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Oxford vs Plymouth - BSN Series - 17 May
steve roberts replied to Bojangles's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
...yes whatever but an extended meeting involving more races whether it be included in the main event or a seperate contest. -
Oxford vs Plymouth - BSN Series - 17 May
steve roberts replied to Bojangles's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
...a meaningful second half would help. Fifteen races doesn't present good value for money in my opinion. Those that don't wish to stay after the main event is their prerogative but re-introducing a junior meeting would help redress the balance in my view but I wouldn't expect many to agree with that particular scenario? -
Niss Nielsen (not sure if I've spelt his name correctly?) who had trials with Oxford in 1974. If I recall he went on tour with the "Rebels" to the Netherlands?
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If I remember one time "Robin" Edgar Stangeland explained to him the best way to ride the track?
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...I was at Swindon the afternoon he registered a full 15 point maximum for King's Lynn!
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...I was being facetious! Einar Kyllingstad proceeded him and was equally unsuccessful but at least looked classy on a bike!
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...not a bad average for a second string! Couldn't cope with the Cowley bends and considering he used to ride at Monmore Green defies any logic!
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Was it a "coming together" with Les Owen as Owen was one who was never that well received at Cowley from what I remember in the latter years.
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Lars Munkedal...signed by Oxford with a hope of bolstering the tail end. Simply awful!
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The great Arne Pander...unfortunatley neve saw him ride but mum recalls him visiting the local Health Centre where she worked after one of his many injuries.
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Mervyn Stewkesbury RIP
steve roberts replied to rearingtogo's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
Sad news indeed...stirred up the hierarchy within speedway at the time but certainly left his mark. RIP -
As a matter of interest what is the smallest track currently in the UK?
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Makes for depressing reading...spent many happy, and not so happy, times at Brandon.
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Always an interest comparison to "proper" speedway...I guess the nearest we had here in the UK were the indoor meetings of the late sevnties/early eighties which I went to a few.
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I know that the Tourist Attraction that I used to work at in the centre of York often had issues with a signal which occasionally affected the ability to operate the computer/booking etc systems.
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...oh the days of just handing over cash (although there are at least two cafe vendors on the sea front of Bridlington who only accept cash) Yes I guess it's something we now have to live with. When our local Arboretum only allowed visitors who had booked in advance to visit during one of the less serious "lockdowns" I was then to be charged 50p on top booking fee. I decided not to book in principle especially as one can not always rely upon the weather.
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...personally I think "booking fees" are a travesty and needs to be addressed.
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Great team rider when with Oxford...used to ride "shot gun" covering Todd Wiltshire.
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Jens Rasmussen who twice suffered under the points limit at Cowley and then proceeded to change the course of speedway history by signing for Rye House. He never gave up on the track and unfortunately held back by injuries when he promised so much. Per Sorensen who was a master-stroke signing by the "Cheetahs" and who helped turn a good side into a great one when Oxford reigned supreme in 1986. Who could forget his wonderful paid maximum when he returned to Blunsden as a "Cheetah" when Oxford hammered the "Robins"...Per must have been so delighted with that particular performance! A great shame that he didn't return the following season.
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Who is still riding who rode in 2004?
steve roberts replied to steve roberts's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
Rune Holta was another I've never seen...perhaps one of the better riders in recent times not to have ridden in the UK regularly? -
...the price of fuel is what largely dictates my not travelling and to be fair I did limit my trips to other tracks during my last years attending speedway keeping very much to my local track at Cowley where I lived within walking distance.
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Who is still riding who rode in 2004?
steve roberts replied to steve roberts's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
I'm surprised that Janniro is still riding...he was a "madman" back then! Saw Josef Franc at Berwick on a couple of occasions. -
Who is still riding who rode in 2004?
steve roberts replied to steve roberts's topic in Speedway News and Discussions
Remember Ben Barker riding for Oxford "Cubs" and the Wright Bros (Workington?) and of course Hans Andersen. Never seen Chris Harris unfortunately! -
...too true!
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Yes it was the fifties and into the early sixties(?) if I recall? Of course there weren't the number of internationals played back then as there are nowadays.