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Must say that i always remember him with the long flowing locks,but looking back in my photo collection he went through hairstyles like Beckham

I went to the Junior Championship at Canterbury in `85,won by Carl Blackbird.The line up included Silver,Andy Smith,Galvin,Simon Cross,Gary Havelock and Jamie Luckhurst.Add to that Martin Dugard,Joe Screen ,Loram and a bunch of youngsters at Eastbourne.What with Kelvin Tatum and Simon Wigg who were a few years ahead and at the time i really thought England were going to dominate speedway for a decade at least.Its never easy to tell how youngsters will develope of course and i guess to get 2 World Champs from that bunch plus the Longtrack titles as well makes it one of the best if not the best generation but the trophy cabinet isnt as full as could be expected.And out of them i would have imagined Andy might have gained a major title or 2.

Jan Gravningen and George Major were also quite good

I thought the GP`s had to be held in big stadiums as well as big cities 15,000 capacity isnt that big.Excuse my ignorance on the matter ,is it always so poorly supported in Sweden?what do they get for a league match?

Must say he has impressed me so far .So have Wölbert,Smoli and Bartz.Schade that Danny and Smoli were in a different competition to Matze and Hefe on Saturday.It would have been good to see them all race together.Was a bit disapointed with Limberger at Brokstedt,last year he was really flying there until he fell. With this rule that the reserve rider must be given 2 rides most other teams are at an disadvantage but at Brokstedt,Güstrow just gave Möller one ride then put Danny in He outscored the other 3 reserves together.Droßmann is a poor reserve for Brokstedt,i guess Sönke is too good for reserve? Think your 4 teams are correct for the final Do you know which team Hefe is riding for ?Is it correct he is riding individual meetings for Güstrow,but not in the team?

someone has posted the results on the german forum Pavlic 5pts

Kryszaniek? lol Krzyzaniak but I must say that's a hard surname to write if don't speak Polish and only heard it. No wonder we cant get used to polish names they are always changing Seen on the polish videotext,e.g Jasona Crumpa

Can i just take this opportunity to welcome you and your fellow country folk into our european union Dont know the result that your looking for though

Diedenbergen Miskowiak 11(3,2,3,3,0) Riss 8(2,3,1,ef,2) Stange 5(0,2,3,0) Kroner 3(1,0,2,ef) Dilger 2(2,0) Güstrow Karlsson 15+3(3,3,3,3,3+3) Pingel 7(2,1,2,0,2) Mell 8(1,3,0,3,1) Möller Nonstart Knakowski 7(1,1,1,1,3) Parchim Kugelmann 10(3,0,2,2,3) Hamill 12+2(2,3,3,2,2+2) Schultz 11(2,2,2,2,3) Diener 1(1,0) Bartz 3(0,1,2) Neuenknick Pape 0(f) Swist 7(3,1,1,1,1) Lowicki 3(1,f,0,1,1) Limberger 3(0,2,f,1) Shäfer 4(0,ef,3,1,ef) Güstrow definitely have a trump card with Knaki as reserve.

Seen on the German site that there is not even 9,000 at the meeting.Joke surely

round 3(North) Days totals in brackets C.Pusch 0,0,0,2,1 (3) R.Baumann 2,1,1,0,1 (5) A.Ledwig1,2,Bike problems did not continue(3) A.Lieschke3,2,2,1,2 C.Hefenbrock 3,3,3,3,3 D.Wienke 0,3,2,0,2 P.Döllmann1,1,1,0,0 (3) S.Petersen 2,3,3,2,2 H.Loof e.f,2,2,2,3 D.Möller 1,0,0,1,0 (2) M.Limberger 3,e.f,3,1,1 S.Seefeld 2,0,01,1 (4) M.Schultz 3,1,3,3,3 D.Hochstädter e.f,2,1,3,0 (6) T.Busch 2,3,2,3,3 K.Droßmann 1,1,1,2,2 (7) 1st semi C.Hefenbrock,M.Limberger(10),H.Loof(10),S.Petersen e.f 2nd semi M.Schultz,A.Lieschke(12),D.Wienke(8),T.Busch final T.Busch(16),M.Schultz(18),C.Hefenbrock(19),S.Petersen(12) Hefe was great today.Heat 5 was the decider in a way.Schultz was behind Hefe and Loof.In the final Hefe didnt have to win,just stay with Matze to win the day

Brokstedt were a bit unlucky as both Gjedde and Wolter suffered engine problems when well placed.Charlie seemingly had the race in the bag.Mirko had just gone past Smoli .Then Kröger was leading and wheelied out of the turn and just about kept control but lost 2 places.What should have been 12 points from the first 4 races turned into 4 points seems Ronny Weis broke a leg.Kral seemed to pull up fast down the home straight and Ronny ploughed straight into the back of him.quite nasty hope he`s back soon Positions Brokstedt matches( 3),m.points (5),race points 99 Olching (2),(5),75 Parchim (2),(3),54 Güstrow (1),(3),37 Diedenbergen (1),(2),53 Stralsund (1),(0),22 Neuenknick (1),(0),20

Down by/in South Africa Not Exactly sure without a map,might be a free state within the South African border.Maybe someone knows better

Must have been popular with Briggo as he fitted his World Troupe out in them,for the series in Israel at least

Havent found any yet.Just have the scorers and the story from "Barry Briggs Speedway World" which was a special magazine published by the Motorcycle News with pictures of the tour There was also speedway in Lesotholand As some of the South African riders are mentioned as riding there

Found some results from Israel 1976 Tel Aviv USA 30 Rest of World 42 Bethsheba USA 34 RoW 38 Tel Aviv USA 37 RoW 35 Tel Aviv USA 37 RoW 34 Tel Aviv USA 35 RoW37 Israeli Open Championship 1st semi Fundin,O.Berg,M.Curoso,F.Shuter 2nd semi Penhall,B.Larsson,S.Nutter,Briggs(ef) Final Berg,Fundin,Penhall,Larsson

Briggo and Mauger held at least one meeting in Israel i think.late 70`s Garnet Thistlewaite was a native of Port Moresby that i think Birmingham were interested in or rode second half here,mid 70`s

That was the reason.Its been in the press here for quite a while,but like you say everyone was expecting it to be Schultz or Wolter.Someone who does concentrate on speedway and at least it would give Matze some experience for the future.But it is reasonable to expect the Czechs to want to choose the rider they think will be the biggest draw and as Barth is a World Champ and still the best speedway rider in Germany,thats what happens. Like i said before this could happen more in the future where its which country has the money dominates especially if the company that holds the rights nomnates the wild cards

British Rail from South Bermondsey to either London Bridge or Clapham and change to the tube would have simplified the journey

All about money .They want as many german fans to come as possible

Know what you mean My mums family came from Walthamstow and it was a real family day out to go there.Just like going to Canvey Island.There would be at least 2 car loads leaving Wandsworth and it seemed to take forever. Tried once to find this gathering at High Beech,ended up walking around Epping Forest but didnt see any speedway supporters

Both Schultz and Knakowski suffered engine problems when in second place.Wölbert(14 years old) also battled well for his points.In heat4 he clashed with Wienke and could only cruise home for a point.He then fell trying to chase Matze and gave Hefenbrockhis only defeat in the main meeting after a good battle.Matze proved his class by beating Hefe in the semi and final(coming round the outside,Hefe fell and when the race was restarted Schultz done it again)although finishing with less points because of his e.f In the B-Lizenz Matze Bartz was unstopable just like at Güstrow the other week,but a special mention must go to Enrico Sonnenberg who was always battling for his points from the back No crowd figure given but i would guess around 400,maybe less

2nd Qualification rd.(North) 1.Matze Schultz(Ludwigslust) 3,2,3,e.f,3 2.Danny Knakowski(Teterow) 2,3,e.f,3,3 3.Tobias Markgraf(Güstrow) F,F,0,1.1 4.Patrick Döllmann(Stralsund) 1,1,2,,1,0 5.Christian Hefenbrock(Parchim) 3,3,3,2,3 6.Nadine Papke(Neuenknick) 0,Ex.Time,1,0,2 7.Alex Lieschke(Güstrow) 2,3,3,3,0 8.Sven Glawion(Teterow) 1,e.f,1,2,2 9.Michael Diener(Lübbenau) 3,1,3,3,2 10.Christian Pusch(Ludwigslust) e.f,1, Bike problems did not continue 11.Robert Baumann(Teterow) 1,2,2,1, 12.Dennis Hochstädter(Parchim) 2,2,2,1,3 13. 14.Dennis Wienke(Berlin) 3,2,2,2,2 15.Joh. Kreienbrock(Stralsund) 2,1,1,2,1 16.Kevin Wölbert(Güstrow) 1,3,F,3,1 1st semi M.Shultz,C.Hefenbrock,D.Wienke,D.Hochstädter 2nd semi D.Knakowski,M.Diener,K.Wölbert,A.Lieschke fell Final M.Schultz,C.Hefenbrock,D.Knakowski,M.Diener B.Lizenz T.Lata(LuLu) 1,No start,2,1 M.Bartz(Par) 3,3,3,3 T.Busch(Str) 2,2,2,3 C.Zöllner(Gü) F.0,F,F.Ex,2 D.Möller(Neu) 2,1,3,2 P.Albs(LuLu) 1,1,1,e.f E.Sonnenberg(?)3,3,F.0,F.Ex T.Gävert(LuLu) e.f,2,1,DNR Final M.Bartz,T.Busch,C.Zöllner,E.Sonnenberg

Don`t know the exact details as it was told to me in german and my medical knowledge of german isnt that good but he had a brain tumor,not sure if that was the cause or quite when he died.Wasn`t a track accident though

Need help indentifying riders if anyone can Don`t know how to do a link but they should be on community.webshots.com/user/maccattack