W/E AUGUST 18TH 1984

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Phil Crump

Inside Front

Shawn Moran

Inside Rear

Buddy Robinson of Exeter

Rear

Roger Johns

News

• Stoke junior Mark Ferry is revived by medical staff after he stopped breathing due to a three-man crash at Mildenhall
• Erik Gundersen is crowned Danish Champion after defeating John Eskildsen in a run-off in Brovst
• Cradley deny interest in signing Eastbourne's Antonin Kasper
• Middlesbrough sign Australian Jim Burdfield from Stoke
• Glasgow stalwart Colin Caffrey suffers a broken arm

Major Meetings

Danish Championship, Brovst

• Erik Gundersen (13)
• John Eskildsen (13)
• Hans Nielsen (12)
• Peter Ravn (11)
• Bo Petersen (11)
• Preben Eriksen (11)
• John Jorgensen (10)
• Sam Nikolajsen (8)
• Tommy Knudsen (7)
• Flemming Pedersen (7)
• Flemming Rasmussen (3)
• Alf Busk (3)
• Erik Knudsen (2)
• Brian Jakobsen (2)
• H-O Christensen(Res) (1)
• Finn Jensen (1)
• Rene Christiansen (0)

Big Wins

Long Eaton 57 v 21 Boston

Paul Stead/Graham Drury (12)..Billy Burton (7)

Sheffield 50 v 28 Poole

Les Collins/Shawn Moran (12)..Lance King(G) (9)

Belle Vue 53 v 25 Reading

Peter Collins (11)...Mitch Shirra/Jan Andersson (10)

Cradley 51 v 27 Swindon

Erik Gundersen (11)..Phil Crump (11)

Boston 54 v 24 Edinburgh

Guy Wilson (12)...Mark Fiora (11)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Jan Andersson (Reading) 11.07
• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 10.67
• Chris Morton (Belle Vue) 10.15
• John Cook (Ipswich) 10.12
• Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 10.06

League 2

• Martin Yeates (Weymouth) 10.55
• Tom Owen (Stoke) 10.32
• Steve Lawson (Glasgow) 10.25
• Carl Baldwin (Mildenhall) 9.88
• Steve McDermott (Berwick) 9.83

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Ipswich..15..13..1..1..27
• Belle Vue..14..10..2..2..22
• Wimbledon..15..10..0..5..20
• Cradley..12..8..1..3..17
• Reading..11..7..1..3..15

League 1 Bottom 5

• Oxford..11..5..1..5..11
• King's Lynn..12..5..0..7..10
• Poole..13..4..1..8..9
• Exeter..16..4..1..11..9
• Halifax..13..3..2..8..8

League 2 Top 5

• Long Eaton..23..16..1..6..33
• Mildenhall..20..13..3..4..29
• Hackney..24..13..0..11..26
• Stoke..18..11..2..5..24
• Milton Keynes..23..11..1..11..23

League 2 Bottom 5

• Boston..20..8..1..11..17
• Rye House..19..8..0..11..16
• Arena-Essex..16..6..1..9..13
• Peterborough..16..6..0..10..12
• Edinburgh..20..5..0..15..10