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Anglia League (junior) 1985

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I am trying to find the dates and results for the Anglia league (junior) involving Mildenhall from the 1985 season

I understand Arena Essex, Birmingham, Eastbourne, Ipswich, Long Eaton, Peterborough, Stoke and Wimbledon

were the teams who took part

 

Thanks in advance if anyone can help

 

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Hi,

 

There seems to be a dearth of information on the AJL in general. All I know regarding 1985 is that the league was won by Wimbledon, with Long Eaton and Peterborough second and third respectively.

 

I have a number of programmes from around that time that may give some more information. If so, I will let you know.

 

Cheers, David

 

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As David says there is very little readily available information about the 1985 Anglia Junior League. The Speedway Star included very little AJL information that year.

 

The Long Eaton programme of 25 September 1985 had the following league table:

 

 

Long Eaton 14 9 2 3 20

Wimbledon 12 9 1 2 19

 

Peterborough 13 7 0 6 14

 

Mildenhall 11 2 1 8 5

 

Stoke 10 0 2 8 2

 

In earlier Long Eaton programmes, AJL fixtures were shown against Arena Essex, but these were subsequently removed prior to Long Eaton racing them.

The limited information I have been able to find about the Mildenhall fixtures is as follows:

 

From the fixture list in Long Eaton programme of 2 October.

 

1 May – Long Eaton 16 Mildenhall 7

12 May – Mildenhall 12 Long Eaton 12

3 July – Long Eaton 18 Mildenhall 6

11 August – Mildenhall 11 Long Eaton 12

 

From Speedway Star

 

26 July – Peterborough 18 Mildenhall 6

 

Regards.

 

Gary

Edited by Nodlew

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Many thanks for your reply Gary

So it looks like Birmingham and Eastbourne didn't take part in the league that year

Would you have any heat details for the 2 long Eaton vs Mildenhall meetings?

Thanks jason

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Long Eaton 10 July program PR DC MM IS CL Result

 

May 1st Mildenhall (H) 6 2+1 5+1 3 16-7

May 12 " (A) 0 2 5 5 12-12

July 3 Mildenhall (H) 6 5+1 3+1 4 18-6

 

 

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Jason

 

The programme I have for 1 May has not been completed, so unfortunately I cannot assist with that one.

 

The programme I have for 3 July is completed. The requested details are as follows:

 

Long Eaton 18 - Mike May 3+1, Derek Cooper 5+1, Ian Stead 4, Phil Rickets 6

Mildenhall 6 - Stuart Thompson 2, Ian Lawrence 2, Andy Steward 2, James Clark 0

 

Heat 1: Cooper, May, Lawrence, Thompson, 67.1, 5-1, 5-1

Heat 2: Rickets, Steward, Stead, Clark, 66.7, 4-2, 9-3

Heat 3: Rickets, Cooper, Lawrence, Clark, 67.8, 5-1, 14-4

Heat 4 - Stead, Thompson, May, Steward, 66.1, 4-2, 18-6

 

Regards.

 

Gary

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