Pirio Barre Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 (edited) I see its up on the board outside the stadium so time to start a thread. I won’t be there myself and I don’t know who’ll be riding but never let this lack of knowledge stop this thread from being officially open. Enjoy. one bit of knowledge the meeting start at 19:30 a departure from the old 19:45 starts. Edited January 27, 2009 by Pirio Barre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 A meeting Im very looking forward to, its good to start the season with an individual. This has been a good meeting in the two years its been run and it should be good to see some elite league riders along with PL riders. Its still quite early , so we wont know the line up for another 3-4 weeks at least. All 7 brummie riders will race, but we dont even know the complete brummie team yet I hope its worth the wait . Probably David Howe will ride as he is the holder of the trophy, it gives the chance to the new brummie riders to get extra practice of the track before the series stuff begins at home. Looking forward to it, I wish it was next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedwayTShirts Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) Was a cracking meeting last year, so I'll definitely still be coming to this one Edited January 28, 2009 by Superbart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmet Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) It’s been over 50 years since Whacker’s death, and the competition has been running that long, on and off. The first winner was his team-mate South African Doug Davies at Durban, S.A. on 16 Feb 1957, just 2 weeks after the crash. The first Perry Barr winner was Arne Pander in 1960: the first winner at Cradley-held meetings being Ivor Brown in 1963, after whom the likes of Mauger, Briggs and Olsen have all taken pride of place and received the trophy from Alan’s widow Mrs. Eve Hunt. With the resurrection of Brummies speedway in 2007 has come the return of the Alan Hunt Memorial Trophy competition, won by Andre Compton and David Howe in 2007 and 2008 respectively. (It was never held at the old P.B. Greyhound stadium, nor Bordesley Green.) It would be gratifying to try and complete a table of winners of this prestigious event, - below is my first stab; can Cradley and B’ham fans fill in the table after '72 ? i.e.was there a meting after 1972, when handicap scoring (not starting gates,) gave a surprise result ? n.b. In 1967 the prominent Memorial meeting was for Ivor Hughes: was it a joint mtg? On at least one occasion the competition for one of these two former Cradley riders was only a Second Half event, maybe after a rained-off fixture, so it may take some digging amongst your programme collections. Eventually the days of big commercial sponsorship came along and overtook the memorial meetings, I suspect. Addendum: See Post #63 for complete and final table to-date, incl'g 2009, UK & SA. 1957 DURBAN ' ' ' Doug Davies - 1960 ALEX. STAD. Arne Pander - 1963 CRADLEY ' ' Ivor Brown 1964 Ivan Mauger 1965 Nigel Boocock 1966 Barry Briggs 1967 - 1968 Hasse Holmqvist 1969 Bernt Persson 1970 Ole Olsen 1971 Ole Olsen 1972 Pete Jarman 1973 ? ' onward ? 2007 PBGS ' ' Andre Compton 2008 ' ' ' David Howe 2009 ? ? - Edited March 25, 2009 by britmet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Two riders confirmed on the official site for this meeting, David Howe and Andre Compton , I thought andre compton retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Two popular ex brummie riders Emiliano Sanchez and Phil Morris riding in this meeting, confirmed in speedway star today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_art Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 And you can now add Ben Barker to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlata prilba Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 And you can now add Ben Barker to the list. Shane Parker Josef Franc can be included, And maybe Sebastian Ullamek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Good to see Shane Parker and Josef Franc riding in this meeting, both go well at Perry Barr especially franc being bit of track specialist. I must say the line up looks great so far, if we could get Ullamek and a few EL riders to ride it, it could be one hell of a meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Seen it all now, "Seb Ulamek" and "hell of a meeting" in the same sentence. He'll gate and win by a lot, or miss the gate and give up, it's his speciality. Seriously, you're better off with a middle order PL rider who at least tries to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedway2006 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Freddie Lindgren will also be in action at Perry Barr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 First time I've looked at the forum for a month Got my season ticket through the post on Saturday, thought I'd see when I can start using it. Line-up looking good, except for Ulamek Barker, Franc, Parker all very good at Perry Barr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Seb Ullamek is confirmed now along with James Wright. Realy looking forward to this, looks a good line-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 They should have invited Boris,na Byron Bekker who holds the South African version of the Alan Hunt Trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Freddie Lindgren will also be in action at Perry Barr. Im notsure he is, its on his website but in the ad in the Speedway Star today hes not mentioned. Oh well we`ll have to wait and see. Claus Vissing will also ride in this meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Butler Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Two riders confirmed on the official site for this meeting, David Howe and Andre Compton , I thought andre compton retired. Andre Compton did retire but apparently he is a real methanol junkie. His retirement has ended. I think the details can be found in the BSPA news archive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysue Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the updates site? If so, could you please either leave a message here or send me an email or pm. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysue Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Still looking for a texter...anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul84 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Is Kev Doolan competing in this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 (edited) Is Kev Doolan competing in this? No sadly Kevin Doolan isnt, hes always very good at Perry Barr and holds the track record with Lyons. Edited March 17, 2009 by Brummie Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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