Post by bod on Feb 23, 2017 20:39:51 GMT 1
Speedway Star Cover Men
Front
Cradley trio Colin Pratt, Bernt Persson and Roy Trigg
Inside Front
Clive Hitch
Inside Rear
Rayleigh rider Geoff Maloney
Rear
Newcastle team photo
News
- A Brazilian motor-cycle federation expresses an interest to the SCB about understanding what is needed to stage speedway meetings
- Newport are on the lookout for more team strength to take them off the bottom of the table
- King's Lynn Starlets Division 2 side are set to move 34 miles up the road to Boston
- Peter Vandenberg suffers a serious eye injury after a stone penetrates his goggles
- Rochdale suffer injuries to Steve Waplington, Gerry James and Colin Goad
- Russians Gennadi Kurilenko and Valeri Klementiev win the World Championship Continental Semi-Finals at Bydgoszcz and Pardubice respectively. The Continental Final will consist of 11 Russians, 3 East Germans and 2 Czechs.
- New Zealand win the inaugural World Pairs competition. Denmark replace the withdrawn Polish team; their score not counting towards official results
- Coventry are keen on Czech Jiri Stancl to cover injured compatriot Antonin Kasper
Major Meetings
British Final, West Ham, June 9th 1970
wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2512/1970-british-final
World Pairs Final, Malmo
[li]Ronnie Moore (16)[/li]
[li]Ivan Mauger (12)[/li]
Sweden 25
[li]Ove Fundin (15)[/li]
[li]Bengt Jansson (10)[/li]
England 19
[li]Eric Boocock (13)[/li]
[li]Nigel Boocock (6)[/li]
Scotland 18
[li]Jimmy McMillan (10)[/li]
[li]Bert Harkins (8)[/li]
Czechoslovakia 11
[li]Jiri Stancl (6)[/li]
[li]Vaclav Verner (5)[/li]
Yugoslavia 8
[li]Drasko Perko (5)[/li]
[li]Ivan Kos (3)[/li]
Denmark 17 (score did not count)
[li]Ole Olsen (12)[/li]
[li]Bent Norregaard (5)[/li]
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Nordic Final, Eskilstuna
- Gote Nordin (15)
- Anders Michanek (12)
- Soren Sjosten (11)
- Bengt Larsson (10)
- Reidar Eide (10)
- Ove Fundin (9)
- Ole Olsen (9)
- Bengt Jansson (9)
- Oyvind Berg (8)
- Odd Fossengen (7)
- Bengt Brannefors (6)
- Bent Norregaard (6)
- Niels Weiss Sorensen (3)
- Dag Lovaas (3)
- Olle Nygren (1)
- Matti Olin (1)
Tour Match
Belle Vue 50 v 28 Leningrad
Ivan Mauger/Chris Pusey (12)..Vladmimir Smirnov (9)
Big Wins
Rochdale 50 v 28 Romford
Eric Broadbelt (11)..Ross Gilbertson (11)
Crewe 52 v 26 Long Eaton
Paul O'Neil (12)..Ken Vale (7)
Poole 51 v 27 Hackney
Mike Cake (11)...Bengt Jansson (9)
Ipswich 57 v 21 Berwick
John Louis (12)...Andy Meldrum (7)
Hackney 52 v 26 Wembley
Bengt Jansson/Jimmy Gooch (11)..Reidar Eide (7)
Peterborough 51 v 27 Rayleigh
Andy Ross (12)...Hugh Saunders (12)
Coventry 59 v 19 King's Lynn
Nigel Boocock/Rick France (12)..Malcolm Simmons/Allan Brown (5)
Nelson 55 v 22 Long Eaton
Alan Knapkin/Gary Peterson (12)..Bob Valentine (11)
Swindon 56 v 22 Newport
Barry Briggs/Bob Kilby (12)..Sandor Levai (10)
Berwick 52 v 26 Crayford
Maury Robinson (11)..Tony Childs (11)
Averages - Top 5
League 1
- Ivan Mauger (Belle Vue) 11.33
- Anders Michanek (Newcastle) 10.97
- Jim Airey (Sheffield) 10.83
- Eric Boocock (Halifax) 10.72
- Ronnie Moore (Wimbledon) 10.60
League 2
- Graeme Smith (Canterbury) 10.70
- Dave Jessup (Eastbourne) 10.60
- Gordon McGregor (Doncaster) 10.42
- Malcolm Shakespeare (Long Eaton) 10.23
- Eric Broadbelt (Rochdale) 10.18
League Tables - Top/Bottom 5
League 1 Top 5
- Coventry..19..13..0..6..26
- Wimbledon..15..11..1..3..23
- Belle Vue..13..10..0..3..20
- Glasgow..16..9..1..6..19
- Swindon..17..8..1..8..17
League 1 Bottom 5
- Newcastle..13..5..0..8..10
- West Ham..14..4..1..9..9
- Wembley..12..4..0..8..8
- Newport..13..3..0..10..6
- Cradley..15..3..0..12..6
League 2 Top 5
- Canterbury..10..9..0..1..18
- Eastbourne..10..9..0..1..18
- Ipswich..15..9..0..6..18
- Crewe..11..7..1..3..15
- Romford..13..7..0..6..14
League 2 Bottom 5
- Workington..13..4..0..9..8
- Doncaster..9..3..1..5..7
- Reading..11..3..0..8..6
- Peterborough..9..2..1..6..5
- Middlesbrough..8..2..0..6..4