Sheffield V Kings Lynn 1980,s ?

[Charlieboy]

Does anybody know the date of this fixture ? Sheffield won 61-17 I think Michael Lee didn't turn up.Seem to think it was round about June mid 80,s Can anybody help please ?

[Andrew]

Late in the 1985 season if I remember rightly.

[semion]

Mike Lee not turning up ? Could you narrow it down a bit more 😀

[Tigerblade]

British League sides raced each other home and away twice in that season. The 61 - 17 was in June I think and as Charlieboy says Michael Lee didn't turn up. We then beat them 63 - 15 in one of the last home meetings of the season where he did turn up, but only got 3 or 4 points.

 

Slightly ironic that many years later it was the Stars who achieved the maximum score possible against us!

 

Semion, Mike the Bike failed to appear at Sheffield for the 2nd leg of the Golden Helmet when riding for Poole the year before. He then got the 5 year ban (for that business where John Eglese banned him) which due to fans demand was later rescinded, and this June 1985 meeting was only a matter of weeks after that. There was the October 1985 meeting again as already mentioned, then in the 1986 fixture he failed to appear again!

Edited September 25, 2016 by Tigerblade

[Andrew]

June 20th 1985 61-17 in the League Cup.

 

October 17th 1985 63-15 in the British League.

[semion]

British League sides raced each other home and away twice in that season. The 61 - 17 was in June I think and as Charlieboy says Michael Lee didn't turn up. We then beat them 63 - 15 in one of the last home meetings of the season where he did turn up, but only got 3 or 4 points.

 

Slightly ironic that many years later it was the Stars who achieved the maximum score possible against us!

 

Semion, Mike the Bike failed to appear at Sheffield for the 2nd leg of the Golden Helmet when riding for Poole the year before. He then got the 5 year ban (for that business where John Eglese banned him) which due to fans demand was later rescinded, and this June 1985 meeting was only a matter of weeks after that. There was the October 1985 meeting again as already mentioned, then in the 1986 fixture he failed to appear again!

Tiger didnt he also fail to appear in a 4's Shared Event at Sheffield at some point ? What was it with him and Owlerton ?

[Tigerblade]

Tiger didnt he also fail to appear in a 4's Shared Event at Sheffield at some point ? What was it with him and Owlerton ?

The only meeting I can think of is the 4TT semi finals and final all on the same day in June 1979. This meeting was badly impacted by the World Pairs final in Vojens being postponed until the Saturday afternoon the day before, and at least half a dozen riders (including Michael) from that meeting were due to ride in this 4TT, but did not get back in time. So we can excuse him that one, I think.

 

Ironically enough, the first meeting I took notice of at Owlerton was a pairs meeting where he scored an imperious 18 point maximum and his partner (Ian Turner) didn't turn up until the interval!