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Hi Berto7 I am looking for a copy of the Speedway Mail dated 8th October 1976 which I think is Volume 4. Can you please let me know if you have this issue available and how you would like me to make the payment. Many thanks Paul Elford

Thanks to everyone who has replied so far. Does anyone know the best places to look out for the Wally Loak recordings? I too recall Colin Richardson winning his first race of the night in 1977 in 60.0 and this was greeted with a huge roar when the time was announced over the tannoy. I also remember the final race of the night which was effectively a title decider between Colin, Martin Yeates and Tom Owen. If my memory serves me correctly, Yeates made the best start and led for about a lap before Colin lined him up on the home straight and overtook him on the bend where the pits used to be. The race was effectively over then and nothing could stop him from winning the championship with a brilliant 15 point maximum. As a regular at Crayford, I was also lucky to see Colin Richardson break the track record there twice in 1977. The first of these was in June 77 and the second took place a month later. The track record was broken for a third time that year in August by the then current World Champion, Peter Collins who visited Crayford with his Belle Vue side in a Challenge Match. Happy Days! Paul Elford

Hi Does anyone know if there were any tape recordings (visual or audio) made of the above three meetings please? I can't find anything on You Tube but am hoping that someone was covering meetings at Plough Lane around this time. Thanks for looking and for any information that you can provide on this. Paul

Hi Does anyone have an unmarked programme in good condition for sale for the above meeting which was held at Wimbledon on the 24th September 1977? Thanks for taking the trouble to read this. Paul Elford

Here's a photo of the great stadium during its better days.

Many thanks Robbie B for confirming that. I will now try and purchase a copy of both magazines. Regards Paul

Thanks to everyone who has viewed my post and in particular I'm very grateful to Robbie B for the information/dates he has provided. I've had a quick look on ebay and I've found a copy of the magazine dated 5th November 1977. However, I can't find one dated 2nd November 1976 but there are copies dated 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th November 1976. Can Robbie B please recheck the date on his copy and advise whether it is in fact one of the four that I've listed? Thanks and kind regards. Paul

Can any of you devoted speedway lovers please help out with the following question which relates to the New National League Riders Championships in 1976 and 1977. The following two photos appear to have been on the back covers of two issues of the Speedway Star magazine and most probably appeared shortly after the meetings at Wimbledon on the 2nd October 1976 and the 24th September 1977. Does anyone have the relevant magazines and, if so, can you please let me have the dates they were published? I think the Speedway Star was issued every Saturday back then. Many thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.

Steve Thank you so much for doing all the typing this week. I will fill in the Double Header scores into my programme over the weekend. As others have said on here, you really are a credit to both speedway and this forum. Best Wishes Paul

Many thanks, Steve

Hi Steve Thanks for the Ellesmere Port scores. I always looked forward to the visit of your team because they along with the likes of Newcastle and Eastbourne were one of the top sides in the mid 70s. I do remember Steve Finch having a really good night in the above meeting. As you say, John Jackson was less successful around our small circuit although I was always surprised that he never featured in any of the Kentish Times Trophies. In fact, the best I ever saw of him was at the 1975, 1976 and 1977 National League Riders Championship at Wimbledon. We used to travel to this event each year on the Supporters Club coach and I've got a feeling that I saw your man come 2nd or 3rd one year. Paul

Thanks Steve for agreeing to post those scores. For what its worth, my programme for the KTT in 1977 has Vic Harding down as scoring 6 points and Barney Kennett 2. However, I might easily have made a mistake following the sensational penultimate Heat 19 which featured all three unbeaten riders in Tom Owen, Colin Richardson and Martin Yeates. Heat 20 was therefore something of an anti-climax!! So Parsloes your scores may well be correct. Paul

On the KTT, it all comes down to who won heat 20. One of Barney Kennett or Vic Harding actually won the heat whilst the other one was replaced by Garry May. Steve, are you able to post the scores for the following blank programmes which I have recently found at my parents house? Crayford v Ellesmere Port on 26th May 1977 Crayford v Edinburgh and Berwick D/H on 30th August 1977 and Crayford v Teeside on 6th September 1977. Many thanks in advance. Paul

Many thanks Parsloes for making the offer to venture into your loft. Steve, thanks for providing the additional details re Stoke and the KTT so quickly. Over the weekend, I will look out the 3 new programmes I've acquired and list them in case you can help out with these. Thanks to both of you again for your assistance Paul

Many thanks for your help, but please don't run the risk of injuring yourself by climbing into the loft. I moved from Crayford to Sevenoaks in the early 1990's, so I'm not too far away from Sittingbourne and I might try and get there sometime in the summer. Paul