Cradley Heath Speedway 191970707070

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March 27 Challenge Away Lost 35 43 3 28 Wolverhampton Challenge Home Postponed Rain 4 April 4 Belle Vue British League Away Lost 23 54 5 6 Halifax British League Home Lost 37 40 6 8 Poole British League Away Lost 29 49 7 11 Glasgow British League Home Won 47 31 8 13 Newcastle British League Away Lost 38 40 9 18 Belle Vue British League Home Lost 34 44 10 24 Wolverhampton British League Away Lost 26 52 11 25 West Ham British League Home Postponed Rain 12 May 2 WCQR Individual Home Colin Pratt 13 7 Oxford British League Away Won 40 38 14 9 Wembley British League Home Lost 37 40 15 11 England v Australia Test Match Home 70 38 16 16 Coventry British League Away Lost 27 51 17 18 Alan Hunt Trophy Individual Home Ole Olsen 18 23 Leicester British League Home Lost 33 44 19 28 Wimbledon KO Cup 2 Away Lost 29 49 20 30 Newcastle British League Home Won 40 38 21 June 2 Leicester British League Away Lost 34 44 22 6 Poole Challenge Home Lost 38 39 23 12 Kings Lynn British League Away Lost 35 43 24 13 Sheffield British League Home Lost 37 41 25 19 Wolverhampton Midland Cup Away Lost 36 42 26 20 Wolverhampton Midland Cup Home Won 43 35 27 26 Hackney British League Away Lost 30 48 28 27 Newport British League Home Won 42 36 29 July 4 Coventry British League Home Won 40.5 37.5 30 11 Oxford British League Home Won 49 29 31 18 Swindon British League Home Won 51 27 32 25 Hackney British League Home Won 47 31 33 27 Exeter British League Away Lost 36 42 34 Aug 1 Wimbledon British League Home Won 44 34 35 3 MRCQR Individual Home 36 8 Kings Lynn British League Home Won 41 36 37 15 West Ham British League Home Won 42 36 38 21 Newport British League Away Postponed Rain 39 22 Wolverhampton Dud/Wolv Tro Home Lost 36 42 40 27 Wimbledon British League Away Lost 33 44 41 29 Exeter British League Home Won 42 35 42 31 Halifax British League Away Lost 33 45 43 Sep 4 Wolverhampton Dud/Wolv Tro Away Lost 38 40 44 5 Swindon British League Away Won 45 33 45 7 Watney Mann Trophy Individual Home Bernt Persson 46 12 Poole British League Home Won 46 31 47 14 Coventry Midland Cup Home Won 43 35 48 16 Coventry Midland Cup Away Lost 29 49 49 18 Glasgow British League Away Lost 34 44 50 23 Wembley British League Away Lost 36 42 51 24 Sheffield British League Away Draw 39 39 52 26 Wolverhampton British League Home Lost 37 38 53 29 West Ham British League Away Lost 23 55 54 Oct 3 Leicester Challenge Home Lost 34 44 55 16 Newport British League Away Won 44 34 56 23 Wolverhampton Challenge Away Won 40 37 57

2 Friday 27 th March 1970 , Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 43 – Cradley Heathens 35 (Challenge)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Geoff Ambrose 0 2‘ 2 0 4 1 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 3 3 XT 2 11 4. James Bond 2’ 2 2’ 1 0 7 2 5. Norman Hunter R/R 6. Mick Handley EF N 0 2 2 7. Pete Jackson 1 2’ 0 N 1’ FX 4 2 8. Archie Wilkinson DNR Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 1’ 3 3 12 1 2. Jimmy Squibb 1’ 1 3 1 6 1 3. Colin Pratt 1 1 1 EF 3 4. Ken Wakefield 0 N 1’ 1 2 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 2 2 2 7 6. Chris Bass 3 0 0 3 7. Mike Gardner 2’ 0 0 2 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Olsen, Persson, Squibb, Ambrose [fr] 66.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bass, Gardner, Jackson, Handley [ef] 69.6 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Olsen, Bond, Trigg, Wakefield 67.0 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Vandenberg, Jackson, Pratt, Gardner [rr] 67.2 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Persson, Bond, Squibb, Jackson [rr] 66.8 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Olsen, Ambrose, Pratt, Bass 68.2 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Vandenberg, Trigg, Persson, Handley 67.6 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Squibb, Ambrose, Jackson, Gardner 68.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Vandenberg, Bond, Pratt, Bass 67.8 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Olsen, Trigg, Wakefield, Ambrose 66.4 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Persson, Handley, Squibb, Jackson [fx] [rrx2] 68.2 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Olsen, Trigg. Bond, Pratt [ef] 66.2 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Persson, Vandenberg, Wakefield, Bond 67.8 2 4 43 35

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Olsen for Hunter, Ht4 r/s Jackson for Handley, Ht5 r/r Jackson for Hunter, Ht7 t/s Persson for Wakefield, Ht9 r/r Vandenberg for Hunter, Ht11 r/s Handley for Vandenberg, Ht13 r/r Bond for Hunter.

Junior Race Alan Bridgett, George Davenport, Stuart Riley, Tony Armstrong [ef] 70.2

Reserves Scurry Wilkinson, Bridgett, Gary Peterson, Gardner 69.4

Easter Scurry Ht1 Vandenberg, Persson, Wakefield, Ambrose 68.0 68.6 Ht2 Olsen, Jackson, Bass, Trigg 67.4 ??.? Ht3 Wilkinson, Squibb, Bond, Pratt 69.0 69.2 Final Olsen, Vandenberg, Wilkinson, Persson [ef] [rr] 66.4

3 Saturday 28 th March 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens v Wolverhampton Wolves (Challenge) Postponed Due To Rain

4 Saturday 4 th April 1970 ,

Belle Vue Aces 54 – Cradley Heathens 23 (British League)

Belle Vue Aces 1. 3 3 3 3 12 2. Chris Pusey 2‘ 2‘ 3 EF 7 2 3. Soren Sjosten 3 3 3 3 12 4. Dave Hemus 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 5. Tommy Roper (C) 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 6. Mike Hiftle 2’ 2’ 1 5 2 7. Ken Eyre 3 2’ 0 5 1 Team Manager: Dent Oliver

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1 2 3 1’ 1 8 1 2. Jimmy Squibb 0 1’ 1 2 EF 4 1 3. Colin Pratt 0 1 0 0 1 4. Mike Gardner 0 2 EF N 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2 0 2 2 6 6. Chris Bass EF 0 N 0 7. Ken Wakefield 1 1 0 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Mauger, Pusey, Persson, Squibb 71.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Eyre, Hiftle, Wakefield, Bass [ef] 73.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Roper, Trigg, Hemus, Gardner 74.0 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Sjosten, Hiftle, Wakefield, Pratt 73.8 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Roper, Persson, Squibb, Hemus 74.0 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Mauger, Pusey, Pratt, Bass 76.6 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Sjosten, Gardner, Hiftle, Trigg 72.4 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Pusey, Eyre, Squibb, Wakefield 74.0 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Persson, Roper, Hemus, Pratt 76.0 3 3 39 15 Ht10 Mauger, Trigg, Pusey [ef], Gardner [ef] 75.2 3 2 42 17 Ht11 Sjosten, Squibb, Persson, Eyre 73.0 3 3 45 20 Ht12 Mauger, Trigg, Hemus, Pratt 76.2 4 2 49 22 Ht13 Sjosten, Roper, Persson, Squibb [ef] 77.0 5 1 54 23

Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Persson for Bass, Ht13 t/s Squibb for Gardner.

Golden Helmet Match Race Ivan Mauger beat Roy Trigg 77.0

Reserves Race Hiftle, Eyre, Wakefield, Bass 78.8

Belle Vue Starlets Ht1 Colin Goad, Jerry James [ef], Brian Bentley [f], Gerald Howarth [ef] 84.2 Ht2 Alan Wilkinson, Graham Drury, Paul Tyrer [f], G Richardson [f] 84.0 Final Goad, Wilkinson, Drury, Len Priestley 82.0

Belle Vue Scratch Races Ht1 Roper Pusey, Squibb, Pratt 76.6 77.0 Ht2 Mauger, Persson, Hemus, Steve Waplington[f] 76.8 79.2 Ht3 Sjosten, Trigg, Eric Broadbelt, Gardner 76.4 79.8 Final Mauger, Roper, Pusey, Sjosten [ef] 76.4

Starlets Reserves Priestley, Tyrer, John Pearson [f], Peter Jarvis [f] 86.2

5 Monday 6th April 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 37 - Halifax Dukes 40 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 3 3 3 13 2. Jimmy Squibb 1’ 0 N FX 1 1 3. Colin Pratt 1 2 2 1 6 4. Mike Gardner 3 0 1’ 0 4 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2’ 2 1’ 2 3 10 2 6. Chris Bass 0 0 N 0 7. Ken Wakefield 2 1 0 3 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Halifax Dukes 1. (C) 3 3 3 2 11 2. Colin McKee F N N N 0 3. Alan Jay 3 3 0 2 8 4. Greg Kentwell 0 0 EF 0 0 5. Dave Younghusband 1 3 2 1’ 7 1 6. Les Sharpe 3 2’ 1 2 3 11 1 7. Terry Lee 1 XT 1 0 1 3 Team Manager: Eric Boothroyd ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Boocock, Persson, Squibb, McKee [f] 70.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Sharpe, Wakefield, Lee, Bass 71.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Gardner, Trigg, Younghusband, Kentwell 72.6 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Jay, Sharpe, Pratt, Bass [rr] 71.4 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Boocock, Trigg, Lee, Gardner 70.6 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Jay, Persson, Sharpe, Squibb 71.6 2 4 15 21 Ht7 Younghusband, Pratt, Trigg, Kentwell 71.2 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Persson, Sharpe, Wakefield, Lee 70.4 4 2 22 26 Ht9 Sharpe, Trigg, Gardner, Jay 70.0 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Persson, Younghusband, Kentwell [ef], Squibb [fx] [rr] 72.8 3 2 28 31 Ht11 Boocock, Pratt, Lee, Wakefield 70.8 2 4 30 35 Ht12 Persson, Jay, Younghusband, Gardner 71.2 3 3 33 38 Ht13 Trigg, Boocock, Pratt, Kentwell 71.8 4 2 37 40

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Sharpe for Lee [xt], Ht5 r/s Lee for McKee [inj], Ht7 t/s Trigg for Bass, Ht8 t/s Persson for Squibb, r/s Sharpe for McKee [inj], Ht11 r/s Lee for McKee [inj].

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Pratt, Boocock, Kentwell, Wakefield [ef] 71.0 72.0 Ht2 Trigg, Younghusband, Squibb, Chris Hawkins 71.6 73.4 Ht3 Jay, Persson, Bass, Gardner 72.8 73.6 Final Jay, Trigg, Boocock, Pratt [ef] 71.8

Talent Stakes Mike Holmes, Keith Teasdale, Barrie Smith, Erol Brook [fr] 76.2

Cradley Stakes Gardner, Bass, Wakefield, Hawkins 73.6

Reserves Stakes Sharpe, Wakefield, Lee, Hawkins 72.2

6 Wednesday 8th April 1970 Wimborne Road, Poole

Poole Pirates 49 – Cradley Heathens 29 (British League)

Poole Pirates 1. Geoff Mudge (C) 3 1’ 2 1’ 7 2 2. Mike Cake 1 2 2’ 1’ 6 2 3. Pete Smith 3 3 3 3 12 4. Gordon Guasco 3 1 1’ 2 7 1 5. Odd Fossengen 2’ 3 2 2’ 9 2 6. Ted Laessing 0 0 2’ 2 1 7. Frank Shuter 3 3 0 6 Team Manager: Ron Hart

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 3 2 0 9 2. Jimmy Squibb 0 0 1 N 1 3. Colin Pratt 2 3 0 3 0 8 4. Mike Gardner 0 0 N N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 1 0 3 1 6 6. Chris Bass 2 EF N 2 7. Ken Wakefield 1’ 1’ 0 1’ 3 3 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. A. Mellors

Ht1 Mudge, Persson, Cake, Squibb 71.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Shuter, Bass, Wakefield, Laessing 72.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Guasco, Fossengen, Trigg, Gardner 71.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Smith, Pratt, Wakefield, Laessing 71.6 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Fossengen, Persson, Guasco, Squibb 71.2 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Pratt, Cake, Mudge, Bass [ef] 71.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Smith, Laessing, Trigg, Gardner 71.6 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Shuter, Cake, Squibb, Wakefield 72.6 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Persson, Fossengen, Guasco, Pratt 71.6 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Pratt, Mudge, Cake, Trigg 72.2 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Smith, Persson, Wakefield, Shuter 71.6 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Trigg, Guasco, Mudge, Pratt 72.0 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Smith, Fossengen, Trigg, Persson 71.4 5 1 49 29

Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Persson for Bass, Ht10 t/s Pratt for Gardner, Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Squibb, Ht13 t/s Trigg for Gardner.

The ‘Purbecks’ Knock-Out Ht1 Mudge, Laessing, Squibb, Gardner 71.4 Ht2 Cake, Wakefield, Mike Vernam, Tony Hall 72.6 Ht3 Smith, Trigg, Shuter, Bass 71.8 Ht4 Fossengen, Persson, Guasco, Pratt 72.4 SF1 Smith, Fossengen, Cake, Mudge 71.6 SF2 Persson, Trigg, Wakefield, Laessing 71.2 Final Fossengen, Persson, Smith, Trigg 72.0

7 Saturday 11 th April 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 47 – Glasgow Tigers 31 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 11 2. Jimmy Squibb F 2’ 0 N 2 1 3. Colin Pratt 3 3 3 1 10 4. Mike Gardner 2’ 0 F 0 2 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Chris Bass 3 1 0 4 7. Ken Wakefield 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Glasgow Tigers 1. Charlie Monk 2 2 2 2 0 8 2. Willie Templeton 1’ 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 4 4 3. Jim McMillan 2 EF 2 3 7 4. Oyvind S. Berg 1 2 2 2 7 5. Doug Templeton 0 1’ N 1 2 1 6. Bobby Beaton 1 1 1’ 3 1 7. Alistair Brady 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Neil McFarlane ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Persson, Monk, W Templeton, Squibb [f] 68.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bass, Wakefield, Beaton, Brady 70.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Trigg, Gardner, Berg, D Templeton 70.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Pratt, McMillan, Bass, Brady 69.4 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Trigg, Monk, W Templeton, Gardner 69.8 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Persson, Squibb, Beaton, McMillan [ef] 70.2 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Pratt, Berg, D Templeton, Bass 71.6 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Wakefield, Monk, W Templeton, Squibb 72.4 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Trigg, McMillan, Beaton, Gardner [f] 69.8 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Persson, Berg, W Templeton, Wakefield 70.8 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Pratt, Monk, Wakefield, W Templeton 70.6 4 2 41 25 Ht12 McMillan, Persson, D Templeton, Gardner 69.4 2 4 43 29 Ht13 Trigg, Berg, Pratt, Monk 70.8 4 2 47 31

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Monk for Brady, Ht10 r/s Wakefield for Squibb, t/s W Templeton for D Templeton.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Pratt, Monk, D Templeton, Gardner 72.8 74.2 Ht2 Berg, Trigg, W Templeton, Squibb [f] 71.6 72.0 Ht3 Persson, McMillan, Wakefield [f], Beaton [f] 71.0 71.6 Final Persson, Berg, Pratt, McMillan [f] 72.0

Talent Stakes Mike Holmes, Erol Brook, Keith Teasdale, Barrie Smith [f] 75.8

Cradley Stakes Bass, Chris Hawkins, Brady, Holmes [f] 75.4

Reserves Stakes Bass, Wakefield, Hawkins, Smith 74.0

8 Monday 13 th April 1970 Brough Park, Newcastle

Newcastle Diamonds 40 – Cradley Heathens 38 (British League)

Newcastle Diamonds 1. Anders Michanek 3 3 2 3 11 2. Russ Dent 1 0 2 1’ 4 1 3. Dave Gifford (C) 2 1’ N EF 3 1 4. George Hunter 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 5. Dag Lovaas 2’ 1’ 0 2 5 2 6. Mike Watkin 3 1’ 2 1 7 1 7. Geoff Curtis XT 0 0 0 Team Manager: Tom Graham

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 3 14 2. Jimmy Squibb 0 0 1 N 1 3. Colin Pratt 3 2 2 0 7 4. Mike Gardner 0 3 0 1 4 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 0 3 1 5 6. Chris Bass 2 1’ 1’ 2’ 6 3 7. Ken Wakefield 1’ 0 N 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: A. B. Mullee

Ht1 Michanek, Persson, Dent, Squibb 68.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Watkin, Bass, Wakefield, Curtis [xt] [rr] 70.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Hunter, Lovaas, Trigg, Gardner 70.2 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Pratt, Gifford, Watkin, Wakefield 70.4 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Persson, Hunter, Lovaas, Squibb 69.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Michanek, Pratt, Bass, Dent 68.6 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Gardner, Watkin, Gifford, Trigg 70.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Persson, Dent, Squibb, Curtis 70.2 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Hunter, Pratt, Bass, Lovaas 70.4 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Trigg, Michanek, Dent, Gardner 70.2 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Persson, Bass, Watkin, Curtis 70.4 1 5 33 33 Ht12 Michanek, Hunter, Trigg, Pratt 69.0 5 1 38 34 Ht13 Persson, Lovaas, Gardner, Gifford [ef] 70.4 2 4 40 38

Programme Changes: HtHt8 t/s Persson for Wakefield, Ht11 r/s Watkin for Gifford, r/s Bass for Squibb.

Reserves Race Watkin, Bass, Wakefield, Curtis 70.6

Wallsend Trophy Ht1 Michanek, Persson, Dent, Gardner 69.8 71.0 Ht2 Hunter, Trigg, Watkin, Bass 71.2 71.8 Ht3 Lovaas, Pratt, Squibb, Gifford [ef] 72.4 72.8 Final Lovaas, Persson, Michanek, Hunter 73.0

Discovery Race Ht1 Tim Swales, Bobby Doran, Ronnie Ferguson, Roy Young 76.6 Ht2 McPhee, Paul Furness, Tony Swales, Hoyer? [f] 80.0

9 Saturday 18 th April 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 34 – Belle Vue Aces 44 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 1 12 2. Jimmy Squibb 0 N 0 N 0 0 3. Colin Pratt 2 3 2’ 3 3 13 1 4. Ken Wakefield 0 1 2 0 3 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 XT 1 0 0 4 6. Chris Bass 1 0 1 2 7. Mike Gardner F 0 N N 0 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Belle Vue Aces 1. Ivan Mauger 3 3 2 2 10 2. Chris Pusey 1 2’ 1’ EX 4 2 3. Soren Sjosten 3 2 3 3 11 4. Ken Eyre 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 5. Tommy Roper (C) 2 2 1 2’ 7 1 6. Mike Hiftle 2’ 1 0 1 4 1 7. Dave Hemus 3 XT 2 1’ 6 1 Team Manager: Jack Fearnley ACU Referee: C. H. Telling

Ht1 Mauger, Persson, Pusey, Squibb 69.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hemus, Hiftle, Bass, Gardner 72.4 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Trigg, Roper, Eyre, Wakefield 71.8 3 3 6 12 Ht4 Sjosten, Pratt, Hiftle, Bass [rr] 70.0 2 4 8 16 Ht5 Mauger, Pusey, Wakefield, Gardner [rr] 73.2 1 5 9 21 Ht6 Persson, Sjosten, Trigg, Hiftle 69.8 4 2 13 23 Ht7 Pratt, Roper, Bass, Eyre [rr] 71.6 4 2 17 25 Ht8 Persson, Hemus, Pusey, Squibb 72.6 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Sjosten, Wakefield, Hiftle, Trigg 72.6 2 4 22 32 Ht10 Persson, Pratt, Roper, Eyre 73.0 5 1 27 33 Ht11 Pratt, Mauger, Hemus, Squibb 71.0 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Sjosten, Roper, Persson, Wakefield 71.8 1 5 31 41 Ht13 Pratt, Mauger, Eyre, Trigg 71.4 3 3 34 44

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Hiftle for Hemus [xt], Ht5 r/s Gardner for Trigg [xt], Ht6 t/s Trigg for Squibb, Ht8 t/s Persson for Gardner, Ht10 t/s Pratt for Squibb, Ht11 t/s Squibb for Gardner, r/s Hemus for Pusey [ex].

Golden Helmet Match Race Ivan Mauger beat Colin Pratt 72.6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Roper, Eyre, Wakefield, Mike Holmes [f] 74.4 74.6 Ht2 Sjosten, Hiftle, Squibb, Trigg 72.6 75.0 Ht3 Mauger, Persson, C Bass, Pusey [f] 73.0 74.4 Final Mauger, Persson, Sjosten, Roper 72.2

Talent Stakes Erol Brook, Keith Teasdale, Barrie Smith, Steve Bass [ef] 79.2

Cradley Stakes Hemus, Chris Hawkins, Bob Young, Gardner [fns] [rr] 75.6

Reserves Stakes Gardner, C Bass, George Davenport, Hawkins 75.8

10 Friday 24 th April 1970 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 52 – Cradley Heathens 26 (British League)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12 2. Geoff Ambrose 1 2’ 3 1 7 1 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 1 1 FN 0 2 4. Mick Handley 2’ 2 1 1 6 1 5. Norman Hunter 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 6. James Bond 3 3 XT 3 9 7. Peter Jackson 2’ 3 1 FX 6 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 0 3 0 N N 3 2. Chris Bass 2 0 0 1’ 3 1 3. Colin Pratt 2 1 2 2 2 9 4. Ken Wakefield F 2 0 2 4 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 EF N 2 0 3 6. Jimmy Squibb 0 0 N 0 7. Mike Gardner 1 0 2 1’ 4 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: R. G. Owen

Ht1 Olsen, Bass, Ambrose, Persson [rr] 67.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bond, Jackson, Gardner, Squibb 69.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Hunter, Handley, Trigg, Wakefield [f] 69.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Bond, Pratt, Vandenberg, Gardner 70.0 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Persson, Handley, Hunter, Bass 69.2 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Olsen, Ambrose, Pratt, Squibb 69.0 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Jackson, Wakefield, Vandenberg, Trigg [ef] [rr] 70.8 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Ambrose, Gardner, Jackson, Bass 70.6 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Hunter, Pratt, Handley, Persson 70.2 4 2 38 16 Ht10 Olsen, Pratt, Ambrose, Wakefield 68.8 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Bond, Trigg, Bass, Jackson [fx] [rr] 70.4 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Olsen, Pratt, Handley, Trigg 68.6 4 2 49 23 Ht13 Hunter, Wakefield, Gardner, Vandenberg 70.8 3 3 52 26

Programme Changes: Ht7 r/s Jackson for Bond [xt], Ht9 t/s Persson for Squibb, Ht10 t/s Pratt for Trigg, Ht11 r/s Bond for Vandenberg [fn], Ht13 r/s Gardner for Persson.

Junior Race Gary Peterson, Alan Bridgett, George Davenport, B. Hallinger? 73.8

Reserves Scurry Peterson, Squibb, Gardner, Bridgett 72.6

April Trophy Ht1 Olsen, Pratt, Bass, Bond [ef] 70.2 72.6 Ht2 Handley, Vandenberg, Trigg, Davenport 72.8 73.8 Ht3 Wakefield, Ambrose, Hunter, Stuart Riley 72.8 73.4 Final Olsen, Handley, Pratt, Wakefield [r] 72.4

11 Saturday 25 th April 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens v West Ham Hammers (British League) Postponed Due To Rain

12 Saturday 2nd May 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

World Championship Qualifying Round Winner: Colin Pratt

1. Geoff Ambrose (W’ton Wolves) F 2 1 3 3 9 6th 2. Bill Andrew (Newport Wasps) 3 EX 2 2 1 8 7th 3. Bob Andrews (Hackney Hawks) 2 2 3 2 3 12 2nd 4. Chris Bass (Cradley Heathens) 1 2 0 3 1 7 8th 5. Jack Biggs (Hackney Hawks) 3 3 3 EF 3 12 3rd 6. Brian Collins (Wembley Lions) 2 1 EX 2 2 7 9th 7. Mike Gardner (Cradley Heathens) 1 0 2 2 0 5 11 th 8. Mick Handley (W’ton Wolves) 0 0 1 1 EF 2 15 th 9. George Major (Oxford Cheetahs) 0 0 2 0 2 4 12th 10. Charlie Monk (Glasgow Tigers) 2 3 3 3 1 12 4th 11. Colin Pratt (Cradley Heathens) 3 3 3 3 2 14 1st 12. Pete Smith (Poole Pirates) 1 1 1 1 EX 4 13 th 13. Jimmy Squibb ( Cradley Heathens ) FX 1 1 0 1 3 14 th 14. Norman Strachan ( Newport Wasps )1 N 0 0 0 1 16 th 15. Neil Street (Exeter Falcons) 2 1 0 1 2 6 10 th 16. Roy Trigg (Cradley Heathens) 3 3 2 1 3 12 5th Res: Ken Wakefield (Cradley Hth) 2 2 Res: Chris Hawkins (Cradley Hth) 0 0 ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Andrew, Andrews, Bass, Ambrose [f] 69.0 Ht2 Biggs, Collins, Gardner, Handley 70.8 Ht3 Pratt, Monk, Smith, Major 70.4 Ht4 Trigg, Street, Strachan, Squibb [fx] [rr] 71.4 Ht5 Biggs, Ambrose, Squibb, Major 72.0 Ht6 Monk, Wakefield, Collins, Andrew [ex] [rr] 71.0 Ht7 Pratt, Andrews, Street, Gardner 71.0 Ht8 Trigg, Bass, Smith, Handley 71.6 Ht9 Pratt, Trigg, Ambrose, Collins [ex] [rr] 70.4 Ht10 Biggs, Andrew, Smith, Street [rr] 71.8 Ht11 Andrews, Major, Handley, Strachan 71.8 Ht12 Monk, Gardner, Squibb, Bass 71.6 Ht13 Ambrose, Gardner, Smith, Strachan 72.0 Ht14 Pratt, Andrew, Handley, Squibb 70.8 Ht15 Monk, Andrews, Trigg, Biggs [ef] 70.8 Ht16 Bass, Collins, Street, Major 72.0 Ht17 Ambrose, Street, Monk, Handley [ef] 71.8 Ht18 Trigg, Major, Andrew, Gardner 71.0 Ht19 Andrews, Collins, Squibb, Hawkins [rr] 72.6 Ht20 Biggs, Pratt, Bass, Strachan 73.0

Programme Changes: Ht6 Wakefield for Strachan, Ht19 Hawkins for Smith [ex].

13 Thursday 7 th May 1970 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs 38 – Cradley Heathens 40 (British League)

Oxford Cheetahs 1. Pete Jarman EF 3 0 1 4 2. Eddie Reeves (C) 2 1 3 1 7 3. Colin Gooddy 2 2 EF 1’ 5 1 4. Hasse Holmqvist 2 2 1 0 5 5. Rick Timmo 1’ 1’ 3 2 7 2 6. Ronnie Genz 3 1’ 1’ 3 8 2 7. Mick Bell 2’ 0 N 2 1 Team Manager: Sid Knibbs

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 3 14 2. Chris Bass 1 0 2 1’ 4 1 3. Colin Pratt 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 4. Ken Wakefield F 0 N 0 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 6. Jimmy Squibb 1 0 0 1 7. Mike Gardner 0 0 1’ 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: C. E. Telling

Ht1 Persson, Reeves, Bass, Jarman [ef] 67.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Genz, Bell, Squibb, Gardner 68.4 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Holmqvist, Timmo, Wakefield [f] 67.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Pratt, Gooddy, Genz, Gardner 70.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Persson, Holmqvist, Timmo, Bass 67.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Jarman, Pratt, Reeves, Squibb 67.8 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Trigg, Gooddy, Genz, Wakefield 67.6 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Reeves, Bass, Gardner, Bell 68.0 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Timmo, Pratt, Holmqvist, Squibb 67.4 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Persson, Trigg, Reeves, Jarman [rr] 68.4 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Genz, Persson, Bass, Gooddy [ef] 68.8 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Trigg, Pratt, Jarman, Holmqvist 67.2 1 5 35 37 Ht13 Persson, Timmo, Gooddy, Wakefield 67.2 3 3 38 40

Programme Changes: Ht10 t/s Persson for Wakefield, Ht11 r/s Genz for Bell.

Rider Of The Night Ht1 Timmo, Pratt, Wakefield, George Major 68.4 Ht2 Persson, Jarman, Holmqvist, Squibb 68.2 Ht3 Trigg, Reeves, Gooddy, Bass 68.4 Final Trigg, Timmo, Reeves, Persson[xt] [rr] 67.6

Newcomers Chance Ht1 Steve Lockyer, Pete Henry, Less Osbaldstone, Geoff Bloomfield [f] 79.0 Ht2 Lockyer, David Smith, Derek Cook, Billy Wall [ef] 75.8

Cheetahs Burn-Up Genz, Bell, Gardner, Major [ns] 68.8

14 Saturday 9th May 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 37 – Wembley Lions 40 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 2 1 9 2. Chris Bass 1 1 3 XT 5 3. Colin Pratt 2 2 3 3 10 4. Ken Wakefield 0 0 0 N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 6. Jimmy Squibb 2 0 0 EF 2 7. Mike Gardner 0 1 0 0 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Wembley Lions 1. Reidar Eide 2 2 2 1 7 2. Brian Collins 0 1’ 2 1’ 4 2 3. Ove Fundin 3 2 2 3 10 4. Wayne Briggs 1 3 FX N 4 5. Bert Harkins 3 1 3 2’ 9 1 6. Des Lukehurst 3 0 1’ 0 4 1 7. Tim Bungay 1 1 0 2 Team Manager: Trevor Redmond ACU Referee: J. Ashworth

Ht1 Persson, Eide, Bass, Collins 68.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lukehurst, Squibb, Bungay, Gardner 71.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Harkins, Trigg, Briggs, Wakefield 70.0 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Fundin, Pratt, Bungay, Squibb 69.8 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Trigg, Eide, Collins, Wakefield 69.6 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Persson, Fundin, Bass, Lukehurst 70.0 4 2 17 19 Ht7 Briggs, Pratt, Harkins, Squibb 70.6 2 4 19 23 Ht8 Bass, Collins, Gardner, Bungay 71.6 4 2 23 25 Ht9 Trigg, Fundin, Lukehurst, Wakefield [rr] 70.2 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Harkins, Persson, Squibb [ef], Briggs [fx] [rrx2] 70.8 2 3 28 31 Ht11 Pratt, Eide, Collins, Gardner 70.8 3 3 31 34 Ht12 Fundin, Harkins, Persson, Gardner 70.8 1 5 32 39 Ht13 Pratt, Trigg, Eide, Lukehurst 71.0 5 1 37 40

Programme Changes: Ht10 r/s Squibb for Bass [xt], Ht12 r/s Gardner for Wakefield, Ht13 r/s Lukehurst for Briggs

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Fundin, Pratt, Bass, Lukehurst 72.0 72.6 Ht2 Eide, Trigg, Gardner, Wakefield 71.4 71.8 Ht3 Persson, Harkins, Collins, Squibb 71.2 71.6 Final Harkins, Persson, Eide, Fundin [ef] [rr] 72.0

Quarry Bank Stakes Mike Holmes, Mal Carmichael, Andy Hunt [ef], Keith Teasdale [ef] 77.2

Cradley Stakes Squibb, Arne Pander, Carmichael, Holmes 75.4

Reserves Stakes Gardner, Bungay, Holmes, Pander 73.8

15 Monday 11 th May 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

England 70 – Australia 38 (Test Match)

England 1. (C) 1 2’ 3 2 2’ 3 13 2 2. Trevor Hedge 0 3 2’ 1’ 3 0 9 2 3. Eric Boocock 2 1’ 3 2 3 2’ 13 2 4. Roy Trigg 0 2 2’ 1’ 0 3 8 2 5. 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 6. Ray Wilson 2’ 1 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 10 5 7. Colin Pratt DNR 8. Arnold Haley DNR Team Manager: Mike Parker

Australia 1. Jim Airey (C) 3 0 0 0 1’ R 4 1 2. Les Sharpe 2’ 3 1 3 2 3 14 1 3. John Boulger 1 2 EF 0 1 1’ 5 1 4. Garry Middleton 3 0 1 3 0 2 9 5. Charlie Monk 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 6. Geoff Mudge 0 0 N 0 N N 0 7. Peter Vandenberg 0 0 8. Gordon Guasco 1 1 2 Team Manager: Greg Kentwell ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Airey, Sharpe, N Boocock, Hedge 72.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Middleton, E Boocock, Boulger, Trigg 73.4 2 4 3 9 Ht3 Betts, Wilson, Monk, Mudge [fr] 73.0 5 1 8 10 Ht4 Sharpe, Trigg, E Boocock, Airey 71.6 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Betts, Boulger, Wilson, Middleton 72.2 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Hedge, N Boocock, Monk, Mudge 74.4 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Betts, Wilson, Sharpe, Airey [rr] 73.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 N Boocock, Hedge, Middleton, Boulger [ef] 73.8 5 1 30 18 Ht9 E Boocock, Trigg, Monk, Vandenberg 74.6 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Sharpe, N Boocock, Hedge, Airey 73.4 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Middleton, E Boocock, Trigg, Boulger 75.0 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Betts, Wilson, Monk, Mudge 73.2 5 1 46 26 Ht13 E Boocock, Sharpe, Airey, Trigg [fr] 74.6 3 3 49 29 Ht14 Betts, Wilson, Boulger, Middleton 73.6 5 1 54 30 Ht15 Hedge, N Boocock, Guasco, Monk 75.0 5 1 59 31 Ht16 Sharpe, Betts, Wilson, Airey [r ] 73.0 3 3 62 34 Ht17 N Boocock, Middleton, Boulger, Hedge 74.8 3 3 65 37 Ht18 Trigg, E Boocock, Guasco, Monk 74.8 5 1 70 38

Programme Changes: Ht9 r/s Vandenberg for Mudge, Ht15 r/s Guasco for Mudge, Ht18 r/s Guasco for Mudge.

16 Saturday 16 th May 1970 , Coventry

Coventry Bees 51 – Cradley Heathens 27 (British League)

Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Roger Hill 1 1 1’ 1 4 1 3. Rick France 2 1 1’ 2 6 1 4. Les Owen 3 2’ 1 2’ 8 2 5. Ken McKinlay 2’ 3 3 1’ 9 2 6. Tony Lomas 3 1’ 3 2 9 1 7. Col Cottrell 1 2 XT 3 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 1 2 3 3 11 2. Chris Bass 0 0 N 0 0 3. Colin Pratt 3 2 3 2 0 10 4. Ken Wakefield 1 F N 0 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 0 2 0 0 1 3 6. Jimmy Squibb 0 0 N 0 7. Mike Gardner 2 0 EF 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: M. Palmer

Ht1 boocock, Persson, Hill, Bass 67.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lomas, Gardner, Cottrell, Squibb 69.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Owen, McKinlay, Wakefield, Trigg 70.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Pratt, France, Lomas, Gardner 68.0 3 3 16 8 Ht5 McKinlay, Owen, Persson, Bass 69.6 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Boocock, Pratt, Hill, Squibb 69.4 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Lomas, Trigg, France, Wakefield [f] 70.4 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Pratt, Cottrell, Hill, Gardner [ef] 69.8 3 3 32 16 Ht9 McKinlay, Pratt, Owen, Trigg 69.0 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Boocock, Persson, Hill, Trigg 69.8 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Persson, Lomas, France, Bass 71.0 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Boocock, Owen, Trigg, Pratt 69.8 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Persson, France, McKinlay, Wakefield 70.2 3 3 51 27

Programme Changes: Ht 8 t/s Pratt for Bass, Ht9 t/s Trigg for Squibb, Ht10 t/s Persson for Wakefield, Ht11 r/s Lomas for Cottrell [xt].

Up’N Comers Scratch Race Pete Bailey, John Harrhy, Roy Carter, Cliff Emms. 70.6

Stadium Gold Sash Snowball Ht1 Owen, France, Bass, Pratt 70.4 71.2 Ht2 McKinlay, Hill, Lomas, Trigg 70.2 70.4 Ht3 Boocock, Persson, Cottrell, Wakefield 70.2 70.8 Final Boocock, Owen, Hill, McKinlay 70.2

Brandon Scratch Race Gardner, Cottrell, Harrhy, Emms 71.0

Wolston Scratch Race Bailey, Lomas, Carter, Squibb 70.4

17 Monday 18 th May 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Alan Hunt Trophy Winner: Ole Olsen

1. Eric Boocock (Halifax Dukes) 2 1 2 2 3 10 5th 2. Jimmy Squibb ( Cradley Heathens ) 1 0 0 0 1 2 15 th 3. Ivan Mauger (Belle Vue Aces) 3 3 2 2 1 11 3rd 4. Jim Airey (Sheffield Tigers) 0 1 0 1 1 3 14 th 5. Colin Pratt (Cradley Heathens) 3 3 2 3 2 13 2nd 6. Norman Hunter (W’ton Wolves) EF N N N N 0 16 th 7. Bob Andrews (Hackney Hawks) 2 1 1 1 2 7 9th 8. Chris Bass (Cradley Heathens) 1 0 0 1 1 3 13 th 9. Roy Trigg (Cradley Heathens) 0 2 1 3 FX 6 10 th 10. Nigel Boocock (Coventry Bees) 3 2 2 XT 2 9 8th 11. Ray Wilson (Leicester Lions) 1 2 1 2 0 6 11 th 12. Barry Briggs () 2 3 3 XT 3 11 4th 13. Arnold Haley (Sheffield Tigers) 2 0 3 3 2 10 6th 14. Ole Olsen (W’ton Wolves) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 15. Rick France (Coventry Bees) 1 0 1 2 0 4 12 th 16. Reidar Eide (Wembley Lions) 0 2 3 1 3 9 7th Res: Ken Wakefield ( Cradley Heathens )1 0 0 F 1 Res: Mike Gardner ( Cradley Heathens ) 0 0 0 ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Mauger, E Boocock, Squibb, Airey [fr] 68.4 Ht2 Pratt, Andrews, Bass, Hunter [ef] 69.0 Ht3 N Boocock, Briggs, Wilson, Trigg 68.4 Ht4 Olsen, Haley, France, Eide 68.0 Ht5 Pratt, Trigg, E Boocock, Haley 67.8 Ht6 Olsen, N Boocock, Wakefield, Squibb 68.0 Ht7 Mauger, Wilson, Andrews, France 69.2 Ht8 Briggs, Eide, Airey, Bass 68.4 Ht9 Eide, E Boocock, Wilson, Wakefield 69.0 Ht10 Briggs, Pratt, France, Squibb 69.0 Ht11 Olsen, Mauger, Trigg, Bass 68.0 Ht12 Haley, N Boocock, Andrews, Airey 70.2 Ht13 Olsen, E Boocock, Andrews, Gardner [rr] 69.4 Ht14 Haley, Wilson, Bass, Squibb 70.8 Ht15 Pratt, Mauger, Eide, Gardner [rr] 70.2 Ht16 Trigg, France, Airey, Wakefield [fr] 71.0 Ht17 E Boocock, N Boocock, Bass, France 70.6 Ht18 Eide, Andrews, Squibb, Trigg [fx] [rr] 71.6 Ht19 Briggs, Haley, Mauger, Wakefield [f] 70.6 Ht20 Olsen, Pratt, Airey, Wilson 69.6

Run Off For Third Place Ivan Mauger bt Barry Briggs 70.6

Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Wakefield for Hunter, Ht9 r/s Wakefield for Hunter, Ht12 r/s Gardner for Briggs [xt], Ht15 r/s Gardner for N Boocock [xt], Ht16 r/s Wakefield for Hunter, Ht19 r/s Wakefield for Hunter

18 Saturday 23 rd May 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 33 – Leicester Lions 44 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1 2 3 3 3 12 2. Chris Bass 0 N 0 N 0 0 3. Colin Pratt 3 1’ 3 2 XT 9 1 4. Mike Gardner 3 0 1’ FX N 4 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2’ 2 0 2 1 7 1 6. Ken Wakefield F 0 N 0 0 7. Jimmy Squibb 1 N 0 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Leicester Lions 1. Ray Wilson (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Norman Storer 2’ 1 2 1 6 1 3. John Boulger 2 3 3 2 10 4. John Hart 1 1’ 2 2’ 6 2 5. Graham Plant 0 2 EF 1’ 3 1 6. Alan Cowland 2’ 0 0 2 1 7. Malcolm Brown 3 1’ 1’ 5 2 Team Manager: Vic White ACU Referee: L. D. Stripp

Ht1 Wilson, Storer, Persson, Bass 69.6 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Brown, Cowland, Squibb, Wakefield [f] 70.4 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Gardner, Trigg, Hart, Plant 70.0 5 1 7 11 Ht4 Pratt, Boulger, Brown, Wakefield 69.6 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Wilson, Trigg, Storer, Gardner 69.2 2 4 12 18 Ht6 Boulger, Persson, Pratt, Cowland 69.6 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Pratt, Plant, Hart, Trigg 69.8 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Persson, Storer, Brown, Bass 70.2 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Boulger, Trigg, Gardner, Cowland 70.0 3 3 24 30 Ht10 Persson, Hart, Plant [ef], Gardner [fx] [rr] 70.4 3 2 27 32 Ht11 Wilson, Pratt, Storer, Squibb 70.2 2 4 29 36 Ht12 Persson, Boulger, Plant, Bass 70.2 3 3 32 39 Ht13 Wilson, Hart, Trigg, Wakefield [fr] [rr] 71.2 1 5 33 44

Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Pratt for Bass, Ht7 t/s Trigg for Wakefield, Ht8 t/s Persson for Squibb, Ht10 t/s Gardner for Bass, Ht12 t/s Bass for Gardner, Ht13 r/s Wakefield for Pratt [xt].

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Boulger, Pratt, Storer, Squibb 70.0 71.0 Ht2 Hart, Plant, Bass, Trigg 70.8 71.4 Ht3 Wilson, Persson, Cowland, Wakefield 70.6 71.2 Final Pratt, Wilson, Boulger, Hart [ef] 71.0

Dudley Stakes Mike Holmes, Mal Carmichael, Keith Teasdale, Andy Hunt [ef] 76.0

Cradley Stakes Holmes, Hunt, Carmichael, Teasdale 76.0

Reserves Stakes Brown, Squibb, George Major, Holmes 72.4

19 Thursday 28 th May 1970 , London

Wimbledon Dons 49 – Cradley Heathens 29 (Knockout Cup 2 nd Round)

Wimbledon Dons 1. Reg Luckhurst 1 3 1’ 0 5 1 2. Jim Tebby 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 3. Trevor Hedge 3 3 3 3 12 4. Cyril Maidment 3 1’ 1 1 6 1 5. Ronnie Moore (C) 2’ 2 3 2’ 9 2 6. Gary Everett 2’ 1 1 4 1 7. Peter Murray 3 1’ FX 4 1 Team Manager: Vic Goodden

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson R/R 2. Chris Bass 0 0 N XT 1 1 3. Colin Pratt 2 2 1 3 2 2’ 12 1 4. Mike Gardner 0 0 0 R 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 3 2 F 3 3 12 6. Ken Wakefield 0 0 N 2 2 7. Jimmy Squibb 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 8. Mike Holmes DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: S. Mellish

Ht1 Tebby, Pratt, Luckhurst, Bass 64.7 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Murray, Everett, Squibb, Wakefield 66.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Maidment, Moore, Trigg, Gardner 65.9 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Hedge, Pratt, Everett, Squibb 63.5 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Trigg, Moore, Maidment, Bass 64.6 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Luckhurst, Tebby, Pratt, Wakefield 64.9 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Hedge, Trigg, Everett, Gardner 63.4 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Pratt, Tebby, Murray, Squibb 64.3 3 3 33 15 Ht9 Moore, Pratt, Maidment, Trigg [fr] 64.3 4 2 37 17 Ht10 Trigg, Tebby, Luckhurst, Gardner 65.2 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Hedge, Wakefield, Squibb, Murray [fx] [rrx2] 64.0 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Trigg, Pratt, Maidment, Luckhurst 64.2 1 5 44 28 Ht13 Hedge, Moore, Bass, Gardner [fr-ret] 64.5 5 1 49 29

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Pratt for Persson, Ht5 r/r Trigg for Persson, Ht8 t/s Pratt for Bass, Ht9 t/s Trigg for Wakefield, Ht11 r/r Squibb for Persson, r/s Wakefield for Bass [xt], Ht13 r/r Bass for Persson.

Dons v Heathens (Cradley receive a start equal to half the defecit from the cup match) Ht1 Hedge, Luckhurst, Pratt, Squibb 65.7 5 1 5 11 Ht2 Gardner, Maidment, Tebby, Bass 66.2 3 3 8 14 Ht3 Moore, Luckhurst, Trigg, Squibb 65.0 5 1 13 15 Ht4 Everett, Wakefield, Nigel Rackett, Holmes 66.0 4 2 17 17 Ht5 Hedge, Trigg, Moore, Pratt 64.3 4 2 21 19 Ht6 Tebby, Everett, Bass, Wakefield 65.7 5 1 26 20 Ht7 Maidment, Gardner, Rackett, Holmes 66.9 4 2 30 22

20 Saturday 30 th May 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 40 – Newcastle Diamonds 38 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 1 9 2. Chris Bass 1’ 0 1 N 2 1 3. Colin Pratt 3 3 2 1 9 4. Mike Gardner 0 0 1 0 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 1 3 3 10 6. Ken Wakefield 1 1 0 2 7. Jimmy Squibb 3 3 1 0 7 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Newcastle Diamonds 1. Anders Michanek 3 3 3 2 11 2. Russ Dent 0 2’ 2 1 5 1 3. George Hunter 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 4. Geoff Curtis 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 5. Dave Gifford (C) 1’ 2 2 3 8 1 6. Mike Watkin 2 1’ 0 3 1 7. Dag Lovaas 0 0 0 0 Team Manager: Tom Graham ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Michanek, Persson, Bass, Dent [ef] 67.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Squibb, Watkin, Wakefield, Lovaas 70.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Curtis, Gifford, Gardner 69.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Pratt, Hunter, Wakefield, Lovaas 69.2 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Michanek, Dent, Trigg, Gardner 69.2 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Persson, Hunter, Watkin, Bass 70.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Pratt, Gifford, Curtis, Wakefield 70.4 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Squibb, Dent, Bass, Lovaas 71.4 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Trigg, Hunter, Gardner, Watkin 70.4 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Persson, Gifford, Squibb, Curtis [rr] 70.8 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Michanek, Pratt, Dent, Squibb 69.8 2 4 35 31 Ht12 Gifford, Hunter, Persson, Gardner 70.8 1 5 36 36 Ht13 Trigg, Michanek, Pratt. Curtis 69.6 4 2 40 38

Programme Changes: Ht10 r/s Squibb for Bass.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Michanek, Persson, Dent, Bass 70.8 72.4 Ht2 Gifford, Curtis, Gardner, Trigg [ef] 72.0 72.6 Ht3 Pratt, Hunter, Wakefield, Watkin 71.6 72.8 Final Michanek, Persson, Pratt, Gifford 70.4

Junior Stakes Andy Hunt, Mal Carmichael, Mike Letch, Pete Jarvis 77.6

Cradley Stakes [Mike Holmes, Carmichael, George Davenport, Hunt Twice Rerun then Cancelled.

Reserves Stakes Squibb, Lovaas, Carmichael, Hunt 73.0

21 Tuesday 2 nd June 1970 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester 44 – Cradley Heathens 34 (British League)

Leicester Lions 1. Ray Wilson (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Norman Storer 1 1 0 0 2 3. John Boulger 2 2 3 2 9 4. John Hart 2 2’ 2’ 1 7 2 5. Graham Plant 0 3 3 0 6 6. Alan Cowland 1 0 1’ 2 1 7. Malcolm Brown 3 2 1 6 Team Manager: Vic White

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 1 1’ 2 1 7 1 2. Chris Bass F 0 N N 0 0 3. Colin Pratt 3 2 3 EF N 8 4. Mike Gardner 1 0 N 0 N 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 2 2 3 13 6. Ken Wakefield 0 0 N 0 7. Jimmy Squibb 2 1 1 1 5 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Wilson, Persson, Storer, Bass [f] 66.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Brown, Squibb, Cowland, Wakefield 69.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Trigg, Hart, Gardner, Plant 68.4 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Pratt, Boulger, Squibb, Cowland 68.4 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Plant, Hart, Persson, Bass 68.6 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Wilson, Pratt, Storer, Wakefield 67.6 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Trigg, Boulger, Cowland, Gardner 68.4 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Pratt, Brown, Squibb, Storer 69.2 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Plant, Hart, Squibb, Pratt [ef] 70.4 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Wilson, Trigg, Persson, Storer 68.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Boulger, Persson, Brown, Gardner 69.2 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Wilson, Trigg, Hart, Bass 68.6 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Trigg, Boulger, Persson, Plant 69.4 2 4 44 34

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Pratt for Bass, Ht9 r/s Squibb for Wakefield, Ht10 t/s Persson for Gardner, Ht11 t/s Gardner for Bass, Ht12 t/s Bass for Pratt, Ht13 t/s Trigg for Gardner.

Cubs Scurry Dene Davies, Roger Mills, Brian Foote, Tom Leadbitter 72.2

Star Of The Night Ht1 Trigg, Plant, Cowland, Wakefield 69.4 70.4 Ht2 Bass, Storer, Davies, Boulger [ef] 70.8 71.2 Ht3 Wilson, Persson, Gardner, Hart 69.6 70.0 Final Wilson, Trigg, Persson, Bass [ef] 69.6

Starlets Scurry Squibb, Leadbitter, Brown, Foote [fr] 71.4

22 Saturday 6 th June 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 38 – Poole Pirates 39 (Challenge)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 2 13 2. Chris Bass 2’ 1 1 1’ 5 2 3. Colin Pratt EF 3 3 3 3 12 4. Mike Gardner FX 1 1 1’ 3 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) EF 0 1 N 1 2 6. Ken Wakefield 0 1 N 1 7. Jimmy Squibb 1 N 1 2 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Poole Pirates 1. Geoff Mudge 1 2’ 3 2 0 8 1 2. Mike Cake 0 2’ 2 0 4 1 3. Peter Smith 3 2 2 EF 3 10 4. Gordon Guasco 3 2 3 2 10 5. Odd Fossengen R/R 6. Frank Shuter 2’ 0 0 2 1 7. Ted Laessing 3 2’ 0 0 5 1 8. Mike Vernam 0 0 Team Manager: Ron Hart ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Persson, Bass, Mudge, Cake 69.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Laessing, Shuter, Squibb, Wakefield 71.2 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Guasco, Mudge, Trigg [ef], Gardner [fx] [rr] 70.6 0 5 6 11 Ht4 Smith, Laessing, Wakefield, Pratt [ef] 71.0 1 5 7 16 Ht5 Mudge, Cake, Gardner, Trigg 70.8 1 5 8 21 Ht6 Persson, Smith, Bass, Shuter 70.6 4 2 12 23 Ht7 Pratt, Guasco, Trigg, Laessing [rr] 70.2 4 2 16 25 Ht8 Persson, Cake, Bass, Laessing 70.6 4 2 20 27 Ht9 Pratt, Smith, Gardner, Shuter 70.4 4 2 24 29 Ht10 Guasco, Persson, Bass, Smith [ef] [rr] 70.4 3 3 27 32 Ht11 Pratt, Mudge, Squibb, Cake 70.4 4 2 31 34 Ht12 Smith, Persson, Gardner, Vernam [rr] 71.0 3 3 34 37 Ht13 Pratt, Guasco, Trigg, Mudge 70.2 4 2 38 39

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Mudge for Fossengen, Ht7 t/s Trigg for Wakefield, r/r Laessing for Fossengen, Ht8 t/s Persson for Squibb, Ht9 t/s Pratt for Trigg, Ht10 r/r Smith for Fossengen, Ht12 r/r Vernam for Fossengen.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Persson, Mudge, Laessing, Gardner 71.0 71.8 Ht2 Trigg, Shuter, Smith, Bass 70.6 72.4 Ht3 Pratt, Guasco, Squibb, Cake 71.2 72.0 Final Persson, Pratt, Trigg, Mudge 71.8

Junior Stakes Mal Carmichael, Mike Letch, Andy Hunt [fx], Pete Jarvis [ns] [rr] 77.4

Cradley Stakes Vernam, George Davenport, Carmichael, Hunt [r] 72.6

Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Vernam, Davenport [fr], Carmichael [f] 73.6

23 Friday 12th June 1970 Saddlebow Road Stadium, Kings Lynn

Kings Lynn Stars 43 – Cradley Heathens 35 (British League)

Kings Lynn Stars 1. Terry Betts (C) 3 3 3 2 11 2. Clive Featherby 1 1 1’ EF 3 1 3. Howard Cole 3 2 1 2 8 4. Allan Brown 1 2’ 1 N 4 1 5. Malcolm Simmons 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 6. Alan Bellham 2 1 1’ 0 4 1 7. David Crane 1’ 2 0 3 1 Team Manager: Cyril Crane

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 1 0 2’ 3 8 1 2. Chris Bass 0 0 N N 0 3. Colin Pratt 2 2 2 3 1 10 4. Jimmy Squibb 0 0 N 0 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2 3 3 2 3 13 6. Ken Wakefield 0 0 N 0 7. Mike Gardner 3 0 0 1’ 4 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: S. J. Mellish

Ht1 Betts, Persson, Featherby, Bass 72.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Gardner, Bellham, Crane, Wakefield 73.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Simmons, Trigg, Brown, Squibb 72.4 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Cole, Pratt, Bellham, Gardner 73.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Simmons, Brown, Persson, Bass 73.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Betts, Pratt, Featherby, Wakefield 71.8 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Trigg, Cole, Bellham, Squibb 72.2 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Trigg, Crane, Featherby, Gardner 72.2 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Simmons, Pratt, Brown, Persson 72.8 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Betts, Trigg, Gardner, Featherby [ef] 72.0 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Pratt, Persson, Cole, Crane 72.6 1 5 38 28 Ht12 Trigg, Betts, Pratt, Bellham 72.2 2 4 40 32 Ht13 Persson, Cole, Simmons, Squibb 72.8 3 3 43 35

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Trigg for Bass, Ht9 t/s Persson for Wakefield, Ht10 r/s Gardner for Squibb, Ht11 t/s Pratt for Bass, Ht12 r/s Bellham for Brown.

24 Saturday 13 th June 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 37 – Sheffield Tigers 41 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 3 1 8 2. Chris Bass 1’ EF 3 0 4 1 3. Colin Pratt 3 3 2 2 10 4. Jimmy Squibb 0 1’ 1’ N 2 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 2 3 1’ 11 1 6. Mike Gardner FX 1 0 0 1 7. Ken Wakefield 1 0 N 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Sheffield Tigers 1. Jim Airey 3 3 3 3 12 2. John Dews 0 XT 1’ 1 2 1 3. Arnold Haley 2 3 3 2 10 4. Bob Paulson 2 2 2 0 6 5. Bengt Larsson 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 3 3 6. Brian Maxted 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 7. David Baugh 3 0 2 5 Team Manager: Terry Thornhill ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Airey, Persson, Bass, Dews 66.8* 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Baugh, Maxted, Wakefield, Gardner [fx] [rr] 71.4 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Trigg, Paulson, Larsson, Squibb 68.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Pratt, Haley, Gardner, Baugh 69.0 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Airey, Trigg, Squibb, Maxted [rr] 69.6 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Haley, Persson, Maxted, Bass [ef] 69.4 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Pratt, Paulson, Larsson, Gardner 70.6 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Bass, Baugh, Dews, Wakefield 70.8 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Haley, Trigg, Squibb, Maxted 70.4 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Persson, Paulson, Larsson, Bass 70.4 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Airey, Pratt, Dews, Gardner 70.4 2 4 30 36 Ht12 Trigg, Haley, Persson, Larsson 70.2 4 2 34 38 Ht13 Airey, Pratt, Trigg, Paulson 69.8 3 3 37 41

* - New Track Record

Programme Changes: Ht5 r/s Maxted for Dews [xt], Ht11 r/s Gardner for Wakefield, Ht12 t/s Trigg for Squibb.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Haley, Persson, Bass, Dews 71.4 71.8 Ht2 Trigg, Larsson, Gardner, Paulson [ex] 72.0 72.8 Ht3 Airey, Pratt, Squibb, Maxted 70.6 71.0 Final Pratt, Airey, Haley, Trigg 70.0

Junior Stakes Mal Carmichael, Mike Letch, Robert Horton, Keith Teasdale [ef] 77.4

Cradley Stakes Not Held

Reserves Stakes Baugh, Wakefield, Carmichael, Letch 74.0

25 Friday 19 th June 1970 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 42 – Cradley Heathens 36 ( Midland Cup 1st Leg )

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Ole Olsen 2 3 3 3 3 14 2. James Bond 1’ 0 3 2’ 6 2 3. Geoff Ambrose 2 1 3 0 6 4. Mick Handley N 1 2 0 3 5. Norman Hunter FX R N N 0 6. Peter Jackson 3 2 0 N EF 5 7. Gary Peterson 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 EF 1’ 7 1 2. Mike Gardner 0 2’ 0 1 3 1 3. Colin Pratt 1 1’ 3 1’ 6 2 4. Jimmy Squibb 1 0 N N 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 0 2 2 9 6. Chris Bass 2 2 1 5 7. Jan Simensen 0 3 1 1 5 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: J. Ashworth

Ht1 Persson, Olsen, Bond, Gardner 65.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Jackson, Bass, Peterson, Simensen 68.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Jackson, Squibb, Hunter [fx] [rr] 66.4 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Simensen, Ambrose, Pratt, Jackson 67.4 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Persson, Gardner, Handley, Hunter 66.6 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Olsen, Bass, Pratt, Bond 65.0 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Olsen, Trigg, Ambrose, Squibb 65.2 4 2 19 23 Ht8 Bond, Peterson, Simenson, Gardner [rr] 68.2 5 1 24 24 Ht9 Pratt, Handley, Bass, Jackson [ef] 67.0 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Olsen, Bond, Simensen, Trigg 65.6 5 1 31 29 Ht11 Ambrose, Peterson, Gardner, Persson [ef] 68.0 5 1 36 30 Ht12 Olsen, Trigg, Pratt, Handley 65.8 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Peterson, Trigg, Persson, Ambrose 67.4 3 3 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Jackson for Handley, Ht7 t/s Olsen for Jackson, Ht9 r/s Jackson for Hunter, Ht10 r/s Simensen for Squibb, Ht13 r/s Peterson for Hunter, t/s Trigg for Squibb.

Reserves Race Bass, Jackson, Alan Bridgett, Robin Adlington 68.6

June Trophy Ht1 Olsen, Pratt, Handley, Gardner 66.6 67.8 Ht2 Peterson, Trigg, Squibb, Tony Armstrong 68.2 68.4 Ht3 Persson, Bond, Ambrose, Bridgett 67.6 68.8 Final Olsen, Peterson, Pratt, Persson [ef] 73.4

26 Saturday 20 th June 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 43 - Wolverhampton Wolves 35 (Midland Cup 2nd Leg )

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 1 2 0 5 2. Mike Gardner 0 0 N 0 0 3. Colin Pratt 3 3 3 1 10 4. Jimmy Squibb 1 0 0 N 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 3 3 11 6. Chris Bass 3 2’ 1 3 3 12 1 7. Jan Simensen 2’ 2’ 0 4 2 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 2 2 13 2. James Bond 1 1 XT 1 1’ 4 1 3. Geoff Ambrose 0 2’ 1’ 1’ 4 3 4. Mick Handley 0 0 N N 0 5. Norman Hunter 2 2 3 2 9 6. Peter Jackson 0 N 0 N 0 7. Gary Peterson 1 1 1 2 0 5 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Olsen, Persson, Bond, Gardner 66.4* 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bass, Simensen, Peterson, Jackson 69.4 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Hunter, Squibb, Handley 69.0 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Pratt, Bass, Peterson, Ambrose 70.4 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Olsen, Trigg, Bond, Squibb 68.6 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Olsen, Ambrose, Persson, Gardner 68.4 1 5 19 17 Ht7 Pratt, Hunter, Bass, Handley 69.8 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Bass, Simensen, Peterson, Jackson [rr] 71.0 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Trigg, Peterson, Ambrose, Squibb 69.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Hunter, Persson, Bond, Gardner 70.2 2 4 33 27 Ht11 Pratt, Olsen, Bond, Simensen 69.2 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Bass, Hunter, Ambrose, Persson 70.2 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Trigg, Olsen, Pratt, Peterson 69.4 4 2 43 35

* - New Track Record

Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Olsen for Jackson, Ht8 r/s Bass for Gardner, r/s Jackson for Bond [xt], Ht9 r/s Peterson for Jackson, Ht10 t/s Bond for Handley, Ht12 r/s Bass for Squibb, Ht13 r/s Peterson for Handley.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Persson, Olsen, Ambrose, Gardner 71.2 71.6 Ht2 Trigg, Bond, Squibb, Jackson 71.0 72.2 Ht3 Hunter, Bass, Ken Wakefield [fx], Pratt [fn] [rr] 72.0 72.6 Final Trigg, Olsen, Persson, Hunter [f] 71.0

Junior Stakes Mal Carmichael, Mike Letch, Andy Hunt, Robert Horton 76.4

Cradley Stakes Wakefield, Carmichael, George Davonport, Hunt [r] [rrx2] 73.4

Reserves Stakes Peterson, Simensen, Davenport, Carmichael [rr] 72.0

27 Friday 26 th June 1970 Waterden Road Stadium, Hackney

Hackney Hawks 48 - Cradley Heathens 30 (British League )

Hackney Hawks 1. Jimmy Gooch 2 2’ XT 2’ 6 2 2. Jack Biggs 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 3. Garry Middleton 3 EF 2 1 6 4. Les McGillivray (C) 1 1’ 1 3 6 1 5. Bengt Jansson 3 2 3 3 11 6. Bob Andrews 2’ 2’ 2 1’ 7 3 7. Laurie Etheridge 3 0 1’ 4 1 Team Manager: Len Silver

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 1 3 2 12 2. Mike Gardner 0 0 N 0 0 3. Colin Pratt EF X2 EF R N 0 4. Jimmy Squibb 0 N N F 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2 3 3 3 EF 11 6. Chris Bass 1 1 1 2 1 6 7. Ken Wakefield 0 1 R N 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: L. D. Stripp

Ht1 Persson, Gooch, Biggs, Gardner 67.5 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Etheridge, Andrews, Bass, Wakefield 68.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Jansson, Trigg, McGillivray, Squibb 66.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Middleton, Andrews, Wakefield, Pratt [ef] 68.9 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Persson, Jansson, McGillivray, Gardner 66.8 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Biggs, Gooch, Bass, Wakefield [r] 68.6 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Trigg, Andrews, Persson, Middleton [ef] 66.8 2 4 27 15 Ht8 Trigg, Biggs, Bass, Etheridge 67.2 2 4 29 19 Ht9 Jansson, Bass, McGillivray, Pratt [ef] 67.9 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Trigg, Biggs, Andrews, Pratt [r] 67.1 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Persson, Middleton, Etheridge, Gardner 67.8 3 3 39 27 Ht12 McGillivray, Gooch, Bass, Trigg [ef] 70.5 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Jansson, Persson, Middleton, Squibb [f] 67.2 4 2 48 30

Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Wakefield for Pratt [x2], Ht7 t/s Persson for Squibb, Ht8 t/s Trigg for Gardner, r/s Bass for Wakefield, Ht10 r/s Andrews for Gooch, t/s Pratt for Squibb, Ht12 r/s Bass for Pratt.

Opportunity Knox John Louis, Barry Thomas, Dave Whittaker, Dave Smith 72.1

The Goldhawk Tournament Ht1 Gooch, Bass, McGillivray, Mal Carmichael 69.8 70.9 Ht2 Persson, Andrews, Louis, Gardner [f] 68.2 70.4 Ht3 Jansson, Squibb, Biggs [f], Trigg [ef] 68.6 70.6 Final Persson, Andrews, Gooch, Jansson 68.4

Reserves Revenge Etheridge, Thomas, Louis [f], Wakefield [xt] [rr] 69.7

28 Saturday 27th June 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 42 – Newport Wasps 36 (British League )

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 2. Jan Simensen 1 0 3 3 7 3. Colin Pratt 3 3 3 1 10 4. Jimmy Squibb 0 1 1 1 3 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 0 9 6. Chris Bass FN 0 7. Mike Gardner FX 0 8. Ken Wakefield 1 1 0 R 0 2 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Newport Wasps 1. Sandor Levai 2 2 2 3 9 2. Norman Strachan 0 0 N N 0 3. Bill Andrew 2 2 2 1’ 2 9 1 4. Edgar Stangeland 2 1’ 1 2’ 6 2 5. Bengt Brannefors 1’ 2 XT 0 3 1 6. Bob Hughes 3 1’ 1’ 0 5 2 7. Jon Erskine (C) 2’ 0 2 0 4 1 Team Manager: Bob Radford ACU Referee: J. Ashworth

Ht1 Persson, Levai, Simensen, Strachan 68.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hughes, Erskine, Wakefield, Gardner [fx] [rr] 70.8 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Trigg, Stangeland, Brannefors, Squibb 69.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Pratt, Andrew, Wakefield, Erskine 69.8 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Trigg, Levai, Squibb, Strachan 69.2 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Persson, Andrew, Hughes, Simensen 70.2 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Pratt, Brannefors, Stangeland, Wakefield 70.0 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Simensen, Erskine, Hughes, Wakefield [r] 70.6 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Trigg, Andrew, Squibb, Hughes 70.0 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Simensen, Persson, Stangeland, Erskine [rr] 70.0 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Pratt, Levai, Andrew, Wakefield [fr] 70.4 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Persson, Andrew, Squibb, Brannefors 70.4 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Levai, Stangeland, Pratt, Trigg 70.6 1 5 42 36

Cradley were allowed by the referee to use Wakefield as a number 8, after both Bass & Gardner were injured in Heat 2.

Programme Changes: Ht2 r/s Wakefield for Bass, Ht4 r/s Wakefield for Bass, Ht7 r/s Wakefield for Bass, Ht8 r/s Wakefield for Gardner, r/s Hughes for Strachan, Ht10 r/s Erskine for Brannefors [xt], Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Gardner, t/s Andrew for Strachan.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Persson, Brannefors, Wakefield [nf], Levai [ex] 71.6 72.0 Ht2 Trigg, Squibb, Stangeland, Hughes 71.2 71.8 Ht3 Pratt, Simensen, Andrew, Strachan 70.6 71.6 Final Pratt, Simensen, Persson, Trigg 71.4

Junior Stakes Mal Carmichael, Mike Letch, Robert Horton, Andy Hunt 75.2

Cradley Stakes Wakefield, Carmichael, Hunt, Arne Pander [ef] 74.0

Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Erskine, Carmichael, George Davenport 73.2

29 Saturday 4 th July 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 40.5 – Coventry Bees 37.5 (British League )

Cradley Heathens 1. John Boulger (G) 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 2. Jan Simensen 0 3 3 2’ 8 1 3. Colin Pratt 3 2 3 1.5 9.5 4. Jimmy Squibb 2 1 0 1 4 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1’ X2 3 0 4 1 6. Chris Bass 1 0 0 1’ 2’ 4 2 7. Ken Wakefield 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Coventry Bees 1. Ken McKinlay 1’ 3 0 3 7 1 2. Roger Hill 2 2’ 2 1 7 1 3. Rick France 1’ 1 1’ XT 3 2 4. Ron Mountford (C) EX F 0 1.5’ 1.5 1 5. Tony Lomas 3 3 1 2 9 6. Col Cottrell 2’ 0 2 4 1 7. Les Owen 3 2 1’ F 6 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Boulger, Hill, McKinlay, Simensen [rr] 68.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Owen, Cottrell, Bass, Wakefield 71.2 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Lomas, Squibb, Trigg, Mountford [ex] [rr] 70.6 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Pratt, Owen, France, Bass 70.6 3 3 10 14 Ht5 McKinlay, Hill, Squibb, Bass 70.6 1 5 11 19 Ht6 Simensen, Boulger, France, Cottrell 70.2 5 1 16 20 Ht7 Lomas, Pratt, Bass, Mountford [f] 71.8 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Simensen, Hill, Owen, Wakefield 70.4 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Trigg, Cottrell, France, Squibb 71.2 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Boulger, Simensen, Lomas, Mountford 71.6 5 1 30 30 Ht11 Pratt, Bass, Hill, McKinlay 71.8 5 1 35 31 Ht12 Boulger, Lomas, Squibb, Owen [f] [rr] 72.2 4 2 39 33 Ht13 McKinlay, Pratt & Mountford, Trigg 72.4 1.5 4.5 40.5 37.5

Programme Changes:

Ht5 r/s Bass for Trigg [x2], Ht11 r/s Bass for Wakefield, Ht12 r/s Owen for France [xt].

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Boulger, Lomas, Bass, McKinlay [r] 70.8 73.2 Ht2 Trigg, Cottrell, Squibb, Mountford 72.6 73.2 Ht3 Pratt, Hill, France, Simensen 71.2 71.6 Final Pratt, Boulger, Hill, Trigg [ef] 71.4

Junior Stakes Mal Carmichael, Mike Letch, Robert Horton, Andy Hunt [ef] 77.0

Cradley Stakes Wakefield, Arne Pander, Letch, Carmichael 74.8

Reserves Stakes Pander, Wakefield, Cyril Francis, George Davenport 75.0

30 Saturday 11 th July 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 49 – Oxford Cheetahs 29 ( British League )

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson R/R 2. Jan Simensen XT 0 3 3 3 9 3. Colin Pratt 2 EF 3 1 2’ 8 1 4. Chris Bass 1 1 2’ 2’ 6 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Jimmy Squibb 2 2 2’ 1 7 1 7. Mike Gardner 0 0 1 3 4 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Oxford Cheetahs 1. Rick Timmo 1 0 1 N N 2 2. Ronnie Genz 3 2 2 XT 2 EF 9 3. Colin Gooddy 1 1’ 0 FX N 2 1 4. Peter Jarman 0 0 N 2 0 2 5. Hasse Holmqvist R/R 6. Pete Seaton 1 N 0 N 1 2 7. Mick Bell 3 3 2 2 1 1 12 8. Cyril Francis 0 0 Team Manager: Sid Knibbs ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Genz, Pratt, Timmo, Gardner [rr] 69.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bell, Squibb, Seaton, Gardner 70.4 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Trigg, Genz, Bass, Jarman 69.4 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Bell, Squibb, Gooddy, Pratt [ef] 70.8 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Trigg, Genz, Bass, Timmo 69.8 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Trigg, Bell, Gooddy, Simensen [fr] 71.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Pratt, Squibb, Timmo, Jarman [r] 71.6 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Simensen, Bell, Gardner, Seaton [rr] 71.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Trigg, Bass, Bell, Goody [ef] 70.2 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Simensen, Genz, Squibb, Gooddy [fx] [rr] 71.0 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Gardner, Jarman, Pratt, Genz [ef] 70.8 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Simensen, Bass, Bell, Francis 71.4 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Trigg, Pratt, Seaton, Jarman 71.0 5 1 49 29

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Pratt for Persson, r/s Gardner for Simensen [xt], Ht3 r/r Genz for Holmqvist, Ht6 r/r Trigg for Persson, r/s Bell for Seaton, Ht7 r/r Timmo for Holmqvist, Ht8 r/s Seaton for Genz [xt], Ht9 r/s Bell for Seaton, Ht10 r/r Squibb for Persson, t/s Genz for Holmqvist, t/s Goody for Jarman, Ht11 t/s Jarman for Timmo, Ht12 r/r Simensen for Persson, r/r Francis for Holmqvist, r/s Bell for Gooddy, Ht13 r/s Seaton for Timmo.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Bass, Norman Hunter, Ken Wakefield, Seaton 70.0 71.8 Ht2 Trigg, Jarman, Squibb, Wakefield [fx] [rr] 71.6 72.6 Ht3 Simensen, Hunter, Genz, Francis 71.8 72.6 Final Simensen, Trigg, Hunter, Bass 71.6

Junior Stakes Mike Letch, Michael Thornton, Robert Horton, Andy Hunt [fx] 76.2

Cradley Stakes Francis, Arne Pander, Letch, Pete Jarvis [ef] 74.0

Reserves Stakes Gardner, Bell, Squibb, Pander 72.6

31 Saturday 18 th July 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 51 – Swindon Robins 27 ( British League )

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 2 13 2. Jan Simensen 0 2’ 3 1 1’ 7 2 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Chris Bass 2’ 1’ 1 1’ 5 3 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 3 3 2 13 6. Jimmy Squibb 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4 7. Mike Gardner 3 1 2 6 8. Arne Pander DNR Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Swindon Robins 1. Bob Kilby (C) 3 3 2 3 3 14 2. Pete Munday 1 0 0 0 1 3. Pete Smith (G) 1 0 0 N 1 4. Clive Hitch 1 0 N 0 1 5. Barry Duke 0 1 0 0 1 6. Mike Keen 0 1 2 2 3 8 7. John Bishop 1 0 N 1 Team Manager: Dick Bradley ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Kilby, Persson, Munday, Simensen 68.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Gardner, Squibb, Bishop, Keen 70.0 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Bass, Hitch, Duke 69.6 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Persson, Squibb, Smith, Bishop 70.2 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Kilby, Trigg, Bass, Munday 69.6 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Persson, Simensen, Keen, Smith 69.8 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Trigg, Squibb, Duke, Hitch 70.4 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Simensen, Kilby, Gardner, Munday 69.6 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Trigg, Keen, Bass, Smith 70.6 4 2 38 16 Ht10 Persson, Keen, Simensen, Duke 70.8 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Kilby, Gardner, Simensen, Munday 70.2 3 3 45 21 Ht12 Keen, Persson, Bass, Duke 71.4 3 3 48 24 Ht13 Kilby, Trigg, Squibb, Hitch 70.0 3 3 51 27

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht7 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht8 t/s Kilby for Bishop, Ht10 t/s Keen for Hitch, Ht11 r/r Simensen for Pratt, Ht12 r/s Keen for Smith, Ht13 r/r Squibb for Pratt.

Stadium Scratch race Ht1 Persson, Smith, Duke, Bass 70.8 71.2 Ht2 Trigg, Squibb, Hitch, Munday 71.6 73.0 Ht3 Kilby, Simensen, Gardner, Keen 71.0 72.0 Final Persson, Trigg, Smith, Kilby [ef] 72.2

Junior Stakes Michael Thornton, Mike Letch, Andy Hunt, Robert Horton 74.0

Cradley Stakes Cyril Francis, John Louis, Arne Pander, Mike Letch 73.0

Reserves Stakes Gardner, Louis, Pander [ef], Bishop [fx] [rr] 72.4

32 Saturday 25 th July 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 47 – Hackney Hawks 31 (British League )

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1’ 1’ 3 3 2 10 2 2. Jan Simensen 2 EX 2 1 1’ 6 1 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Jimmy Squibb 2’ 1’ 1 1’ 5 3 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 3 3 2’ 13 1 6. Chris Bass 1 2 1 4 7. Mike Gardner 3 1’ 2 3 9 1 8. Mike Letch DNR Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Hackney Hawks 1. Garry Middleton 3 3 3 3 1 13 2. Barry Thomas 0 0 N 0 0 3. George Hunter (G) 3 XT 2 2 3 10 4. Les McGillivray 0 0 N 0 0 5. Jimmy Gooch 1 2 0 0 3 6. Bob Andrews 2 2 0 0 4 7. Laurie Etheridge 0 0 1’ N 1 1 Team Manager: Len Silver ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Middleton, Simensen, Persson, Thomas 70.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Gardner, Andrews, Bass, Etheridge 70.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Squibb, Gooch, McGillivray 70.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Hunter, Bass, Persson, Etheridge 69.6 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Middleton, Trigg, Squibb, Thomas 69.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Persson, Andrews, Etheridge, Simensen [ex] [rrx2] 70.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Trigg, Gooch, Bass, McGillivray 71.0 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Middleton, Simensen, Gardner, Andrews 70.6 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Trigg, Hunter, Squibb, Andrews 70.0 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Persson, Hunter, Simensen, Gooch 70.6 4 2 36 24 Ht11 Middleton, Gardner, Simensen, Thomas 71.0 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Hunter, Persson, Squibb, Gooch 71.2 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Gardner, Trigg, Middleton, McGillivray [rr] 71.4 5 1 47 31

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht6 r/s Etheridge for Hunter [xt], Ht7 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht8 t/s Middleton for Thomas, r/s Andrews for Etheridge, Ht10 t/s Hunter for McGillivray, Ht11 r/r Simensen for Pratt, Ht13 r/r Gardner for Pratt.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Persson, Bass, Andrews, McGillivray 72.8 74.2 Ht2 Middleton, Trigg, Squibb, Gooch [ef] 71.0 71.6 Ht3 Cyril Francis, Thomas, Simensen [xt], Hunter [xt] [rrx2] 72.8 73.2 Final Middleton, Francis, Persson, Trigg 71.6

Junior Stakes Letch, Michael Thornton, Robert Horton, Andy Hunt 75.4

Cradley Stakes Francis, Letch, Mike Holmes, Malcolm Shakespeare [fr] 73.2

Reserves Stakes Gardner, Shakespeare, Etheridge, Holmes 71.6

33 Monday 27 th July 1970 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 42 – Cradley Heathens 36 ( British League )

Exeter Falcons 1. Martin Ashby (C) 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 2. Bengt Andersson 1 3 3 1 8 3. Chris Julian FX 1’ F 1 2 1 4. Neil Street 0 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 5. Jan Holub 3 2 3 3 11 6. Bob Coles 3 1 2 2 8 7. Phil Woodcock 1 FX N 1 Team Manager: John Richards

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 1 2 11 2. Jan Simensen 0 0 1’ N 1 1 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Jimmy Squibb 1’ 0 0 2 0 3 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2 3 2 0 3 3 13 6. Chris Bass 2 2’ 1 2 1’ 8 2 7. Mike Gardner 0 FN N 0 8. Mike Holmes 0 0 Team Manager: Alan Martin ACU Referee: M. Palmer

Ht1 Ashby, Persson, Andersson, Simensen 73.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Coles, Bass, Woodcock, Gardner 74.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Holub, Trigg, Squibb, Street 73.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Persson, Bass, Coles, Julian [fx] [rr] 74.2 1 5 12 12 Ht5 Persson, Holub, Street, Simensen 73.8 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Andersson, Ashby, Bass, Squibb 73.6 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Trigg, Coles, Julian, Squibb 73.8 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Andersson, Bass, Simensen, Woodcock [fx] [rr] 73.8 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Holub, Trigg, Bass, Street 73.2 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Ashby, Squibb, Andersson, Trigg 72.4 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Trigg, Coles, Persson, Julian [f] 74.0 2 4 35 31 Ht12 Trigg, Ashby, Street, Holmes 73.2 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Holub, Persson, Julian, Squibb 74.4 4 2 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Persson for Pratt, r/s Bass for Gardner [fn], Ht6 r/r Squibb for Pratt, Ht8 r/s Bass for Gardner, Ht9 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht11 t/s Trigg for Simensen, r/s Coles for Woodcock, Ht12 r/r Holmes for Pratt.

Reserves Revenge Woodcock, Mike Holt, M. Amor, Holmes 77.0

The Heathens Hustle Ht1 Ashby, Trigg, Simensen, Coles 73.6 73.8 Ht2 Persson, Street, Squibb, Holub 74.4 75.2 Ht3 Julian, Bass, Woodcock, Andersson 75.0 75.4 Final Ashby, Persson, [Julian, Trigg 73.4

Junior Jostle Dave, O’Connor, Holt, Graham Wheeler, Holmes 77.2

Scratch Race O’Connor, Holt, Wheeler, Amor 76.6

34 Saturday 1 st August 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 44 – Wimbledon Dons 34 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 12 2. Jan Simensen 1 1 2 0 4 3. Chris Bass 0 0 3 2’ 5 1 4. Jimmy Squibb 2’ 3 1’ 1 7 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 6. Ken Wakefield 0 1 N F 1 7. Mike Gardner 3 2 EF XT 5 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Wimbledon Dons 1. Bob Dugard 2 1 2 N 5 2. Jim Tebby 0 0 N N 0 3. Trevor Hedge 3 2 3 3 0 11 4. Cyril Maidment 1 0 1 1’ 1 4 1 5. Reg Luckhurst 0 3 2 2 0 7 6. Nigel Rackett 1’ N 0 1 1 7. Peter Murray 2 2’ 1 1’ 6 2 Team Manager: Vic Gooden ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Persson, Dugard, Simensen, Tebby [fr] 73.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Gardner, Murray, Rackett, Wakefield [fr] 73.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Squibb, Maidment, Luckhurst 70.4 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Hedge, Murray, Wakefield, Bass 70.4 1 5 13 11 Ht5 Squibb, Trigg, Dugard, Tebby 71.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Persson, Hedge, Simensen, Maidment 70.8 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Luckhurst, Gardner, Maidment, Bass 70.8 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Hedge, Simensen, Murray, Gardner [ef] 71.6 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Hedge, Trigg, Squibb, Rackett 69.0 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Persson, Luckhurst, Maidment, Simensen 70.2 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Bass, Dugard, Murray, Wakefield [fell] [rr] 71.2 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Persson, Luckhurst, Squibb, Hedge 70.2 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Trigg, Bass, Maidment, Luckhurst 70.6 5 1 44 34

Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Maidment for Rackett, Ht7 r/s Gardner for Wakefield, Ht8 t/s Hedge for Tebby, Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Gardner [xt], r/s Murray for Tebby, Ht13 t/s Luckhurst for Dugard.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Persson, Maidment, Wakefield, Dugard 71.0 72.8 Ht2 Trigg, Squibb, Hedge, Tebby 70.6 72.0 Ht3 Simensen, Gardner, Bass, Murray 73.0 73.2 Final Persson, Trigg, Simensen, Squibb 71.4

Junior Stakes Michael Thornton, Andy Hunt, Mike Letch, Robert Horton 76.6

Cradley Stakes Wakefield, Rackett, Mike Holmes, Letch 73.6

Reserves Stakes Gardner, Cyril Francis, Holmes, Rackett 72.0

35 Monday 3 rd August 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round Winner: Barry Briggs

1. Peter Vandenberg (W’ton Wolves) 2 1 0 0 1 4 14 th 2. Jimmy Squibb ( Cradley Heathens ) 1 1 EF 1 3 6 11 th 3. Bernt Persson (Cradley Heathens) 3 3 1 3 1 11 3rd 4. Roger Hill (Coventry Bees) 0 1 3 2 3 9 7th 5. Barry Duke (Swindon Robins) 0 2 1 0 1 4 12 th 6. Barry Briggs (Swindon Robins) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 7. Norman Storer (Leicester Lions) 2 2 1 1 2 8 8th 8. Jan Simensen (Cradley Heathens) 1 2 2 2 3 10 6th 9. Chris Bass (Cradley Heathens) F F 0 0 0 0 16 th 10. Ken McKinlay (Coventry Bees) 1 0 R 1 R 2 15 th 11. Roy Trigg (Cradley Heathens) 3 EF 2 0 2 7 10th 12. John Boulger (Leicester Lions) 2 3 3 3 2 13 2nd 13. Rick France (Coventry Bees) 2 3 2 3 0 10 4th 14. Ole Olsen (Wol’hampton Wolves) 3 2 3 2 XT 10 5th 15. Mike Gardner ( Cradley Heathens ) 1 1 2 1 2 7 9th 16. Pete Munday (Swindon Robins) 0 0 1 2 1 4 13 th Res: Ken Wakefield ( Cradley Heathens ) 0 0 ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Persson, Vandenberg, Squibb, Hill 68.6 Ht2 Briggs, Storer, Simensen, Duke 68.6 Ht3 Trigg, Boulger, McKinlay, Bass [f] 70.0 Ht4 Olsen, France, Gardner, Munday 70.6 Ht5 France, Duke, Vandenberg, Bass [f] 72.4 Ht6 Briggs, Olsen, Squibb, McKinlay 70.0 Ht7 Persson, Storer, Gardner, Trigg [ef] 72.0 Ht8 Boulger, Simensen, Hill, Munday 70.0 Ht9 Briggs, Trigg, Munday, Vandenberg 70.4 Ht10 Boulger, Gardner, Duke, Squibb [ef] 71.0 Ht11 Olsen, Simensen, Persson, Bass 71.4 Ht12 Hill, France, Storer, McKinlay [r] 70.6 Ht13 Boulger, Olsen, Storer, Vandenberg 70.6 Ht14 France, Simensen, Squibb, Trigg 70.8 Ht15 Persson, Munday, McKinlay, Duke 71.4 Ht16 Briggs, Hill, Gardner, Bass 71.0 Ht17 Simensen, Gardner, Vandenberg, McKinlay [r] 71.8 Ht18 Squibb, Storer, Munday, Bass 73.4 Ht19 Briggs, Boulger, Persson, France 70.2 Ht20 Hill, Trigg, Duke, Wakefield 72.4

Programme Changes: Ht20 Wakefield for Olsen [xt].

36 Saturday 8th August 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 41 – Kings Lynn Stars 36 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1’ 3 3 3 2 12 1 2. Chris Bass 2 XT 2’ 0 XT 4 1 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Jimmy Squibb 1 EF 1’ F 2 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 0 2 0 2 3 7 6. Jan Simensen 3 2’ XT 3 1 9 1 7. Mike Gardner 2’ 1 1 N 3 0 7 1 8. Ken Wakefield DNR Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Kings Lynn Stars 1. Terry Betts (C) 0 3 2 2 7 2. Alan Belham 3 1 0 EF 4 3. Howard Cole 1 2 3 F 6 4. Clive Featherby 2’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 6 4 5. Malcolm Simmons 3 3 2 3 11 6. David Crane FX 0 0 0 7. Ian Turner 1 0 1 2 Team Manager: Maury Littlechild ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Belham, Bass, Persson, Betts 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Simensen, Gardner, Turner, Crane [fx] [rr] 70.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Simmons, Featherby, Squibb, Trigg 70.2 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Persson, Simensen, Cole, Turner 70.2 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Betts, Trigg, Belham, Squibb 70.2 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Persson, Cole, Gardner, Crane [rr] 68.2 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Simmons, Featherby, Gardner, Trigg [rr] 70.8 1 5 21 21 Ht8 Simensen, Bass, Turner, Belham 71.2 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Cole, Trigg, Squibb, Crane 69.6 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Persson, Simmons, Featherby, Bass 70.2 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Gardner, Betts, Simensen, Belham [ef] 70.2 4 2 36 30 Ht12 Simmons, Persson, Cole [f], Squibb [f] 70.8 2 3 38 33 Ht13 Trigg, Betts, Featherby, Gardner [rr] 69.8 3 3 41 36

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht6 r/s Gardner for Bass [xt], Ht7 r/r Trigg for Pratt, r/s Gardner for Simensen [xt], Ht8 r/s Simensen for Gardner, Ht11 r/r Simensen for Pratt, Ht13 r/r Bass for Pratt, r/s Gardner for Bass [xt].

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Persson, Betts, Wakefield, Belham [ef] 70.8 71.4 Ht2 Simmons, Trigg, Featherby, Bass 71.0 71.6 Ht3 Cole, Simensen, Squibb, Crane 71.0 71.2 Final Cole, Simensen, Persson, Simmons 71.2

Junior Stakes (Race Abandoned – Rerun Twice – Three Riders Hurt) [Pete Jarvis, Mike Letch, Michael Thornton [fx], Robert Horton [fx]

Cradley Stakes Turner, Wakefield, Mike Holmes, Letch 71.6

Reserves Stakes Gardner, Holmes, Letch, Andy Bearne 73.4

37 Saturday 15 th August 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 42 – West Ham Hammers 36 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Arnold Haley (G) 3 3 2 2 10 2. Jimmy Squibb (C) 1 2’ 1 FX 4 1 3. Mike Holmes 1’ N 0 N 1 1 4. Chris Bass 0 0 N 0 0 5. Roy Trigg 2 3 3 2 10 6. Ken Wakefield 2’ 2 1 1 F 6 1 7. Mike Gardner 3 3 3 2 11 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

West Ham Hammers 1. Olle Nygren (C) 2 2 2 3 3 12 2. Mick Bell (G) F 1’ 0 1 2 1 3. Alan Sage 0 N N N 0 4. John Dews (G) 1 0 N 1 2 5. Tony Clarke 3 2 2 3 3 13 6. Antonin Kasper 0 0 N 1 1 7. Garry Hay 1 3 1 N 0 1 6 Team Manager: Sverre Harrfeldt ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Haley, Nygren, Squibb, Bell [f] 69.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Gardner, Wakefield, Hay, Kasper 71.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Clarke, Trigg, Dews, Bass 71.0 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Hay, Wakefield, Holmes, Sage 73.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Trigg, Nygren, Bell, Bass 72.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Haley, Squibb, Hay, Kasper 71.8 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Gardner, Clarke, Wakefield, Dews 74.4 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Gardner, Clarke, Squibb, Bell 73.2 4 2 30 18 Ht9 Trigg, Nygren, Wakefield, Hay [fr] 74.8 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Clarke, Haley, Kasper, Squibb [fx] [rr] 74.0 2 4 36 24 Ht11 Nygren, Gardner, Bell, Holmes 74.8 2 4 38 28 Ht12 Clarke, Haley, Hay, Bass 72.6 2 4 40 32 Ht13 Nygren, Trigg, Dews, Wakefield [f] 73.2 2 4 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Hay for Sage, Ht7 r/s Gardner for Holmes, Ht8 t/s Clarke for Hay, Ht9 t/s Nygren for Kasper, r/s Wakefield for Bass, Ht10 r/s Kasper for Dews, Ht13 r/s Wakefield for Holmes.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Nygren, Haley, Bass, Bell 74.2 75.0 Ht2 Clarke, Trigg, Wakefield, Kasper 74.0 74.4 Ht3 Gardner, Squibb, Hay, Dews 75.2 76.0 Final Gardner, Trigg, Nygren, Clarke 74.0

Junior Stakes Andy Hunt, Mike Letch, Robert Horton, Michael Thornton 81.6

Cradley Stakes Letch, Holmes, Andrew Bearne, Pete Jarvis 80.2

Reserves Stakes Bass, Sage, Holmes, Thornton 77.6

38 Friday 21 st August 1970 Somerton Park, Newport

Newport Wasps v Cradley Heathens (British League) Postponed Due To Waterlogged Track

39 Saturday 22 nd August 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 36 – Wolverhampton Wolves 42 (Dud/Wolv Trophy 1st Leg )

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 1 2 1’ 2 3 3 12 1 2. Jan Simensen 0 2 1’ 2’ XT 5 2 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Mike Gardner 0 0 XT XT 0 5. Roy Trigg 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 6. Jimmy Squibb 0 0 0 0 0 7. Chris Bass 1 N 1 0 0 2 8. Ken Wakefield DNR Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Ole Olsen 2’ 2 2 3 9 1 2. James Bond 3 1’ 3 1’ 8 2 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 3 0 2 8 4. Geoff Ambrose 1’ XT 1 1 3 1 5. Mick Handley 2 1’ 0 1’ 4 2 6. Norman Hunter 3 0 2 5 7. Gary Peterson 2’ 1 2 0 5 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: J. Whitaker

Ht1 Bond, Olsen, Persson, Simensen 67.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Hunter, Peterson, Bass, Squibb 69.8 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Trigg, Handley, Ambrose, Gardner 68.4 3 3 5 13 Ht4 Vandenberg, Persson, Peterson [fr], Squibb [fr-ret] [rr] 70.6 2 4 7 17 Ht5 Trigg, Olsen, Bond, Gardner 68.4 3 3 10 20 Ht6 Vandenberg, Simensen, Persson, Hunter 68.0 3 3 13 23 Ht7 Trigg, Peterson, Handley, Squibb [rr] 69.4 3 3 16 26 Ht8 Bond, Persson, Simensen, Peterson [fr] 69.0 3 3 19 29 Ht9 Trigg, Hunter, Bass, Vandenberg [rr] 70.0 4 2 23 31 Ht10 Persson, Simensen, Ambrose, Handley 71.8 5 1 28 32 Ht11 Trigg, Olsen, Bond, Bass [rrx2] 69.2 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Persson, Vandenberg, Handley, Squibb [rrx2] 71.6 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Olsen, Trigg, Ambrose, Bass [rr] 69.4 2 4 36 42

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht7 t/s Trigg for Pratt, r/s Peterson for Ambrose [xt], Ht8 t/s Persson for Bass, Ht9 r/s Bass for Gardner [xt], Ht11 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht12 r/s Squibb for Gardner [xt], Ht13 r/r Simensen for Pratt, r/s Bass for Simensen [xt].

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Olsen, Persson, Handley, Wakefield 69.6 70.0 Ht2 Trigg, Vandenberg, Ambrose, Gardner 71.4 72.2 Ht3 Simensen, Hunter, Bond, Squibb 72.0 72.6 Final Olsen, Persson, Trigg, Simensen 69.8

Junior Stakes Andy Hunt, Robert Horton, Pete Jarvis, Michael Thornton [f] 78.0

Cradley Stakes Mike Holmes, Hunt, Andrew Bearne, Thornton 76.0

Reserves Stakes Peterson, Bass, Wakefield, Holmes 72.6

40 Thursday 27 th August 1970 Wimbledon Stadium, London

Wimbledon Dons 44 – Cradley Heathens 33 (British League )

Wimbledon Dons 1. Trevor Hedge (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Bob Dugard 1 1 0 N 2 3. Garry Middleton 3 2 XT 3 8 4. Cyril Maidment 2’ 0 1’ 1 4 2 5. Reg Luckhurst 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 6. Peter Murray FX 0 1’ 0 1 1 7. Jim Tebby 3 1 1 2 7 Team Manager: Vic Goodden

Cradley Heathens 1. Sandor Levai (G) 0 2 2 1 1 6 2. Jan Simensen 2 1’ 2’ 3 3 11 2 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Mike Gardner XT 0 0 0 0 5. Roy Trigg FX 2 3 3 2 2 12 6. Jimmy Squibb (C) 2 1 1’ 0 0 0 4 1 7. Chris Bass FX N N 0 8. Ken Wakefield DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: S. Mellish

Ht1 Hedge, Simensen, Dugard, Levai 66.3 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Tebby, Squibb, Murray [fx], Bass [fx] [rr] 65.7 3 2 7 4 Ht3 Luckhurst, Maidment, Squibb, Trigg [fx] [rrx2] 65.1 5 1 12 5 Ht4 Middleton, Levai, Squibb, Murray 64.7 3 3 15 8 Ht5 Luckhurst, Levai, Simensen, Maidment 64.1 3 3 18 11 Ht6 Hedge, Trigg, Dugard, Squibb 63.5 4 2 22 13 Ht7 Trigg, Middleton, Murray, Gardner 63.9 3 3 25 16 Ht8 Trigg, Simensen, Tebby, Dugard 64.1 1 5 26 21 Ht9 Simensen, Luckhurst, Maidment, Squibb 63.6 3 3 29 24 Ht10 Hedge, Trigg, Tebby, Gardner 62.9 4 2 33 26 Ht11 Simensen, Tebby, Levai, Murray [rr] 64.0 2 4 35 30 Ht12 Hedge, Trigg, Maidment, Squibb 62.9 4 2 39 32 Ht13 Middleton, Luckhurst, Levai, Gardner 64.7 5 1 44 33

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Squibb for Gardner [xt], Ht4 r/r Levai for Pratt, r/s Squibb for Bass, Ht6 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht8 t/s Trigg for Bass, Ht9 r/r Simensen for Pratt, Ht10 r/s Tebby for Dugard, Ht11 r/s Murray for Middleton [xt], Ht12 r/r Squibb for Pratt.

Dons v Heathens Handicap Match Ht1 Hedge [10yds], Gardner [Scr], Murray [Scr], Levai [5yds] 63.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Middleton [5], Trigg [5], Maidment [Scr], Squibb [Scr] 63.4 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Simensen [5], Tebby [5], Luckhurst [10], Wakefield [Scr] 64.9 3 3 11 7

Junior Scratch Race Dugard, Gordon Kennett, Wakefield, Steve Collins 65.7

All Star Scratch Race Ht1 Middleton, Hedge [fr], Levai [xt], Simensen [xt] 64.2 Ht2 Trigg, Tebby, Luckhurst, Maidment 64.3 Final Trigg, Middleton, Tebby, Hedge 63.2

Elite Scratch Race Tebby, Murray, Kennett, Wakefield [ns] 65.8

41 Saturday 29 th August 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 42 – Exeter Falcons 35 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 2 3 3 3 3 14 2. Jan Simensen 1’ 2’ 3 1 3 10 2 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Mike Gardner F 2 0 0 2 5. Roy Trigg 2 EF 2 3 1 8 6. Jimmy Squibb 3 2’ 1’ 1 0 7 2 7. Ken Wakefield F 1 N 1 8. Glyn Chandler DNR Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Exeter Falcons 1. Martin Ashby (C) 3 3 2 0 2’ 10 1 2. Phil Woodcock 0 1 0 N 1 3. Jan Holub 1 1 1’ 1’ 4 2 4. Bruce Cribb 3 3 2 2 3 13 5. Chris Julian EX 0 0 2 2 6. Bob Coles 2 0 N 2 7. Neil Street 1’ 0 2 3 1 Team Manager: Wally Mawdsley ACU Referee: L. Prendergast

Ht1 Ashby, Persson, Simensen, Woodcock 68.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Squibb, Coles, Street, Wakefield [f] 70.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Cribb, Trigg, Julian [ex], Gardner [f] 69.0 2 3 8 9 Ht4 Persson, Squibb, Holub, Street 70.2 5 1 13 10 Ht5 Ashby, Gardner, Woodcock, Trigg [ef] 70.2 2 4 15 14 Ht6 Persson, Simensen, Holub, Coles 72.4 5 1 20 15 Ht7 Cribb, Trigg, Squibb, Julian 70.2 3 3 23 18 Ht8 Simensen, Street, Wakefield, Woodcock [fr] [rr] 72.2 4 2 27 20 Ht9 Trigg, Ashby, Holub, Gardner 72.0 3 3 30 23 Ht10 Persson, Cribb, Simensen, Julian 70.6 4 2 34 25 Ht11 Simensen, Cribb, Squibb, Ashby [ef] 70.6 4 2 38 27 Ht12 Persson, Julian, Holub, Gardner 71.8 3 3 41 30 Ht13 Cribb, Ashby, Trigg, Squibb 71.0 1 5 42 35

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht6 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht9 t/s Ashby for Coles, Ht11 r/r Simensen for Pratt, r/s Squibb for Wakefield, t/s Cribb for Woodcock, Ht13 r/r Squibb for Pratt.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Persson, Ashby, Julian, Squibb 71.8 72.4 Ht2 Cribb, Trigg, Gardner, Street 71.8 73.6 Ht3 Simensen, Holub, Wakefield, Coles 72.6 74.8 Final Persson, Cribb, Ashby, Simensen [f] 71.4

Junior Stakes Andy Hunt, Pete Jarvis, Robert Horton, Michael Thornton [f] 77.8

Cradley Stakes Mike Holmes, Andrew Bearne, Thornton, Hunt [fx] [rr] 76.2

Reserves Stakes Woodcock, Wakefield, Chandler, Holmes [f] 74.6

42 Monday 31 st August 1970 The Shay Stadium, Halifax

Halifax Dukes 45 - Cradley Heathens 33 (British League)

Halifax Dukes 1. Eric Boocock (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Terry Lee 0 F 0 0 0 3. Dave Younghusband 3 3 1 1 8 4. Greg Kentwell 2’ FX N N 2 1 5. Alan Jay 3 1 3 3 10 6. Dave Durham 2’ 0 1 F 3 1 7. Colin McKee 3 2 2’ 3 10 1 Team Manager: Eric Boothroyd

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 2 3 3 2 2 12 2. Jan Simensen 1’ 2’ 1 0 4 2 3. Jimmy Squibb 2 2 1 1’ 6 1 4. Mike Gardner 0 2 1’ 0 3 1 5. Roy Trigg 1 EF 2 2 5 6. Ian Bottomley (G) 1 1’ 0 2 1 7. Glyn Chandler 0 1’ N 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: J. A. Ashworth

Ht1 Boocock, Persson, Simensen, Lee 67.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 McKee, Durham, Bottomley, Chandler 70.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Jay, Kentwell, Trigg, Gardner 67.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Younghusband, Squibb, Chandler, Durham [fr] 69.0 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Persson, Simensen, Jay, Kentwell [fx] [rr] 68.2 1 5 17 13 Ht6 Boocock, Squibb, Bottomley, Lee 70.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Younghusband, Gardner, Durham, Trigg [ef] 68.2 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Persson, McKee, Simensen, Lee 69.2 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Jay, McKee, Squibb, Bottomley 69.6 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Boocock, Trigg, Gardner, Lee 68.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 McKee, Persson, Younghusband, Simensen 69.2 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Boocock, Trigg, Squibb, Durham [f] 68.2 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Jay, Persson, Younghusband, Gardner 69.8 4 2 45 33

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Persson for Chandler, Ht9 r/s McKee for Kentwell, Ht12 r/s Durham for Kentwell.

Scratch Race Final Snowball Ht1 McKee, Lee, Durham, Bottomley 70.0 Ht2 Boocock, Persson, Squibb, Chandler [r] 68.0 Ht3 Trigg, Younghusband, Simensen, Durham 69.6 Ht4 Jay, Gardner, Lee, Bottomley 70.2 SF1 Boocock, Jay, McKee, Trigg 68.6 SF2 Persson, Younghusband, Gardner, Lee 69.0 Final Boocock, Persson, Younghusband, Jay 69.2

43 Friday 4th September 1970 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 40 – Cradley Heathens 38 (Dud/Wolv Trophy 2nd Leg )

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Chris Pusey (G) 0 2 3 2 7 2. James Bond 2 1’ 3 1 7 1 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 2 2 2 2 8 4. Geoff Ambrose 2 3 1’ 1’ 7 2 5. Mick Handley 0 N 2 EX 2 6. Alan Knapkin 1 1’ 0 2 1 7. Norman Hunter 3 2’ 1 1’ 7 2 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 3 EF 3 0 3 9 2. Jan Simensen 1 1 2 3 3 10 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Mike Gardner 1 1 0 3 1 6 5. Roy Trigg 3 3 3 2 0 11 6. Jimmy Squibb 2 0 0 0 2 7. Chris Bass 0 0 N 0 8. Ken Wakefield DNR Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: ??

Ht1 Persson, Bond, Simensen, Pusey 66.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hunter, Squibb, Knapkin, Bass 67.8 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Ambrose, Gardner, Handley 65.4 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Trigg, Vandenberg, Knapkin, Bass 65.4 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Ambrose, Hunter, Simensen, Persson [ef] 67.0 5 1 16 14 Ht6 Persson, Pusey, Bond, Squibb 65.8 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Trigg, Vandenberg, Gardner, Knapkin [rr] 66.2 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Bond, Simensen, Hunter, Squibb 66.4 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Simensen, Handley, Ambrose, Squibb 67.0 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Pusey, Trigg, Bond, Gardner 65.2 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Simensen, Vandenberg, Hunter, Persson 68.0 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Gardner, Pusey, Ambrose, Trigg 66.4 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Persson, Vandenberg, Gardner, Handley [ex] 66.2 2 4 40 38

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht5 r/s Hunter for Handley, Ht6 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht8 r/s Squibb for Bass, Ht9 r/r Simensen for Pratt, Ht12 r/r Gardner for Pratt.

Junior Scurry Bass, Wakefield, Knapkin [f], Hunter [ef] 69.2

Dudley Stakes Ht1 Trigg, Ambrose, Bond, Squibb 66.4 66.6 Ht2 Pusey, Vandenberg, Persson, Wakefield 66.6 67.8 Ht3 Hndley, Simensen, Gardner, Robin Adlington 66.6 67.4 Final Pusey, Ambrose, Handley, Trigg 66.0

44 Saturday 5 th September 1970 Blunsdon Stadium, Swindon

Swindon Robins 33 – Cradley Heathens 45 (British League )

Swindon Robins 1. Bob Kilby (C) EX F 2 EF N 2 2. Pete Munday 1 2 1’ 2 6 1 3. Barry Duke 1 N 1 2 4 4. Mike Keen 0 EF N N 0 5. Tony Clarke (G) 2 2 3 1’ 1’ 9 2 6. Clive Hitch 2’ 0 2’ 1’ 5 3 7. Mike Broadbanks 3 2 0 2 7 Team Manager: Bob Jones

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 3 3 1 3 3 13 2. Jan Simensen 2’ 3 3 3 2’ 13 2 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Chris Bass 1 0 N 0 1 5. Roy Trigg 3 3 1 3 3 13 6. Jimmy Squibb F 1 0 1 7. Mike Gardner 1 2’ 0 1 0 4 1 8. Ken Wakefield DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: J. Pearce

Ht1 Persson, Simensen, Munday, Kilby [ex] 72.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Broadbanks, Hitch, Gardner, Squibb [f] 75.4 5 1 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Clarke, Bass, Keen 72.8 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Persson, Gardner, Duke, Hitch 74.0 1 5 9 15 Ht5 Simensen, Clarke, Persson, Keen [ef] 74.0 2 4 11 19 Ht6 Trigg, Munday, Squibb, Kilby [f] 75.4 2 4 13 23 Ht7 Clarke, Hitch, Trigg, Bass 75.8 5 1 18 24 Ht8 Simensen, Broadbanks, Munday, Gardner 75.0 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Simensen, Kilby, Clarke, Squibb 76.0 3 3 24 30 Ht10 Trigg, Munday, Gardner, Kilby [ef] 76.0 2 4 26 34 Ht11 Persson, Simensen, Duke, Broadbanks 75.4 1 5 27 39 Ht12 Trigg, Broadbanks, Hitch, Gardner 76.0 3 3 30 42 Ht13 Persson, Duke, Clarke, Bass 74.2 3 3 33 45

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht6 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht7 t/s Clarke for Duke, Ht9 t/s Kilby for Keen, r/r Simensen for Pratt, Ht10 r/s Gardner for Bass, Ht12 r/s Broadbanks for Kilby, r/s Hitch for Keen, r/r Gardner for Pratt.

Side-Car Racing Ht1 Keith Aggas/Alan Turner, Colin Chapman/Malc Chapman, Richard Perbody/Cedric McCammon 89.2 Ht2 Terry Phillips/Rod Hooper, Malc Perbody/Patrick Eeley, Adrian Wareham/Phil Dawe 86.2 Final Aggas/Turner, Phillips/Hooper, R Perbody/McCammon, [Chapman/Chapman, M Perbody/Eeley, Wareham/Dawe 133.6

Heathens Knockout Ht1 Simensen, Duke, Squibb, S. Murtough 75.4 Ht2 Trigg, Clarke, Mac Woolford, Wakefield 75.4 Ht3 Gardner, Hitch, Bass, Ralph Waller 75.4 Ht4 Persson, Broadbanks, Munday, Wakefield 75.0

Heathens Knockout Consolation Final Hitch, Broadbanks, Duke, Clarke 76.2

Heathens Knockout Grand Final Trigg, Simensen, Gardner, Persson [ef] 75.8

45 Monday 7 th September 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Watney Mann Trophy Winner: Bernt Persson

1. Bob Kilby (Swindon Robins) 3 3 3 1 3 13 2nd 2. Ken McKinlay (Coventry Bees) EF 0 1 0 0 1 16 th 3. Eric Boocock (Halifax Dukes) 1 3 XT 1 1 6 9th 4. John Boulger (Leicester Lions) 2 2 2 2 FN 8 6th 5. Christer Lofqvist (West Ham) 1 0 0 2 0 3 15 th 6. Rick France (Coventry Bees) 2 1 0 1 2 6 10 th 7. Roy Trigg (Cradley Heathens) 3 1 1 0 1 6 11 th 8. Jim Airey (Sheffield Tigers) XT 3 3 1 0 7 8th 9. Jan Simensen (Cradley Heathens) XT 1 2 0 2 5 14 th 10. Bernt Persson ( Cradley Heathens ) 3 2 3 3 2 13 1st 11. Nigel Boocock (Coventry Bees) 1 0 1 3 3 8 7th 12. Terry Betts (Kings Lynn Stars) 2 1 2 2 3 10 4th 13. Arnold Haley (Sheffield Tigers) 1 2 0 2 0 5 12 th 14. Barry Briggs (Swindon Robins) 2 3 1 3 1 10 5th 15. Ray Wilson (Leicester Lions) 3 2 3 3 1 12 3rd 16. Ivan Mauger (Belle Vue Aces) N 0 2 0 3 5 13 th Res: Chris Bass (Cradley Heathens) 0 0 Res: Mike Gardner ( Cradley Heathens ) 0 0 Res: Jimmy Squibb (Cradley Heathens ) 0 0 2 2 ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Kilby, Boulger, E Boocock, McKinlay [ef] 68.0 Ht2 Trigg, France, Lofqvist, Gardner [rr] 69.0 Ht3 Persson, Betts, N Boocock, Bass [rr] 68.6 Ht4 Wilson, Briggs, Haley, Squibb 69.0 Ht5 Kilby, Haley, Simensen, Lofqvist 69.6 Ht6 Briggs, Persson, France, McKinlay 69.6 Ht7 E Boocock, Wilson, Trigg, N Boocock 70.0 Ht8 Airey, Boulger, Betts, Mauger 69.6 Ht9 Kilby, Mauger, N Boocock, France [f] 68.6 Ht10 Wilson, Betts, McKinlay, Lofqvist 70.0 Ht11 Airey, Simensen, Briggs, Squibb [rr] 70.4 Ht12 Persson, Boulger, Trigg, Haley [ef] 70.4 Ht13 Briggs, Betts, Kilby, Trigg 70.6 Ht14 N Boocock, Haley, Airey, McKinlay 71.2 Ht15 Persson, Lofqvist, E Boocock, Mauger 71.0 Ht16 Wilson, Boulger, France, Simensen 71.6 Ht17 Kilby, Persson, Wilson, Airey [rr] 70.8 Ht18 Mauger, Simensen, Trigg, McKinlay 72.0 Ht19 Betts, France, E Boocock, Haley 72.0 Ht20 Briggs, Squibb, N Boocock, Lofqvist [rr] 72.4

Run Off For 4 th Place Terry Betts beat Barry Briggs 71.4

Run Off For 1 st Place Bernt Persson beat Bob Kilby 72.2

Programme Changes: Ht2 Gardner for Airey [xt], Ht3 Bass for Simensen [xt], Ht4 Squibb for Mauger [late arrival], Ht11 Squibb for E Boocock [xt], Ht20 Squibb for Boulger [inj]

Special Extra Races (£25 To The Winner) Ht1 Persson, Wilson, Mauger, Kilby [fx] [rr] 71.2 Ht2 Persson, Kilby, Mauger, Wilson [f] 71.4

46 Saturday 12 th September 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 46 – Poole Pirates 31 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Charlie Monk (G) 3 3 3 3 2 14 2. Glyn Chandler 1 N 1 N 2 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Mike Gardner 1’ 2 1 0 F 4 1 5. Roy Trigg 2 1’ 3 3 3 12 1 6. Jimmy Squibb (C) F 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 7. Chris Bass 3 2’ 3 1 9 1 8. Ken Wakefield DNR Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Poole Pirates 1. Geoff Mudge (C) 2 0 2 3 2 9 2. Michael Thornton (G) FX N 0 N 0 3. Pete Smith 1 1 0 3 5 4. Gordon Guasco 3 3 1 2 1’ 10 1 5. Odd Fossengen 0 0 0 2’ 1 3 1 6. Mike Cake F 0 2 2 7. Mike Vernam 2 0 N 2 Team Manager: Ron Hart ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Monk, Mudge, Bass, Thornton [fx] [rr] 69.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bass, Vernam, Squibb [f], Cake [f] 71.4 3 2 7 4 Ht3 Guasco, Trigg, Gardner, Fossengen 68.8 3 3 10 7 Ht4 Monk, Squibb, Smith, Vernam 69.6 5 1 15 8 Ht5 Guasco, Gardner, Trigg, Mudge 69.4 3 3 18 11 Ht6 Monk, Bass, Smith, Cake 70.6 5 1 23 12 Ht7 Trigg, Squibb, Guasco, Fossengen 70.0 5 1 28 13 Ht8 Bass, Mudge, Chandler, Thornton 71.0 4 2 32 15 Ht9 Trigg, Cake, Gardner, Smith 70.6 4 2 36 17 Ht10 Monk, Guasco, Squibb, Fossengen 71.0 4 2 40 19 Ht11 Mudge, Fossengen, Bass, Gardner 71.0 1 5 41 24 Ht12 Smith, Monk, Fossengen, Gardner [f] 70.6 2 4 43 28 Ht13 Trigg, Mudge, Guasco, Squibb 70.0 3 3 46 31

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Monk for Pratt, Ht5 t/s Guasco for Thornton, Ht6 r/s Bass for Chandler, Ht7 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht8 t/s Mudge for Vernam, Ht10 r/s Squibb for Chandler, Ht11 r/r Gardner for Pratt, t/s Fossengen for Thornton, Ht13 r/r Squibb for Pratt.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Smith, Monk, Bass, Cake 71.6 72.0 Ht2 Trigg, Mudge, Vernam, Wakefield [ns] 71.8 73.2 Ht3 Squibb, Guasco, Fossengen, Gardner 72.2 72.6 Final Monk, Trigg, Smith, Squibb 71.8

Junior Stakes Thornton, Andy Hunt, Robert Horton, Pete Jarvis [ns] 76.6

Cradley Stakes Mike Holmes, Russ Skinner, Thornton, Hunt [ef] 76.6

Reserves Stakes Chandler, Wakefield, Vernam, Andrew Bearne 74.6

47

Monday 14 th September 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 43 – Coventry Bees 35 (Midland Cup S/F 1 st Leg)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 1’ 3 1’ 3 3 11 2 2. Jan Simensen 2 2 3 1 2’ 10 1 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Mike Gardner 1 1 2’ 1 5 1 5. Roy Trigg F 3 2 3 2 10 6. Jimmy Squibb 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 7. Chris Bass 2 0 3 XT 5 8. Glyn Chandler DNR Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock (C) 3 2 0 3 8 2. Col Cottrell 0 0 N N 0 3. Ken McKinlay 2 3 0 0 5 4. Roger Hill 2’ 1 0 F 3 1 5. Rick France 3 3 2 2 10 6. John Harrhy 3 0 1’ 1 1 6 1 7. Tony Lomas 0 1’ 2 3 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Boocock, Simensen, Persson, Cottrell 68.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Harrhy, Bass, Squibb, Lomas 73.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 France, Hill, Gardner, Trigg [f] 72.0 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Persson, McKinlay, Lomas, Squibb 70.8 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Trigg, Boocock, Gardner, Cottrell [rr] 70.8 4 2 14 16 Ht6 McKinlay, Simensen, Persson, Harrhy 70.8 3 3 17 19 Ht7 France, Trigg, Hill, Squibb 71.2 2 4 19 23 Ht8 Simensen, Lomas, Harrhy, Bass 71.2 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Trigg, Gardner, Harrhy, McKinlay 71.8 5 1 27 27 Ht10 Persson, France, Simensen, Hill 71.2 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Bass, Simensen, Harrhy, Boocock 72.6 5 1 36 30 Ht12 Persson, France, Gardner, McKinlay 70.4 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Boocock, Trigg, Squibb, Hill [f] [rr] 72.0 3 3 43 35

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht7 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht8 r/s Harrhy for Cottrell, Ht11 r/r Simensen for Pratt, r/s Harrhy for Cottrell, Ht13 r/r Bass for Pratt, r/s Squibb for Bass [xt].

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Persson, Boocock, Gardner, Harrhy 70.8 71.8 Ht2 Trigg, Hill, McKinlay, Wakefield 72.0 72.8 Ht3 France, Simensen, Squibb, Bass [rr] 71.8 72.0 Final Persson, Boocock, Trigg, France [ns] 71.0

Junior Stakes Mike Holmes, Andy Hunt, David Harvey, Robert Horton [ex] Awd’d

Cradley Stakes Chandler, Hunt, Michael Thornton, Holmes [f] 75.6

Reserves Stakes Bass, Chandler, Lomas, Wakefield 73.4

48 Wednesday 16 th September 1970 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 49 – Cradley Heathens 29 (Midland Cup S/F 2 nd Leg)

Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock (C) 2’ 1’ 3 3 9 2 2. Les Owen 3 2 3 1 9 3. Ken McKinlay 3 1 1’ 1’ 6 2 4. Roger Hill 2 1’ 2 1 6 1 5. Rick France 1’ 2 1’ 2 6 2 6. Col Cottrell 2’ 1 3 6 1 7. Tony Lomas 3 2’ 2 7 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 0 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Jan Simensen 1 0 1 2 0 4 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Mike Gardner 0 0 N 0 0 5. Roy Trigg 3 2 0 2 0 2 9 6. Jimmy Squibb 0 N 0 0 0 7. Chris Bass 1 0 0 1 8. Glyn Chandler DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Owen, Boocock, Simensen, Persson 68.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Lomas, Cottrell, Bass, Squibb 68.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Trigg, Hill, France, Gardner 66.6 3 3 13 5 Ht4 McKinlay, Trigg, Cottrell, Bass 67.6 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Persson, France, Hill, Simensen [rr] 68.4 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Persson, Owen, Boocock, Trigg 68.0 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Cottrell, Trigg, McKinlay, Gardner 67.6 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Owen, Lomas, Simensen, Bass 69.0 5 1 32 16 Ht9 Persson, Hill, France, Squibb 68.4 3 3 35 19 Ht10 Boocock, Simensen, Owen, Trigg 68.4 4 2 39 21 Ht11 Persson, Lomas, McKinlay, Simensen 69.0 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Boocock, Trigg, Hill, Squibb 68.6 4 2 46 26 Ht13 Persson, France, McKinlay, Gardner 68.8 3 3 49 29

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht6 t/s Trigg for Pratt, t/s Persson for Squibb, Ht9 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht10 t/s Simensen for Gardner, Ht12 r/r Squibb for Pratt.

Up’N Comers Handicap Roy Carter [20yds], John Harrhy [20yds], Pete Bailey [10yds], Cliff Emms [Scr] 69.4

Stadium Gold Sash Snowball Ht1 Simensen, France, Lomas, Squibb 69.4 70.0 Ht2 Owen, Hill, McKinlay, Trigg 70.0 70.2 Ht3 Persson, Boocock, Cottrell, Gardner 68.4 69.0 Final Boocock, Persson, Owen, Simensen 69.2

Three Spires Scratch Race Cottrell, Harrhy, Carter, Chandler 69.6

Green Lane Scratch Race Harrhy, Lomas, Bass, Bailey 70.4

49 Friday 18 th September 1970 Hampden Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 44 – Cradley Heathens 34 (British League)

Glasgow Tigers 1. Jim McMillan (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Bill McMillan 0 1 2 2’ 5 1 3. Charlie Monk 2 2 1 3 8 4. Doug Templeton 1’ 2 3 1 7 1 5. Bobby Beaton 2 0 2’ 1 5 1 6. Willie Templeton 3 1’ 1’ 5 2 7. Brian Murray 2’ 0 0 2 1 Team Manager: Neil MacFarlane

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 2 3 1 2’ 0 8 1 2. Jan Simensen 1’ 1 3 3 0 8 1 3. Mike Gardner 3 EF EF N 3 4. Glyn Chandler F 0 N N 0 5. Roy Trigg 3 3 EF 2 2 10 6. Jimmy Squibb 0 2 1 1 4 7. Chris Bass 1 0 XT 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: J. Cuthbert

Ht1 J McMillan, Persson, Simensen, B McMillan 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 W Templeton, Murray, Bass, Squibb 78.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Trigg, Beaton, D Templeton, Chandler [f] 77.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Gardner, Monk, W Templeton, Bass 78.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Persson, D Templeton, Simensen, Beaton 78.2 2 4 16 14 Ht6 J McMillan, Squibb, B McMillan, Gardner [ef] 77.2 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Trigg, Monk, W Templeton, Chandler 78.6 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Simensen, B McMillan, Squibb, Murray 78.4 2 4 25 23 Ht9 D Templeton, Beaton, Squibb, Gardner [ef] 78.0 5 1 30 24 Ht10 J McMillan, B McMillan, Persson, Trigg [ef] 79.2 5 1 35 25 Ht11 Simensen, Persson, Monk, Murray 79.4 1 5 36 30 Ht12 J McMillan, Trigg, D Templeton, Simensen 76.4 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Monk, Trigg, Beaton, Persson 78.4 4 2 44 34

Programme Changes: Ht8 r/s Squibb for Bass [xt], Ht10 t/s Persson for Chandler, Ht12 t/s Simensen for Gardner, Ht13 t/s Trigg for Chandler.

Reserves Race Murray, Bass, Jimmy Gallacher, Alan Mackie [ef] 80.8

Hampden Colts Murray, Mackie, Gallacher, George Beaton 81.2

Devil’s Brew Ht1 J McMillan, Persson, D Templeton, Gardner 75.8 78.4 Ht2 Trigg, Monk, B McMillan, Squibb 80.0 80.4 Ht3 B Beaton, W Templeton, Chandler, Simensen [ef] 79.0 81.6 Final J McMillan, B Beaton, Persson [ef], Trigg [ef] 77.0

Hampden Scurry Murray, Mackie, Gallacher, G Beaton 80.6

50 Wednesday 23 rd September 1970 , London

Wembley Lions 42 – Cradley Heathens 36 ( British League )

Wembley Lions 1. Reidar Eide 2 3 3 3 11 2. Bengt Andersson 0 0 N N 0 3. Wayne Briggs F 1 0 N 1 4. Brian Collins 2 FX 3 1 6 5. Bert Harkins (C) 1’ 2 2’ 3 8 2 6. Dave Jessup 3 2 3 2 1 11 7. Brian Leonard 2’ 1’ 1 1 5 2 Team Manager: Freddie Williams

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 3 3 3 3 2 14 2. Jan Simensen 1 1 3 1 2’ 8 1 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Mike Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 5. Roy Trigg 3 2 2 2 2 11 6. Jimmy Squibb F 1’ 0 0 1 1 7. Chris Bass 1 1 0 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. F. Little

Ht1 Persson, Eide, Simensen, Andersson 71.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Jessup, Leonard, Bass, Squibb [f] 74.5 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Collins, Harkins, Gardner 74.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Persson, Jessup, Bass, Briggs [f] 73.3 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Persson, Harkins, Simensen, Collins [fx] [rr] 73.0 2 4 14 16 Ht6 Eide, Trigg, Squibb, Andersson 74.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Jessup, Trigg, Briggs, Gardner 74.2 4 2 21 21 Ht8 Simensen, Jessup, Leonard, Bass 74.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Collins, Harkins, Simensen, Squibb 75.0 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Eide, Trigg, Jessup, Gardner 73.0 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Persson, Simensen, Leonard, Briggs 76.4 1 5 34 32 Ht12 Eide, Trigg, Collins, Squibb [fr] 73.8 4 2 38 34 Ht13 Harkins, Persson, Leonard, Gardner 74.0 4 2 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht6 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht8 r/s Jessup gor Andersson, Ht9 r/r Simensen for Pratt, Ht10 r/s Jessup for Andersson, Ht12 r/r Squibb for Pratt, Ht13 r/s Leonard for Briggs.

Wembley Lions v Hackney Hawks (Five Heat Challenge Match) Ht1 Eide, Garry Middleton, Jessup, Barry Thomas 72.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Harkins, Jimmy Gooch, Laurie Etheridge, Leonard 72.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Middleton, Harkins, Thomas, Leonard 72.4 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Eide, Jessup, Gooch, Etheridge 73.2 5 1 14 10 Nom. Middleton, Harkins, Eide, Gooch 72.6 3 3 17 13

International Scratch Race Ht1 Collins, Etheridge, Squibb, Gardner 75.0 75.2 Ht2 Persson, Trigg, Thomas, Andersson [ef] 73.4 74.0 Ht3 Simensen, Jessup, Leonard, Bass 74.0 74.2 Final Persson, Trigg, Collins, Simensen [rrx2] 73.8

51 Thursday 24 th September 1970 , Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 39 – Cradley Heathens 39 (British League )

Sheffield Tigers 1. Jim Airey (C) 3 3 2 3 11 2. Bob Paulson 1 2’ 3 1’ 7 2 3. Arnold Haley 2 3 2 2 9 4. John Dews 1’ 1 2 1 5 1 5. Bengt Larsson 2 0 1’ 0 3 1 6. Dave Baugh 0 0 N 0 7. Brian Maxted 2 0 1 1, 4 1 Team Manager: Terry Thornhill

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 2 3 1 3 3 12 2. Jan Simensen 0 2’ FX 3 0 5 1 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Jimmy Squibb 0 1’ 0 1 2 1 5. Roy Trigg 3 3 2 3 2 13 6. Mike Gardner 1 0 N 1 7. Chris Bass 3 1 2 0 0 6 8. Glyn Chandler DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: A. B. Mullee

Ht1 Airey, Persson, Paulson, Simensen 70.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bass, Maxted, Gardner, Baugh 73.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Larsson, Dews, Squibb 72.6 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Trigg, Haley, Bass, Baugh 72.2 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Persson, Simensen, Dews, Larsson 71.0 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Airey, Paulson, Persson, Gardner 71.2 5 1 17 19 Ht7 Haley, Trigg, Squibb, Maxted 71.8 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Paulson, Bass, Maxted, Simensen [fx] [rr] 72.2 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Simensen, Dews, Larsson, Bass 71.6 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Trigg, Airey, Paulson, Squibb 71.4 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Persson, Haley, Maxted, Simensen 71.6 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Airey, Trigg, Dews, Bass 71.2 4 2 37 35 Ht13 Persson, Haley, Squibb, Larsson 71.0 2 4 39 39

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht6 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht7 r/s Maxted for Baugh, Ht9 r/r Simensen for Pratt, r/s Bass for Gardner, Ht12 r/r Bass for Pratt.

Consolation Race Stuart Jay, Maxted, Bernard Hornby, Chandler 74.2

Senior Individual Event Ht1 Persson, Airey, Baugh, Squibb 71.0 71.6 Ht2 Simensen, Larsson, Paulson, Gardner [ef] 71.2 71.8 Ht3 Trigg, Haley, Bass, Hornby 72.2 72.4 Final Trigg, Simensen, Airey, Persson [ef] 72.6

Up And Comers Race Ht1 Not Held Ht2 Jay, Hornby, Stuart Betts, Dave Kumeta [ns] 74.8

52 Saturday 26th September 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 37 – Wolverhampton Wolves 38 (British League )

Cradley Heathens 1. Garry Middleton (G) NF EF 3 3 2’ 8 1 2. Mike Holmes EF N N N F 0 3. Jimmy Squibb (C) 3 1 0 2 N 6 4. Glyn Chandler 0 0 N N 0 5. Roy Trigg 3 2 3 3 2 13 6. Mike Gardner 0 FX N EF 0 7. Chris Bass 3 1 N 2’ 1’ 3 10 2 Team Manager:Russ Bragg

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Ole Olsen EX 3 3 3 9 2. James Bond 3 1 1’ 0 5 1 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 2 3 1’ 0 6 1 4. Geoff Ambrose 1’ 2 1 1 5 1 5. Jon Erskine 2 0 0 N 2 6. Mick Handley 2 XT 2’ 2 1 7 1 7. George Major 1’ 1’ 2 4 2 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Bond, Middleton [nf], Holmes [ef], Olsen [ex] 77.2 0 3 0 3 Ht2 Bass, Handley, Major, Gardner 69.6 3 3 3 6 Ht3 Trigg, Erskine, Ambrose, Chandler 69.8 3 3 6 9 Ht4 Squibb, Vandenberg, Major, Gardner [fx] [rrx2] 71.6 3 3 9 12 Ht5 Olsen, Trigg, Bond, Chandler 68.2 2 4 11 16 Ht6 Vandenberg, Handley, Bass, Middleton [ef] 70.8 1 5 12 21 Ht7 Trigg, Ambrose, Squibb, Erskine 70.8 4 2 16 23 Ht8 Middleton, Major, Bond, Gardner 70.2 3 3 19 26 Ht9 Trigg, Handley, Vandenberg, Squibb [rr] 70.6 3 3 22 29 Ht10 Middleton, Bass, Ambrose, Erskine 71.0 5 1 27 30 Ht11 Olsen, Squibb, Bass, Bond 70.4 3 3 30 33 Ht12 Bass, Middleton, Handley, Vandenberg 71.2 5 1 35 34 Ht13 Olsen, Trigg, Ambrose, Holmes [f] 70.6 2 4 37 38

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Handley for Major, r/s Major for Handley [xt], Ht7 t/s Trigg for Gardner, Ht8 r/s Gardner for Holmes, t/s Middleton for Bass, Ht9 t/s Squibb for Chandler, Ht12 r/s Bass for Chandler, r/s Handley for Erskine, Ht13 r/s Holmes for Squibb.

Golden Helmet Match Race Ole Olsen beat Roy Trigg 69.6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Gardner, Ambrose, Bond, Middleton [ef] 71.6 72.0 Ht2 Trigg, Bass, Vandenberg, Handley [f] 71.8 72.6 Ht3 Olsen, Squibb, Handley, Erskine 71.0 72.4 Final Olsen, Ambrose, Trigg, Gardner 71.6

Junior Stakes Andy Hunt, Pete Jarvis, Andrew Bearne, Robert Horton [fx] [rr] 78.2

Cradley Stakes Russ Skinner, Hunt, Michael Thornton, Holmes [f] 78.6

Reserves Stakes Bass, Major, Holmes, Thornton 73.4

53 Tuesday 29 th September 1970 , London

West Ham Hammers 55 – Cradley Heathens 23 (British League)

West Ham Hammers 1. Olle Nygren 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 2. Reg Luckhurst (G) EF 3 3 3 9 3. Christer Lofqvist 3 3 3 3 12 4. Sverre Harrfeldt (C) 2 1’ 2’ N 5 2 5. Tony Clarke 1’ 2 3 XT 6 1 6. Antonin Kasper 3 2’ 2’ 1 8 2 7. Garry Hay 2’ 1 1 1 5 1 Team Manager: Howdy Byford

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 1’ FX 3 2 2 FX 8 1 2. Chris Bass 2 FX 0 0 2 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Jimmy Squibb 0 1 0 0 N 1 5. Ken McKinlay (G) 3 1 0 1 0 5 6. Mike Gardner 1 0 1 2 2 6 7. Malc. Shakespeare 0 1 N 1 8. Alan Sage DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. F. Little

Ht1 Nygren, Bass, Persson, Luckhurst [ef] 74.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Kasper, Hay, Gardner, Shakespeare 76.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 McKinlay, Harrfeldt, Clarke, Squibb 75.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Lofqvist, Kasper, Shakespeare, Persson [fx] [rr] 74.4 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Persson, Clarke, Harrfeldt, Bass [fx] [rr] 74.2 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Luckhurst, Nygren, McKinlay, Gardner 74.6 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Lofqvist, Kasper, Squibb, McKinlay 73.4 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Luckhurst, Persson, Hay, Bass 74.8 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Clarke, Harrfeldt, Gardner, Squibb 74.6 5 1 38 16 Ht10 Luckhurst, Nygren, McKinlay, Squibb 75.2 5 1 43 17 Ht11 Lofqvist, Persson, Hay, Bass 74.2 4 2 47 19 Ht12 Nygren, Gardner, Kasper, McKinlay 75.4 4 2 51 21 Ht13 Lofqvist, Gardner, Hay, Persson [fx] [rr] 75.4 4 2 55 23

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Persson for Pratt, Ht6 t/s McKinlay for Pratt, Ht8 t/s Persson for Shakespeare, Ht9 t/s Squibb for Pratt, Ht12 r/s Kasper for Harrfeldt, r/r Gardner for Pratt, Ht13 r/s Hay for Clarke [xt], r/s Gardner for Squibb

The Junior Handicap Barry Crowson, Dave Piddock, Alan Sage, Jake Rennison 78.8

The Carney Golden Snowball Ht1 Lofqvist, Luckhurst, Cec Platt, Graham Miles 74.6 75.4 Ht2 Clarke, Kasper, Rennison, Shakespeare [f] 75.6 76.2 Ht3 Nygren, Gardner, Hay, Sage 75.0 75.8 Final Lofqvist, Nygren, Luckhurst, Clarke 73.6

The Reserves Scratch Race Crowson, Shakespeare, Piddock, Harrfeldt [ef] 76.2

54 Saturday 3 rd October 1970 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 34 – Leicester Lions 44 (Challeng e)

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 3 3 2 3 EF 11 2. Jimmy Squibb 0 1 3 0 4 3. Pete Jarman (G) 2 3 2’ 0 7 1 4. Chris Bass 1 0 N 1 2 5. Bruce Cribb (G) 0 1 0 N 1 6. Mike Gardner 3 0 0 2 2 7 7. Malc. Shakespeare 2’ 0 N 2 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg

Leicester Lions 1. Malcolm Brown 1’ 3 0 1 5 1 2. Norman Storer 2 2’ 1’ 1 6 2 3. Graham Plant 3 0 3 3 9 4. Johnny Hart 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 5. Charlie Monk (G) 2’ 2 1 2’ 7 2 6. Alan Cowland 1 2 1 4 7. Tom Leadbitter 0 1 2 3 Team Manager: Vic White ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Persson, Storer, Brown, Squibb 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Gardner, Shakespeare, Cowland, Leadbitter 70.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hart, Monk, Bass, Cribb 70.0 1 5 9 9 Ht4 Plant, Jarman, Leadbitter, Gardner 70.2 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Brown, Storer, Cribb, Bass 71.6 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Persson, Cowland, Squibb, Plant 70.4 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Jarman, Monk, Hart, Gardner 70.6 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Squibb, Leadbitter, Storer, Shakespeare 72.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Plant, Gardner, Cowland, Cribb 71.0 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Hart, Persson, Monk, Squibb 70.8 2 4 26 34 Ht11 Persson, Jarman, Storer, Brown 71.6 5 1 31 35 Ht12 Plant, Monk, Bass, Persson [ef] 71.0 1 5 32 40 Ht13 Hart, Gardner, Brown, Jarman [fr] 71.4 2 4 34 44

Programme Changes: Ht9 r/s Gardner for Bass, Ht11 t/s Persson for Shakespeare, Ht13 r/s Gardner for Cribb.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Persson, Bass, Plant, Hart 70.4 71.0 Ht2 Gardner, Monk, Cowland, Cribb 69.8 72.6 Ht3 Bass, Squibb, Brown, Storer 72.4 73.4 Final Persson, Gardner, Monk, Bass 71.4

Junior Stakes Pete Jarvis, Michael Thornton, Andy Hunt, Robert Horton [f] 77.4

Cradley Stakes Hunt, Andrew Bearne, Russ Skinner [fr], Mike Holmes [ef] 72.4

Reserves Stakes Leadbitter, Shakespeare, Holmes [ef], Skinner [ef] 72.8

55 Friday 16 th October 1970 Somerton Park Stadium, Newport

Newport Wasps 34 – Cradley Heathens 44 (British League)

Newport Wasps 1. Sandor Levai (C) 3 2 2 EF 3 10 2. Bob Hughes R N 0 N 0 3. Bill Andrew EF N 1 3 1 5 4. Norman Strachan 0 0 N N 0 5. Ed Stangeland 3 1 2 3 0 9 6. John Louis 3 3 1’ 3 0 F 10 1 7. George Major 0 0 N N 0 Team Manager: Pat Tapson

Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson (C) 2 3 3 2 3 13 2. Jan Simensen 1’ 2’ 3 2 1’ 9 3 3. Colin Pratt R/R 4. Paul O’Neil (G) 1’ 3 2 2’ 8 2 5. Roy Trigg 2 2 X2 1’ 1’ 6 2 6. Mike Gardner 1’ 1 0 2 4 1 7. Jimmy Squibb 2 1’ 0 1 4 1 8. Andrew Bearne DNR Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee:

Ht1 Levai, Persson, Simensen, Hughes [r] [rr] 70.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Louis, Squibb, Gardner, Major 72.9 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Stangeland, Trigg, O’Neil, Strachan 72.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Louis, Trigg, Squibb, Andrew [ef] 71.1 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Persson, Simensen, Stangeland, Strachan 73.3 1 5 13 17 Ht6 Persson, Levai, Gardner, Major 71.2 2 4 15 21 Ht7 O’Neil, Levai, Louis, Squibb [rr] 71.5 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Simensen, Stangeland, Squibb, Hughes 72.3 2 4 20 28 Ht9 Stangeland, Simensen, Andrew, Gardner 71.9 4 2 24 30 Ht10 Louis, O’Neil, Trigg, Levai [ef] 72.2 3 3 27 33 Ht11 Andrew, Persson, Simensen, Louis 72.0 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Levai, Gardner, Trigg, Louis [f] 73.4 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Persson, O’Neil, Andrew, Stangeland 72.0 1 5 34 44

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Trigg for Pratt, Ht6 r/r Persson for Pratt, r/s Major for Hughes, Ht7 t/s Levai for Andrew, r/s Squibb for Trigg [x2], Ht8 t/s Stangeland for Major, Ht9 t/s Andrew for Strachan, r/r Simensen for Pratt, Ht10 r/s Louis for Hughes, Ht11 r/s Louis for Major, Ht12 t/s Louis for Strachan, r/r Gardner for Pratt.

Rider Of The Night Snowball Ht1 Persson, Levai, O’Neil, Strachan [rr] 72.0 72.9 Ht2 Stangeland, Simensen, Hughes, Bearne 73.1 73.5 Ht3 Louis, Trigg, Gardner, Bearne 72.0 74.0 Final Louis, Persson, Levai, Stangeland 72.5

Reserves Scratch Race Louis, Gardner, Squibb, Major 71.7

56 Friday 23rd October 1970 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 37 – Cradley Heathens 40 (Challeng e)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12 2. Mick Handley 1 1 2 1 5 3. Norman Hunter 1’ 0 1 1 3 1 4. Jon Erskine 0 1’ 2 2’ 5 2 5. Peter Vandenberg (C) 2 2 1’ 0 5 1 6. Geoff Ambrose 3 2 2 7 7. James Bond XT 0 0 0 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley Heathens 1. Howard Cole (G) 2 3 2’ 2’ 9 2 2. Paul O’Neil (G) XT 0 1 N 1 3. Jan Simensen 3 2 3 1 9 4. Pete Jarman (G) 3 3 0 3 9 5. Roy Trigg 1 1 2 0 4 6. Mike Gardner EF 0 0 0 7. Jimmy Squibb (C) 0 2 0 3 3 8 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Olsen, Cole, Handley, Squibb [rr] 65.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Ambrose, Squibb, Gardner [ef], Bond [xt] [rr] 69.8 3 2 7 4 Ht3 Jarman, Vandenberg, Trigg, Erskine 67.8 2 4 9 8 Ht4 Simensen, Ambrose, Hunter, Squibb 68.2 3 3 12 11 Ht5 Cole, Vandenberg, Erskine, O’Neil 67.4 3 3 15 14 Ht6 Olsen, Simensen, Handley, Gardner 66.2 4 2 19 16 Ht7 Jarman, Ambrose, Trigg, Hunter 67.8 2 4 21 20 Ht8 Squibb, Handley, O’Neil, Bond 68.8 2 4 23 24 Ht9 Simensen, Erskine, Vandenberg, Gardner 69.2 3 3 26 27 Ht10 Olsen, Trigg, Handley, Jarman 67.4 4 2 30 29 Ht11 Squibb, Cole, Hunter, Bond 69.2 1 5 31 34 Ht12 Olsen, Erskine, Simensen, Trigg [rr] 68.8 5 1 36 35 Ht13 Jarman, Cole, Hunter, Vandenberg 68.2 1 5 37 40

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/s Squibb for O’Neil [xt], Ht11 r/s Squibb for O’Neil.

Reserves Scurry Squibb, Ambrose, Bond, George Devenport 69.6

Finale Fling Ht1 Hunter, Handley, Cole, O’Neil 68.8 69.0 Ht2 Olsen, Erskine, Simensen, Gardner [fr] 68.4 69.6 Ht3 Vandenberg, Jarman, Trigg, Bond [ef] 68.6 69.4 Final Vandenberg, Olsen, Hunter, Handley 69.2

57 Cradley Heath Speedway Averages 1970 - British League

Rider Matches Rides Points Bonus Total CMA Max. Pd Max.

Bernt Persson Home 13 59 146 4 150 10.169 1 1 Away 17 84 177 5 182 8.667 - - Total 30 143 323 9 332 9.287 1 1

Roy Trigg Home 18 83 178 9 187 9.012 2 - Away 17 81 154 3 157 7.753 - 1 Total 35 164 332 12 344 8.390 2 1

Colin Pratt Home 10 43 94.5 3 97.5 9.070 - - Away 9 39 62 1 63 6.462 - - Total 19 82 156.5 4 160.5 7.829 - -

Jan Simensen Home 8 37 60 7 67 7.243 - - Away 8 37 59 13 72 7.784 - 1 Total 16 74 119 20 139 7.514 - 1

Chris Bass Home 17 59 64 14 78 5.288 - - Away 16 53 41 7 48 3.623 - - Total 33 112 105 21 126 4.500 - -

Jimmy Squibb Home 18 68 72 20 92 5.412 - - Away 18 65 38 7 45 2.769 - - Total 36 133 110 27 137 4.120 - -

Mike Gardner Home 17 63 61 6 67 4.254 - - Away 18 61 39 6 45 2.951 - - Total 35 124 100 12 112 3.613 - -

Ken Wakefield Home 12 39 25 2 27 2.769 - - Away 9 26 12 4 16 2.462 - - Total 21 65 37 6 43 2.646 - -

Also Rode

Loanee Home ------Away 1 4 8 2 10 10.000 - - Total 1 4 8 2 10 10.000 - -

Guests Home 4 18 43 2 45 10.000 - 1 Away 3 13 13 1 14 4.308 - - Total 7 31 56 3 59 7.613 - 1

Glyn Chandler Home 2 4 2 0 2 2.000 - - Away 2 4 1 1 2 2.000 - - Total 4 8 3 1 4 2.000 - -

Malcolm Shakespeare Home ------Away 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - - Total 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - -

Mike Holmes Home 2 4 1 1 2 2.000 - - Away 1 1 0 0 0 0.000 - - Total 3 5 1 1 2 1.600 - -

58 Cradley Heath Speedway Averages 1970 – Knockout Cup

Rider Matches Rides Points Bonus Total CMA Max. Pd Max.

Colin Pratt Home ------Away 1 6 12 1 13 8.667 - - Total 1 6 12 1 13 8.667 - -

Roy Trigg Home ------Away 1 6 12 0 12 8.000 - - Total 1 6 12 0 12 8.000 - -

Jimmy Squibb Home ------Away 1 4 2 1 3 3.000 - - Total 1 4 2 1 3 3.000 - -

Ken Wakefield Home ------Away 1 3 2 0 2 2.667 - - Total 1 3 2 0 2 2.667 - -

Chris Bass Home ------Away 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 - - Total 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 - -

Mike Gardner Home ------Away 1 4 0 0 0 0.000 - - Total 1 4 0 0 0 0.000 - -

59 Cradley Heath Speedway Averages 1970 – Combined (British League & KO Cup)

Rider Matches Rides Points Bonus Total CMA Max. Pd Max.

Bernt Persson Home 13 59 146 4 150 10.169 1 1 Away 17 84 177 5 182 8.667 - - Total 30 143 323 9 332 9.287 1 1

Roy Trigg Home 18 83 178 9 187 9.012 2 - Away 18 87 166 3 169 7.770 - 1 Total 36 170 344 12 356 8.376 2 1

Colin Pratt Home 10 43 94.5 3 97.5 9.070 - - Away 10 45 74 2 76 6.756 - - Total 20 88 168.5 5 173.5 7.886 - -

Jan Simensen Home 8 37 60 7 67 7.243 - - Away 8 37 59 13 72 7.784 - 1 Total 16 74 119 20 139 7.514 - 1

Chris Bass Home 17 59 64 14 78 5.288 - - Away 17 57 42 7 49 3.439 - - Total 34 116 106 21 127 4.379 - -

Jimmy Squibb Home 18 68 72 20 92 5.412 - - Away 19 69 40 8 48 2.783 - - Total 37 137 112 28 140 4.088 - -

Mike Gardner Home 17 63 61 6 67 4.254 - - Away 19 65 39 6 45 2.769 - - Total 36 128 100 12 112 3.500 - -

Ken Wakefield Home 12 39 25 2 27 2.769 - - Away 10 29 14 4 18 2.483 - - Total 22 68 39 6 45 2.647 - -

Also Rode

Loanee Home ------Away 1 4 8 2 10 10.000 - - Total 1 4 8 2 10 10.000 - -

Guests Home 4 18 43 2 45 10.000 - 1 Away 3 13 13 1 14 4.308 - - Total 7 31 56 3 59 7.613 - 1

Glyn Chandler Home 2 4 2 0 2 2.000 - - Away 2 4 1 1 2 2.000 - - Total 4 8 3 1 4 2.000 - -

Malcolm Shakespeare Home ------Away 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - - Total 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - -

Mike Holmes Home 2 4 1 1 2 2.000 - - Away 1 1 0 0 0 0.000 - - Total 3 5 1 1 2 1.600 - -

Refer to Note on Page 62

60 Cradley Heath Speedway Averages 1970 – Midland Cup

Rider Matches Rides Points Bonus Total CMA Max. Pd Max.

Colin Pratt Home 1 4 10 0 10 10.000 - - Away 1 4 6 2 8 8.000 - - Total 2 8 16 2 18 9.000 - -

Bernt Persson Home 2 9 16 2 18 8.000 - - Away 2 10 22 1 23 9.200 - - Total 4 19 38 3 41 8.632 - -

Roy Trigg Home 2 9 21 0 21 9.333 - - Away 2 11 18 0 18 6.545 - - Total 4 20 39 0 39 7.800 - -

Chris Bass Home 2 9 17 1 18 8.000 - - Away 2 6 6 0 6 4.000 - - Total 4 15 23 1 24 6.400 - -

Jan Simensen Home 2 8 14 3 17 8.500 - - Away 2 9 9 0 9 4.000 - - Total 4 17 23 3 26 6.118 - -

Mike Gardner Home 2 7 5 1 6 3.429 - - Away 2 7 3 1 4 2.286 - - Total 4 14 8 2 10 2.857 - -

Jimmy Squibb Home 2 7 3 2 5 2.857 - - Away 2 5 1 0 1 0.800 - - Total 4 12 4 2 6 2.000 - -

61 Cradley Heath 1970 – Information Required

Mar 27 th Wolverhampton Away CH 2nd Half – One 2nd Place time Reqd Apr 4th Belle Vue Away BL 2nd Half - Starlets Final – James or Priestley in Blue Apr 8th Poole Away BL 2nd Half - Cross Check Required Apr 11 th Glasgow Home BL 2nd Half - Res Stakes – Did B Smith replace Holmes Apr 13 th Newcastle Away BL 2nd Half - Cross Check Required Apr 18 th Belle Vue Home BL 2nd Half - Ht1 – Holmes or Hawkins Apr 24 th Wolverhampton Away BL 2nd Half – Junior Race - Name query Jun 12 th Kings Lynn Away BL 2nd Half - All Details Reqd. Sep 5th Swindon Away BL 2nd Half - Side Car Final – 4th to 6 th Places Reqd Sep 18 th Glasgow Away BL 2nd Half - Gallacher or Whaley in Reserves Race Sep 24 th Sheffield Away BL 2nd Half - Cross Check Required

Note Regarding Averages On Page 60

Unfortunately, at the time of release and despite the help of a number of fellow researchers, I have been unable to reconcile fully the averages on page 60 of this document with those published in the Speedway Star end of season review (dated 20 th March 1971 – pages 12 & 13).

Differences are:

Roy Trigg – This document 344 points, 12 bonus points. Speedway Star 346 points, 13 bonus points.

Colin Pratt - This document 168.5 points. Speedway Star 165.5 points.

Jimmy Squibb - This document 112 points, 28 bonus points. Speedway Star 113 points, 27 bonus points.

If anyone has marked programmes that they are willing to scan that will potentially answer any of these outstanding queries then I would be pleased to hear from you, either via Jim and Matt at the Speedway Researcher website or directly by email [email protected] .

Thanks to Phil Johnson, Keith Corns, Paul Dunn, Alan Hunt & Tony Hurren as well as all at the Speedway Researcher website. Thanks to David Austin for the update to the West Ham details shown in issue 2.

Issue Log Iss1 First Issue 15/04/18 Iss2 Sep 29 West Ham Away – 2nd Half Missing Details added 03/06/20

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