Roy Trigg

Roy Richard Trigg (born 29 April 1943, in Morden, Surrey)^[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned 31 international caps for the England national speedway team and five caps for the Great Britain team.^[2]

He was noticed as a teenager by the Wimbledon Dons management who signed him up but immediately loaned him out to lower league Poole Pirates. In 1963 he was recalled by his parent team Wimbledon Dons.^[3] In 1964 the new Hackney Hawks promoter Len Silver signed him on a full transfer. He stayed with the Hawks for two seasons^[4] but was forced out of the team when Bengt Jansson was signed.

After leaving the Hackney he spent a season with the Oxford Cheetahs before moving on to Cradley Heath^[5] where he spent the next five seasons. It was with Cradley he was threatened with a gun by Garry Middleton. Garry tried to forcefully dive under Roy but Roy saw him and slowed down, leaving Middleton to shoot straight past him into the safety fence. Middleton then went into the pits into his toolbox and pulled out a handgun. He had to be dragged from the pits to avoid further trouble.^[1]

After being called into the England team during July 1968 as a late replacement, Trigg played a pivotal part in the win against the Soviet Union.^[6]

In 1970, he finished third in the British Speedway Championship final. For the last two seasons of his career Roy rode with Newport.

After he finished his British career he emigrated to New Zealand. Trigg rode as a New Zealander in the inaugural Australasian Final in 1976. He finished in 15th place with two points.