1959 Southern Area League

Final season of the British motorcycle speedway Southern Area League October 2023 October 2023 Southern Area League 5 Champions Eastbourne Eagles Riders' Championship Dave Hankins Colin Gooddy 1959 National League 1957 1960 The 1959 Southern Area League was the final season of the Southern Area League as the regional second tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. With no league in 1958, a set of 6 new teams competed in 1959.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archive Summary Eastbourne Eagles were the champions, Southern Rovers withdrew after just one league meeting and were replaced by Aldershot who inherited their result. 1959 League Tables http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/docs/1959/leaguetables.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104428/http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/docs/1959/leaguetables.pdf 2015-09-24 2012-07-13 Final table Pos Team PL W D L Pts1 Eastbourne Eagles 8 5 1 2 112 Yarmouth Bloaters 8 4 1 3 93 Aldershot Shots 8 4 0 4 84 Rye House 8 3 0 5 65 Ipswich Witches 8 3 0 5 6 Southern Rovers withdrew after one meeting (at Eastbourne) - result incorporated with Aldershot. Fixtures and results main FBR grey ALD EAS IPS RYE YAR Aldershot 39–32 36–34 37–32 40–32 Eastbourne 38–34 49–23 38–3 46–26 Ipswich 36–35 55–17 35–37 25–47 Rye House 44–28 33–38 41–30 35–37 Yarmouth 49–22 36–36 32–39 44–28 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1959.html Speedway Researcher 1959 fixtures & results 28 January 2025 Leading Averages https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1959salaverages.pdf Southern Area League 1959 averages Speedway Researcher 10 June 2023 Rider Team C.M.A. 1 Colin Gooddy Eastbourne 10.76 2 Gil Goldfinch Eastbourne & Ipswich 9.46 3 Johnny Fitzpatrick Yarmouth 9.44 4Derek Timms Aldershot 9.38 5 Ivor Brown Yarmouth 9.29 Riders' Championship Dave Hankins won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Foxhall Stadium on 26 September.http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/riders/Dave%20Hankins.htm Rider Profile Dave Hankins Cradley Speedway 10 June 2023 Local riders win best pairs event Eastbourne Gazette 30 September 1959 10 June 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001928/19590930/181/0016 British Newspaper Archive subscription http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2015/01/southern-area-league-riders-championship.html Southern Area League Riders Championship Edinburgh Speedway 10 June 2023 Pos. Rider Club Pts1 Dave Hankins Ipswich & Yarmouth 152 Derek TimmsAldershot 133 Ivor Brown Yarmouth 124 Shorty Schirmer Ipswich 105 Colin Gooddy Eastbourne 10 6 John Fitzpatrick Yarmouth 97 Ronnie Rolfe Rye House 98 Ross Gilbertson Eastbourne 89 Eric HockadayAldershot 810 Gil Goldfinch Eastbourne & Ipswich 711 Ron Bagley (res)Ipswich 412 Clive Hitch Rye House 313 Ken Last Ipswich & Yarmouth 314 Stan Stevens (res)Rye House 3 15 Tommy Sweetman Rye House 216 Ernie BakerRye House 217 Dave Still Eastbourne 118 Bobby Croombs Rye House 019 Ivor Toms (res) Unattached0 Riders & final averages Aldershot 22em Derek Timms 9.38 Peter Vandenberg 8.00 Eric Hockaday 8.00 Bob Thomas 7.00 John Edwards 5.00 Eric Eadon 4.20 George Major 4.00 Roy Pickering 4.00 Ken Vale 3.08 Arthur Ashby 1.33 Eastbourne 22em Colin Gooddy 10.76 Gil Goldfinch 9.50 Dave Still 8.38 Frank Bettis 6.13 Ross Gilbertson 6.25 John Dugard 4.40 Bob Warner 3.17 Peter Jarman 2.00 Bob Dugard 1.33 Ipswich 22em Gil Goldfinch 9.43 Jimmy Heard 7.71 Wal Morton 7.67 Shorty Schirmer 7.60 Ronnie Rolfe 7.08 Bob Thomas 6.40 Jimmy Gleed 4.76 Ron Bagley 4.50 Vic White 3.43 Pat Flanagan 2.81 Rye House 22em Tommy Sweetman 8.75 Ronnie Rolfe 7.57 Ernie Baker 6.77 Clive Hitch 6.62 Stan Stevens 6.36 Bobby Croombs 6.17 Pete Sampson 3.64 Yarmouth 22em Ken Adams 12.00 (4 matches only) Ron Sharp 9.44 Ray Harris 9.42 Brian Craven 7.86 Bill Wainwright 7.70 Fred Collier 5.44 Ken Last 4.40 Tony Childs 3.00 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:Southern Area League Southern Area League Southern Area League