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66 months and counting on the Parsloes grudge-o-meter... All the best Rob

Indeed it did Bryn. Some great moments that season - such as the away win at Rye and the home win against Wimbledon. Happy days. All the best Rob

It's more a case of a succession of different promotions. All the best Rob

Oxford WCQR (May 22nd, 1969): 1 Jay (excluded), 2 Everett, 3 Gifford, 4 Timmo, 5 Saunders (res for Pander), 6 Saunders (replaced Bishop who was excluded, not sure reason why?), 7 Jarman (ef), 8 Owen, 9 Saunders (res for Pander), 10 McKinlay, 11 Jay, 12 Timmo (excluded), 13 Saunders (res for Pander), 14 Everett, 15 Bishop, 16 Saunders (res for Owen), 17 Saunders (ef) (res for Pander), 18 Lukehurst, 19 Gooch, 20 Saunders (res for Owen). Oxford v King's Lynn (October 2nd, 1969): 1 Brown, 2 Major, 3 Persson, 4 Gooddy, 5 Persson, 6 Bellham, 7 Simmons, 8 Bradshaw, 9 Bellham, 10 Featherby, 11 Gooddy, 12 Timmto, 13 Betts. All the best Rob

Oxford v Scunthorpe (May 5th, 1977): 1 Whiting, 2 White, 3 Shedrick, 4 Sizmore, 5 Whiting, 6 Watkin, 7 Sizmore (Meeting adandoned after Ht 7) Oxford v Canterbury (May 18th, 1978): 1 Sawyer (fell, excluded), 2 Clifton (fell, excluded), 3 Kennett, 4 Askew, 5 Meredith, 6 Sawyer (fell, excluded) (Rumsey also touched tapes in Heat 6, being replaced by reserve Clifton), 7 Kennett, 8 Shilleto (ef), 9 Ferreira, 10 Clifton (R/R), 11 Shields, 12 Kennett (R/R), 13 Koppe (excluded). Oxford v Mildenhall (August 10th, 1978): 1 Hack (fell, excluded) AND Taylor (fell, excluded), 2 Moore (ef), 3 Askew, 4 Spink, 5 Bates, 6 Knight, 7 Henry, 8 Spink, 9 Lamb, 10 Bales, 11 Henry (R/R), 12 Bales, 13 Spink (R/R). All the best Rob

Hi Steve, I think of it more as being creative. Ok, let's stick to the third division teams: Oxford Cubs (1997) Oxford Kids (early 2003) Oxford Academy (rest of 2003 through to 2005) Oxford Lions (early 2007) Oxford Cheetahs (later in 2007) Is that more honest for you? All the best Rob

Oxford Cheetahs (too many seasons to mention) Oxford Rebels (British League 1972-1975) Oxford Cubs (Amateur League 1997) (i.e. NL level) Oxford Silver Machine (Elite League 2003-2005) Oxford Silver Machine Kids (Conference League: first part of 2003) Oxford Silver Machine Academy (Conference League 2003-2005) Oxford Lions (Conference League 2007) All the best Rob

1986, England v USA at Oxford. Simon Wigg scores a brilliant 18-point maximum, only to be excluded for pulling a wheelie over the line in the his final race. The place went nuts!!! All the best Rob

Steve, I'm so sorry, I've just realised I never got back to you with those other Oxford details. I should have all the details you need for the Oxford matches, I will post them by the end of the week. Apologies again. All the best Rob

Trees, I think "Mr. Meridian Lifts" would know a little about speedway sponsorship, wouldn't you? All the best Rob

Speedwayondisc, well done mate, that's got to the bottom of that. All the best Rob

So in other words, there was one than one trophy presented to the winners of the National Trophy, but ONLY one of these trophies was actually known as THE National Trophy itself. For which years did the Daily Mail sponsor the National Trophy? I wonder if any other "bogus" trophies were presented in lieu of the Daily Mail one. For instance, what about 1962? If Southampton received the original World Championship trophy for winning the league, then which trophy did Wimbledon receive for winning the National Trophy that season? Another trophy that wasn't the National Trophy at all? And if Oxford received the league trophy (i.e. the first World Championship Trophy) for winning the National Trophy in 1964, then which trophy did they receive for winning the league? In the meantime, we now have the following timeline for the original World Championship trophy: 1936-1938: Presented to winner of World Final 1962: Presented to Southampton for winning National League (was it also used for this purpose in other years?) 1964: Presented to Oxford for winning National Trophy (was it also used for this purpose in other years?) Sometime in the 1970s onwards until the present day: Presented to winner of the British Final All the best Rob

Norman, that's clarified things; so there were actually, at least, two different trophies used for the National Trophy. But John has confirmed what I thought - that the trophy presented to Oxford in 1964 was the original World Championship trophy. I didn't realise that it was still in use today, though. Are the names of Van Praag, Milne & Wilkinson still on the trophy somewhere? All the best Rob

Here, here. Who gives two hoots about the Polish League - about time they had to re-arrange their fixtures. All the best Rob

Ah, good news. Cheers Richard. All the best Rob

Hi, you've forgotten one trophy: The pre-war trophy won in 1936-1938 by Van Praag, Milne and Wilkinson. This was later re-used as the National Trophy, last won by Oxford in 1964. I wonder where that one went? All the best Rob

Are Scunny still planning their double headers on the May and August bank holidays? I'd miss these if they weren't there. All the best Rob

I hope that Buzz is back somewhere in 2011. His Heat 15 battle against Simon Lambert that I saw last year at Scunthorpe last season was an extraordinary race. Plenty of life in the old dog yet. All the best Rob

Great to see Mildenhall back for 2011. Any chance of Weymouth following? All the best Rob

From memory, I believe Craig Boyce won the 1991 Ullevi Open (i.e. the 1991 World Final "warm-up meeting"). Shortly afterwards, he was injured in the 1991 Commonwealth Final and eliminated from the World Championship. All the best Rob

Ken, I thought the programme had been wiped, so if you get hold of a copy, it may well be worth contacting the BBC, so they can add it to their archives. All the best Rob

Steve, again I should be able to help with the Oxford details. It's probably going to be the weekend before I get a chance to look at these and the 1969 & 1970 details. All the best Rob

Hi Steve, I'll look these out for you later in the week. All the best Rob

Glad to see Charles McKay's records have found a good home. The story behind the GP attendances is rather amusing - Charles knew more about them than the FIM. All the best Rob

That's very harsh. It's obviously a small typo (a 1 being typed instead of a 0) - they are the 2010 Green Sheet averages. The 2011 Green Sheets are unlikely available until being ratified at the NL conference. The BSPA website is actually very good. The other day I sent an item about Bernard Crapper and it was added almost straight away. I'm glad that you are so perfect and never make any mistakes. All the best Rob