Bales started his career with the Yarmouth Bloaters where he stayed until the start of 1950 when he was called up for National Service. On his return he joined his hometown club, the Norwich Stars and stayed there for thirteen consecutive seasons. The Stars won the National Trophy twice in that time and Bales was selected to ride for England as well as qualifying for the World Final in 1955..
Norwich closed in 1964 so Bales was forced to move on. He was signed by the Sheffield Tigers and remained there until he retired in 1969.
billy, bales, raymond, arthur, bales, born, june, 1929, norwich, norfolk, england, known, former, international, motorcycle, speedway, rider, reached, final, speedway, world, championship, 1955, born, 1929, june, 1929, norwich, englandnationalityenglandcurrent. Raymond Arthur Bales born 6 June 1929 in Norwich Norfolk England known as Billy Bales was a former international motorcycle speedway rider reached the final of Speedway World Championship in 1955 1 Billy BalesBorn 1929 06 06 6 June 1929 age 93 Norwich EnglandNationalityEnglandCurrent club informationCareer statusRetiredCareer history1948 1950Yarmouth Bloaters1952 1963Norwich Stars1965 1969Sheffield TigersIndividual honours1949National Junior championTeam honours1955 1963National Trophy winnerCareer EditBales started his career with the Yarmouth Bloaters where he stayed until the start of 1950 when he was called up for National Service On his return he joined his hometown club the Norwich Stars and stayed there for thirteen consecutive seasons The Stars won the National Trophy twice in that time and Bales was selected to ride for England as well as qualifying for the World Final in 1955 Norwich closed in 1964 so Bales was forced to move on He was signed by the Sheffield Tigers and remained there until he retired in 1969 World Final Appearances Edit1955 London Wembley Stadium 11th 6pts 1 References Edit a b Bamford R amp Shailes G 2002 A History of the World Speedway Championship Stroud Tempus Publishing ISBN 0 7524 2402 5 This biographical article relating to English speedway is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Billy Bales amp oldid 960723811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
