FORMER Swindon speedway rider and team manager Malcolm Holloway has died at the age of 55.

Affectionately nicknamed Mad Wellie, Holloway rode for Swindon between 1977 and 1983.

After a spell at Reading, he managed the Blunsdon side and rode for Swindon Sprockets in the Conference League into his mid-40s.

Holloway had recently received treatment for a heart problem.