MassMarauder Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 11 hours ago, iainb said: The Ronnie Correy? Is he riding again? What's he up to these days? Did he do well? Yep - the very same. Nice tidy riding. Won some heats, lost some heats. But riding for for fun rather than going all out. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted October 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 Staines Town v Tooting And Mitcham United today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Thumb Posted October 24, 2020 Report Share Posted October 24, 2020 Under 8 and under 10 Suffolk Cycle Speedway Individual Championship at Great Blakenham today, under 13 and under 16 tomorrow morning at same venue. Great to see the kids enjoying what will probably be their only competitive racing this year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Tom Thumb said: Under 8 and under 10 Suffolk Cycle Speedway Individual Championship at Great Blakenham today, under 13 and under 16 tomorrow morning at same venue. Great to see the kids enjoying what will probably be their only competitive racing this year. How did a small village like Great Blakenham manage to get a facility like a cycle speedway track, especially with the Ipswich track being only couple miles away. Well done them. Hope it’s a great day for the riders and spectators. I spent some time this summer finding cycle speedway tracks around the country on google maps. Doesn’t seem as many as in the mid 1960’s when I was racing for Belle Vue Gladiators then Wilmslow Hammers. Manchester then had a dozen or more top teams, sad the numbers are a lot less now. During the summer we looked after my sons place while he was away - Sheffield. They have a nice track too. YouTube is a good place to see cycle speedway meetings from years gone by, sadly they don’t go as far back as the 60’s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: How did a small village like Great Blakenham manage to get a facility like a cycle speedway track, especially with the Ipswich track being only couple miles away. Well done them. Hope it’s a great day for the riders and spectators. I spent some time this summer finding cycle speedway tracks around the country on google maps. Doesn’t seem as many as in the mid 1960’s when I was racing for Belle Vue Gladiators then Wilmslow Hammers. Manchester then had a dozen or more top teams, sad the numbers are a lot less now. During the summer we looked after my sons place while he was away - Sheffield. They have a nice track too. YouTube is a good place to see cycle speedway meetings from years gone by, sadly they don’t go as far back as the 60’s. Oxford had two cycle speeday clubs. The Horspath "Hammers" and Headley "Hawks" but I believe that the latter closed some years ago now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 On 10/21/2020 at 8:52 PM, MassMarauder said: Yep - the very same. Nice tidy riding. Won some heats, lost some heats. But riding for for fun rather than going all out. I was there for his first come back... at Long Eaton I assume he's back living in the US then, I always thought he was running a business in Tewksbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 1 hour ago, steve roberts said: Oxford had two cycle speeday clubs. The Horspath "Hammers" and Headley "Hawks" but I believe that the latter closed some years ago now. I recall Horspath Hammers, a good team back then IIRC. I see Google maps showing a nice track today. I did most of my racing around Manchester, but also Yorkshire, Edinburgh festival a couple times, Leicester for an individual, Hungerford couple of times, Raynes Park, London for the ‘64 junior National finals, team lost by 2 in the final, I won the individual that followed. Only time I raced London. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: I recall Horspath Hammers, a good team back then IIRC. I see Google maps showing a nice track today. I did most of my racing around Manchester, but also Yorkshire, Edinburgh festival a couple times, Leicester for an individual, Hungerford couple of times, Raynes Park, London for the ‘64 junior National finals, team lost by 2 in the final, I won the individual that followed. Only time I raced London. I recall that Wednesfield has/had a particularly strong history...known as the "Aces"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: I recall Horspath Hammers, a good team back then IIRC. I see Google maps showing a nice track today. I did most of my racing around Manchester, but also Yorkshire, Edinburgh festival a couple times, Leicester for an individual, Hungerford couple of times, Raynes Park, London for the ‘64 junior National finals, team lost by 2 in the final, I won the individual that followed. Only time I raced London. Hungerford? Rosco and Mad Wellie rode for Swindon, don't know if they still exist? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Just now, auntie doris said: Hungerford? Rosco and Mad Wellie rode for Swindon, don't know if they still exist? One time Oxford junior, Keith Snelling, used to ride for Horspath "Hammers". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) Yes they did have a strong team, as did Southampton with the Mills brothers, Wembley did at that time,but don’t hear anything of them now. Edited October 25, 2020 by OveFundinFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 1 minute ago, steve roberts said: One time Oxford junior, Keith Snelling, used to ride for Horspath "Hammers". We had a street team, Carshalton Crusaders, in Swindon. Named after Canterbury. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: I recall Horspath Hammers, a good team back then IIRC. I see Google maps showing a nice track today. I did most of my racing around Manchester, but also Yorkshire, Edinburgh festival a couple times, Leicester for an individual, Hungerford couple of times, Raynes Park, London for the ‘64 junior National finals, team lost by 2 in the final, I won the individual that followed. Only time I raced London. I saw a name mentioned a few days ago around that time. Turned out for Beckenham and then Tooting Tigers. Pete Jarman. Guess it is the same Pete Jarman who later turned to speedway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 1 minute ago, auntie doris said: We had a street team, Carshalton Crusaders, in Swindon. Named after Canterbury. A street team? Would you like to expand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 2 minutes ago, auntie doris said: We had a street team, Carshalton Crusaders, in Swindon. Named after Canterbury. I would have thought they were named after Carshalton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 1 minute ago, OveFundinFan said: A street team? Would you like to expand. Local urchins on push bikes on a London overspill council estate in Swindon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, iris123 said: I would have thought they were named after Carshalton Named after the place in Surrey, where my wife's family are from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, auntie doris said: Local urchins on push bikes on a London overspill council estate in Swindon Lovely, just as I imagined. That’s how me and my mates were. We raced around an oblong with semicircle ends, perfect tarmac cycle speedway track. Then September 1963 the family went with Bob Duckworth, he was presenting trophies at Manchester Gran Prix. First proper cycle speedway meet I had seen and loved it. Manchester had a winter league and we joined for the 63-64 league - Partington Flyers (Partington is the village the Collins and Morton families were from, + others that did speedway, Trownson.). Flyers we were not. lol. But some good came of it, a few of us were signed up with Belle Vue Gladiators, initially riding on BV car park on the Sunday’s for the summer league proper. Edited October 25, 2020 by OveFundinFan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 2 hours ago, steve roberts said: One time Oxford junior, Keith Snelling, used to ride for Horspath "Hammers". Oxford junior Matt Davis I think rode for Horspath. Talked a few times with him at Cardiff, canny lad. Sandy Feltham's son in law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted October 25, 2020 Report Share Posted October 25, 2020 Really enjoyed this chat about cycle speedway, brought back some great memories, all comments sensible and adding to the discussion, no arghie barrgie, no nitpickers , no one trying to score points over others.......just sensible forum talk.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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