W/E SEPTEMBER 9TH 1966

[bod]

Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

The Templeton brothers

Rear

West Ham team photo

News

• Two occurrences of crowd trouble are encountered in successive meetings at Old Meadowbank as Glasgow riders have cars vandalised and are pelted with objects from the crowd
• Swede Leif Enecrona quits Long Eaton via a telegram to promoter Ron Wilson
• Reidar Eide tells Edinburgh he is quitting the UK owing to domestic issues. The Monarchs sign fellow Norwegian Knut Syrrest as his replacement
• Ivan Mauger is crowned European Champion and qualifies for his first world final
• Newport change their race jackets mid-season with the current fleur de lys emblem replaced by a wasp
• World Final debutant Torbjorn Harrysson could miss the big night after suffering arm injuries in a Swedish league meeting

Major Meetings

European Final, Wembley, September 3rd 1966

• Ivan Mauger (14)
• Barry Briggs (13)
• Antoni Woryna (11)
• Sverre Harrfeldt (10)
• Nigel Boocock (10)
• Igor Plechanov (10)
• Mike Broadbank (9)
• Stanislaw Tkocz (8)
• Andrzej Pogorzelski (8)
• Marian Kaiser (7)
• Ken McKinlay (6)
• Konstantin Pociejkowicz (5)
• Edmund Migos (4)
• Brian Brett (3)
• George Hunter (2)
• Colin Pratt (0)

Big Wins

Halifax 51 v 27 Cradley

Dave Younghusband (12)..Ray Wilson(G) (9)

Poole 51 v 27 Oxford

Bill Andrew (12)..Arne Pander/Jimmy Gooch (9)

Glasgow 54 v 24 Belle Vue

Charlie Monk (12)..Cyril Maidment (12)

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Coventry..31..22..1..8..45
• Swindon..27..19..0..8..38
• Halifax..26..18..0..8..36
• Poole..30..16..0..12..32
• Wimbledon..27..17..0..10..34

League 1 Bottom 5

• West Ham..26..11..1..14..23
• Newport..32..11..1..2-0..23
• Long Eaton..31..11..1..19..23
• King's Lynn..31..11..0..20..22
• Cradley..29..8..0..21..16