Colin Trevor Meredith (born 24 January 1953) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England, who later became a team manager and track curator.
Biography Born in Hereford, Meredith first rode a speedway bike on Ainsdale Sands in 1970, and after second half rides at Belle Vue made his league debut in the second division with Rochdale Hornets in 1971.Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) Who's Who of World Speedway, Studio Publications, , p. 82 In 1972, he rode for Bradford Northern in the second division and Wolverhampton Wolves in the first and continued this doubling-up arrangement until 1975. In 1974, he was selected in the Young England team against Czechoslovakia and Poland, and reached the Second Division Riders Final that year, finishing in seventh place. He rode again for Young England in 1975, against Scotland. In 1976, he rode for Wolves, Stoke Potters and Oxford Cheetahs,Lawson, K (2018) "The Cheetahs – The Resurrection". and went on to ride for Oxford for the next three seasons. In 1978, he also doubled up in the British League with Leicester Lions on loan, but his season was cut short after a crash at Peterborough.Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 157 He retired from racing in 1979.
Meredith went on to become a track curator, working at Leicester and then at Coventry Bees for seventeen years up to 1998, also acting as team manager of the Bees for two years."Bees Off Track As Meredith Quits", CWN, 2 December 1998, retrieved 2012-03-24 From 1999 to 2002, he was team manager and track curator at Oxford Cheetahs, leading them to the Elite League title in 2001."COLIN MEREDITH TO MANAGE CHEETAHS AT SWINDON", Oxford Speedway News, 10 May 2009, retrieved 2012-03-24 In 2003, he became curator of the Peterborough Panthers track at the East of England Showground."SPEEDWAY: Showground can be a fortress says Colin ", iomtoday.co.im, 17 February 2003, retrieved 2012-03-24 He later took over responsibility for the Belle Vue track."Speedway: All go for Belle Vue", Manchester Evening News, 6 March 2005, retrieved 2012-03-24 He went on to become an official for the Speedway Control Bureau."Air fence for Bandits? ", Berwick Advertiser, 14 January 2009, retrieved 2012-03-24
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