Hawks6991 Posted April 19, 2020 Report Share Posted April 19, 2020 Hi all. Does anyone know the name of this Hackney rider from 1991? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 19 hours ago, Hawks6991 said: Hi all. Does anyone know the name of this Hackney rider from 1991? Thanks. Just a guess Gary Rolls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Definitely not Gary Rolls. Possibly Tim Hunter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks6991 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Not Gary Rolls or Tim Hunter. I could be completely wrong but I seem to remember a young Dutch lad coming over for a trial in 1991 and I thought it might be him. Had a look through my programmes yesterday but that didn't help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastville Bulldog Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Thats Tim Korneliussen rode for Hackney 1990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks6991 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Don’t think so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Bird Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 40 minutes ago, Eastville Bulldog said: Thats Tim Korneliussen rode for Hackney 1990 Definitely not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Terry said: Definitely not Gary Rolls. Possibly Tim Hunter. Looking at this photo of Tim Hunter- i`m not sure that it`s him https://picclick.co.uk/Original-Tim-Hunter-Hackney-Hawks-Speedway-Photograph-153820973701.html#&gid=1&pid=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, racers and royals said: Looking at this photo of Tim Hunter- i`m not sure that it`s him https://picclick.co.uk/Original-Tim-Hunter-Hackney-Hawks-Speedway-Photograph-153820973701.html#&gid=1&pid=1 You're right. I didn't know what he looked like, I just remembered the white leathers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Found this from a old forum thread which might narrow it down a bit HACKNEY 1991 Division Two Whitaker, Paul 8.74 Olsson, Tony 7.79 Hamnett, Dave 6.57 Kalina, Vladimir 5.81 Warren, Michael 5.38 Hellsen, Richard 5.13 Karnas, Pavel 4.36 Pollard, Roland 2.25 Hunter, Tim 2.21 Phillips, Simon 2.00 Hardy, Julian 0.00 Sandford, Ricky 0.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks6991 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Can’t find any photos of the 3 juniors at the bottom of the list - have now asked the question in the Hackney Facebook page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 I think it might be Ricky Sanford? It’s a long while ago but I am fairly sure Roland Pollard used to have dark coloured leathers so I ruled him out, both rode as junior for Arena but I can’t say I ever saw what they looked like facially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks6991 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Mystery solved - rider has been identified on the Hackney Facebook page as a Dutch junior called Rene Hellzinger 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Hawks6991 said: Mystery solved - rider has been identified on the Hackney Facebook page as a Dutch junior called Rene Hellzinger Aah, from Bridget Jones's diary! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 4/21/2020 at 9:18 AM, Hawks6991 said: Mystery solved - rider has been identified on the Hackney Facebook page as a Dutch junior called Rene Hellzinger The correct spelling of the rider's name is René Elzinga He was the Dutch National Speedway Champion in 1989 and 1991 There is even an action video of Rene Elzinga on YouTube, causing a heavy crash in heat eight of a 1988 World Team Cup meeting at Wiener Neustradt in Austria. Riding in white is René Elzinga for the Netherlands, in yellow & black is Heinrich Schatzer for Austria, in red is Ingvar Skogland for Norway, and in blue is Alan Rivett for New Zealand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks6991 Posted April 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Thanks for the video and correct spelling of the name! Appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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