Grachan

Bronco Bullfrog, a sixties film, some of which was shot at Hackney.

Hendikus Constantinus Jozef Kroeze

Bolek Proch

Greatest speedway name has to be Colin Farquharson.

Glad to see people are still out there watching! Only 2 more left now. In the mean time here he is: Tommy Knudsen - Wheelie King

Heat 20 of the 1985 World Final, with Erik Gundersen needing to win to get into a run-off against Hans Neilsen and Sam Ermolenko. Shawn Moran and Lance King obviously want to try and keep Gundersen out to help Sam.

Just before my time with a video unfortunately - the first thing I recorded was the repeat of the 81 World Final which I think was after the season ended.

Arthur was the stuntman in a Milk Tray advert many years ago - riding a trial bike over rough terrain to bring said chocolates to a posh bird. Wasn't him one the helmet came off though. Didn't he injure himself doing it?

Hopeless at wheelies though! I remember him celebrating a win at Swindon on one wheel, completely overdoing it and falling off the back. I think I've got it hiding away somewhere. I'll have to dig it out. It even made 'What happened next?' on Question of Sport!

1984 World Team Cup. Heat 15 - USA need to win the heat to set up a last heat decider. If Denmark win the heat they are champions. Bobby Schwartz and Tommy Knudsen.

God knows how I got to put 1983 there - it was actually 1937! Not even a typo. More a mind-completely-elsewhere-o.

Christopher Denis Julian Born: 4.3.1983 Fraddon, Cornwall. Novice grass-tracker on West Country circuits before making his public debut at Exeter in a second half ride in 1959. Moved to Provoncial League Bristol and has been a regular team man ever since. A metal merchant off track he has built and flies his own gyrocopter and is one of the few Cornishmen in the sport. British Teams: Bristol (1960), Southampton (1960), Plymouth (1961,1962), Neath (1962), St Austell (1963), Glasgow (1964, 1965), Cradley Heath (1965-1968), Newport (1969), Exeter (1970-1975), Mildenhall (1975). (Useful book, that Ivan Mauger's Speedway Extravaganza - 1975)

This is from the 1975 book 'Ivan Mauger's Speedway Extravaganza' - obviously the same Peter Jarman. Peter Edward Jarman B: 30.6.1935, Brockley. Experienced rider now acting as coach to Eastbourne Eagles. An engineer by profession he began riding Speedway in 1959 at Eastbourne and made his debut for the team in 1959. Comes from a sporting family, his father Frederick Jarman having played cricket for Kent. Peter won the London Schools Athletics Victor Lodorum and represented London Schools at both football and cricket, having been offered soccer trials by Millwall. A former British Cycle Speedway champion, he represented England against Scotland, Wales and Holland at Cycle Speedway. One of the top riders in the old provincial league he has ridden in Holland and Ireland. British teams: Stoke (1960-1963), Wolverhampton (1964-1968), Wimbledon (1964), Oxford (1969,1970), Cradley (1971-1973), Oxford (1974), Eastbourne (1974,1975). British League Riders Final: 1965 (8 pts, seventh)

You mean this one?

Ken McKinley must have been pretty old when he retired. He was just some old bloke in a bobble hat to me when I started going in the seventies.

The only Arkells Trophy I've got is a second half at Reading on 1st August. That was won by John Davis with Dave Jessup 2nd, Bob Humphreys 3rd & Bolek Proch 4th (Swindon riders did well then!). I don't actually have one at Swindon. Maybe it was also a second half and I didn't see it?

Heat 6 of the 1983 Intercontinental Final was an excellent race between Dennis Sigalos and Ole Olsen. (I'm not so sure that Falcace will enjoy it though!)

It was certainly strange watching Martin Ashby riding as a reserve for Reading a few seasons later. Actually, it was a pretty bad year for injuries, with Bobby McNeil injuring his coccyx just as he looked set to become a good heat leader. He, too, was never the same rider again. Swindon won the league in 57 & 67. I was convinced they'd win it in 77 too. Fat chance! My averages, including the Ipswich match, are: Martin Ashby - 9.72 Bob Kilby - 8.74 Jan Andersson - 7.61 Bobby McNeil - 6.61 Geoff Bouchard - 5.52 Soren Karlsson - 5.44 David Ashby - 4.76 Kevin Pope - 3.00 So the BSPA got most of them wrong, but full marks to them for trying.

Thanks all. Maybe the original date was rained off, which is how I missed it! Looks like I was pretty close though. One more question, then that's it I swear!! Any bonus points from the Ipswich meeting?

Thanks again Peter. Ipswich 47 Swindon 31 - Thursday October 6 1977. Anyone got the scorers?

Ah, there you are. Thanks for that Peter. I don't suppose you know the scores from the Ipswich match by any chance and when the match was ridden? I can complete my averages then! Ok, league and cup averages (but no Ipswich match): M. Ashby - 9.72 (mmmm, wonder if he missed the Ippo meeting!!) Kilby - 8.69 Andersson - 7.67 McNeil - 6.74 Karlsson - 5.51 Bouchard - 5.63 Ashby - 4.85

Thanks for that Peter. I don't suppose you know the scores from the Ipswich match by any chance and when the match was ridden? I can complete my averages then! That's funny! I'm sure Peter was here just now!

My mum moved house recently and, while clearing out the loft, I came across some things I thought had disappeared off the face of the Earth years ago. One was a ring file which I had made into a scrapbook of Speedway cuttings in the mid-seventies. The other thing I found was an exercise book, in which I had kept a record of the whole of Swindon's 1977 season - including my own little match write-ups and average calculations. Finding this was a triumphant moment! (I guess you had to be there). May be a bit of a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone could answer the following. 1) Averages: Does anyone know the actual averages for Swindon in 1977? It would be interesting to see how close I was at the end of the year. For the record I made them, first in GOBL only and then from just 2 KO Cup matches: Martin Ashby - 9.80 (10.30) Bob Kilby - 8.63 (9.33) Jan Andersson - 7.84 (8.00) Bobby McNeil - 6.64 (9.20) Soren Karlsson - 5.78 (6.00) Geoff Bouchard - 5.71 (6.09) David Ashby - 5.10 (4.29) Kevin Pope - 4.00 Kevin Young - 3.04 Richard Evans - 3.00 Malcolm Holloway - 1.11 Guests - 6.92 2) I have no record of Swindon riding at Ipswich that year. Does anyone know if the match was held and what the score was? 3) On Thursday September 15, Martin Ashby and Phil Crump were both injured in a crash in the British Pairs Championship Semi Final. I'm guessing this was at Sheffield, but can anyone confirm this? Oh to be 15 again!

Buddy Robinson and Leif Wahlman.

It wasn't intended to be. I genuinely remember it.