Ronald Leslie Moore Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire is a former New Zealand international speedway rider.
Background
Moore was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1933. He moved with his family to New Zealand when he was still a child, and although he was born in Australia, Moore has always considered himself to be a New Zealander and always rode under the flag of his adopted home.
Career
Moore began riding at the Aranui Speedway in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1949 at the age of 15. He moved to England and rode for the Wimbledon Dons from 1950 to 1956. In 1957 and 1958 he switched his attention to motor racing, but returned to ride for the Dons in late 1958 and stayed with them until 1963 when he decided to retire from racing after breaking his leg in a track crash.
He began riding again in New Zealand in the mid-1960s and made a comeback with Wimbledon in 1969 and reached the World Final at the age of 36.
He retired from racing in the British League at the end of 1972, apart from a couple of meetings for Coventry Bees in August 1974, but continued riding speedway until 1975 when he suffered severe head injuries in a crash at Jerilderie Park Speedway in New South Wales. World Individual Championship
In 1950 at the age of 17, Moore was the youngest rider ever to qualify for the final of the Speedway World Championship.
He also finished runner up on three further occasions. Individual World Championship
1950 - London, Wembley Stadium - 10th - 7pts
1951 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 11pts
1952 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 10pts
1953 - London, Wembley Stadium - 6th - 9pts
1955 - London, Wembley Stadium - 2nd - 12pts + 3pts
1956 - London, Wembley Stadium - 2nd - 12pts
1958 - London, Wembley Stadium - 6th - 9pts
1960 - London, Wembley Stadium - 2nd - 14pts + 2pts
1961 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 6th - 10pts
1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 5th - 9pts
1969 - London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 6pts
1970 - Wroclaw, Olympic Stadium - Reserve - Did Not Ride
1971 - Göteborg, Ullevi - 10th - 5pts
World Pairs Championship
1972 - Borås (with Ivan Mauger) - 2nd - 24pts (10)
World Team Cup
1962 - Slaný (with Barry Briggs / Peter Craven / Ron How / Cyril Maidment) - 2nd - 24pts (10)
The Canterbury Park Motorcycle Speedway was renamed the Moore Park Motorcycle Speedway in his honour and the Ronnie Moore race school operates out of the speedway.
Membership
Moore was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1985 Queen"s Birthday Honours for services to speedway sport.