customhouseregular Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Henry Long Buddy Fuller Fred Wills Peter Prinsloo Deon Prinsloo Byron Bekker Mike Ferreira Any advance on this list?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Denzil Kent was better than Byron Bekker. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Denzil Kent was better than Byron Bekker. All the best Rob Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) I like this thread - but it should be SOUTH African surely. There has also been speedway over the years in Kenya and Rhodesia for example. Personally, I have a soft spot for South African speedway. They even sent a team to tour Europe in 1951. http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/extra4.htm Edited February 3, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Doug Davies, possibly the best of the lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) The great Henry Long recognised. A South African who was a world finalist. http://www.speedway-sa.com/the-henry-long.php Edited February 3, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I like this thread - but it should be SOUTH African surely. There has also been speedway over the years in Kenya and Rhodesia for example. Personally, I have a soft spot for South African speedway. They even sent a team to tour Europe in 1951. http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/extra4.htm To ADD the word South - (1) Go to Edit (2) Then go to 'USE FULL EDITOR' (3) Insert the word South --- then just Post. I think that's the correct procedure. if we want to be really precise it should be Southern, as South Africa is a nation in its own right, and some of the team are Rhodesian. Yes?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I like this thread - but it should be SOUTH African surely. Is South Africa not in Africa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Is South Africa not in Africa? It is on my map!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Is South Africa not in Africa? It is!! In PINK in my Atlas. :approve: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Is South Africa not in Africa? Yes indeed. But there has been speedway - circa 1940s in Kenya - and more recently Rhodesia. I thought this thread was for a team from the Union of South Africa? Obviously not, NORTHERN RHODESIA http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/northernrhodesia.htm RHODESIA http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/rhodesia.htm SOUTH AFRICA (1) http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/southafrica.htm SOUTH AFRICA (2) http://www.speedway-sa.com/ This was on the BSF some years ago in regard to Kenya: Puma23 Posted 11 August 2008 - 04:21 PM It was on a red hot sunny East African afternoon in August, 1951, that 18,000 people assembled in Nairobi's African stadium to see the first real attempt at speedway racing here. It was a mixed 18,000-over half were Africans, who had never seen anything of this kind before-the reminder were European and Asian. Admission prices ranged from 6d. to 5s. I had just arrived in Nairobi on a journalistic job and it was a poster I saw that sent me to see what East African speedway was like. At the first meeting there were no real speedway bikes. The boys were riding bitza's and homebuilt J.A.P. jobs. They were also a mixed lot-racing types who had ridden in many of road events which are a feature of East African sport. Twenty seven year old Norman Ziska is the man who started it all-he a road-racer of no mean ability. And he, with backers like Vrontaamitis, a Greek enthusiast, Jack Blowers, and numerous others put speedway on the map as a regular monthly feature. The Nairobi track is round an African football ground of built-up terraces and an open air stand. The course specially laid by Speedway Limited, is 485 yards to the lap, 60ft. wide at the apex of the bends and 24ft. wide on the straights. It is murram based and cinder-topped. Inside three months of commercial speedway the promoters had brought into the country twelve brand new Excelsior J.A.P. engined machines. These were sold to the 12 top riders on a reasonable hire purchase basis at less then cost. Edited February 3, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Henry Long Buddy Fuller Fred Wills Peter Prinsloo Deon Prinsloo Byron Bekker Mike Ferreira Any advance on this list?. What about these SOUTH African riders? Keith Harvey Cecil de la Porte Joe Sarkis Stan Collins ‘Baby’ Scott Allan Reeve Fred Neill Ginger Bower "Gummy" Barnes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 How can it be a topic of SOUTH Arfica only, when the original poster had riders from other parts of Africa in his team? Mike Ferriera was certainly from Zimbabwe/Rhodesia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I'm not sure - but - wasn't Dave Collins who rode for Sunderland 'Saints' in 1964 South African? I know that he lives there now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) I'm not sure - but - wasn't Dave Collins who rode for Sunderland 'Saints' in 1964 South African? I know that he lives there now. Dave Collins was born in East London and emigrated to South Africa in early 1940s where he started speedway. I think he rode in South Africa for more than 20 years? How can it be a topic of SOUTH Arfica only, when the original poster had riders from other parts of Africa in his team? Mike Ferriera was certainly from Zimbabwe/Rhodesia. In other words it's all a bit of a f-up then? Edited February 3, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 What about these SOUTH African riders? Keith Harvey Cecil de la Porte Joe Sarkis Stan Collins ‘Baby’ Scott Allan Reeve Fred Neill Ginger Bower "Gummy" Barnes And Doug Davies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 What about these SOUTH African riders? Keith Harvey Cecil de la Porte Joe Sarkis Stan Collins ‘Baby’ Scott Allan Reeve Fred Neill Ginger Bower "Gummy" Barnes What about them?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) What about these SOUTH African riders? Keith Harvey Cecil de la Porte Joe Sarkis Stan Collins ‘Baby’ Scott Allan Reeve Fred Neill Ginger Bower "Gummy" Barnes What about them?. They all rode for SOUTH Africa in test matches apart from Keith Harvey and Cecil de la Porte. Harvey spent his complete speedway career in the UK but did ride in various test matches in the UK in pre-war seasons. Cecil de la Porte rode for Wembley and Birmingham in the mid-1930s. Edited February 4, 2015 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Here's my Africa team Doug Davies Henry Long Keith Harvey Buddy Fuller Doug Serrurier Mike Ferreira Peter Prinsloo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Dave Collins was born in East London and emigrated to South Africa in early 1940s where he started speedway. I think he rode in South Africa for more than 20 years? In other words it's all a bit of a f-up then? Thanks very much for that gustix. I wasn't sure. Here's my Africa team Doug Davies Henry Long Keith Harvey Buddy Fuller Doug Serrurier Mike Ferreira Peter Prinsloo Actually that isn't a bad Team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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