Chris Robins

Chris Robins
Born	2 January 1954 (age 71); Newton Abbott, Devon, England
Nationality	British (English)
Career history
1975-1977	Weymouth Wizards
1977	Leicester Lions
1977	Newport Dragons
1978	Workington Comets
1978	Furness Flyers
1978-1980	Milton Keynes Knights

Christopher Michael Robins (born 2 January 1954) is a British former motorcycle speedway rider.^[1]

Career

Born in Newton Abbott, Devon, Robins was a boxer as a schoolboy, and competed in the English Schoolboy Championships.^[2]

He took up speedway in late 1974, gaining his early experience riding on a beach near Barnstaple, and after riding in second half heats at Exeter, rode for Weymouth Wizards in the National League in 1975,^[3] averaging over five points in his first season.^[2]^[4]^[5]

In 1976, he averaged over seven for Weymouth,^[6] which led to a transfer in 1977 to British League Leicester Lions, also riding in the National League on loan to Newport Dragons.^[4]

After speculation that he would join Scunthorpe in 1978,^[7] he moved on to Workington Comets and then Furness Flyers before riding for Milton Keynes Knights. He retired in 1980 after only one match for the Knights.

^ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) Who's Who of World Speedway, Studio Publications, ISBN 0-904584-04-6, p. 95
^ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
^ ^a ^b Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 176
^ "Wolves in a rumpus". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 20 July 1976. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
^ "Saints first signing?". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 8 March 1978. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.