{"id":2996,"date":"2019-03-18T15:15:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maugercampaign.co.uk\/?page_id=2996"},"modified":"2019-03-19T10:15:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T10:15:27","slug":"campaign-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maugercampaign.co.uk\/?page_id=2996","title":{"rendered":"Greater Manchester Plan submission"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mauger Campaign submission for the Greater Manchester Plan March 2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mauger Campaign has been launched to commemorate the life and achievements of Ivan Mauger<\/a> MBE, OBE, the most successful rider in speedway history and one of the world\u2019s most successful sportsmen.<\/p>\n

Throughout the successful parts of his career Ivan Mauger lived with his wife Raye and their three children in the Greater Manchester area and this submission seeks the adoption of policies to commemorate his life and achievements, his inspiration to countless thousands and his contribution to Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n

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There aren\u2019t enough superlatives to describe Ivan\u2019s career.\u00a0 He has the most individual world championships; 6 speedway and 3 long track.<\/p>\n

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Whilst a member of the Belle Vue team, which he joined in 1969, Ivan was the first person to win the speedway world championship three years in succession (1968, 1969 and 1970) and the first person to win the world speedway and long track championships in the same year.<\/p>\n

Two American businessmen thought so much of Ivan\u2019s achievement in winning the world individual speedway championship three years in succession in 1970, they gold plated his world championship winning bike.<\/p>\n

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It was featured with Ivan on Blue Peter in the early 1970s and is now a permanent exhibit at the Canterbury Museum in New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CAREER DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
WORLD CHAMPION<\/td>\n6 x individual speedway<\/p>\n

3 x individual long track<\/p>\n

2 x world pairs<\/p>\n

4 x world teams<\/td>\n

1968-69-70-72-77-79<\/p>\n

1971-72-76<\/p>\n

1969-70<\/p>\n

1968-71-72-79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

SILVER MEDALLIST<\/td>\n3 x individual speedway<\/p>\n

2 x individual long track<\/p>\n

4 x world pairs<\/p>\n

2 x world teams<\/td>\n

1971-73-74<\/p>\n

1974-75<\/p>\n

1971-72-78-81<\/p>\n

1969-70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

BRONZE MEDALLIST<\/td>\n1 x individual speedway<\/p>\n

2 x world pairs<\/td>\n

1967<\/p>\n

1974-84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

FOURTH PLACE<\/td>\n3 x individual speedway<\/p>\n

1 x individual long track<\/p>\n

1 x world pairs<\/p>\n

2 x world teams<\/td>\n

1966-75-76<\/p>\n

1978<\/p>\n

1985<\/p>\n

1966-67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CHAMPION<\/td>\n4 x European champion<\/p>\n

4 x British champion<\/p>\n

2 x British-Nordic champion<\/p>\n

1 x Intercontinental champion<\/p>\n

6 x British semi final winner<\/td>\n

1966-70-71-751968-70-71-721968-7119751968-69-70-71-72-73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SILVER MEDALLIST<\/td>\n1 x European3 x British-Nordic4 x British<\/td>\n1973<\/p>\n

1966-70-74<\/p>\n

1966-67-69-73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

BRONZE MEDALLIST<\/td>\n1 x European<\/p>\n

1 x Commonwealth<\/td>\n

1974<\/p>\n

1980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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AWARDED MBE 1975<\/p>\n

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AWARDED OBE 1989<\/p>\n

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AWARDED MEDAILLE D\u2019OR\/GOLD MEDAL 1987<\/p>\n

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(Only 7 have been awarded by Federation Internationale De Motocyclisme since 1904)<\/p>\n

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AWARDED HONORARY CITIZEN OF CITY OF GNIESZNO POLAND 1985<\/p>\n

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NEW ZEALAND SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR – 1977-79<\/p>\n

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INDUCTED INTO NZ SPORTS HALL OF FAME \u2013 1990<\/p>\n

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HONORARY SPORTS AMBASSADOR FOR NZ \u2013 1985<\/p>\n

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CANTERBURY SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR \u2013 1970-71-72<\/p>\n

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BRITISH MOTOR CYCLE NEWS – \u201cMAN OF THE DECADE\u201d WINNER 1970 \u2013 1980<\/p>\n

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BRITISH SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

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4th<\/sup> 1969, 3rd<\/sup> 1970, 4th<\/sup> 1971, 2nd<\/sup> 1972, 3rd<\/sup> 1973<\/p>\n

BBC TV SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

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Runner up 1970-1972<\/p>\n

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SUBJECT OF OFFICIAL TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY FILMS:<\/p>\n

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1976 \u201cFlying Kiwi\u201d produced by British Television<\/p>\n

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1987 \u201cCircuits of Gold\u201d produced by NZ National Film Unit<\/p>\n

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2000 \u201cMan of the Millennium\u201d produced by Re-run Video UK<\/p>\n

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Additional unofficial television documentary films produced in Poland, Czechoslovakia<\/p>\n

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OFFICIAL JAWA FACTORY RIDER<\/p>\n

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1969 to 1982<\/p>\n

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PATRON<\/p>\n

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Mosgiel and district Motor Cycle Club<\/p>\n

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PATRON<\/p>\n

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New Zealand National Motorcycle Museum<\/p>\n

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PRESIDENT<\/p>\n

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Australian Veteran Riders Association<\/p>\n

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Represented N.Z. and International Competitors at F.I.M. Congress (World Authority) in Madrid\/SPAIN, Ljubljana\/YUGOSLAVIA, London\/ENGLAND, Berlin\/GERMANY, Brugrs\/BELGIUM, Caracas\/VENEZUELA, Poznan\/POLAND, Montreux\/SWITZERLAND, MALTA, Tokyo\/JAPAN, Munich\/GERMANY<\/p>\n

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IVAN MAUGER HOLDS THE FOLLOWING WORLD RECORDS:<\/em><\/p>\n

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Most individual World Championships \u2013 9<\/p>\n

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6 x Speedway \u2013 3 x Long Track<\/p>\n

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First person to win World Speedway and World Long Track<\/p>\n

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CHAMPIONSHIPS in same year<\/p>\n

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Most world final qualification \u2013 52<\/p>\n

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Most individual world speedway championship wins \u2013 6<\/p>\n

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Only person to win 3 individual world titles in succession<\/p>\n

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TRACK RECORDS<\/p>\n

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WORLD LONG TRACK RECORD<\/p>\n

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Alexandra Park, Auckland New Zealand, 23rd<\/sup> January 1987<\/p>\n

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143.033 k.p.h.<\/p>\n

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SPEEDWAY TRACK RECORDS<\/p>\n

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Holder of 119 track records in:<\/p>\n

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ENGLAND; AUSTRALIA; USA; SCOTLAND; NEW ZEALAND; WALES; IRELAND; NORWAY; SWEDEN; DENMARK; HOLLAND; BELGIUM; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; AUSTRIA; YUGOSLAVIA; HUNGARY; POLAND; CZECHOSLAVAKIA; RUSSIA.<\/p>\n

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LONG TRACK, TRACK RECORDS<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Holder of 58 track records in:<\/p>\n

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NEW ZEALAND; AUSTRALIA; USA; SCOTLAND; ENGLAND;WALES; NORWAY; DENMARK; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; YUGOSLAVIA; CZECHOSLAVAKIA.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This does not do justice to his standing and contribution to speedway.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the things that makes Ivan\u2019s story so remarkable is that it wasn\u2019t always like this.<\/p>\n

Ivan arrived in England as a 17 year old in 1957.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t long before Ivan and his wife had their first child but success didn\u2019t follow and he returned to New Zealand the following year having been unable to establish himself in the UK.<\/p>\n

Once back in New Zealand, despite what is said to have been extreme hardship, he worked hard to develop his skills.<\/p>\n

Having been separated from his wife and child when they had to return to New Zealand without him, he resolved to return to the UK only if his wife and by that time, their three children, could come to the UK with him.<\/p>\n

Eventually in 1963 Mike Parker, a Manchester based sports promoter, brought Ivan and his family to the UK and put Ivan in his Newcastle team.<\/p>\n

From 1963 Ivan had a long association with Manchester, having lived in Chorlton Cum Hardy, Denton, Bramhall, and Woodford for the successful part of his racing career before moving with his family to Australia after his retirement.<\/p>\n

Sadly, after suffering from Alzheimer\u2019s for a number of years, Ivan died on 16 April 2018.<\/p>\n

The Mauger Campaign believes that Ivan Mauger MBE, OBE deserves recognition and that his life and achievements and his association with the area should be recognised and commemorated.<\/p>\n

Or to put it another way, having inspired countless thousands, the area deserves recognition in the life of the most successful speedway rider ever and one of the world\u2019s most successful sportsmen.<\/p>\n

In establishing policies to ensure the region thrives, the Greater Manchester Plan should acknowledge Ivan Mauger\u2019s life and achievements as an example of what has been achieved to inspire future generations.<\/p>\n

The Mauger Campaign seeks policies to do so as part of the Greater Manchester Plan for Homes, Jobs and the Environment\u2019s plans for the future.<\/p>\n

March 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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