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Duh! My bad - as they say. I'd forgotten the change in format from last season. Should have known the bookie is always right. However, surely my point about 18th position - see above - is correct?

Holder £50 less Madsen £50 more Thank you ps - maybe I’m losing it but is there not a few mistakes in the scoring in the OP? You’ve got riders finishing 2nd in the Semi’s finishing 5th and 6th which is then extrapolated into all the other finishing positions meaning you eventually get 18 finishers?

The First Division licence moved to Eastville along with riders such as Crump and Gresham, but Newport continued in the National League. Similar to the Oxford/White City and Newcastle/Reading moves. For interest, the cost of the licence when Ipswich bought the one from the West Ham promotion prior to the 1972 season was £4,000 according to John Berry.

Sad news. Saw him ride at the end of the 1968 season for the Hammers. First rider’s autograph I ever got! RIP George

Very fondly remembered by Cradley fans as well. Spent his final British season at Dudley Wood in 1977 and was a very popular and successful cog in the first Dan McCormick team. RIP

Following the budget yesterday, BetGoodwin have announced that they are going to cut all their horse racing sponsorship as they look to absorb the effect of the increase in online betting duty. No mention of anything else, but possibly could impact on their sponsorship of Speedway.

Just got round to reading the October edition. As ever an entertaining read. I actually attended 3 of the meetings mentioned in the opening feature on big swings in second leg Cup ties. The 2 involving Cradley, the second of which is sadly most remembered for a bad injury suffered by Peter Collins, and the Wimbledon v Berwick tie in 1988. Another "comeback" worthy of mention was Kings Lynn's recovery in 1984 from a 57-21 drubbing at Eastbourne by winning by the identical score in the second leg. The Stars won the replay as I recall. Though the second leg recovery didn't win the tie, pulling back a 36 point deficit is well worthy of mention. Thanks to Doug for all his hard work over the past few years keeping the memories alive.

Number 4 is Clive Hitch I reckon, which would make it 1974. I’d agree Red Ott is number 2, but no Stan Stevens Number 6 John Gibbons Number 7 Bob Cooper

30 years ago this week the gates shut for the final time at Dudley Wood. So sad that the Heathens haven't been able to get a track of their own since then. Memories are all we have left......

Be interested to know where you cut and pasted that from.

You misunderstand the gist of my post, I'm referring to the group of posters on General Discussions who refuse to accept that Covid was anything other than a scam. If you scroll up a wee bit you'll see a couple of the usual suspects showed up on here to tell Steve he was mistaken in his diagnosis. As Steve says, I hope your wife made a full recovery.

Oh dear, Steve, you obviously haven’t spent much time on the General Discussions section recently. Apparently it’s very clear that Covid was all a big con (similar to that Climate Change rubbish) inflicted upon us by the shadowy cabals who need to keep us in line. Obviously you’ve got nothing but a heavy cold. Don’t normally root for the Pirates but just for you hope they do the business tonight.

You could understand Tai’s inclusion if he had been a member of the GP on merit and the injury had prevented him from trying for 7th, but there seems no sporting reason for including him so it must be sponsorship/financial considerations. Hope he does the pick justice, but suspect he will find it tough.

Sad to hear it’s the last one, Doug. Many thanks for all the interesting articles you’ve published, it has been much appreciated.

Kelvins inability to do basic Arithmetic is beyond embarrassing. A 4-2 “won’t be enough”