Martin Yeates

[mervjankefanclub]

an all time national league great was martin yeates,i remember him and wiggy riding at stoke in 1982,wiggy got 18 point max and martin got 16 plus 2 paid max,and the match still finished 48 48 great days.

 

didnt they both also won the nl pairs at swindon that same year burton and it may even have been with five 5 - 1s

Edited March 10, 2008 by mervjankefanclub

[burton]

cannot remember 1982 pairs ,but i recall the 1983 event at belle vue ,when yeates beat hunter and owen in the final.

[Wessex Wanderer]

didnt they both also won the nl pairs at swindon that same year burton and it may even have been with five 5 - 1s

 

They did indeed. I don't think the 5 5-1's has ever been equalled in this competition. With a comparatively short trip home a great time was had by the Weymouth fans in the bar afterwards. Joined as always by the Middlesbrough fans of the day and a very sporting group from Long Eaton who had been beaten in the Final.

 

I still remember Wally Mawdsley "requesting" me to get back off of his dog track in the lead up to the presentaion.

[Trackman]

Weymouth's Best Ever.....? Wiggy, Coles,Schofield, Shakespeare...... Yeates who?

Regards.

PS.

Them were the days.

[Wessex Wanderer]

Hi Trackman

 

I did a "Best Ever Team" for the 50th anniversary programme. It was (in riding order):

 

1 Martin Yeates, 2 Simon Cross, 3 Simon Wigg, 4 Tony Lomas, 5 Brian Woodward, 6 Steve Schofield, 7 Vic Harding (Capt). Neil Street was Team Manager.

 

Personal opinion only and very difficult to leave out the likes of Danny Kennedy, Malcolm Corradine, Malcolm Shakespeare etc etc etc etc. Great fun drawing up the list and even greater fun "discussing" it over a pint with other Weymouth old timers.

Edited March 12, 2008 by Wessex Wanderer

[Pirate Nick]

Hi Trackman

 

I did a "Best Ever Team" for the 50th anniversary programme. It was (in riding order):

 

1 Martin Yeates, 2 Simon Cross, 3 Simon Wigg, 4 Tony Lomas, 5 Brian Woodward, 6 Steve Schofield, 7 Vic Harding (Capt). Neil Street was Team Manager.

 

Personal opinion only and very difficult to leave out the likes of Danny Kennedy, Malcolm Corradine, Malcolm Shakespeare etc etc etc etc. Great fun drawing up the list and even greater fun "discussing" it over a pint with other Weymouth old timers.

 

What about Stan Bear?

[Wessex Wanderer]

Stan was one of the most popular ever Weymouth riders but would not have put any of my 7 out of that team. Now if it were a "personality" team he would be right in there along with the likes of Barry Duke, Geoff Swindells, Kelvin Mullarkey, Richard Evans etc (oh - and Wiggy too of course but then he would be in any team, any time).

 

All these names are making me quite nostalgic.

 

[Parkstone Pirate]

Martin attended the Poole anniversary dinner last Saturday and the meeting the following day.

I hope he doesn't mind me saying but he does look very different now, grey hair and glasses replacing the once flowing dark hair but I guess age catches up with all of us!

 

I think Martin was very underrated and was a terrific servant to both Weymouth and Poole. He certainly clocked up a fantastic amount of points. I believe that the one track he really hated was Exeter but a lot of riders had a phobia about that place.