Andrew

Evitts/Tatum...I think it was at the 1987 British Final? Evitts certainly was hard,he and Jan Steachmann used to have ferocious battles at Owlerton back in 1991/92.

My Dad rates Jim as the best rider Sheffield have had since he started watching the Tigers back in 1960.To rate him above Shawn Moran gives a indication of how good he was.

Roy Nichol Video according to the programme (scans sent).

Wombwell is to the southeast of Barnsley.

No,it seems to vanish from the fixture list after 1961,returns as you say in '67 and stays at Owlerton until 1982.

SHEFFIELD V PLYMOUTH KNOCK-OUT CUP 2ND ROUND MAY 18TH 1961 EVENT 1 SHEFFIELD (43) 1.CLIVE FEATHERBY..:3.EF.2.2:7 2.COL SMITH ..:F.3.1.1.F:5 3.MALCOLM BRUCE ..:0.1.1*.3.0:5+1 4.TONY ROBINSON ©:2.2.2.F.F:6 5.JACK WINSTANLEY..:0.2.1*.1*.2:6+2 6.RONNIE ROLFE ..:2.3.2.2.2:11 Reserve: 7.BERNARD McARTHUR.:2*.0.1*:3+2 PLYMOUTH (53) 1.CHRIS BLEWITT.....:2.2*.0.2.1:7+1 2.CHRIS JULIANS.....:1.F.1.1.1:4 3.RON BAGLEY........:1.3.2*.0.3:9+1 4.MORRIE MATTINGLEY.:3.3.3.3.3:15 5.JACK SCOTT........:3.3.3.3.3:15 6.PAT FLANAGAN ©..:1.0.0.1:2 Reserve: 7.WICKETT...........:1.F:1 HT1[74.4]FEATHERBY.BLEWITT.JULIANS.SMITH{f} 3-3-3-3 HT2[75.2]MATTINGLEY.ROBINSON.BAGLEY.BRUCE 2-4-5-7 HT3[77.2]SMITH.McARTHUR.WICKETT.JULIANS{f} 5-1-10-8 HT4[75.0]BAGLEY.BLEWITT.BRUCE.FEATHERBY{ef} 1-5-11-13 HT5[75.6]SCOTT.ROLFE.FLANAGAN.WINSTANLEY 2-4-13-17 HT6[75.6]MATTINGLEY.BAGLEY.SMITH.McARTHUR 1-5-14-22 HT7[74.8]SCOTT.ROBINSON.BRUCE.FLANAGAN 3-3-17-25 HT8[76.8]ROLFE.WINSTANLEY.JULIANS.BLEWITT 5-1-22-26 HT9[74.0]MATTINGLEY.ROBINSON.McARTHUR.WICKETT{f} 3-3-25-29 HT10[74.8]SCOTT.FEATHERBY.SMITH.FLANAGAN 3-3-28-32 HT11[73.6]MATTINGLEY.ROLFE.WINSTANLEY.BAGLEY 3-3-31-35 HT12[77.2]BRUCE.BLEWITT.JULIANS.ROBINSON{f} 3-3-34-38 HT13[74.0]SCOTT.ROLFE.WINSTANLEY.FLANAGAN 3-3-37-41 HT14[74.4]MATTINGLEY.FEATHERBY.JULIANS.BRUCE 2-4-39-45 HT15[76.4]BAGLEY.ROLFE.FLANAGAN.SMITH 2-4-41-49 HT16[73.4]SCOTT.WINSTANLEY.BLEWITT.ROBINSON{f} 2-4-43-53 EVENT 2 RESERVES'RACE HT1[78.6]JENKINS.MELBIN.POWELL{f}.DEWS{ef} HT2[78.0]TURNER.HIEGOLD.JAY.HATTERSLEY. EVENT 3 TOP SCORERS FROM EVENT 1 [73.4]MATTINGLEY.SCOTT.ROLFE.WINSTANLEY EVENT 4 RESERVES' FINAL [77.8]TURNER.JENKINS.MELBIN{f}.HIEGOLD{ef} Tigers Results 1961 APRIL 06 MIDDLESBROUGH {PL} [A] 42-36 13 CRADLEY HEATH {PL} [H] 39-38 14 WOLVERHAMPTON {PL} [A] 35-43 20 EXETER {PL} [H] 50-27 27 CRADLEY HEATH {C} [H] 28-50 29 EDINBURGH {PL} [A] 20-55 MAY 05 RAYLEIGH {PL} [A] 32-46 11 WOLVERHAMPTON {PL} [H] 40-38 18 PLYMOUTH {KO} [H] 43-53 20 STOKE {NL} [A] 35-42 25 STOKE {PL} [H] 41-37 JUNE 05 EXETER {PL} [A] 31-47 07 POOLE {PL} [A] 28-50 09 PLYMOUTH {PL} [A] 31-47 10 CRADLEY HEATH {PL} [A] 38-40 15 EDINBURGH {NL} [H] 39-39 17 STOKE {PL} [A] 25-53 22 NEWCASTLE {PL} [H] 50-28 29 STOKE {C} [H] 49-29 JULY 06 PROVINCIAL RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING ROUND:GUY ALLOTT 13 POOLE {PL} [H] 42-36 20 PLYMOUTH {PL} [H] 37-41 22 CRADLEY HEATH {NL} [A] 18-60 27 EDINBURGH {PL} [H] 48-30 AUGUST 07 NEWCASTLE {NL} [A] 24-53 10 RAYLEIGH {PL} [H] 61-17 15 BRADFORD {C} [A] 47-30 17 CRADLEY HEATH {NL} [H] 38-40 18 WOLVERHAMPTON {NL} [A] 28½-49½ 24 WOLVERHAMPTON {NL} [H] 45-33 31 NEWCASTLE {NL} [H] 53-25 SEPTEMBER 07 STOKE {NL} [H] 44-33 11 NEWCASTLE {PL} [A] 36-42 14 MIDDLESBROUGH {PL} [H] 46-32 16 EDINBURGH {NL} [A] 25-53 21 BELLE VUE {C} [H] 41-37 28 ALLOTT V FEATHERBY [H] 41-56 OCTOBER 05 NORTHERN RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP:TONY ROBINSON 12 BELLE VUE {C} [H] 37-41 {PL} = PROVINCIAL LEAGUE {NL} = NORTHERN LEAGUE {KO} = KO CUP {C} = CHALLENGE

There was the Frank Varey memorial meeting held in 1991,one of the the last times Hans Nielsen came to Owlerton and the first time Greg Hancock ever saw it,he carded five lasts lol. I think the Northern Trophy became the FVNT around the late 70's and sort of faded away by 1985.

Maurice Ducker would be a good read !

Back on the 2nd September 1976 Carl Glover rode in 8 of the 13 heats in the Tigers home meeting against Hull,including four on the trot! Riding at number three he had is four programmed rides in hts,4,7,11&13 and replaced Bengt Larsson in hts 1,6&10(R/R)and was used as a tactical substitute inplace of his brother Les in ht12,scoring 10+3 in a 36-42 defeat. So did riders often take 8 rides a meeting back in the day and when did that rule change aswell as seemingly triple rider replacement by one rider?

Sheffield 13/7/67 World Championship (British Semi Final) 1.Colin Pratt:Hackney:3:2:2:0:3:10 2.Norman Hunter:West Ham:2:3:1:0:0:6 3.Reg Luckhurst:Wimbledon:1:3:3:3:3:13 4.Neil Street:Exeter:0:1:0:1:0:2 5.Rick France:Coventry:3:0:3:0:3:9 6.Mike Broadbanks:2:2:3:2:1:10 7.Martin Ashby:Swindon:0:1:3:3:3:10 8.Jim Airey:Wolverhampton:1:3:1:2:2:9 9.George Hunter:Edinburgh:1:1:2:3:2:9 10.Alan Cowland:Wimbledon:0:1:1:1:0:3 11.Charlie Monk:Glasgow:3:2:0:1:2:8 12.Arnold Haley:Sheffield:2:0:0:-:-2 13.Eric Boocock:Halifax:3:3:2:3:2:13 14.Bert Harkins:Edinburgh:0:0:0:2:1:3 15.Ronnie Glenz:Poole:2:0:2:0:1:5 16.Bob Kilby:Swindon:1:2:1:2:1:7 17.Jim Lightfoot:Long Eaton:1:0:1 1.Pratt,N.Hunter,Luckhurst,Street:68.6 2.France,Broadbanks,Airey,Ashby:69.6 3.Monk,Haley,G.Hunter,Cowland:68.8 4.Boocock,Genz,Kilby,Harkins:69.2 5.Boocock,Pratt,G.Hunter,France:68.8 6.N.Hunter,Broadbanks,Cowland,Harkins:71.0 7.Luckhurst,Monk,Ashby,Genz:69.6 8.Airey,Kilby,Street,Haley (ef):70.8 9.Broadbanks,Pratt,Kilby,Monk (nf):70.0 10.France,Genz,N.Hunter,Haley (ef):68.6 11.Luckhurst,G.Hunter,Airey,Harkins:70.2 12.Ashby,Boocock,Cowland,Street:69.8 13.Ashby,Harkins,Lightfoot,Pratt (ef):70.2 14.Boocock,Airey,Monk,N.Hunter:70,4 15.Luckhurst,Kilby,Cowland,France (nf):71.4 16.G.Hunter,Broadbanks,Street,Genz (fx):71.6 17.Pratt,Airey,Genz,Cowland:71.0 18.Ashby,G.Hunter,Kilby,N.Hunter:71.0 19.Luckhurst,Boocock,Broadbanks,Lightfoot:71.0 20.France,Monk,Harkins,Street:71,2 21,Luckhurst,Boocock:71.4

Sheffield 26/6/69 World Championship (British Semi Final) 1.Pete Smith:Poole:1:0:1:0:1:3 2.Tommy Roper:Belle Vue:3:0:3:3:3:12 3.Martin Ashby:Exeter:2:3:1:0:0:6 4.Terry Betts:Kings Lynn:0:3:1:1:0:5 5.Roy Trigg:Cradley:2:3:2:2:2:11 6.Ivan Mauger:Belle Vue:3:2:3:3:3:14 7.Colin Pratt:Hackney:1:2:0:2:2:7 8.Ken McKinley:West Ham:0:1:3:0:3:7 9.Geoff Mudge:Poole:2:1:0:2:1:6 10.Ray Wilson:Leicester:3:3:3:3:2:14 11.Bruce Cribb:Poole:1:1:2:1:1:6 12.Tony Clarke:West Ham:0:2:1:1:1:5 13.Eric Boocock:Halifax:3:2:2:2:2:11 14.Nigel Boocock:Coventry:2:1:2:3:3:11 15.Bob Andrews:Cradley:1:0:0:0:0:1 16.John Boulger:Leicester:0:0:0:1:0:1 1.Roper,Ashby,Smith,Betts:67.6 2.Mauger,Trigg,Pratt,McKinlay:67.8 3.Wilson,Mudge,Cribb,Clarke:68.4 4.E.Boocock,N.Boocock,Andrews,Boulger:69.6 5.Trigg,E.Boocock,Mudge,Smith:68.4 6.Wilson,Mauger,N.Boocock,Roper (ef):69.4 7.Ashby,Pratt,Andrews,Cribb:68.6 8.Betts,Clarke,McKinlay,Boulger:75.0 9.Mauger,Cribb,Smith,Boulger:75.8 10.Roper,Trigg,Clarke,Andrews:75.2 11.McKinlay,N.Boocock,Ashby,Mudge:76.6 12.Wilson,E.Boocock,Betts,Pratt:77.4 13.N.Boocock,Pratt,Clarke,Smith:78.4 14.Roper,E.Boocock,Cribb,McKinlay:77.6 15.Wilson,Trigg,Boulger,Ashby (ef):79.4 16.Mauger,Mudge,Betts,Andrews:78.0 17.McKinlay,Wilson,Smith,Andrews:78.6 18.Roper,Pratt,Mudge,Boulger:77.6 19.Mauger,E.Boocock,Clarke,Ashby:77.8 20.N.Boocock,Trigg,Cribb,Betts:79.0 21.Mauger,Wilson:76.4

Sheffield 21/5/70 World Championship (British Semi Final) 1.Barry Briggs:Swindon:2:2:3:3:3:13 2.Ken McKinlay:Coventry:3:0:0:1:0:4 3.Eric Boocock:Halifax:1:0:2:0:0:3 4.Colin McKee:Halifax:0:1:1:0:0:2 5.Roy Trigg:Cradley:3:1:1:2:3:10 6.Charlie Monk:Glasgow:2:2:2:2:2:10 7.Bill Andrews:Newport:0:1:2:2:3:8 8.Chris Pusey:Belle Vue:1:3:3:2:1:10 9.Tony Clarke:West Ham:0:0:0:1:2:3 10.Tommy Roper:Belle Vue:2:1:0:3:2:8 11.John Boulger:Leicester:3:3:1:0:2:9 12.Martin Ashby:Exeter:1:2:2:1:3:9 13.Jim McMillan:Glasgow:1:3:3:3:1:11 14.Les Sharpe:Halifax:2:3:1:0:1:7 15.Ray Wilson:Leicester:3:2:3:3:0:11 16.Colin Pratt:Cradley:0:0:0:1:1:2 1.McKinlay,Briggs,Boocock,McKee:68.4 2.Trigg,Monk,Pusey,Andrews (fx):70.0 3.Boulger,Roper,Ashby,Clarke (f):70.8 4.Wilson,Sharpe,McMillan,Pratt:70.2 5.McMillan,Briggs,Trigg,Clarke:69.4 6.Sharpe,Monk,Roper,McKinlay:70.8 7.Boulger,Wilson,Andrews,Boocock (ef):70.4 8.Pusey,Ashby,McKee,Pratt:71.2 9.Briggs,Monk,Boulger,Pratt (ef):69.8 10.Wilson,Ashby,Trigg,McKinlay:70.6 11.Pusey,Boocock,Sharpe,Clarke (nf):70.4 12.McMillan,Andrews,McKee,Roper:71.0 13.Briggs,Andrews,Ashby,Sharpe:69.4 14.McMillan,Pusey,McKinlay,Boulger:70.8 15.Roper,Trigg,Pratt,Boocock:71.2 16.Wilson,Monk,Clarke,McKee:71.6 17.Briggs,Roper,Pusey,Wilson:70.6 18.Andrews,Clarke,Pratt,McKinlay (nf):72.8 19.Ashby,Monk,McMillan,Boocock:70.8 20.Trigg,Boulger,Sharpe,McKee:71.6 21.McMillan,Wilson:72.2

Lol me and my dad were on that coach aswell TB,the front wheel went on the Parkway,after a few hours one of the other coaches came back up the m1 to pick us up and we made it to Wembley about an hour before the start. I remember being high up over the entrance to the 3rd turn,Erik breaking the track record and breaking down while leading a race that would have given him 14 points... After the meeting I legged it right up to the top of the stand just to see how high it was and then it was time to find the coach back down Wembley way,think we got back home at 3am. Also did Norden 83( cough fix cough) wandrering round a certain part of Amsterdam on the monday after was fun especially when all my mates where back in school doing maths. Gothenburg 84 by coach was fun a few smashed Coventry fans came along.Hamburg replaced Amsterdam that year Bradford,wet,Shawn 87 back to Amsterdam . Funny when the Poles started trashing the seating on the 4th turn though 88 Vojens,Per Jonsson gets excluded cos Hans Neilsen rides straight into the back of him outta turn 2...always wondered about that one! 89 Munich,IF only Roman had done what he did in the last race first time out it might not have been the bore fest it was,which was put three quarters of his bike over the white line and use the wooden boarding on the inside of the bends thus changing the racing line totally! And thats it,I never went to any more World finals,dad did 1990 though. Berlin 93 was on the cards but it got switched to a field and we've never been inclined to go to a GP.

Free food and drink ? hmmmm,think I'll be there then

Erm Shoddy,there was three pages on Steve Lawson in issue 13!

Can anyone identify this track from the photos.... http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZcath2u

Denmark- Thomas Ravn - Sheffield 1996

249.Jamie Young (so you finally found a photo of him WAT lol)

Its a 1984 race bib,FR rode in'85,Jan O Pedersen was a Tiger in '84 so its either him or a guest lol

I scanned the proggie pic for you WaT... http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/Raf...dway/Tigers.jpg

Closest I came to seeing 65-13 was when the Tigers destroyed Kings Lynn 63-15 in 1985,two second places from Dave Jessup stopped the full house!

182.it is Wiggy,taken during ht2 of the 1985 Marlboro Invitation Challenge at Owlerton 2 nights before the Odsal World Final! Wiggy won with a 15 point max,Andy Smith beat Shawn in a run off for 2nd! I was looking at the 1985 programmes to see if i was right about 170 Rod Fidler and it is him,you probably took the picture in the proggie in front of me lol

166.David Walsh 167.Billy Sanders 168.Simon Wigg 169.John Cook 170.Rod Fiddler,he once beat Neil Collins in a 2nd half race and Owlerton went nuts lol 172.Neil C + Lance King 174.Egon Muller 175.Ole Olsen 176.JanAndersson 178.Shawn or Kelly 179.Dennis Sigalos + Billy Sanders

142.Shawn + either Eric Monaghan or Mark Fiora or someone else I can't remember lol

Is the missing one 'Dangerous' Derrol Keats,but with hair?,he's been bald for years now lol Also, all these pictures and still no Jamie Young,you must have some,WATigerman!