daveallan81 330 Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) As you are probably able to deduce from my recent gamut of requests for information, work on season results lists from 1965 to 1984 is getting towards the sharp end. The lists are born of Barry Stephenson's original Excel files. Under close scrutiny several discrepancies were discovered so a decision was taken to rebuild them from scratch. The finished lists will be published on Speedway Researcher and hopefully the SGB website. Of course Barry's lists go on beyond 1984. However I'm all out of Speedway Stars at that point, and yearbooks and online research alone are not enough to avoid a long list of queries forming. Once the first set has been published I'll take a look at 85 onwards and perhaps then I can appeal for contributors to help complete the project. For now, over 20,000 lines of information later, I'm left with the following queries to resolve. A couple of these are already posted in other threads but I'm sure you'll excuse me. 10/06 & 15/06/1968 Belfast Dunmore v All StarsWhat was the outcome of these matches? I suspect the latter date was a restaging. 3/08/1969 Belle Vue Northern Riders Championship QR Abandoned heat 9 - rainWere the points scored in this wash out included in riders' overall qualifying points totals? In other words, did the result stand? 28/05/1970 Teesside v Canterbury (BL2) PostponedI have a note stating Canterbury failed to arrive for this match. Teesside instead staged a challenge against a Northern Select. Confirm that Crusaders didn't show up. 28/08/1970 Workington v Stars of the League (CH) 42-36Confirm date and result. 07/06/1971 Scunthorpe v Workington (CH) 40-38Confirm date and result. 10/06/1971 Ipswich v Peterborough (KOC) Rained offConfirm rained off and restaged 12/06. 23/09/1971 Ipswich v Canterbury (BL2) Rained offConfirm rained off and restaged 24/09. 25/09/1971 Kings Lynn Eastern Grass Track Speedway Championship (Individual)Meeting date & title confirmed (see below). Just the winner required now. 15/10/1972 Rye House Gerald Hussey Memorial TrophyConfirm date and result. Possibly not staged. 27/09/1974 Peterborough v Berwick (BL2) Rained offConfirm Berwick were second half of a double header with Barrow. 25/10/1979 Wimbledon v Hackney (London Cup L2)Possibly one heat run before rain off. If so, result of that heat required. Confirmation of date also required. 14/07/1980 Birmingham Philishave Fours (4TT) Rained offNames of competing teams required. Edited October 18, 2016 by daveallan81 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted October 15, 2016 As you are probably able to deduce from my recent gamut of requests for information, work on season results lists from 1965 to 1984 is getting towards the sharp end. The lists are born of Barry Stephenson's original Excel files. Under close scrutiny several discrepancies were discovered so a decision was taken to rebuild them from scratch. The finished lists will be published on Speedway Researcher and hopefully the SGB website. Of course Barry's lists go on beyond 1984. However I'm all out of Speedway Stars at that point, and yearbooks and online research alone are not enough to avoid a long list of queries forming. Once the first set has been published I'll take a look at 85 onwards and perhaps then I can appeal for contributors to help complete the project. For now, over 20,000 lines of information later, I'm left with the following queries to resolve. A couple of these are already posted in other threads but I'm sure you'll excuse me. 10/06 & 15/06/1968 Belfast Dunmore v All Stars What was the outcome of these matches? I suspect the latter date was a restaging. 3/08/1969 Belle Vue Northern Riders Championship QR Abandoned heat 9 - rain Were the points scored in this wash out included in riders' overall qualifying points totals? In other words, did the result stand? 28/05/1970 Teesside v Canterbury (BL2) Postponed I have a note stating Canterbury failed to arrive for this match. Teesside instead staged a challenge against a Northern Select. Confirm that Crusaders didn't show up. 28/08/1970 Workington v Stars of the League (CH) 42-36 Confirm date and result. 07/06/1971 Scunthorpe v Workington (CH) 40-38 Confirm date and result. 10/06/1971 Ipswich v Peterborough (KOC) Rained off Confirm rained off and restaged 12/06. 23/09/1971 Ipswich v Canterbury (BL2) Rained off Confirm rained off and restaged 24/09. 25/09/1971 Kings Lynn EGT Speed Championship (Individual) No idea what this meeting was about. Possibly a 'cavalcade of speed' type of meeting? Any information at all welcomed. 15/10/1972 Rye House Gerald Hussey Memorial Trophy Confirm date and result. Possibly not staged. 27/09/1974 Peterborough v Berwick (BL2) Rained off Confirm Berwick were second half of a double header with Barrow. 25/10/1979 Wimbledon v Hackney (London Cup L2) Possibly one heat run before rain off. If so, result of that heat required. Confirmation of date also required. 14/07/1980 Birmingham Philishave Fours (4TT) Rained off Names of competing teams required. This will be a remarkable and impressive Resource. A real labour of love. I sincerely hope that you get all the information that you require Dave. I'm only sorry I can't help. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 16, 2016 (edited) As you are probably able to deduce from my recent gamut of requests for information, work on season results lists from 1965 to 1984 is getting towards the sharp end. The lists are born of Barry Stephenson's original Excel files. Under close scrutiny several discrepancies were discovered so a decision was taken to rebuild them from scratch. The finished lists will be published on Speedway Researcher and hopefully the SGB website. Of course Barry's lists go on beyond 1984. However I'm all out of Speedway Stars at that point, and yearbooks and online research alone are not enough to avoid a long list of queries forming. Once the first set has been published I'll take a look at 85 onwards and perhaps then I can appeal for contributors to help complete the project. For now, over 20,000 lines of information later, I'm left with the following queries to resolve. A couple of these are already posted in other threads but I'm sure you'll excuse me. 10/06 & 15/06/1968 Belfast Dunmore v All Stars What was the outcome of these matches? I suspect the latter date was a restaging. 3/08/1969 Belle Vue Northern Riders Championship QR Abandoned heat 9 - rain Were the points scored in this wash out included in riders' overall qualifying points totals? In other words, did the result stand? 28/05/1970 Teesside v Canterbury (BL2) Postponed I have a note stating Canterbury failed to arrive for this match. Teesside instead staged a challenge against a Northern Select. Confirm that Crusaders didn't show up. 28/08/1970 Workington v Stars of the League (CH) 42-36 Confirm date and result. 07/06/1971 Scunthorpe v Workington (CH) 40-38 Confirm date and result. 10/06/1971 Ipswich v Peterborough (KOC) Rained off Confirm rained off and restaged 12/06. 23/09/1971 Ipswich v Canterbury (BL2) Rained off Confirm rained off and restaged 24/09. 25/09/1971 Kings Lynn EGT Speed Championship (Individual) No idea what this meeting was about. Possibly a 'cavalcade of speed' type of meeting? Any information at all welcomed. 15/10/1972 Rye House Gerald Hussey Memorial Trophy Confirm date and result. Possibly not staged. 27/09/1974 Peterborough v Berwick (BL2) Rained off Confirm Berwick were second half of a double header with Barrow. 25/10/1979 Wimbledon v Hackney (London Cup L2) Possibly one heat run before rain off. If so, result of that heat required. Confirmation of date also required. 14/07/1980 Birmingham Philishave Fours (4TT) Rained off Names of competing teams required. I tried to send you what I thought was a helpful personal message but you have blocked me so I guess we'll forget all about it! Edited October 16, 2016 by Guest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nodlew 15 Posted October 16, 2016 I can assist with the following information for 3 of your queries. 28/05/1970 Teesside v Canterbury (BL2) Postponed The Speedway Star match result states "When the news came through to Teesside that the coach carrying the entire Canterbury team, apart from Barry Crowson, had broken down on the M1, promoter Ron Wilson had a king-size problem on his hands." A challenge match between Middlesbrough and Northern Select took the place of the Canterbury match with a 43-35 win for Middlesbrough. 07/06/1971 Scunthorpe v Workington (CH) 40-38 I have a Scunthorpe programme from 04/07/1971 and on the fixtures page it confirms the date and result of this match as 07/06/1971 Scunthorpe 40 Workington 38. The Speedway Star gives no details of the result. 10/06/1971 Ipswich v Peterborough (KOC) Rained off The Speedway Star match results for 12/06/1971 states "After winning at Peterborough on Friday night they crushed their opponents in this Saturday afternoon second leg, the original Thursday night date being rained off." The result on 12/06/1971 was Ipswich 57 Peterborough 21. 23/09/1971 Ipswich v Canterbury (BL2) Rained off The Speedway Star match results for 24/09/1971 states "This match was held over for 24 hours because of heavy Thursday night rain." The result on 24/09/1971 was Ipswich 48 Canterbury 29. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Speedball 565 Posted October 17, 2016 25/09/1971 Kings Lynn EGT Speed Championship (Individual) No idea what this meeting was about. Possibly a 'cavalcade of speed' type of meeting? Any information at all welcomed. I have the programme from the meeting but with no heat details. The meeting itself was the Eastern Grass Track Speedway Championship. It was a traditional 16 rider field and the main meeting staged over 16 heats. The programmed lineup was: 1. Denny Barber 2. Alan Witt 3. Terry Owen 4. Tony Ryall 5. Tony Steggles 6. Mervyn Price 7. Harry Godding 8. Bill Sandford 9. Colin Sweby 10. Ton Owen 11. Julian Wigg 12. Jim Rohn 13. Brian Gladwell 14. Tig Perry 15. Robert Stanford 16. Colin Flexman Hope that helps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveallan81 330 Posted October 18, 2016 Cheers for that. Do you have the following meetings' programme - 2nd October D/H - in case it carries mention of the winner? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted October 18, 2016 25/10/79 Wimbledon, 0 hackney, 5 (london cup) rained off after 1 heat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Speedball 565 Posted October 19, 2016 Cheers for that. Do you have the following meetings' programme - 2nd October D/H - in case it carries mention of the winner? Yes, have the programme from the Oxford & Coventry D/H so will check it out tonight to see if it carries any information. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Speedball 565 Posted October 19, 2016 Checked the programmes from D/H 02/10, Wembley 09/10 and Leicester 15/10 and sorry to say no mention of the meeting in any of them. It doesn't even feature in the Stars fixture list on the back page of the programme. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveallan81 330 Posted October 19, 2016 Thanks for taking a look. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Speedball 565 Posted October 19, 2016 Thanks for taking a look. No worries. If I can help with any King's Lynn related queries just let me know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
