daveallan81 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Peter Turle is credited with riding one match for Rye House at Weymouth in 1984. A previous post on here from 2008 reckoned he was a south coast based junior borrowed by the Rockets as #8. However I have a programme from 20th May 1984 Poole v Swindon Juniors that has a Paul Terle (note spelling) riding in the second half. I also have a programme from 17th June Poole v Exeter Juniors that has a Paul Turle riding at #6 for Exeter. In both instances the name has been written in and not printed in the programme. Both are marked to a high standard, indeed the Swindon one may be a ref's copy as it is signed. Just to throw a further spanner into the works, I have a programme from 8th October at Exeter with a Wessex Junior league match v Poole who have a Paul Turtle listed in their team. The programme isn't marked though. Can anyone clarify this situation? Are Peter and Paul one and the same? Is it Turle. Terle or Turtle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 26 minutes ago, daveallan81 said: Peter Turle is credited with riding one match for Rye House at Weymouth in 1984. A previous post on here from 2008 reckoned he was a south coast based junior borrowed by the Rockets as #8. However I have a programme from 20th May 1984 Poole v Swindon Juniors that has a Paul Terle (note spelling) riding in the second half. I also have a programme from 17th June Poole v Exeter Juniors that has a Paul Turle riding at #6 for Exeter. In both instances the name has been written in and not printed in the programme. Both are marked to a high standard, indeed the Swindon one may be a ref's copy as it is signed. Just to throw a further spanner into the works, I have a programme from 8th October at Exeter with a Wessex Junior league match v Poole who have a Paul Turtle listed in their team. The programme isn't marked though. Can anyone clarify this situation? Are Peter and Paul one and the same? Is it Turle. Terle or Turtle? Fairly sue there was a South Coast junior, Peter Turle, around that time. No recollection of a Paul or a Terle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdave Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 This is the only entry in the Speedway Riders Index 1929-2022: Peter TURLE Career record: (1984) Rye House. There is no mention in the index of any rider with the surname Terle or Turtle I believe the index only lists riders who have ridden in Official fixtures, not second halves or junior meetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 4 hours ago, bigdave said: This is the only entry in the Speedway Riders Index 1929-2022: Peter TURLE Career record: (1984) Rye House. There is no mention in the index of any rider with the surname Terle or Turtle I believe the index only lists riders who have ridden in Official fixtures, not second halves or junior meetings. But a few could have earned the nickname Tortoise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxey63 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 (edited) Peter Turle rode one National League match as a stand-in for Rye House at Weymouth on September 11, 1984 (scoring one and a bonus from one ride). His call-up came after Steve Naylor, Chris Chaplin and Gary Rolls were missing for Rye House, who used locally based youngsters in their place. Turle was possibly a Poole/Weymouth junior and appeared in a few individual meetings (as a reserve) at Poole in 1984. Edited February 23 by moxey63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Dyer Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Paul Turle is a friend of mine going back to our cycle speedway days with BournemouthViscounts in the late 1970’s. He moved to grasstrack and tried unsuccessfully to establish a speedway career. I can ask him to contact you by whichever message you prefer if that would help. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveallan81 Posted February 24 Author Report Share Posted February 24 Thanks to Rob I have been able to put this one to bed. The rider in question is Paul Turle. The Speedway Star entry for Peter Turle is incorrect, confirmed by Paul himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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