All Stars Pairs Championship At Crayford On 17th June 1975

[PElford]

Does anyone have the scores of the above meeting please as I've just found my original programme which does not

have the scores completed.

 

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

 

Paul

[1st bend Kestrel]

Hi Paul,

 

According to my programme the scores were,

 

Laurie Etheridge 15 & Trevor Barnwell 11....26

Alan Sage 15 & Pete Wigley 6......................21

Barry Thomas 12 & Dave Kennett 8.............20

Bert Harkins 13 & Roger Johns 7.................20

Brian Foote 13 & Dingle Brown 1.................14

Les Rumsey 12 & Barney Kennett 0............12

Paul Gachet 6 & Neil Middleditch 6..............12

Reserves,

Bill Archer 1 and Dave Shepherd 0

 

Oh, happy days.

 

Hope this helps,

 

Rowan.

Edited February 15, 2012 by 1st bend Kestrel

[PElford]

They were indeed very happy days at London Road, Rowan.

 

Many thanks for the information, which confirmed my belief that Laurie Etheridge won the event, but I could not remember who his

partner was.

[1st bend Kestrel]

Paul, did you want the heat details as well?

 

Rowan.

[PElford]

Hi Rowan

 

Thanks for your very kind offer on the All Star Pairs Championship. I've literally just found another incomplete programme for the Crayford v Newcastle match on 27th April 1976. If you did have the time, I would be very interested to complete the full scores/heat details for this meeting as I seem to recall that it was one of the best ever league matches that I witnessed at London Road. Didn't we experience both the disappointment of Laurie Etheridge losing 2-0 to Joe Owen in the Silver Helmet race, only to be followed by the jubilation of beating the Diamonds 40-38, which turned out to be one of only three defeats that they suffered that season?

 

Many thanks in advance for any information that you can provide. Also do you have any personal memories of that great night?

 

Paul

[1st bend Kestrel]

Ok Paul, here goes.........this'll take the one finger typist some time,

 

All Stars Pairs,

 

1) Foote, Gachet, Middleditch, Brown 63.2

2) Rumsey, Etheridge, Barnwell, B.Kennett 63.0

3) Thomas, Harkins, Johns, D.Kennett 62.8

4) Sage, Foote, Brown, Wigley 61.0

5) Etheridge, Barnwell, Gachet, Middleditch 62.8

6) Harkins, Johns, Rumsey, B.Kennett 60.6

7) Sage, Thomas, Wigley, D.Kennett *

8) Etheridge, Barnwell, Foote, Brown 62.6

9) Rumsey, Gachet, Middleditch, Archer 64.0

10) Sage, Wigley, Harkins, Johns 61.8

11) Thomas, Foote, D.Kennett, Brown 62.4

12) Harkins, Middleditch, Johns, Gachet 63.2

13) Barnwell, Etheridge, D.Kennett, Thomas 62.2

14) Sage, Rumsey, Wigley, Shepherd 62.8

15) Harkins, Foote, Johns, Brown 63.0

16) D.Kennett, Thomas, Gachet, Middleditch 62.4

17) Barnwell, Etheridge, Wigley, Sage 62.6

18)Foote, Rumsey, Archer, Brown 62.4

19) Sage, Middleditch, Wigley, Gachet 62.2

20) Etheridge, Johns, Harkins, Barnwell 62.0

21) D.Kennett, Thomas, Rumsey, Shepherd 62.2

*Sorry, no time in my programme.

 

Crayford v Newcastle,

 

Silver Helmet,

1) Owen, Etheridge 59.4

2) Owen, Etheridge 59.2

 

1) T.Owen, Wigley, Sage, Henderson 61.4

2) Michelidies, Spencer, Archer, Blackadder (F/X) 62.4

3) Johns, Cusworth, Havelock, Broadbank (EF) 61.8

4) Etheridge, J.Owen, Archer, Michelidies 60.4

5) Henderson, T.Owen, Spencer, Johns (F/Rem) 61.4

6) J.Owen, Wigley, Sage, Michelides 60.6

7) Etheridge, Havelock, Archer, Cusworth 61.6

8) Wigley, Henderson, Michelidies, Spencer (F/Rem-Ret) 61.0

9) Johns, Michelidies, Archer, J.Owen (EF) 61.4

10) Havelock, Sage, Wigley, Cusworth 61.2

11) T.Owen, Etheridge, Spencer, Henderson (EF) 61.2

12) J.Owen, Havelock, Sage, Broadbank 61.8

13) Johns, Etheridge, Cusworth, T.Owen (F/X) 61.4

 

Second Half

 

Kestrels Ketch,

 

1) Wigley, Sage, Shepherd, J.Owen (EF) 61.2/61.4

2) T.Owen, Havelock, Archer, Willis (F/Rem) 61.2/62.8

3) Johns, Etheridge, Cusworth (EF), Henderson (EF) 60.8/62.4

 

Brough Burn Up,

 

Michelidies, Spencer, Shepherd, Willis 62.0

 

Kestrels Ketch Final,

 

T.Owen, Sage, Johns, Wigley (Fell) 61.2

 

Unfortunately I don't remember too much about this meeting (well it was thirty six years ago) except, my friend Shawn and i jumping around like loonies as Johnsey and Laurie crossed the line for the 5-1 in heat 13.

 

Oh, happy, HAPPY days....still miss them!

 

Rowan.

Edited February 21, 2012 by 1st bend Kestrel

[Parsloes 1928 nearly]

Best ever name for a second-half event... 'Kestrels Ketch'.

 

In case anyone wonders (coz I did did I just looked on wikipedia!) a 'ketch' is "a cutter-rigged sailing craft with two masts: a main mast,

and a shorter mizzen mast abaft (rearward of) the main mast"... Which when you think about it is a perfect name for a second half event at a Speedway meeting!!

[PElford]

Many thanks Rowan for posting those scores.

 

I've just filled in my Newcastle programme and noticed that there was never more than 2 points between the teams.

 

Apart from our ever reliable Captain who scored 10 pts, both Alan Johns and Pete Wigley stood up to the plate

against the toughest of opponents. It also struck me that our two reserves more than played their parts as

between them they only finished last in one of their eight races.

 

Another thing that struck me, was the number of riders who fell in both the main event and the second half. My first

thought was that given it was a night in April perhaps there was some rain about. However, I don't remember it raining

and the heat times of the Silver Helmet races suggest that conditions were very good. But, as you say, remembering

things that happened nearly 36 years ago is a bit tricky.

 

One other small thing that I do recall was trying to get Joe Owen's autograph out the back after the meeting. I seem

to recall that he was not in a very obliging mood, but he did sign my book because my Dad had shone his torch for

him as he was trying to tie something to the back of his trailor. For me, it was nights like this that made going to school

the next day just about bearable!

 

Cheers

 

Paul