Post by bod on Sept 29, 2016 14:02:03 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Milton Keynes' Nigel Sparshott
Inside Front
Peter Collins and Jimmy McMillan of Belle Vue
Inside Rear
Berwick veteran George Hunter
Rear
Shawn Moran of the USA
News
- Birmingham hope to sign Petr Ondrasik to replace the late Zdenek Kudrna
- The Grahame brothers, Andy and Alan, clinch first and second at the British Final
- Eastbourne are close to signing American Mike Caruso
- Shawn Moran is nominated as June Golden Helmet challenger to Kenny Carter
- Poole promoter Terry Chandler leaves the club
- Ellesmere Port's Rob Maxfield suffers a broken leg
- Long Eaton recover a 38-point first-leg defecit to tie their KOC second-round clash with Berwick. They then proceed to lose the replay first-leg by the same margin
Major Meetings
British Final, Coventry
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World Pairs Semi-Final, Prague
[li]Kenny Carter (16)[/li]
[li]Peter Collins (13)[/li]
USA 26
[li]Dennis Sigalos (14)[/li]
[li]Bruce Penhall (12)[/li]
Czechoslovakia 22
[li]Ales Dryml (14)[/li]
[li]Petr Ondrasik (8)[/li]
Norway 14
[li]Roy Otto (8)[/li]
[li]Dag Haaland (6)[/li]
Hungary 14
[li]Zoltan Adorjan (10)[/li]
[li]Istvan Sziracki(4)[/li]
Poland 12
[li]Edward Jancarz (10)[/li]
[li]Zenon Plech (2)[/li]
Holland 11
[li]Henny Kroeze (9)[/li]
[li]Rudy Muts (2)[/li]
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World Pairs Semi-Final, Vojens
[li]Ole Olsen (16)[/li]
[li]Erik Gundersen (12)[/li]
New Zealand 24
[li]Ivan Mauger (16)[/li]
[li]Larry Ross (8)[/li]
Finland 23
[li]Kai Niemi (15)[/li]
[li]Ari Koponen (8)[/li]
Sweden 21
[li]Jan Andersson (13)[/li]
[li]Tommy Nilsson (8)[/li]
Italy 11
[li]Francesco Biginato (6)[/li]
[li]S.Almado (5)[/li]
Germany 11
[li]Egon Muller (9)[/li]
[li]Georg Gilgenreiner (2)[/li]
Bulgaria 8
[li]Nikolai Manev (7)[/li]
[li]V.Markov (1)[/li]
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Big Wins
Reading 50 v 28 Hackney
Bobby Schwartz (12)..Bo Petersen (8)
Exeter 67 v 28 Oxford
Keith Millard (15)..Simon Cross (16)
Long Eaton 67 v 29 Berwick
Paul Stead (14)...Bruce Cribb (10)
Newcastle 69 v 27 Glasgow
Bobby Beaton (14)...Steve Lawson (11)
Oxford 32 v 64 Newcastle
Ashley Pullen (11)..Rod Hunter (14)
Ellesmere Port 59 v 37 Rye House
Steve Finch (14)...Marvyn Cox (13)
Berwick 67 v 29 Mildenhall
Steve McDermott (15)..Rob Henry (9)
Berwick 67 v 29 Long Eaton
Steve McDermott (13)..Alan Molyneux (10)
Averages - Top 5
League 2
- Simon Wigg (Weymouth) 11.36
- Joe Owen (Newcastle) 10.86
- Bob Garrad (Rye House) 10.74
- Steve Wilcock (Middlesbrough) 10.64
- Dave Trownson (Edinburgh) 10.05
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Belle Vue..7..6..0..1..12
- Cradley..5..5..0..0..10
- Coventry..4..3..0..1..6
- Swindon..6..2..1..3..5
- Halifax..4..2..0..2..4
League 1 Bottom 5
- Ipswich..2..1..0..1..2
- Leicester..3..1..0..2..2
- Wimbledon..5..1..0..4..2
- Poole..3..0..1..2..1
- Hackney..2..0..0..2..0
League 2 Top 5
- Middlesbrough..11..10..0..1..20
- Mildenhall..13..10..0..3..20
- Canterbury.14..10..0..4..20
- Newcastle..11..9..0..2..18
- Ellesmere Port..13..9..0..4..18
League 2 Bottom 5
- Crayford..13..3..0..10..6
- Glasgow..10..3..0..7..6
- Milton Keynes..11..2..0..9..4
- Scunthorpe..14..1..1..12..3
- Oxford..8..1..1..6..3