Midland Red

Nigel Boocock Tom Farndon Dave Jessup

From 8pm it will be on a "red button" choice with the tennis

I'm likely to be in Poland between 10 and 20 September What fixtures are there in the country between those dates (with start times if poss) ???? Many thanks

As a footnote to the above (and with last night's fiasco at Brandon in mind!) I quote directly for Charles Ochiltree's "Talking Time" in the following week's programme : " Those folk, sitiing idly in the sunlight watching us water around seven o'clock last week, must have though we were pretty daft when inside thirty minutes we were being swamped out from above. The fact is the storms missed us all morning, all afternoon too, and the track was too dry for racing. The Met Office assured us that storms were dying out and that if we didn't have any by six o'clock we could consider we were in the clear. Well, being cautious, we waited until 6-45 and then considered ; raced out with hoses at both ends. And that we reckon was our mistake ...... it was tempting providence. Like not carrying a raincoat. Nevertheless, it was out of our hands and we had to suffer the indignity of cancelling a meeting, something we're as fond of as paying income tax. We guess we've just got to face it, Long Eaton "Archers" are shaping up to become our jinx team of '65! "

Col Cottrell fell and Ray Wilson failed to finish Teams : Coventry : N Boocock, C Cottrell, R Mountford, R France, J Lightfoot ©, C Harrison (*), H Booton ® Long Eaton : R Wilson, R Sharp (*), N Storer, C Hitch, K Adams ©, K Bodie, R Malskaitis ® © Captain ® Reserve (*) Supplementary Reserve The second half comprised a Triangular Handicap Match between "Junior Bees", "Senior Bees Select" and "Archers Select" plus Stadium Gold Sash Heats 1 ,2 and Final Total 20 heats Junior Bees : C Smith, F Hodder, P Gay (all gate) Senior Bees Select : C Cottrell (20yds), C Harrison (10yds), H Booton (10yds) Archers Select : R Sharp (10yds), C Hitch(20yds), R Malskaitis (gate), K Bodie (20yds) Stadium Gold Sash : Heat 1 : N Boocock, R France, J Lightfoot, R Wilson Heat 2 : R Mountford, C Cottrell, nominated rider, N Storer No guests, one "foreigner" (Malskaitis, New Zealander of Lithuanian parentage) Tickets on sale for British Final at West Ham - 7/6, 10/6, 12/6, 15/- Hackney top of British League from Oxford and Newport, Long Eaton bottom, behind Edinburgh and Swindon Track record (as it was for many years) 65.8sec, Ronnie Moore, Barry Briggs, R Mountford (380 yards) Fastest time since record 67.2 Nigel Boocock Warwickshire Flying Mile 79.0 Ron Mountford Tactical subs : after 4 heats, a team 6 or more points in arrears may use a substitute rider Helmet colours : Red, Blue, White, Yellow & Black Interval after main match (13 heats) Oh happy days! When I and an important other could afford to go each and every meeting

On second thoughts, perhaps I didn't go at all because of the weather, and copied the result (with no time) out of SS !

Wouldn't you just believe - dug out my programme from this meeting (knocking a pile of stuff over in the process) - what do I find? You guessed - programme filled in for the one heat, but no race time given (Nigel Boocock beat Ron Sharp only two finishers) If it's not in SS or my programme, I wonder if the time was not given

In other words, in your opinion, she is not a very attractive person Fact!

Have to agree, Beespeed GB finished ahead of a Denmark team devoid of the current Grand Prix Champion and with its no 2 rider clearly hampered by injury And GB were clearly so far behind Poland and Australia in Round 1 I wrote on another thread - why do GB riders' machines not have the apparent speed of the other nations' riders? Last night, Harris and Woffinden look quite capable of beating the opposition with their riding ability but were let down by the pace of the machinery Richardson clearly had a better set up and did show some good speed King (last night) and Kennett (Monday) were so far off, Bridger lacked confidence as well as speed The future only looks good if machinery can be sorted

Fact 1. She is a very attractive person Probable fact 2. She is a very nice person Fact 3. She is utter rubbish at the job That's all

Great meeting - congrats to those who prepared a real racing strip, and to the riders for putting on such a great show Re the Brits, they all seem down on power compared with the rest - Bomber almost always does in GPs yet we all know what a top class rider he is, so why can't our boys get the set up right? Look at the speed that Adams and Miedzinski, for example, showed - probably only Danny King showed any real pace - even in front, Bomber always seems slow in comparison with those chasing Apart from Scott Nicholls, the only thing I missed was "Disappointment at the back for Denis Stois/Izak Santej/Mats Gregoric/Alecsander Conda"

QUOTE (Robbie B @ Jul 3 2009, 11:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good call but 1928 - 1963 is only 35 years, Ross has been going for 37 and counting. Oops - the 20's to the 60's seemed a long span 1975 (or 1972) seems so recent that I forgot we're nearly in the 2nd decade of the next century (as the years/months/weeks/days fly by at my age!) Similar to the comment recently that the war in Iraq (which is only a current event) has lasted longer than the major conflict that was World War II - time perspective is so difficult to grasp Anyway, well done Larry Ross!

All this talk about Wembley - don't forget it's NOT the Empire Stadium with all its history and memories from Lionel van Pragg through to Ole Olsen, calling at Freddie Williams, Peter Craven and Ove Fundin on the way It's a brand new 21st century concrete monstrosity There's no magic to the "new" Wembley" like there was about Sir Arthur Elvin's old place The location of the Millenium Stadium (or Anfield South, as Liverpool fans would have you call it), so close to the centre of the city and with Cardiff Bay nearby, seems from the other posts to be far more favoured than the Industrial Park which is Wembley, Middlesex

Surely this has to be Ron Johnson, who rode prior to coming over from Australia in 1928, and last rode in 1963

Apologies DW - remiss of me Forgot to say thanks! So . . . Thanks - I have it printed off - can't wait for 5!

Heat 17 looks interesting! PS - Which country is Bomber representing? - "GG"

Anyone seen this, care to review?

As a Coventry Kid, I would love to have been around to see Lythalls Lane Like Norbold, Tom Farndon in action anywhere Those I missed : New Cross Harringay Walthamstow Norwich Those I miss : Blackbird Road Custom House Plough Lane as it was Wembley Halifax Hyde Road

Shawn Moran Scott Autrey Rick Miller - come on you Bees fans!

You're very welcome It's hard to believe that it's 34 years ago! How the years have flown by!

Nigel Boocock Testimonial Meeting, Sunday 22 June 1975, 3.00pm, Coventry Stadium Union Jacks 34 Ray Wilson 3 - 3 2 = 8 Peter Collins 1 3 2 3 = 9 Dave Jessup 1 ef - 3 = 4 Terry Betts 1 - 2 1 = 4 Malcolm Simmons (res) 3 3 3 = 9 Lions 26 Nigel Boocock 3 2 2 1 = 8 Jim McMillan 2 2 3 3 = 10 George Hunter 0 - 1 - = 1 Chris Pusey ef 2 2 1 = 5 Chris Morton (res) 2 0 = 2 Australasians 26 Ivan Mauger 3 1 3 3 = 10 Bruce Cribb (replacing Barry Briggs) 0 1 - 2 = 3 John Boulger 3 - 1 2 = 6 Billy Sanders 1 1 1 - = 3 Bob Valentine (res) 1 1 2 = 4 Scandinavians 10 Bernt Persson 2 0 0 0 = 2 Tommy Nilsson 2 0 0 0 = 2 Soren Karlsson 2 3 - 0 = 5 Edgar Stangeland (replacing Finn Thomsen) 0 0 0 1 = 1 Olle Nygren (replacing Richard Hellsen) (res) 0 = 0 Testimonial Trophy Ht 1 Chris Morton, Bob Valentine, Richard Hellsen, Malcom Simmons (ef) Ht 2 Alan Wilkinson (replacing Rick France), Martin Ashby, Doug Wyer, Phil Herne Ht 3 Ray Wilson, Peter Collins, Terry Betts, Dave Jessup Ht 4 Bernt Persson, Soren Karlsson, Edgar Stangeland, Tommy Nilsson Ht 5 Jim McMillan, George Hunter, Nigel Boocock (ef), Chris Pusey (ef) - rerun after Nigel Boocock fell Ht 6 Billy Sanders, Bruce Cribb, Mitch Shirra (exc), Ivan Mauger (exc), John Boulger (ns) - 5 restarts SF1 Peter Collins, Ray Wilson, Alan Wilkinson, Chris Morton SF2 Bernt Persson, Bruce Cribb, Jim McMillan, Billy Sanders (ef) Final Peter Collins, Bernt Persson, Bruce Cribb, Ray Wilson (nf)

Hang on! According to Mill-Lard, it's actually "A-Rune" (in the "A-Red" helmet colours) - all words beginning with the letter R have to be prefixed with A- And of course you forgot the Polish licence!

IMHO the referee was correct, since I cannot for the life of me, and with over 40 years watching our fabulous sport, see how Nicki Peeeeeedersen was the cause of the race being stopped Yes, it was sad to see Scott Nicholls struggle so much, it is beyond belief that he is so far off the pace As far as Chris Harris is concerned, a terrific win in heat 1, and track conditions probably caused him to drop two or even three points later on - certainly he was not out of his depth, although like others on that "track", when at the back there was very little hope except for errors from those in front

But how many times can he use the word "certainly" in one sentence ? Without riding on a Polish Licence ?? !!

From pillar to post With every turn of the wheel This will separate the sheep from the goats Eh!!!!!!! Oh, 301106k5 - I've flipped even thinking about it