Scottish Open (speedway)

The Scottish Open Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held annually in Scotland.Speedway Champions - Regional Championships

History The Championship has been run almost every year since 1928. That inaugural year saw two events, one for 350 cc bikes and another for 500 cc bikes. From 1929 the event was only open to those riding the 500 cc bikes.

Run as the Scottish Championship from 1928-1945, it became the Scottish Riders Championship from 1949-1954 before a third and final name change in 1960 to the Scottish Open Championship.

Since 1988, the winner of the Scottish Open has been presented with the Jack Young Memorial Trophy in honour of the three time winner and former Edinburgh Monarchs rider from Australia who won the Speedway World Championship in 1951 and 1952. Young won the World Championship in 1951 while riding for the Monarchs, thus becoming the first second division rider to win the World crown. Young died from Emphysema in his home town of Adelaide, South Australia on 28 August 1987.

Winners (since 1928) Year City VenueWinners 1928 Edinburgh Marine Gardens Drew McQueen (350 cc) Jimmy Valentine (500 cc) 1929 Edinburgh Marine Gardens Drew McQueen 1930 Edinburgh Marine Gardens Harry Whitfield 1931-1937 Not held 1938 Edinburgh Marine Gardens Bluey Wilkinson 1939 Edinburgh Marine Gardens Wilbur Lamoreaux 1940-1944 Not held due to (World War II restrictions) 1945 Glasgow White City Stadium Ron Johnson 1946-1948 Not held 1949 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Jack Young 1950 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Jack Young 1951 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Jack Young 1952 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Dick Campbell 1953 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Tommy Miller 1954 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Tommy Miller 1955-1959 Not held 1960 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Douglas Templeton 1961 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Trevor Redmond 1962 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Douglas Templeton 1963 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Maurice Mattingley 1964 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank George Hunter 1965 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Arne Pander 1966 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Bill Landels 1967 Edinburgh Old Meadowbank Barry Briggs 1968 Coatbridge Cliftonhill Martin Ashby 1969 Coatbridge Cliftonhill Reidar Eide 1970 Glasgow Hampden Park Ivan Mauger 1971 Glasgow Hampden Park Ivan Mauger 1972 Glasgow Hampden Park Ivan Mauger 1973 Coatbridge Cliftonhill Ivan Mauger 1974 Not held 1975 Coatbridge Cliftonhill Brian Collins 1976 Coatbridge Cliftonhill Peter Collins 1977 Blantyre Saracen Park Bert Harkins 1978-1980 Not held 1981 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Wayne Brown 1982 Not held 1983 Glasgow Craighead Park Steve Lawson 1984 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Mitch Shirra 1985 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Jamie Luckhurst 1986 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Les Collins 1987 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Neville Tatum 1988 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Steve Lawson 1989 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Todd Wiltshire 1990 Not held 1991 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Greg Hancock 1992 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Greg Hancock 1993 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Michael Coles 1994 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Ben Howe 1995 Edinburgh Powderhall Stadium Bobby Ott 1996 Glasgow Shawfield Stadium Shane Parker 1997 Armadale Armadale Stadium Peter Carr 1998 Armadale Armadale Stadium Frede Schott 1999 Armadale Armadale Stadium Peter Carr 2000 Armadale Armadale Stadium Peter Carr 2001 Armadale Armadale Stadium Andre Compton 2002 Armadale Armadale Stadium Peter Carr 2003 Armadale Armadale Stadium Sam Ermolenko 2004 Armadale Armadale Stadium Rory Schlein 2005 Armadale Armadale Stadium David Howe 2006 Armadale Armadale Stadium Stanisław Burza 2007 Not held 2008 Armadale Armadale Stadium Rory Schlein 2009 Armadale Armadale Stadium James Wright 2010 Armadale Armadale Stadium Josef Franc 2011 Armadale Armadale Stadium Rory Schlein 2012 Armadale Armadale Stadium Andrew Tully 2013 Armadale Armadale Stadium Craig Cook 2014 Armadale Armadale Stadium Sam Masters 2015-2016 Not held 2017 Armadale Armadale Stadium Justin Sedgmen 2018 Armadale Armadale Stadium Rory Schlein 2019 Armadale Armadale Stadium Richie Worrall 2020-2021Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022 Armadale Armadale Stadium Sam Masters

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