Bruce Cribb

Bruce Cribb
Born	27 June 1946 (age 78); Palmerston North, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealander
Career history
1965-1969	Poole Pirates
1970-1972, 1986-1988	Exeter Falcons
1973-1978	Cradley United/Heathens
1978	Bristol Bulldogs
1979-1980, 1981	Wolverhampton Wolves
1980	Oxford Cheetahs
1981-1983	Birmingham Brummies
1982-1985	Berwick Bandits
1984	Reading Racers
Individual honours
1972	New Zealand Champion
Team honours
1979	World Team Cup
1969	British League Champion

Bruce Brian Hoani Cribb (born 27 June 1946)^[1] is a former speedway rider^[2] from New Zealand, who rode in the United Kingdom for several teams in a career spanning over twenty years.^[3] He earned 22 international caps for the New Zealand national speedway team and 3 caps for Great Britain national speedway team.^[4]

Career

Cribb was born in Palmerston North, where he began riding, before joining the Poole Pirates in 1965.^[5] In 1969 and 1970, he represented New Zealand in tests with England, and in 1971, he rode for Great Britain in matches with Poland. He won the New Zealand Championship in 1972, and was a member of the New Zealand team that won the World Team Cup in 1979.^[6]

From the 1970s to 1988, he competed in ice speedway events and rode in two World ice speedway finals in 1978 and 1988.^[7]

Personal life

Since retiring he had a speedway business which closed as he finally finished ice speedway, then worked in engineering (machine shop). Other work includes working as service manager in motorcycle shops, porting cylinder heads for car engine builders for road and race, then a motorcycle service repair, until retiring in 2010.

Bruce has three grown children in Sydney NSW Australia - two daughters, Justine and Danielle, a son, Krista, and three grandchildren, Chester, Scarlet and Keira. His long-term partner, Irene, died in 2015.

Bruce has written about racing in his book "Cribby Story Book" containing many anecdotes.

Speedway World Final appearances

World Team Cup

1979 - London, White City Stadium (with Ivan Mauger / Larry Ross / Mitch Shirra / Roger Abel) - Winner - 35pts (5)

Ice World Championship

1978 – Assen, 18th
1988 Eindhoven, 16th

References

^ Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. ISBN 0-948882-00-X
^ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
^ "Bruce Cribb". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ "Boocock through". Sunday Mirror. 8 August 1965. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Mauger's dream come true". Manchester Evening News. 17 September 1979. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

[1] Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. ISBN 0-948882-00-X

[2] Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9

[3] "Bruce Cribb". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

[URI-4] "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[5] "Boocock through". Sunday Mirror. 8 August 1965. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] "Mauger's dream come true". Manchester Evening News. 17 September 1979. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[7] "Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

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