chunky Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, BOBBATH said: Split I am in an even worse shape than you, I gotta go to young Jim McMillan at #31. I can recall watching Jim's older brother, Bill, and seeing Jim starting out. Class bloke!! Wot about others of our generation e.g. Norbold, BL65 where would you rank!! Well, I'm just a puppy... John Jorgensen is the first world finalist younger than I, and he's way down at 90! He was born three days after me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 2 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Split I am in an even worse shape than you, I gotta go to young Jim McMillan at #31. I can recall watching Jim's older brother, Bill, and seeing Jim starting out. Class bloke!! Wot about others of our generation e.g. Norbold, BL65 where would you rank!! Doug Wyer is the first one younger than me. I feel like quite a youngster now compared to you and Split! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Stefan Danno for me. I'm barely past being a foetus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Slot in at No 85. Just in front of Tommy Knudsen, who in my minds eye is still that fresh faced youngster riding into 3rd at Wembley in 1981. So that makes me feel ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted February 3 Author Report Share Posted February 3 Sheesh- Tommy Knudsen-great World Final 1981. I woz there. I recall his great racing- finished in top 3 in his first WF!! Last one at Wembley!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 10 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Sheesh- Tommy Knudsen-great World Final 1981. I woz there. I recall his great racing- finished in top 3 in his first WF!! Last one at Wembley!! Still seems like yesterday to me. I was 19 at the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 21 hours ago, chunky said: Still seems like yesterday to me. I was 19 at the time! Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 Ditto and I was 35 then!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Just noticed that there are seven swedes in the top twenty and three of them won the World Championship with one runner-up. Maybe it's the saunas that keep them fit and well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 3 hours ago, Split said: Just noticed that there are seven swedes in the top twenty and three of them won the World Championship with one runner-up. Maybe it's the saunas that keep them fit and well. Or the women... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 It's a bit frightening eh, I'd slot in at number 25, I haven't seen Gemini around the forum for a while but I think she slots in at number 16 in these days of equality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 On 2/25/2024 at 9:26 AM, jrs said: It's a bit frightening eh, I'd slot in at number 25, I haven't seen Gemini around the forum for a while but I think she slots in at number 16 in these days of equality. Gem is still active on Facebook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs Posted March 5 Report Share Posted March 5 10 hours ago, norbold said: Gem is still active on Facebook. Thats good news . We'd better get her in the line up then on her speedy buggy ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midlandred Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 On 2/3/2024 at 12:31 AM, norbold said: Doug Wyer is the first one younger than me. I feel like quite a youngster now compared to you and Split! Me too. Just seven days older than Flyer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 29 - John Boulger - 18/06/1945. First one younger than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 And another one gone as John Louis is no more.....very sad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 9 minutes ago, andout said: And another one gone as John Louis is no more.....very sad. Oh no, that is shocking to hear that! I remember when John started, and he was the main reason we went to the 1970 Bonanza Best Pairs at Hackney. Very, very sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Here is the updated list after the sad passing of John Louis. Getting scary now... 01 - Arthur Payne - 28/08/23 02 - Chum Taylor - 04/04/27 03 - Ian Williams - 04/08/31 04 - Ove Fundin - 23/05/33 05 - Dan Forsberg - 25/03/34 06 - Josef Hofmeister - 17/06/34 07 - Brian Crutcher - 23/08/34 08 - Mike Broadbank - 25/09/34 09 - Barry Briggs - 30/12/3410 - Bob Andrews - 27/10/1935 11 - Reg Luckhurst - 11/11/193512 - Sverre Harrfeldt - 23/11/1937 13 - Leif Larsson - 16/02/193814 - Bjorn Knutson - 27/04/38 15 - Gunnar Malmqvist - 25/12/1940 16 - Andrzej Wyglenda 04/05/194117 - Jim Airey - 19/08/194118 - Bengt Jansson - 09/01/194319 - Anders Michanek - 30/05/194320 - Trevor Hedge - 30/08/194321 - Terry Betts - 15/09/194322 - Howard Cole 29/12/194323 - Martin Ashby - 05/02/194424 - Jan Simensen - 26/07/194425 - Zygfryd Friedek - 19/10/194426 - Jerzy Trzeszkowski - 10/01/194527 - Eric Boocock - 02/02/194528 - John Boulger - 18/06/194529 - Hasse Holmqvist - 18/06/194530 - Jim McMillan - 03/12/194531 - Soren Karlsson - 23/10/194632 - Ole Olsen - 16/11/194633 - Ray Wilson - 12/03/194734 - Doug Wyer - 16/08/1947 35 - Grigori Khlinovsky - 11/11/4736 - Egon Muller - 26/11/194837 - Christoph Betzl - 13/02/194938 - Jiri Stancl - 18/11/194939 - Viktor Kuznetsov - 27/11/194940 - Georg Hack - 20/02/195041 - Marek Cieslak - 28/06/195042 - Alois Wiesbock - 31/07/195043 - Tommy Johansson - 21/10/1950 44 - Vladimir Gordeev - 30/11/195045 - John Titman - 26/01/195146 - Dag Lovaas - 25/02/1951 47 - Jan Verner - 03/03/195148 - Petr Ondrasik - 08/10/195149 - Phil Crump - 09/02/195250 - Henny Kroeze - 11/03/195251 - Valery Gordeev - 28/08/195252 - Dave Jessup - 07/03/195353 - Ales Dryml - 10/06/195354 - Scott Autrey - 09/07/195355 - Robert Slabon - 15/09/195356 - Peter Collins - 24/03/195457 - Larry Ross - 15/06/195458 - John Davis - 10/11/195459 - Finn Thomsen - 16/02/195560 - Mikhail Starostin - 24/02/195561 - Tommy Nilsson - 10/03/195562 - Jan Andersson - 07/05/1955 63 - Kai Niemi - 15/09/195564 - Jerzy Rembas - 18/04/195665 - Chris Morton - 22/07/195666 - Steve Bastable - 16/09/195667- Bruce Penhall - 10/05/195768 - Karl Maier - 24/08/195769 - Roman Jankowski - 05/10/195770 - Bo Petersen - 21/02/195871 - Les Collins - 24/05/195872 - Mitch Shirra - 27/09/195873 - Michael Lee - 11/12/195874 - John Cook - 18/12/1958 75 - Richard Knight - 26/05/195976 - Dennis Sigalos - 16/08/195977 - Erik Gundersen - 08/10/195978 - Hans Nielsen - 26/12/1959 79 - Olli Tyrvainen - 11/01/1960 80 - Phil Collins - 02/06/1960 81 - Sam Ermolenko - 23/11/1960 82 - Rick Miller - 12/01/1961 83 - Jeremy Doncaster - 16/06/1961 84 - Tommy Knudsen - 09/11/1961 85 - Zoltan Adorjan - 15/11/1961 86 - Shawn Moran - 19/11/1961 87 - Peter Ravn - 16/03/1962 88 - Zenon Kasprzak - 10/05/1962 89 - John Jorgensen - 18/07/1962 90 - Antal Kocso - 22/12/1962 91 - Sandor Tihanyi - 28/04/1963 92 - Lance King - 13/08/1963 93 - Armando Castagna - 22/09/1963 94 - Kelvin Tatum - 08/02/1964 95 - Marvyn Cox - 11/07/1964 96 - Zdenek Tesar - 30/07/1964 97 - Mikael Blixt - 08/08/1964 98 - Paul Thorp - 09/09/1964 99 - Tony Olsson - 13/03/1965 100 Gerd Riss - 17/03/1965 101 - Conny Ivarsson - 15/04/1965 102 - Simon Cross - 31/05/1965 103 - Bohumil Brhel - 10/06/1965 104 - Slawomir Drabik - 06/02/1966 105 - Per Jonsson - 21/03/1966 106 - Andy Smith - 25/05/1966 107 - Jan Staechmann - 05/06/1966 108 - Ronnie Correy - 08/11/1966 109 - Jimmy Nilsen - 16/11/1966 110 - Brian Karger - 09/02/1967 111 - Jan O. Pedersen - 27/07/1967 112 - Craig Boyce - 02/08/1967 113 - Troy Butler - 22/09/1967 114 - Piotr Swist - 20/06/1968 115 - Todd Wiltshire - 26/09/1968 116 - Gary Havelock - 04/11/1968 117 - Stefan Danno - 10/02/1969 118 - Martin Dugard - 18/05/1969 119 - Gert Handberg - 30/05/1969 120 - Chris Louis - 09/07/1969 121 - Billy Hamill - 23/05/1970 122 - Greg Hancock - 03/06/1970 123 - Henrik Gustafsson - 14/08/1970 124 - Tony Rickardsson - 17/08/1970 125 - Mark Loram - 12/01/1971 126 - Tomasz Gollob - 11/04/1971 127 - Leigh Adams - 28/04/1971 128 - Josh Larsen - 12/05/1972 129 - Joe Screen - 27/11/1972 130 - Jason Crump - 06/08/1975 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 22 hours ago, chunky said: Oh no, that is shocking to hear that! I remember when John started, and he was the main reason we went to the 1970 Bonanza Best Pairs at Hackney. Very, very sad... I’m about 6 weeks behind Ray Wilson (33). Yikes! It gets you thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 5 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: I’m about 6 weeks behind Ray Wilson (33). Yikes! It gets you thinking. What scares me is that I vividly remember watching six of the twelve OLDEST World Finalists race! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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