W/E OCTOBER 10TH 1992

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Ronnie Correy

Rear

Edinburgh team photo

News

• Belle Vue's Joe Screen wins the Division One Riders' Championship at Bradford
• Belle Vue and Cradley are furious after the BSPA award 75-0 win to title favourites Reading after King's Lynn call off their league clash at the 11th hour
• Reading and Peterborough are clear favourites to clinch the respective league titles
• Peter Oakes calls for speedway to go back to basics to address its current cashflow and attendance issues
• Glasgow grant Shane Bowes his wish to move up to the top flight in 1993

Major Meetings

Division 1 Riders' Championship, Bradford, 3rd October 1992

Big Wins

Bradford 57 v 33 Oxford

Simon Wigg (12+2)...Hans Nielsen (13)

Oxford 58 v 32 Eastbourne

Hans Nielsen/Martin Dugard (12)..Peter Nahlin (13+1)

Poole 57 v 33 Swindon

Marvyn Cox (13+1)..Leigh Adams (14)

Peterborough 62 v 28 Stoke

Stephen Davies/Jason Crump (10+2)..Alan Grahame (11+1)

Glasgow 65 v 25 Exeter

Steve Lawson (14+1)..Frank Smart (7+1)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Hans Nielsen (Oxford) 10.31
• Sam Ermolenko (Wolves) 10.14
• Per Jonsson (Reading) 10.11
• Gary Havelock (Bradford) 9.73
• Marvyn Cox (Poole) 9.65

League 2

• Richard Knight (Berwick) 10.31
• Martin Goodwin (Rye House) 10.12
• Jan Staechmann (Long Eaton) 9.93
• Neil Evitts (Sheffield) 9.71
• David Bargh (Newcastle) 9.53

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Belle Vue..20..12..1..7..31
• Poole..20..12..2..6..30
• Wolves..21..11..1..9..30
• Reading..15..11..1..3..28
• Ipswich..17..10..2..5..25

League 1 Bottom 5

• Oxford..21..7..3..11..21
• King's Lynn..20..7..0..13..20
• Eastbourne..20..5..2..13..13
• Swindon..21..4..2..15..11
• Arena-Essex..18..5..0..13..10

League 2 Top 5

• Peterborough..18..13..0..5..33.5
• Berwick..20..12..1..7..32
• Newcastle..20..11..0..9..29
• Glasgow..18..10..0..8..26.5
• Rye House..16..10..0..6..23

League 2 Bottom 5

• Edinburgh..17..8..0..9..20
• Long Eaton..20..7..2..11..20
• Sheffield..20..9..1..10..20
• Middlesbrough..20..6..0..14..14
• Stoke..17..5..0..12..12