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He was a late change written into the programme, so maybe it is a similar name ( e.g. Wilshire)

Reading 1-4 in red Weymouth 5-8 in blue Swindon 9-12 in white Exeter 13-16 in Y&B heat times (not complete): 1 65.4 2 64.6 3 66.3 4 63.8 5 65.0 6 65.6 7?? 8 67.3 9 68.7 10 68.1 11 ?? 12 71.8 13 70.9 14 73.8 15 71.1 16 75.9 I'm guessing it rained!

9/7 RR was for Leif Wahlmann (from filled in prog) 3/9/84 Junior Tournament (from filled in prog - not my writing, may not be 100% accurate, standard 4TT race format) Exeter 30 Mike Semmonds 3 3 3 0 9 Brian Hussey 3 3 3 2 11 Mike Coles 1 3 2 3 9 Steve Brennan 1 0 0 n 1 Alan Theobold 0 0 Swindon 25 David Main 0 3 2 2 7 Mark Gibbs 2 0 2 3 7 Steve Goodwin 1 2 2 1 6 Gary Chessell x* 0 1 2 3 Nick Bates 2 2 Reading 22 Andy Passey 3 0 n 3 6 Trevor Williams 3 2 1 0 6 Paul Hollingsbee 2 2 1 1 6 David Johnson 1 1 f 2 4 Richard Harris 0 0 Weymouth 19 Terry Mussett fx 1 3 1 5 Marcus Bisson 0 2 3 1 6 ? Wiltshire 0 1 0 0 1 Billy Pinder n 1 1 3 5 Phil Ranson 2 2 * tapes or 2 minutes?

i think you are right, and that it was: The National Press Trophy at Wimbledon 23 July 1967

No that's what you squeeze over your smoked salmon! Goes well with Robinson's lemming barley water and rounded off by a moist slice of lemming drizzle cake.

On the plus side he's an experienced quality rider. However he is 38 and hasn't always produced his best form in the UK. Given the pool of riders available (and willing) to ride in the UK not a bad signing.

Best example I can think of is Andy Smith 2002 Grand Prix regular 2003 EL rider - Oxford 2004 EL rider - Swindon ..but still managed to make a Conference League appearance for Oxford in 2003!

And the plaque dedicated to those we lost http://sboz.tripod.com/sydney%20royale.htm

Looks fine to me. Maybe if all you want is big names it is a let down, but for me it's a well balanced field with some exciting riders and a few interesting inclusions.

That's no way to talk about Fred Perkins

When I first went I thought it was a great racing track, but in my view the advent of 4 valves moved the racing line out and effectively made the track narrower and more dangerous.

complete list here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009y2z1/segments and Ivan Mauger chose: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009ndg9/segments Not exactly the most contemporary of choices - think I prefer Briggo's to Ivan's

For some reason Racersandroyals is very particular about team managers!

Most speedway takes part as part of mixed meetings, with local promoters running to their own agendas. There are only a handful of tracks that have regular speedway and they are a long way apart. Pinjar Park (Perth) is a mere 1700 miles from the next nearest track (Gilman). Mildura is in a small town (pop 30,000) that is more than 200 miles from any settlement of over 5,000. New South Wales/Queensland have a number of tracks that seem more oriented towards training youngsters (see the Heffernan Motor Series website).

Can't be Leicester without dropping Jason or Bjarne he's over 7 [7.22] Can't see any reason for a deduction - he's not been injured for a whole season - choosing not to ride in the UK does not count towards eligibility for a deduction.

Or "The Hangover 4" :o

However the nature of internet polls is they tend to under represent older people - so it is quite possible that the actual age profile of speedway fans is even older than shown by this poll. From my attendance at a wide variety of tracks I'd guess the age profile is not far off but the gender split under represents women.

Not unique though - anyone remember the 1963 Great Britain v USSR series?

And hurrah for journeymen - without them there would be a lot of gaps in a lot of teams.

Mutually assured destruction! .... You get Klindt, we get Bridger

Think that 7 was correct - he had been riding in the Elitserien for four (yes four) years. Palovaraa wasn't a bad signing on paper... ...but on track, well ..not so impressive.

1. Dylan Hancock - 12 (3,3,3,3) + 1. place in the final 2. Bradley Wilson-Dean - 12 (3,3,3,3) + 2. place in the final 3. Jake Turner - 10 (2,2,3,3) + 3rd place in the final 4. Chopper Bagshaw - 9 (3,3,1,2) + 4. place in the final 5. Billy Graham - 7 (1,2,2,2) Praise the Lord!

Another relevant link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161609097184?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

From Wolves programmes of that season the 3 April match is Southern League and the 3 July encounter a Provincial League fixture (results as per original posting)

That would be pretty much my assessment too. I think he could be a good 3 point signing in the 2016 PL. But not all riders settle into a new environment. I think any rational assessment of Viktor Palovaara based on his Swedish form would have placed him as a potential 6 pointer in the PL. But it just didn't happen did it?