Post by bod on Jan 30, 2017 17:45:20 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
NL Champions Poole
Rear
NLRC podium
News
- Swindon boss Ron Byford calls for the two leagues to pull together for the greater good of the sport. He cites a lack of top league teams and variety, too many guests and too many foreigners in the lower league as the main issues
- Only 19% of top flight matches have been completed with full-strength 7 man line-upsand no R/R or guests
- Simon Wigg breaks his neck in a crash in Italy
- Poole clinch the NL title to go with their NL KOC triumph
- Hackney's Tim Korneliussen breaks his femur at Glasgow
- Sweden name an eight-man squad to undertake a test series in Australia during the Winter
Big Wins
Reading 61 v 29 Belle Vue
Billy Hamill(G) (12+2)..Chris Morton (10+1)
Long Eaton 69 v 27 Peterborough
Kevin Smart (15)...Mick Poole (10+1)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 10.47
- Jan O Pedersen (Cradley) 9.25
- Jeremy Doncaster (Reading) 9.04
- Simon Cross (Cradley) 9.03
- Kelvin Tatum (Coventry) 8.92
League 2
- Craig Boyce (Poole) 10.46
- Steve Schofield (Hackney) 10.44
- Chris Louis (Ipswich) 10.31
- Steve Regeling (Exeter) 10.23
- Rod Hunter (Middlesbrough) 10.13
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1
- Reading..28..17..3..8..47
- Belle Vue..29..17..2..10..42
- Wolves..28..14..5..9..40
- Oxford..27..14..2..11..36
- Swindon..25..13..2..10..35
- Bradford..25..12..1..12..30
- Coventry..27..7..3..17..22
- Cradley..23..8..1..14..21
- King's Lynn..26..5..5..16..16
League 2 Top 5
- Poole..29..26..0..3..52
- Ipswich..32..22..2..8..46
- Middlesbrough..31..22..1..8..45
- Glasgow..32..19..0..13..38
- Berwick..32..18..1..13..37
League 2 Bottom 5
- Arena-Essex..30..12..1..17..25
- Edinburgh..31..11..1..19..23
- Rye House..31..8..0..23..16
- Long Eaton..32..7..2..23..16
- Milton Keynes..32..6..0..26..12