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    Barry Briggs MBE (born 30 December 1934) is a New Zealand former speedway rider. He won the World Individual Championship title four times: in 1957, 1958...
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    Swimming  Jim Clark (SCO) Formula One 11th 1964  Mary Rand (ENG) Athletics  Barry Briggs (NZL) Speedway  Ann Packer (ENG) Athletics 12th 1965  Tom Simpson (ENG)...
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  • Barbara G. Briggs (born 1934), Australian botanist Barry Briggs (born 1934), New Zealand World Motorcycle speedway champion Benjamin Briggs (1835–1872)...
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    Wimbledon around the corner from Plough Lane where Ronnie Moore and Barry Briggs were the star names. Inspired by Moore, Mauger's began racing at Plough...
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  • Wembley Stadium Barry Briggs (14+3 pts) Ove Fundin (14+2 pts) Peter Craven (11+3 pts) 1958 details London Wembley Stadium Barry Briggs (15 pts) Ove Fundin...
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  • such as Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger because of the British Final forming part of the World Speedway championship qualifying rounds. Briggs and Mauger...
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    Individual World Final staged at Ullevi was in 1964 when New Zealand's Barry Briggs won with a 15-point maximum. The largest attendance for a World Final...
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  • same three riders that steered Swindon to back to back league titles. Barry Briggs Martin Ashby The Robins continued to compete in the top division, which...
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  • Championship Tarquinio Provini 125cc World Championship Carlo Ubbiali Speedway World Championship Barry Briggs 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship...
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    Champions who have ridden successfully on Jawa bikes include Ivan Mauger, Barry Briggs, Ove Fundin, Ole Olsen, Michael Lee, Tony Rickardsson, and Kelvin Tatum...
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  • Championship Luigi Taveri 50cc World Championship Hans-Georg Anscheidt Speedway World Championship Barry Briggs 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship...
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  • Peter Craven 1962 Ove Fundin Barry Briggs Peter Craven 1963 Ove Fundin Björn Knutson Sverre Harrfeldt 1964 Barry Briggs Ken McKinlay Ove Fundin 1965 Charlie...
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  • 1947 and topping the Dons team averages every season from 1946 to 1949. Barry Briggs Ronnie Moore The 1950s began well with the Dons winning their second...
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  • Wayne Briggs (born 24 June 1944 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand former motorcycle speedway rider and a younger brother of Barry Briggs. He earned 5 caps...
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  • Maxted 4.27 Dave Baugh 3.23 Doug Wyer 2.54 Swindon Barry Briggs 10.53 Bob Kilby 9.68 Clive Hitch 5.58 Barry Duke 5.26 Pete Munday 4.57 Mike Keen 4.34 John...
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    Abensberg Stadion (with Barry Briggs / Ron How / Ken McKinlay / Brian Brett) - 3rd - 21pts (3) 1965 - Kempten (with Barry Briggs / Charlie Monk / Ken McKinlay...
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  • Bologna, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017) 1934 – Barry Briggs, New Zealand motorcycle racer and sportscaster 1934 – Joseph P. Hoar...
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    to win the title), Ronnie Moore (New Zealand), Ove Fundin (Sweden), Barry Briggs (New Zealand), Peter Craven (England), Björn Knutson (Sweden), Ole Olsen...
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    the 1950s the track was home to two World Champions: Ronnie Moore and Barry Briggs. In the Dons' last season, 2005, the team finished second in The National...
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    New Zealand on four occasions. Two legendary riders Ivan Mauger and Barry Briggs, who won ten world individual titles between them, only won four national...
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  • at West Ham Stadium in London, England. The Championship was won by Barry Briggs. The British Under 21 Championship was won by Graham Plant. 9 June 1969...
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  • - Slaný (with Barry Briggs / Ronnie Moore / Ron How / Cyril Maidment) - 2nd - 24pts (6) 1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Barry Briggs / Dick Fisher /...
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    in many of them. Briggs studied at Rose Bruford College with Barry Killerby, who is known for portraying Mr Blobby. Some of Briggs' earliest Doctor Who-related...
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  • "Briggs keeps rider's title despite rain". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 24 October 1966. Retrieved 31 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. "Briggs...
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    Millennium by the readers of Speedway Star and Vintage Speedway magazines. Barry Briggs, born in Christchurch on 30 December 1934, is a New Zealand motorcyclist...
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  • final, they easily beat Wimbledon Dons. The four times world champion Barry Briggs topped the averages for Swindon Robins during the same season in which...
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  • aggregate 118-98. Barry Briggs won the British League Riders' Championship for the fourth consecutive year, held at Hyde Road on 19 October. Briggs defeated Boocock...
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  • competed in the previous year. Swindon Robins led by the world champion Barry Briggs won their first top-tier league title but were pushed all the way by...
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  • Göte Nordin (4) Rune Sörmander (3) Great Britain 24 Ronnie Moore (10) Barry Briggs (8) Peter Craven (6) Ron How (0) Cyril Maidment (0) Poland 20 Marian...
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    include Ivan Mauger (six-time World Champion), fellow New Zealander Barry Briggs (four times), Ole Olsen (three times), Ove Fundin (five times), Lionel...
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