steve19620 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) Hi there. Can anybody confirm whether Les Collins rode for England in this meeting. The Speedway Mail and Yearbook advise that Les rode and scored 0 points (as a reserve). His brother Peter also rode in this meeting and the heat details published in the Speedway Star advise that Collins finished 4th in Heat 13 (was this Les after Peter was excluded for 2 minutes or tapes offence ?). Does anybody has a completed programme from this meeting to confirm ? Thanks Edited January 18, 2020 by steve19620 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 5 hours ago, steve19620 said: Hi there. Can anybody confirm whether Les Collins rode for England in this meeting. The Speedway Mail and Yearbook advise that Les rode and scored 0 points (as a reserve). His brother Peter also rode in this meeting and the heat details published in the Speedway Star advise that Collins finished 4th in Heat 13 (was this Les after Peter was excluded for 2 minutes or tapes offence ?). Does anybody has a completed programme from this meeting to confirm ? Thanks Good luck in your quest. I was at the meeting but unfortunately sold off my programmes (regrettably) when re-locating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve19620 Posted January 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) A little bit of research seems to suggest that Les Collins replaced John Davis in one of his rides. Can anybody confirm this ? Edited January 18, 2020 by steve19620 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Internationalspeedway.co.uk has heat by heat results, and dont show him taking a ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve19620 Posted January 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 The heat results are incorrect as these are copied from the Speedway Star. Thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsarjant Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 I have the Programme still. I've got Les Collins replacing John Davis in heat 8. Came last. His only ride. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveallan81 Posted January 19, 2020 Report Share Posted January 19, 2020 Not really much help but the Ipswich programme for the 4th meeting of the 1981 series (7th May) lists Les Collins scoring 0 at Swindon in 1980. They only give the individual scores, no indication of number of rides taken unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve19620 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Hi there. After a little bit of research I have found out this meeting attracted a crowd of 9,000 (wow !) and all the programmes were sold. I am still looking for an answer to my query. In view of the above crowd figures surely someone has a completed programme from this meeting ! Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) I was there. Excellent article in Speedway Star this week saying Americans were given home pits, Gresh and Autrey rode for Swindon, and it seemed a big portion of the English crowd were supporting the Yanks. Some real needle between the teams as the English dominance of the 70s was ending. Edited February 7, 2020 by auntie doris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 6 hours ago, steve19620 said: Hi there. After a little bit of research I have found out this meeting attracted a crowd of 9,000 (wow !) and all the programmes were sold. I am still looking for an answer to my query. In view of the above crowd figures surely someone has a completed programme from this meeting ! Fingers crossed. rsarjant above confirmed that he does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve19620 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Just spotted rsargant’s post and answer ! Thanks - I didn’t read the thread properly! Drrrrr......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeyenz Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I remember taking my little brother to his first away meeting from Eastbourne. Huge crowd and I remember being annoyed they'd under cooked the program supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.