steve19620

Sorry I don't have the programme.

As far as I know - nothing was ever heard of him again. Does anybody know better ?

Yes, the rider you are referring to was Fredrick Petterson. He was sacked before appearing in any fixture due to his demands for new machinery whilst leaving his own at home. Steve

Hi Gary, I have no objection to using the information I supplied on your web site. Steve

Born in June 1946 in New Plymouth, New Zealand (Haven't got the exact date of birth to hand)

Hi there, Here's Gary Peterson's career averages Stats below are listed as Matches, Rides, Points, Bonus Points, Total Points, Calculated Match Average. Matches include KO cup appearances. Division 1 1968 Newcastle 10 27 21 3 24 3.56 1969 Newcastle 8 35 37 5 42 4.80 1970 Wolves 5 17 17 1 18 4.24 1971 Wolves 23 96 152 13 165 6.88 1 full max 1973 Wolves 34 151 198 28 226 5.99 1 full max 1975 Wolves 30 123 166 14 180 5.85 Division2 1968 Nelson 14 56 109 5 114 8.14 1 full max 1969 Nelson 4 17 41 0 41 9.65 1 full max 1970 Nelson/Bradford 22 94 250 3 253 10.77 11 full max 1 paid max Gary Peterson did not ride for a UK Team in 1972 and 1974 Represented Bradford in 1970 in the Division 2 riders championship scored 12 points finishing third. Hope this helps

Here's the Details you want April 9 1972 Eastbourne 46 - M.Ballard 12, G.Kennett 9, B. McNeil 8, R.Johns 6, T.Geer 6, R.Trott 4, S.Bruce 1 Canterbury 32 - R.Gilbertson 11, G.Banks 8, T.Barnwell 7, D.Piddock 4, B.Hughes 1, B.Kennett 1, T.Hubbard 0 1 - Ballard, Gilbertson, McNeil, Piddock 64.0 2 - Trott, Geer, B.Kennett, Hubbard 66.2 3 - Johns, Barnwell, Bruce, Hughes 66.2 4 - G.Kennett, Banks, Geer, B.Kennett 65.6 5 - Gilbertson, Piddock, Johns, Bruce 65.4 6 - Ballard, McNeil, Banks, Hubbard 63.4 (Equals Track Record) 7 - G.Kennett, Geer, Barnwell, Hughes 65.2 8 - McNeil, Gilbertson, Barnwell, Trott 66.4 9 - Banks, Johns, Geer, Piddock 66.2 10 - Ballard, McNeil, Hughes, Barnwell (f) 64.6 11 - Gilbertson, G.Kennett, Trott, Piddock (f) 65.8 12 - Ballard, Banks, Gilbertson, Johns 64.0 13 - Barnwell, Piddock, G.Kennett, Bruce 67.0 May 13 1972 Canterbury 40 - R.Gilbertson 13, B.Hughes 10, B.Kennett 8, T.Hubbard 8, M.Vernam 1, D.Piddock 0, G.Banks R/R Eastbourne 38 - G.Kennett 10, R.Johns 8, B.McNeil 7, M.Ballard 5, T.Geer 4, P.Gachet 3, R.Trott 1 1 - Johns, McNeil, Hughes, Piddock (ef) 79.0 2 - Hubbard, Gachet, Geer, Vernam 79.2 3 - Hughes, B.Kennett, Ballard, Trott 78.0 4 - Hubbard, G.Kennett, Gilbertson, Geer (f) 78.0 5 - Hughes, Johns, McNeil, B.Kennett 78.2 6 - G.Kennett, Hubbard, Gachet, Piddock (f) 79.4 7 - Gilbertson, Geer, Ballard, Hubbard 76.6 8 - B.Kennett, Johns, Vernam, Geer 77.8 9 - Hughes, G.Kennett, B.Kennett, Gachet (ef) 75.0 10 - Gilbertson, Ballard, Trott, Hubbard (ef) 75.4 11 - Gilbertson, McNeil, Johns, Vernam 75.2 12 - G.Kennett, B.Kennett ,Ballard, Vernam (ef) 76.6 13 - Gilbertson, McNeil, Geer, Hughes 74.8 1973 Details to follow within the next few days

Give us a couple of days to dig my Speedway Stars out. Do you also want the KO Cup heat details from 1973 ? Re Gary Cottam (senior) from what I remember there was a photo of him in a 1973 Star I will try to scan this picture (if i can find it ! ) and also let you have his career details, average, points, etc.

As requested Stoke : Les Collins 12, Tim Nunan 11, Mick Newton 8/2, Jim Brett 7, Steve McDermott 4/2, Mal Corradine 2, Ricky Day 1/1 Mildenhall : Trevor Jones 12/1, John Gibbons 7/2, Rob Henry 6, Fred Mills 5/1, Alan Cowland 3, Mick Bates 0, Bob Coles R/R 1 - Collins, Newton, Cowland, Mills 67.9 2 - Henry, Nunan, McDermott, Gibbons 69.1 3 - Nunan, Jones, Brett, Bates (f/x) 69.3 4 - Gibbons, McDermott, Cowland, Corradine 69.9 5 - Brett, Jones, Mills, Day (nf) 70.4 6 - Collins, Newton, Cowland, Henry 67.0 (Track Record) 7 - Jones, Corradine, McDermott, Bates (nf) 70.9 8 - Newton, Mills, Gibbons, Nunan (f) 70.0 9 - Henry, Brett, Day, Cowland (nf) 70.8 10 - Collins, Jones, Newton, Henry 68.4 11 - Nunan, Mills, Gibbons, Corradine (nf) 71.7 12 - Collins, Jones, Brett, Henry (nf) 67.2 13 - Nunan, Gibbons, Jones, McDermott (nf) 71.2

Yes I've got them. Will dig out the details shortly (unless someone beats me to it ! )

Here's what you want. Oxford : Arne Pander 12, Ron How 9, John Bishop 6, Eddie Reeves 5, John Belcher 5, Ken Vale 3, Wayne Barry 1 Sheffield : David Crane 9, John Dews 8, Alan Jay 7, Tommy Roper 6, Clive Featherby 5, Derek Jay 1, Bob Paulson 0 1 - Bishop, How, Featherby, A. Jay (nf) 67.0 2 - Crane, Reeves, D. Jay, Barry 68.6 3 - Pander, Dews, Vale, Paulson 67.8 4 - Belcher, How, Featherby (nf), D. Jay (nf) 74.8 5 - Pander, Dews, Crane, Vale 67.6 6 - Featherby, A.Jay, Reeves, Belcher 69.2 7 - Bishop, How, Dews, Paulson 67.6 8 - Crane, Belcher, Barry, D.Jay (nf) 70.8 9 - Pander, A.Jay, Featherby, Vale 66.8 10 - Roper, Dews, Reeves, Belcher 68.0 11- How, Crane, Roper, Bishop 69.2 12 - A.Jay, Vale, Reeves, Paulson 69.4 13 - Pander, Roper, Dews, Bishop 68.0 If you need any other information please let me know.

I will dig out my Speedway Star for this match and will post the heat details here for you shortly.

I know that the track closed on the eve of the 1986 season mainly due to poor crowds and problems assembling a team on top of Joe's injury. Nowadays the main hurdle reintroducing Speedway at Thornton Road would be the noise and car parking on local streets according to local residents ! It could be that the council's stance on relaunching speedway may have softened after 5 years and a application now would be a better bet. Just wish I could win the lottery and do it myself ! Let's hope Tony Mole reads this forum and considers doing a "Birmingham" or anybody else for that matter.

Unfortunately, I live in Ellesmere Port for my sins and pass the Stadium everyday going to work ! Maybe a new application may be more successful, the main problem will be the noise issue with the residents, Tony Mole was prepared to move the start line to the opposite side alway from the houses, install sound baffle barriers and also prepared to run to a strict curfew to apprease the locals - but still failed. Having visited the Weymouth track last year - look at the problems they had with the local council with the noise. Yet the nearest house was over half a mile away ! Never know stranger things may happen if someone tried again.

Yes, the track is intact but is now used only by the greyhounds. Problem is the track is situated in a residential area so it's unlikely the "locals" could be charmed -particularly with environmental issues. Problem is the council listened to the residents and not the fans when Tony Mole's application was rejected in 2002. If Ellesmere Port is to ride again it would probably be at a new track. Based on the interest generated at Tony Mole's meeting with the locals and "dormant" fans in 2002 speedway in this area would be a success without affecting Belle Vue or Stoke's crowds. Here's hoping for the future !

I presume it's the KOC match details you want. Canterbury 44 Eastbourne 34 - May 4 1974 Canterbury - B.Kennett 11, T.Jones 8, D.Cook 8, R.Johns 6, T.Hubbard 5, D.Gooderham 3, P.Murray 3 Eastbourne - T.Geer 14, M.Sampson 11, P.Gachet 6, E.Dugard 3, M.Yeates 0, P.Jarman 0, N.Middleditch 0 Eastbourne 47 Canterbury 31 - May 5 1974 Eastbourne - T.Geer 12, M.Sampson 11, S.Weatherley 9, P.Gachet 6, P.Jarman 5, B.McNeil 3, N.Middleditch 1 Canterbury - T.Jones 7, R.Johns 7, B.Kennett 7, D.Gooderham 6, T.Hubbard 2, D.Cook 2, P.Murray 0 Eastbourne win 81-75 on aggregate Canterbury 40 Eastbourne 37 - May 10 1975 Canterbury - B.Kennett 12, L.Rumsey 10, B.Spelta 7, G.Purkiss 6, G.Clifton 3, D.Gooderham 2, T.Casserley 0 Eastbourne - P.Gachet 10, S.Weatherley 10, M.Sampson 5, N.Middleditch 5, P.Jarman 4, E.Dugard 3, T.Barclay 0 Eastbourne 49 Canterbury 29 - May 11 1975 Eastbourne - P.Gachet 11, N.Middleditch 10, M.Sampson 8, P.Jarman 6, S.Weatherley 6, T.Barclay 5, E.Dugard 3 Canterbury - B.Kennett 9, L.Rumsey 8, D.Gooderham 7, G.Purkiss 2, G.Clifton 1, J.Squibb 1, B.Spelta 1 Eastbourne won 86 - 69 on aggregate

I'm back for part 2 ! Peterborough 47 Canterbury 30 - KOC July 20 1984 Peterborough - M.Hines 15, K.Millard 9, A.Fisher 6, I.Barney 6, A.Hume 5, N.Cotton 4, M.Smart 2, R/R in operation Canterbury - D.Mullett 9, B.Kennett 7, Jamie Luckhurst 6, R.Tilbury 5, A.Mogridge 3, K.Brice 0, N.Tatum 0 1 - Millard, Luckhurst, Fisher, Brice 66.0 2 - Cotton, Tilbury, Hume, Tatum 66.6 3 - Millard, Barney, Kennett, Mogridge 66.4 4 - Hines, Mullett, Cotton, Tatum 67.0 5 - Millard, Luckhurst, Barney, Brice (ef) 67.1 6 - Mullett, Smart, Tilbury, Fisher 67.5 7 - Hines, Kennett, Mogridge, Cotton 66.8 8 - Hume, Fisher, Luckhurst, Mullett 67.3 9 - Mullett, Tilbury, Barney, Millard 67.9 10 - Fisher, Kennett, Mogridge (exc), Smart (f/x) 67.5 11 - Hines, Kennett, Hume, Luckhurst 67.2 12 - Hines, Mogridge, Mullett, Millard (ef) 67.6 13 - Hines, Barney, Luckhurst, Kennett (ef) 66.9 Canterbury 44 Peterborough 34 - KOC July 28 1984 Canterbury - D.Mullett 9, R.Tilbury 8, K.Brice 8, Jamie Luckhurst 7, B.Kennett 7, A.Mogridge 4. N.Tatum 1 Peterborough - A.Hume 16, I.Barney 9, A.Fisher 4, N.Cotton 2, M.Hines 2, K.Millard 1, R/R in operation 1 - Brice, Luckhurst, Millard, Barney 70.2 2 - Hume, Tilbury, Cotton, Tatum 70.6 3 - Barney, Kennett, Fisher, Mogridge 69.4 4 - Hume, Mullett, Tilbury, Hines 70.3 5 - Mogridge, Kennett, Hume, Millard 71.1 6 - (Rerun) Hume, Brice, Luckhurst, Cotton, Hines (Exc Tapes) 71.5 7 - Mullett, Fisher, Tilbury, Barney 71.3 8 - (Rerun) Hume, Tilbury, Brice, Cotton, Tatum (Exc Tapes), Fisher (Exc Tapes) 71.9 9 - (Awarded) Kennett, Hines, Cotton, Mogridge (f) No Time 10 - Barney, Brice, Luckhurst, Fisher 70.0 11 - Hume, Mullett, Tatum, Millard 71.2 12 - Luckhurst, Tilbury, Fisher, Hines 72.8 13 - Barney, Mullett, Mogridge, Millard 70.5 Peterborough won 81 - 74 on aggregate

At your service ! Canterbury 39 Weymouth 39 - KOC April 14 1984 Canterbury - Jamie Luckhurst 10, K.Brice 8, D.Mullett 7, B.Kennett 6, R.Tilbury 5, A.Fines 3. K.Pritchard (No 8) did not ride. R/R in operation Weymouth - J.Barker 9, A.Rossiter 8, D.Biles 7, R.Mather 5, I.Humphreys 5, C.Ackroyd 5, G.Humphreys 0 1 - Kennett, Mullett, Rossiter, G.Humphreys 71.3 2 - Biles, Fines, I.Humphreys, Tilbury 72.5 3 - Mullett, Brice, Barker, Mather (Rtd) 70.3 4 - I.Humphreys, Luckhurst, Ackroyd, Fines 73.0 5 - (Rerun) Rossiter, Luckhurst, Brice, G.Humphreys (f/x) 71.0 6 - Ackroyd, Biles, Mullett, Kennett (Rtd) 71.3 7 - Mather, Barker, Fines, Luckhurst 70.6 8 - Tilbury, Biles, I.Humphreys, Mullett (f) 71.4 9 - (Rerun) Brice, Kennett, Ackroyd, Biles (f/x) 70.9 10 - Barker, Mather, Mullett, Kennett (Rtd) 70.3 11 - Luckhurst, Rossiter, Tilbury, I.Humphreys 71.3 12 - Barker, Brice, Kennett, Ackroyd (Rtd) 70.6 13 - Luckhurst, Rossiter, Tilbury, Mather (f) 70.7 Weymouth 34 Canterbury 44 (KOC) April 17 1984 Weymouth - A.Rossiter 13, J.Barker 10, I.Humphreys 3, G.Humphreys 3, R.Mather 2, D.Biles 2, C.Ackroyd 1 Canterbury - Jamie Luckhurst 9, B.Kennett 8, D.Mullett 8, A.Mogridge 6, K.Brice 6, R.Tilbury 6, A.Fines 1 1 - Kennett, Rossiter, Mullett, G.Humphreys 68.0 2 - (Rerun) Tilbury, I.Humphreys, Fines, Biles (f/x) 68.7 3 - Brice, Mogridge, Barker, Mather (Rtd) 68.9 4 - Tilbury, Biles, Luckhurst, Ackroyd 69.1 5 - Barker, Mullett, Kennett, Biles 69.1 6 - Luckhurst, Rossiter, G.Humphreys, Fines (Rtd) 68.7 7 - Rossiter, Brice, Ackroyd, Mogridge 68.2 8 - Mullett, G.Humphreys, I.Humphreys, Tilbury 69.2 9 - Luckhurst, Barker, Mather, Tilbury 69.3 10 - (Rerun) Rossiter, Mogridge, Brice, G.Humphreys (f/x) 68.7 11 - Kennett, Mullett, Mather, Ackroyd (f) 70.1 12 - Rossiter, Luckhurst, Barker, Brice 68.9 13 - Barker, Mogridge, Kennett, Mather 69.5 Canterbury won 83 -73 on aggregate. Peterborough details to follow !

Could you ask Tony 1. The hardest rider he rode against. 2. The best rider he rode against in his Division 2/National league career. ie possibly Crump, Peter Collins, Owen Brothers', etc. 3. Favourite track and least favourite track ridden.

Do you want the heat results as well ?

I arrived at Newport mid afternoon on Saturday, Weather was just clearing, mind you it was still raining on Sunday Afternoon and Monday Morning when I left our hotel which was just 2 miles from the track. Anyway here's what you want. Eastbourne 37 Canterbury 41 (KOC) - May 13 1973 Eastbourne - R.Johns 11, P.Gachet 11, B.McNeil 10, M.Vernam 3, J.Squibb 2, T.Geer 0, E.Dugard 0 Canterbury - T.Jones 10, T.Hubbard 9, B.Kennett 8, L.Rumsey 8, D.Cook 6, D.Piddock 0, Rider replacement in operation. Canterbury 44 Eastbourne 34 (KOC) - May 19 1973 Canterbury - D.Cook 8, B.Kennett 8, D.Piddock 8, G.Cottham 7, T.Hubbard 6, L.Rumsey 5, T.Jones 2 Eastbourne - Peter Moore (Guest) 12, Mike Lanham (Guest) 10, J.Squibb 3, T.Geer 3, E.Dugard 3, M.Vernam 2, P.Gachet 1. Canterbury won 85-71 on aggregate Long Eaton 48 Canterbury 30 (KOC) - June 7 1973 Long Eaton - R.Mills 12, G.Bouchard 10, P.Bass 10, J.Hughes 6, A.Molyneux 5, S.Bass 4, A.Witt 1. Canterbury - B.Kennett 12, G.Banks 7, T.Jones 5, D.Piddock 3, T.Hubbard 2, G.Cottham 1, L.Rumsey 0 Canterbury 42 Long Eaton 36 (KOC) - June 9 1973 Canterbury - T.Hubbard 13, L.Rumsey 8, G.Banks 7, B.Kennett 5, T.Jones 5, D.Piddock 4, Rider replacement in operation Long Eaton - R.Mills 11, A.Witt 7, G.Bouchard 6, P.Bass 6, S.Bass 3, J.Hughes 2, A.Molyneux 1 Long Eaton won on aggregate 84-72

Here's the info you want Canterbury 54 Weymouth 42 - April 24 1982 Canterbury - D.Kent 13, D. Simpson 12, B.Kennett 11, K.Pritchard 7, I.Clark 6, M.Martin 5, N.Couzens 0 Weymouth - S.Wigg 12, M.Yeates 11, L.Rumsey 8, S.Schofield 6, T.Tulloch 4, S.Crockett 1, S.Bear 0. Weymouth 60 Canterbury 36 - April 27 1982 Weymouth - S.Wigg 13, M.Yeates 13, S.Bear 9, S.Schofield 8, T.Tulloch 8, S.Crockett 8, L.Rumsey 1 Canterbury - D.Kent 10, B.Kennett 9, I.Clark 8, D.Simpson 4, K.Pritchard 3, M.Martin 2, N.Couzens 0 Weymouth won 102-90 on aggregate

Canterbury 51, Crayford 26 (KOC) June 14 1969 Canterbury - P.Murray 12, K.Vale 12, M.Piddock 8, J.Hibben 6, G.Miles 5, J.Crowhurst 4, D.Percy 4 Crayford - A.Wilkinson 8, G.Ambrose 8, T.Childs 5, T.Armstrong 3, C.Clark 1, M.Steel 1, C.Harrison 0 1 - Murray, Wilkinson, Hibben, Clark 77.8 2 - Crowhurst, Percy, Armstrong, Steel 81.8 3 - Piddock, Percy, Harrison (rtd), Ambrose (ns) 78.8 4 - Vale, Childs, Crowhurst, Armstrong 79.0 5 - Piddock, Miles, Wilkinson, Clark 77.8 6 - Murray, Hibben, Childs, Steel 77.6 7 - Vale, Wilkinson, Ambrose, Crowhurst (f/rem) 79.2 8 - Ambrose, Hibben, Armstrong, Percy (f/rem) 80.4 9 - Miles, Piddock, Steel, Childs (f) 79.0 10 - Murray, Ambrose, Hibben, Harrison 79.0 11 - Vale, Wilkinson, Armstrong, Percy (f/rem) 80.0 12 - Murray, Childs, Clark, Miles (f) 80.0 13 - Vale, Ambrose, Wilkinson, Piddock (rtd) 80.2 Crewe 44, Canterbury 33 (KOC) 14 July 1969 Crewe - O'Neill 9, Curtis 9, Tucker 8, Meeks 7, Saunders 6, Parry 5, Rob Jackson 0 Canterbury - Vale 15, Piddock 8, Miles 5, Thomas 4, Hibben 1, Nev Brice 0 Rider Replacement in operation 1 - O'Neill, Parry, Vale, Hibben 73.8 2 - Saunders, Meeks, Thomas, Brice 77.0 3 - Tucker, Piddock, Miles, Jackson (f) 76.6 4 - Vale, Thomas, Saunders, Curtis (rtd) 76.0 5 - Piddock, Meeks, Tucker, Hibben 75.8 6 - (rerun) Vale, Saunders, Parry, Brice (rtd), O'Neill (exc) 76.2 7 - Curtis, Piddock, Miles, Saunders 75.8 8 - O'Neill,Meeks, Thomas, Hibben 77.6 9 - Vale, Tucker, Piddock, Jackson 75.0 10 - O'Neill, Parry, Miles, Piddock 73.0 11 - Curtis, Miles, Meeks, Hibben 72.8 12 - (rerun) Vale, Tucker, Parry (rtd), Thomas (f), Piddock (exc) 76.8 13 - Curtis, Vale, Hibben, Meeks (rtd) 73.6 You should be able to complete the programme after a 38 year absence !

I'm back from my abortive trip to Newport ! Here's the scorers from the Canterbury V Exeter cup matches from 1983. Exeter 70 Canterbury 26 - April 11 1983 EXETER R.Maxfield 16, K.Milliard 16, S.Bishop 14, B.Coles 12, R.Ashton 6, K.Price 6 R/R in operation CANTERBURY D.Kent 10, K.Pritchard 6, B.Kennett 4, Jamie Luckhurst 3, K.Brice 2, L.Etheridge 1, T.Broadbank 0 Canterbury 45 Exeter 51 - April 30 1983 CANTERBURY D.Kent 13, K.Mullarkey 10, B.Kennett 7, K.Brice 6, L.Etheridge 4, K.Pritchard 4, Jamie Luckhurst 1 EXETER K.Milliard 13, R.Ashton 11, B.Coles 8, R.Maxfield 7, S.Bishop 6, A.Rossiter 5, K.Price 1 Exeter won 121 - 71 on Aggregate If you want the heat details please let me know

Birmingham 43 Canterbury 35 - June 5 1972 Birmingham : G.Major 10, A.Browning 10, T.Shearer 9, M.Hines 9, M.Corradine 5, S.Wilson 0, C.Emms 0 Canterbury : R.Gilbertson 12, B.Kennett 11, D.Piddock 6, G.Banks 3, T.Hubbard 1, B.Hughes 1, C.Benham 1 Canterbury 41 Birmingham 37 - June 10 1972 Canterbury : R.Gilbertson 14, D.Piddock 13, T.Hubbard 6, G.Banks 5, B.Hughes 2, B.Kennett 1, C.Benham 0 Birmingham : T.Shearer 9, M.Hines 8, A.Browning 6, M.Lanham 6, G.Major 5, M.Corradine 3, Rider replacement in operation. Birmingham won 80-76 on aggregate