Sidney the robin Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, auntie doris said: And 8 special buses ran to the stadium! Did one of the buses drop off at Penhill and the Moonrakers the next stop ? Edited November 28, 2019 by Sidney the robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Ah that explains how he got an NZ cap!!! Tracked it down. Sweetman rode for NZ v USA in 1972. Next season he was still riding and rode against NZ in 73... Edited November 28, 2019 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted November 28, 2019 Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 4 hours ago, iris123 said: Ah that explains how he got an NZ cap!!! I spent a very pleasant evening with Tommy and Bob Andrews in New Zealand a few years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) I note Tommy rode for Aldershot in 1954 and California 54 -56 his best season was in 1966 averaging 9.11 for the Exeter Falcons scoring six full maximums. Edited November 29, 2019 by Sidney the robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 8 hours ago, Sidney the robin said: I note Tommy rode for Aldershot in 1954 and California 54 -56 his best season was in 1966 averaging 9.11 for the Exeter Falcons scoring six full maximums. And in 1966 he was riding against British League opposition. He finished well up in the averages that season and just look at some of the names beneath him: http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/03/british-league-averages-1966.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted November 29, 2019 Report Share Posted November 29, 2019 I agree-Tom finished top of the averages for Exeter in 1966-ahead of such luminaries(I like that word) as Colin Gooddy, Neil Street, Jack Geran and Jim Squibb. He was one of the Prov. League riders who more than held his own against the NL riders- Charlie Monk was another as was Eric Boocock and Dave Younghusband. I recall being at Wimbledon on July 2 1966 (had to look at my programme) when Tom top scored for Exeter and beat Olle Nygren in the second half for the Silver Sash (what happened to that BTW-does anybody have it in storage) in a very fast time. Glad to hear Tom is enjoying his retirement in NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 4 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Glad to hear Tom is enjoying his retirement in NZ Tommy's son Chris is a regular poster on some of the Facebook speedway groups, so there is certainly still a family interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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