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Here are a few Welsh riders to set the thread going: Phil Morris, Tony Atkin, Tom Brown, Jamie Westacott, Craig Gough, Nick Mallett.

Four more to add to my list!!!!!

 

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19 minutes ago, iris123 said:

off the top of my head I have only seen Taffy Owen and Phil Morris.Neither of whom I would consider a favourite

I'm sure you've seen another... The Plough Lane legend, Phil Vance!

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1 minute ago, iris123 said:

Well I never knew he was a taffy!!!Thought he was a local

I wondered if you knew that? Always used to see him outside South Wimbledon station grabbing a kebab after the meetings!

His legs made Les McGillivray look like Steve Schofield...

Steve

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10 hours ago, BL65 said:

I would add the following...… Freddie Williams, Eric Williams, Ian Williams, Ivor Hughes, Tom Oakley, Cyril Francis, Bob Hughes

I had no idea that Tom Oakley was Welsh. If that is the case we can also add his younger brother Bob to the list.

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34 minutes ago, WalterPlinge said:

I believe Nathan Stoneman is Welsh, as was Kevin Price.   

Wasn't Glyn Taylor also born in Wales?

Because Glyn Taylor may have been born in Wales would not have automatically made him Welsh. As his parents were Australian his birth most likely would have been registered at the Australian Embassy which would thus have determined his nationality.

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12 minutes ago, gustix said:

Because Glyn Taylor may have been born in Wales would not have automatically made him Welsh. As his parents were Australian his birth most likely would have been registered at the Australian Embassy which would thus have determined his nationality.

Since he rode in the Conference League for Wolves, I would assume he has dual British/Australian nationality.   He was certainly born in Wales as I said.

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53 minutes ago, WalterPlinge said:

Wasn't Glyn Taylor also born in Wales?

23 minutes ago, gustix said:

Because Glyn Taylor may have been born in Wales would not have automatically made him Welsh. As his parents were Australian his birth most likely would have been registered at the Australian Embassy which would thus have determined his nationality.

 

8 minutes ago, WalterPlinge said:

Since he rode in the Conference League for Wolves, I would assume he has dual British/Australian nationality.   He was certainly born in Wales as I said.

As a comparison - I recall a South African rider (his name escapes me) riding in the Conference League circa 2004-2005. He had no nationality links to the UK.

Wimbledon who were in the same league at this time had an Australian and New Zealander in their teams over their CL seasons.

 

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Thanks to an old BSF favourite Parsloes 1928 Nearly, he has emailed me that the New Zealander with Wimbledon was Andrew Bargh and the Australian who rode for the Dons was Joel Parsons.

He also says that he recalls a South African rider in the Conference League but, like myself, cannot remember his name,

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19 hours ago, gustix said:

Thanks to an old BSF favourite Parsloes 1928 Nearly, he has emailed me that the New Zealander with Wimbledon was Andrew Bargh and the Australian who rode for the Dons was Joel Parsons.

He also says that he recalls a South African rider in the Conference League but, like myself, cannot remember his name,

He had a few clubs from 2005 until 2012 ,  i remember him at Scunny mainly Byron Becker South Africa born in Johannesburg it could be him.

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