Post by bod on Feb 7, 2019 14:45:51 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
WTC Champions USA
Rear
Wolves team photo
News
- USA claim gold in the World Team Cup Final in Kumla, Sweden. England finish a gallant third after their challenge peters out in the last four heats
- Glasgow's Hungarian Robert Nagy is a relatively surprising winner of the Division Two Riders' Championship at Coventry
- Andy Smith is given a six-month ban by the SCB after being found guilty of bringing the sport into disrepute after an incident at Wolves
- Neil Evitts parts company with Sheffield after refusing to ride in meetings at Exeter and Long Eaton due to an ongoing contractual dispute
- Paul Dugard is set to appeal against his recent five-year ban from the sport for failing a drug test
- Swindon look to make a late signing to boost their floundering season and avoid a second successive wooden spoon
- Wolverhampton defeat Reading with a last heat 5-1 to claim the Gold Cup after two tightly fought meetings
- Glasgow are keen on signing another Hungarian rider after the success of Robert Nagy. Youngster Zsolt Boszormenyi heads the list of targets
- Middlesbrough hope of relocating to Hartlepool Greyhound Stadium is scuppered by the town's councillors
Major Meetings
Division 2 Riders' Championship, Coventry, 19th September 1992
wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/3171/1992-national-league-riders-championship
World Team Cup Final, Kumla, 19th September 1992
wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2436/1992-world-team-cup-final
Big Wins
Exeter 63 v 27 Sheffield
Richard Green (14+4)..Tony Langdon (14)
Poole 65 v 25 Ipswich
Steve Schofield (13)..Zdenek Tesar (10)
Belle Vue 56 v 33 King's Lynn
Shawn Moran (12+3)...Sean Wilson(G) (11+1)
Peterborough 60 v 30 Berwick
Jason Crump (17+1)...Richard Knight (10)
Berwick 58 v 32 Middlesbrough
Richard Knight (11+1)..Steve Regeling (16)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 10.32
- Per Jonsson (Reading) 10.09
- Sam Ermolenko (Wolves) 10.04
- Ronnie Correy (Wolves) 9.98
- Gary Havelock (Bradford) 9.65
League 2
- Richard Knight (Berwick) 10.39
- Martin Goodwin (Rye House) 10.25
- Jan Staechmann (Long Eaton) 10.03
- Neil Evitts (Sheffield) 9.71
- David Bargh (Newcastle) 9.53
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Belle Vue..19..11..1..6..28
- Poole..19..11..2..6..28
- Wolves..17..10..1..6..26
- Reading..13..9..1..3..24
- Coventry..16..10..1..5..24
League 1 Bottom 5
- Cradley..14..7..1..6..17
- King's Lynn..16..6..0..10..16
- Arena-Essex..18..5..0..13..10
- Eastbourne..18..4..2..12..10
- Swindon..17..3..2..12..9
League 2 Top 5
- Berwick..19..11..1..7..30
- Peterborough..16..12..0..4..29.5
- Newcastle..19..11..0..8..28
- Glasgow..16..9..0..7..23.5
- Exeter..17..9..0..8..21
League 2 Bottom 5
- Long Eaton..19..7..2..10..19
- Edinburgh..14..7..0..7..17
- Sheffield..18..7..1..10..16
- Middlesbrough..20..6..0..14..14
- Stoke..15..4..0..11..10