KevH Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Ted rode for Ipswich, Reading, Oxford and Romford in the late '60's and early '70's. Can anyone help me out with his date/place of birth please, or a few stories about his career? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Ted rode for Ipswich, Reading, Oxford and Romford in the late '60's and early '70's. Can anyone help me out with his date/place of birth please, or a few stories about his career? Started riding at California (winter 1956 I think) and rode for Aldershot Poppies in 1957. Known as 'Golden Boots' because of his footwear. Second halfed at various tracks, including Oxford in 1967 before becoming a member of the Reading team that rode at Plymouth in their first ever fixture. (7 June 1968) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Can I assume he was English then Arnie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Can I assume he was English then Arnie? Yes you can - afraid I don't have his dob though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Thanks very much for your help Arnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMinuteWarning Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Kevin, Speedway Star in late 1958 gave Ted's age as 21, if that's any help. Rode on the French (grass) speedways 1958; 1960 at non-league Aldershot; 1964 he popped up riding for Weymouth in the Metropolitan League. Seem to remember he rode grass track too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted November 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Kevin, Speedway Star in late 1958 gave Ted's age as 21, if that's any help. It certainly is Brian, thanks very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHALEWAY69 Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Started riding at California (winter 1956 I think) and rode for Aldershot Poppies in 1957. Known as 'Golden Boots' because of his footwear. Second halfed at various tracks, including Oxford in 1967 before becoming a member of the Reading team that rode at Plymouth in their first ever fixture. (7 June 1968) Ted was a portege of veteran rider george bason.he started riding in 1957 as a reseve at aldershot. won the junior championship there in august 1957. had trials at leicester in july 1958 , collar bone injury sidelined him until september 1958 when he toured france with the bason troupe. began in the SAL 1959. TONY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerowl Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Ted Spittles Born 18.2.37, Booker, Buckinghamshire www.speedwayatoz.co.uk (unashamed plug for my book!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 That's great - thanks Tigerowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Ted was a portege of veteran rider george bason.he started riding in 1957 as a reseve at aldershot. won the junior championship there in august 1957. had trials at leicester in july 1958 , collar bone injury sidelined him until september 1958 when he toured france with the bason troupe. began in the SAL 1959. TONY What other riders besides Bason and Spittles rod on the French grass speedways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHALEWAY69 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 What other riders besides Bason and Spittles rod on the French grass speedways? Here is a start Stan Tebby Jim Tebby Claude Boston 1961 Ray Liston Australia 1961 French champion Randall Brighton Australia 1961 Ray Cousins 1962 Charles Bellisant 1948 champion Pete Rogers Gunther fFeud Austria 1961 Mick Jenkins UK 1961 Ted Spittles Phil Bishop George Bason Keith Morrison 1958 french champion Pete Gay Reg Duval 1950 Bill Thatcher NZ 1950 Al Collins Wee bill McGregor Ted Connor 1957 french champion Bert Edwards not Ipswich Bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star ghost Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Here is a start Stan Tebby Jim Tebby Claude Boston 1961 Ray Liston Australia 1961 French champion Randall Brighton Australia 1961 Ray Cousins 1962 Charles Bellisant 1948 champion Pete Rogers Gunther fFeud Austria 1961 Mick Jenkins UK 1961 Ted Spittles Phil Bishop George Bason Keith Morrison 1958 french champion Pete Gay Reg Duval 1950 Bill Thatcher NZ 1950 Al Collins Wee bill McGregor Ted Connor 1957 french champion Bert Edwards not Ipswich Bert That Bert Edwards was a Belle Vue junior and was generally referred to as Bert Edwards II (or 2nd) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHALEWAY69 Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 That Bert Edwards was a Belle Vue junior and was generally referred to as Bert Edwards II (or 2nd) thank you for that update Star Ghost, here is a few more to the list but no Norfolk boys? Les Spilsbury 1959 Australian Maury Conway 1959 Australian Noel Conway 1959 Australian Fred Parkins 1959 Poole rider Geoff Harris 1959 Ray Woodstock England Ken Green England 1960 Ken Mellor England 1960 southampton rider. colin beeby england 1960 Lew Coffin England Alberto Sirvan Spain 1959 Little is known to me about Green, Beeby, Woodstock and Harris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 (edited) thank you for that update Star Ghost, here is a few more to the list but no Norfolk boys? Les Spilsbury 1959 Australian Maury Conway 1959 Australian Noel Conway 1959 Australian Fred Parkins 1959 Poole rider Geoff Harris 1959 Ray Woodstock England Ken Green England 1960 Ken Mellor England 1960 southampton rider. colin beeby england 1960 Lew Coffin England Alberto Sirvan Spain 1959 Little is known to me about Green, Beeby, Woodstock and Harris. Other names I have now been given are Ray Cave, Alf Meakins, Bill Pittingale...possibly Fred Wills, Buddy Fuller, Doug Serrurier. However, many of those named were not part of the Victor Boston Troupe which, I think is, what the query is about. Pre WW2 many topline riders raced on tracks in France. The Boston Troupe was far less elaborate. Edited December 4, 2008 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHALEWAY69 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Other names I have now been given are Ray Cave, Alf Meakins, Bill Pittingale...possibly Fred Wills, Buddy Fuller, Doug Serrurier. However, many of those named were not part of the Victor Boston Troupe which, I think is, what the query is about. Pre WW2 many topline riders raced on tracks in France. The Boston Troupe was far less elaborate. You are quite correct speedway guy, the likes of Lew Coffin and Fred Parkins rode in events that came under grasstrack/speedway and were not part of the Victor/ClaUde Boston troupe. Arhur Westwood was another promoter in the 1950 era. I will amend my list and limit it to the boston troupe and post it when i get more names. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 5 hours ago, JohnHyam said: Victor Boston, who was the promoter/manager of the late 1950s-1960s meetings, had been involved with the well researched international speedway meetings in Paris in the 1930s. Just a reminder, John, this is a thread about Ted Spittles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, JohnHyam said: Ted Spittles Born: 18.02.1937, Booker, England Died: June 1992. British Clubs: Aldershot (1957, 1959) Oxford (1967, 1968) Reading (1968) Ipswich (1969-1971)Romford (1971) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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