W/E OCTOBER 1ST 1983

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Derek Harrison

Inside Front

Karl Maier, Billy Sanders and Egon Muller

Inside Rear

Kenny Carter, Hans Nielsen and Michael Lee

Rear

Jan Andersson

News

• Berwick's Steve McDermott wins the National League Riders' Championship after beating Richard Knight in a run-off at Wimbledon
• New World Champion Egon Muller suffers head, back and leg injuries in a car crash
• Newcastle need only one more point to be crowned NL Champions for the econd successive year
• Canterbury boss Wally Mawdsley is fined £400 and banned for 30 days after being reported for disorderly conduct during the club's home meeting with Crayford
• Calls gather pace for safety improvements to tracks up and down the country following three recent tragic racing fatalaties
• Birmingham's young Danish rider John Jorgensen will miss the remainder of the season with a broken arm
• Reading release recent signing Finn Jensen after both of his performances have produced zero point returns

Major Meetings

National League Riders' Championship, Wimbledon

wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/3168/1983-national-league-riders-championship

Big Wins

Birmingham 52 v 26 Poole

Hans Nielsen/Andy Grahame (12)..Kevin Smith (10)

Birmingham 53 v 25 Halifax

Hans Nielsen (11)...Kenny Carter (11)

Crayford 64 v 32 Milton Keynes

Barry Thomas (14)...Keith White (11)

Coventry 55 v 23 Belle Vue

Gary Guglielmi (10)..Peter Collins (11)

King's Lynn 51 v 27 Eastbourne

John Louis (12)...Dave Jessup(G) (10)

Eastbourne 22 v 56 Cradley

Paul Woods (13)...Erik Gundersen/Alan Grahame (10)

Boston 61 v 35 Crayford

Peter Chapman/David Blackburn (12)..Paul Bosley (11)

Berwick 62 v 34 Edinburgh

Steve McDermott (14)..Sean Courtney (11)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Dennis Sigalos (Ipswich) 11.02
• Billy Sanders (Ipswich) 10.83
• Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 10.71
• Chris Morton (Belle Vue) 10.56
• Erik Gundersen (Cradley) 10.52

League 2

• Joe Owen (Newcastle) 11.15
• Martin Yeates (Weymouth) 10.53
• Rod Hunter (Newcastle) 10.33
• Bobby Beaton (Newcastle) 10.27
• Jimmy McMillan (Glasgow) 9.89

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Cradley..22..20..0..2..40
• Ipswich..23..19..1..3..39
• Coventry..23..16..0..7..32
• Wimbledon..22..14..0..8..28
• Reading..24..14..0..10..28

League 1 Bottom 5

• Sheffield..25..9..2..14..20
• Leicester..25..8..2..15..18
• Poole..24..8..0..16..16
• Eastbourne..24..7..0..17..14
• Swindon..26..6..0..20..12

League 2 Top 5

• Newcastle..32..23..1..8..47
• Mildenhall..32..21..2..9..44
• Crayford..31..21..0..10..42
• Middlesbrough..34..18..3..13..39
• Weymouth..32..18..2..12..38

League 2 Bottom 5

• Glasgow..31..12..0..19..24
• Boston..32..11..1..20..23
• Peterborough..27..10..2..15..32
• Stoke..33..10..1..22..21
• Long Eaton..32..9..1..22..19