Guest Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) My 10 favourite South African riders: Henry Long, Doug Davies, Keith Harvey, Fred Wills, Buddy Fuller, Doug Serrurier, Roy Bester, Fred Lang, Arthur Duncan, Cecil de la Porte. The last South African who I can trace as racing in the UK in recent years is Byron Becker about 10 years ago. Have there been any others since then? Edited February 7, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 Was Dave Collins British who moved to South Africa, or was he South African? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 (edited) Dave Collins is a Londoner.He was born near the old West Ham track and started to support them as a young boy in 1938. In WW2 he served in the Royal Navy. Soon after the war ended he emigrated to South Africa and worked as a gold miner to earn money to buy a speedway bike and raced from 1948 to the late 1960s-early 1970s. Most of his racing career was in South Africa but he also came to Europe and rode for a couple of British tracks and also in Holland and Spain. Now in his early 90s he lives with his wife in Natal and has phoned me a couple of times in recent months. Edited February 7, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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