Steve Regeling

Steve Regeling
Born (1959-10-02) 2 October 1959
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Nationality  Australia
Current club information
Career status Retired
Career history
1980-1983 Leicester Lions
1980 Workington Comets
1981 Boston Barracudas
1984-1988 Kings Lynn Stars
1988 Ipswich Witches
1988-1991 Exeter Falcons
1992-1993 Middlesbrough Bears
Individual honours
1987 Australian Champion
1985, 1987, 1988 Queensland State Champion
Team honours
1985, 1986 Australian Best Pairs Champion

Steven Grae Regeling (born 2 October 1959) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the British League for Leicester Lions in the early 1980s and later for Kings Lynn Stars, before riding for several years in the National League for the Exeter Falcons and Middlesbrough Bears. He won the Australian Championship in 1987.

Biography

Regeling was born in 1959 in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.[1] His initial experience was in short track racing, in which his father and older brother had also competed.[2] He then moved into speedway in Brisbane in the late 1970s with the famous Brisbane Exhibition Ground being his home track.[2]

He was signed by Martin Rogers for the Leicester Lions in 1980, but suffered a broken leg at Swindon at the start of the season.[2] After recovering he was loaned out to the National League team Workington Comets, and impressive performances saw him recalled to ride for the Lions before the season ended.[2] After being loaned out to Boston Barracudas in 1981, where he averaged 8.51 from 18 matches, he became a regular rider for the Lions in the two years that followed, until the club folded.[2][3]

He then moved on to the King's Lynn Stars in 1984 and also represented Australia at international level.[4]

After finishing fourth in 1986, Regeling won the Australian championship in 1987 and finished runner-up to Phil Crump the following year.[5]

He later rode for the Exeter Falcons, for whom he was the number one rider for the whole of the 1990 season.[6] At the end of the 1991 season he requested a transfer and moved to Middlesbrough, where his success continued, averaging over 8.7 in the 1992 season with two full maximum scores.[1] His final season in Britain was in 1993.

Regeling represented Australia on numerous occasions in test matches at both home and abroad, and also in World Championship competitions such as the World Pairs Championship and World Team Cup.

Career record

British leagues

Year Team League Matches Rides Points Bonus Total Average
1980Workington CometsNational1339144184.51
1980Leicester LionsBritish613112134.00
1981Boston BarracudasNational42179341383798.47
1981Leicester LionsBritish1230205253.33
1982Leicester LionsBritish39147154331875.09
1983Leicester LionsBritish42168208422505.95
1984Kings Lynn StarsBritish54221334313656.61
1985Kings Lynn StarsBritish38148198312296.19
1986Kings Lynn StarsBritish37137136251614.70
1987Kings Lynn StarsBritish40165240252656.42
1988Kings Lynn StarsBritish144266.00
1988Ipswich WitchesBritish15607110815.40
1988Exeter FalconsNational1480144141587.90
1988Sheffield TigersBritish313161175.23
1988Bradford DukesBritish167074.67
1989Exeter FalconsNational42227514395539.74
1990Exeter FalconsNational341844581146910.20
1991Exeter FalconsBritish League Div 22197199132128.74
1992Middlesbrough BearsBritish League Div 22212126972769.12
1993Middlesbrough BearsBritish League Div 241207378234017.75

World Final Appearances

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

Regeling was part of the Australia team in 1991. They finished second to eventual runners-up Sweden in the group stage, with Regeling top scorer for the team with 11 points.

References

  1. 1 2 Oakes, Peter (1993) 1993 Speedway Yearbook, Front Page Books, ISBN 0-948882-16-6, p. 131-2
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 176
  3. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1982) 1982 Speedway Yearbook, Studio Publications, ISBN 0-86215-072-8, p. 205
  4. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1986) 1986 Speedway Yearbook, Sportsdata, ISBN 0-948882-05-0, p. 78-81
  5. ↑ "Motorcycle Racing", The Age, 27 January 1987, p. 37, retrieved 2011-10-09
  6. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1991) Speedway Yearbook 1991, Front Page Books, ISBN 0-948882-20-4, p. 137
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