High Beech Speedway

High Beech Speedway also known as Kings Oak Speedway (because of its location by the Kings Oaks Hotel) are a defunct British motorcycle speedway team who operated between 1928 and 1931 and were based at High Beach, Loughton, Epping Forest District, Essex, England.[1]

High Beech
Club information
Track addressHigh Beach
Loughton
Epping Forest District
Essex
CountryEngland
Founded1928
Closed1931
LeagueSouthern League

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 word due to the fact that it held the first known speedway meeting (an oval cinder circuit) in Britain, on 19 February 1928.[5]

Notable riders

Season summary
Year and league Position Notes
1930 Speedway Southern League11th
1931 Speedway Southern League6th

References
  1. "High Beech Speedway". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. "On the speedway". Daily Mirror. 24 May 1930. Retrieved 15 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "King's Oak speedway". Retro Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2021.


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