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Post by Genghis on Jul 14, 2007 15:29:13 GMT
Of course, Oxford went British League for 1984 and landed themselves a day in court when Graham Drury sued them for breaking his three year contract. Drury won and was awarded something like £12,000 for his trouble. The Oxford management learnt two important lessons that day... always make sure you get everything in writing (especially it it's a rider under contract indicating he'd prefer to stay National League!) and never trust a certain Birmingham promoter  All the best Rob |
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Post by Genghis on Jul 14, 2007 15:31:22 GMT
I was actually looking for Newcastle's win at Oxford that season, when Messrs Owen and Hunter both raced to paid 21-pointers, but it must be around the time of the world final and I seem to have misplaced those issues. Sub, That was a week after Glasgow. I might dig out the details of that horror meeting at some point... the occasion that a two-man team (plus Martin Scarisbrick in Heat 14) won a meeting. All the best Rob |
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Post by admin on Jul 14, 2007 15:34:34 GMT
Oh, I'll find it, eventually. The only trouble will be working out what was the reason Hunter and Owen were in the heats for - rider replacement or tactical substitute.
As an aside, I still consider the old National League's sixteen heat format the best I've seen and the tactical rules were sounder also.
As another aside, take a look at those teams and apart from a token Australian here and there, all the riders are British.
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Post by admin on Jul 14, 2007 15:40:36 GMT
Actually, looking through the above eddition of the Speedway Star, young Joe Owen scored a full 21-pointer against Mildenhall at Byker, including winning Hts 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16 - that's an astonishing 5 of the last 6 heats. Still, at Oxford, Owen and Hunter must've won 12 of the 16 heats. It truly is an amazing result, when you look at it that way.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2007 17:57:17 GMT
As an aside, I still consider the old National League's sixteen heat format the best I've seen and the tactical rules were sounder also. Over the years, I think I've come to prefer a programmed heat to finish a meeting, rather than the nominated heat which is often an anti-climax. However, the lop-sided nature of the programmed reserve rides never appealed to my sense of symmetry. To be honest though, I don't think it's really possible with seven rider teams to improve much on variants of the traditional 13-heat format. |
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Post by speedyguy on Mar 13, 2014 7:54:06 GMT
All these Glasgow memories are great. My memories of a White City side includes names like Will Lowther, Joe Crowther and Wal Morton. A pat on the back for anyone who can name what season that was.
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