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Hopefully will be repeated on Quest Freeview 37 tomorrow.

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Briggo was fortunate to win that after Blueboy Booey had an engine failure from what I can remember, Briggo for me was a class apart in the mid 60s. Monkey was just behind Briggo and Booey in the averages and I think he won the Internationale that year at Wimbledon, beating the likes of Briggo, Booey, Fundin, Nordin, and Bjorn Knutson of The Ammers. Remember Hedger, Nygren, Luckhurst at Plough Lane, and Knutson, Harrfeldt, McKinlay at West Am, not forgetting the legend Squibbo at New Cross in 63, the year I started watching the sport, and unfortunately the year it finished in sarf-east London. We moved from London to Swindon in 68 where Briggo and Broady were riding. I suppose Custom House is part of the City Airport complex now?

Singed...Bernt Persson another singed Scandanavian!!!

Batch was dropped to make way for Zagar when Swindon finished top. Any under-performing rider can be chopped.

Great to see Morra at 2.

18 quid for 10 minutes of racing...Crap value! At least at Blunsdon peeps only had to pay a fiver last week. Feel sorry for the Cov fans. Sky always calling the tune, how the track is prepared... etc.,

That famous pairing at Blunsdon ..Killer and Driller!.. Not good if the skip is messing about..did he have the squits or not!?

If me auntie had bollox she would be me uncle IF they had R/R instead of Batch and/or Killer would have been more of a hammering

Why do they bother with a victory lap...most of the crowd have gone, and the riders are just chatting or looking at their phones. Needs to be more rapport between fans and riders. Coventry lost because Robson, JK(useless) and Bomber(very poor) couldn't win a race, should have taken advantage of the Batch horror show, and Morra Howarth North and Zengy were excellent. 9-6 heat wins to the Rockin Robins.

R.I.P.... saw Arne ride for Oxford at Swindon in the 60s.

There were a few dogs there last night

Don't know, my pooch would be petrified of the noise! Only racing dogs possibly? Just bought the local rag and the match has taken over a quarter of the front page with action shot!!! Howarth named as reserve for World Cup.

Took my nephew for the first time...recovering from depression after the Town defeat at Wembley!...he loved it and will be back for more in 3 weeks time...only 1 meeting in June though!!!He was fortunate he didn't have to visit the back-straight bogs or pay 17 quid! One of the best meetings I've seen at The Abbey since 1968. Great atmosphere on the back-straight with a smattering of Bees fans amongst a noisy Swindon crowd and no aggro. The Howarth-Morris 5-1 turned the match. Batch shouldn't have ridden if he was that ill, Swindon would have scored more with R/R. After the Poole fiasco early in the season it was good to see the fans returning, almost double the usual crowd. As Rosco said Swindon rode better as the track dried out, was dampened down for the benefit of Sky cameras early on. If paying a fiver cant get fans off their arse and away form Sky what can!!! It's a 10/12 quid sport anyway. Great future in store for Swindon Speedway with the new stadium construction due to start next month, which should attract more fans to the sport.

Agree... but still a disappointing drive back up to the midlands for the Cov fans. A superb advert for Elite League speedway in Britain. Good to see so many Englishmen in the Bees team.

The Bees fans around me were choked they didn't win after being ahead!

Fantastic meeting...superb comeback from Swindon to beat the league leaders...car park full...good weather...2000 plus crowd, good racing and atmosphere...if only all meetings were like this...well worth the promo. Hope Hansi is ok... GO YOU RAMPANT RED ROCKIN ROBINS!!!

Will go 46-44 to the Rip-Roaring Rockin Red Robins.

Got me tickets from Medlock Electrical, Hawksworth today...bargain.

Strange that wasn't mentioned on the show...perhaps they ran out of time.

Triffik win for those Roscos Randy Rampant Red Rockin Robins coming from behind...bring on the Bees, the midlands number 1 side

Swindon trackman BIG RON on the show tonight being interviewed in a pub about the event when he chinned the geezer who was trying to kidnap Princess Anne. Received the George Medal for his troubles. GERTCHA SON!!!

Nearly as bad as Swindon-Poole over a month ago...left after heat 11,( first time I've ever left before the end), had been stood there for 3 hours for 12 minutes of racing! Haven't returned since. 3 Swindon riders were taken to hospital, meeting was eventually abandoned through lack of medical cover. Have better things to spend my hard-earned dosh on. And probably a few of the 2500 crowd thought the same. The ref Robinson didn't help matters constantly stopping races with belated red-light decisions. Pants!

They used to do tenner a meeting or BOGOF, would be happy to pay that on the gate if its on the box.

Looks like this season The Elite could be one of the most closely contested for a while..hopefully.