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The site shown second in my signature :rolleyes: would appreciate help in regard to the Wimbledon team squads between 2002-2004. I do have some names for 2002 (not the full 31-plus riders!) and some 2004 riders, but again not the complete list. Thank you.

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The site shown second in my signature :rolleyes: would appreciate help in regard to the Wimbledon team squads between 2002-2004. I do have some names for 2002 (not the full 31-plus riders!) and some 2004 riders, but again not the complete list. Thank you.

 

 

2002

Chris Hunt

Martin Williams

Jason Prynne

Gary Sweet

Jonathan Stevens

Justin Elkins

Wayne Barrett

Roger Dickerson

Steve Braidford

Jeremy Pestell

Terry Day

David Osborn

Chris Geer

Phil Ambrose

Andre Cross

Gavin Hedge

Chris Johnson

Paul Lydes-Uings

Barrie Geer

Chris Mills

Nathan Irwin

Nathan Morton

Tom Brown

Russell Paine

Dyfed Evans

Matthew Tutton

Thomas Rowlett (Transferred to Mildenhall)

Peter Collyer (Transferred to Carmarthen)

David Meldrum (Transferred to Edinburgh)

Glen Phillips (Transferred to Reading)

Graeme Gordon (Transferred to Somerset)

 

2003

 

Chris Hunt

Wayne Barrett

Gavin Hedge

Daniel Giffard

Andre Cross

James Clement

Peter Collyer

Jason Prynne

Mark Burrows

Jonathan Stevens

Gareth Hickmott

Matt Cambridge

2004

 

Wayne Broadhurst

Barrie Evans

Mark Burrows

Gavin Hedge

Matthew Wright

James Clement

James Theobald

Andre Cross

Marc Norris

Peter Boast

James Humby

Peter Collyer

Jonathan Stevens

Wayne Barrett (Transferred to Oxford)

 

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Ah, happy days! :approve:

 

Am I not right (pardon the pun!) in thinking that Matt Wright made an appearance for the Dons (joining a cast of thousands!) in that traumatic 2002 season too..? :unsure:

And I'm certain Barry Burchatt did in '03. Also there was that veteran rider who stepped into the breach at an away match - was it Peterboro' in '03..? :unsure: I think his name was Ron Jones..??

 

Roger Dickerson... What a top bloke Roger was.. :approve:

 

Oh, and BTW Tom Brown never rode in a proper competitive match for the Dons (just a challenge match) but I think Chris Schramm did and I can't see his name mentioned..

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2003

Chris Hunt

Wayne Barrett

Gavin Hedge

Daniel Giffard

Andre Cross

James Clement

Peter Collyer

Jason Prynne

Mark Burrows

Jonathan Stevens

Gareth Hickmott

Matt Cambridge

 

Yes, it was Ron Jones and there are a few others missing from the '03 listing.

Following the 'model' of '02 (and including all those who made even what was sort of a 'guest' appearance borrowed from an away track..) you need to add not just Jones and the other one I mentioned, Barry Burchatt but also:

John Branney

David Haigh (actually used twice..)

Martin McDermott

 

I'm wondering if mimmo is just using CL records rather than CT too, because also omitted are the two riders used only in Trophy matches. Shrammy (who I mentioned before) and most signiicantly, Joel Parsons who made six appearances. for the Dons in that competition..

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Ah, happy days! :approve:

 

Am I not right (pardon the pun!) in thinking that Matt Wright made an appearance for the Dons (joining a cast of thousands!) in that traumatic 2002 season too..? :unsure:

And I'm certain Barry Burchatt did in '03. Also there was that veteran rider who stepped into the breach at an away match - was it Peterboro' in '03..? :unsure: I think his name was Ron Jones..??

 

Roger Dickerson... What a top bloke Roger was.. :approve:

 

Oh, and BTW Tom Brown never rode in a proper competitive match for the Dons (just a challenge match) but I think Chris Schramm did and I can't see his name mentioned..

 

 

I was always surprised at the hasty and unexplained departure of Roger Dickerson, as I was that iof Martin Williams. Like you, I thought Dickerson was a great club man and nice guy to get on with.

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I was always surprised at the hasty and unexplained departure of Roger Dickerson, as I was that iof Martin Williams. Like you, I thought Dickerson was a great club man and nice guy to get on with.

 

Martin wanted to just do grass track I think - he remains a top rider on the grass. He did have a lot of potential as a Speedway rider, I agree.

Roger on the other hand was someone coming back after a long time away...: am guessing at his age the costs just got too much.

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I enjoyed my trips to the plush Plough Lane, even if the track was an abomination.

 

All the best

Rob

 

Sadly that wasn't really down to us. We would have loved to have used the fabulous original track (used from 1968-1991) but that was tarmaced over and we had little option but to utilise the centre green. We couldn't go in any further either due to the siting of the drainage system.

 

I agree that the bends were too narrow for the straights but we did see some terrific racing, especially from Buzz & James Wright (my favourite visitor to Plough Lane).

 

Oxford were always good value on their visits, I recall the Dons sneaking a victory thanks to a last bend engine failure for either Chris Mills or Craig Branney in 2004. Happy days.

 

We also had the best programme in the CL (that's another drink you owe me DB!).

 

 

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Rather embrasssing :unsure: but I also need the Wimbledon CL team squads for the 2005 season. i had them in a file on laptop, clicked the wrong button and sent them to trash - and my search system cannot retrieve the data. That are needed to complete the Dons line-up for the second file in my signature. Thanks everyone.

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We also had the best programme in the CL (that's another drink you owe me DB!).

 

Thanx Bazza!!! :approve: Any time for that beer!!!

 

I wouldn't take too much notice of Rob, though - he slagged off the track EVERY WHERE that Oxford lost.. I remember well him constantly harping on about the "bumpy track" at that place in Kent where uniquely his lot were the ONLY Conference side never to record a win... :rolleyes:

 

What I miss most about Plough Lane '02 - '05 were all the good friends we had there, the friendly banter among the large crowd and the general sense of good feeling around the place. These are clearly things Rob wouldn't be missing from his also sadly sadly defunct track!! :wink:

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Yes, it was Ron Jones and there are a few others missing from the '03 listing.

Following the 'model' of '02 (and including all those who made even what was sort of a 'guest' appearance borrowed from an away track..) you need to add not just Jones and the other one I mentioned, Barry Burchatt but also:

John Branney

David Haigh (actually used twice..)

Martin McDermott

 

I'm wondering if mimmo is just using CL records rather than CT too, because also omitted are the two riders used only in Trophy matches. Shrammy (who I mentioned before) and most signiicantly, Joel Parsons who made six appearances. for the Dons in that competition..

 

 

Parsloes old chap,

 

I was just getting ready to go to speedway at King's Lynn when i saw Speedguy's request, so I knocked something up as quickly as I could from memory, so yes there were names that I missed.

 

Here is the 2003 list.

GMB DONS STATS with MIKE MOSELEY

2003

WAYNE BARRETT (b.22.03.1968)

Mat: Rides: Pts: BP: Total: Average: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

(H) 12 64 143 6 149 9.31 33 19 6 6

(A) 8 43 76 4 80 7.44 13 11 15 4

SUB 20 107 219 10 229 8.56 46 30 21 10

CLT 11 59 126 6 132 8.95 28 17 8 6

KOC 3 19 48 1 49 10.32 12 5 2 0

CM 2 10 29 1 30 12.00 9 1 0 0

TOTAL 36 195 422 18 440 9.03 95 53 31 16

GAVIN HEDGE (b.30.01.1971)

(H) 5 21 40 3 43 8.19 8 7 2 4

(A) 3 14 14 1 15 4.29 1 5 1 7

SUB 8 35 54 4 58 6.63 9 12 3 11

CLT 3 13 24 2 26 8.00 5 3 3 2

KOC 2 13 28 1 29 8.92 5 5 3 0

TOTAL 13 61 106 7 113 7.41 19 20 9 13

DANIEL GIFFARD (b.10.11.1984)

(H) 7 31 75 3 78 10.06 20 7 1 3

(A) 4 21 43 0 43 8.19 10 4 5 2

SUB 11 52 118 3 121 9.31 30 11 6 5

CLT 5 23 58 2 60 10.43 16 4 2 1

KOC 2 11 25 1 26 9.45 6 2 3 0

TOTAL 18 86 201 6 207 9.63 52 17 11 6

CHRIS SCHRAMM (b.30.05.1984)

(H) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

(A) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

SUB - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

CLT 2 11 18 1 19 6.91 3 4 1 3

TOTAL 2 11 18 1 19 6.91 3 4 1 3

JASON PRYNNE (b.27.04.1974)

(H) 5 23 35 5 40 6.96 6 5 7 5

(A) 5 23 39 3 42 7.30 6 7 7 3

SUB 10 46 74 8 82 7.13 12 12 14 8

CLT 4 17 36 5 41 9.65 6 7 4 0

TOTAL 14 63 110 13 123 7.81 18 19 18 8

CHRIS HUNT (b.15.02.1964)

(H) 12 60 83 18 101 6.73 10 15 23 12

(A) 12 55 35 8 43 3.13 2 6 17 30

SUB 24 115 118 26 144 5.01 12 21 40 42

CLT 14 68 87 10 97 5.71 11 15 24 18

KOC 4 17 14 2 16 3.76 1 3 5 8

CM 3 12 12 2 14 4.67 1 3 3 5

TOTAL 45 212 231 40 271 5.11 25 42 72 73

ANDRE CROSS (b.12.06.1967)

(H) 5 16 14 4 18 4.50 2 1 6 7

(A) 3 14 18 4 22 6.29 1 4 7 2

SUB 8 30 32 8 40 5.33 3 5 13 9

CLT 4 12 17 8 25 8.33 1 6 2 3

KOC 2 9 9 1 10 4.44 1 1 4 3

CM 1 4 2 0 2 2.00 0 1 0 3

TOTAL 15 55 60 17 77 5.60 5 13 19 18

JAMES CLEMENT (b.29.08.1985)

(H) 9 37 35 11 46 4.97 2 7 15 13

(A) 11 37 12 4 16 1.73 0 0 12 25

SUB 20 74 47 15 62 3.35 2 7 27 38

CLT 11 38 20 6 26 2.74 0 3 14 21

KOC 3 10 4 1 5 2.00 0 0 4 6

CM 3 12 9 3 12 4.00 0 2 5 5

TOTAL 37 134 80 25 105 3.13 2 12 50 70

PETER COLLYER (b.02.12.1981)

(H) 12 50 75 18 93 7.44 6 20 17 7

(A) 11 55 65 4 69 5.02 6 15 17 17

SUB 23 105 140 22 162 6.17 12 35 34 24

CLT 13 70 97 17 114 6.51 8 24 25 13

KOC 4 19 10 4 14 2.95 0 3 4 12

CM 3 11 11 6 17 5.55 0 2 7 2

TOTAL 43 205 258 49 307 5.99 20 64 70 51

MARK BURROWS (b.06.06.1964)

(H) 7 35 91* 3 94* 10.74 25 8 0 2

(A) 7 46 92 1 93 8.09 22 10 6 8

SUB 14 81 183* 4 187* 9.23 47 18 6 10

CLT 4 22 53 0 53 9.64 13 6 2 1

KOC 2 13 32 2 34 10.46 7 5 1 0

CM 3 15 41 3 44 11.73 11 4 0 0

TOTAL 23 131 309* 9 318* 9.71 78 33 9 11

* Took a Golden Double Tac Sub ride finishing 1st (Doubled to 6-points). The race has been ignored in the above records.

MATT CAMBRIDGE (b.14.05.1981)

(H) 4 15 15 3 18 4.80 1 3 6 5

(A) 4 19 11 0 11 2.32 0 2 7 10

NEWPORT AVERAGE

2 7 10 0 10 5.71 1 2 3 1

SUB 10 41 36 3 39 3.80 2 7 16 16

CLT 5 23 21 4 25 4.35 2 4 7 10

KOC 2 9 5 1 6 2.67 0 0 5 4

CM 3 15 29 2 31 8.27 5 4 6 0

TOTAL 20 88 91 10 101 4.59 9 15 34 30

JONATHAN STEVENS (b.03.01.1983)

(H) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

(A) 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 3

SUB 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 3

CM 1 2 1 0 1 2.00 0 0 1 1

TOTAL 2 5 1 0 1 0.80 0 0 1 4

GARETH HICKMOTT (b.28.05.1980)

(H) 2 7 1 1 2 1.14 0 0 1 6

(A) 4 16 5 0 5 1.25 0 0 5 11

SUB 6 23 6 1 7 1.22 0 0 6 17

CLT 6 23 12 6 18 3.13 0 3 6 14

TOTAL 12 46 18 7 25 2.17 0 3 12 31

JOEL PARSONS (b.24.07.1985)

(H) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

(A) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

SUB - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

CLT 6 35 70 4 74 8.46 17 8 3 7

CM 2 9 16 1 17 7.56 2 4 2 1

TOTAL 8 44 86 5 91 8.27 19 12 5 8

DAVID HAIGH (b.12.12.1984)

(H) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

(A) 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 3

SUB 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 3

CLT 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 3

TOTAL 2 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 6

JOHN BRANNEY (b.07.11.1985)

(H) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

(A) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

SUB - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

CLT 1 4 1 0 1 1.00 0 0 1 3

TOTAL 1 4 1 0 1 1.00 0 0 1 3

BARRY BURCHATT (b.24.10.1987)

(H) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

(A) 1 3 1 0 1 1.33 0 0 1 2

TOTAL 1 3 1 0 1 1.33 0 0 1 2

RON JONES (b.26.05.1957)

(H) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

(A) 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 3

TOTAL 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 3

MARTIN McDERMOTT (b.13.01.1988)

(H) - - - - - 0.00 - - - -

(A) 1 5 4 0 4 3.20 1 0 1 3

TOTAL 1 5 4 0 4 3.20 1 0 1 3

 

Don't know why they've slipped out of line.

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Impressive from memory, Mimmo! :approve:

 

Don't about you, but the likes of Paul Lydes-Uings I think I'd rather forget!!!!! :oops:

 

I thought it was only Justin Elkins people at Wimbledon wanted to forget :wink:

 

Obviously my list the other day wasn't all from memory, but a lot were, it was just that I didn't have time to dig out a comprehensive list.

 

STILL WAITING FOR YOUR APOLOGY ABOUT THE DERBYSHIRE DALES.......................IN PUBLIC :shock:

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Another (very) popular rider at Plough Lane was Gavin Hedge, yet another second generation Don!

 

Gavin unluckily broke both wrists in a nasty fall against Wolverhampton (in 2003 or 2004?) and never came back. He was a real trier who could beat the best (and lose to the worst!) in traditional Wimbledon style.

 

Controversially, I'd have him in my team every time ahead of Dan Giffard. Whilst Giffard's average was much higher, I don't recall him ever getting the better of a rider who he wasn't expected to beat. (Hope that last bit makes sense!).

 

What about Marc Norris?? Someone with talent but dare I say it not having all the spanners in the toolbox...

 

The great enigma Justin Elkins could merit an entire discussion topic of his own. I recall an imperious 18 point maximum in 2002 against Newport followed by "nil point" the following week! When Weymouth made their first visit to SW17 in 2004 for the splendidly titled "Trevor Hedge Cup sponsored by Trevor Hedge Racing" Justin was the Wildcats No1 rider. Sadly he never made it past the first bend in at least 3 rides.

 

Finally, the guys in the original Consortium were a tremendous bunch of people. On the day of the Sky televised U21 Test Match v Sweden in 2003 a couple of us decked out the Centre Green in Union Flags and Swedish flags. It really looked the part. The esteemed programme editor even mamanged to get the Speedway Star Sweden correspondent to write an welcome article in Swedish in the programme.

 

As Derek says, happy days and many happy memories. :)

 

 

 

 

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STILL WAITING FOR YOUR APOLOGY ABOUT THE DERBYSHIRE DALES.......................IN PUBLIC :shock:

 

Hmm, here goes..

 

I, Parsloes (sic) being of sound mind (well that's wrong for starters!! :oops: ) do hereby concede that in the Peak District hides away an area known to postcard manufacurers as the 'Derbyshire Dales'. Most softie southerners like me have only heard of three types of Dales before: the more famous Yorkshire variety; Mrs Dale of Diary fame; and Jim, star of Carry On Up The Khyber..

 

Many thanks are due to ageing geography teacher M. Moseley esq. for imparting this life-changing new piece of information. :rolleyes: The number of puns relating to Dales which will as a result be appearing in NL progs from now 'til eternity can, of course, be blamed on said Mr. Mimmo!!!

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