steve roberts Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) I would imagine that the clear winner would be Chris Julian - Cornwall to Glasgow. However other worthy entries would include:- Mike Sampson & Bob Coles - Devon to Barrow Michael Coles - Devon to Edinburgh Bert Harkins - Herts to Edinburgh Robert Hollingworth - Lincs to Edinburgh Graham Jones - Suffolk to Berwick George Hunter - Midlands to Edinburgh Edited May 28, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 Was Brian Collins still living in Scotland when he was at Wembley and/or Poole? I think Andy Campbell was still in Surrey when he rode for Berwick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 Other long distance travellers: Maury Mattingley - Hampshire to Glasgow Brian Brett - Hertfordshire to Newcastle Maury McDermott - London to St Austell Pat Flanagan - London to Newcastle (beating his London to Exeter journey by some distance) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 What about the Luckhurst brothers when they rode for Edinburgh ? Were they based in Kent ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 In the early 1950s Bruce Semmens rode for Ashfield (Glasgow) for three seasons, but I don't know if he still resided in Cornwall at the time. He was a qualified pilot and used to fly to some speedway and grass track meetings from wherever he was based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 Richard Knight & Jimmy Nielsen must have both had long journeys getting to Berwick in 1991 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, prodons said: Richard Knight & Jimmy Nielsen must have both had long journeys getting to Berwick in 1991 Kelvin Tatum was at Berwick too in 1991, was he based in southern England at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONTWOMINUTES Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Didn't Danny bird live somewhere like Penzance when he rode for Glasgow and fly up for meetings ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Bob Watts lived near Exeter , rode for Teesside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) Perhaps not the furthest to travel but just read in the latest "Backtrack" magazine that Steve McDermott and his great buddy Jack "The Villain" Millen would both catch the train from Crewe to Edinburgh and make the return trip on the sleeper after the meeting. Edited June 3, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Chris Julian had two seasons I believe at Glasgow - resident in deepest Cornwall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Didn't some of the Wimbledon riders and possibly others also ride for Shelbourne in Dublin ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Just read in the latest edition of "Classic Speedway" that Len Read would take in a 700 mile round trip from Norwich to Plymouth for home meetings taking him 9 hours to get there! He did this for four years before transferring to Liverpool where he 'only' did a 500 mile round trip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 10:20 AM, iris123 said: Didn't some of the Wimbledon riders and possibly others also ride for Shelbourne in Dublin ? I think Ronnie Moore did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 9:20 AM, Midland Red said: Chris Julian had two seasons I believe at Glasgow - resident in deepest Cornwall ALLEGEDLY he broke the journey, in both directions, sleeping overnight in his car at the Cradley Heath stadium ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/4/2020 at 10:20 AM, iris123 said: Didn't some of the Wimbledon riders and possibly others also ride for Shelbourne in Dublin ? On 6/11/2020 at 12:24 PM, wealdstone said: I think Ronnie Moore did. Shelbourne was promoted by Ronnie Greene and their team, the Tigers, was the Wimbledon team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 8 hours ago, norbold said: Shelbourne was promoted by Ronnie Greene and their team, the Tigers, was the Wimbledon team. Certainly the team with the longest way for home meetings then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Maury Mattingley -Southampton - Glasgow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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