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Gordon & Margaret are a great couple ... they don't go to speedway too often these days but i understand they will be at Belle Vue with Ivan at the Peter Craven Memorial. i have stayed with them and their son Paul in the past but only get to see them at the VSRA meal these days. should really try and persuade my dad to become a member and post on this forum ... he used to travel all over the place with Ivan when he first came over in the late 50s and has loads of stories ... also my dad was a groundsman at Plough Lane in the 60s when the Wimbledon riders used to spend a lot of time at the stadium hanging around the workshop etc

i remember Rolf staying with us years ago as he did some driving still for Ivan when Gordon Stobbs was his mechanic ... i remember him having the nickname of the Bullfighter and have no idea why. i asked my dad the other night but he didn't know either ... do you know the reason Tsunami? would be good for people to get down to Belle Vue, Buxton or Newport to see Ivan doing his training academies

you can but he'll be at my dads next week and might read it

well my memories are from when he started with Wimbledon in 1983 ... as a number 7 he was absolutely brilliant from the gate and scored loads more than we expected. i even had one of the sunstrips that said 'Kelvin Tatum - Go For It' for years i thought he was a gater with fast bikes but when i went to Scheessel in 1995 (i think) and saw him win his first longtrack title my opinions changed. the way he adapted his style to the big, fast track was fantastic. even after losing his chain in one race he still went out and won beating Simon Wigg in a run-off

no sarcasm in my post is there? even if Steve had asked you to keep quiet you already knew the answer so why bother posting?

and also Steve Gibson e-mailed you telling you we weren't

yeah i did and here it is...

Italy is one of the finest countries in the world ... Rico ... you have me totally wrong why on earth would i want to comment on their sordid threesomes? mum didn't approve

remember your camera .... best advice i can give i'm afraid

and here

not sure if sidecar121 is actually updating the site any more ... we'll have to wait and see

have to agree ... top servant to speedway being a Wimbledon supporter back then i had the pleasure of watching Jancarz every week (could be a tad frustrating at times though)

we used to call him the 'Chunky Junkie' due to his size and erm ... well you know

interesting to read what has happened to Adam Allott especially as he posted on the 'Unofficial' KL forum http://starsrus.proboards3.com/index.cgi on the 3rd January!! here is what he had to say ... "hey lynn fans its adam. merry xmas n happy new year to you all. the crash at gosford wasnt fun after heat1 the track was regraded due to to much grip the boys couldnt turn! i was out in heat2. the grader had left a mound of dirt the size of a football on turn1 i was 2nd going into the turn behined L.A as i turned into the bend my back wheel hit the dirt n just stoped me dead i went over the bars the bike went up in the air n landed on my back. so i went to hospitle they did xrays on my back nothing broke so it turned out to be brusing to kidny an muscels. i couldnt do the next round at newcastl (i was gutted. the track woz awsom.) but shud be fit for adalaid on wednesday. thank you all for your consern! see you all in march. best wishes. adam."

Grachan ... must be an early picture, the ears don't look anywhere near big enough

Snowie normally goes to the VSRA meal in March so should be in the members directory ... as will a lot of ex-Hawks

313 Wilson??

yeah must have been looking at wrong one ... i was looking at this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...5142951371&rd=1

this item ended this morning with a total of 0 bids ... item UNSOLD

300 Kelly Moran? 298 would guess at Kai Niemi but i don't think it is

Mr BilaHora, You forgot to mention what a nice bloke he is too Regards Steve Hone

feel lucky that i have some fantastic memories from years gone by ... i remember September 1982 when when we lived in Raynes Park near Wimbledon .. we had a new gas heater fitted by British Gas, and when he was finished the bloke who fitted it saw on the sideboard (had em in those days ) the programme from the Los Angeles world final we'd been to and mentioned he did a bit of grasstrack ... we got chatting about stuff and the bloke turned out to be Steve Schofield. my journeys across London to Hackney in the Friday rush hour traffic were always eventful for one reason or another ... having cyclist ride into the car door as it got thrown open, running out of petrol on Whitechapel Road, getting hit by a Volvo ... twice... same one ... within 5 minutes ... lots more as a kid watching speedway bikes being cleaned on the driveway and wondering why when you pulled the clutch in, the back wheel would move ... but on the track you had to let the clutch out to make the bike move ... baffled me for years that one. also riding up and down the road racing my brother on our push-bikes with playing cards in the back wheel (held in with pegs) to give our engine noises, and with one of us wearing a New Zealand bodycolour, the other wearing Exeter ... had arguments who wore what. i remember working for Phil Pratt engine tuning and would get all the riders coming over ... Kenny Carter (one of the nicest and funniest blokes ever) with his mechanics Richard & Ollie, Mitch Shirra, Rod Hunter (boy could he chat ) many many more ... great fun ... and listening to Radio 1 with Steve Wright in the afternoon, and Simon Bates and Gary Davies in the mornings .... the 'good old days'

it wasn't me honest, whatever he says, i didn't do it

strange that really, as i was brought up with Wimbledon, Hackney, Eastbourne, Rye House and totally longed to be near a big fast track ... i always wished i had a track like Hyde Road or Odsal local to me

or rather the 'fabrication' of size Norbold