Charlie Monk (speedway rider)

{{Infobox Speedway rider

| name = Charlie Monk

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| nationality = Australian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|2|5}}

| birth_place = Adelaide, Australia

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| career1 = Neath Welsh Dragons

| years1 = 1962

| career2 = Long Eaton Archers

| years2 = 1963

| career3 = Glasgow Tigers

| years3 = 1964-1967, 1969-1972

| career4 = Sheffield Tigers

| years4 = 1968

| career5 = Halifax Dukes

| years5 = 1973-1976

| career6 = Edinburgh Monarchs

| years6 = 1977

| career7 = Barrow Furness Flyers

| years7 = 1978

| indivyear1 = 1965

| indivhonour1 = Internationale

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| teamyear1 = 1965

| teamhonour1 = Speedway World Team Cup bronze medal

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Warren Edric Monk (born 5 February 1940) is an Australian former international motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1811/charlie-monk|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=12 July 2021}} He earned 26 international caps for the Australia national speedway team and 15 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=23 December 2023}}

Speedway career

Monk won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup when he represented Great Britain (during the time period when Oceania riders were allowed to represent Britain).{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/65/speedway-world-cup|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=12 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html|title=World Team Cup 1960-1990|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=12 July 2021}} Also in 1965 he won the prestigious Wimbledon Internationale.{{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Martin|title=The Illustrated History of Speedway|year=1978|pages=134|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-904584-45-3}}

After a season with the Neath Welsh Dragons in 1962 he signed for Long Eaton Archers{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19630302/009/0009 |title=Speedway back after 12 years |website=Nottingham Evening Post |date=2 March 1963

|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=23 August 2024}} but rode primarily for Glasgow Tigers in the top tier of British Speedway riding.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=12 July 2021}} From 1973 to 1976, he rode for Halifax Dukes.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19730309/019/0019 |title=Halifax appeal to Australian |website=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=9 March 1973 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 September 2024}}

In 1977, he signed for Edinburgh.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002471/19770402/411/0016 |title=Reading ready to topple champions |website=Reading Evening Post |date=2 April 1977 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 August 2024}}

He was a four times British/Commonwealth finalist and also represented Scotland in test matches.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/BritishFinal1965.shtml|title=The 1965 British Final|website=Speedway Plus|access-date=12 July 2021}}