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maybe forum readers may be able to shed some light on split watermans real 1st name for many years it has always been asumed it was squire but recentley someone showed me a speedway annual from the 1940s and there was a photo of a rider in germany riding forces speedway and the caption read wembleys new up and coming rider WALTER WATERMAN pictured riding in his army days any thoughts anyone??????

just reading one of the threads and some one mentioned tim bungay.tim had a long carrer inth sport riding for poole exeter and cradley heath among others.after racing tim had a plumming and heating company. he is now retired and spends all winter on his yatch in the caribbean.where the weather is warmer.he comes to england in late spring for a few months.he came in to my yacht chandlery a couple of years back fit and well

can anyone help,as you know by now the final saints reunion takes place on 20 th july at sammy millers in new milton. iam trying to trace the following riders and if they are still alive and their address,s many thanks andy.ken adams, roy bartlett, frank bettis, cyril bridges, bill clifton, jimmy couglan, den cross, jack davies, ray ellis, hugh geddes, harold george, dennis hayles, harry hughes,tom johnston,lionel levy, harold mcnaughton, ken mellor,ted moore,jack mountford, dennis newton, gerald pugh, aston quinn, alan quinn, cryil roger(BIG PLEASE) ron sharp,dudley smith(BIG PLEASE) bill griffiths .many may have gone to the great stadium in the sky,all are post war riders.any information would be very gratefully received thanks andy

jim gleed alive and well and lives near reading until recentely (andmay still be)worked in a timber yard he did ride for the poppies and signed for southampton but never rode also rode for a couple of other clubs at s.a.l. standard

theme from a summer place (percy faith) banister court southampton

plechanov would of won but was stitched up by the authoritys anyone who knows speedway knows this

no baninster court (southampton ) does have an oakley court but nothing to do with tom and bob however just round the corner is charles knott avenue

june 1971 dragged down to poole speedway by my parent(i was a football mad 12 y.o.) to see some one called barry briggs stood on the corner got covered in shale briggo fell off whilst a mile in front mike cake won the race reidar eide 2nd poole won 40-38 the teams poole swindon reidar eide barry briggs mike cake pete munday pete smith mike broadbank bo wirebrand mike keen odd fossengen martin ashby john langfeild clive hitch derek cook jimmy gallagher i was hooked straight away and the rest is history as they say

gil commited suicide and geoff is alive and well and living in surrey

there have been rumours flying about for a few months about garry if you go to the hacney hawks web site someone claiming to be his neice says garry passed away a few months ago ,however no one seems able to ratify this .nothing in the speedway star etc.my last know knowledge of garry was he was in jail in the u.s.a and it was going to be for quite a long period but the man is a complete enigma .how many peole can still be making headlines after all these years

yes i couldnt agree more as you know i raise a lot of money for the srbf and no way would i contribute to a shawn moran fund after all no one done it for soren sjosten ken mckinlay ron johnston or jack young all of whom had similar problems sorry shawn no way

didn,t he appear at the brighton indoor event a couple of years ago and fell off in every race before the 1st turn i seem to remember

dennis lived in weymouth until recentely then up stick and now lives in spain i belive

if you have the history of exeter on video goog actually says on there he was happy to be a big fish in a small pool rather than being a little fish in a big pool a truly nice man and sadly missed by all

good fridays and easter mondays poole vs exeter truly great days the poole blue riband having an unknown eastern european team ride at poole and blow us away the knott family for being truly great promoters and men of their word and honour many modern promoters take note christer lofqvist john langfeild odd fossengen nigel boocock begnt jansson et al i could wax lyrical all day the 70.s were deffinentely halcyon days big big sigh !!!!1

gerry now lives in the channel islands and i last saw him at maury mattingleys funnneral last year but is alive and well

sadly jim passed away sometime ago

john langgfield ,christer lofqvist the coloured lights round the track at poole second halfs proper internationals and riders who didnt disapear abroad all the time the poole supporters club riders rosettes and the knotts slick presentations and un complicated race jackets

i never normally say this but i,m with garry havelock on this one cant stand the guy hes got a nasty attitude

dear shaleway you missed out SOUTHAMTON

breifly rode for southampton then i belive he rode for wigan in the late 50s early 60s ??@????

sorry being a pirates supportter we dont even mention FEARMANS name down here he nearly cost us the club end off

try going to southern classic speedway bikes site they maybe able to help

well what do i know i,m only one of the leading authoritys on southampton speedway and belive me the original bluey was also called jack scott

yes there were two jack scotts ironically both rode for southampton one the early 50s and his nickname was bluey and the other jack rode in the late 50s before moving to plymouth