steve roberts Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 Heard from my brother that Ian Hoskins has died. A true icon and legend. May he RIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 Yes, Ian was 97, and was in a retirement home in NZ. Joe Hicks and Dave Gifford passed this on to Reg Fearman who in turn passed it on. Dave and Joe kept an eye on him, as did a number of the "speedway family" members in the rickety-racket islands(haven't heard that term used for years!!). Whenever Reg was down under he would always visit with Ian. I well remember Ian as the flamboyant promoter of Edinburgh in 1964-65-he would have been about 40 then!! How time flies. After he retired from speedway he ran a movie theatre in Rhodesia- when the "barbarians" took over he left and returned to NZ- sensible decision. He was a real character. I also think he may have been the first promoter that Bernt Persson and Bengt Jansson rode for. Another real piece of speedway history has left us. R.I.P. Ian . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knowle Posted October 19, 2021 Report Share Posted October 19, 2021 Ian managed Glasgow White City when they came to Bristol in 1949, very young. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted October 19, 2021 Report Share Posted October 19, 2021 On 9/8/2021 at 11:37 PM, BOBBATH said: I also think he may have been the first promoter that Bernt Persson and Bengt Jansson rode for. Another real piece of speedway history has left us. R.I.P. Ian . Bengt Jansson previously rode for West Ham in the National League in 1964. He was with Monarchs in 1966. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 I had totally forgotten about Bengt Jansson in the last year of the old NL in 1964. How did he do with the Hammers that year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted October 22, 2021 Report Share Posted October 22, 2021 On 10/20/2021 at 4:04 PM, BOBBATH said: I had totally forgotten about Bengt Jansson in the last year of the old NL in 1964. How did he do with the Hammers that year? He averaged 7.15. To be quite honest, I wasn't very impressed with him....shows you what I know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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