W/E APRIL 25TH 1981

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Shawn Moran

Inside Front

Leicester team photo

Inside Rear

Milton Keynes team photo

Rear

Michael Lee and Dennis Sigalos

News

• John Davis misses the first England v USA test with serious leg injuries. Ian Cartwright is called up to replace him
• Mitch Shirra is fined £100 by Hailsham Magistrates for his part in a pits fight at Eastbourne last season after admitting assualt on Kai Niemi
• Swindon are keen to sign ex-Eastbourne man Veijo Tuoriniemi
• The Polish Federation confirm the intention to send a Young Poland side to tour NL tracks in June
• American Gene Woods joins Wimbledon after his release by Birmingham

Major Meetings

World Championship Qualifying Round, Crayford, April 14th 1981

• Barry Thomas (13)
• Ian Gledhill (12)
• Dave Morton (12)
• Dave Perks (12)
• Tim Hunt (11)
• Colin Richardson (10)
• Mark Courtney (8)
• Dave Kennett (8)
• Rob Henry (7)
• Denzil Kent (7)
• Barney Kennett (6)
• Alan Sage (5)
• Steve Finch (3)
• Richard Knight (3)
• Peter Johns (1)
• John Williams (1)
• Keith Pritchard(res) (0)

Tour Matches

Exeter 55 v 23 Italy

John Williams (11)..Mauro Ferracioli (10)

Exeter 55 v 22 Italy

Andy Hibbs (12)...Francesco Biginato (10)

Oxford 46 v 32 Italy

Dave Perks (12)...Mauro Ferracioli (10)

Canterbury 48 v 30 Holland

Mike Ferreira (11)...Frits Koppe (14)

Big Wins

Reading 63 v 33 Poole

John Davis (15)...Danny Kennedy (8)

Newcastle 53 v 24 Milton Keynes

David Bargh (12)...Bob Humphreys (8)

Poole 62 v 34 Wimbledon

Kevin Smith (13)..Malcolm Simmons (12)

Ipswich 63 v 33 Hackney

Dennis Sigalos/Kevin Jolly (13)...Bo Petersen (14)

Eastbourne 59 v 37 Wimbledon

Kelly Moran (15)...Colin Richardson (15)

Glasgow 55 v 23 Workington

Steve Lawson (12)..Terry Kelly/Ian Hindle (7)

Berwick 57 v 21 Scunthorpe

Rob Grant (12)...Kevin Teager (6)

Stoke 23 v 54 Middlesbrough

Rod North (8)...Brian Havelock/Mark Courtney (12)

Boston 51 v 27 Oxford

Steve Lomas (12)..Derek Harrison (10)