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Eric Hockaday is recorded as being from London but never joined a London team. Arthur 'Donovan' Price from Wolverhampton only rode there in second half races before moving elsewhere, including near neighbours Cradley Heath. Coincidentally, in the latter half of the 1960s Mick Handley who was born 'on the doorstep' of Dudley Wood started out at Wolverhampton instead, although he did eventually ride for the Heathens in the early 70s.

How many times have we seen people in the pits not wearing masks correctly? Also the fans not adhering to the correct places in the stands? Surprised it's not happened before now...

I thought you were talking about Jason crump !!!

Not as questionable as the fashion statement that is the Wulfsport jacket

Carl Johnson mentioned the fact the older fan base would want to sit in the stand and not view from the grass areas, perhaps he was really talking about the BB holders who would really need to sit in a seat after the long slog from the car park

Mark Courtney lives in Poland , spanner’s for Max Fricke over there.

Tell you something Steve i didn't even mind the old black leathers and monkey mask.You could still usually tell a rider by his riding style, nowadays alot of the riders styles look similar.

Pete Jarman was born in London, don’t think he rode for any London track?

Oh dear... a give up... Wigton and Silloth... lol... the thoughts of you being the geordie cultual attache to the Cumbrian West Coast sends shivers down me spine... Regards THJ

Would have to agree, I loved my Speedway in the 70's. Particularly enjoyed the Johnny Boulger years at Dudley Wood watching Stevie B develop. The all conquering team from 1983 meant that a lot of home matches were less than entertaining.

So Miedzinski went from Rybnik to Torun and rode with the Holder's, who moved onto ZG and Bydgoszcz potentially spreading it there. Where do you draw the line on who should quarantine? Whole game should shut down for 7 days.

Yes a great side made up of local discoveries...very different to today and perhaps that's where speedway started to go wrong?

I'm sure you could wear any that you owned

Mentioned this before but the ultimate side of the 70's was Ipswich 1975 and '76. Champions both years, the double in '76 and all with a home grown side. Six of the seven born within a 20 mile radius of Foxhall plus Billy Sanders who had only ridden for Ipswich once he turned 16. No guests used, instead used rider replacement or local juniors moving up into the team when required. One hell of an achievement and has never been given the credit it deserved.

I used to drive mark to barrow before he could drive, at one time mark his brother sean, des wilson geoff powell steve lawson myself and poss jacko irving all rode cycle speedway in workington all thanks to good old ian thomas !

They had that problem a few times when assembling sides they were very weak at reserve.The likes of Reid,Gledhill, S.Collins, Leaver, Fry, Bostin (etc) found it very difficult.

he was on Kasprzak's team for a while

I was a fan of Chris city really enjoyed watching him ride and in those days riders had there own identity Chris, Ivan, Broady, Boy Blue , John Davis come to mind.

Erik broke a leg early at Wolves and as you said Kristian/ Steve picked up nasty injuries amazing they won anything with that handicap.For me it was the Squad that was decent Perks averaged over 6 Les Rumsey was very useful and the young promising John Hack got his chance it really shows you how strong our league was then.

They certainly were a strong side as evidenced by their winning of 2 Cups. I think by the end of the season they were the best team in the league, but injuries to Erik, Kristian and Stevie B earlier in the season cost them. Imo a stronger septet than the one that finally delivered the league title 2 years later.

Apart from the Elite few within the inner sanctum, under the auspices of Buster and his appointees it is difficult to imagine what more could have been done to alienate those supporters that have been loyal for years under all weathers , management and position in league ( whatever league that may be)

Pusey at his peak, was a very exciting rider Sid. I saw him a couple of times in full flight at Custom House when i was a kid. His polka dot leathers really made him stand out!

That was a great watch, thanks for posting. Some cracking racing and fantastic to hear Bernard Gent again "That's 5 more lovely points to yourTiger boys"

That side cannot be that far behind the 83 side Steve ? what a squad of riders they had. Penhall, Erik, Phil, Alan, Kristian, Steve,Boogaloo, Dave Perks, John Hack, Les Rumsey..

Watched chris in his final year at workington, overweight he was knackered after 4 laps with a red face and sweat pouring off him ron bagley thought if fit he could still have been a number 1 for the comets just lasted a few weeks!

Long time since I've seen the video but surely no one would believe that Stancl was a serious threat to Penhall..just keeping out of his way perhaps which was common practice in important meetings. Recall Michanek not wishing to 'mess up' Malcolm Simmons during the 1976 Final.

I wouldn't be surprised if Zmarzlik himself asked to be included. He desperately needs track time to help sort out his starting.

Remember Bob Humphreys riding for Milton Keynes at Powderhall, coming out of the bends onto the straight his front wheel hovered about a foot off the ground virtually the full length of the straight,he was in perfect control,perfect set up I reckon.Superb skill.

Spedeworth / Incarace are pleased to announce the first racing fixture back at Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich will take place on Saturday 25th July 2020. The event will feature the following:- Unlimited National Bangers – BWS Round National Hot Rods – 2020/21 World Qualifying Round 1 First race will start at 6.30pm. Driver Bookings are being taken now by calling 01252 322920. When you book-in you must provide us the name(s) of the other person(s) who will be using your ticket(s) e.g. mechanics / family. If your crew includes extra people you must pay for them in advance with their names. Your crew cannot exceed the total of 6 people which must be your mechanics / pit crew and this rule has been put in place so you can bring your partner plus your children. You MUST pay for their tickets and include their names at the same time as booking-in. This is to coincide with the COVID-19 rules for track and trace. Your crew will be allowed within the area of the stadium allocated and will be permitted pit access. All other spectators will be located on the back straight and within the Spedeworth / Yokohama Grandstands and will not be permitted pit access. Spectators will be permitted at this event. However, spectator admission will be limited by advanced ticket booking only and full details will be announced in due course once the ORCi have done the agreements and risk assessments with the local authorities. It is anticipated that spectators will be on the back straight and in the Spedeworth & Yokohama Grandstands whilst drivers and their crew members will be located on the turnstile bend and home straight. No spectators will be permitted to leave the stadium once entered except for leaving the stadium to go home. Let’s go racing at Foxhall!!! Stock cars ready to go........will be interesting to see what the H&S assessment is for the max capacity ......

Not the government at all I'm afraid, it's all BBC reneging on 2015 deal https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1308360/bbc-licence-fee-over-75s-free-tv-licence-andrea-jenkyns

There would still be the restrictions in place no doubt which does mean they would be taking a risk.With an open meeting you could always pull the plug if it was not viable.

An interesting article that I've only just come across, which was posted before the weekend: Swindon team manager Alun Rossiter is worried Troy Batchelor’s confidence could be hit by being left out in the cold by Polish side Rybnik. The PGE Ekstraliga newcomers have won just one of their opening meetings against basement club Gorzow and are one of the favourites for relegation. Despite the team misfiring, Batchelor has made just one appearance so far this season – taking just one ride at Grudziadz on June 23, finishing at the back, before being dropped for the rest of the meeting. Having seen Batchelor finish second in the SGB Premiership averages and form a title-winning partnership with Jason Doyle at Swindon last season, Rossiter is baffled that Rybnik won’t turn to the former FIM Speedway Grand Prix star. The club is set to operate rider replacement for the injured Andzejs Lebedevs at home to Leszno this evening rather than draft in Batchelor. The former GB boss understands Batchelor is defeating team mates in practice races, so he’s stunned he isn’t being selected to compete in the PGE Ekstraliga. He said: “He’s in Poland and having a hard time. He is beating people in practice races and saying ‘what do I need to do? Win it by a straight?’ I don’t know what’s going on there. “He has paid for 17 tyres to go out in practice and do the sparring heats. They put the tapes down and he wins the races. But he’s still not in the team. They gave him one ride, dropped him and didn’t pick him again. “For me as a Swindon manager, I’m worried I am going to get a rider back who isn’t riding and could be a bit scarred from it all. “I just don’t understand their mentality. There are a lot of good clubs, but obviously there are some very strange clubs that have a different mentality of how they go about things. “He has been absolutely fantastic. For the last two years he has been absolutely on the money for me. “This is not Troy talking. This is me talking as his manager at Swindon. I am absolutely baffled how they can treat him like this.”

My guess top priority at KL is getting the stock cars up and running he must have lost a small fortune on that front .

We move on to next Weekend- Don`t forget the E Winner league championship meeting tomorrow, the SEC on Wednesday and the E Winner matches on Saturday( see the other threads) Friday July 17th Rybnik v Czestochowa programme starts 4.45pm 1st race 5pm Eleven sport 1 and Freesports ( 5 pm ) Friday July 17th Lublin v Grudziadz programme starts 7.15pm 1st race 7.30pm Eleven Sport 1 and Premier Sport 1 ( 7.30pm) Sunday July 19th Leszno v Zielona Gora programme starts 3pm 1st race 3.30pm N Sport and Premier Sport 2 ( 3.30pm) Sunday July 19th Gorzow v Wroclaw programme starts 6pm 1st race 6.15pm N Sport and Premier sport 2 ( delayed ) 12 midnight

I think norbolds comment was not in answer to anyone’s post, just a stand alone . Think all the posts so far have been interesting

I was born in Hackney but never rode for them.....mind you, that may be because I was never a speedway rider.

Jaimon Lidsey is a future GP man with the bit of luck you need,very impressive IMO.Already mixing it well with the big names.

THAT decision is in the hands of the various governments not the FIM, BSI or PZM...

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If riders have to take less because “ that’s how it is”. Does that mean that entry prices can increase too for the same reason ?

Big Covid problem in Polish Speedway- Google translation. Due to the fact that one of the people from the staff staying in the machine park during the match PGG ROW Rybnik - FOGO Unia Leszno played as part of the 5th round of PGE Ekstraliga on July 10, has a positive result of the COVID-19 test, PGE Ekstraliga introduces prepared for such circumstance crisis procedures. A positive test result was attended by one of the people staying in the machine park during the PGG ROW Rybnik - FOGO Unia Leszno match of July 10. It is not one of the competitors, mechanics or training staff members. PGE Ekstraliga was informed about this fact on July 14 in the afternoon. Accordingly, in accordance with the crisis procedure prepared in advance and ready for such cases: - postponed matches of the 6th round of PGE Ekstraliga PGG ROW Rybnik - ELTROX Włókniarz Częstochowa (17 July) and FOGO Unia Leszno - RM SOLAR Falubaz Zielona Góra (19 July) - introducing mandatory home insulation from July 14 for all PGG ROW Rybnik and FOGO Unia Leszno players together with player mechanics and training staffs as well as all functionaries staying in the machine park (participants of the match of the 5th round of PGE Ekstraliga PGG ROW Rybnik - FOGO Unia Leszno with 10th of July) - a ban on all sports activities for players participating in the PGG ROW Rybnik match - FOGO Unia Leszno from July 10 - genetic testing for coronavirus for all PGG ROW Rybnik and FOGO Unia Leszno players together with mechanics and training staffs as well as functionaries in the machine park (participants of the 5th round match of the PGE Ekstraliga PGG ROW Rybnik - FOGO Unia Leszno from July 10) In accordance with WHO recommendations, genetic testing for coronavirus is carried out within 7-8 days of the potential contact with an infected person. Therefore, hoping that the match of the 5th round of the PGE Ekstraliga PGG ROW Rybnik - FOGO Unia Leszno took place on July 10, all tests for the participants of this match (players, mechanics, training staffs and functionaries in the machine park) will take place, in consultation with INVICTA, at the earliest on July 20. The costs of the tests will be covered by Speedway Extrastraliga. After obtaining negative test results, the PGG ROW teams Rybnik and FOGO Unia Leszno will return to the normal rhythm of the 2020 season in PGE Ekstralidze. Dates of outstanding matches with their participation will be set in a separate announcement by PGE Ekstraliga

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