Kevin Jolly (speedway rider)

{{Short description|British motorcycle speedway rider}}

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{{Infobox Speedway rider

| name = Kevin Jolly

| image =

| nationality = British (English)

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|29 January 1958}}

| birth_place = Eye, Suffolk, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| career1 = Mildenhall Fen Tigers

| years1 = 1975-1976

| career2 = Ipswich Witches

| years2 = 1976-1982, 1988

| career3 = King's Lynn Stars

| years3 = 1983-1986, 1988

| career4= Boston Barracudas

| years4 = 1986

| career5 = Swindon Robins

| years5 = 1986, 1988

| career6 = Wimbledon Dons

| years6 = 1987, 1988

| career7 = Peterborough Panthers

| years7 = 1989, 1991

| career8 = Milton Keynes Knights

| years8 = 1990

| indivyear1 = 1980, 1981, 1982

| indivhonour1 = British Championship finalist

| indivyear2 = 1978

| indivhonour2 = World U21 silver

| teamyear1 = 1976

| teamhonour1 = British League Champion

| teamyear2 = 1976, 1978, 1981

| teamhonour2 = British League KO Cup winner

| teamyear3 = 1976

| teamhonour3 = Spring Gold Cup

| teamyear4 = 1977

| teamhonour4 = Inter League Knockout Cup

| teamyear5 = 1989

| teamhonour5 = Fours Championship winner

}}

Kevin Jolly (born 29 January 1958) is an English former motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1461/kevin-jolly|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=21 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mildenhall-speedway.com/index.php/latest-news/91-kevin-lolly|title=Kevin Jolly|website=Mildenhall Speedway|access-date=21 July 2021}} He earned six international caps for the England 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=21 June 2023}}

Speedway career

Jolly rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1975-1990, riding for various clubs.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=21 July 2021}}

After leaving Ipswich Witches he signed for King's Lynn Stars, where he rode from 1983 to 1986 and again in 1988.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003432/19860214/589/0038 |title=Jessup and Jolly may quit stars|website=Lynn Advertiser |date=14 February 1986 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 September 2024}} He also rode for Boston Barracudas in 1986 and was the club captain.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005170/19870430/391/0033 |title=They can't catch Kevin |website=Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian |date=30 April 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 September 2024}}

He reached the final of the British Speedway Championship on three occasions in 1980, 1981 and 1982.{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=21 July 2021}}

In 1989, he helped the Peterborough Panthers win the Fours Championship during the 1989 National League season.{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=Speedway Yearbook 1990 |year=1990 |page=46 |publisher=Front Page Books |isbn=0-948882-15-8}}

References