High Beech Speedway
| High Beech | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Club information | |
| Track address | High Beach Loughton Epping Forest District Essex |
| Country | England |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Closed | 1931 |
| League | Southern League |
High Beech Speedway, also known as Kings Oak Speedway (because of its location by the Kings Oaks Hotel), is a defunct British motorcycle speedway team that operated between 1928 and 1931 and was based at High Beach, Loughton, Epping Forest District, Essex, England.[1]
History
High Beech competed in the 1930 Speedway Southern League, finishing 11th.[1][2] The club returned the following season and finished sixth in the 1931 Speedway Southern League.[3][4]
It was inevitable that without a stadium as such, the club would not be able to compete with the bigger teams, and they duly folded after the 1930 season.[1] The venue is famous within the speedway world due to the fact that it held the first known speedway meeting (an oval cinder circuit) in Britain on 19 February 1928.[5][6]
Notable riders
Season summary
| Year and league | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 Speedway Southern League | 11th | |
| 1931 Speedway Southern League | 6th |
References
- ^ a b c "High Beech Speedway". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "On the speedway". Daily Mirror. 24 May 1930. Retrieved 15 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "King's Oak speedway". Retro Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "England's First Sight of Australia's Big Sport". Daily Mirror. 20 February 1928. Retrieved 12 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.