Eddie Reeves

[customhouseregular]

you and me both!

You didn't say hello either

[BOBBATH]

Since we are talking about Roy Trigg- while I agree that he had great success by finishing 3rd in British Final and that may be his greatest success -don't lets forget his achievement in the 1964 Prov. league final- -a tremendous meeting. Mauger beat Monk in a run off for first and second but Roy beat Pete Kelly in a run off for 3rd. Roy had a great PL career with Hackney and carried this on to the 1965 BL season- Roy always went well at Somerton park and never complained about the state of the track. Glad to hear he's enjoying life in the rickety rackety islands. Great memories of a great rider.

[salty]

Of course there's that infamous incident at Cradley when Garry Middleton pulled out a gun in retribution to an incident on track with Roy Trigg!

I was there that night. Only heard about the gun incident in latter years. The main incident, as far as the crowd were concerned, happened between Middleton and Mike Gardner, with the latter whacking the former over the head with his crash helmet.

 

According to the Backtrack article a couple of years ago the incident with the gun in the pits happened a couple of heats before, which tallies with my battered programme as Heat 10 has Middleton excluded and Triggy in the race. The Gardner incident happened in Heat 12. I do remember the car driving through the crowds on the back straight with Middleton hiding beneath a blanket. For a 7 year old in his first full season of Speedway it was incredibly exciting!