Charlie Monk

Charlie Monk

Born	(1940-02-05) 5 February 1940 (age 83) Adelaide, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Career history
1962	Neath Welsh Dragons
1963	Long Eaton Archers
1964-1967, 1969-1972	Glasgow Tigers
1968	Sheffield Tigers
1973-1976	Halifax Dukes
1977	Edinburgh Monarchs
1978	Barrow Furness Flyers
Individual honours
1965	Internationale
Team honours
1965	Speedway World Team Cup bronze medal

Warren Edric Monk (born 5 February 1940) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. ^[1] He earned 26 international caps for the Australia national speedway team and 15 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team. ^[2]

Speedway career

Monk won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup when he represented Great Britain (during the time period when Oceania riders were allowed to represent Britain). ^{[3] [4]} Also in 1965 he won the prestigious Wimbledon Internationale. ^[5]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding primarily for Glasgow Tigers. ^[6] He was a four times British/Commonwealth finalist and also represented Scotland in test matches. ^{[1] [7]}

World final appearances

World Team Cup

• 1965 - Kempten* (with Barry Briggs / Nigel Boocock / Ken McKinlay / Jimmy Gooch) - 3rd - 18pts (1)

*Note: Monk rode for Great Britain in the World Team Cup

References

1. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
2. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
3. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
4. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
5. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN   0-904584-45-3.
6. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
7. "The 1965 British Final". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 12 July 2021.