badgerdiditin63 Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 Very interested to see any photographs of the training track that ran between 1958 - 1961 please. I know that Classic Speedway showed a photograph featuring George Major back awhile but surely there must be some more photographs out there? Thanks for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerdiditin63 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 The track was at St Ives Ferndown by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 This is a new one for me. Did it go under another name perhaps ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 27 minutes ago, iris123 said: This is a new one for me. Did it go under another name perhaps ? From what little I have found (and I hadn't heard of it either), it seems that it was generally called the New Forest Training Track. It was on St. Ive's Rd in Ferndown. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Was it near or at Ringwood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Was it near or at Ringwood? That was Matcham`s ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, steve roberts said: Was it near or at Ringwood? Ringwood was the place I was thinking of, which is why I asked if it was known as something else. This seems to be a totally new (to me) track 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, iris123 said: Ringwood was the place I was thinking of, which is why I asked if it was known as something else. This seems to be a totally new (to me) track I think it's new to a lot of us! Ironically, looking at a map, it would have only been about four miles from Matchams Park! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOS50 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, steve roberts said: Was it near or at Ringwood? Also known as Ferndown this track was located between Ringwood and Matchams, I visited there a couple of times and had a few goes round, 53 years ago. It wasn't far off the main rd. (St Ives Rd.?) , set amongst trees and a little overgrown, sandy surface with a bungalow fairly close by is the best I can offer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 8 minutes ago, JOS50 said: Also known as Ferndown this track was located between Ringwood and Matchams, I visited there a couple of times and had a few goes round, 53 years ago. It wasn't far off the main rd. (St Ives Rd.?) , set amongst trees and a little overgrown, sandy surface with a bungalow fairly close by is the best I can offer. Could it be longer ago than 53 years, because that doesn`t tie in with the OP`s years of operation ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 I was working in a full-time speedway publicity capacity between 1954 and 1962. At no time in that period do I recollect anything to do with this rain venue. But I do recall the Ringwood venue and that it also had a team operating in the Southern Area League in 1954 and 1955. Among their riders were Ernie Lessiter and Mike Tams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOS50 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 15 minutes ago, gustix said: I was working in a full-time speedway publicity capacity between 1954 and 1962. At no time in that period do I recollect anything to do with this rain venue. But I do recall the Ringwood venue and that it also had a team operating in the Southern Area League in 1954 and 1955. Among their riders were Ernie Lessiter and Mike Tams. It's documented on the Speedway Museun Online, tracks beginning with F. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, JOS50 said: Also known as Ferndown this track was located between Ringwood and Matchams, I visited there a couple of times and had a few goes round, 53 years ago. It wasn't far off the main rd. (St Ives Rd.?) , set amongst trees and a little overgrown, sandy surface with a bungalow fairly close by is the best I can offer. According to the publication "Homes of British Speedway" there were a few tracks at Matchams Park (Ringwood) varying in years of operation and track lengths. There was a track at Fernwood located in St.Ives Road (1958-61) which ran as training school (New Forest Training School) listed in the same publication. Edited August 21, 2019 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 54 minutes ago, gustix said: At no time in that period do I recollect anything to do with this rain venue. You were working in a full-time speedway publicity capacity? Sounds like you also had a part-time job as a meteorologist!!! Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, gustix said: At no time in that period do I recollect anything to do with this rain venue. 44 minutes ago, chunky said: You were working in a full-time speedway publicity capacity? Sounds like you also had a part-time job as a meteorologist!!! Steve Oh dear! rain and not racing! The curse of predictive spelling and not cross checking what has been written. Now is it hamburger or amburger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 Who was the person(s) behind this project ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 5:21 PM, JOS50 said: It's documented on the Speedway Museun Online, tracks beginning with F. Here's the SMO Link you refer to JOS50: http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/f tracks.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOS50 Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 13 minutes ago, gustix said: Here's the SMO Link you refer to JOS50: http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/f tracks.html Thanks for that, have'nt seen it since yesterday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 5 minutes ago, JOS50 said: Thanks for that, have'nt seen it since yesterday. You know you are dealing with a strange poster when you tell them about something and they later post to inform you about it.....you’ve just been gustixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOS50 Posted August 22, 2019 Report Share Posted August 22, 2019 6 minutes ago, iris123 said: You know you are dealing with a strange poster when you tell them about something and they later post to inform you about it.....you’ve just been gustixed Not for the first time, mind you, it's nice to see Faringdon listed, a great place to have fun, back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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