steve roberts Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 During one of my quieter moments I began thinking which team over the years has been represented by the most Nations/Countries? Oxford must be up there with them? Using one example from each Nation/Country I've come up with the following: England - Gordon Kennett Scotland - Ken McKinlay Wales - Bryan Woodward Australia - Garry Middleton New Zealand - Rick Timmo Zimbabwe - David Steen Sweden - Hasse Holmqvist Norway - Dag Lovaas Denmark - Hans Nielsen Finland - Kaj Laukhanen Slovenia - Jernej Kolenko Poland - Seb Ulamek Germany - Klaus Lausch Italy - Armando Castagna France - Phillipe Berge Hungary - "Mark Frost" Russia - Roman Povazhny I make that seventeen? PS Eighteen if you count Yorkshire (John Dews) knowing how pedantic some Yorkshire folk are!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
847084 Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 I believe Wolves have 17 also Ermolenko, PK, Olsen, Skornicki, Woffinden, McMillan, Airey, Stancl, Francis (Wales), Peterson, Stangeland, Povazhny, Pijper, Riss, Marzotto, McWilliams (South Africa), Aarnio Unless of course someone knows better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) If we are counting the UK nations separately, I think I have 21 for Edinburgh (22 if I cheat a little bit!) Argentina Fernando Garcia Australia Sam Masters Austria Alfred Sitzwohl Czech Republic Jiri Stancl Jnr Denmark Frede Schott England Les Collins Estonia Rene Aas Finland Kalle Katijisto Germany Kevin Wolbert Hungary Jozsef Tabaka Italy Stefano Alfonso Netherlands Theo Pijper New Zealand Wayne Briggs Norway Reidar Eide Poland Dariusz Fliegert Scotland William Lawson South Africa Byron Bekker Sweden Tomas Jonasson USA Mike Faria Wales Glyn Taylor Zambia James Hayhow Zimbabwe Dave Steen EDIT 1 - Oops...Hit submit a bit quick there. The cheat one is Glyn Taylor as he really had Aussie nationality, but was born in Wales, as far as I know. Riders on the list were just randomly selected when multiple from the same nation had ridden. No suggestion that these were the best from each nation I may have forgotten someone or got a Nationality wrong EDIT 2 - I forgot Rene Aas. Edited December 27, 2021 by HenryW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 7 hours ago, steve roberts said: During one of my quieter moments I began thinking which team over the years has been represented by the most Nations/Countries? Oxford must be up there with them? Using one example from each Nation/Country I've come up with the following: England - Gordon Kennett Scotland - Ken McKinlay Wales - Bryan Woodward Australia - Garry Middleton New Zealand - Rick Timmo Zimbabwe - David Steen Sweden - Hasse Holmqvist Norway - Dag Lovaas Denmark - Hans Nielsen Finland - Kaj Laukhanen Slovenia - Jernej Kolenko Poland - Seb Ulamek Germany - Klaus Lausch Italy - Armando Castagna France - Phillipe Berge Hungary - "Mark Frost" Russia - Roman Povazhny I make that seventeen? PS Eighteen if you count Yorkshire (John Dews) knowing how pedantic some Yorkshire folk are!! Holland - Henk Steman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 1 hour ago, frigbo said: Holland - Henk Steman Didn't a Latvian rider also ride for Oxford ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted December 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 1 hour ago, frigbo said: Holland - Henk Steman I also missed out the USA - Hancock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted December 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 35 minutes ago, iris123 said: Didn't a Latvian rider also ride for Oxford ? Trouble was Nigel Wagstaff was signing riders "left, right & centre" after I re-located and I lost count of the number of riders and nationalities! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 Just now, steve roberts said: Trouble was Nigel Wagstaff was signing riders "left, right & centre" after I re-located and I lost count of the number of riders and nationalities! Thought so. Just wasn't sure of the spelling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjasts_Puodžuks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 21 hours ago, steve roberts said: During one of my quieter moments I began thinking which team over the years has been represented by the most Nations/Countries? Oxford must be up there with them? Using one example from each Nation/Country I've come up with the following: England - Gordon Kennett Scotland - Ken McKinlay Wales - Bryan Woodward Australia - Garry Middleton New Zealand - Rick Timmo Zimbabwe - David Steen Sweden - Hasse Holmqvist Norway - Dag Lovaas Denmark - Hans Nielsen Finland - Kaj Laukhanen Slovenia - Jernej Kolenko Poland - Seb Ulamek Germany - Klaus Lausch Italy - Armando Castagna France - Phillipe Berge Hungary - "Mark Frost" Russia - Roman Povazhny I make that seventeen? PS Eighteen if you count Yorkshire (John Dews) knowing how pedantic some Yorkshire folk are!! Sounds to me like you mind's going, Steve! Wot? No Drymls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted December 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 48 minutes ago, chunky said: Sounds to me like you mind's going, Steve! Wot? No Drymls? Blimey! I forgot the Czechs as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanf2 Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Denzil Kent from South Africa rode for Oxford back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted December 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 52 minutes ago, alanf2 said: Denzil Kent from South Africa rode for Oxford back in the day. I maybe wrong but I think that Denzil was from Zimbabwe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 26 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I maybe wrong but I think that Denzil was from Zimbabwe? He was Zimbabwean... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 40 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I maybe wrong but I think that Denzil was from Zimbabwe? Dennis Newton rode for Oxford, and was South African. But unfortunately, only after he left Oxford 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Sheffield have had (1) Argentina; Emiliano Sanchez (2) Australia; Josh Grajczonek (3) Canada; Kyle Legault (4) Scotland; Bert Harkins. (5) England; Simon Stead (6) Denmark; Lasse Bjerre (7) Sweden; Bengt Larson (8) USA; Shawn Moran (9) Czech; Josef Franc (10) Hungary; Zoltan Adjorn (11) Germany; Robbie Kessler (12) Finland; Rauli Makinen (13) Norway; Lars Gunnestad (14) Estonia; Rene Aas (15) Holland; Henny Kroeze (16) France; David Bellego (17) New Zealand; Wayne Brown (18) Italy; Paco Castangna And when this season gets underway we can Poland to the list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 2 hours ago, spin king said: Sheffield have had (1) Argentina; Emiliano Sanchez (2) Australia; Josh Grajczonek (3) Canada; Kyle Legault (4) Scotland; Bert Harkins. (5) England; Simon Stead (6) Denmark; Lasse Bjerre (7) Sweden; Bengt Larson (8) USA; Shawn Moran (9) Czech; Josef Franc (10) Hungary; Zoltan Adjorn (11) Germany; Robbie Kessler (12) Finland; Rauli Makinen (13) Norway; Lars Gunnestad (14) Estonia; Rene Aas (15) Holland; Henny Kroeze (16) France; David Bellego (17) New Zealand; Wayne Brown (18) Italy; Paco Castangna And when this season gets underway we can Poland to the list. What about Jan Zabik? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Third Man Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, spin king said: Sheffield have had (1) Argentina; Emiliano Sanchez (2) Australia; Josh Grajczonek (3) Canada; Kyle Legault (4) Scotland; Bert Harkins. (5) England; Simon Stead (6) Denmark; Lasse Bjerre (7) Sweden; Bengt Larson (8) USA; Shawn Moran (9) Czech; Josef Franc (10) Hungary; Zoltan Adjorn (11) Germany; Robbie Kessler (12) Finland; Rauli Makinen (13) Norway; Lars Gunnestad (14) Estonia; Rene Aas (15) Holland; Henny Kroeze (16) France; David Bellego (17) New Zealand; Wayne Brown (18) Italy; Paco Castangna And when this season gets underway we can Poland to the list. Missed Taffy Owen for Wales as well and the Russian, Sergei Darkin, who was listed in loads of programmes but never rode, does he count Edited December 28, 2021 by The Third Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 4 hours ago, arnieg said: What about Jan Zabik? And Zenon Plech back in 1982,the last Polish rider for Sheffield. 4 hours ago, The Third Man said: Missed Taffy Owen for Wales as well. Also a Henry Long from South Africa,who rode 4 times for the Tigers in 1948 before moving over to Belle Vue.(Info from the Tigers A to Z.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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