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Belle Vue Aces
The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 14 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, with home matches usually taking place on Monday evenings. They also run a second team in the National Development League, known as the Belle Vue Colts.
Racing in Belle Vue first took place on 28 July 1928 at the Belle Vue greyhound stadium in Kirkmanshulme Lane. Mr G. A. Hunting, manager of the International Speedways Ltd was the promoter but the season was restricted to various open meetings and there was no league structure. The season ended early in September following problems with the track surface.
The following year in 1929, the North Manchester Speedway Club, who had previously arranged fixtures for the International Speedways Ltd moved the speedway to the recently built 40,000 capacity Hyde Road stadium nearby on Hyde Road, which was the home ground of Manchester Central F.C. and which formed part of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens.
The purpose built 382 metres (418 yards) track was laid around the existing athletics and cycling track and the club secured the services of leading rider Arthur Franklyn as captain coach. The opening speedway meeting here was staged on 23 March 1929, when Arthur Franklyn won the Golden Helmet and the first league fixture was on 4 May, against Preston.
Belle Vue resigned from the English Dirt Track League) in 1929, stating that it wasn't popular enough but in 1930 and 1931, they were regarded as the champions of the Northern League on win rate percentage. In 1931, Belle Vue reserves took over Harringay's fixtures, after they had withdrawn from the Southern League. This meant the Aces had a team in both the Northern and Southern Leagues although they were often referred to as Manchester in the Southern League.
The team joined the National League when it was formed in 1932, racing against the big London teams on a regular basis. They became the leading club in the country winning the title four times from 1933 to 1936, in addition to claiming five National Trophy wins and five A.C.U Cup wins. The Belle Vue team included riders such as Eric Langton, Frank Varey, Joe Abbott, Max Grosskreutz, Bob Harrison, Bill Kitchen and Frank Charles. Both Langton and Charles were winners of the Star Riders' Championship (the unofficial championship of the world).
In July 1937, the Liverpool Merseysiders promotion dropped out of the league and was replaced by the Belle Vue Aces promotion, led by Mr.E.C Spence and because Belle Vue already had a team in the National League they renamed the Provincial League team to Belle Vue Merseysiders.
Belle Vue was the only track to continue operating throughout World War II, running a total of 176 meetings during the war years, which were attended by a total of 2,816,000 people. The winners of the wartime British Individual Championships were:
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Belle Vue Aces
The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 14 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, with home matches usually taking place on Monday evenings. They also run a second team in the National Development League, known as the Belle Vue Colts.
Racing in Belle Vue first took place on 28 July 1928 at the Belle Vue greyhound stadium in Kirkmanshulme Lane. Mr G. A. Hunting, manager of the International Speedways Ltd was the promoter but the season was restricted to various open meetings and there was no league structure. The season ended early in September following problems with the track surface.
The following year in 1929, the North Manchester Speedway Club, who had previously arranged fixtures for the International Speedways Ltd moved the speedway to the recently built 40,000 capacity Hyde Road stadium nearby on Hyde Road, which was the home ground of Manchester Central F.C. and which formed part of the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens.
The purpose built 382 metres (418 yards) track was laid around the existing athletics and cycling track and the club secured the services of leading rider Arthur Franklyn as captain coach. The opening speedway meeting here was staged on 23 March 1929, when Arthur Franklyn won the Golden Helmet and the first league fixture was on 4 May, against Preston.
Belle Vue resigned from the English Dirt Track League) in 1929, stating that it wasn't popular enough but in 1930 and 1931, they were regarded as the champions of the Northern League on win rate percentage. In 1931, Belle Vue reserves took over Harringay's fixtures, after they had withdrawn from the Southern League. This meant the Aces had a team in both the Northern and Southern Leagues although they were often referred to as Manchester in the Southern League.
The team joined the National League when it was formed in 1932, racing against the big London teams on a regular basis. They became the leading club in the country winning the title four times from 1933 to 1936, in addition to claiming five National Trophy wins and five A.C.U Cup wins. The Belle Vue team included riders such as Eric Langton, Frank Varey, Joe Abbott, Max Grosskreutz, Bob Harrison, Bill Kitchen and Frank Charles. Both Langton and Charles were winners of the Star Riders' Championship (the unofficial championship of the world).
In July 1937, the Liverpool Merseysiders promotion dropped out of the league and was replaced by the Belle Vue Aces promotion, led by Mr.E.C Spence and because Belle Vue already had a team in the National League they renamed the Provincial League team to Belle Vue Merseysiders.
Belle Vue was the only track to continue operating throughout World War II, running a total of 176 meetings during the war years, which were attended by a total of 2,816,000 people. The winners of the wartime British Individual Championships were: