Roy Trigg

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Roy Trigg
Born (1943-04-29) 29 April 1943 (age 81)
Morden, Surrey, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1961 New Cross Rangers
1961–1964 Wimbledon Dons
1962 Poole Pirates
1964–1966 Hackney Hawks
1967 Oxford Cheetahs
1968–1972 Cradley Heathens
1973–1974 Newport
Individual honours
1966, 1969, 1970 Victorian State Champion (Aust)
Team honours
1962 Provincial League Champion
1962Provincial Southern League Champion
1974Spring Gold Cup Winner

Roy Richard Trigg (born 29 April 1943, in Morden, Surrey) [1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned 31 international caps for the England national speedway team and five caps for the Great Britain team. [2]

Career

He was noticed as a teenager by the Wimbledon Dons management who signed him up but immediately loaned him out to lower league Poole Pirates. In 1963 he was recalled by his parent team Wimbledon Dons. [3] In 1964 the new Hackney Hawks promoter Len Silver signed him on a full transfer. He stayed with the Hawks for two seasons [4] but was forced out of the team when Bengt Jansson was signed.

After leaving the Hackney he spent a season with the Oxford Cheetahs before moving on to Cradley Heath [5] where he spent the next five seasons. It was with Cradley he was threatened with a gun by Garry Middleton. Garry tried to forcefully dive under Roy but Roy saw him and slowed down, leaving Middleton to shoot straight past him into the safety fence. Middleton then went into the pits into his toolbox and pulled out a handgun. He had to be dragged from the pits to avoid further trouble. [1]

After being called into the England team during July 1968 as a late replacement, Trigg played a pivotal part in the win against the Soviet Union. [6]

In 1970, he finished third in the British Speedway Championship final. For the last two seasons of his career Roy rode with Newport.

After he finished his British career he emigrated to New Zealand. Trigg rode as a New Zealander in the inaugural Australasian Final in 1976. He finished in 15th place with two points.

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References

  1. 1 2 Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN   0-7524-2737-7
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Team changes" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 26 March 1963. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Foster, P. (2002) Heathens: Cradley Heath Speedway 1947-1976, The History Press Ltd. ISBN   0-7524-2704-0
  6. ↑ "Vital win by Roy Trigg" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 4 July 1968. Retrieved 10 October 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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