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10/04 Leicester: Gauntlet Midland Riders Championship Semi-Final Phil Crump, Geoff Bouchard and Billy Sanders all finished on 12 points. As this was a qualifying meeting no run-off was staged. Did the three simply share the spoils or did they apply a tie-breaker for the sake of declaring a 1-2-3? 14/04 Stoke v Red Star Prague Speedway Star carries no report. Yearbook states 'Match abandoned, track unfit for racing.' The fixture was listed in SStar 7/4 but not in 14/4. Was this a rain off or did they attempt to run the meeting? 12/09 Mildenhall v Trackstar Select Confirm result as 49-28 14/09 Peterborough v Weymouth Confirm abandoned after heat 2 with score 09-03 and reason for abandonment 20/10 Nottingham v Peterborough Confirm date. SStar recorded date as 21st however match report was amidst those for the 20th. Yearbook also reports 21st. SStar lists fixture for the 20th and makes two other references to that date in articles. 25/10 Swindon v Exeter Second half of double header. Confirm abandoned after heat 7 with score 23-19 and reason for abandonment. Confirm that the following meetings were rained off on the date shown: 25/10 Wimbledon v Hackney (London Cup) 26/10 Hackney: TSB Champions Chase 30/10 Nottingham v Cradley Heath 03/11 Cradley Heath: Nigel Wasley Memorial Pairs Any help appreciated as always.

I don't know about 69 or 70 but Boston ran three meetings in 1979 using a format they called 'Formula 5'. A 20-heat match was split into 5 sections of 4 heats, and a point was awarded to the winner of each section.

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The phrase "walked away from" seems to be taking on a whole new meaning on this thread.

Two quick checks throw up Steve Lawson from 1980 who rode on 25 tracks (19 NL (ever present) & 6 BL) and would have scored one more had he not broken down en route to the NLRC at Wimbledon. He is surpassed by Kelvin Mullarkey in 1978 who got round 28 tracks (19 NL (ever present) & 9 BL).

At Linlithgow, Alan Robertson used to chuck traffic cones out in front of you.

Using the current greensheets on the SGB website there are currently 187 riders occupying 231 team places across the three leagues. From averages published recently on the BSF, there are a further 40 MDL and 32 NJL riders who are not currently in any declared 1-7.

I was directed to view this post and the one in the Backtrack area regarding this. It's a mistake on my part, probably happened in the formatting of the file. Delete Yarmouth and add London White City for Coles.

As far as I'm aware White City was the only track that operated in Glasgow in 1929.

Many thanks.

Does anyone know the outcome of this training school fixture?

Haud the Beaton's bus here. Four Glasgow press releases relating to matches with the Monarchs infer that there is going to be, or was, some sort of confrontation. 'Battle', 'argy-bargy', 'brutal', 'punch-ups': http://www.glasgowtigers.co/richie-loves-wor-words/ http://www.glasgowtigers.co/garcia-argy-barges-monarchs-aside/ http://www.glasgowtigers.co/going-sum-battle/ http://www.glasgowtigers.co/long-arm-of-law/ The club are obviously keen to promote these events as some kind of epic West v East struggle during which supporters should expect to see confrontation both on and off the bikes. As Richard Lawson said: "You get punch-ups and all sorts at the derby. I think the fans gain from it – it’s a better atmosphere, you get more supporters there and you get boos and cheers, win or lose – so it adds a bit to it. It’s always more exciting. I do get some abuse at times but I love it – if you get booed or cheered, you’re doing something well. If you don’t get a response then you should be looking at yourself.” Far be it from me to question the promotion's sales techniques but if they're trying to boost the gate by emphasizing the volatile and confrontational nature of the fixture, then you really shouldn't be surprised, or indeed disappointed, when something of that nature occurs. If you feel that your offspring have now been scarred for life then perhaps you should have paid more attention to the hype and left them at home. After all, you were well warned.

It's early/draft artwork from a forthcoming children's book series. I can't say any more than that, except I'm neither the author nor the artist.

Postponements sit a tad under 20%, abandonments at 4.5%. That includes all 2016 meetings up to last night.

Have you tried Imodium?

Resolved. Williams/Robertson/Ferguson were the winners.

The Speedway Star and 1968 Handbook both indicate this meeting was won by Brian Whaley & Lex Milloy. However the Berwick programme results say that Roy Williams and Ronnie Ferguson won. A very scruffy marked programme hints that Ferguson, who was one of the meeting reserves and replaced Williams' partner Colin Robertson on 3 occasions, had his score incorporated and the 3 points he scored would have propelled Williams & co ahead of Whaley and Milloy. Can anyone confirm the winners of this meeting?

Ah, so the points adjustment was made at the meeting. Thanks.

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Thanks. That's the info I have from both the yearbook and the season file on Speedway Researcher. Is that where your info comes from, and if not can you tell me your source?

Excellent, many thanks.

Thanks. I now have that 14/01/78 Speedway Star to hand and it returns 1293-1508 for Scunthorpe? That amended scoreline is clearly the issue here, so any further light that can be shed on that would be appreciated. The Scunthorpe programme I have from 03/10/77 still carries the result as 45-33.

Can anyone confirm what fixtures made up this event? I have three fixtures confirmed: 21/03 Birmingham v Wolverhampton 25/03 Wolverhampton v Birmingham 28/03 Birmingham v Cradley Heath I'm assuming this was a mini-league competition. The three potential missing meetings are: 18/03 Wolves v Cradley (described as Challenge Trophy 1st Leg) 19/03 Cradley v Wolves (described as Challenge Trophy 2nd Leg) 26/03 Cradley v Birmingham (described as just a challenge) Were those three matches part of the competition?

The 1978 yearbook table reports: Mildenhall race points for 1383 and against 1421. It also reports Scunthorpe 1292 - 1509. The meeting results I have concur with those figures. However the BSPA archive website returns Mildenhall 1382 - 1422 and Scunthorpe 1293 - 1508. The Scunthorpe v Mildenhall match on 29/08/77 finished 45-33 on track, but after a protest this was amended to 44-34. This fact is reported in the yearbook. Can anyone provide me with race point totals from another source (Speedway Star, Mail, programmes, etc) ?

Can anyone confirm the correct name of this competition staged early season? I have 3 options so far: South Eastern Mini League, Southern Area Mini League and Southern Mini League. Competing teams were Canterbury, Eastbourne and Rayleigh. Thanks in advance.