TigerTom

Don't be so sure. Max and his brother are brave lads.

Ben there and done that. Was there when an individual meeting was to be held a few years ago. Sun till 7:30pm torrential rain thereafter and it never got started!. And that was summertime.

Anybody know when the fixtures come out? I have one Thursday date in June that I will be in Sheffield and would love to see the Tigers ride and see old friends!

Having seen Max Ruml and his younger brother ride Rye house would be wise to get them both. Wish the Sheffield Tigers were going after these two. I think they are the USA's future top riders...

Many thanks for confirming his name. The digned photo I have shows him in a Berwick bib. Tigertom

Did a rider by this name or close to this name ever ride for the bandits. Would be late 80's or early 90's maybe. Thanks Tiger tom

If my memory serves me correctly it appeared in the yearly speedway handbook in the sixties. Tiger Tom

I think its more likely that Squall's Dad is a secret millionaire If he is it's such a secret that even Squalls Dad doesn't know about! Maybe spent 1 million on sending Sqall to charm school maybe! Tigertom!

I also conform the date as the 21st!......Program shows Jansson as 6 points and Selmosson as 0 points from the 1st reserve slot. Selmosson replaced Nygren in heat 9 - 0 points and Nygren in heat 18 - 0 points Not a good night for the Swedes, good job Sjosten showed up! If you need any more details Steve send me a pm and I will send you a scan of the program results page. Tiger Tom....

What a great race to add to the meeting. Luck of the draw though as to if you ever had the race at your track. Sometimes one of your riders won it away and lost it away before the next home meeting. Has be won by the lesser lights on a few occasions! Should be back in my opinion. Would add to any lack luster meeting with the holder taking on the best of the other team based on points. Maybe a winner take all for the rac e would add to the rider wanting to win it! Tiger Tom

So no "starving artist" sale on the horizon then Norbold! LOL! So no "starving artist" sale on the horizon then Norbold! LOL!

Hi Frenchy, I know they give it to a reseve who wins four races these days that's why I said to the purest. Unfortunately I am nearly as old as Bob Bath and we are stuck in the old days LOL!. Brian Seery was, I believe, the official statistician for the League. He was a Math professor who truly enjoyed statistics. In Canada our Brian Seery is Duncan luke. who is a retired accountant! Seems these people love numbers of any sort. If we did not have Duncan we would have miseable stats from Canadian Speedway racing. Looing back at Statistics it is truly amazing to see Ivan Maugers figures in the British League. 10 point averages are amazing now ad Ivan ran off 11 plus for a few years. Tiger Tom..... Oh, and Bob I believe Brian Seery passed on more than a few years go!

A maximum was awarded to a rider winning ALL his scheduled FOUR rides. By doing this he would have riden against all the top riders from the other team (arring they did not ride in a race due to no fault of rider getting the Max!)If a rider takes an extra ride he would need to win that race also to get a max! A reserve could win four races and never meet all of the top riders from the other team thereby getting easy rides. So to a purist a true maximum is when a rider wins all his four scheduled rides plus any extra tactical rides he is given. Tiger Tom....

Hi Bob, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Wombwell in the early 60's as while the stadium was gone the track was still being used by novices. I went with a man who used to stand on the first turn at Owlerton and took me under his wings when I first started going to see the Tigers. He tried speedway and gave me the old handlebars from his bike which I kept for years. Unfortunately I cannot remember his name. Would be great to know what he is doing these days. He would be in his sixties or older now. Tiger Tom

I remember the Crash being a bad one but cannot remember the details. The name sticks out in my memory though because of the crash. Another crash that was to stay in my memory was when Chris Julian hit the home straight fence! I rushed to the pits and got there in time to have to see him stretchered off the track. He had blood coming out of his mouth and he had terrible laboured breathing. I was around 11 at the time and thought he was a gonner! It turned out he had concussion and fractured ribs. One had punctured his lung I believe. Scared the living daylights out of me. Luckily I was destined to not see any fatalities at any speedway meetings I have attended. I hope that continues! Tiger Tom

HI Matt... good info for me to start on. Wonder when he came to England.? Most likely had British parents! When will you be doing the 1930's disc???? Tiger Tom.....

It is still a good night out. Went to the northern Riders this year only for it to be rained out! Met up with my friends though, well some weho came in after the rain out. Nice Bar nice beer (Stones Best Bitter) Many happy days spent there on Thursday nights! Tiger Tom.....

HI TigerOwl, I fouund out the other day about Chris being born over here in Canada as it was in a book written recently. I was doubting it but as you sppke to the man himself it is confirmed. Need to get his details to add to my collection of bio's on Canadians riding in the Uk... Tiger Tom

Hey Bob the guy asking the questions was tigerthommo not tiger tom Tiger Tom..... Must be confusing Bob! especially for a southerner! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

20/4/61 SHEFFIELD V EXETER PL 50-27 LEN WILLIAMS 12 STUART HICKMAN 6 JENKINS 0 JACK WINSTANLEY 10 CLIVE FEATHERBY 12 MALCOLM BRUCE 4 COL SMITH 7 ALL RIDERS 4 RIDES WITH TWO RESERVES 3 RIDES 11/5/61 SHEFFIELD V WOLVERHAMPTON PL 40-38 CLIVE FEATHERBY 11 RONNIE ROLFE 1 JACK WINSTANLEY 9 STUART HICKMAN 0 TONY ROBINSON 3 MALCOLM BRUCE 7 COL SMITH 9 POORLY FILLED IN PROGRAM SO NOT SURE WHO RODE IN SOME RACES. SMITH HAD EXTRA RIDES THOUGH AS DID BRUCE FOR HICKMAN AND ROBINSON. 10/8/61 SHEFFIELD V RAYLEIGH PL 61-17 CLIVE FEATHERBY 3 (2) BERNARD MCARTHUR 12 (4) JACK WINSTANLEY 9 (4) RONNIE ROLFE 12 (4) GUY ALLOTT 12 (4) TONY ROBINSON 6 (3) DERROL "SPIDER" MELBIN 7 (5) MELBIN WAS MY FIRST SPEEDWAY HERO! RODE THE FENCE AND WAS ALL OVER THE TRACK HENCE THE NAME SPIDER! 7/9/61 SHEFFIELD V STOKE NL 44-33 RONNIE ROLFE 8 (4) CLIVE FEATHERBY 5 (4) TONY ROBINSON 7 (4) JACK WINSTANLEY 7 (4) GUY ALLOTT 12 (4) STUART HICKMAN 5 (4) BERNARD MCARTHUR 0 (2) 14/9/61 SHEFFIELD V MIDDLESBROUGH NL & PL (FOR SOME REASON COUNTED FOR BOTH!) 46-32 MELBIN AND KEN HANSCOMBE RODE ON LOAN TO STOKE FOR ERIC BOOCOCK AND FREDDIE FEWDALE. BOOCOCK LOOKS AS IF HE SHOWED UP MID MEETING! RONNIE ROLFE 7 (4) CLIVE FEATHERBY 9 (4) TONY ROBINSON 2 (3) JACK WINSTANLEY 10 (4) GUY ALLOTT 11 (4) STUART HICKMAN 4 (40 ALAN JAY 3 (2) 21/9/61 SHEFFIELD V BELLE VUE CHALLENGE 41-37 (NO PETER CRAVEN) RONNIE ROLFE 2 (4) CLIVE FEATHERBY 5 (3) TONY ROBINSON 5 (4) JACK WINSTANLEY 7 (4) GUY ALLOTT 12 (4) STUART HICKMAN 2 (2) BERNARD MCARTHUR 8 (5) 28/9/61 GUY ALLOTT'S TEAM V CLIVE FEATHERBY'S TEAM 42-53 ALLOTT'S TEAM GUY ALLOTT 14 DENNIS JENKINS 1 TOMMY ROPER 5 KEN HANSCOMBE 2 RONNIE ROLFE 10 ALAN JAY 7 PHIL HATTERSLEY 2 FEATHERBY'S TEAM CLIVE FEATHERBY 11 JACK WINSTANLEY 8 TONY ROBINSON 13 MALCOLM BRUCE 6 BERNARD MCARTHUR 6 TERRY TURNER 3 DERROL MELBIN 6 MISSING POINT WAS IN HEAT FOUR WHEN ALLOTT AND ROPER FAILED TO FINISH 12/10/61SHEFFIELD V BELLE VUE CHALLENGE (AGAIN NO CRAVEN BUT THEY HAD RON JOHNSON WHO GOT A 12 POINTMAX PLUS DICK FISHER 9 AND JACK KITCHEN 11) SCORE 37-41 RONNIE ROLFE 4 (4) CLIVE FEATHERBY 4 (4) TONY ROBINSON 9 (4) GIL GOLDFINCH 3 (4) GUY ALLOTT 7 (4) JACK WINSTANLEY 2 (3) BERNARD MCARTHUR 8 (3) Tried to be accurate with the scores but the programs are not filled out the best! hopes this helps. I started going in 60 or 61 and remember most of the riders. Tiger Tom...

Bob I am both!.... I will always be a Sheffield fan and while Kyle is riding I will be a fan of the team he rides for. Makes it hard when Kyle is riding against the Sheffield Tigers! How are you Bob? Long time no see. Did not get out much to Paris this last year as there was so little real speedway on the card.... Tiger Tom

Two signed photos of the Lloyd brothers on e bay but expensive. I have a few Aussie programs from the Time Wally rode in Australia. Several have his name written on thewm in pencil. I was told every rider got a copy of the program with there name on the top so they most likely were Wally's. Tiger Tom...

Norbold, I hope the talk goes well! Wish we had this sort of thing this side of the pond. Was going to comment about wether or not the speaker was a relic but thought better of it!....... oooops! Got to stop thinking out loud. Enjoyed seeing the photos of the Tom Farndon get together at his grave. When we were over four years ago we had time to kill before going to Coventry so we went looking for Tom's grave. Had a devil of a time finding it and when we asked the locals nobody seemed to know who we were talking about. Not surprising really! Really glad to see that we don't forget the old timers. Only started to go to speedway in 1960/61 but sadly miss those days. Tiger Tom

Go Legogo!!!!!!!!!! Just ride to qualify my friend. Canada is behind you!!!!!!!!!! Love that Red Maple Leaf!!!!!!!!!! Tiger Tom.....

Off the top of my head (and sometime pure dribble come from it) I believe it was to comply with FIM regulations as to how many yards (or meters) a race must be to comply with FIM regulations. Did I get it right Norbold!!! Tiger Tom...