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based in south wales programmes 3011 in total newport primarily but lots & lots of swindon,bristol, oxford, exeter, wimbledon, coventry, belle vue, cradley, world finals, BLRC, british finals, grand prixs have scans of every programme cover in collection 420 badges 33 books - yearbooks 1978,79,81,82,86,90,91,93,04 - NL90, who's who, homes of british sppedway, tommy jansson, booey, classic meetings, briggo (signed) , triple crown plus, mauger's speedway book (signed0, until the can ranout, showered in shale, world speedway final, p collins speedway book, illustrated history of speedway, 2nd lookinside speedway, speedway panorama, m patrick world of speedway, through the lens & superstars of speedway, complete history of british league, s star alamanac, Bs handbooks 66-70

Hi all Looking for some advice have a large collection of programmes dating from 1950 to 2011, books, DVD's & badges, pictures etc. looking to sell prefabaly as a whole, are there any dealers, collections that would be interested, if so any advice would be good. Moving soon need to downsize. not sure if this topic is in the right place if not please advise

each rider should have his own theme song (like the darts)an uptempo song a decent DJ would know what songs to pay at a motorsport event IMO thats the job (i did it for a while) and you do your research & pick the songs that go down well. a good radio mike interviwer in tandom with a good DJ who can announce would make a difference then you would go on to building the brand, as others have said dont disciourage a little needle between the riders you definately what to be there when hans turns up after trashing the locals on locsl radio or in the press.

unfortunately most of mine seem to be from the sixties/seventies/eighties barry briggs ronnie moore olle nygren soren sjosten ivan mauger nigel & eric boocock torbjorn harrysson martin ashby scott autrey bruce penhall hans nielsen per jonsson anders michanek peter collins chris morton phil crump gote nordin the visits of wimbledon, west ham & coventry in the sixties belle vue & exeter in the seventies

speedway was featured in blue peter a few times - i seem to remember john noakes ans peter purves (?) having ago at hackney i surenoakes was very keen!

for what it's worth the 10 riders who i saw who impressed me most are barry briggs ivan mauger ole olsen peter collins jason crump hans nielsen tony rickardsson michael lee ronnie moore ove fundin

my top three 1. belle vue (hyde road) 2. wimbledon 3. newport (queensway meadows)

quite a few people i asked in work today don't consider motor sports as sports!

Excellent post, I think speedway needs to decide whether it's a sport or an entertainment When I started watching in the sixties there was a certain air of it being an entertainment re the likes of johnny Hoskins & the visiting bad boys etc. It changed to a more professional sport I would guess somewhere in the late seventies early eighties due in no part to the likes mauger & Olsen but has descended in between over the last decade or so I think in no small part to sky involvement Jokers, play offs etc & now seeding to a World Cup final? And I think the general publicl if they watched , we wish! Would Suss the artificial ness pretty quick For a so called World Cup final to be run as it was last night leaves ne in despair for the sport I once loved Sadly no more Someone needs to sort it from the bottom to the top

Did I just mr shouty say great crowd? Is any crowd a great one now

unfortunately all the sports on live are much bigger sports than speedway, when you lose your team as i have again and see speedway from the outside you realise that it has a very small presence i'm just glad eurosport are covering and i for one like eurosport coverage of motorsports

Henry Cole is one of my favourite presenters he also has a programme on the travel channel called greatest motorcycle journeys well worth checking out if u have a interest in either bikes or travelling.

Yes and soon as that the match is no longer deemed first class cricket & all records do not stand in the first class game as was recently in the England v Essex ashes warm up game at Chelmsford.

Wimbledon was particularly effective in the sixties & seventies when all lights went out except the track lights great atmosphere i think speedway started stressing the family sport tag when football had huge problems with crowd problems

OK in memory of the seemingly gone forever South Wales wonders... Here's my personal favs - my rule I must have seen them ride for the team 1964-77 Phil Crump Gote Nordin Torbjorn Harrysson Reidar Eide Sandor Levai Alby Golden Neil Street 1997-2011 Craig Watson Anders Henriksson Frank Smart Charlie Gjedde Neils Kristian Iversen Mads Korneliussen Chris Neath over to you

i think the conference idea would only work in a one big league scenario

first speedway meeting I've seen for a few months, jeez how bad was that if that's the pinnacle of the sport god help it. I watched it with a few people who hadn't seen speedway ... they weren't impressed. they did comment on the commentators who in the words of the newbies "over excited about nothing" "why all they shouting when nothings happening" me i reckon Pearson's Italian cousin was doing the stadium announcing as well!

plough lane & hyde road for me, great memories loved it when they switched the lights off as a race would start at wimbledon. the atmosphere at meetings like the internationale & BLRC was something we'll never see the like of again i think. also wembley on world final night was something special and as good as the atmosphere can be at cardiff there was something extra nowing you would levae knowing who was world champion ven if ti was ole olsen !

thanks all

whats the title of the motorhead song on the sky world cup advert - chorus goes "way too fast" anybody know?

i'm afraid lost the will to live during this match and left after heat 13! very "end of season challenge" feel to it very little urgency at any point hope hornets season isnt just going to end on a whimper

wow no comments? weather seems set fair here in south wales, anybody else going on am i gonna be there on my own? should be good encounter ala simmonds, stephens & glanz good value

pouring down here in the valleys, whats the chances of this being on? have had two wasted journeys back down to newport dont want another

toby was one of my first idols in speedway, so spectacular to watch. his all action style is still one of the most exciting i can remember. I was 10 when i first saw him ride and he still remains one of the most exciting riders I've ever seen. his battles with briggo, mauger et al were something to behold for me then as a boy. RIP Toby

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