Second Halvers

[shazzybird]

From what I can remember Thomo was better looking as well   

Too right he was and still is(saw him at Rye House in 2001)

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oooooooooooooooooo those eyes

[Guest clivehitch]

I remember the Woolford Brothers Mac and Jim local lads at Swindon in the late 60s..tearaways!!

[bucket]

Didn't Mac Woolford's career finish with some bad injurys that still affect him now?

 

Never knew he had a brother though.

[FUJI 602]

remember years back late 70s. early 80s. andy smith (g.b.) and a young aussie called robbie foy used to race each other in the second halves...they raced hell for leather and occasionally had a coming together !! andy moved on to belle vue and robbie made it into the newcastle reserve spot...sadly he drifted away and often wonder what ever happened to him...always thought he would make the grade but it wasnt to be....

[spin king]

So did the Sheffield promotion at the time, mind you he did come with the recoomendation of the one and only Ivan Mauger.

[nash the dragon]

I seem to remember a couple of second half riders that made it in to the Coventry team in the 80's. One was a young Aussie that came on the recomendation of Ole Olsen called Phil Cain who tried his bloody hardest week in and week out and i'm sure he got into the team at some stage as I think I saw him at Birmingham one meeting with Ole trying to team ride him home.The next was a chap called Pete Bacon again a real tryer that did get a few chances but nothing came of it. Can any Bees fans remember these and indeed tell me what became of them

[Guest kent]

I remember Pete Bacon riding for Nottingham at Canterbury in 1980 and Phil Cain for Scunthorpe in 1979.

[fireblade]

Phil Cain often uses the forum under the name Trackman. Peter Bacons brother Mike rode for Coventry.

 

Anyone recall Shaun Nicholls, brother of Scott.

[shazzybird]

TM not spoke to him & Kim for ages wheres they got to?

[Canadian Star]

At Kings Lynn in the late sixties early seventies we enjoyed some terrific 2nd half racing with the likes of Arthur Price, Ian Turner, Russell Osborne, Tony Featherstone, Kelven Mullarkey and David Gaen all giving tremendously exciting racing, no one ever went home early. In those days there was often 5 riders in a race, Ian usually wearing a check helmet cover coming from the back of 25 yards, Kelven was always a fence scraper, great days. Over the years we have all seen so many riders come and go, one other rider particularly sticks in my mind "wild Rick Jones" he was very spectacular, i remember him jumping out of the gate one night and heading Richard Hellsen for 3 laps and then falling in his excitement on the last lap. Why dont we bring back the old second half, i am sure people would want to see it again.