frigbo

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=jriders&action=display&thread=1408

He rode for Workington - only rider to beat a Crayford rider.

Which also makes him 82 and not 83 as posted earlier.

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=criders&thread=685&page=1

Back Row L-R. Carter, Peter Collins, Simmons, Lee, Les Colins. Front L-R. Jessup, Morton, Davis.

From the experiences of people I know, Sky's Customer Service is world class compared to Virgin's! How about being charged to re-activate a service simply because you wanted to change the name on the account from joint to single!

http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=2&s=127

I'm sure Rico won't be the last to walk away from Team GB.

Rod, I think Blythe (like MacKay) was born in England but emigrated to Aus. I've got Chris Blythe as being born in Liverpool.

Having checked, the rider in the meeting at Boston was: http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=priders&action=display&thread=2236

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=eriders&action=display&thread=462

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=vriders&action=display&thread=858

I've never heard of a F.Reeves. As that meeting was at Boston in 1978 (Eddie rode for Boston that year), I reckon it was Eddie and the 'F' is a typing error.

You probably mean http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rriders&action=display&thread=2370

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=friders&action=display&thread=880

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=kriders&action=display&thread=1605

Do you mean http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=triders&action=display&thread=2865

Interesting, maybe British Speedway does lead the way in some things after all??

Paolo

Octavio Nano should be Ottaviano Righetto (ex Eastbourne) The other Italian on the tour was called Battaglia. He didn't ride in any of the matches though.

Ward bottles it against the Latvian

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=ariders&thread=82&page=1

The excellent "A-Z of Post-War British League Riders" CD for the 1940's by Hugh Vass and Matt Jackson has the following info for Cyril: 1946 - Birmingham 1947 - Stoke and Tamworth 1948-1949 - Tamworth 1949-1951 - Leicester 1951 - Birmingham 1952 - Leicester, Long Eaton and Birmingham 1953 - Leicester