Just seen the trailer for the recently issued DVD " Great Races of the 70's & 80's"...looks to be a winner with some classic action. A must for all speedway connoisseurs!
I was due to visit the West Highlands of Scotland (Glen Nevis) but cancelled and probably won't bother booking next year either.
Both Ripon and Thirsk are on my doorstep.
I know that Hans Nielsen was a great advocate to tests being carried out in an interview with then SRA Secretary Colin Gear. in "Backtrack" a few years back
I seem to recall that Oxford during the 1976 season adopted a very different approach in that whoever was top of the averages at the end of every month rode at number one and as captain and had a special race jacket dedicated to same.
Yes I'm sure that's right...continued during the "Simmo" years I recall but Pete eventually passed on the captaincy when he was suffering with continual bike problems?
You know I was just thinking who skippered the "Diamonds" in 1975...thought it was Tom Owen but you are correct in Brian Havelock. Didn't he move on to Workington later that season or was it during the 1976 season?
Some great examples there...I remember Reg Trott being made captain of a young "Eagles" side during the formative years of the British League Divison Two when its role was to produce young British talent. I'm sure that he wasn't the only case during that period? Ross Gilbertson at Canterbury?
I guess that the Captain of any particular team over the years was generally regarding as the top man. However I can think of the likes of Rick Timmo of Oxford who was skipper of the side in 1973. Mick Bell was another down the road at Reading and there was Bob Poulson at Sheffield. I'm sure that there are many other examples out there?