StormMarketing Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hi All, The rider in question is actually my old man and wanted to share any memories from his racing days with anyone else out there - he is still ALIVE! so dont panic... I am actually planning a surprise party for him next year and would like to get in touch with any people that knew him and get a good crowd together... not sure if anyone can help me on another topic but i am trying to put together a DVD of my dads best race meetings.... now I was 8/9 when he quit and from memory i am thinking Exeter @ Mildenhall...... the meeting where he had that race with dave jackson Peterborough 4 team tournament....he had a good meeting there ..... there are a couple of exeter home meetings where he scored maximums.... and the meeting where he won the league riders pairs championship with rob hollingworth i believe i need to try and obtain copies of his best meetings on video and transfer them onto DVD for him..... can anyone help or have suggest from race meetings? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asturmer Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hi All, The rider in question is actually my old man and wanted to share any memories from his racing days with anyone else out there - he is still ALIVE! so dont panic... I am actually planning a surprise party for him next year and would like to get in touch with any people that knew him and get a good crowd together... not sure if anyone can help me on another topic but i am trying to put together a DVD of my dads best race meetings.... now I was 8/9 when he quit and from memory i am thinking Exeter @ Mildenhall...... the meeting where he had that race with dave jackson Peterborough 4 team tournament....he had a good meeting there ..... there are a couple of exeter home meetings where he scored maximums.... and the meeting where he won the league riders pairs championship with rob hollingworth i believe i need to try and obtain copies of his best meetings on video and transfer them onto DVD for him..... can anyone help or have suggest from race meetings? Cheers Please email me as I am in constant contact with roger Johns who rode for Wimbledon ! Your Dad will have raced him several times maybe lots of times! I,m sure Roger would participate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackofdiamonds Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) I see you have your Dad's Leicester race jacket on Ebay. For those who don't venture there, 11 bids have currently been received and the current bid is £100.00 Good luck. Edited February 6, 2009 by jackofdiamonds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHALEWAY69 Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Hi All, The rider in question is actually my old man and wanted to share any memories from his racing days with anyone else out there - he is still ALIVE! so dont panic... I am actually planning a surprise party for him next year and would like to get in touch with any people that knew him and get a good crowd together... not sure if anyone can help me on another topic but i am trying to put together a DVD of my dads best race meetings.... now I was 8/9 when he quit and from memory i am thinking Exeter @ Mildenhall...... the meeting where he had that race with dave jackson Peterborough 4 team tournament....he had a good meeting there ..... there are a couple of exeter home meetings where he scored maximums.... and the meeting where he won the league riders pairs championship with rob hollingworth i believe i need to try and obtain copies of his best meetings on video and transfer them onto DVD for him..... can anyone help or have suggest from race meetings? Cheers I knew Colin at Milden hall and ipsich 1975-1982 as i ran the spares business there. i can help with scanned photos and articles. however i also would like to contact Colins father as he worked for my fathers construction company J S Alderton who built Ipswich speedway.he worked at a workshop between ipswich and waldringfield that i have tried to find contact me on binbbks@iinet.net.au tony webb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erasuretim Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Hi! There is footage of Colin winning the "world games" pairs with Jeremy Doncaster on this DVD from here... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-SPEEDWAY-197...%3A1|240%3A1318 Also Youtube footage here... hope this is of interest. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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