Post by bod on Dec 12, 2017 15:46:57 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Nigel Booccock and Igor Plechanov
Rear
Soviet Russia team photo
News
- Plans to open a new track in Blackpool are placedon hold until 1967
- Poland and Swedish club Vargarna are set to start UK tours next week. The Swedish side have named a strong squad including Bjorn Knutsson, Torbjorn Harrysson and Peo Soderman
- Long Eaton finally see a successful conclusion of their pursuit to sign Leif Enecrona
- Cradley are trying to tempt ex-Swindon skipper Ian Williams out of retirement
Major Meetings
Nordic British Final, Sheffield, July 14th 1966
- Barry Briggs (15)
- Ivan Mauger (13)
- Nigel Boocock (12)
- Sverre Harrfeldt (10)
- George Hunter (10)
- Ken McKinlay (10)
- Colin Pratt (10)
- Mike Broadbank (9)
- Brian Brett (6)
- Eric Boocock(Res) (6)
- Kalevi Lahtinen (5)
- Ole Olsen (5)
- Torbjorn Nygaard (3)
- Nils Paulsen (3)
- Jonny Faafeng (2)
- Poul Wissing (1)
- Borge Christiansen (0)
Fourth Test, Exeter, July 11th 1966
- Nigel Boocock (16)
- Ron Mountford (13)
- Trevor Hedge (11)
- Colin Pratt (7)
- Colin Gooddy (7)
- Tommy Sweetman (6)
- Boris Samorodov (16)
- Igor Plechanov (14)
- Gennadi Kurilenko (6)
- Yuri Chekranov (4)
- Gab Kadirov (4)
- Viktor Trofimov (4)
England 60
USSR 48
Fifth Test, West Ham, July 12th 1966
- Norman Hunter (18)
- Terry Betts (15)
- Nigel Boocock (13.5)
- Colin Pratt (12.5)
- Brian Brett (6)
- Malcolm Simmons (4)
- Trevor Hedge (1)
- Reg Luckhurst (1)
- Igor Plechanov (11)
- Boris Samorodov (9)
- Viktor Trofimov (6)
- Gab Kadirov (5)
- Yuri Chekranov (4)
- Gennadi Kurilenko (2)
England 71
USSR 37
Big Wins
Newcastle 54 v 24 Edinburgh
Brian Brett/Ivan Mauger/Peter Kelly (11)..Doug Templeton/George Hunter/Reidar Eide (5)
Glasgow 52 v 26 Hackney
Alf Wells/Charlie Monk (12)..Colin Pratt (8)
Halifax 55 v 23 Oxford
Dave Younghusband (11)..Arne Pander (11)
Edinburgh 51 v 27 King's Lynn
George Hunter(11)...Peter Moore (13)
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Coventry..21..15..1..5..31
- Swindon..18..13..0..5..26
- Halifax..20..12..0..8..24
- Wimbledon..20..12..0..8..24
- Glasgow..19..12..0..7..24
League 1 Bottom 5
- Wolves..16..8..0..8..16
- Oxford..15..8..0..7..16
- King's Lynn..16..8..0..8..16
- Newport..24..6..1..17..13
- Cradley..21..6..0..15..12