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Alan Jay

Alan Jay

British motorcycle speedway rider

Alan Wilfred Lawrence Jay (born 18 January 1941) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team.[1]

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Biography

Jay, born in Oxford, began his British leagues career riding for Sheffield Tigers during the 1961 Provincial Speedway League.[2] He remained with Sheffield for seven years and followed the club's move to the British League during that time.[3]

In 1968, he was loaned to Halifax Dukes[4] before joining Newcastle Diamonds later that season.[5]

The following season in 1969, he signed for Halifax and would spend four more seasons with them, improving his average to 7.16 in 1969.[6] In 193, he joined Coventry Bees, where he remained until his retirement after the 1975 season.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    "1961 season results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Gavros out for two and a half months". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 March 1968. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    "Swindon will not appeal". Bristol Evening Post. 6 July 1968. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. [6]
    "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Alan Jay". WWOS backup. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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