Sidney the robin Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 I was thinking of the riders of yesteryear that were hard but fair riders.A few come to mind here goes Steve Gresham,Jack Millen,Tommy Roper,Tony Clarke, Arthur Browning,Alan Wilkinson,Ray Wilson,Colin Gooddy ,Mitch Shirra,Ivor Brown some great names there what are your thoughts.?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der Elst Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Ron Mountford - tough as they came. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Sandor Levai, Chris Julian, Jimmy Squibb, Chris Blewett, Clive Featherby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Tony Childs. Â Frank Auffret (Grrrrrr ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Carl Askew & Tim Nunan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sommelier Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Ray Wilson, hard as nails!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted November 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Ray Wilson, hard as nails!!!Top class rider i supported him in 75 after he defeated Ashby in the British Final run/off he was one of my favourite ever riders ever at his best could beat Briggs not. many could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs. No quarter asked, no quarter given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Good topic- I agree with the names listed from the sixties e.g. Ron Mountford, Clive Featherby -wot about Bill Andrew and maybe the Boocock brothers and Doug Templeton?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Good topic- I agree with the names listed from the sixties e.g. Ron Mountford, Clive Featherby -wot about Bill Andrew and maybe the Boocock brothers and Doug Templeton?? I was thinking of Doug too. His Brother Willie Templeton was a pretty tough operator also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted November 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) Tony Childs. Â Frank Auffret (Grrrrrr ) 1980 Reading v Swindon all hell let loose Tony Briggs was brought off by Milan Spinka but Briggo senior thought Steve Gresham was responsible.A scuffle emerged Gresh was a real tough nut a quiet man and polite but he really had an edge.WK going back to Auffrett did he have a falling out with MAD Jack.? Edited November 11, 2017 by Sidney the robin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sommelier Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 Another hard rider that comes to mind, preben Eriksen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 (edited) 1980 Reading v Swindon all hell let loose Tony Briggs was brought off by Milan Spinka but Briggo senior thought Steve Gresham was responsible.A scuffle emerged Gresh was a real tough nut a quiet man and polite but he really had an edge.WK going back to Auffrett did he have a falling out with MAD Jack.? Apparently Frank and Jack had many 'coming togethers'. Â Frank has gone on record to say that Jack wouldn't compete in some races with him...which has been strongly refuted. Jack wasn't scared of anyone and it's a real shame that he was taken from us far too soon to be able to put his side of the story forward. Â 'Mad' Malcolm Ballard could also be a handful and didn't get along with the Kennett Brothers apparently. Â Vaclav Verner was a hard competitor and frightened many riders...but there was no malice as far as I am aware it was just his style of riding! Edited November 11, 2017 by steve roberts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 Apparently Frank and Jack had many 'coming togethers'. Â Frank has gone on record to say that Jack wouldn't compete in some races with him...which has been strongly refuted. Jack wasn't scared of anyone and it's a real shame that he was taken from us far too soon to be able to put his side of the story forward. Â 'Mad' Malcolm Ballard could also be a handful and didn't get along with the Kennett Brothers apparently. Â Vaclav Verner was a hard competitor and frightened many riders...but there was no malice as far as I am aware it was just his style of riding! I have read that too. It is a load of absolute bollux - Jack was never afraid of anyone - certainly not bloody Frank Aufrett. Â Frank attended one of our Sunderland Reunions - he didn't have a good thing to say about Jack then, even though Jack died in tragic circumstances - and obviously still carries a grudge. Â Very sad really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 Somebody mentioned Ivor Brown-certainly agree with that- also Tony Clark-were they ever in a race together. As a team I always thought Sheffield Tigers were full of tough guys-particularly in PL 1964-always a good night when the Tigers visited. Great team in my view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 Brown met Clarke on a couple of occasions in 1967.....Clarke was beaten both times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) The obvious world beaters Fundin Mauger and Briggs. Ryan Fisher was bloody hard, and Carl Stonehewer and Rusty Harrison up at Worky. Clive Hitch, Pete Munday, Bob Kilby, Jason Doyle, Hans Andersen, at Swindon, and Nikki Pedersen at GP level, are just a few, plenty of Poles and Russians, with special mention to Chris Bomber Harris...well ard Edited February 2, 2019 by auntie doris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 One of the hardest riders I saw was Al Sparrey who rode for Rye House, Swindon and Yarmouth from the mid-1950s into the early 1960s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyGround Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 Jack Millen stands out a mile over all others off & on track..........hard as nails on both.....underrated as a rider.........yet a great bloke taken to early, RIP crazy jack. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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