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I stumbled across this http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/212340 hope all the Ex Stars fans enjoy

With the financal situation a lot of people including myself could only afford one meeting a week, two is just too expensive, I'm sorry I just couldn't afford it a lot of the time.

In 1964 Newport Wasps won the Provincal Leauge KO Cup. They were unable to defend the trophy because of the formation of the British Leauge in 1965. This begs the question where is that Throphy ?

Newport put together a winning team within the rules despite having five riders unavailable, they are in with a chance of winning the National League trophy - do you expect them to throw it away ? When the Late Tim Stone put out weak Newport Maverick sides he was slated by everybody for fielding a team full of training school kids, now when Newport want to win they are slated by the likes of you. Theres some just like having a pop no matter what Newport do.

I make it 5 of the team unavailable :- Todd Kurtz - riding for the Wasps at Kings Lynn Tony Atkin - injured Tim Webster - injured Tom Young - injured James Whyte Williams - injured. I'd hate to have to pay Mainman's phone bill this week.

Bill this was an important meeting for Newport Speedway, clearly the management wanted to give it every chance of going ahead. Had the rain stopped they could have had a raceable track within an hour or so. Call off a meeting early and it clears up then the management get slammed, as happened with the late Tim Stone a few times, call it off to late the management get slammed ! Its a no win situation.

Read this wonderful article Dave Gifford wrote http://www.speedwayplus.co.uk/ Thank you Dave great stuff

Very sad news about Toby, one of the Greatest riders ever to wear the Wasps Racejacket

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/speedway/8339501.Light_entertainment_at_Queensway_Meadows/ The lights look impressive if the photo is anything to go by

Any more news on the score for this one ?

Any news on the score ? Stuck in work

Thanks for the reply Steve, it's a pity the dates didn't coincide. Maybe Newport could stage a special meeting involving the Americans based here ? A four team event perhaps, GB v Australia V Sweden V USA at PL level

Steve, the Ryder Cup is on in Newport at the time of the dream team tour, maybe yourself and the Newport Management could get together and arrange a meeting during the cup weekend. Newport will be full of Americans that weekend and with a bit of publicilty and maybe liase with the Celtic Manor - advertise the meeting as an International involving the USA and the place could well get a bumper crowd.

Maybe with hindsight the best thing to do would have been wait until half an hour before the start of the match against Buxton then protest against Adam Allot riding in the meeting. The sort of thing Ian Thomas or Matt Ford would do.

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/8272351.Hornets_facing_a_tough_test/#commentsList According to the local rag today Hornets are at full strength - both Kyle and Tim Webster are riding.

According to the local rag today Hornets are at full strength - both Kyle and Tim Webster are riding.

Tony in fact rode for Newport Wasps in 1972. Was top scorer that season.

Hi Leigh, did you ride cycle speedway in the early 80's for a side in the Bristol area? I think I may have ridden against you.

QUOTE (Robbie B @ Dec 30 2009, 09:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> From the Speedway Star 1970. 1st race winner in the UK meeting March 19 (only meeting that day) Wimbledon 52, Hackney 26 (Metropolitan Gold Cup) Heat 1 Reg Luckhurst, Jim Tebby, Les McGillivray, Bengt Jansson 5-1 64.6 January 3rd Sydney, Australia 1970 Australia 49, England 58 Heat 1 Eric Boocock, Jim Airey, Bert Kingston, Jimmy McMillan 57.7 I try and dig out the other results for you tommorow. I'm wrong here then, I always thought it was Bob Hughes heat 1 Hackney V Newport.

As a new decade approaches, the winner of heat one of The new year classic will be the first race winner of the ' Tens' . Can anyone remember which rider won the first race of the 70's ?

Brian Woodward did it in one night in 1977 at Somerton Park, not sure who the opponents were though.

Racing not to win is in effect cheating. If the jokers were taken out of the system, then these daft situations would not arise in the first place.

Sorry - mods, could you please merge this with the other thread started on the same topic.