oddfossengen

another rider who was making good progress until injury was my posting namesake odd fossengen

iyo

yeah ive got a question for him why has got such a chip on his shoulder found him to be the most miserable ive ever had to interview

ted leasseing and johnnie hole will be there please please come come to the party the more money i raise the greater it helps people like laurence hare pip lamb alan wilkinson krystof ceigeilski etc help me to help them remember they they gave their all to entertain you

i would like to to say a very very big thank you to max richards of pegasus speed needs for donating a top of the range arai full face helmet for my fund raising for the speedway riders benevolent fund on the 20 th july this will be signed by all the top riders and more and will be raffled on the day please support max his bussiness phone no is 01489892679

i second that crouch there are not to many of his breed left around nowadays.cj and myself along with phil chard of the echo would spend many a pre meeting chewing over the fat and by the time the parade began we had put the speeedway world to rights great man who respected my opinon and often asked it ,still at least the stadium in the sky has a decent journalist r.i,p cj oddy

here is the latest new first the bad then the good unfortunately bert harkins is unable to attend due to a wedding in aberdeen on the same weekend bert sends his best wishes though now the good new stars definetely coming and confirmed this weekend reg duval ex coventry jack geran exeter don hardy exeter colin gooddy poole ken middleditch poole and the white ghost george white swindon have all said yes more names by the day also i am getting a full face crash helmet signed by all the riders at the poole gala meeting plus all the world finalist and champs that are going to the poole dinner and my do and this will be auctioned in aid of the speedway riders benevolent fund at sammys on 20th july so bring some cash with you oddy

many thanks that will put joans mind at rest can you post me a pm with your contact details as you maybe able to help me many thanks oddy

is former southampton rider mike tams still alive? i am a member of the world speedway riders association and his name is still in the members handbook .however in conversation with joan golden(albys widow) she wondered if he was .her reasons being that mike used to keep in regular phone contact with her up to about a year ago then nothing.can anyone help in this matter .also i want to contact him myself to see if he is in england at the time of my reunion(see southampton thread)

hes 83

here are some more faces coming to the clebrations firstly the flying banana himself brummie favourite george major and he is trying to get the original 007 wolverhamptons james bond coventry world finalist rick france and cradley favourite john hart to come too .other definites are ex wimbledon world finalist leo mcauliffe and i.o.w conference league favourite colin crook

can anyone help out there although im a member of the world speedway riders association and we are issued a rider directory every year one name that has dissappeared from the book is bjorn knuttson i am trying to contact him can any help with an address file answer in my personal messages thanks oddy

this is for those people who be coming from a distance to the reunion,a want to make a weekend of it there two camp sites close by the 1st one is hoborne bashley park sway road new milton 01425612340 no tents or trailer tents allowed but facilties inc night club in door pool 18 hole par 3 golf course restuarant and amusement arcade shops and telephone kiosk and its only 600 yards from the museum.the other one is a forestry commission site holmsley carvan and camping site forest road thorney hill bransgore christchurch dorset bh23 7eq booking 08451308224 site01425674502 this is a forest site for both caravans and tents it has a shop launderette showers and power points telephone kiosk and is approx 1 1/2 miles from sammys hope this helps you all oddy

hi everyone oddy again went to high beech yesterday and did something all promoters should do "pressed the fleash" as they say and this is the current list of riders hoping to attend dick bradley brian crutcher pete smith freddie williams jim gregory stan stevens terry stone bert harkins trevor hedge clive hitch billy bales john fitzpatrick stuart wallace bill booth arthur hewitt dave collett pete seaton pete sampson"ginger"abigail col smith norman strachan terry day johnnie hole jim knott tony knott jack geran don hardy john taylor mike broadbanks john hammond dave moxham and wait for it"sudden" sam ermolenko nearly dropped dead when he said yes . at the begining of this post i said riders hoping to attend as july is a long way off situations change and there maybe alterations but at the moment everything aok also we have a minimum 50 bikes coming collectors fair trade stands johnny cash tribute band raffle auction autograph and photo sessions and interviews.as americans say "be there or be square" and its all free oddy

hi vonny its andy again a guest house i would recomend is the beech tree guest stuart road highcliffe ver y nice£60 per night double and only about 1 1/2 miles from the museum and also near the sea and shops

the other thing about southampton it produed more types of speedway bikes than any other city rotrax erskine and mattingleys all came from southampton and briggo also had his jawa dealership there as well

many thanks im off up to high beech to morrow to press gang some more into coming not that they need much encouragment if anyone is going im the gezzzer in the ducati jacket ps a large majority of the poole crowd would go to saints if reopened many of them come from the city cheers andy

hi vonny its andy the organiser of the reunion what i,ll do for you is send a list of b and bs to your dad(dick) there are plenty in the new milton area and bournemouth and christchurch are only a 15 minute drive from the museum so glad your dad is coming if its anything like the last one i done in 1998 it was a cracker

its the aussie eqivulant of grasstrack it takes place temporary tracks ie fields etc hope this helps you oddy

agree 100% on that one

my all time favourite john langfield as quoted on another thread never a world beater but entertainment with a capital E langy please please plase!!!!!!!

dantodan more than happy to oblige ring me on this number after 6pm and before 8pm tonight 01590 676547 i have over 700 photos of the saints

belive me it would more than well supported people in southampton are absolutely gagging for speedway and ice hockey etc to return to the city.this point was proven when i staged the 1998 reunion my co helpers thought we get 100 people at most.on the day they came in their 100s we were turning people away at 5.30 at night .which is why i say well done swindon for allowing a new speedway stadium to be built .to the southampton council i say wake up and smell the coffee!!!!

the photo is of the early bluey scott that rode for saints in the early 50s yes his name was eric .odd