W/E JULY 17TH 1982

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Overseas Champion Dave Jessup

Inside Front

Barry Thomas and Barney Kennett clash

Inside Rear

Stoke pair Ian Robertson and Pete Ellams

Rear

Steve Gresham of Reading

News

• Bruce Penhall apologises for missing Cradley's meeting at Hackney. He had returned to America to visit a seriously ill aunt
• Czecholslovakia win World Team Cup Semi-Final in Landshut, West Germany. The host nation joined them as qualifiers for the final at White City
• Axed Cradley reserve Ian Gledhill joins Oxford
• Halifax stalwart Ian Cartwright finalises plans for his testimonial meeting
• King's Lynn Czech Jiri Hnidak suffers burns in a workshop fire
• Roger Lambert quits Glasgow after only one meeting. The Tigers sign Rob Carter as his replacement

Big Wins

Reading 56 v 22 Poole

Bobby Schwartz (12)..John Davis (9)

Newcastle 63 v 33 Milton Keynes

Rod Hunter/Joe Owen (15)..Tony Featherstone/Nigel Sparshott (8)

Weymouth 59 v 37 Rye House

Simon Wigg (14)...Marvyn Cox (10)

Sheffield 50 v 28 Reading

Peter Collins(G) (12)..Bobby Schwartz (9)

Middlesbrough 67 v 29 Oxford

Geoff Pusey (14)...Wayne Jackson/Graham Drury (9)

Rye House 60 v 35 Mildenhall

Marvyn Cox (14)...Derek Harrison (14)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 11.00
• Kenny Carter (Halifax) 10.71
• Hans Nielsen (Birmingham) 10.37
• Bruce Penhall (Cradley) 10.35
• Kelly Moran (Eastbourne) 10.31

League 2

• Simon Wigg (Weymouth) 11.32
• Joe Owen (Newcastle) 10.76
• Bob Garrad (Rye House) 10.73
• Steve Wilcock (Middlesbrough) 10.22
• Dave Trownson (Edinburgh) 9.93

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Belle Vue..12..9..0..3..18
• Cradley..10..8..0..2..16
• Coventry..11..7..2..2..16
• Sheffield..12..6..1..5..13
• Wimbledon..14..6..1..7..13

League 1 Bottom 5

• Ipswich..7..3..1..3..7
• Hackney..8..3..1..4..7
• Birmingham..8..2..0..6..4
• Leicester..8..2..0..6..4
• Poole..10..0..2..8..2

League 2 Top 5

• Mildenhall..19..14..1..4..29
• Newcastle..17..14..0..3..28
• Ellesmere Port..20..14..0..6..28
• Middlesbrough..16..13..0..3..26
• Rye House..17..12..0..5..24

League 2 Bottom 5

• Edinburgh..13..6..0..7..12
• Glasgow..15..5..0..10.10
• Crayford..17..4..0..13..8
• Scunthorpe..17..2..1..14..5
• Oxford..13..2..1..10..5