Triple.H. Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 I'd put forward 1987 at Mildura: 1 Steve Regeling 14 2 Steve Baker 12 3 Glyn Taylor 10 4 Ashley Norton 10 5 Craig Hodgson 10 6 Mick Poole 9 7 Dave Jackson 9 8 Troy Butler 8 9 Tony Rose 8 10 Stephen Davies 7 11 David Cheshire 6 12 Mark Fiora 4 13 Bill Barrett 4 14 Chris Watson 4 15 Nigel Alderton 3 16 Nigel Tremelling 2 17 Paul Wheatland 0R 17 Simon Lock 0R Steve Regeling averaged less than 5 for King's Lynn in 1986,Stephen Davies was a reserve in in the same team, while Fiora and Cheshire were National League heat leaders. Poole averaged less than 5 for King's Lynn in 1987 and Steve Baker had a similar average in 1985, his last British season. Hodgson was a second-string for Peterborough in 1987. Glynn Taylor was near the end of his career, while Troy Butler had averaged 2.22 in his only British season to date (1985 at Oxford). He did go on to be a second string in the BL and somehow made it to the 1989 World Final. Troy Butler made it to the 1989 World Final by doing the qualifiers and doing enough in each one to get through,same as the other finalists. He also won the Australian title and NLRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Troy Butler made it to the 1989 World Final by doing the qualifiers and doing enough in each one to get through,same as the other finalists. As I recall, he only qualified as reserve for the Intercontinental Final, but made it because Sam Ermolenko got injured in a longtrack meeting. He then only qualified as reserve for the World Final, but again got it in because Jan O. Pedersen crashed a go-kart or something. He had a pretty good year in 1989 though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewer Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Doyle and Holder are already in the GPs. Batchelor is injured. What other 'top' Aussies are missing???? none, but how many times will we hear pearson/rosco etc tell us about the aussie conveyor belt, its collapsing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 I'd put forward 1987 at Mildura: 1 Steve Regeling 14 2 Steve Baker 12 3 Glyn Taylor 10 4 Ashley Norton 10 5 Craig Hodgson 10 6 Mick Poole 9 7 Dave Jackson 9 8 Troy Butler 8 9 Tony Rose 8 10 Stephen Davies 7 11 David Cheshire 6 12 Mark Fiora 4 13 Bill Barrett 4 14 Chris Watson 4 15 Nigel Alderton 3 16 Nigel Tremelling 2 17 Paul Wheatland 0R 17 Simon Lock 0R Steve Regeling averaged less than 5 for King's Lynn in 1986,Stephen Davies was a reserve in in the same team, while Fiora and Cheshire were National League heat leaders. Poole averaged less than 5 for King's Lynn in 1987 and Steve Baker had a similar average in 1985, his last British season. Hodgson was a second-string for Peterborough in 1987. Glynn Taylor was near the end of his career, while Troy Butler had averaged 2.22 in his only British season to date (1985 at Oxford). He did go on to be a second string in the BL and somehow made it to the 1989 World Final. Seems Andrew "Bill" Barrett was recently in Europe at an FIM training school for ice speedway riders!!!! Looking a bit above his fighting weight back in the 80s.Our finnish friend f-s-p did dig up a bit about him and found that he won the Victorian state champs in Oz and split Phil Crumps reign of some 6 or so years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 I guess Watt & North are the two who jump out as missing after Holder, Doyle & Batchelor. People criticise the British Final line up most years but this one looks as bad if not worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 I seem to remember all of the 1987 line-up as riding in the UK apart from the 2 no.17s.Wonder if we can say the same about this years line up in a few years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Don't forget some of those riders (eg Craig Hodgson) hadn't ridden in the UK at the time of the event. I seem to remember all of the 1987 line-up as riding in the UK apart from the 2 no.17s.Wonder if we can say the same about this years line up in a few years? You're a better man than me - I can't remember Tony Rose and I had to look up Nigel Tremelling - i think it is fair to say he didn't have much of an impact in the UK Nigel TremellingBorn:AustraliaBritish Clubs:Poole (1987)Year..Clubs..Meetings..Rides..Points..Bonus..Average..Maxima1987..Poole..1..1..0..0..0.00 Read more: http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2887#ixzz3wCqAjaHG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Tony Rose was the one I was doubtful about,but thought I had heard f him before,so he must have come over at one time.Tremelling is a name you don't forget Then again I might have been confused with this Tony Rose???? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Folk-Article-Tony-Rose-speedway/dp/B012D720ZK Edited January 3, 2016 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Glynn Taylor was near the end of his career, while Troy Butler had averaged 2.22 in his only British season to date (1985 at Oxford). He did go on to be a second string in the BL and somehow made it to the 1989 World Final. Arnie, I suggest Troy Butler was a rather better rider than you suggest. 1986 Australian Champion; 1988 NLRC Winner; World Finalist; World U-21 Finalist; twice British League champion (with Oxford in 1985 and 1989); a successful ride in the last-heat-decider of the 1985 KO Cup, defeating Jeremy Doncaster, to help the Cheetahs to the silverware; 23 points in the semi-final in the 1989 World Paris semi-final; reached the Inter-Continental Final in 1990, a year after being on parade at Munich; regular Australian international. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozrik Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 What a poor field that is!! Certainly exposes the lack of depth without DW43. Someone has to really step up now. Still will be hard fought series with the riders in that group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Don't forget some of those riders (eg Craig Hodgson) hadn't ridden in the UK at the time of the event. You're a better man than me - I can't remember Tony Rose and I had to look up Nigel Tremelling - i think it is fair to say he didn't have much of an impact in the UK Nigel Tremelling Born: Australia British Clubs: Poole (1987) Year..Clubs..Meetings..Rides..Points..Bonus..Average..Maxima 1987..Poole..1..1..0..0..0.00 Read more: http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2887#ixzz3wCqAjaHG Cunning plan by Matt Ford to get his average down for next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Don't forget some of those riders (eg Craig Hodgson) hadn't ridden in the UK at the time of the event. You're a better man than me - I can't remember Tony Rose and I had to look up Nigel Tremelling - i think it is fair to say he didn't have much of an impact in the UK Nigel Tremelling Born: Australia British Clubs: Poole (1987) Year..Clubs..Meetings..Rides..Points..Bonus..Average..Maxima 1987..Poole..1..1..0..0..0.00 Read more: http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2887#ixzz3wCqAjaHG A badly broken leg didn't help Nigel Tremelling's career!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Not that it makes a lot of difference, but I believe that the Speedway GP site is showing incorrect scores for the 'A' Finalists from Round 1 of the Australian Solo Championships at Kurri, as in the past the 'A' Final has scored 4, 3, 2, 1 points and not 3, 2, 1, 0 points. http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/4657/tungate-triumphs-at-kurri-kurri This seems to be confirmed by both the Kurri score sheet and the MA website: http://www.kurrikurrispeedway.org.au/Results%202016%20Australian%20Speedway%20Solo%20Championship%201.pdf http://www.ma.org.au/index.php?id=12&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=15558&tx_ttnews[backPid]=6&cHash=2514c21aeb Photo images from the Qualifying Event and Round 1 can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1558352467535208&type=3&l=102eed817c https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1558871467483308&id=162382413798894 Edited January 5, 2016 by macca56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Seems Andrew "Bill" Barrett was recently in Europe at an FIM training school for ice speedway riders!!!! Looking a bit above his fighting weight back in the 80s.Our finnish friend f-s-p did dig up a bit about him and found my memory of bill barret is the worst visting rider i ever saw at hyde rd. Only saw him once, in 1982 (he was riding reserve for cradley), where he finished stone cold last in both races, but left a lasting impression on me. think that meeting is on youtube actually. Arnie, I suggest Troy Butler was a rather better rider than you suggest. 1986 Australian Champion; 1988 NLRC Winner; World Finalist; World U-21 Finalist; twice British League champion (with Oxford in 1985 and 1989); a successful ride in the last-heat-decider of the 1985 KO Cup, defeating Jeremy Doncaster, to help the Cheetahs to the silverware; 23 points in the semi-final in the 1989 World Paris semi-final; reached the Inter-Continental Final in 1990, a year after being on parade at Munich; regular Australian international. All the best Rob but in 1987 he was still pretty rubbish - or certainly 86 he was still rubbish, possibly 87 was a bit of a "breakthrough year." i only saw him in his earlier days, where he was certainly pretty "wild" As I recall, he only qualified as reserve for the Intercontinental Final, but made it because Sam Ermolenko got injured in a longtrack meeting. He then only qualified as reserve for the World Final, but again got it in because Jan O. Pedersen crashed a go-kart or something. He had a pretty good year in 1989 though. could be wrong, but i thoguht jan o's go kart accident was 90, and he missed u89 due to some other injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysue Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Round 2 link http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/15235/aussie-champs-round-undera-16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) AUSTRALIAN SOLO CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS - Cumulative Points after Round 2: 28 = Sam Masters 26 = Rohan Tungate, Max Fricke, Brady Kurtz & Nick Morris 25 = Mason Campton 20 = Jack Holder 13 = Justin Sedgmen & Jordan Stewart 12 = Brodie Waters 10 = Ty Proctor 07 = Josh Grajczonek 06 = Josh Pickering & Alan MacDonald 05 = Cooper Riordan 04 = Josh MacDonald (Res) 02 = Kieran Sproule (Round 3 at Gillman, SA on Friday 8th Jan / Round 3 at Mildura, VIC on Sunday 10th Jan) EDITED: to allow for amended 2nd Round scores for Morris, Waters & Sproule Edited January 7, 2016 by macca56 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowasthatberntpersson Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Interesting thoughts regarding the current state of Australian speedway. What if we added these to the top boys in the current lineup; Chris Holder Troy Batchelor Jason Doyle Rory Schlein Dave Watt Dakota North Not to mention a few others who are sitting this series out, Todd Kurtz, Ryan Douglas, Tyson Nelson, Alex Davies, Cameron Heeps, etc. Things not looking quite so bleak....and there are some good kids coming through as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Josh Grajczonek has withdrawn from the 2016 Aussie Solo Championships following crashes in both of the first two rounds. Grajczonek has suffered a shoulder injury, two knocks to the head and also badly damaged two bikes. He will be replaced by Reserve, Joshua MacDonald. Despite injuring his AC joint and suffering some muscle damage, Justin Sedgmen has declared his intention to take part in Round 3 at Gillman tomorrow, after undergoing physio and with x-rays confirming no broken bones. (A link has been posted on Justin's Facebook page for anyone who wants to follow the final Round in his home State of Victoria at Mildura from 8.00 AM GMT on Sunday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysue Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Link for Round 3 tomorrow morning (approx 9am UK time) http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/15236/aussie-champs-round-gillman-16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) Apparantly Motorcycle Australia have confirmed the final (4th) round on Sunday 10th is to be streamed live!! Trying to find the link......! Edit: this is the link to the MA article - hope it works. http://www.kajx.net/?p=1741 Edited January 8, 2016 by Skidder1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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