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Depends who the team manager was. I always thought that using a number one in heat 8 was a waste of a tactical considering you had 2 other heatleaders available that could possibly win that heat. You could then save the number one for later if required in a more difficult heat. A lot of team managers never thought that way, though, and stuck the number one out in heat 8 regardless. Maybe the number ones demanded it!

I remember that. And a food bar in the stand at the back straight.

I particularly remember when a 16 year old Mel Taylor came onto the scene. There was a lot of talk of him being a star of the future.

I'm pretty sure I remember Jimmy Nilsen beating him a couple of times. I remember the Carl Blackbird meeting. Didn't he beat Hans more than once? A remarkable meeting for Carl. It shows how good Hans was, though, when you remember times he was actually beaten.

Hans Nielsen is the only rider I know of to manage a perfect 12.00 league average away from home during an entire season. He dropped a few races at home, though, bless him. It was 1986. He finished with a league average of 11.83. From what I remember, that year there was a small league and the League Cup took up half the season. His average in that was lower so it drops below Ivan's. In league alone, though, I'm pretty sure Hans in 1986 wins it.

It wasn't one that built up 4 levels with a hole in each level was it? That's what I had.

Most of my riders tended to get 5 or 6 points!

When I was young I used to make up pretend matches by rolling red, blue, white and yellow marbles down a shute. Who knows? If there is no trsce of this match maybe somebody was also playing marble speedway in 1948.

Funny thing is, I thought that. I didn't realise it was an actual match though.

Hooray! I threw myself off from the start by not getting the score chart matching the heats I think. Did Tim Hunt march across the centre green and phone the ref when he got excluded?

Last attempt. Sadist. 1 John Davis 3 3 3 3 = 12 2 Tim Hunt F 1 1 2 = 4 3 Jan Andersson 2 3 3 3 = 11 4 Mitch Shirra 1 2 1 2 = 6 5 Per Jonsson 3 3 3 1 = 10 6 Mark Chessell 2 1 0 = 3 7 Malc Holloway EF 0 0 = 0 heat 1 1 2 V 1 2 Davis, 1, 2, Hunt 3-3 heat 2 6 7 V 6 7 - 6, Chessell, 7, Holloway 2-4 5-7 heat 3 5 4 V 5 4 - Jonsson, 5, Shirra, 4 4-2 9-9 heat 4 3 6 V 3 7 - 3, Andersson, Chessell 6, 3-3 12-12 heat 5 5 4 V 1 2 - Jonsson, Shirra, 1, 2 5-1 17-13 heat 6 1 2 V 3 6 Davis, 3, Hunt, 6 4-2 21-15 heat 7 3 6 V 5 4 Andersson, 5, 4, Chessell 3-3 24-18 heat 8 2 7 V 2 7 2, 7, Hunt, Holloway 1-5 25-23 heat 9 5 4 V 3 6 Jonsson, 3, Shirra, 6 4-2 29-25 heat 10 1 2 V 5 4 Davis, Hunt, 5, 4 5-1 34-26 heat 11 3 7 V 1 2 Andersson, 1, 2 Holloway 3-3 37-29 heat 12 1 4 V 3 5 Davis, Shirra, 3, 5 5-1 42-30 heat 13 3 5 V 1 4 Andersson, 1, Jonsson, 4 4-2 46-32

Oh God! I see Jonsson should be a 1 in his last race. Chessell is wrong too. This is harder than I thought haha

Take 2: 1 John Davis 3 3 3 3 = 12 2 Tim Hunt F 1 1 2 = 4 3 Jan Andersson 2 2 3 3 = 10 4 Mitch Shirra 1 2 1 2 = 6 5 Per Jonsson 3 3 3 2 = 11 6 Mark Chessell 2 1 0 = 3 7 Malc Holloway EF 0 0 = 0 heat 1 1 2 V 1 2 Davis, 1, 2, Hunt 3-3 heat 2 6 7 V 6 7 - 6, Chessell, 7, Holloway 2-4 5-7 heat 3 5 4 V 5 4 - Jonsson, 5, Shirra, 4 4-2 9-9 heat 4 3 6 V 3 7 - 3, Andersson, Chessell 6, 3-3 12-12 heat 5 5 4 V 1 2 - Jonsson, Shirra, 1, 2 5-1 17-13 heat 6 1 2 V 3 6 Davis, 3, Hunt, 6 4-2 21-15 heat 7 3 6 V 5 4 5, Andersson, Chessell, 4 3-3 24-18 heat 8 2 7 V 2 7 2, 7, Hunt, Holloway 1-5 25-23 heat 9 5 4 V 3 6 Jonsson, 3, Shirra, 6 4-2 29-25 heat 10 1 2 V 5 4 Davis, Hunt, 5, 4 5-1 34-26 heat 11 3 7 V 1 2 Andersson, 1, 2 Holloway 3-3 37-29 heat 12 1 4 V 3 5 Davis, Shirra, 3, 5 5-1 42-30 heat 13 3 5 V 1 4 Andersson, 1, Jonsson, 4 4-2 46-32

That gives me the same score chart though. Because I had given Chessell a point by mistake there.

I was just about to put that. Chessell 3rd. 3-3

Does heat 7 have to be 3-3?

Ok. a 4-2 in heat 13. Are you sure it wasn't 45-33? Davis has to have a maximum so that Mitch can get 6 and Chessell 3.

Bugger. It would be Mark Chessell wouldn't it!

Whaaaaaaat!! Give me a minute.

1 John Davis 3 3 3 3 = 12 2 Tim Hunt F 1 1 2 = 4 3 Jan Andersson 2 3 3 3 = 11 4 Mitch Shirra 1 2 1 2 = 6 5 Per Jonsson 3 3 3 2 = 11 6 Mark Chessell 2 1 0 = 3 7 Malc Holloway EF 0 0 = 0 heat 1 1 2 V 1 2 Davis, 1, 2, Hunt 3-3 heat 2 6 7 V 6 7 - 6, Chessell, 7, Holloway 2-4 5-7 heat 3 5 4 V 5 4 - Jonsson, 5, Shirra, 4 4-2 9-9 heat 4 3 6 V 3 7 - 3, Andersson, 6, Chessell 2-4 11-13 heat 5 5 4 V 1 2 - Jonsson, Shirra, 1, 2 5-1 16-14 heat 6 1 2 V 3 6 Davis, 3, Hunt, 6 4-2 20-16 heat 7 3 6 V 5 4 Andersson, 5, 4, Chessell 3-3 23-19 heat 8 2 7 V 2 7 2, 7, Hunt, Holloway 1-5 24-24 heat 9 5 4 V 3 6 Jonsson, 3, Shirra, 6 4-2 28-26 heat 10 1 2 V 5 4 Davis, Hunt, 5, 4 5-1 33-27 heat 11 3 7 V 1 2 Andersson, 1, 2 Holloway 3-3 36-30 heat 12 1 4 V 3 5 Davis, Shirra, 3, 5 5-1 41-31 heat 13 3 5 V 1 4 Andersson, Jonsson, 1, 4 5-1 46-32

Think I've done it. And with no corrections! Which means I probably got it wrong. Should I post it here and be proven wrong?

Kennet did ride for us one year, Sidney. It was in the latter part of his career. I'm not sure if he was a full time member or rode as a number 8 while in the Second Division.

Both presumably. I see on the SGP article that all riders have to sign a contract to say that they are not contracted to any club in any other country.

Me too. I think they would attract good crowds as the only choice for this year.

Maybe they could get 16 riders together and have a British "Grand Prix" series or something like that.