W/E OCTOBER 1ST 1977

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Phil Crump of Bristol

Inside Front

Ray Bales

Inside Rear

Weymouth's Danny Kennedy

Rear

Jack Millen

News

• Colin Richardson wins the NL Riders' Championship with a fifteen-pont maximum
• King's Lynn reach the KOC final by defeating champions elect White City
• Leicester's Swedish rider Tommy Pettersson is mugged and robbed of £80 whilst on his way to Hackney
• Wembley is confirmed as the host for the 1978 World Final
• Phil Herne buries the hatchet and agrees to remian with injury-hit Bristol for the remainder of 1977
• Scunthorpe unveil plans for a new £100,000 stadium three miles from their Quibell Park home
• Stoke's Colin Farquharson joins Edinburgh on loan

Major Meetings

National League Riders' Championship, Wimbledon, September 24th 1977

• Colin Richardson (15)
• Martin Yeates (13)
• Tom Owen (13)
• Kelvin Mullarkey (12)
• Rob Hollingworth (11)
• John Jackson (10)
• Steve Koppe (9)
• Laurie Etheridge (7)
• Stuart Mountford (5)
• Bert Harkins (5)
• Alan Emerson (4)
• Danny Kennedy (4)
• Brian Woodward (4)
• Brian Collins (3)
• Bob Coles (3)
• List item 16
• List item 17
• Steve Lawson (2)
• Ian Clark(res) (0)

Big Wins

Newcastle 53 v 25 Teesside

Tom Owen (15)...Nigel Close (9)

White City 50 v 28 Leicester

Gordon Kennett (12)...Ila Teromaa (13)

Edinburgh 53 v 25 Berwick

Bert Harkins/Steve McDermott/Charlie Monk (11)..Wayne Brown (8)

Swindon 51 v 27 Bristol

Bob Kilby (11)...Phil Herne/Nigel Boocock (7)

Eastbourne 57 v 21 Ellesmere Port

Colin Richardson/Paul Woods (12)...John Jackson/Phil Collins (7)

Mildenhall 50 v 28 Glasgow

Rob Henry (11)...Derek Richardson (10)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 11.07
• Ivan Mauger (Exeter) 10.95
• Michael Lee (King's Lynn) 10.62
• Billy Sanders (Ipswich) 10.38
• Anders Michanek (Cradley) 10.35

League 2

• Tom Owen (Newcastle) 11.10
• Colin Richardson (Eastbourne) 10.72
• Martin Yeates (Oxford) 10.69
• John Jackson (Ellesmere Port) 10.31
• Mike Sampson (Eastbourne) 10.16

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• White City..31..25..1..5..51
• Exeter..30..20..3..7..43
• Ipswich..30..20..1..9..41
• Coventry..36..18..1..17..37
• Belle Vue..29..17..2..10..36

League 1 Bottom 5

• Halifax..34..12..0..22..24
• Bristol..28..11..0..17..22
• Hackney..30..10..1..19..21
• Birmingham..30..7..0..23..14
• Leicester..35..6..0..29..12

League 2 Top 5

• Eastbourne..35..28..0..7..56
• Rye House..33..21..3..9..45
• Ellesmere Port..34..20..2..12..42
• Peterborough..32..20..0..12..40
• Newcastle..31..18..1..12..37

League 2 Bottom 5

• Edinburgh..35..14..0..21..28
• Oxford..30..12..1..17..25
• Weymouth..36..11..3..22..25
• Berwick..32..8..1..23..17
• Stoke..30..8..0..22..16