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Revision as of 22:39, 10 March 2012
| Wimbledon Dons | |
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| Club information | |
| Track address | Wimbledon Stadium Plough Lane Wimbledon London |
| Country | England |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Closed | 2005 |
| Website | Official Website |
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| Colours | Yellow Star on Red |
| Track size | 355 yards |
The Wimbledon Dons were a professional motorcycle speedway team who operated from the Wimbledon Stadium, Plough Lane in London.[1][2]
The track opened in 1928 and the Dons operated there from 1929 until 1991. They were closed during the Second World War but upon their re-opening in 1946 there were 42,000 people in attendance with an estimated 10,000 more locked outside. The club were very successful at the highest level of British speedway during the 1950s and 1960s, and attracted numerous famous riders.
Having been defunct for eleven years, the team were reopened again in 2002 by Steve Ribbons & David Croucher in the Conference League[3] but were forced to close in 2005, with Ian Perkin, Dingle Brown & Perry Attwood being joint owners of the club, when the stadium owners insisted on dramatically increasing the rent paid by the team to the stadium.[4]
Honours
National League
Champions: 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
National Trophy
Winners: 1938, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962
London Cup
Winners: 1938, 1939, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985
RAC Cup
Winners: 1954
Britannia Shield
Winner: 1959
KO Cup
Winners: 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970
Spring Gold Cup
Winners: 1979
Conference Pairs Champions
Winners: 2004, 2005
Notable Wimbledon Riders
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References
- ^ Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). Homes of British Speedway. ISBN 0-7524-2210-3
- ^ Jacobs, N. Speedway in London, ISBN 0-7524-2221-9
- ^ Findon, Ben (2002-05-01). "Speedway: Rebirth of glory club". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- ^ .
Oakes, P (2006). Speedway Star Almanac. Pinegen Ltd. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0.
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