Andrew

The plans do show a smaller concourse area in front of the new suite. And your looking at a crowd of say 2000+ which Owlerton can hold comfortably enough in its present configuration.

I enjoyed the meeting,I won the £500!

It's just for Mothers Day.

1985.He also started as one of the reserves for the Tigers in 1986,but found points hard to come by and went into the National League after a few weeks.

2006 v Rye House and it was Chris Neath,who was so annoyed by the slow moving Compton rolling roadblock that he chucked his bike down on the infield ! Andre and George Stancl wielding their bikes as weapons and trying to knock each other off. 1985 Golden Helmet match race,Shawn v Hans Nielsen who had set a new track record of 61.4 (it was 63.2 at the start of the meeting).Shawn just gets the drop into the first turn and for the next four laps Hans tries inside and outside to get by,only for Shawn to block (fairly as you would expect) his every move.

Wieslaw Patynek had two races at Eastbourne,failing to score.He then crashed on the Sheffield training track breaking his back,so never got to appear at Owlerton. Zan Zabik was built like a tank,or so it seemed to a young me! Allan Fogg.Came on loan from Eastbourne,nice equipment,no idea how to use it. Rob Steman.He rode one meeting for the Tigers, v Reading in 1995,hopelessly out of his depth he trailed in a distance last in each of his three rides.However,Roman Matousek had bike problems,so he borrowed Steman's machine and somehow he managed to win the race on it,even though it was belching out smoke from various places !

Kelvin beat Shawn twice in one night in August 1987.Track must have been slick that night as Knudsen went through the card.He always moaned about Owlerton being too deep,unlike mega slick Brandon!

Belle Vue 42:36 Wimbledon Ht1:Ross,Hunter,Mogridge,Jessup (f):71.4 Ht2:Koponen,Smith,Tatum,Carr (ef):73.0 Ht3:Collins,Ravn,Johns,Simmons (ef):73.6 Ht4:Morton,Koponen,Niemi,Smith:72.6 Ht5:Jessup,Collins,Ravn,Mogridge:71.6 Ht6:Niemi,Ross,Tatum,Hunter:72.4 Ht7:Morton,Simmons,Carr,Johns:71.4 Ht8:Koponen,Carr,Niemi,Hunter:71.6 Ht9:Collins,Tatum,Ravn,Niemi:72.8 Ht10:Simmons,Ross,Jessup,Carr:71.2 Ht11:Morton,Koponen,Jessup,Carr:71.2 Ht12:Simmons,Ross,Niemi,Ravn:71.2 Ht13:Morton,Collins,Koponen,Jessup:71.2 Belle Vue 38:40 Coventry Ht1:Ravn,Olsen,Ross,L Carr:68.3 Ht2:Hawkins,McKinna,Miller,Smith (ef):69.6 Ht3:P.Carr,Collins,Bastable,Nikolajsen (ret):71.8 Ht4:Miller,Morton,Guglielmi,McKinna:69.9 Ht5:Collins,P Carr,Olsen,Ravn (f.ex):71.2 Ht6:Hawkins,Guglielmi,L Carr,Ross:70.7 Ht7:Morton,Smith,Nikolajsen,Bastable:70.7 Ht8:Ravn,Miller,Smith,L Carr:71.1 Ht9:P.Carr,Hawkins,Guglielmi,Collins:72.9 Ht10:Hawkins,Ross,Smith,Miller (f):72.4 Ht11:Morton,Ravn,Olsen,Smith:72.0 Ht12:Hawkins,Ross,Guglielmi,P Carr:73.8 Ht13:Collins,Morton,Olsen,Bastable:73.9

Called off on the 18th,restaged November 1st. Belle Vue 37:41 Cradley Heath Ht1:Ravn,Gundersen,Jakobsen,Collier:68.6 Ht2:McKinna,Walsh,Hornby,Fry:69.8 Ht3:Knight,Moran,Grahame,Blackburn:69.4 Ht4:Morton,Pedersen,Walsh,Hornby:68.6 Ht5:Gundersen,Knight,Jakobsen,Blackburn:68.9 Ht6:Ravn,Pedersen,McKinna,Walsh:69.6 Ht7:Morton,Moran,Grahame,McKinna (fx):69.3 Ht8:McKinna,Jakobsen,Walsh,Collier:70.2 Ht9:Pedersen,Knight,Fry,Blackburn:69.7 Ht10:Ravn,Moran,Grahame,McKinna:70.4 Ht11:Gundersen,Morton,Jakobsen,Hornby:68.2 Ht12:Pedersen,Ravn,Moran,Knight:70.1 Ht13:Morton,Gundersen,Grahame,Blackburn:69.6 Aces 1.P.Ravn 3,3,3,2:(11) 2.B.Collier 0,-,0,-:(0) 3.C.Morton 3,3,2,3:(11) 4.R.Knight 3,3,2,0:(7) 5.D.Blackburn 0,0,0,0:(0) 6.G.Hornby 1,0,-,0 (1) 7.K.McKinna 3,1,fx,3,0,-,(7) Heathens 1.E.Gundersen 2,3,3,2:(10) 2.J.Jakobsen 1,1,2,1 (5+1) 3.J.O.Pedersen 2,2,3,3 (10) 4.A.Grahame 1,1,1,1:(4+4) 5.K.Moran 2,2,2,1:(7) 6.P.Fry 0,-,1(1) 7.D.Walsh 2,1,0,1:(4+2)

Belle Vue 49:Bradford 29 Ht1:Evitts,McKinna,Courtney,Ross:69.4 Ht2:Eccles,Ayres,Whitaker,Graves:72.1 Ht3:Collins,Morton,Havelock,Willmott:70.0 Ht4:Blackbird,King,Ayres,Whitaker:69.0 Ht5:Morton,Evitts,Collins,Ross:68.5 Ht6:McKinna,King,Courtney,Graves:70.8 Ht7:Havelock,Blackbird,Willmott,Ayres:69.5 Ht8:Evitts,Courtney,Ross,Eccles:71.4 Ht9:Morton,Collins,King,Graves:71.5 Ht10:McKinna,Courtney,Willmott,Havelock (f):71.8 Ht11:Blackbird,Evitts,Havelock,Eccles:70.9 Ht12:Morton,McKinna,King,Whitaker:70.5 Ht13:Evitts,Blackbird,Havelock,Collins (f):71.3 Golden Sash:Morton,McKinna,Willmott,Graves (ef):72.2 According to the Star,Belle Vue v Swindon was the meeting planned for the 18th of October ,but it was rained off and never restaged.The Cradley meeting was on the 9th August. Belle Vue 35 Cradley Heath 43 Ht1:Gundersen,McKinna,Bastable,Courtney (ef):68.3 Ht2:Eccles,Fry,Leaver,Ayres (ef):70.1 Ht3:Pt Collins,Blackbird,Cross,Ph Collins:68.8 Ht4:Gundersen,Morton,Leaver,Ayres (ef):67.5 Ht5:Cross,Pt Collins,Blackbird,Bastable:69.0 Ht6:Gundersen,McKinna,Fry,Courtney (f):68.2 Ht7:Morton,Ph Collins,Cross,Ayres:68.0 Ht8:Bastable,Courtney,Leaver,Eccles:70.0 Ht9:Blackbird,Gundersen,Fry,Pt Collins (ef):68.4 Ht10:Ph Collins,Cross,McKinna,Eccles:69.4 Ht11:Blackbird,Morton,Ph Collins,Bastable:68.6 Ht12:Gundersen,Cross,McKinna,Blackbird:68.9 Ht13:Bastable,Pt Collins,Eccles,Ph Collins (ef):70.6 Golden Sash:Blackbird,Morton,Cross,Gundersen (f) :No time.

Belle Vue 33:Oxford 45 Ht1:Nielsen,McKinna,Courtney,Sorensen:68.8 Ht2:Eccles,De'Ath,Ayres,Surman:70.4 Ht3:Cox,Morton,Grahame,Collins:69.0 Ht4:Wigg,Blackbird,Ayres,Surman:69.3 Ht5:Nielsen,Morton,Sorensen,Collins:68.3 Ht6:Wigg,McKinna,Courtney,De'Ath:69.1 Ht7:Blackbird,Cox,Grahame,Ayres:69.4 Ht8:Courtney,Sorensen,De'Ath,Eccles (ef):70.2 Ht9:Wigg,Morton,Collins,Surman:68.8 Ht10:Cox,Grahame,McKinna,Courtney:69.3 Ht11:Nielsen,Blackbird,Sorensen,Eccles:68.6 Ht12:Wigg,Morton,Grahame,McKinna:69.0 Ht13:Nielsen,Collins,Cox,Blackbird:68.9 Golden Helmet:Cox,Morton:69.7 Golden Sash:Wigg,Blackbird,Morton,Nielsen (ef):69.2 Belle Vue 39:Sheffield 39 Ht1:Moran,Courtney,McKinna,Hagon:69.2 Ht2:Walsh,Eccles,Wilson,Ayres (f):72.3 Ht3:Morton,P Collins,Davis,L Collins:71.9 Ht4:Blackbird,N Collins,Wilson,Ayres:71.7 Ht5:P Collins,Moran,Morton,Hagon:70.2 Ht6:N Collins,McKinna,Walsh,Courtney:72.6 Ht7:Davis,Blackbird,L Collins,Ayres:73.1 Ht8:Hagon,Eccles,Wilson,Courtney:73.7 Ht9:P Collins,Morton,N Collins,Walsh:70.9 Ht10:Davis,Mckinna,L Collins,Courtney:71.9 Ht11:Moran,Blackbird,Eccles,Hagon:72.5 Ht12:Davis,Morton,McKinna,N Collins (f):72.8 Ht13:P Collins,L Collins,Moran,Blackbird:71.2 Golden Sash:McKinna,P Collins,Hagon,Moran (ef):76.9

All from the Speedway Star. Belle Vue 32:Ipswich 46 Ht1:Doncaster,McKinna,Farmer,Collier:70.0 Ht2:Eccles,Carr,Ayres,Fuller:71.1 Ht3:Rasmussen,Morton,Blackbird,Woods:70.1 Ht4:Knight,Collins,Fuller,Ayres:69.7 Ht5:Morton,Doncaster,Blackbird,Farmer:70.0 Ht6:Knight,McKinna,Carr,Collier:68.8 Ht7:Collins,Woods,Rasmussen,Eccles:69.4 Ht8:Carr,Farmer,Ayres,Eccles (ret):71.5 Ht9:Knight,Morton,Blackbird,Carr:69.2 Ht10:Rasmussen,McKinna,Woods,Collier:69.9 Ht11:Doncaster,Collins,Morton,Farmer:68.9 Ht12:Knight,Morton,Woods,Collins:69.8 Ht13:Doncaster,Rasmussen,Collins,Blackbird:70.2 Golden Sash:Doncaster,Morton,Knight,Collins:69.4 Belle Vue 45:Wolverhampton 33 Ht1:McKinna,Ravn,Staechmann,Blackbird:71.5 Ht2:Eccles,Nikolajsen,Phillips,Ayres (exe tapes):72.3 Ht3:Morton,Courtney,Ravn,Eskildsen (ef):70.1 Ht4:Collins,Ermolenko,Nikolajsen,Ayres:67.2 Ht5:Morton,Courtney,Ravn,Staechmann:70.1 Ht6:Ermolenko,McKinna,Blackbird,Phillips:69.9 Ht7:Collins,Ermolenko,Eskildsen,Ayres:69.4 Ht8:Blackbird,Staechmann,Eccles,Nikolajsen:70.2 Ht9:Morton,Ermolenko,Courtney,Phillips:68.5 Ht10:Ermolenko,Blackbird,Eskildsen,McKinna:69.7 Ht11:Collins,Staechmann,Ravn,Eccles (ef):70.2 Ht12:Ermolenko,McKinna,Eskildsen,Courtney:69.9 Ht13:Collins,Morton,Eskildsen,Ravn:69.5 Golden Sash:Morton,Ermolenko,McKinna,Staechmann:68.6

Actually,it was just Shawn,Kelly wasn't with us then.From what I read,Shawn did some excellent team riding that night ! Sheffield's American's in this time period were, Tommy Morley several meetings in mid 1979 Shawn late 1980/88 Kelly 86/88 Randy Green mid 1988 Dougie Wyer recommended the then Sheffield Management in the late 70's to give a young unknown American called Bruce Penhall a go,they didn't... Another rider linked for 1982 or 1983 was Keith Crisco,I think he was with Birmingham?

Cars don't run on Saturdays at Sheffield,it's a dog night.

Hans 3,3. Sam 2,3. Kai N 2,3. Shawn 3,1. Jan O 3,1. Erik 1,3. Tommy K 2,2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

Erik in '85 certainly,he went 1,3,3,3,3 then won the three way run off.

Former forum member Krissie,created the original Updates site to try to save the monthly bandwidth on this forum,as back in 2002/3 Phil sometimes ran out and the forum went down. Krissie ran it until sometime in 2005,then Sue picked up the reigns and to keep it going this long is quite the achievement. The first updates I remember were from a Swindon home meeting in 2000,when WAP phones started to appear.

If you replace Charles (8.21) with Zaine (5.20) and keep the other six current Tigers it adds up to 35.96. Now there not the final averages,but its a guide to what a 36 point team could look like. 1.Kyle 7.49 2.James 4.88 3.Kasper 5.20 4.Zaine 5.20 5.Todd 5.76 6.Broc 4.00 7. Connor 3.43

Damien says Zaine will be on a 5.20 average in this article from a couple of weeks back,note he says 'current level', https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/speedway/sheffield-tigers/speedway-highly-rated-zaine-kennedy-zooms-in-to-join-sheffield-tigers-1-9317720 4.00 is whats given to a non Brit rider if their average drops below 4 during the season ie Broc started on 5.20,his actual average is 3.37 so thats rounded up to 4.00. Kasper on 5.20 is a must,currently returning 6.20 and as he won't do 4h/4a this year for us,his average won't change till next season. And Josh will get a reduction for missing this season through injury.

You can get the number 8 bus from outside the Crown Pub,(just the other side of the Church at the top of the car park) at 20.10,it'll have you back in the bus interchange by 20.25 and then its a matter of a two minute walk across to the train station. Also,if we're done by 19.30,there's a number 7 at 19.40 from the same stop,again a 15 minute journey.

You could get a Taxi from the Railway station which would be quicker.As for the length of the meeting,probably well over two hours which would still give you enough time to get back to the station.

Cooper Riordan has been at Owlerton this summer,so it wouldn't be a surprise if it's him. Outside the box guess,Connor, on a full transfer from Ipswich.

No one fancy rider replacement for Charles then? I agree with Spin,Jason would be my first choice,then Ty.

Yeah we noticed you lot on the first turn were in the dark while the rest of the stadium was lit,are the lights still there or have they stripped them out ahead of the demolition thats about to happen?

That was one of the bigger crowds this season.