Post by bod on Oct 19, 2020 10:31:01 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Gote Nordin and Torbjorn Harrysson
Rear
Glasgow team photo
News
- Speedway is staged in Belfast at the Dunmore Stadium. A 12-heat individual meeting is won by Swindon's Bob Kilby with a maximum nine points
- The Soviet Union name their squad for their British tour. Two newcomers, Vladimir Smirnov and Anatoli Belkin, join experienced campaigners Igor Plechanov and Boris Samorodov in the line-up
- Oxford new boy Godtfred Andreassen break a leg at Newcastle in only his second meeting
- Gunnar Malmqvist leads the six Swedish qualifiers for the Ullevi hosted World Final. Malmqvist is joined by Ove Fundin, Torbjorn Harrysson, Bernt Persson, Anders Michanek and Hasse Holmqvist
Major Meetings
World League, Wimbledon, June 13th 1968
[li]Barry Briggs (12)[/li]
[li]Nigel Boocock (9)[/li]
[li]Reg Luckhurst (7)[/li]
[li]Malcolm Simmons (7)[/li]
[li]Martin Ashby (7)[/li]
[li]Eric Boocock (1)[/li]
[li]Trevor Hedge (0)[/li]
Sweden 35
[li]Bengt Jansson (10)[/li]
[li]Olle Nygren (7)[/li]
[li]Torbjorn Harrysson (6)[/li]
[li]Bernt Persson (5)[/li]
[li]Ove Fundin (4)[/li]
[li]Anders Michanek (3)[/li]
[li]Soren Sjosten (0)[/li]
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World League, Halifax, June 15th 1968
[li]Eric Boocock (11)[/li]
[li]Barry Briggs (11)[/li]
[li]Ivan Mauger (9)[/li]
[li]Dave Younghusband (6)[/li]
[li]Nigel Boocock (5)[/li]
[li]Ray Wilson (5)[/li]
[li]Martin Ashby (4)[/li]
Sweden 27
[li]Olle Nygren (8)[/li]
[li]Anders Michanek (7)[/li]
[li]Ove Fundin (5)[/li]
[li]Torbjorn Harrysson (4)[/li]
[li]Bengt Jansson (3)[/li]
[li]Hasse Holmqvist (0)[/li]
[li]Gunnar Malmqvist (0)[/li]
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Big Wins
Exeter 52 v 26 Poole
Neil Street (10)..Bill Andrew (11)
Crayford 50 v 27 Nelson
Tony Childs/Geoff Ambrose (12)..Dave Schofield (8)
Sheffield 53 v 25 Cradley
Charlie Monk (12)...Graham Coombes (10)
Belle Vue 50 v 28 Glasgow
Soren Sjosten (12)...Jimmy McMillan/Lars Jansson (9)
Swindon 50 v 28 Exeter
Bob Kilby (12)...Neil Street (9)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Ivan Mauger (Newcastle) 11.60
- Martin Ashby (Exeter) 10.78
- Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 10.74
- Barry Briggs (Swindon) 10.67
- Norman Hunter (West Ham) 10.52
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Hackney..16..12..2..2..26
- West Ham..13..11..0..2..22
- Coventry..19..10..0..9..20
- Swindon..14..8..1..5..17
- Exeter..12..8..0..4..16
League 1 Bottom 5
- Wolves..12..5..0..7..10
- Newport..10..5..0..5..10
- Oxford..14..5..0..9..10
- Wimbledon..12..4..0..8..8
- Poole..13..3..2..8..8