W/E AUGUST 30TH 1986

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Erik Gundersen fronts the World Final Special

News

• Calls to scrap the new multi-meeting group format of the World Team Cup gather pace as many meetings are raced in front of sparse crowds
• Yugoslavia arrive at their Group D meeting in Amsterdam with only one rider. Josef Zibert is the only Slav to arrive and they borrow three Dutchmen to complete their team
• Ipswich are keen on signing Czech star Roman Matousek
• Swindon sign Mildenhall number one Dave Jessup as their number eight
• Bradford are getting impatient waiting on the arrival of Czech rider Antonin Kasper
• Doug Newlands warns Edinburgh fans that top riders Les Collins and Doug Wyer will be sold if crowds don't improve

Big Wins

Middlesbrough 56 v 22 Hackney

Steve Wilcock (15)...Malcolm Simmons (7)

Coventry 54 v 24 King's Lynn

John Jorgensen (12)..Andy Campbell (8)

Newcastle 54 v 23 Middlesbrough

Paul Stead (11)...Martin Dixon (14)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 11.42
• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 11.16
• Jeremy Doncaster (Ipswich) 10.23
• Sam Ermolenko (Wolves) 10.15
• The late Kenny Carter (Bradford) 10.05

League 2

• Dave Jessup (Mildenhall) 10.80
• Steve Schofield (Poole) 10.64
• Paul Thorp (Stoke) 10.37
• Andrew Silver (Arena-Essex)10.31
• Malcolm Simmons (Hackney) 10.27

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Oxford..9..9..0..0..20
• Reading..10..6..1..3..14
• Wolves..8..6..0..2..14
• Cradley..8..4..1..3..10
• Coventry..9..4..1..4..9

League 1 Bottom 5

• Swindon..3..3..0..0..7
• Ipswich..9..3..0..6..7
• Belle Vue..9..3..0..6..6
• Bradford..9..2..1..6..6
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League 2 Top 5

• Middlesbrough.31..20..1..10..41
• Eastbourne..25..18..1..6..37
• Poole..26..18..1..7..37
• Stoke..27..17..0..10..34
• Arena-Essex..23..15..1..7..31

League 2 Bottom 5

• Berwick..26..9..1..16..19
• Canterbury..25..8..1..16..17
• Long Eaton..23..7..2..14..16
• Newcastle..24..6..1..17..13
• Glasgow..24..6..0..18..12