 1965. [5] In 1969 and 1970, he represented New Zealand in tests with England, and in 1971, he rode for Great Britain in matches with Poland. He won the New Zealand Championship in 1972, and was a member of the New Zealand team that won the World Team Cup in 1979. [6]

From the 1970s to 1988, he competed in ice speedway events and rode in two World ice speedway finals in 1978 and 1988. [7]

Personal life

Since retiring he had a speedway business which closed as he finally finished ice speedway, then worked in engineering (machine shop). Other work includes working as service manager in motorcycle shops, porting cylinder heads for car engine builders for road and race, then a motorcycle service repair, until retiring in 2010.

Bruce has three grown children in Sydney NSW Australia - two daughters, Justine and Danielle, a son, Krista, and three grandchildren, Chester, Scarlet and Keira. His long-term partner, Irene, died in 2015.

Bruce has written about racing in his book "Cribby Story Book" containing many anecdotes.

Speedway World Final appearances

World Team Cup

Ice World Championship

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References

  1. ↑ Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. ISBN   0-948882-00-X
  2. ↑ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN   978-0-244-72538-9
  3. ↑ "Bruce Cribb". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Boocock through" . Sunday Mirror. 8 August 1965. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Mauger's dream come true" . Manchester Evening News. 17 September 1979. Retrieved 23 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
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