andout Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Just interested / curious in knowing something about this Speedway event at Wimbledon. All I can find out is Speedway was a "Demonstration" sport......no idea of the format or who was in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 The format was just a standard best pairs featuring some pairings from BL teams. The pairs were : Kelvin Tatum/Tommy Knudsen, Jan Andersson/Mitch Shirra, Jeremy Doncaster/John Cook, Hans Nielsen/Marvyn Cox, Kenny Carter/Larry Ross, Jan O. Pedersen/Alan Grahame, and Neil Collins/Shawn Moran. Doncaster and Cook won, and there is some footage of the meeting on YouTube. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Graham started a thread on this in July 2005. There are a couple of clips on youtube. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 chunky just beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, chunky said: The format was just a standard best pairs featuring some pairings from BL teams. The pairs were : Kelvin Tatum/Tommy Knudsen, Jan Andersson/Mitch Shirra, Jeremy Doncaster/John Cook, Hans Nielsen/Marvyn Cox, Kenny Carter/Larry Ross, Jan O. Pedersen/Alan Grahame, and Neil Collins/Shawn Moran. Doncaster and Cook won, and there is some footage of the meeting on YouTube. Steve ...and apparently, if I recall, the announcer was giving out mis-information as regards some of the competing/non competing riders to add confusion to the proceedings. Ken Tozer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sotonian Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Wasn't it staged on a weekday afternoon, therefore in an almost empty stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted April 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Thanks Guys.....much appreciated......Good 'ol Ken Tozer.....remember him 'fraid I was NOT a fan of his announcing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, Sotonian said: Wasn't it staged on a weekday afternoon, therefore in an almost empty stadium? I seem to remember it being a Wednesday afternooon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 I thought it was just a normal race night? Was there and it wasn’t particularly special or hyped and didn’t really feel like it was part of something ‘ big’ , if you can call the World Games big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Also the meeting was renowned for the shoddiest programme ever produced in British speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, iris123 said: I thought it was just a normal race night? Was there and it wasn’t particularly special or hyped and didn’t really feel like it was part of something ‘ big’ , if you can call the World Games big I think you're right (Thursday) as Oxford were racing at home the following night (Friday) and Hans Nielsen was recoverig from an ankle injury picked up on the continent hence his less than usual dominant performance at Plough Lane. Edited April 25, 2019 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 It was a normal race night and the meeting attracted a decent crowd. The programme was an awful glossy brochure covering a multitude of sports with a plain racecard inserted inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 You can watch the Highlights here on YouTube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 Thanks for that Bavarian.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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