Ken Middleditch

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Ken Middleditch
Personal Information
Nationality	Great Britain
Date of birth	October 5, 1925 (1925-10-05) (age 82)
Place of birth	Camberley, England
Current Club Information
Career Status	Retired
Career History
Hastings Saxons Poole Pirates Swindon Robins		1948-1948 1950-1956, 1958 1960-1961 1957
Individual Honours
Division Three Riders Champion Division Two Riders Champion	1951 1954
Team Honours
National League Div 3 Champion National League Div 2 Champion National League Champion Provincial League Champion	1951 1952, 1955 1957 1961

Kenneth Arthur Middleditch (born October 5, 1925 in Camberley, England) is a British retired motorcycle speedway rider.^[1]

[edit] Career Summary

Middleditch signed for Third Division team Hastings in 1948 after progressing through Eastbourne's speedway training school. By 1949 he had become Hastings top points scorer but at the end of that year Hastings were forced to close down and he signed for Poole.

Middleditch had a successful career at Poole, forming an effective pairing with Poole rider Tony Lewis, he eventually became the team captain and won four league titles with the club. Middleditch left Poole for the 1957 season when the club closed for a year and signed for Swindon. He returned to Poole for a further two stints before retiring in 1961.

Ken's son, Neil Middleditch, also had a successful career as a speedway rider and has been team manager of the Poole Pirates since 1998.

After retiring from the sport Ken set up a business, Middleditch Salvage, in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.

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