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Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch Riders In British League


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and briefly Sheffield (unfortunately LOL)

 

When Sheffield signed him, they announced in the Sheffield Star that we'd signed a Finnish internation called.......Laurie McKinnen  :rolleyes: 

 

He went back to a meeting in Finland after a few weeks, we're still waiting for him to come back  :D

 

If I remember rightly he was a Long track specialist, who had his first dabble at speedway with Sheffield.

I did think that if he had stuck at it he would have made a decent second string.

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He was a longtrack specialist, but had ridden speedway plenty over here. He was in his speedway prime in the late seventees, thats probably why he was in the UK. He continued his career until the late 80's.

 

I've heard stories plenty why he never came back, from himself as well as others. It just wasn't his thing to ride there, he couldn't adapt personally.

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He was a longtrack specialist, but had ridden speedway plenty over here. He was in his speedway prime in the late seventees,  thats probably why he was in the UK. He continued his career until the late 80's.

 

I've heard stories plenty why he never came back, from himself as well as others. It just wasn't his thing to ride there, he couldn't adapt personally.

 

I do remember that he never quite looked happy or comfortable, really was a shame because I did think that he had a future with the club.

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THX for spin king, f-s-p, speedyguy, mikejb, Tigerblad, frigbo, falcace !!!!!!!

 

All BEST

 

PJ

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  • 3 weeks later...

FINALND

 

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Pekka Hautamaki

Markku Helminen

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Petri Kokko

Ari Koponen

Jarno Kosonen

Joonas Kylmarkorpi

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Kaj Laukkanen

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Rauli Makinen

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Kai Niemi

Kauko Nieminen

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Mati Olin

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Antti Pajari

Mika Pellinen

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Toni Salmela

Ile Teromaa

Pepe Teromaa

Veijo Tuoriniemi

Olli Tyrvainen

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Vesa Ylinen

 

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Oyvind S. Berg

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Tom Godal

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Jan Gravingen

Lars Gunnestad

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Aage Hansen

Bjorn G. Hansen

Per Hansen

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Sverre Harrfeldt

Jorn Haugvaldstad

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Svein Kaasa

Einar Kyllingstad

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Helge Langli

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Ulf Lovaas

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Jod Odegaard

Audun Ove Olsen

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Nils Paulsen

Sigvart Pedersen

Stein Roar Pedersen

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Trond Helge Skretting

Edgar Stangeland

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Henk Bangma

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Maik Groen

Maik Groen

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Fritz Koppe

Gerrit Kops

Henny Kroeze

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Rudy Muts

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Theo Pijper

Piet Seur

Henk Steman

Rob Steman

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Has Rune Holta never rode in british league ?

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Not quite made it.

 

Gerrit Kops, the 1938 Dutch speedway champion, signed to ride for Sheffield in the last week of August 1939.

 

He never made his debut - WW2 started on Sunday September 3 1939.

 

Kops next went to Sheffield for a world championship qualifier in 1949. His bid to ride round Owlerton ended when he had engine failure on the starting gate in his first ride and withdrew from the meeting.

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I vaguely remember a rider for glasgow in the early seventies called nils ringstrom - im pretty sure he was norwegian .

 

 

Nils Ringstrom rode for Long Eaton in 1966, and Glasgow the following year. However, I think you'll find that he was Swedish.

 

Steve

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