Steve Regeling

Steve Regeling

Born	(1959-10-02) 2 October 1959 (age 64) Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Current club information
Career status	Retired
Career history
1980-1983	Leicester Lions
1980	Workington Comets
1981	Boston Barracudas
1984-1988	Kings Lynn Stars
1988	Ipswich Witches
1988-1991	Exeter Falcons
1992-1993	Middlesbrough Bears
Individual honours
1987	Australian Champion
1985, 1987, 1988	Queensland State Champion
Team honours
1985, 1986	Australian Best Pairs Champion

Steven Grae Regeling (born 2 October 1959) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the British League for Leicester Lions in the early 1980s and later for Kings Lynn Stars, before riding for several years in the National League for the Exeter Falcons and Middlesbrough Bears. He won the Australian Championship in 1987. ^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Regeling was born in 1959 in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. ^[3] His initial experience was in short track racing, in which his father and older brother had also competed. ^[4] He then moved into speedway in Brisbane in the late 1970s with the famous Brisbane Exhibition Ground being his home track. ^[4]

He was signed by Martin Rogers for the Leicester Lions in 1980, but suffered a broken leg at Swindon at the start of the season. ^[4] After recovering he was loaned out to the National League team Workington Comets, and impressive performances saw him recalled to ride for the Lions before the season ended. ^[4] After being loaned out to Boston Barracudas in 1981, where he averaged 8.51 from 18 matches, he became a regular rider for the Lions in the two years that followed, until the club folded. ^{[4] [5]}

He then moved on to the King's Lynn Stars in 1984 ^[6] and also represented Australia at international level. ^[7]

After finishing fourth in 1986, Regeling won the Australian championship in 1987 and finished runner-up to Phil Crump the following year. ^[8]

He later rode for the Exeter Falcons, for whom he was the number one rider for the whole of the 1990 season. ^[9] At the end of the 1991 season he requested a transfer and moved to Middlesbrough, where his success continued, averaging over 8.7 in the 1992 season with two full maximum scores. ^[3] His final season in Britain was in 1993.

Regeling represented Australia on numerous occasions in test matches at both home and abroad, and also in World Championship competitions such as the World Pairs Championship and World Team Cup.

Career record

British leagues

Year	Team	League	Matches	Rides	Points	Bonus	Total	Average
1980	Workington Comets	National	13	39	14	4	18	4.51
1980	Leicester Lions	British	6	13	11	2	13	4.00
1981	Boston Barracudas	National	42	179	341	38	379	8.47
1981	Leicester Lions	British	12	30	20	5	25	3.33
1982	Leicester Lions	British	39	147	154	33	187	5.09
1983	Leicester Lions	British	42	168	208	42	250	5.95
1984	Kings Lynn Stars	British	54	221	334	31	365	6.61
1985	Kings Lynn Stars	British	38	148	198	31	229	6.19
1986	Kings Lynn Stars	British	37	137	136	25	161	4.70
1987	Kings Lynn Stars	British	40	165	240	25	265	6.42
1988	Kings Lynn Stars	British	1	4	4	2	6	6.00
1988	Ipswich Witches	British	15	60	71	10	81	5.40
1988	Exeter Falcons	National	14	80	144	14	158	7.90
1988	Sheffield Tigers	British	3	13	16	1	17	5.23
1988	Bradford Dukes	British	1	6	7	0	7	4.67
1989	Exeter Falcons	National	42	227	514	39	553	9.74
1990	Exeter Falcons	National	34	184	458	11	469	10.20
1991	Exeter Falcons	British League Div 2	21	97	199	13	212	8.74
1992	Middlesbrough Bears	British League Div 2	22	121	269	7	276	9.12
1993	Middlesbrough Bears	British League Div 2	41	207	378	23	401	7.75

World Final Appearances

World Pairs Championship

• 1985 - Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Phil Crump) - 6th - 11pts (6)
• 1986 - Pocking, Rottalstadion (with Phil Crump) - 9th - 15pts (5)
• 1987 - Pardubice, Svítkov Stadion (with Steve Baker) - 7th - 21pts (5)

World Team Cup

Regeling was part of the Australia team in 1991. They finished second to eventual runners-up Sweden in the group stage, with Regeling top scorer for the team with 11 points.

References

1. "Individual Australian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
2. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
3. Oakes, Peter (1993) 1993 Speedway Yearbook, Front Page Books, ISBN   0-948882-16-6, p. 131-2
4. Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 176
5. Oakes, Peter (1982) 1982 Speedway Yearbook, Studio Publications, ISBN   0-86215-072-8, p. 205
6. "Internationals" . Lynn Advertiser. 6 January 1984. Retrieved 23 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. Oakes, Peter (1986) 1986 Speedway Yearbook, Sportsdata, ISBN   0-948882-05-0, p. 78-81
8. "Motorcycle Racing", The Age , 27 January 1987, p. 37, retrieved 2011-10-09
9. Oakes, Peter (1991) Speedway Yearbook 1991, Front Page Books, ISBN   0-948882-20-4, p. 137