Post by bod on Jan 15, 2019 0:27:26 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Gary Havelock
Rear
Rye House v Sheffield action
News
- Gary Havelock continues a fantastic run in the World Championship by clinching the Overseas title
- Shock in the Nordic Final as Hans Nielsen fails to qualify and will miss his first World Final since his debut in 1980
- Antal Kocso is a clear winner of the Continental Semi-Final at Brokstedt in Germany. Zdenek Tesar comes out on top in the other semi in Miskolc, Hungary after a four man roun-off
- Exeter leave Tony Olsson out of their side for away meetings at Long Eaton and Sheffield after telling the rider that Reading have recalled his loan period
- Sheffield open talks with Ian Barney and Thierry Hilaire in a bid to strengthen their line-up
- Concerns at Mildenhall as a rift between promoters Dick Partridge and Derek Hewitt threatens the club's future
- Struggling Middlesbrough suffer a blow as Donny Odom breaks his scaphoid at Edinburgh
- Eastbourne look to strengthen up by bringing American veteran Bobby Schwartz back to the UK and opening talks with Peter Nahlin
- Cradley close-in on signing Andy Grahame from Eastbourne to replace the injured Billy Hamill
- Poole sign Norwegian youngster Lars Gunnestad from Sheffield
Major Meetings
Overseas Final, Coventry
- Gary Havelock (13)
- Mitch Shirra (12)
- Kelvin Tatum (11)
- Sam Ermolenko (10)
- Andy Smith (9)
- Martin Dugard (9)
- Jason Lyons (9)
- Rick Miller (8)
- Ronnie Correy (8)
- Marvyn Cox (7)
- Shane Parker (7)
- Mike Faria (5)
- Billy Hamill (4)
- Paul Thorp (3)
- Mark Thorpe (3)
- Simon Wigg (1)
- Bobby Ott(Res) (0)
Nordic Final, Elgane
- Tony Rickardsson (12)
- Per Jonsson (10)
- Brian Karger (10)
- John Jorgensen (10)
- Jimmy Nilsen (10)
- Gert Handberg (9)
- Tommy Knudsen (9)
- Henrik Gustafsson (9)
- Einar Kyllingstad (9)
- Peter Nahlin (9)
- Lars Gunnestad (8)
- Hans Nielsen (6)
- Claus Jacobsen (4)
- Vesa Ylinen (3)
- Jorgen Johansson(Res) (1)
- Peter Ravn (0)
- Juha Moksunen (0)
- Arnt Forland(Res) (0)
Continental Semi-Final, Brokstedt
- Antal Kocso (14)
- Robery Nagy (12)
- Bohumil Brhel (9)
- Gerd Riss (8)
- Jozsef Petrikovics (8)
- Petr Vandirek (8)
- Miroslaw Kowalik (8)
- Robert Sawina (8)
- Vladimir Kalina (7)
- Borivoj Hadek (6)
- Tomasz Gollob (6)
- Armando Castagna (6)
- Jacek Krzyzaniak (5)
- Valentino Furlanetto (5)
- Jaroslaw Olszewski (5)
- Oleg Kugurskin (4)
Continental Semi-Final, Miskolc
- Zdenek Tesar (11)
- Slawomir Drabik (11)
- Roman Matousek (11)
- Antonin Kasper (11)
- Piotr Swist (10)
- Zdenek Schneiderwind (10)
- Piotr Paluch (10)
- Mikhail Starostin (9)
- Zoltan Hajdu (8)
- Vaclav Milik (8)
- Zsolt Boszormenyi (7)
- Laszlo Bodi (3)
- Andrzej Huszcza (3)
- Karol Trusa (3)
- Zoltan Adorjan (2)
- Jacek Wozniak (1)
Big Wins
Ipswich 62 v 28 Eastbourne
Chris Louis (15)...Andrew Silver (10)
Edinburgh 57 v 33 Middlesbrough
Les Collins (15)...Steve Regeling (16)
Bradford 64 v 26 Eastbourne
Kelvin Tatum (15)...Andy Grahame (11)
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- King's Lynn..7..5..0..2..11
- Cradley..5..4..0..1..9
- Bradford..7..3..0..4..8
- Coventry..5..3..1..1..7
- Wolves..4..3..0..1..6
League 1 Bottom 5
- Reading..3..1..1..1..3
- Arena-Essex..3..1..0..2..2
- Ipswich..3..1..0..2..2
- Swindon..4..1..0..3..2
- Eastbourne..5..1..0..4..2
League 2 Top 5
- Edinburgh..5..4..0..1..8
- Berwick..5..3..1..1..7
- Glasgow..4..3..1..0..7
- Mildenhall..4..2..1..1..5
- Exeter..3..2..0..1..4
League 2 Bottom 5
- Rye House..1..1..0..0..2
- Milton Keynes..2..1..0..1..2
- Middlesbrough..6..1..0..5..2
- Sheffield..5..1..0..4..2
- Long Eaton..5..0..1..4..1