Commonwealth Final

The Commonwealth Final was a Motorcycle speedway Final sanctioned by the FIM as a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1979 and 1994.[1]

Introduced to the World Championship in 1979, it served as a qualifying round for Commonwealth riders, primarily those from Australia, England and New Zealand.

The Commonwealth Final was not run from 1981-1985, during which time riders who qualified through their national championship were through to the Overseas Final. It returned to the World Championship calendar in 1986 and lasted until 1994, the last year of the traditional single meeting World Championship Final before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix World championship series in 1995.

Editions

All 11 Commonwealth Finals were held in England. Kelvin Tatum was the most successful Commonwealth Finalist, winning four finals (1987, 1988, 1990 and 1992). Reigning Australian Champion Leigh Adams was the only non-English winner when he took out the 1993 Final.

Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1979 London
White City Stadium		 Michael Lee Billy Sanders Dave Jessup
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1980 London
Wimbledon Stadium		 Dave Jessup John Louis Ivan Mauger
1981 not held
1982 not held
1983 not held
1984 not held
1985 not held
1986 Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium		 Jeremy Doncaster Kelvin Tatum Chris Morton
1987 Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium		 Kelvin Tatum Simon Cross Marvyn Cox
1988 King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena		 Kelvin Tatum Mitch Shirra Simon Wigg
1989 Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium		 Simon Wigg Mitch Shirra Neil Collins
Year Venue Winners Runner-up 3rd place
1990 Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium		 Kelvin Tatum Martin Dugard Simon Cross
1991 King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena		 Jeremy Doncaster Leigh Adams Joe Screen
1992 King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena		 Kelvin Tatum Mark Thorpe Gary Havelock
1993 King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena		 Leigh Adams Andy Smith Martin Dugard
1994 King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena		 Mark Loram Martin Dugard Joe Screen

See also

References
  1. Speedway History
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