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Fourteen Favourite Swindon Riders


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Good to hear someone else appreciated his style.Must admit I have a number of Swindon faves,as for some reason I sort of adopted Swindon as my second team for a few years in the 70s.But only ever visited the track once.Well i only ever visited Swindon twice in my life so far

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2 hours ago, iris123 said:

Good to hear someone else appreciated his style.Must admit I have a number of Swindon faves,as for some reason I sort of adopted Swindon as my second team for a few years in the 70s.But only ever visited the track once.Well i only ever visited Swindon twice in my life so far

The reason we moved from souf-east London to Swindon in 1967.The old man liked the football and speedway teams. Well that and the free council house with the job like.

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4 hours ago, iris123 said:

Good to hear someone else appreciated his style.Must admit I have a number of Swindon faves,as for some reason I sort of adopted Swindon as my second team for a few years in the 70s.But only ever visited the track once.Well i only ever visited Swindon twice in my life so far

That surprises me? I wouldn't say I was a regular there, but I found it a very quick and easy run down the M4. Probably the last time I went there was a World Championship round, and if my memory serves me correctly, it was won by Andrew Silver. Can't remember what year, but it was on a Sunday. Grachan may be able to help me there!

Regarding Silver, I never really took to him for some reason. I don't know if was all the hype or what. Very talented rider, but very much an under-achiever, I feel.

Steve

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Would that have been in 1986?

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/10705/17th-1986

That was a Sunday meeting...

 

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10 minutes ago, frigbo said:

Would that have been in 1986?

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/10705/17th-1986

That was a Sunday meeting...

 

Yeah, looking at the line-up, pretty sure that was the one; thanks!

I remember that Silver rode well, but now, seeing Alan Grahame winning, that does ring a bell. I have a pretty good memory - sometimes - but when I think about that being 33 years ago, that is scary!

Steve

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1 hour ago, frigbo said:

Would that have been in 1986?

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/10705/17th-1986

That was a Sunday meeting...

 

It was quite dusty if i remember rightly?  and I can remember another year semi final at Swindon where Rosco qualified.Going back to Silver he along with Shawn McConnell were real crowd pleasers great value.

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