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Photo of unknown Hackney rider from 1991

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19 hours ago, Hawks6991 said:

Hi all.  Does anyone know the name of this Hackney rider from 1991?  Thanks. 

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Just a guess Gary Rolls

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Not Gary Rolls or Tim Hunter.  I could be completely wrong but I seem to remember a young Dutch lad coming over for a trial in 1991 and I thought it might be him.  Had a look through my programmes yesterday but that didn't help!

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40 minutes ago, Eastville Bulldog said:

Thats Tim Korneliussen rode for Hackney 1990

Definitely not

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Found this from a old forum thread which might narrow it down a bit

HACKNEY 1991 Division Two

 

Whitaker, Paul 8.74

Olsson, Tony 7.79

Hamnett, Dave 6.57

Kalina, Vladimir 5.81

Warren, Michael 5.38

Hellsen, Richard 5.13

Karnas, Pavel 4.36

Pollard, Roland 2.25

Hunter, Tim 2.21

Phillips, Simon 2.00

Hardy, Julian 0.00

Sandford, Ricky 0.00

 

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Can’t find any photos of the 3 juniors at the bottom of the list - have now asked the question in the Hackney Facebook page

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I think it might be Ricky Sanford? It’s a long while ago but I am fairly sure Roland Pollard used to have dark coloured leathers so I ruled him out, both rode as junior for Arena but I can’t say I ever saw what they looked like facially.

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Mystery solved - rider has been identified on the Hackney Facebook page as a Dutch junior called Rene Hellzinger 

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1 hour ago, Hawks6991 said:

Mystery solved - rider has been identified on the Hackney Facebook page as a Dutch junior called Rene Hellzinger 

Aah, from Bridget Jones's diary!

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On ‎4‎/‎21‎/‎2020 at 9:18 AM, Hawks6991 said:

Mystery solved - rider has been identified on the Hackney Facebook page as a Dutch junior called Rene Hellzinger 

The correct spelling of the rider's name is René Elzinga

He was the Dutch National Speedway Champion in 1989 and 1991

 

There is even an action video of Rene Elzinga on YouTube, causing a heavy crash in heat eight of a 1988 World Team Cup meeting at Wiener Neustradt  in Austria.

Riding in white is René Elzinga for the Netherlands, in yellow & black is Heinrich Schatzer for Austria, in red is Ingvar Skogland for Norway, and in blue is Alan Rivett for New Zealand.

 

 

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