Surrey Pallets safely delivers fragile motorcycle sculpture to AFC Wimbledon

The statue was collected and delivered to AFC Wimbledon’s stadium, once home to Wimbledon Speedway.

Weighing 600kg and standing two metres tall, the fragile piece of memorabilia was palletised for secure delivery.

The sculpture’s components were then re-assembled by the Wimbledon in Sporting History Charity to create a statue which is now displayed outside the stadium.

The statue commemorates Ronnie Moore, one of the standout riders of British Speedway, and celebrates the history of Wimbledon Speedway.

It originally stood at one of the West Midlands speedway tracks but when the venue was demolished it was put into storage in Huddersfield.

It was collected from there by Surrey Pallets and delivered to Wimbledon through the Palletways network. 

Darrell Semikin, Surrey Pallets co-founder, said: “We were approached by the charity to see if we could collect the metal motorcycle, a sculpture made from scrap parts taken from an old Midlands speedway stadium, and deliver it to our home stadium, as you can imagine it was a highly sensitive and fragile piece.” 

John Lynch, MD of Wimbledon in Sporting History Charity, adds: “We were over the moon with the service from Surrey Pallets, who took real care to make sure it arrived safely.

“This important piece of memorabilia has been installed at the front of the stadium to commemorate Ronnie, a giant of British speedway.”