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Grachan

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Tell me what.

 

i think there may be crossed wires here spin king i think maybe trackman thought you were refering to ken le breton and not jon jon white when you said he never got past the novice stage

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Waiting on confirmation of our Main Man...phone calls, letters and emails have been made in the direction of . . . DENMARK!

 

I can vouch for the fact that Tony went to Denmark this week. Sat next to him on the flight on the way and on the way back to Billund on Monday and Tuesday. On the way back I think we put the world of speedway right :D

 

Guess we will have to wait and see why he went

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My favourite rider from the late 70s and early 80s was Danny Kennedy who rode for Weymouth and Poole. He had a great year in 1982 averaging nearly 7.5 in the top division for Poole, but, sadly, died in 1993 from a brain tumour at the age of 35. He was a very approachable and likeable man and I am sure some of his Poole colleagues would be able to comment on him.

 

Also it would be good to hear what Peter Prinsloo is doing.

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My favourite rider from the late 70s and early 80s was Danny Kennedy who rode for Weymouth and Poole. He had a great year in 1982 averaging nearly 7.5 in the top division for Poole, but, sadly, died in 1993 from a brain tumour at the age of 35. He was a very approachable and likeable man and I am sure some of his Poole colleagues would be able to comment on him.

 

Also it would be good to hear what Peter Prinsloo is doing.

 

Would be nice to read about both these riders, what about an interview with John Dvis would be nice to see what he has to say.

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After meeting him at the Leicester Speedway Supporters Club Christmas Social

Les Collins what a real gentleman nothing to much trouble for him and who I am sure would make an interesting article

 

Would have to agree the guy had such a long career I am sure he would plenty of interesting stories.

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Personally, I'd love to see a feature on Bobby McNeil, having had my appetite whetted by several pictures (old and new) in Backtrack. Also, Geoff Bouchard is another Swindon favourite that it would be interesting for me to read about.

 

Anyone else have any particular rider that would interest them?

i'd like to see an article on tommy knudsen (the wheelie king)after falling off celebrating a race win at the abbey stadium the video was shown in a loop every time the bees visited swindon for the next 5 years ,even now the swindon supporters like to remind us bees fans of the incident, one such kind fan has even put a clip of it on youtube,

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I'd like to know more about Ron Henderson, the young Aussie that rode for Newcastle in 76/77. He had enormous talent and then just dropped out of the sport completely.

 

Whilst we're on obscure Australians, how about Robbie Blackadder and Phil Michelides from the same era.

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I'd like to know more about Ron Henderson, the young Aussie that rode for Newcastle in 76/77. He had enormous talent and then just dropped out of the sport completely.

 

Whilst we're on obscure Australians, how about Robbie Blackadder and Phil Michelides from the same era.

 

I had a chat with Phil at a recent speedway meeting in Perth. He runs his own electrical business! He arrived on his Honda fireblade and has not changed since the 70,s and neither has Bob Humphreys who was with him at the meeting. :lol:

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