1960 Queries

[BL65]

Hopefully the last of my queries: I've no file for Aldershot, can you confirm the following:

 

4th June Whitsun Trophy won by Osborne (Bill?)

 

1st August Hampshire Trophy - abandoned at what heat and was a winner declared?

 

13th August Aldershot v Young Overseas - result required

 

Stoke now:

 

14th May Cavalcade of Speed - any results from this event?

 

9th July Trent Trophy - Reg Fearman & Geoff Mudge tied on 14 points but no note of any run-off. Who won?

 

29th October Best Pairs - Les Jenkins & Tommy Roper tied with Ivor Brown & Pat Flanagan on 17 points but no note of any run-off. Again, who won?

 

That just leaves confirmation of a rain off on 18th September at Rye House v Ipswich 'B' (challenge) and 12th September at Exeter, has any kind of 'result' been uncovered since the Researcher file was published?

Aldershot 4th June Whitsun Trophy Bill Osborne 14, Ross Gilbertson 13, Jimmy Gleed 12

 

Aldershot 1st August Hampshire Trophy - The meeting was abandoned after heat 6 due to torrential rain, with Ken Vale leading on 7 points. Although it was never reported in the magazines at the time my own records carry a note that there were further postponements of the re-scheduled meeting on 6th and 27th August, when the original programme was to be re-issued.

 

Aldershot 13th August - no result or mention of the match was reported in the magazines and my programme is blank. I suspect that this meeting was also postponed as match reports elsewhere confirm there was heavy rain across the country from 9th to 13th August. I have a copy of the missing Researcher file which makes no reference to the meeting.

 

Stoke 14th May - no report was published in the magazines. I have the programme for the meeting, which I will retrieve from my archives.

 

Stoke 9th July Reg Fearman beat Geoff Mudge in a run-off, as reported in Speedway World.

 

Stoke 29th October In the run-off Jenkins and Roper both fell on the third lap, with Brown and Flanagan awarded the win.

 

Rye House 18th September was called off on the day due to a waterlogged track.

 

Exeter 12th September nothing further available.

Edited June 22, 2017 by BL65

[BL65]

Stoke now:

 

14th May Cavalcade of Speed - any results from this event?

 

Event 1 comprised 4 heats of speedway. Heat 1 was won by Brian Craven from Derrol Melbin, Graham Beattie and Fred Collier. Heat 2 was won by Derek Skyner from Keith Rylance, John Key and Ted Connor. Heat 3 was for the first and second riders in the first two heats and was won by Craven from Melbin, Skyner and Rylance. Heat 4 was for the third and fourth riders and was won by Beattie from Collier, with Key and Connor falling.

 

Event 2 comprised two sidecar heats and a final.

 

Event 3 was a speedcar match race and Event 4 comprised two heats and a final for speedcars.

 

Event 5 comprised four speedway races. Heat 1 was won by Craven from Connor and Key, with Collier falling. Heat 2 was won by Melbin from Beattie, Skyner and Rylance. Heats 3 and 4 were handicap races. Heat 3 was won by Craven (100) from Keith Rylance (20), Skyner (50) and John Rylance (gate), with Connor (30) a faller. Heat 4 was won by Key (30) from Melbin (80) and Collier (gate), with Beattie (50) and Pat Byatt (20) both falling.

 

Event 6 comprised two sidecar handicap races.

 

Events 7 and 8 were speedcar races.

 

There was no overall winner of the speedway events.