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1988 British Semi Finals


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Oxford, 8 May

 

S Wigg 13

J Doncaster 12+3

J Davis 12+2

M Cox 11

A Silver 11

S Schofield 9

A Galvin 9

S Cross 9

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A Rossiter 8

M Holloway 7

A Campbell 6

C Blackbird 5

M Dugard 3

Andy Grahame 3

I Stead 1

D Walsh 1

N McCarthy (res) 0 (1 ride)


Sheffield, 8 May

 

K Tatum 14+3

C Morton 14+2

N Evitts 11

N Collins10

R Knight 10

A Smith 9

S Wilson 9

G Havelock 9

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P Thorp 8+3

S Wilmott 8+2

N Tatum 4

L Collins 4

M Loram 4

M Graves 3

D Sumner 3

M Courtney 0

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Yes, if I remember it correctly there were at least 3 qualifying rounds held at National League tracks. They were usually regionally based and attracted riders of NL heat leader standard and BL reserves.

 

The top 3 or 4 (can't be sure) from each qualifier then joined a number of seeded riders to make up the final 32.

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was just looking back to 1976, was "12" preliminary rounds to the british final..final line up..simmons, wyer, chris Morton, dave Morton, mike lanham, john Louis, peter Collins, john davis, reg Wilson, dave Jessup, jim McMillan, bob kilby, George hunter, chris pusey. ray Wilson, terry betts.....no wonder Brandon was packed, pretty clear the speedway public no when they are short changed!!

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I remember being at Lakeside or Arena as it was when an announcement came over the tannoy for Mark Loram to report to the pits. It basically was to be told he was now called into the meeting to replace someone.

 

We used to sponsor Mark back then and he gave my auntie the race jacket at Sheffield and then when he won his first British Final in 1997 he gave her the jacket from that day as well.

 

This just shows the decline in top British Riders and those 2 semi finals look better than any final now!

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This just shows the decline in top British Riders and those 2 semi finals look better than any final now!

 

And it could be argued those two semi finals showed a decline in previous standards, when you look at that 1976 British Final.

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