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Paris Constantinides unlikely as it may seem was another Aussie from the 70`s

Mike Adlington.6ft.2ins.18 year old from Upminster,Essex.Mainly grass-tracker was pressed into service as Ellesmere were without Wayne Hughes and Steve Taylor.probably not related to Robin!

would be interesting to work out the averages for some of these teams,using the riders best year!

Apart from the well known Dirk Bogarde film any one ever seen other films with speedway featured?.I know there were a couple from the 30`s "Monday for speed" and "Brittannia of Billingsgate" filmed at Lea Bridge and featuring Claude Rye,Ron Johnson and Tom Farndon among others.

Thanks GSF Any information on the new speedway team from Berlin in the 2nd league? Are they run by the eis speedway verein? where are they going to race?

I give you Vlado Kocuvan Owen Ellis Owen Johannes Lodewickus Pretorius Zacharius Koekemoer Kari Lauri Juhani Vuoristo DeWaynne Keeter Roy Dantanus(real name Roy Andersson but changed it because there were too many Andersson`s in Sweden) and a few to watch out for from Holland Sjoerd Rozenberg Tjerk Krijgsman Wiebo Bouwmeester May i add Garnet Thistlewaite from Port Moresby

I hope to be in Berlin,but not got ticket yet!

Think Sverre has to take second place behind my first hero Olle,who averaged 10.40 in `66 .Could also put Ray Tauser in there and my grandad always talked about Billy Lamont.He also talked about the great Lammy and how West Ham were always trying to put him over the fence As for Tom Farndon ,Norbold if i`m not mistaken somewhere in the cellar i`ve got a programme for a Farndon memorial trophy,but i thought it was held at Plough Lane! why would that be? or is my memory failing.Ill have to get down there and sort it out!

On another thread i said it was crazy that the British GP was on the same weekend as the Euro Championships start in Portugal!what chance have you got of getting any results or publicity? Also the sport has to sort its self out before it can really gain and grow from television exposure.People in the sport have been pointing out the ridiculous and confusing rules that make the sport a joke.Back in the 60s it was pointed out that in one week Colin Pratt rode for 3 different team(inc for West Ham vCradley and then for Cradley vWest Ham !).Does it still happen today? And i must say as a recently returned fan i`m finding it a bit difficultworking out everything thats going on.This golden joker lark in just laughable!

What,no place for Tatum? :)Would probably have to get Olle Nygren in as well

Looking back over the years which team could put together the best team if time wasn`t a problem.I would think Newcastle with Mauger,Olsen,Michanek,Lovaas and maybe the Owen bros would be one ! Who could put out an all british side to match Belle Vue with the 2 P.C`s ,Morton ,Pusey Joe Screen (I guess even Mauger could be considered as he rode for G.?

Seems amazing nobody from N.Z or Poland have won it!

was also said to be one of the heaviest riders ever weighing in at 14 stone! although i would have thought Jim Tebby wasn`t far off that either.Great riders both

Why isn`t it possible to have a speedway track at Brands or Silverstone? Too expensive? Brands Hatch used to be a grass track centre and was owned by an ex speedway rider,for instance.Also what about Lyyden.Is it still there? Santa Pod the drag racing place is that still there?

Firstly if its like last year it is only one of a couple of Dutch Open meetings.Last years riders at Dohren includedJannick de Jong,Jörg Tebbe(D),Henk Bos,Sjörd Rozenberg,Henry van der Steen,Shane Colvin!,(might be able to get more info from him);Lubos Tomicek and others.In all there was over 70 riders and 61 races,so i think it must have started relatively early! I have a telephone no. +31/263528515 but cant find anything about the meeting in Bahnsport maybe because the Ice speedway final is on in Berlin that weekend.Also i think that the Dutch Speedway Championship is on 18th Sept in Blijham:good luck!

look on -www.inspeed.de they always have eis speedway results and links to other sites such as the swedish eis speedway semi

Thanks ! Thought someone here could help

As i haven`t seen much speedway since`91 can someone provide the league champs for the last few years and K.O.Cup winners .Or is there a web site with League tables ,etc available.Ta

I know its not strictly in this thread but isn`t P.O.Serenius the ex Ice Speedway world champ getting on a bit and still challenging for top honours?

Didn`t get a programme for the meeting and have no race results,just wondered if anyone has them? I know England won 63-45 and Kenny Carter was on top form but would like the heat results.Thanks

used to dread a tactical substitution!needed to buy a second programme to fill in later