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    Under the Chequered Flag

    Sep 26, 2018 4 minutes

    Ronnie Moore

    Tasmanian born RONNIE MOORE passed away in a Christchurch hospice on August 18, aged 85.

    Twice World Speedway Champion, Moore was born into a motorcycling family where his father Les rode the ‘Wall of Death” at shows and circuses around Australia, and young Ronnie followed suit when aged just 13. After the family moved to New Zealand in 1947, Ronnie took up speedway on an ancient Rudge, having his first race at the track his father built at Aranui in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. By the age of 17, Ronnie was in UK, riding for the Wimbledon team, and became the youngest ever World Champion in 1954, riding with his left leg in a partial cast after breaking it in

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