W/E JULY 2ND 1977

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Bristol's Phil Herne leads Swindon's Kevin Young

Inside Front

Birmingham team photo

Inside Rear

Sheffield team photo

Rear

John Boulger, Ivan Mauger and Billy Sanders

News

• Halifax are dealt a blow as Henny Kroeze breaks a leg in the Continental Final
• Leicester are thwarted in an attempt to sign Henryk Glucklich but clinch the signing of Swede Tommy Petersson from Bristol
• Wally Mawdsley suggests six-man teams to help reduce escalating costs. Ellesmere Port boss Joe Shaw believes regionalisation is the answer
• John Davis signs a contract to become a Weslake factory rider
• Hans Nielsen breaks a hand in a German Autobahn accident
• Newport sign Chris Robins on loan from Leicester

Major Meetings

Continental Final, Togliatti

• Jan Verner (13)
• Egon Muller (13)
• Jiri Stancl (13)
• Edward Jancarz (11)
• Jan Mucha (11)
• Vladimir Rozanchuk (10)
• Grigori Chlinovski (9)
• Boguslaw Nowak (7)
• Jerzy Rembas (6)
• Jan Hadek (5)
• Nikolai Kornev(res) (5)
• Angel Eftimov (3)
• Henny Kroeze (2)
• Georgi Ivanov (1)
• Marek Cieslak (1)
• Nikolai Dubrovin(res) (1)
• Andrzej Jurczynski (0)
• Vaclav Verner (0)

British Junior Championship, Canterbury, June 25th 1977

• Les Collins (15)
• Phil Collins (12)
• Colin Richardson (11)
• Brendan Shileto (10)
• Ian Gledhill (10)
• Paul Gilbert (9)
• Ian Clark (8)
• Bob Garrad (8)
• Neil Leeks (8)
• Dave Allen (8)
• Steve Naylor (5)
• Kevin Young (5)
• Pete Smith (4)
• Dave Johnson(res) (2)
• Chris Bevan (2)
• Kevin Brice(res) (0)

Big Wins

Reading 50 v 28 King's Lynn

Dave Jessup (12)...Terry Betts (9)

Bristol 59 v 19 Coventry

Phil Crump/Phil Herne (12)...Ole Olsen/Mitch Shirra (5)

Coventry 57 v 20 Leicester

Ole Olsen/Alan Molyneux (12)...Ila Teromaa (9)

Belle Vue 51 v 27 Halifax

Alan Wilkinson (12)...Chris Pusey (10)

Eastbourne 51 v 26 Crayford

Colin Richardson/Dave Kennett (12)...Laurie Etheridge/Colin Gooddy (9)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 10.92
• Billy Sanders (Ipswich) 10.84
• Ole Olsen (Coventry) 10.80
• Anders Michanek (Cradley) 10.74
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.65

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• White City..18..12..1..5..25
• Swindon..13..10..0..3..20
• Ipswich..12..9..1..2..19
• King's Lynn..16..9..1..6..19
• Belle Vue..12..9..0..3..18

League 1 Bottom 5

• Halifax..16..6..0..10..12
• Birmingham..19..4..0..15..8
• Leicester..17..3..0..14..6
• Hackney..14..3..0..11..6
• Bristol..5..1..0..4..2

League 2 Top 5

• Eastbourne..16..12..0..4..24
• Ellesmere Port..17..11..0..6..22
• Peterborough..15..10..0..5..20
• Teesside..14..6..0..8..12
• Newcastle..14..8..0..6..16

League 2 Bottom 5

• Newport..10..4..0..6..8
• Oxford..8..3..0..5..6
• Stoke..11..3..0..8..6
• Berwick..11..3..0..8..6
• Scunthorpe..10..1..0..9..2