W/E AUGUST 7TH 1982

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Exeter's Keith Millard and Oxford rider Brian Woodward make a start

Inside Front

Boston team photo

Inside Rear

Bob Garrad in action

Rear

USA star Shawn Moran

News

• Edinburgh veteran Eric Broadbelt is critically injured in a crash at Powderhall
• Denmark leave Bo Petersen out of their World Team Cup Final team
• Belle Vue's track doctor refuses to let Eastbourne's Kelly Moran compete in the teams' British League clash as he is hungover
• Oxford's Graham Drury dislocates a collarbone
• Birmingham claim another team illegaly stopped Danish rider Jan O Pedersen from joining them
• Phil Crump is named a Golden Helmet challenger to Shawn Moran in August
• Weymouth play down closure threat rumours
• In contrast, Scunthorpe threaten closure if crowds don't improve

Major Meetings

British Junior Championship, Canterbury, 31st July 1982

• Peter Carr (12)
• Martin Hagon (12)
• Simon Cross (12)
• Neil Evitts (11)
• Paul Stead (11)
• Carl Baldwin (10)
• Martin Hewlett (8)
• Nigel Sparshott (8)
• Glen Parrott (6)
• Rob Woffinden (6)
• Paul Price (6)
• Kenny McKinna (5)
• Paul Bosley (4)
• Keith Millard (3)
• Rob Tilbury (3)
• Paul Evitts (1)
• Kevin Howland(res) (1)
• Dave Mullett(res) (0)

Continental Final, Leszno

• Jiri Stancl (15)
• Edward Jancarz (11)
• Vaclav Verner (11)
• Georg Hack (10)
• Mikhail Starostin (9)
• Emil Sova (9)
• Henny Kroeze (8)
• Viktor Kuznetsov (8)
• Ales Dryml (8)
• Valeri Gordeev (8)
• Jiri Dominik (7)
• Marek Kepa (6)
• Leonard Raba (4)
• Francesco Biginato (3)
• Rif Saitgareev (3)
• Gianni Famari (1)

Big Wins

Newcastle 62 v 34 Boston

Joe Owen (13)...David Gagen (12)

Sheffield 50 v 28 Belle Vue

Shawn Moran (14)...Larry Ross (11)

Middlesbrough 64 v 32 Scunthorpe

Mike Spink (15)...Mike Wilding (10)

Ellesmere Port 69 v 26 Berwick

John Jackson (15)...Steve McDermott (11)

Peterborough 64 v 32 Glasgow

Dave Allen (14)...Steve Lawson (14)

Berwick 64 v 32 Canterbury

Steve McDermott (15)..Ian Clark (11)

Boston 66 v 30 Oxford

David Gagen (15)..Ian Gledhill/Colin Ackroyd (7)

Glasgow 60 v 36 Canterbury

Kenny McKinna (15)..Barney Kennett (15)

Rye House 73 v 23 Stoke

Bob Garrad (15)...Pete Smith (7)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Kenny Carter (Halifax) 10.78
• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 10.73
• Hans Nielsen (Birmingham) 10.43
• Bruce Penhall (Cradley) 10.35
• Dennis Sigalos (Ipswich) 10.32

League 2

• Simon Wigg (Weymouth) 11.44
• Joe Owen (Newcastle) 10.99
• Bob Garrad (Rye House) 10.45
• Steve Lawson (Glasgow) 10.22
• Rod Hunter (Newcastle) 10.00

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Cradley..14..12..0..2..24
• Belle Vue..16..12..0..4..24
• Coventry..17..11..2..4..24
• Swindon..17..9..1..7..19
• Reading..17..7..1..9..15

League 1 Bottom 5

• Halifax..11..5..0..6..10
• Leicester..12..5..0..7..12
• Hackney..9..3..1..5..7
• Birmingham..11..3..0..8..6
• Poole..15..1..2..12..4

League 2 Top 5

• Mildenhall..25..17..1..7..35
• Newcastle..20..17..0..3..34
• Middlesbrough..20..16..0..4..32
• Ellesmere Port..22..15..0..7..30
• Rye House..20..14..0..6..28

League 2 Bottom 5

• Edinburgh..19..8..0..11..16
• Glasgow..22..7..0..15..14
• Oxford..19..5..2..12..12
• Crayford..20..5..0..15..10
• Scunthorpe..21..4..2..15..10