Cycle Speedway Teams Down the Ages
Wales: Newport Dragons
About the team
Founded 1975.
Track at Llisswerry Recreation Grounds, Corporation Street, Newport.
Track Dimensions: 80yards x 16ft, Limestone/Red Granite surface.
Club Colours: Black with Amber facings.
Club Secretary: Graham Collins, 25 Corelli Street, Newport(1978).
Club Manager: J. Lloyd(1978).
Club Treasurer: Bill Reynolds(1978).
Club Chairman: Bill Reynolds(1980).
Club Secretary: Colin Simmons, 33 Bishpool Lane, Newport(1980).
Club Manager: Graham Collins(1980).
Club Treasurer: Ron Oakley(1980).
Raced 1975 - 1980s.
Raced in the English League 1975/76.
Raced in the Western League 1981/82.
Moved to a new track at Spytty, which they shared with the Stars.
Team folded not long after.
Individual Honours.
1979 Nicky Davies(18) won the British Junior Individual at Leicester. Runner-up after a run-off was Paul Dyson(Halifax), with Bob Cartridge(Poole) 3rd, both riders having scored 17 points.
Riders
- P. Adlington
- Andrew Allcock
- Tony Alsop
- Adrian Aston
- Nigel Aston
- Paul Baker
- Nicky Clarke
- Steve Clarke
- Graham Collins
- Russell Cook
- Martin Davies
- Will Davies
- Nicky Davies(capt)
- Gilbert Davis
- Walter Davis
- Wayne Davis
- Nick Dayman
- M. Delaney
- T. Edwards
- Graham Ellis
- G. Evans
- Tony Felkin
- Gino Gizzi
- Steve Grant
- Phil Hall
- D. Hanbury
- C. Hancox
- W. Hancox
- Bob Haywood
- J. Hillman
- P. Hiscocks
- D. Hodge
- E. Hoewik
- Keith Hunt
- C. Jones
- Phil Kemp
- Chris Leach
- Steve Lemoignan
- Jeff Lloyd
- John McNeil
- Wayne MacLeod
- Steve Macey
- Keith Morgan
- Ron Oakley
- B. Perrett
- Steve Perrett
- J. Phillips
- Stuart Raven
- Bill Reynolds
- J. Roderick
- P. Roderick
- R. Roderick
- Clive Sadler
- Pete Sadler
- A. Scantlebury
- C. Seargeant
- David Shaw
- Colin Simmons
- Mark Singleton
- Ian Sizer
- C. Smart
- P. Thomas
- Leigh Town
- Nigel Walsh
- J. Walters
- M. Watkins
- Brian Whittington
- K. Whittington
- Martin Wilkins
- Geoff Wilkinson
- I. Wilkinson
- Ian Williams