Post by bod on Nov 5, 2018 13:57:19 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Doug Wyer
Inside Front
Bobby Beaton
Inside Rear
Phil White
Rear
Poole team photo
News
- Michael Lee is named as Peter Collins' next Golden Helmet challenger, whilst Tom Owen faces Dave Perks for the Second Division Silver Helmet challenge
- Nottingham promoter Dan McCormick is furious after the BSPA force him to cancel a Saturday night fixture against Peterborough after both Coventry and Leicester raise objections
- Mildenhall lodge an official complaint about the state of the Glasgow track during their 47-31 defeat to the Scottish side recently
- Swindon scotch rumours that Danish youngster Steen Mastrup is about to join Reading
- Birmingham's former Ipswich rider Ted Howgego announces his immediate retirement from the sport
- Ron Preston wins a European U-21 Championship semi-final in Norden,West Germany. Preston remains unbeaten and is joined in the final by Wolves' riders Trond Skretting and Knud Ellegaard
- German Christoph Betzl wins the Continental Final of the World Championship at Pocking. He will be joined at the World Final by Mikhail Starostin, Zdenek Kudrna and Alois Wiesbock
Major Meetings
Continental Final, Pocking
- Christoph Betzl (14)
- Mikhail Starostin (13)
- Zdenek Kudrna (12)
- Alois Wiesbock (12)
- Petr Ondrasik (11)
- Valeri Gordeev (10)
- Vaclav Verner (9)
- Jiri Stancl (8)
- Viktor Kuznetsov (8)
- Anatoli Maximov (6)
- Karl Maier (6)
- Georg Hack (4)
- Jan Hadek (4)
- Laszlo Meszaros (2)
- Janosz Szoke(Res) (1)
- Ales Dryml (0)
- Jan Verner (0)
Big Wins
Leicester 28 v 50 Belle Vue
John Titman (15)...Peter Collins/Chris Morton (11)
Poole 59 v 19 Hackney
Martin Yeates (13)..Barry Thomas (8)
Mildenhall 50 v 27 Milton Keynes
Mick Bates/Mick Hines (10)..Bob Humphreys (10)
Eastbourne 65 v 43 Reading
Kai Niemi (15)...John Davis (10)
Glasgow 52 v 26 Canterbury
Steve Lawson (11)..Nigel Boocock (9)
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Coventry..18..14..0..4..28
- Hull..13..10..0..3..10
- Swindon..17..10..0..7..20
- Cradley..12..9..0..3..18
- King's Lynn..14..9..0..5.18
League 1 Bottom 5
- Reading..12..5..0..7..10
- Ipswich..12..4..1..7..9
- Eastbourne..17..4..1..12..9
- Hackney..15..4..1..10..9
- Leicester,..14..1..0..13..2
League 2 Top 5
- Mildenhall..12..9..0..3..18
- Ellesmere Port..13..9..0..4..18
- Glasgow..12..8..0..4..16
- Peterborough..13..7..2..4..16
- Milton Keynes..15..8..0..7..16
League 2 Bottom 5
- Crayford..14..6..0..8..12
- Stoke..12..5..1..6..11
- Boston..13..3..2..8..8
- Weymouth..15..3..1..11..7
- Scunthorpe..14..0..0..14..0