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GLASGOW 51 COATBRIDGE 45 th Friday, 5 April 1968 [Champagne Derby (1st Leg)]

GLASGOW Lars Jansson 3 2 2 1' 2 - 11 1 Jim McMillan X 2 2 - - - 4 Bo Josefsson 2 1' 2 3 2' - 10 1 Bill McMillan 1' 1 0 2' 0 - 4 2 Oyvind Berg 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Willie Templeton 1 1 1 0 0 - 3 Brian Whaley 0 1' 3 0 - - 4 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 1' 0 2 1 - - 4 1 Doug Templeton 2 3 2 1' 1 - 9 1 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 3 - 14 Alec Hughson 0 F 1 F - - 1 George Hunter 2 3 3 2 2 - 12 Bert Harkins 0 X E 1 1' - 2 1 Brian Collins 2' 1 0 0 0 - 3 1

Ht 1 Jansson, D.Templeton, Eide, J.McMillan (f/exc) 80.8 Ht 2 Persson, Josefsson, B.McMillan, Hughson 80.6 Ht 3 D.Templeton, Collins, B.McMillan, Whaley 82.3 Ht 4 Persson, Jansson, Josefsson, Eide 80.6 Ht 5 Berg, Hunter, W.Templeton, Harkins 80.2 Ht 6 Persson, Jansson, Whaley, Hughson (f) 83.8 Ht 7 Hunter, Josefsson, Collins, B.Mcmillan, Harkins (exc/t) 80.8 Ht 8 Berg, D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Collins 80.8 Ht 9 Whaley, B.McMillan, Hughson, Collins 84.4 Ht 10 Hunter, J.McMillan, Jansson, Harkins (ef) 81.8 Ht 11 Berg, Persson, W.Templeton, Hughson (f) 80.4 Ht 12 Josefsson, Eide, D.Templeton, B.McMillan 82.8 Ht 13 Berg, Hunter, Harkins, W.Templeton 81.0 Ht 14 Jansson, Josefsson, D.Templeton, Collins 83.6 Ht 15 Persson, J.McMillan, Harkins, W.Templeton 83.2 Ht 16 Berg, Hunter, Eide, B.McMillan 80.8

COATBRIDGE 54 GLASGOW 42 th Saturday, 6 April 1968 [Champagne Derby 2nd Leg] {Aggregate: Coatbridge 99 Glasgow 93}

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 0 0 1 1 1 - 3 Doug Templeton 3 2 3 3 3 - 14 Bernt Persson 3 3 1 3 3 - 13 Alec Hughson E F 3 0 0 - 3 George Hunter 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Bert Harkins 1 E 2' 1 - - 4 1 Brian Collins 0 E 2' - - - 2 1

GLASGOW Lars Jansson 1' 1' 1' 1' 1' - 5 5 Jim McMillan 2 3 2 2 2 - 11 Bo Josefsson 2 2 2 2 2 - 10 Bill McMillan 1' 0 1' 1 0 - 3 2 Oyvind Berg 2 2' 2 1 2 - 9 1 Willie Templeton 3 0 0 E - - 3 Brian Whaley 1 0 0 - - - 1

Ht 1 D.Templeton, J.McMillan, Jansson, Eide 66.8 Ht 2 Persson, Josefsson, B.McMillan, Hughson (ef) 67.4 Ht 3 J.McMillan, D.Templeton, Whaley, Collins 68.0 Ht 4 Persson, Josefsson, Jansson, Eide 67.6 Ht 5 Hunter, Berg, Harkins, Whaley 70.0 Ht 6 D.Templeton, Josefsson, Eide, B.McMillan 69.0 Ht 7 W.Templeton, Berg, Persson, Hughson (f) 71.0 Ht 8 Hunter, J.McMillan, Jansson, Collins (ef) 69.0 Ht 9 Hughson, Collins, B.McMillan, Whaley 73.4 Ht 10 D.Templeton, Berg, Eide, W.Templeton 69.0 Ht 11 Hunter, Josefsson, B.McMillan, Harkins (ef) 71.8 Ht 12 Persson, J.McMillan, Jansson, Hughson 69.6 Ht 13 Hunter, Harkins, Berg, W.Templeton 71.6 Ht 14 Persson, J.McMillan, Eide, B.McMillan 71.8 Ht 15 D.Templeton, Josefsson, Harkins, W.Templeton (ef) 70.0 Ht 16 Hunter, Berg, Jansson, Hughson 71.6

RESERVE RACE Collins, Whaley, Black, Ian McPherson 72.4

IMPROVEMENT RACE Milloy, Black, McPherson, Brady 71.6

TIGERS TOP FOUR J.McMillan, Jansson, Josefsson, Berg 69.2

MONARCHS= TOP FOUR Hunter, D.Templeton, Persson, Harkins 68.4 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

COATBRIDGE 42 SHEFFIELD 36 th Saturday, 13 April 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 0 2' 2' 2 - - 6 2 Doug Templeton 2 3 3 3 - - 11 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 - - 11 Alec Hughson 1 0 3 0 - - 4 George Hunter 2 1 2 1' - - 6 1 Bert Harkins 1' 0 0 0 - - 1 1 Brian Collins 1 2' - - - - 3 1

SHEFFIELD Charlie Monk 3 2 3 3 - - 11 Billy Bales 1 2 1' - - - 4 1 Arnold Haley 2 3 1 1 3 - 10 John Dews 0 2' 1 0 - - 3 1 Bengt Larsson 3 1 2 1 0 - 7 Brian Maxted 0 0 1' 0 - - 1 1 Dave Baugh 0 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1 Monk, Templeton, Bales, Eide 67.4 Ht 2 Persson, Haley, Hughson, Dews 68.4 Ht 3 Larsson, Hunter, Harkins, Maxted 68.8 Ht 4 Templeton, Bales, Collins, Baugh 70.0 Ht 5 Haley, Dews, Hunter, Harkins 70.4 Ht 6 Persson, Monk, Bales, Hughson 67.8 Ht 7 Templeton, Eide, Larsson, Maxted 69.8 Ht 8 Hughson, Collins, Dews, Baugh 73.6 Ht 9 Monk, Hunter, Haley, Harkins 69.0 Ht 10 Persson, Larsson, Maxted, Hughson 69.2 Ht 11 Templeton, Eide, Haley, Dews 70.2 Ht 12 Monk, Persson, Larsson, Harkins 69.2 Ht 13 Haley, Eide, Hunter, Larsson 69.8

IMPROVEMENT RACE Milloy, Black, Frank Skinner, Brady 80.8

THE ALBION TROPHY Ht 1 Harkins, Tannock, Bales (ef), Baugh (ef) 71.0 Ht 2 Dews, Hughson, Milloy, Collins (ef) 75.4 Final Harkins, Hughson, Tannock, Dews 72.2

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Eide, Larsson, Hunter, Haley 71.2 Ht 2 Persson, Monk, Maxted, Templeton (f) 70.0 Final Persson, Larsson, Monk, Eide 71.0

KINGS LYNN 50 COATBRIDGE 28 th Monday, 15 April 1968 [British League]

KINGS LYNN 3 3 2 3 - - 11 Clive Featherby 2' 2 2' 1' - - 7 3 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Geoff Penniket 1 1 2' 1 - - 5 1 David Crane 3 3 2 1 - - 9 Howard Cole E 1 0 1 - - 2 Alan Bellham 1' 3 - - - - 4 1

COATBRIDGE George Hunter 1 0 E - - - 1 Bert Harkins 0 3 2 1 - - 6 Bernt Persson 2 2 3 3 2 - 12 Alec Hughson F 0 0 0 - - 0 Reidar Eide 2 1 2 2 - - 7 Brian Collins 1' 0 0 0 - - 1 1 Lex Milloy 0 1 - - - - 1

Ht 1 Simmons, Featherby, Hunter, Harkins 76.2 Ht 2 Betts, Persson, Penniket, Hugson (f) 76.8 Ht 3 Crane, Eide, Collins, Cole (ef) 76.8 Ht 4 Harkins, Featherby, Bellham, Milloy 78.0 Ht 5 Crane, Persson, Cole, Hughson 75.8 Ht 6 Betts, Harkins, Penniket, Hunter 75.4 Ht 7 Simmons, Featherby, Eide, Collins 75.4 Ht 8 Bellham, Penniket, Milloy, Hughson 76.8 Ht 9 Persson, Crane, Harkins, Cole 75.4 Ht 10 Betts, Eide, Penniket, Collins 75.0 Ht 11 Persson, Simmons, Featherby, Hughson 74.0 Ht 12 Betts, Eide, Cole (f/rem), Hunter (ef) 74.8 Ht 13 Simmons, Persson, Crane, Collins 73.8

WIMBLEDON 51 COATBRIDGE 26 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

th Thursday, 18 April 1968 [British League]

WIMBLEDON Olle Nygren 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Bobby Dugard 1 3 1 X - - 5 Reg Luckhurst 1 1' 3 1 - - 6 1 Jim Tebby 3 2 1' 2' - - 8 2 Trevor Hedge 3 3 1' 2' - - 9 2 Garry Middleton 1 1 2 3 - - 7 Alan Cowland 2' 2 - - - - 4 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 2 3 3 2 2 - 12 Brian Collins 0 E 0 0 - - 0 George Hunter E - - - - - 0 Bert Harkins 2 0 3 1' 1 - 7 1 Bernt Persson 2 2 2 F 0 - 6 Alec Hughson 0 0 1 0 - - 1 Lex Milloy F 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1 Nygren, Eide, Dugard, Collins 65.4 Ht 2 Tebby, Harkins, Luckhurst, Hunter (ef) 69.2 Ht 3 Hedge, Persson, Middleton, Hughson 67.3 Ht 4 Dugard, Cowland, Milloy (ef), Collins (ef) 67.8 Ht 5 Hedge, Persson, Middleton, Harkins 67.3 Ht 6 Eide, Tebby, Luckhurst, Collins 67.5 Ht 7 Nygren, Persson, Dugard, Hughson 66.7 Ht 8 Harkins, Cowland, Tebby, Milloy 69.6 Ht 9 Eide, Middleton, Hedge, Collins 68.6 Ht 10 Luckhurst, Tebby, Hughson, Persson (f) 68.9 Ht 11 Nygren, Eide, Harkins, Dugard (f/exc) 70.8 Ht 12 Middleton, Eide, Luckhurst, Persson 69.7 Ht 13 Nygren, Hedge, Harkins, Hughson 69.2

COATBRIDGE 54 OXFORD 24 th Saturday, 20 April 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2' 2' 3 - - 10 2 Doug Templeton 2' 3 3 3 - - 11 1 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alec Hughson 0 1 1 0 - - 2 George Hunter 2' 2' 3 2' - - 9 3 Bert Harkins 3 3 2' 2' - - 10 2 Brian Collins 0 0 - - - - 0

OXFORD Arne Pander rider replacement Rick Timmo 0 2 0 1 1 - 4 Ronnie Genz 2 1 1 0 1 - 5 Eddie Reeves 1' 0 3 1 - - 5 1 Colin Gooddy 1 1 1' - - - 3 1 Leo McAuliffe 0 2 0 2 0 - 4 John Bishop 1' 2' 0 - - - 3 2 Ted Spittles 0 - - - - - 0

Ht 1 Eide, Templeton, Gooddy, Timmo 68.8 Ht 2 Persson, Genz, Reeves, Hughson 69.4 Ht 3 Harkins, Hunter, Gooddy, McAuliffe 71.0 Ht 4 Templeton, Timmo, Bishop, Collins 70.4 Ht 5 Harkins, Hunter, Genz, Reeves 70.0 Ht 6 Persson, McAuliffe, Hughson, Timmo 70.6 Ht 7 Templeton, Eide, Genz, McAuliffe 68.8 Ht 8 Reeves, Bishop, Hughson, Collins 71.2 Ht 9 Hunter, Harkins, Timmo, Spittals 70.8 Ht 10 Persson, McAuliffe, Gooddy, Hughson 72.0 Ht 11 Templeton, Eide, Reeves, Genz 71.0 Ht 12 Persson, Harkins, Timmo, Bishop 70.8 Ht 13 Eide, Hunter, Genz, McAuliffe 71.8

RESERVE SPOTLIGHT Collins, Milloy, Tannock, Spittal 74.8

JUNIOR JAMBOREE K.Blackwood, Brady ???

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Persson, Genz, Bishop, Milloy 71.8 Ht 2 Eide, Gooddy, Hughson, Tannock 72.6 Ht 3 Templeton, Harkins, McAuliffe, Timmo 72.0 Ht 4 Hunter, Collins, Reeves, Spittal 72.2 Final Eide, [Persson, Templeton, Hunter 71.0

WEST HAM 43 COATBRIDGE 35 rd Tuesday, 23 April 1968 [British League]

THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

WEST HAM Sverre Harrfeldt 2 2 2 3 - - 9 Brian Leonard 1' 3 0 1' - - 5 2 Norman Hunter 2 3 3 2' - - 10 1 Stan Stevens F 1 2 0 - - 3 George Barclay 1 1 1 0 - - 3 Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Tony Clarke 1 0 - - - - 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2 2 1 - - 8 Doug Templeton 0 2 0 0 - - 2 Bernt Persson 3 2 3 2 - - 10 Alec Hughson 1 0 3 0 - - 4 George Hunter 2 3 1' 0 - - 6 1 Bert Harkins 0 1 2 1' - - 4 1 Brian Collins 0 1 - - - - 1

Ht 1 Eide, Harrfeldt, Leonard, Templeton 72.0 Ht 2 Persson, N.Hunter, Hughson, Stevens (f) 73.2 Ht 3 McKinlay, G.Hunter, Barclay, Harkins 72.2 Ht 4 Leonard, Templeton, Clarke, Collins 74.6 Ht 5 McKinlay, Persson, Barclay, Hughson 71.6 Ht 6 N.Hunter, Eide, Stevens, Templeton 72.6 Ht 7 G.Hunter, Harrfeldt, Harkins, Leonard 73.2 Ht 8 Hughson, Stevens, Collins, Clarke 76.0 Ht 9 McKinlay, Eide, Barclay, Templeton 72.6 Ht 10 N.Hunter, Harkins, G.Hunter, Stevens 73.8 Ht 11 Persson, Harrfeldt, Leonard, Hughson 74.2 Ht 12 McKinlay, N.Hunter, Eide, G.Hunter 74.2 Ht 13 Harrfeldt, Persson, Harkins, Barclay 74.2

POOLE 38 COATBRIDGE 40 th Wednesday, 24 April 1968 [British League]

POOLE Geoff Mudge 0 3 2 2 - - 7 Ted Laessing 2 F 1 2' 1' - 6 2 Odd Fossengen 0 0 1 - - - 1 Pete Smith 1 2 3 2 - - 8 Bill Andrews 2 2 3 X - - 7 Bruce Cribb 1' 0 3 - - - 4 1 Tim Bungay 3 1 1' - - - 5 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 1 2 - - 9 Doug Templeton 1 2 1 0 - - 4 George Hunter 2' 3 3 3 - - 11 1 Bert Harkins 3 1 2 E - - 6 Bernt Persson 3 2 3 0 - - 8 Alec Hughson 0 0 0 1 - - 1 Brian Collins 1' F - - - - 1 1

Ht 1 Eide, Laessing, Templeton, Templeton 70.4 Ht 2 Harkins, Hunter, Smith, Fossengen 71.2 Ht 3 Persson, Andrews, Cribb, Hughson 71.4 Ht 4 Bungay, Templeton, Collins, Laessing (f) 73.2 Ht 5 Hunter, Andrews, Harkins, Cribb 70.4 Ht 6 Eide, Smith, Templeton, Fossengen 71.6 Ht 7 Mudge, Persson, Laessing, Hughson 70.8 Ht 8 Smith, Harkins, Bungay, Collins (f) 72.6 Ht 9 Andrews, Laessing, Eide, Templeton 71.4 Ht 10 Persson, Smith, Bungay, Hughson 72.0 Ht 11 Hunter, Mudge, Laessing, Harkins (ef) 71.6 Ht 12 Cribb, Eide, Fossengen, Persson 72.0 Ht 13 Hunter, Mudge, Hughson, Andrews (f/exc) 71.2

COATBRIDGE 66 GLASGOW 42 th Saturday, 27 April 1968 [K.O Cup 1st Round]

COATBRIDGE Bernt Persson rider replacement Alec Hughson 1 3 0 0 1 - - 6 Reidar Eide 3 0 3 3 1 2' 3 15 1 Doug Templeton 2' 2' 2 0 0 3 - 9 2 George Hunter 3 3 3 3 3 3 2' 20 1 Bert Harkins 1 2' 1 2 3 3 - 12 1 Brian Collins 0 2 - - - - - 2 Lex Milloy 2 0 - - - - - 2

GLASGOW Lars Jansson 0 0 1 2 0 1 - 4 Bill McMillan 3 1 3 - - - - 7 Bo Josefsson 0 1 1 - - - - 2 Russ Dent 1 0 0 - - - - 1 Oyvind Berg 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 6 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Jim McMillan 2 3 3 2 2 0 - 12 Willie Templeton 2 0 1' 2 2 1 - 8 1 Brian Whaley 1 1 - - - - - 2

Ht 1 Hunter, W.Templeton, Hughson, Jansson 69.2 Ht 2 Eide, D.Templeton, Dent, Josefsson, (ef) 70.0 Ht 3 Hunter, J.McMillan, Harkins, Berg 69.2 Ht 4 B.McMillan, Milloy, Whaley, Collins (ef) 71.4 Ht 5 Hughson, D.Templeton, Josefsson, Dent 71.8 Ht 6 J.McMillan, D.Templeton, Berg, Eide 69.6 Ht 7 Hunter, Harkins, Jansson, W.Templeton 69.8 Ht 8 Eide, Berg, J.McMillan, Hughson 70.2 Ht 9 Hunter, Berg, Harkins, Dent 70.0 Ht 10 Eide, Jansson, W.Templeton, D.Templeton 70.2 Ht 11 J.McMillan, Harkins, Josefsson, D.Templeton 71.5 Ht 12 Harkins, W.Templeton, Eide (f/rem), Berg (f) 72.4 Ht 13 Hunter, J.McMillan, Hughson, Jansson 70.8 Ht 14 W.Templeton, Collins, Whaley, Milloy 73.0 Ht 15 D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Highson, Berg 71.0 Ht 16 Harkins, Eide, W.Templeton, Jansson 70.0 Ht 17 Hunter, J.McMillan, B.McMillan, Hughson 70.4 Ht 18 Eide, Hunter, Berg, J.McMillan 70.6

DISCOVERY RACE Tannock, Blackwood, Bobby Beaton, Tom Skinner 78.1

CONSOLATION RACE Collins, Milloy, Black, Tannock 76.8

COATBRIDGE 13 NEWCASTLE 5 th Saturday, 4 May 1968 [British League] (Abandoned after heat 3 rain)

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 - - - - - 3 Doug Templeton 1 - - - - - 1 George Hunter 3 - - - - - 3 Alec Hughson 1 - - - - - 1 Bernt Persson 2' - - - - - 2 1 Bert Harkins 3 - - - - - 3 Brian Collins D.N.R

NEWCASTLE 2 - - - - - 2 Dave Gifford 0 - - - - - 0 Ole Olsen E - - - - - 0 Alf Wells 2 - - - - - 2 Alan Butterfield 1 - - - - - 1 Murray Burt 0 - - - - - 0 Goog Allen D.N.R

Ht 1 Eide, Mauger, Templeton, Gifford 68.8 Ht 2 Hunter, Wells, Hughson, Olsen (ef) 73.0 Ht 3 Harkins, Persson, Butterfield, Burt 71.8

COATBRIDGE 51 CRADLEY HEATH 27 th Saturday, 11 May 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide rider replacement Doug Templeton 2' 2 1 3 1 - 9 1 George Hunter 2 3 3 3 3 - 14 Alec Hughson 0 2' 2' 0 - - 4 2 Bernt Persson 3 2' X 2' 3 - 10 2 Bert Harkins 3 3 3 0 1 - 10 Brian Collins 1' 3 - - - - 4 1

CRADLEY HEATH Tommy Bergqvist 0 1 - - - - 1 Graham Coombes 1 3 0 1 1' - 6 1 Roy Trigg 3 2 X 2 E - 7 Ivor Brown 1 1' 1 1' - - 4 2 Bob Andrews 0 0 2 - - - 2 Chris Julian 1 2 2 0 2 - 7 Ken Wakefield 0 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1 Persson, Templeton, Coombes, Bengqvist 70.0 Ht 2 Trigg, Hunter, Brown, Hunghson 71.2 Ht 3 Harkins, Persson, Julian, Andrews 71.0 Ht 4 Coombes, Templeton, Collins, Wakefield 72.4 Ht 5 Harkins, Trigg, Brown, Persson (f/exc) 72.2 Ht 6 Hunter, Hughson, Bengqvist, Coombes (f/rem) 74.0 Ht 7 Hunter, Julian, Templeton, Andrews 72.2 Ht 8 Collins, Hughson, Brown, Wakefield 73.4 Ht 9 Persson, Harkins, Coombes, Trigg (f/exc) 72.2 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Ht 10 Hunter, Julian, Coombes, Hughson (f/rem) 73.0 Ht 11 Templeton, Trigg, Brown, Harkins 74.2 Ht 12 Hunter, Andrews, Harkins, Julian 73.0 Ht 13 Persson, Julian, Templeton, Trigg (ef) 72.0

CONSOLATION RACE Brady, Skinner, Blackwood, Black 80.4

CLIFTONHILL CUP Ht 1 Coombes, Hughson, Black, Tannock 74.4 Ht 2 Collins, Brown, Wakefield, Milloy 75.0 Final Hughson, Brown, Collins, Coombes 75.8

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Persson, Templeton, Trigg, Bengqvist 72.0 Ht 2 Hunter, Harkins, Julian, Andrews 73.6 Final Persson, Harkins, Templeton (ef), Hunter (ef) ?

GLASGOW 38 COATBRIDGE 40 th Friday, 17 May 1968 [British League]

GLASGOW Jim McMillan 1 2 3 2 1' - 9 1 Willie Templeton - 2 E 0 - - 2 Bo Josefsson 2 - - - - - 2 Lars Jansson 0 0 3 3 - - 6 Oyvind Berg 3 2 3 2 - - 10 Russ Dent 1 0 2' E - - 3 1 Bill McMillan 1' 1 2' 2 - - 6 2

COATBRIDGE Bernt Persson rider replacement Bert Harkins 2' 3 1 0 3 - 9 1 Reidar Eide 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Doug Templeton 1 1 2 1 1 - 6 George Hunter 3 2 X F - - 5 Alec Hughson 0 1' 1 0 - - 2 1 Brian Collins 0 2 0 1 - - 3 Brian Black D.N.R

Ht 1 Hunter, Harkins, J.McMillan, W.Templeton 80.2 Ht 2 Eide, Josefsson, D.Templeton, Jansson 79.0 Ht 3 Berg, Hunter, B.McMillan, Dent 79.2 Ht 4 Harkins, W.Templeton, B.McMillan, Collins 80.2 Ht 5 Eide, Berg, D.Templeton, Dent 79.8 Ht 6 Eide, J.McMillan, Harkins, Jansson 79.4 Ht 7 J.McMillan, Collins, Hughson, W.Templeton (ef) 79.8 Ht 8 Jansson, D.Templeton, B.McMillan, Collins 80.2 Ht 9 Berg, Dent, D.Templeton, Harkins 79.8 Ht 10 Jansson, J.McMillan, Hughson (f/rem), Hunter (f/exc) 82.8 Ht 11 Eide, J.McMillan, D.Templeton, W.Templeton 79.8 Ht 12 Harkins, B.McMillan, Collins, Dent (ef) 80.4 Ht 13 Eide, Berg, J.McMillan, Hughson 79.8

SCOTTISH OPEN BEST PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP th Saturday, 18 may 1968

Wayne Briggs 1 2 2 1 2 - 8 Oyvind Berg 2 1 3 2 1 - 9 Total 17

Reidar Eide 1 3 3 3 3 - 13 Willie Templeton 2 2 1 0 2 - 7 Total 20

Colin Pratt 3 3 1 3 1 - 11 Alec Hughson 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 Total 12

Doug Templeton 3 2 2 3 2 - 12 Brian Collins 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Total 12

Jim McMillan 3 3 2 2 3 - 13 Bert Harkins 0 0 3 1 2 - 6 Total 19

Jim Airey 1 0 0 3 1 - 5 Russ Dent 2 1 1 1 F - 5 Total 10

Bill McMillan (r) D.N.R

Ht 1 D.Templeton, Berg, Briggs, Collins (f/rem) 69.6 Ht 2 J.McMillan, W.Templeton, Eide, Harkins 70.0 Ht 3 Pratt, Dent, Airey, Hughson 71.2 Ht 4 J.McMillan, Briggs, Berg, Harkins 71.8 Ht 5 Eide, W.Templeton, Dent, Airey 71.6 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Ht 6 Pratt, D.Templeton, Hughson, Collins 71.2 Ht 7 Berg, Briggs, Dent, Airey 71.8 Ht 8 Eide, D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Collins 70.0 Ht 9 Harkins, J.McMillan, Pratt, Hughson 70.8 Ht 10 Eide, Berg, Briggs, W.Templeton 70.8 Ht 11 D.Templeton, J.McMillan, Harkins, Collins 69.4 Ht 12 Pratt, Briggs, Berg, Hughson 71.4 Ht 13 Airey, D.Templeton, Dent, Collins (f/rem) 71.8 Ht 14 Eide, W.Templeton, Pratt, Hughson 71.4 Ht 15 J.McMillan, Harkins, Airey, Dent (f) 70.2

RESERVE=S RACE B.McMillan, Milloy, Skinner, Brady 73.0

SCOTS 10 THE REST 8

SCOTS Bill McMillan 0 - - 0 Alec Hughson 3 - - 3 Doug Templeton 2 - - 2 Willie Templeton 0 - - 0 Jim McMillan 3 - - 3 Bert Harkins 2' - - 2 1

THE REST 2 - - 2 Russ Dent 1' - - 1 1 Wayne Briggs 1 - - 1 3 - - 3 Reidar Eide 1 - - 1 Oyvind Berg 0 - - 0

Ht 1 Hughson, Airey, Dent, B.McMillan 72.4 Ht 2 Pratt, D.Templeton, Briggs, W.Templeton 70.6 Ht 3 Harkins, J.McMillan, Eide, Berg (f/rem) 71.8

NEWCASTLE 77 COATBRIDGE 30 th Monday, 20 May 1968 [K.O Cup 2nd Round]

NEWCASTLE Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 18 Goog Allan 2' 2' 2' 1' 2 - - 9 4 Ole Olsen 3 2' 2' 3 3 2' - 15 3 Alf Wells 2' 3 3 2' 2' - - 12 3 Alan Butterfield 2 3 1 2 1' - - 9 1 Dave Gifford 1' 2 2 1' 1 - - 7 2 Alan Paynter 3 3 - - - - - 6 Murry Burt X 1 - - - - - 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 1 X - - - - - 1 Doug Templeton E 1 3 1 0 F 0 5 George Hunter rider replacement Alec Hughson 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 Bernt Persson 1 E 1 E 2 3 1 0 8 Bert Harkins 3 1 0 F 1 2 3 1 11 Brian Collins 1' 0 2 - - - - 3 1 Brian Black 2 0 - - - - - 2 Lex Milloy 0 ------0

Ht 1 Mauger, Allan, Eide, Templeton 72.2 Ht 2 Olsen, Wells, Persson, Hughson 75.4 Ht 3 Harkins, Butterfield, Gifford, Persson (ef) 76.4 Ht 4 Paynter, Black, Collins, Burt (f/exc) 77.8 Ht 5 Mauger, Allan, Harkins, Hughson 75.6 Ht 6 Wells, Olsen, Persson, Harkins 75.2 Ht 7 Butterfield, Gifford, Templeton, Eide (f/exc) 77.4 Ht 8 Mauger, Allan, Persson (ef), Harkins (f) 77.6 Ht 9 Templeton, Butterfield, Gifford, Hughson 77.0 Ht 10 Wells, Olsen, Templeton, Collins 76.0 Ht 11 Mauger, Wells, Harkins, Templeton 76.6 Ht 12 Olsen, Persson, Gifford, Templeton (f) 76.6 Ht 13 Persson, Butterfield, Allan, Hughson 78.0 Ht 14 Paynter, Collins, Burt, Black 79.0 Ht 15 Mauger, Wells, Persson, Templeton 76.6 Ht 16 Olsen, Harkins, Gifford, Hughson 76.0 Ht 17 Harkins, Allan, Butterfield, Milloy 77.2 Ht 18 Mauger, Olsen, Persson, Harkins 75.6

HACKNEY 40 COATBRIDGE 36 th Friday, 24 May 1968 [British League]

HACKNEY Colin Pratt 3 2' 3 3 - - 11 1 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Malc Brown 0 2 3 1 - - 6 1 1' 2 0 - - 4 1 Gary Everett 0 2 2 0 - - 4 Des Luckhurst F 3 3 1' - - 7 1 Les McGillivray 2 2' 2' 1 - - 7 2 Jack Biggs rider replacement Laurie Etheridge 1' 0 - - - - 1 1

COATBRIDGE Ronnie Genz (g) 1' 3 3 E 1 2' 10 2 Bert Harkins 2 3 0 E 0 - 5 Reidar Eide rider replacement Doug Templeton 2' 1 3 2 - - 8 1 Bernt Persson 3 E 3 3 2 - 11 Alec Hughson E 0 1 0 - - 1 Brian Collins E 1 - - - - 1

Ht 1 Pratt, Harkins, Genz, Brown 69.6 Ht 2 Genz, Templeton, Jansson, Everett 69.4 Ht 3 Persson, McGillivray, Luckhurst (f), Hughson (ef) 68.8 Ht 4 Harkins, Brown, Etheridge, Collins (ef) 69.6 Ht 5 Luckhurst, McGillivray, Templeton, Hughson 68.8 Ht 6 Genz, Everett, Jansson, Harkins 69.2 Ht 7 Brown Pratt, Hughson, Persson (ef) 70.6 Ht 8 Templeton, Everett, Collins, Etheridge 70.2 Ht 9 Luckurst, McGillivray, Genz (f/exc), Harkins (ef) 70.0 Ht 10 Persson, Jansson, Genz, Everett 68.6 Ht 11 Pratt, Templeton, Brown, Harkins 68.8 Ht 12 Persson, Genz, McGillivray, Jansson 68.6 Ht 13 Pratt, Persson, Luckhurst, Hughson 68.0

COATBRIDGE 44 POOLE 34 th Saturday, 25 May 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide rider replacement Bert Harkins 0 1' 1' 0 - - 2 2 Sverre Herrfeldt (g) 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Brian Collins 1 0 E 0 - - 1 Oyvind Berg (g) 1 2' 3 2 2 - 10 1 Doug Templeton 1 2 3 3 1 - 10 Alec Hughson 2 2 1 1 - - 6

POOLE Geoff Mudge 1 2 0 0 - - 3 Odd Fossengen 3 3 1' 2 1' - 10 2 Tim Bungay 0 1 0 - - - 1 Pete Smith 2 0 3 3 - - 8 Bill Andrews 2 3 2 2 2 - 11 Ted Laessing 0 0 0 0 - - 0 Tony Lewis 0 1 - - - - 1

Ht 1 Fossengen, Templeton, Mudge, Harkins 70.2 Ht 2 Harrfeldt, Smith, Collins, Bungay 70.4 Ht 3 Templeton, Andrews, Berg, Laessing 70.0 Ht 4 Fossengen, Hughson, Harkins, Lewis 70.8 Ht 5 Templeton, Berg, Bungay, Smith 71.2 Ht 6 Harrfeldt, Mudge, Fossengen, Collins 70.8 Ht 7 Andrews, Berg, Harkins, Laessing 70.0 Ht 8 Smith, Hughson, Lewis, Collins (ef) 72.0 Ht 9 Berg, Fossengen, Templeton, Mudge 70.4 Ht 10 Harrfeldt, Andrews, Hughson, Laessing 71.8 Ht 11 Harrfeldt, Andrews, Fossengen, Harkins 70.6 Ht 12 Harrfeldt, Andrews, Templeton, Mudge 69.5 Ht 13 Smith, Berg, Hughson, Bungay 71.8

DISCOVERY RACE Milloy, Brady, Tannock, Skinner (ns) 82.1

AIRDRIE TROPHY Ht 1 Fossengen, Hughson, Bungay, Tannock 67.6 Ht 2 Smith, Collins, Laessing, Milloy 69.1 Final Fossengen, Collins, Smith, Hughson 70.4

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Harkins, Mudge, Berg, Cribb 68.2 Ht 2 Harrfeldt, Andrews, Templeton, Bungay 67.9 Final [Harrfeldt, Berg, Harkins, Andrews 67.8

OXFORD 43 COATBRIDGE 35 th Thursday, 6 June 1968 [British League]

OXFORD Ronnie Genz 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Leo McAuliffe 2' 3 1 1 - - 7 1 Eddie Reeves 2 3 2 3 - - 10 Rick Timmo 1' 1 2' 1' - - 5 3 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Colin Gooddy 1 1 2 0 - - 4 Godtfred Andreason 0 0 0 E - - 0 John Bishop 2' 3 - - - - 5 1

COATBRIDGE George Hunter rider replacement Brian Collins 0 1 0 - - - 1 Bob Andrews (g) 3 2' 2 2 1' - 10 2 Doug Templeton 0 3 1 1 0 - 5 Bernt Persson 1 3 2 3 3 2 14 Bert Harkins 2' E 0 1' 2 - 5 2 Alec Hughson 0 0 - - - - 0 Lex Milloy D.N.R

Ht 1 Genz, McAuliffe, Persson, Collins 68.0 Ht 2 Andrews, Reeves, Timmo, Templeton 67.8 Ht 3 Persson, Harkins, Gooddy, Andreason 68.0 Ht 4 McAuliffe, Bishop, Collins, Hughson 68.4 Ht 5 Templeton, Andrews, Gooddy, Andreason 68.2 Ht 6 Reeves, Andrews, Timmo, Collins 68.0 Ht 7 Genz, Persson, McAuliffe, Harkins (ef) 67.8 Ht 8 Bishop, Timmo, Templeton, Hughson 69.5 Ht 9 Persson, Gooddy, Templeton, Andreason 68.5 Ht 10 Persson, Reeves, Timmo, Harkins 68.4 Ht 11 Genz, Andrews, McAuliffe, Templeton 68.0 Ht 12 Reeves, Persson, Harkins, Andreason (ef) 68.0 Ht 13 Genz, Harkins, Andrews, Gooddy 68.0

NEWPORT 43 COATBRIDGE 35 th Friday, 7 June 1968 [British League]

NEWPORT Jimmy Gooch 3 1' 2' 0 - - 6 2 Cyril Francis 2' 3 2 3 - - 10 1 Alby Golden 0 1' 1' 1' - - 3 3 Bob Hughes 2 2 3 2 - - 9 Jon Erskine 1 1 0 2 - - 4 Torbjorn Harrysson 3 3 3 2 - - 11 Terry Shearer 0 X - - - - 0

COATBRIDGE George Hunter rider replacement Brian Collins 0 1' 0 - - - 1 1 Ray Wilson (g) 3 2 3 1' 1 3 13 1 Doug Templeton 1 0 1' 0 0 - 2 1 Bernt Persson 1 2 3 2 3 3 14 Bert Harkins 0 0 0 1 - - 1 Alec Hughson 2 2 - - - - 4 Brian Black D.N.R

Ht 1 Gooch, Francis, Persson, Collins 68.8 Ht 2 Wilson, Hughes, Templeton, Golden 72.2 Ht 3 Harrysson, Persson, Erskine, Harkins 70.2 Ht 4 Francis, Hughson, Collins, Shearer 72.6 Ht 5 Harrysson, Wilson, Erskine, Templeton 69.8 Ht 6 Wilson, Hughes, Golden, Collins 71.2 Ht 7 Persson, Francis, Gooch, Harkins 71.6 Ht 8 Hughes, Hughson, Templeton, Shearer (exc/t) 71.8 Ht 9 Harrysson, Persson, Wilson, Erskine 71.0 Ht 10 Persson, Hughes, Golden, Harkins 72.2 Ht 11 Francis, Gooch, Wilson, Templeton 72.6 Ht 12 Persson, Harrysson, Golden, Templeton 72.0 Ht 13 Wilson, Erskine, Harkins, Gooch 72.6

COATBRIDGE 48 WEST HAM 30 th Saturday, 8 June 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide rider replacement Bert Harkins 2' 3 2 2' 1 - 10 1 Bill Andrews (g) 2 3 3 3 3 - 14 Doug Templeton 0 0 1' 1 - - 2 1 Bert Persson 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Brian Collins 1 0 E 1 2' - 4 1 Alec Hughson 1 2 - - - - 3 Brian Black D.N.R

WEST HAM Sverre Harrfeldt 1 2 2 0 - - 5 Brian Leonard 0 0 1' 0 - - 1 1 Norman Hunter 3 2 3 1 2 - 11 Tony Clarke 1 1' 3 0 - - 5 1 Stan Stevens 0 0 1 - - - 1 Ken McKinlay 2 1 2 E - - 5 Barry Crowson 2 0 0 - - - 2

THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Ht 1 Persson, Harkins, Harrfeldt, Leonard 69.2 Ht 2 N.Hunter, Andrews, Clarke, Templeton 70.4 Ht 3 Persson, McKinlay, Collins, Stevens 70.2 Ht 4 Harkins, Crowson, Hughson, Leonard 72.0 Ht 5 Persson, N.Hunter, Clarke, Collins 70.4 Ht 6 Andrews, Harrfeldt, Leonard, Templeton 69.4 Ht 7 N.Hunter, Harkins, McKinlay, Collins (ef) 70.4 Ht 8 Clarke, Hughson, Templeton, Crowson 71.4 Ht 9 Persson, Harrfeldt, Collins, Leonard 71.2 Ht 10 Andrews, McKinlay, Templeton, Crowson 68.8 Ht 11 Andrews, Harkins, N.Hunter, Clarke 69.6 Ht 12 Andrews, Collins, Stevens, Harrfeldt 69.2 Ht 13 Persson, N.Hunter, Harkins, McKinlay (ef) 69.8

PROGRESS RACE Hughson, Milloy, Crowson, Tannock 71.8

CLIFTONHILL RALLY Milloy, Bobby Beaton, Brady, Skinner 76.0

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Persson, Hughson, Stevens, Harrfeldt 70.6 72.0 Ht 2 Harkins, Andrews, N.Hunter, Leonard 70.0 70.2 Ht 3 Clarke, Collins, McKinlay, Templeton 70.0 70.8 Final Andrews, Persson, Harkins, Clarke 68.6

COATBRIDGE 46 WIMBLEDON 32 th Saturday, 15 June 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alec Hughson 2' 3 2' 0 - - 7 2 Reidar Eide 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Doug Templeton E 2' 3 2' - - 7 2 Bert Harkins 3 2 1 E - - 6 Brian Collins 1 0 0 1 - - 2 Brian Black 0 0 - - - - 0

WIMBLEDON Reg Luckhurst F 1 2' 1' 2 - 6 2 Alan Cowland 1 2 E - - - 3 Trevor Hedge 2 3 3 2 2 - 12 Garry Middleton 1' 1 2 0 - - 4 1 Jim Tebby 2 0 1 - - - 3 Bobby Dugard 0 1 0 1' - - 2 1 Pete Murray 1' 1' - - - - 2 2

Ht 1 Persson, Hughson, Cowland, Luckhurst (f) 71.6 Ht 2 Eide, Hedge, Middleton, Templeton (ef) 70.8 Ht 3 Harkins, Tebby, Collins, Duggard 71.2 Ht 4 Hughson, Cowland, Murray, Black 72.0 Ht 5 Hedge, Harkins, Middleton, Collins 69.4 Ht 6 Eide, Templeton, Luckhurst, Cowland (ef) 69.4 Ht 7 Persson, Hughson, Duggard, Tebby 70.8 Ht 8 Templeton, Middleton, Murray, Black 71.2 Ht 9 Hedge, Luckhurst, Harkins, Collins 69.6 Ht 10 Eide, Templeton, Tebby, Duggard 70.0 Ht 11 Persson, Hedge, Luckhurst, Hughson 69.8 Ht 12 Eide, Luckhurst, Collins, Middleton 70.4 Ht 13 Persson, Hedge, Duggard, Harkins (ef) 71.0

JUNIOR RACE Milloy, Beaton, Brady, Skinner 74.0

COATDYKE CUP Ht 1 Cowland, Tannock, [Milloy, Hughson 72.0 Ht 2 Middleton, Murray, Black, Collins 71.2 Final Middleton, Cowland, Murray, Tannock 72.0

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Persson, Templeton, Luckhurst, Tebby 69.8 Ht 2 Eide, Hedge, Duggard, Harkins 70.0 Final Persson, Eide, Templeton, Hedge ?

GREAT BRITAIN 37 71 nd Saturday, 22 June 1968 [3rd International]

Gt BRITAIN Norman Hunter 0 2' F - - - 2 1 Martin Ashby 3 3 2 3 2 1 14 Ivan Mauger 0 1 0 F 2 - 3 1 0 1 1' - - 3 1 Jim McMillan 2 0 3 1' 1 0 7 1 Charlie Monk 1' 1 0 2 0 1 5 1 Arnold Haley 1 1 1' 0 - - 3 1 Bert Harkins 0 0 - - - - 0 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

SWEDEN 2 2' 2 2 3 3 14 1 Toby Harrysson 1' 3 1' 1' 2' 2' 10 5 Bengt Jansson 2' 3 1 3 3 3 15 1 Bernt Persson 3 2' 3 2' 2' 2' 14 4 Olle Nygren 0 1 3 0 0 - 4 Soren Sjosten 3 2 3 3 3 - 14 Lars Jansson F - - - - - 0 Gunner Malmqvist 0 - - - - - 0

Ht 1 Ashby, Fundin, Harrysson, N.Hunter 66.4 Ht 2 Persson, B,Jansson, Boocock, Mauger 68.2 Ht 3 Sjosten, McMillan, Monk, Nygren 68.8 Ht 4 Harraysson, Fundin, Mauger, Boocock 68.4 Ht 5 B.Jansson, Persson, Monk, McMillan 68.0 Ht 6 Ashby, N.Hunter, Nygren, Malmqvist 68.6 Ht 7 McMillan, Fundin, Harrysson, Monk 68.8 Ht 8 Persson, Ashby, B.Jansson, N.Hunter (f) 69.6 Ht 9 Nygren, Sjosten, Haley, Mauger 69.2 Ht 10 Ashby, Fundin, Harrysson, Harkins 68.2 Ht 11 B.Jansson, Persson, Boocock, Mauger (f) 68.6 Ht 12 Sjosten, Monk, McMillan, Nygren 69.0 Ht 13 Fundin, Harrysson, Haley, Harkins 68.6 Ht 14 B.Jansson, Persson, McMillan, Monk 68.6 Ht 15 Sjosten, Ashby, Haley, Nygren 69.0 Ht 16 Fundin, Harrysson, Monk, McMillan 69.8 Ht 17 B.Jansson, Persson, Ashby, Haley 68.6 Ht 18 Sjosten, Mauger, Boocock, L.Jansson (f) 70.0

COATBRIDGE 48 NEWPORT 30 th Saturday, 29 June 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 2' 2 3 2 - 9 1 Doug Templeton 3 3 1' 0 - - 7 1 Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 - - 11 Alec Hughson 0 0 3 2' - - 5 1 George Hunter 3 2 1 X - - 6 Bert Harkins 2' E 3 1 - - 6 1 Brian Collins 2' 2 X - - - 4 1

NEWPORT Jimmy Gooch 1 2 2 2 2 - 9 Cyril Francis 0 1' 1 0 - - 2 1 Toby Harrysson 3 3 3 1' 3 - 13 1 Alby Golden 1 1 F - - - 2 Jon Erskine 1 0 1 0 - - 2 Bob Hughes 0 0 1 - - - 1 Terry Shearer 0 1 - - - - 1

Ht 1 Templeton, Eide, Gooch, Francis 67.4 Ht 2 Harrysson, Persson, Golden, Hughson 68.2 Ht 3 Hunter, Harkins, Erskine, Hughes 69.0 Ht 4 Templeton, Collins, Francis, Shearer 67.8 Ht 5 Harrysson, Hunter, Golden, Harkins (ef) 68.0 Ht 6 Persson, Gooch, Francis, Hughson 68.8 Ht 7 Harrysson, Eide, Templeton, Erskine 68.0 Ht 8 Hughson, Collins, Shearer, Gloden (f) 71.4 Ht 9 Harkins, Gooch, Hunter, Francis 69.8 Ht 10 Persson, Highson, Erskine, Hughes 69.0 Ht 11 Eide, Gooch, Harrysson, Templeton 69.2 Ht 12 Persson, Gooch, Harkins, Erskine 68.8 Ht 13 Harrysson, Eide, Hughes, Collins (f/exc), Hunter (exc/t) 68.8

PROGRESS RACE Milloy, Beaton, Brady, McKinzie ?

BELSHILL TROPHY Ht 1 Harkins, Francis, Milloy, Tannock 68.0 Ht 2 Hughson, Collins, Hughes, Shearer 71.2 Final Harkins, Hughson, Francis (f), Collins (f/exc) 71.8

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Eide, Templeton, Hunter, Gooch 69.2 Ht 2 Persson, Harrysson, Erskine, Golden 68.2 Final Persson, Eide, Templeton, Harrysson 68.2

COATBRIDGE 53 WOLVERHAMPTON 23 th Saturday, 6 July 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2 3 3 - - 11 Doug Templeton 1 3 1' 2' - - 7 2 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alec Hughson 1 3 0 1 - - 5 George Hunter 2' 2' 1 0 - - 5 2 Bert Harkins 3 3 3 X - - 9 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Brian Collins 2' 2' - - - - 4 2

WOLVERHAMPTON Hasse Holmqvist rider replacement Peter Jarman 0 E 1' 0 2 - 3 1 Peter Vandenberg 2 1 2 1 1 - 7 Mick Hanley 0 0 1 0 - - 1 Jim Airey 2 1 0 0 - - 3 James Bond 0 3 2 2 2 - 9 Doug White F 0 E - - - 0 Chris Hawkins D.N.R

Ht 1 Eide, Airey, Templeton, Jarman 71.2 Ht 2 Persson, Vandenberg, Hughson, Handley 67.6 Ht 3 Harkins, Hunter, Airey, Bond 68.4 Ht 4 Templeton, Collins, Jarman (ef), White (f) 68.0 Ht 5 Harkins, Hunter, Vandenberg, Handley 70.4 Ht 6 Persson, Vandenberg, Jarman, Hughson 68.4 Ht 7 Bond, Eide, Templeton, Airey 68.6 Ht 8 Hughson, Collins, Handley, White 72.4 Ht 9 Harkins, Bond, Hunter, Jarman 69.0 Ht 10 Persson, Bond, Hughson, Airey 68.8 Ht 11 Eide, Templeton, Vandenberg, Handley 70.0 Ht 12 Persson, Jarman, White (ef), Harkins (exc) 69.8 Ht 13 Eide, Bond, Vandenberg, Hunter 70.2 PROGRESS RACE Collins, White, Milloy, T.Armstrong ?

CONSOLATION RACE Tannock, Beaton, Brady, Armstrong 72.4

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Persson, Airey, Hughson, Handley 68.2 69.0 Ht 2 Eide, Harkins, Collins, Vandenberg 69.8 71.0 Ht 3 Templeton, Hunter, Bond, Jarman 70.8 71.2 Final Eide, Persson, Airey, Templeton 69.0

BEFAST 48 47 th Monday, 8 July 1968 [Challenge] {Dunmore Stadium}

BELFAST Mike Broadbanks 3 2 2 1 2' - 10 1 B.Carlisle 2' 1' 0 3 E - 6 2 Colin Pratt E E 1' 2' 3 - 6 2 Malcolm Brown 2 2 1 3 3 - 11 Doug Templeton 2 3 1 3 0 - 9 Dave Mills F F F 0 2 - 2 G.Burn 2 2 - - - - 4

SCOTLAND Alec Hughson F N 2 1 1' - 4 1 Jimmy Tannock 1 3 1' 0 0 - 5 1 Willie Templeton 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Bill McMillan 1 1 3 2' 1 - 8 1 Bert Harkins 3 3 2 1' 2 - 11 1 George Hunter 1 0 E 2 1 - 4 Mervin McConkey 0 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1 Broadbanks, Carlisle, Tannock, Hughson (f) 78.0 Ht 2 W.Templeton, Brown, McMillan, Pratt (ef) 76.0 Ht 3 Tannock, Burn, Carlisle (f/rem), McConkey 79.0 Ht 4 W.Templeton, Broadbanks, Pratt (ef), Hughson (ns) 76,0 Ht 5 Harkins, D.Templeton, Hunter, Mills (f) 78.0 Ht 6 W.Templeton, Broadbanks, McMillan, Carlisle 77.0 Ht 7 Harkins, Brown, Pratt, Hunter 77.0 Ht 8 D.Templeton, Hughson, Tannock, Mills (f) 78.0 Ht 9 McMillan, Burn, Brown, McConkey 79.0 Ht 10 Carlisle, Harkins, Broadbanks, Hunter (ef0 79.0 Ht 11 W.Templeton, McMillan, D.Templeton, Mills (f) 79.0 Ht 12 Brown, Pratt, Hughson, Tannock 79.0 Ht 13 D.Templeton, Hunter, Harkins, Mills 78.0 Ht 14 Pratt, Broadbanks, McMillan, Tannock 79.0 Ht 15 W.Templeton, Mills, Hunter, Carlisle (ef) 76.0 Ht 16 Brown, Harkins, Hughson, D.Templeton 76.0

CRADLEY HEATH 54 COATBRIDGE 24 th Saturday, 13 July 1968 [British League]

CRADLEY HEATH Graham Coombes 2' 2 3 2 - - 9 1 Lars Jansson 3 3 1' 2' - - 9 2 Roy Trigg 3 3 2 3 - - 11 Ivor Brown 2' 1 1 0 - - 4 1 Bob Andrews 3 3 3 1' - - 10 1 Chris Julian 2' 2' 2' 1 - - 7 3 Ken Wakefield 1 3 - - - - 4 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 1 2 F 1 2 - 6 Doug Templeton 0 2 X 1 1 - 4 George Hunter X E - - - - 0 Bert Harkins 1 1 2 0 - - 4 Bernt Persson 1 3 3 0 3 - 10 Alec Hughson 0 0 0 - - - 0 Brian Collins 0 0 0 0 - - 0

Ht 1 Jansson, Coombes, Eide, Templeton 70.8 Ht 2 Trigg, Brown, Harkins, Collins 69.8 Ht 3 Andrews, Julian, Persson, Hughson 71.6 Ht 4 Jansson, Templeton, Wakefield, Collins 71.0 Ht 5 Andrews, Julian, Harkins, Hunter (ef) 70.6 Ht 6 Trigg, Eide, Brown, Collins 70.4 Ht 7 Persson, Coombes, Jansson, Hughson 71.0 Ht 8 Wakefield, Harkins, Brown, Collins 72.4 Ht 9 Andrews, Julian, Templeton, Eide (f) 72.0 Ht 10 Persson, Trigg, Eide, Brown 70.6 Ht 11 Coombes, Jansson, Templeton, Harkins 71.6 Ht 12 Trigg, Eide, Julian, Persson 71.4 Ht 13 Persson, Coombes, Andrews, Hughson 70.8

EXETER 53 COATBRIDGE 25 th Monday, 15 July 1968 [British League]

EXETER Martin Ashby rider replacement Tommy Sweetman 2 3 2' 3 - - 10 1 Neil Street 2' 0 0 2 - - 4 1 Wayne Briggs 3 3 3 2 3 - 14 Jimmy Squibb 3 2' 3 2' 2' - 12 3 Mike Cake 1' 1 3 3 - - 8 1 Chris Bass 1 2' - - - - 3 1 Phil Woodcock 2' - - - - - 2 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2 1 3 3 - 12 Doug Templeton 0 2 1' 0 0 - 3 1 George Hunter 1 1 1' - - - 3 1 Bert Harkins 0 0 1 0 - - 1 Bernt Persson 2 1 1 1 1 - 6 Alec Hughson 0 0 - - - - 0 Brian Collins 0 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1 Eide, Sweetman, Cake, Templeton 73.0 Ht 2 Briggs, Street, Hunter, Harkins 73.6 Ht 3 Squibb, Persson, Cake, Hughson 74.0 Ht 4 Sweetman, Templeton, Bass, Collins 74.6 Ht 5 Cake, Squibb, Hunter, Harkins 75.0 Ht 6 Briggs, Eide, Templeton, Street 73.8 Ht 7 Squibb, Sweetman, Persson, Hughson 75.2 Ht 8 Briggs, Bass, Harkins, Collins 74.4 Ht 9 Cake, Squibb, Eide, Templeton 74.6 Ht 10 Eide, Briggs, Persson, Street 74.2 Ht 11 Sweetman, Woodcock, Hunter, Harkins 75.2 Ht 12 Eide, Street, Persson, Cake 74.4 Ht 13 Briggs, Squibb, Persson, Templeton 74.0

COATBRIDGE 40 NORTHERN AACES@ 38 th Friday, 19 July 1968 [Challenge]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 2 3 - - 11 Jimmy Tannock 0 2 0 0 - - 2 George Hunter 3 2 2 2 - - 9 Alec Hughson 1 1' 2 1' - - 5 2 Bert Harkins 2' 2 1' 1' - - 6 3 Lex Milloy 1' 1 - - - - 2 1 Brian Collins 3 0 2 0 - - 5

NORTHERN AACES@ Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 - - 11 Ken Eyre 1' 3 0 0 - - 4 1 Doug Templeton 2 3 2 3 - - 10 Bill Powell 0 1 3 1' - - 5 1 Tommy Roper 1 2 3 1 - - 7 Bobby Beaton 0 0 - - - - 0 Chris Pusey 0 1' 0 0 - - 1 1

Ht 1 Eide, Persson, Eyre, Tannock 67.8 Ht 2 Hunter, Templeton, Hughson, Powell 68.4 Ht 3 Collins, Harkins, Roper, Pusey 70.6 Ht 4 Eyre, Tannock, Milloy, Beaton 70.4 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Ht 5 Templeton, Harkins, Powell, Collins 67.6 Ht 6 Persson, Hunter, Hughson, Eyre 69.6 Ht 7 Eide, Roper, Pusey, Tannock 69.0 Ht 8 Powell, Hughson, Milloy, Beaton 69.8 Ht 9 Persson, Collins, Harkins, Eyer 69.0 Ht 10 Roper, Hunter, Hughson, Pusey 69.6 Ht 11 Eide, Templeton, Powell, Tannock 70.2 Ht 12 Persson, Hunter, Roper, Collins 69.8 Ht 13 Templeton, Eide, Harkins, Pusey 63.8

CLIFTONHILL SCURRY Eyre, Omand, Mcenzie, Beaton 72.2

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Persson, Templeton, Pusey, Hughson 69.0 69.6 Ht 2 Eide, Roper, Milloy, Tannock 69.2 70.0 Ht 3 Hunter, Harkins, Powell, Collins 70.0 70.6 Final Eide, Hunter, Templeton, Persson 69.6

COVENTY 47 COATBRIDGE 31 th Saturday, 20 July 1968 [British League]

COVENTRY Col Cottrell 0 3 2 1 - - 6 Tom Ridley 1 3 1 1' - - 6 1 Antonin Kasper 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Roger Hill 2' 1 3 1 - - 7 1 Les Owen 3 3 2 3 - - 11 Rick France 1 1' 1 0 - - 3 1 Chris Harrison 1 1 - - - - 2

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2 3 2 2 - 12 Brian Collins 2' 2 0 2 0 - 6 1 George Hunter 1 2 3 2 - - 8 Alec Hughson 0 0 0 - - - 0 Doug Templeton 0 2 F 0 - - 2 Bert Harkins 2 0 1' 0 - - 3 1 Lex Milloy 0 - - - - - 0

Ht 1 Eide, Collins, Ridley, Cottrell (f/rem) 68.2 Ht 2 Kasper, Hill, Hunter, Hughson 67.0 Ht 3 Owen, Harkins, France, Templeton 68.4 Ht 4 Ridley, Collins, Harrison, Milloy 69.0 Ht 5 Owen, Hunter, France, Hughson 68.6 Ht 6 Kasper, Eide, Hill, Collins 68.0 Ht 7 Cottrell, Templeton, Ridley, Harkins 68.0 Ht 8 Hill, Collins, Harrison, Hughson 68.6 Ht 9 Eide, Owen, France, Collins 69.0 Ht 10 Kasper, Eide, Hill, Hunter (f) 68.8 Ht 11 Hunter, Cottrell, Ridley, Templeton 69.0 Ht 12 Kasper, Eide, Harkins, France 69.2 Ht 13 Owen, Hunter, Cottrell, Harkins 69.8

HACKNEY 64 COATBRIDGE 44 th Friday, 26 July 1968 [London Scottish Cup]

HACKNEY Colin Pratt 2 3 3 3 2' - - 14 1 Malcolm Brown 0 0 1 2 2 - - 5 Les McGillivray 3 2' 1' 1 1 - - 8 2 Jack Biggs 2' 3 2 0 3 - - 10 1 Des Luckhurst 2' 2' 3 1' 1' - - 9 4 Bengt Jansson 3 3 1 3 2' E - 12 1 Alan Jackson 3 X - - - - - 3 Gary Everett 2' 1 - - - - - 3 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 X 3 3 3 3 3 18 Doug Templeton 1 1 0 0 0 - - 2 George Hunter 1 1' 2 2 X - - 6 1 Bert Harkins 0 2 0 0 0 - - 2 Bernt Persson 1 1 2 1' 2 1 2' 10 2 Brian Collins F 0 0 - - - - 0 Alec Hughson 1 X 3 0 - - - 4 Graeme Smith 0 2' - - - - - 2 1

Ht 1 Eide, Pratt, Templeton, Brown 67.6 Ht 2 McGillivray, Biggs, Hunter, Harkins 69.0 Ht 3 Jansson, Luckhurst, Persson, Collins (f) 68.6 Ht 4 Jackson, Everett, Hughson, Smith 70.0 Ht 5 Pratt, Harkins, Hunter, Brown 69.6 Ht 6 Biggs, McGillivray, Persson, Collins 70.0 Ht 7 Jansson, Luckhurst, Templeton, Hughson (exc), Eide (exc/t) 68.8 Ht 8 Pratt, Persson, Brown, Collins 69.2 Ht 9 Luckhurst, Hunter, Jansson, Harkins 69.6 Ht 10 Eide, Biggs, McGillivray, Templeton 69.0 Ht 11 Pratt, Hunter, Persson, Biggs 70.0 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Ht 12 Jansson, Persson, McGillivray, Templeton 68.2 Ht 13 Eide, Brown, Luckhurst, Harkins 69.4 Ht 14 Hughson, Smith, Everett, Jackson (f/exc) 70.2 Ht 15 Biggs, Pratt, Persson, Templeton 70.0 Ht 16 Eide, Jansson, McGillivray, Harkins 68.6 Ht 17 Eide, Brown, Luckhurst, Hughson, Hunter (exc/t) 69.6 Ht 18 Eide, Persson, Pratt, Jansson (ef) 69.6

COATBRIDGE 41 THE REST 37 th Saturday, 27 July 1968 [Challenge]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2 3 3 - - 11 Ken Omand 0 0 2 - - - 2 Doug Templeton 3 2 2 3 - - 10 Brian Collins 1 1' 0 1' - - 3 2 Bert Harkins 0 3 1 0 - - 4 Bernt Persson 2 2' 3 0 - - 7 1 Alec Hughson 3 0 1 - - - 4

THE REST Ray Wilson 2 3 2 2 - - 9 Jimmy Tannock 1' 2 0 0 - - 3 1 Jim McMillan 2 1 2 1' - - 6 1 Bobby Beaton 0 0 3 0 - - 3 George Hunter 3 3 0 1' - - 7 1 Oyvind Berg 1 1 3 2 - - 7 Alister Brady 1' 1 - - - - 2 1

Ht 1 Eide, Wilson, Tannock, Omand 66.6 Ht 2 Templeton, McMillan, Collins, Beaton 68.2 Ht 3 Hunter, Persson, Berg, Harkins 68.4 Ht 4 Hughson, Tannock, Brady, Omand 71.2 Ht 5 Harkins, Persson, McMillan, Beaton 69.8 Ht 6 Wilson, Templeton, Collins, Tannock 69.6 Ht 7 Hunter, Eide, Berg, Hughson 68.6 Ht 8 Beaton, Omand, Brady, Collins 73.8 Ht 9 Persson, Wilson, Harkins, Tannock 68.8 Ht 10 Berg, Templeton, Collins, Hunter 69.0 Ht 11 Eide, McMillan, Highson, Beaton 69.8 Ht 12 Templeton, Wilson, Hunter, Persson 70.0 Ht 13 Eide, Berg, McMillan, Harkins 69.0

PROGRESS RACE Brady, Omand, Skinner, Barry ? 73.0

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 McMillan, Persson, Berg, Tannock 69.2 70.0 Ht 2 Eide, Wilson, Harkins, Collins 69.6 70.4 Ht 3 Hunter, Templeton, Hughson, Beaton 70.0 70.6 Final Eide, McMillan, Persson, Hunter 68.8

COATBRIDGE 53 HACKNEY 25 rd Saturday, 3 August 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 2' 3 - - 11 1 Doug Templeton 1 3 1 3 - - 8 George Hunter X 1 3 1 - - 5 Brian Collins X 0 1 3 - - 4 Bert Harkins 2' X 2' 2' - - 6 3 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alec Hughson 3 1 2' 1 - - 7 2

HACKNEY Colin Pratt 2 3 1 2 - - 8 Malcolm Brown 0 2' 2 0 - - 4 1 Les McGillivray 1' 0 1 - - - 2 1 Jack Biggs 2 1 2 0 - - 5 Bengt Jansson 1 2 2 1 0 - 6 Des Luckhurst 0 E X 0 - - 0 Gary Everett 0 0 0 - - - 0

Ht 1 Eide, Pratt, Templeton, Brown 65.4 Ht 2 Hughson, Biggs, McGillivray, Hunter (exc/t), Collins (exc/t) 69.9 Ht 3 Persson, Harkins, Jansson, Luckhurst 68.8 Ht 4 Templeton, Brown, Hughson, Everett 69.8 Ht 5 Persson, Hughson, Biggs, McGillivray, Harkins (exc/t) 70.0 Ht 6 Pratt, Brown, Hunter, Collins 69.2 Ht 7 Eide, Jansson, Templeton, Luckhurst (ef) 68.8 Ht 8 Collins, Biggs, Hughson, Everett 70.8 Ht 9 Persson, Harkins, Pratt, Brown 69.8 Ht 10 Hunter, Jansson, Collins Everett, Luckhurst (exc/t) 69.8 Ht 11 Templeton, Eide, Jansson, Biggs 69.0 Ht 12 Persson, Pratt, Hunter, Jansson 69.6 Ht 13 Eide, Harkins, McGillivray, Luckhurst 70.8

RIDER OF TOMORROW TROPHY THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Ht 1 Hughson, Collins, Everett, Brown 71.2 Ht 2 Harkins, Biggs, Tannock, Omand 70.5 Final [Hughson, Collins, Harkins, Biggs ?

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Persson, Pratt, Hunter, McGillivray 69.2 Ht 2 Eide, Templeton, Jansson, Luckhurst 69.4 Final Eide, Templeton, Pratt, Persson 69.6

NORTHERN RIDERS= CHAMPIONSHIP Q.R Saturday, 10th August 1968

Oyvind Berg 2 2 1 1 2 - 9 Doug Templeton 3 2 2 1 2 - 10 John Dews 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 Bill McMillan 1 0 2 2 1 - 6 Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 2 3 - 14 Bernt Persson 2 1 3 3 3 - 12 Brian Collins 1 3 1 0 1 - 6 Willie Templeton 0 1 1 2 1 - 5 Bert Harkins 0 0 2 1 0 - 3 Riedar Eide 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Dave Gifford 2 2 2 0 0 - 6 Jim McMillan 1 2 1 1 2 - 7 Alec Hughson F 1 0 3 F - 4 George Hunter 2 E 3 3 2 - 10 Mike Watkin 1 E - - - - 1 Charlie Monk 3 3 0 1 3 - 10 Jimmy Tannock (r) 0 0 - - - - 0 Ken Omand (r) 0 - - - - - 0

Ht 1 D.Templeton, Berg, B.McMillan, Dews 68.4 Ht 2 Mauger, Persson, Paulson, W.Templeton 69.2 Ht 3 Eide, Gifford, J.McMillan, Harkins 71.2 Ht 4 Monk, Hunter, Watkin, Hughson (f) 70.4 Ht 5 Mauger, Berg, Hughson, Harkins 69.0 Ht 6 Eide, D.Templeton, Persson, Hunter (ef) 69.0 Ht 7 Collins, Gifford, Dews, Watkin (ef) 71.2 Ht 8 Monk, J.McMillan, W.Templeton, B.McMillan 69.8 Ht 9 Persson, Gifford, Berg, Monk 70.0 Ht 10 Mauger, D.Templeton, J.McMillan, Tannock (f/rem) 68.8 Ht 11 Hunter, Harkins, W.Templeton, Dews 69.8 Ht 12 Eide, B.McMillan, Collins, Hughson 71.0 Ht 13 Hunter, Berg, J.McMillan, Paulson 69.6 Ht 14 D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Hughson, Gifford 70.0 Ht 15 Eide, Mauger, Monk, Dews 68.0 Ht 16 Persson, B.McMillan, Harkins, Omand 69.4 Ht 17 Eide, Berg, W.Templeton, Tannock 70.0 Ht 18 Monk, D.Templeton, Collins, Harkins 69.8 Ht 19 Persson, J.McMillan, Dews, Hughson (f) 70.2 Ht 20 Mauger, B.McMillan, Hunter, Gifford 70.0

SHEFFIELD 46 COATBRIDGE 32 th Thursday, 15 August 1968 [British League]

SHEFFIELD Charlie Monk 3 3 2 1 - - 9 Billy Bales 0 3 1 0 - - 4 Arnold Haley 1 3 1 3 - - 8 John Dews 2 1 3 3 - - 9 Bengt Larsson 2' 2 3 3 - - 10 1 Brian Maxted 3 E 0 1 - - 4 Dave Baugh 1 1 - - - - 2

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 2 2 1' 3 E - 8 1 Doug Templeton 1' 2 0 X 2 - 5 1 Bernt Persson 3 3 2 1 E - 9 Brian Collins 0 X 2 - - - 2 George Hunter 0 2 0 2 - - 4 Bert Harkins 1 0 2 - - - 3 Alec Hughson X 1

Ht 1 Monk, Eide, Templeton, Bales 71.8 Ht 2 Persson, Dews, Haley, Collins 74.6 Ht 3 Maxted, Larsson, Harkins, Hunter 74.8 Ht 4 Bales, Templeton, Baugh, Hughson (f/rem) 74.4 Ht 5 Persson, Larsson, Hughson, Maxted (ef), Collins (exc/t) 72.6 Ht 6 Haley, Eide, Dews, Templeton 73.8 Ht 7 Monk, Hunter, Bales, Harkins 75.6 Ht 8 Dews, Collins, Baugh, Templeton (exc) 73.6 Ht 9 Larsson, Templeton, Eide, Maxted 73.4 Ht 10 Dews, Persson, Haley, Hunter 73.8 Ht 11 Eide, Monk, Persson, Bales 74.4 Ht 12 Haley, Hunter, Maxted, Eide (ef) 72.8 Ht 13 Larsson, Harkins, Monk, Persson (ef) 74.2

WOLVERHAMPTON 51 COATBRIDGE 27 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

th Friday, 16 August 1968 [British League]

WOLVERHAMPTON Jim Airey 3 2' 3 3 3 - 14 1 James Bond 2' 2 3 3 1 - 11 1 Peter Vandenberg 3 3 2 3 0 - 11 Dave Hemus 1 1' 2 1 - - 5 1 Pete Jarman E 2' 1 2 2' - 7 2 Hasse Holmqvist rider replacement Mick Handley 2' 1' - - - - 3 2 Doug White D.N.R

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 1 3 2 2 3 - 11 Doug Templeton 0 1 0 - - - 1 George Hunter 2 1 E 1 1 - 5 Brian Collins 0 0 - - - - 0 Bernt Persson 3 E 0 0 - - 3 Bert Harkins 1 1 3 2 0 - 7 Alec Hughson 0 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1 Airey, Bond, Eide, Templeton 70.2 Ht 2 Vandenberg, Hunter, Hemus, Collins 70.0 Ht 3 Persson, Bond, Harkins, Jarman (ef) 70.0 Ht 4 Bond, Handley, Templeton, Hughson 70.2 Ht 5 Vandenberg, Jarman, Hunter, Collins 70.0 Ht 6 Eide, Vandenberg, Hemus, Templeton 69.8 Ht 7 Bond, Airey, Harkins, Persson (ef) 69.8 Ht 8 Harkins, Hemus, Handley, Hughson 70.0 Ht 9 Airey, Eide, Jarman, Persson 69.0 Ht 10 Vandenberg, Harkins, Hemus, Persson, 69.6 Ht 11 Airey, Eide, Bond, Hunter (ef) 68.8 Ht 12 Eide, Jarman, Hunter, Vandenberg 69.4 Ht 13 Airey, Jarman, Hunter, Harkins 68.8

COATBRIDGE 64 GLASGOW 32 th Saturday, 17 August 1968 [Scottish Cup 1st Leg]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 3 1 3 - 13 Doug Templeton 2' 3 1 2 1 - 9 1 George Hunter 3 2' 3 3 2' - 13 2 Brian Collins 0 2' 3 1 1 - 7 1 Bernt Persson 3 1 3 3 3 - 13 Bert Harkins X 3 2' 2' 0 - 7 2 Alec Hughson 1 0 1 - - - 2

GLASGOW Oyvind Berg 0 0 2 2 2 - 6 Russ Dent 1 X 0 0 0 - 1 Jim McMillan 2 1 2 0 2' - 7 1 Willie Templeton 1' 0 2 1 1 - 5 1 Bill McMillan 1' 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 Martin Ashby 2 1 3 1 3 - 10 Brian Whaley 2 0 - - - - 2

Ht 1 Eide, D.Templeton, Dent, Berg 68.4 Ht 2 Hunter, J.Mcillan, W.Templeton, Collins 69.0 Ht 3 D.Templeton, Whaley, Hughson, Dent (exc) 71.0 Ht 4 Eide, Hunter, Berg, J.McMillan 68.6 Ht 5 Persson, Ashby, B.McMillan, Hughson, Harkins (exc/t) 68.6 Ht 6 Eide, J.McMillan, D.Templeton, W.Templeton 68.8 Ht 7 Hunter, Collins, Ashby, B.McMillan 70.0 Ht 8 Harkins, Berg, Persson, Dent 69.0 Ht 9 Collins, W.Templeton, Hughson, Whaley 70.0 Ht 10 Ashby, D.Templeton, Eide, B.McMillan 69.0 Ht 11 Persson, Harkins, W.Templeton, J.McMillan 69.0 Ht 12 Hunter, Berg, Collins, Dent 69.8 Ht 13 Persson, Harkins, Ashby, B.McMillan 69.2 Ht 14 Eide, Hunter, W.Templeton, Dent 70.0 Ht 15 Ashby, J.McMillan, D.Templeton, Harkins 68.0 Ht 16 Persson, Berg, Collins, B.McMillan 70.0

RESERVE RACE Hughson, Tannock, Omand, Whaley 72.2

PROGRESS RACE Beaton, Brady, Omand, Skinner 75.2

BIG FOUR GRAND SLAM Ashby, Eide, J.McMillan, Hunter 68.6

COATBRIDGE 49 KINGS LYNN 29 st Wednesday, 21 August 1968 [British League]

THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

COATBRIDGE George Hunter 1' X 1 1' - - - 3 2 Brian Collins 2 X 1' 2 - - - 5 1 Reidar Eide 3 3 2 3 - - - 11 Doug Templeton 0 2' 3 0 - - - 5 1 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 - - - 12 Bert Harkins 2' 1 2' 1 - - - 6 2 Alec Hughson 3 2 2' - - - - 7 1

KINGS LYNN James Bond 0 X 0 0 - - - 0 Howard Cole 3 1' F X 1 2 - 7 1 Terry Betts 2 2 3 0 3 3 2 15 Geoff Penniket 1' 0 X - - - - 1 1 Rider replacement David Crane 1 0 0 - - - - 1 Alan Brown 2 1 1 1 0 - - 5

Ht 1 Cole, Collins, Hunter, Bond 68.0 Ht 2 Eide, Betts, Penniket, Templeton 70.0 Ht 3 Persson, Harkins, Crane, Bons (exc) 68.4 Ht 4 Hughson, Brown, Cole, Collins (f/exc) 71.2 Ht 5 Persson, Betts, Harkins, Penniket 68.8 Ht 6 Eide, Templeton, Brown, Cole (f), Bond (exc/t) 71.8 Ht 7 Betts, Hughson, Collins, Crane, Hunter (exc/t) 70.2 Ht 8 Templeton, Hughson, Brown, Penniket (exc/2min) 71.4 Ht 9 Persson, Harkins, Brown, Bond, Cole (exc/t) 70.4 Ht 10 Betts, Eide, Cole, Templeton 69.6 Ht 11 Betts, Collins, Hunter, Brown 69.8 Ht 12 Eide, Cole, Harkins, Bond 69.6 Ht 13 Persson, Betts, Hunter, Crane 70.0

COATBRIDGE 41 BELLE VUE 36 st Wednesday, 21 August 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE George Hunter 3 3 X 1' - - 7 1 Brian Collins 0 0 2' 3 X - 5 1 Reidar Eide 2 X 3 - - - 5 Doug Templeton F 0 X 2 - - 2 Bernt Persson 2' 1' 3 2 - - 8 2 Bert Harkins 3 2 1 2' - - 8 1 Alec Hughson 2 1 2' 1 - - 6 1

BELLE VUE Sandor Levai 2 3 X 1 - - 6 Cyril Maidment 1' 3 2' 2 - - 8 2 Soren Sjosten 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Bill Powell 1 0 E 2' - - 3 1 Chris Pusey 1 0 F 0 - - 1 Norman Nevitt 0 1 0 - - - 1 Brian Bentley 1 0 - - - - 1

Ht 1 Hunter, Levai, Maidment, Collins 68.2 Ht 2 Sjosten, Eide, Powell, Templeton (f) 68.4 Ht 3 Harkins, Persson, Pusey, Nevitt 68.0 Ht 4 Maidment, Hughson, Bentley, Collins 70.8 Ht 5 Sjosten, arkins, Persson, Powell 68.2 Ht 6 Levai, Maidment, Hughson, Templeton (exc) 70.0 Ht 7 Hunter, Collins, Nevitt, Pusey 70.2 Ht 8 Collins, Hughson, Bentley, Powell (ef) 69.8 Ht 9 Persson, Maidment, Harkins, Levai (f/exc) 68.6 Ht 10 Sjosten, Templeton, Pusey (f), Eide (exc) 68.8 Ht 11 Sjosten, Powell, Hughson, Collins (f/exc), Hunter (exc/t) 70.4 Ht 12 Eide, Harkins, Levai, Pusey 69.2 Ht 13 Sjosten, Persson, Hunter, Nevitt 69.4

GLASGOW 57 COATBRIDGE 39 rd Friday, 23 August 1968 [Scottish Cup 2nd Leg] {Aggregate: Glasgow 89 Coatbridge 103}

GLASGOW Charlie Monk 2 1 2 3 3 - 11 Willie Templeton 1' 0 2' 1 - - 4 2 Jim McMillan 2 3 3 1 2' - 11 1 Russ Dent 0 2' 3 0 2 - 7 1 Alf Wells 2' 0 2' 1 1' - 6 3 Oyvind Berg 3 2 3 3 3 - 14 Bill McMillan 2 1' 1 - - - 4 1

COATBRIDGE Ole Olsen (g) 3 X 3 3 3 - 12 Doug Templeton 0 3 1 2' 0 - 6 1 Bernt Persson 3 2 3 1 2 - 11 Bert Harkins 1 X 2 0 1 - 4 Brian Collins 1 1 0 X 0 - 2 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

George Hunter 0 0 1 - - - 1 Chris Pusey (g) 1 F 0 0 2 0 3

Ht 1 Olsen, Monk, W.Templeton, D.Templeton 79.2 Ht 2 Persson, J.McMillan, Harkins, Dent 81.2 Ht 3 D.Templeton, B.McMillan, W.Templeton, Pusey 81.0 Ht 4 J.McMillan, Persson, Monk, Pusey (f), Olsen (exc/t) 79.4 Ht 5 Berg, Wells, Collins, Hunter 82.8 Ht 6 Persson, Monk, B.McMillan, Pusey, Harkins (exc/t) 80.0 Ht 7 J.McMillan, Dent, Collins, Hunter 81.8 Ht 8 Olsen, Berg, D.Templeton, Wells 79.8 Ht 9 Dent, Harkins, B.McMillan, Pusey 81.4 Ht 10 Monk, W.Templeton, Hunter, Collins 82.6 Ht 11 Berg, Wells, Persson, Harkins 81.0 Ht 12 Olsen, D.templeton, J.McMillan, Dent 80.6 Ht 13 Berg, Pusey, Wells, Collins (exc/t) 81.2 Ht 14 Monk, J.McMillan, Harkins, D.Templeton 81.2 Ht 15 Berg, Persson, W.Templeton, Pusey 80.0 Ht 16 Olsen, Dent, Wells, Collins 81.2

COATBRIDGE 43 SWINDON 35 th Saturday, 24 August 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Lex Milloy F 0 0 0 - - 0 Doug Templeton 1 3 3 3 - - 10 George Hunter 3 0 X 2' - - 5 1 Brian Collins 2' 3 3 2 - - 10 1 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Bert Harkins 1 2' E 3 - - 6 1 Ken Omand 0 0 0 - - - 0

SWINDON Mike Keen 3 1' 1' 0 - - 5 2 Clive Hitch 2' 2 2 2 - - 8 1 Bob Kilby 0 E - - - - 0 Pete Munday 1 1 1' 2 - - 5 1 Mike Broadbanks 2 1' 3 1 - - 7 1 Frank Shuter 0 2 1 2 - - 5 Peter Jackson 1' 2 1' 1' - - 5 3

Ht 1 Keen, Hitch, Templeton, Milloy (f) 68.4 Ht 2 Hunter, Collins, Munday, Kilby 69.8 Ht 3 Persson, Broadbanks, Harkins, Shuter 69.8 Ht 4 Templeton, Hitch, Jackson, Omand 70.0 Ht 5 Persson, Harkins, Munday, Kilby (ef) 68.6 Ht 6 Collins, Hitch, Keen, Hunter 69.8 Ht 7 Templeton, Shuter, Broadbanks, Milloy 68.2 Ht 8 Collins, Jackson, Munday, Omand 71.0 Ht 9 Persson, Hitch, Keen, Harkins (ef) 69.8 Ht 10 Broadbanks, Collins, Shuter, Omand 70.0 Ht 11 Templeton, Munday, Jackson, Milloy 69.2 Ht 12 Harkins, Hunter, Broadbanks, Keen 68.8 Ht 13 Persson, Shuter, Jackson, Milloy 70.6

RESERVE RACE Jackson, Milloy, Tannock, Omand (f) 72.0

UP AND COMERS= RACE Beaton, Brady, Meldrum, Omand (f/exc) 73.0

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Templeton, Harkins, Broadbanks, Hitch 68.0 69.2 Ht 2 Persson, Keen, Collins, Shuter 69.0 71.2 Ht 3 Hunter, Munday, Jackson, Milloy 71.2 73.2 Final Templeton, Harkins, Persson, Hunter 69.0

SCOTLAND 62 ENGLAND 46 st Saturday, 31 August 1968 [International]

SCOTLAND George Hunter 2 1 2 1 0 0 6 Brian Collins 1' 3 1' 3 3 3 14 2 Oyvind Berg 2 1' 3 1 1' 2' 10 3 Doug Templeton 0 2 1 3 2 3 11 Jim McMillan 3 0 2 2' 1 2' 10 2 Bert Harkins E 1 3 3 3 - 10 Willie Templeton 1' - - - - - 1 1 Bill McMillan D.N.R

ENGLAND Martin Ashby 3 3 3 2 3 1 15 Peter Jarman 0 0 0 0 - - 0 Norman Hunter 3 2' 3 2 0 2 12 1 Arnold Haley 1 3 F 0 2 1' 7 1 Jimmy Squibb 2 F 2 1 2 0 7 James Bond 1' 2 0 0 1 - 4 1 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Dave Gifford 0 1' - - - - 1 1 Russ Dent 0 - - - - - 0

Ht 1 Ashby, G.Hunter, Collins, Jarman 66.4 Ht 2 N.Hunter, Berg, Haley, D.Templeton 68.8 Ht 3 McMillan, Squibb, Bond, Harkins (ef) 71.0 Ht 4 Ashby, D.Templeton, Berg, Jarman 69.2 Ht 5 Haley, N.Hunter, Harkins, McMillan 69.8 Ht 6 Collins, Bond, G.Hunter, Squibb (f) 70.2 Ht 7 Ashby, McMillan, W.Templeton, Gifford 68.2 Ht 8 N.Hunter, G.Hunter, Collins, Haley (f) 71.0 Ht 9 Berg, Squibb, D.Templeton, Bond 70.0 Ht 10 Collins, Ashby, G.Hunter, Jarman 69.2 Ht 11 D.Templeton, N.Hunter, Berg, Haley 69.0 Ht 12 Harkins, McMillan, Squibb, Bond 70.0 Ht 13 Ashby, D.Templeton, Berg, Dent 68.2 Ht 14 Harkins, Haley, McMillan, N.Hunter 70.2 Ht 15 Collins, Squibb, Gifford, G.Hunter 71.2 Ht 16 Harkins, McMillan, Ashby, Jarman 69.8 Ht 17 Collins, N.Hunter, Haley, G.Hunter 70.6 Ht 18 D.Templeton, Berg, Bond, Squibb 70.8

NEWCASTLE 48 COATBRIDGE 30 nd Monday, 2 September 1968 [British League]

NEWCASTLE Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alan Jay 1 3 2' 1 - - 7 1 Ole Olsen 2 3 3 3 - - 11 Alan Butterfield 1' 1 2 0 - - 4 1 Mike Watkin 1 0 1' 1 - - 3 1 Dave Gifford 3 2 2 2' - - 9 1 Gary Peterson 1 1' - - - - 2 1

COATBRIDGE Bernt Persson rider replacement Doug Templeton 2 2 2 0 X - 6 Jim McMillan (g) E 3 3 2 2 - 10 Bert Harkins 3 1 X 3 2 E 9 George Hunter 0 2 1 1' 1 - 5 1 Brian Collins 0 0 0 - - - 0 Ken Omand 0 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1 Mauger, Templeton, Jay, Hunter 72.4 Ht 2 Harkins, Olsen, Butterfield, McMillan (ef) 75.0 Ht 3 Gifford, Hunter, Watkin, Collins 75.0 Ht 4 Jay, Templeton, Peterson, Omand 75.4 Ht 5 McMillan, Gifford, Harkins, Watkin 76.0 Ht 6 Olsen, Templeton, Butterfield, Harkins (f/exc) 75.0 Ht 7 Mauger, Jay, Hunter, Collins 73.4 Ht 8 Harkins, Butterfield, Peterson, Omand 75.4 Ht 9 McMillan, Gifford, Watkin, Templeton 75.4 Ht 10 Olsen, Harkins, Hunter, Butterfield 75.2 Ht 11 Mauger, McMillan, Jay, Harkins (ef) 73.8 Ht 12 Olsen, Gifford, Hunter, Templeton (f/exc) 76.8 Ht 13 Mauger, McMillan, Watkin, Collins 74.6

COATBRIDGE 38 COVENTRY 40 th Saturday, 7 September 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide E E 3 3 - - 6 Doug Templeton 3 3 1 2' - - 9 1 George Hunter E E E X - - 0 Brian Collins 2 3 3 1 - - 9 Jimmy Tannock 0 0 X 1 - - 1 Bert Harkins 2 3 3 3 - - 11 Ken Omand 1 1 X - - - 2

COVENTRY Chris Harrison 1' 1' 1' 1' - - 4 4 Tom Ridley 2 2 2 2 - - 8 Antonin Kasper 3 2 X 0 - - 5 Roger Hill 1 1' 2 1 - - 5 1 Col Cottrell 1 3 2' 2 - - 8 1 Rick France 3 2' 3 2 - - 10 1 Frank Skinner X E 0 - - - 0

Ht 1 Templeton, Ridley, Harrison, Eide (ef) 69.4 Ht 2 Kasper, Collins, Hill, Hunter (ef) 69.3 Ht 3 France, Harkins, Cottrell, Tannock 68.8 Ht 4 Templeton, Ridley, Omand, Skinner (f/exc) 68.8 Ht 5 Harkins, Kasper, Hill, Tannock 68.4 Ht 6 Collins, Ridley, Harrison, Hunter (ef) 70.2 Ht 7 Cottrell, France, Templeton, Eide (ef) 68.8 Ht 8 Collins, Hill, Omand, Skinner (ef) 69.6 Ht 9 Harkins, Ridley, Harrison, Tannock (f/exc) 69.5 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Ht 10 France, Cottrell, Collins, Hunter (ef) 68.2 Ht 11 Eide, Templeton, Hill, Skinner, Kasper (exc/t) 70.0 Ht 12 Harkins, Cottrell, Harrison, Omand (f/exc) 69.2 Ht 13 Eide, France, Tannock, Kasper 68.6

RESERVE RACE Omand, Beaton, Brady, Skinner 71.3

CONSOLATION RACE [Beaton, Skinner, Omand, Brady ?

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Kasper, Cottrell, Tannock, McKenzie 69.0 69.4 Ht 2 Templeton, Collins, Hill, Harrison 69.0 70.0 Ht 3 Eide, France, Harkins (ef), Ridley (f/exc) 69.2 69.8 Final Eide, Templeton, Cottrell, Kasper 67.4

COATBRIDGE 52 HALIFAX 26 th Wednesday, 11 September 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2' 3 3 - - 11 1 Doug Templeton 2 3 2' - - - 7 1 George Hunter 2 2 3 0 - - 7 Brian Collins 1' 3 3 2' - - 9 2 Bert Harkins 2' 2' 1 0 - - 5 2 Bert Persson 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alec Hughson 0 1' 0 - - - 1 1

HALIFAX Dave Younghusband 2 0 0 2 - - 4 Les Sharpe 1' 3 1 2 2 - 9 1 Eric Boocock 3 1 1 2 - - 7 Greg Kentwell E E 0 - - - 0 Eric Boothroyd F 1 1 1' - - 3 1 Dennis Gavros 1 0 0 1' - - 2 1 Bob Jamieson 0 1' - - - - 1 1

Ht 1 Eide, Younghusband, Sharpe, Hughson 69.8 Ht 2 Boocock, Hunter, Collins, Kentwell (ef) 70.0 Ht 3 Persson, Harkins, Gavros, Boothroyd (f) 73.0 Ht 4 Sharpe, Templeton, Hughson, Jamieson 70.6 Ht 5 Persson, Harkins, Boocock, Kentwell (ef) 71.2 Ht 6 Collins, Hunter, Sharpe, Younghusband 72.0 Ht 7 Templeton, Eide, Boothroyd, Gavros 70.4 Ht 8 Collins, Sharpe, Jamieson, Hughson 73.0 Ht 9 Persson, Sharpe, Harkins, Younghusband 71.6 Ht 10 Hunter, Collins, Boothroyd, Gavros 72.8 Ht 11 Eide, Templeton, Boocock, Kentwell 71.4 Ht 12 Persson, Younghusband, Boothroyd, Hunter 72.4 Ht 13 Eide, Boocock, Gavros, Harkins 71.4

RESERVE RACE Jamieson, Omand, Tannock, Brady 76.0

RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Hunter, Persson, Younghusband, Gavros 71.0 71.2 Ht 2 Eide, Boocock, Collins, Sharpe 71.2 73.0 Ht 3 Templeton, Harkins, Boothroyd, Kentwell 72.2 72.8 Final Eide, Templeton, [ Hunter, Persson 70.4

COATBRIDGE >KINGS= 37 BERWICK 40 th Saturday, 14 September 1968 [Division 2 Challenge]

COATBRIDGE Jimmy Tannock 3 3 2 2 - - 10 Alister Brady 2' 2' 2 3 1' - 10 3 Terry Holmes 2 2 2 1' - - Kevin McCrae 0 0 0 - - - 0 Mervin McConkey 2' 0 0 1' - - 3 2 Bobby Beaton 3 1 1 2 - - 7 Billy Maxwell 0 F - - - - 0

BERWICK Roy Williams 1 3 3 3 - - 10 Alex Nicol 0 3 2' - - - 5 1 Mark Hall 3 2 3 3 - - 11 Tom Blackwood 1 3 F - - - 4 Mike Hiftle 1 0 1 0 - - 2 Brian Whaley 0 1 3 0 - - 4 Alan Hartley 1 1 2 0 - - 4

Ht 1 Tannock, Brady, Williams, Nicol 72.8 Ht 2 Hall, Holmes, Blackwood, McCrae 75.0 Ht 3 Beaton, McConkey, Hiftle, Whaley 74.2 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Ht 4 Nicol, Brady, Harley, Maxwell 73.2 Ht 5 Blackwood, Hall, Beaton, McConkey 74.8 Ht 6 Williams, Holmes, Hartley, McCrae 72.4 Ht 7 Tannock, Brady, Hiftle, Whaley 72.0 Ht 8 Brady, Hartley, Maxwell (f), Blackwood (f) 72.4 Ht 9 Williams, Nicol, Beaton, McConkey 72.4 Ht 10 Whaley, Holmes, Hiftle, Maxwell 73.0 Ht 11 Hall, Tannock, Brady, Harley 72.6 Ht 12 Williams, Beaton, Holmes, Hiftle, 72.8 Ht 13 Hall, Tannock, McConkey, Whaley 73.4

JUNIOR RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP Ht 1 Nicol, Maxwell, McConkey, Forbes McKenzie 73.6 Ht 2 Brady, Beaton, John Porteous, Holmes 72.6 Ht 3 Williams, Hall, Hartley, Bert Anderson 72.8 Ht 4 Whaley, Skinner, Andy Meldrum, Nicol 76.4 Qualifying Final Beaton, Brady, Nicol, Maxwell 73.2 Qualifying Final Hall, Williams, Skinner, Whaley 72.6 Championship Final Brady, Williams, Hall, Beaton (f)72.4

HALIFAX 51 COATBRIDGE 27 th Wednesday, 18 September 1968 [British League]

HALIFAX Dave Younghusband 3 1' 3 1 - - 8 1 Les Sharpe 1 2' 2 2' - - 7 2 Eric Boocock 2' 3 2 2 - - 9 1 Greg Kentwell 3 1 3 1' - - 8 1 Eric Boothroyd 3 3 2 3 - - 11 Bob Jamieson 1 2' 0 0 - - 3 1 Dennis Gavros 3 2' - - - - 5 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 2 2 3 1 2 - 10 Doug Templeton 0 1 0 - - - 1 George Hunter 0 1 0 0 - - 1 Brian Collins 1 0 1 1 - - 3 Bernt Persson 2 3 1 3 3 - 12 Bert Harkins 0 0 0 - - - 0 Alec Hughson 0 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1 Younghusband, Eide, Sharpe, Templeton 69.4 Ht 2 Kentwell, Boocock, Collins, Hunter 69.2 Ht 3 Boothroyd, Persson, Jamieson, Harkins 69.8 Ht 4 Gavros, Sharpe, Templeton, Hughson 70.4 Ht 5 Boothroyd, Jamieson, Hunter, Collins 68.8 Ht 6 Boocock, Eide, Kentwell, Templeton 68.8 Ht 7 Persson, Sharpe, Younghusband, Harkins 69.0 Ht 8 Kentwell, Gavros, Collins, Hughson 69.8 Ht 9 Eide, Boothroyd, Persson, Jamieson 68.8 Ht 10 Persson, Boocock, Kentwell, Harkins 68.8 Ht 11 Younghusband, Sharpe, Collins, Hunter 69.8 Ht 12 Persson, Boocock, Eide, Jamieson 68.6 Ht 13 Boothroyd, Eide, Younghusband, Hunter 68.6

COATBRIDGE 39 EXETER 39 th Friday, 20 September 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 2 2 - - 10 Doug Templeton 1 0 1 0 - - 2 George Hunter 1 3 0 - - - 4 Brian Collins 0 2' 3 0 - - 5 1 Bert Harkins 3 1' 2' 1' - - 7 3 Bernt Persson 2' 2 3 3 - - 10 1 Alec Hughson 1 0 1 - - - 2

EXETER Jimmy Squibb 2 1 1 1' - - 5 1 Chris Blewett 0 3 0 1 2 - 6 Martin Ashby 3 0 3 3 3 - 12 Tommy Sweetman 2' 3 3 1 - - 9 1 Neil Street 0 0 - - - - 0 Wayne Briggs 1 2 2' 0 - - 5 1 Mike Cake 2' 0 - - - - 2 1

Ht 1 Eide, Squibb, Templeton, Blewett 69.2 Ht 2 Ashby, Sweetman, Hunter, Collins 69.2 Ht 3 Harkins, Persson, Briggs, Street 69.4 Ht 4 Blewett, Cake, Hughson, Templeton 71.4 Ht 5 Sweetman, Persson, Harkins, Ashby 69.2 Ht 6 Hunter, Collins, Squibb, Blewett 71.2 Ht 7 Eide, Briggs, Templeton, Street 69.0 Ht 8 Sweetman, Collins, Blewett, Hughson 70.4 Ht 9 Persson, Harkins, Squibb, Cake 69.6 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Ht 10 Ashby, Briggs, Hughson, Collins 70.2 Ht 11 Ashby, Eide, Sweetman, Templeton 69.0 Ht 12 Persson, Blewett, Squibb, Hunter 70.4 Ht 13 Ashby, Eide, Harkins, Briggs 69.2

COATBRIDGE 43 LEICESTER 35 st Friday, 21 September 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Doug Templeton 2 1 1 2 - - 6 George Hunter 2 0 0 - - - 2 Brian Collins 0 2 1' 2 - - 5 1 Bert Harkins 0 2' 0 0 - - 2 1 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alec Hughson 2' 2 0 - - - 4 1

LEICESTER Ray Wilson 1' 3 3 1' 2 - 10 2 Norman Storer 2 1 1 2 - - 6 rider replacement George Major 1 1 3 2 2 - 9 John Boulger 2 0 0 3 1' - 6 1 John Hart 1' 1 1 0 1' - 4 2 Graham Plant 0 0 - - - - 0

Ht 1 Eide, Storer, Wilson, Templeton 70.0 Ht 2 Wilson, Hunter, Major, Collins 70.2 Ht 3 Persson, Boulger, Hart, Harkins 70.4 Ht 4 Templeton, Hughson, Storer, Plant 70.8 Ht 5 Persson, Harkins, Major, Boulger 69.4 Ht 6 Wilson, Collins, Storer, Hunter 71.2 Ht 7 Eide, Templeton, Hart, Boulger 70.8 Ht 8 Major, Hughson, Collins, Plant 71.2 Ht 9 Persson, Storer, Wilson, Harkins 69.8 Ht 10 Boulger, Collins, Hart, Hunter 72.2 Ht 11 Eide, Major, Templeton, Hart 70.8 Ht 12 Persson, Wilson, Boulger, Hughson 70.4 Ht 13 Eide, Major, Hart, Harkins 71.4 SILVER SASH MATCH RACE CHAMPIONSHIP Reidar Eide bt Ray Wilson (holder) 70.2

COATBRIDGE 48 GLASGOW 30 th Saturday, 28 September 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Doug Templeton 1 2 1 1 - - 5 Bert Harkins 3 3 3 1 - - 10 Brian Collins 1 0 3 2' - - 6 1 George Hunter 1 0 0 1 - - 2 Bernt Persson 3 2 3 3 - - 11 Alec Hughson 0 2' - - - - 2 1

GLASGOW Jim McMillan 0 1' 2 2 - - 5 1 Willie Templeton 2 3 2 1' 1 - 9 1 Oyvind Berg 2 1 2 F 2 - 7 Bill McMillan 0 3 1 0 - - 4 Russ Dent E 0 - - - - 0 Alf Wells 2 2 0 0 - - 0 Bobby Beaton 0 1 - - - - 1

Ht 1 Eide, W.Templeton, D.Templeton, J.McMillan 70.0 Ht 2 Harkins, Berg, Collins, B.McMillan 70.0 Ht 3 Persson, Wells, Hunter, Dent (ef) 72.4 Ht 4 W.Templeton, D.Templeton, Beaton, Hughson 72.0 Ht 5 B.McMillan, Persson, Berg, Hunter 70.2 Ht 6 Harkins, W.Templeton, J.McMillan, Collins 71.8 Ht 7 Eide, Wells, D.Templeton, Dent 72.4 Ht 8 Collins, Hughson, B.McMillan, Beaton 73.2 Ht 9 Persson, J.McMillan, W.Templeton, Hunter 71.0 Ht 10 Harkins, Collins, W.Templeton, Wells 72.2 Ht 11 Eide, Berg, D.Templeton, B.McMillan 71.2 Ht 12 Persson, J.McMillan, Hunter, Berg (ef) 70.8 Ht 13 Eide, Berg, Hunter, Wells 73.0 SILVER SASH MATCH RACE CHAMPIONSHIP Reidar Eide (holder) bt Willie Templeton 71.6

SCOTTISH MATCH RACE CHAMPIONSHIP Reidar Eide bt Oyvind Berg (holder) 70.8

RESERVE RACE Hughson, Beaton, Omand, Brady 74.8

CONSOLATION RACE Brady, Nicol, Meldrum, Omand 77.2

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RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Persson, W.Templeton, Harkins, Dent 72.0 Ht 2 Berg, Wells, D.Templeton, Hughson 73.0 Ht 3 Eide, J.McMillan, Collins, B.McMillan 71.2 Final Eide, Persson, Berg, J.McMillan 71.2

LEICESTER 40 COATBRIDGE 38 st Tuesday, 1 October 1968 [British League]

LEICESTER Ray Wilson rider replacement Norman Storer 0 N - - - - 0 Anders Mitchanek 3 1' 3 3 2 - 12 1 George Major 2' 2 3 E 0 - 7 1 John Boulger 2 1 2' 2 2 - 9 1 John Hart 3 3 1' 2 0 - 9 1 Graham Plant 2 0 1 0 - - 3

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Doug Templeton 1 3 0 - - - 4 Alec Hughson 0 0 - - - - 0 Brian Collins 1 1 2 1 - - 5 Bert Harkins 0 1' 1' 1 - - 3 2 Bernt Persson 2 2 2 3 - - 9 George Hunter 1 X 0 1 - - 2

Ht 1 Eide, Boulger, Templeton, Storer (f/rem) 69.6 Ht 2 Mitchanek, Major, Collins, Hughson 70.0 Ht 3 Hart, Persson, Boulger, Harkins 70.2 Ht 4 Templeton, Plant, Hunter, Storer (ns) 71.6 Ht 5 Hart, Boulger, Collins, Hughson 72.2 Ht 6 Eide, Major, Mitchanek, Templeton 71.6 Ht 7 Mitchanek, Persson, Harkins, Plant 70.6 Ht 8 Major, Collins, Plant, Hunter (exc) 71.6 Ht 9 Eide, Boulger, Hart, Hunter 70.6 Ht 10 Mitchanek, Persson, Harkins, Major (ef) 70.8 Ht 11 Hunter, Hart, Collins, Plant 71.4 Ht 12 Eide, Mitchanek, Harkins, Hart 71.4 Ht 13 Persson, Boulger, Hunter, Major (f/rem) 71.8 SILVER SASH MATCH RACE CHAMPIONSHIP Reidar Eide (holder) bt Anders Mitchanek 70.4

SWINDON 57 COATBRIDGE 20 nd Wednesday, 2 October 1968 [British League]

SWINDON

Barry Briggs 3 3 2' 3 - - 11 1 Clive Hitch 2' 2' 2' 3 - - 9 3 Bob Kilby E 3 3 3 - - 9 Frank Shuter 3 1 3 2' - - 9 1 Mike Broadbanks E 1 3 1 - - 5 Mike Keen 3 3 1 2' - - 9 1 Pete Munday 3 2' - - - - 5 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide F 2 E 0 1 - 3 Doug Templeton 1 0 0 - - - 1 Bert Harkins E 2 0 - - - 2 Brian Collins 2 0 0 0 - - 2 Alec Hughson 1' 0 - - - - 1 1 Bernt Persson 2 1 2 1 2 - 8 George Hunter 1 1 1 E - - 3

Ht 1 Briggs, Hitch, Templeton, Eide (f) 71.8 Ht 2 Shuter, Collins, Kilby (ef), Harkins (ef) 74.2 Ht 3 Keen, Persson, Hughson, Broadbanks (ef) 74.8 Ht 4 Munday, Hitch, Hunter, Templeton 74.8 Ht 5 Keen, Harkins, Broadbanks, Collins 75.4 Ht 6 Kilby, Eide, Shuter, Templeton 74.0 Ht 7 Briggs, Hitch, Persson, Eide (ef) 75.2 Ht 8 Shuter, Munday, Hunter, Collins 75.2 Ht 9 Broadbanks, Persson, Keen, Eide 74.4 Ht 10 Kilby, Shuter, Persson, Harkins 74.0 Ht 11 Hitch, Briggs, Hunter, Collins 75.4 Ht 12 Kilby, Keen, Eide, Hughson 74.4 Ht 13 Briggs, Persson, Broadbanks, Hunter (ef) 73.6 SILVER SASH MATCH RACE CHAMPIONSHIP bt Reidar Eide (holder) 73.0

SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday, 5th October 1968

Charlie Monk 2 2 3 3 3 - 13 Bert Harkins 1 2 1 3 1 - 8 Ole Olsen 3 E 0 3 1 - 7 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

Brian Collins 0 1 0 2 1 - 4 Alec Hughson 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Ivan Mauger X 0 1 1 E - 2 Wayne Briggs 2 2 3 1 2 - 10 Bernt Persson 3 0 1 2 X - 6 Reidar Eide 3 3 3 3 0 - 12 Doug Templeton 1 1 X 2 E - 4 Oyvind Berg 2 1 2 1 2 - 8 Jim McMillan 0 3 2 0 3 - 8 Willie Templeton 1 1 2 0 2 - 6 Martin Ashby 3 3 2 2 3 - 13 George Hunter 0 3 3 0 2 - 8 Bengt Larsson 2 2 0 1 3 - 8 Bill McMillan (r) 1 - - - - - 1 Ken Omand (r) 1 - - - - - 1

Ht 1 Olsen, Monk, Harkins, Collins 71.4 Ht 2 Persson, Briggs, B.McMillan, Hughson, Mauger (exc/2min) 71.2 Ht 3 Eide, Berg, D.Templeton, J.McMillan 70.8 Ht 4 Ashby, Larsson, W.Templeton, Hunter 69.8 Ht 5 Eide, Monk, W.Templeton, Mauger 70.8 Ht 6 Ashby, Harkins, D.Templeton, Mauger 70.8 Ht 7 Hunter, Briggs, Olsen, Berg 71.8 Ht 8 J.McMillan, Larsson, Collins, Persson 70.0 Ht 9 Monk, Berg, Mauger, Larsson 71.0 Ht 10 Hunter, J.McMillan, Harkins, Hughson 71.2 Ht 11 Eide, Ashby, Persson, Olsen 70.8 Ht 12 Briggs, W.Templeton, Omand, Collins, D.Templeton (exc) 72.4 Ht 13 Monk, Ashby, Briggs, J.McMillan 71.6 Ht 14 Harkins, Persson, Berg, W.Templeton 70.8 Ht 15 Olsen, D.Templeton, Larsson, Hughson 71.6 Ht 16 Eide, Collins, Mauger, Hunter 71.4 Ht 17 Monk, Hunter, D.Templeton (ef), Persson (exc) 71.2 Ht 18 Larsson, Briggs, Harkins, Eide 72.0 Ht 19 J.McMillan, W.Templeton, Olsen, Mauger (ef) 72.2 Ht 20 Ashby, Berg, Collins, Hughson 71.8 RUN-OFF FOR CHAMPIONSHIP Martin Ashby bt Charlie Monk 72.0

BELLE VUE 41 COATBRIDGE 37 th Wednesday, 9 October 1968 [British League]

BELLE VUE Sandor Levai 2 2 1 1' - - 6 1 Cyril Maidment 1' 0 1' 3 - - 5 2 Chris Pusey 3 0 1' 1 - - 5 1 Norman Nevitt 1 2 2 2 - - 7 Soren Sjosten 3 3 1' 2 - - 9 1 Bill Powell 1 0 2 3 - - 6 Ken Eyre 2 1' - - - - 3 1

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide X 1 0 2 - - 3 Doug Templeton 3 1 3 3 - - 10 Bert Harkins 2 2 2 0 - - 6 Brian Collins 0 X 0 0 - - 0 Alec Hughson 0 0 0 0 - - 0 Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 - - 11 George Hunter 0 3 1' 3 - - 7 1

Ht 1 Templeton, Levai, Maidment, Hunter, Eide (exc/2min) 75.2 Ht 2 Pusey, Harkins, Nevitt, Collins 75.6 Ht 3 Sjosten, Persson, Powell, Hughson 75.4 Ht 4 Hunter, Eyre, Templeton, Maidment 77.0 Ht 5 Sjosten, Harkins, Hunter, Powell, Collins (exc/2min) 75.8 Ht 6 Templeton, Nevitt, Eide, Pusey 75.6 Ht 7 Persson, Levai, Maidment, Hughson 75.4 Ht 8 Hunter, Nevitt, Eyre, Collins 76.2 Ht 9 Templeton, Powell, Sjosten, Eide 75.6 Ht 10 Persson, Nevitt, Pusey, Hughson 74.8 Ht 11 Maidment, Harkins, Levai, Collins 77.6 Ht 12 Powell, Eide, Pusey, Hughson 76.6 Ht 13 Persson, Sjosten, Levai, Harkins 75.0

COATBRIDGE 46 NEWCASTLE 32 th Saturday, 12 October 1968 [British League]

COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide rider replacement Doug Templeton 2 3 3 2 2' - 12 1 Bert Harkins 3 1' 1 1' 1' - 7 3 Brian Collins 2' 2 0 0 - - 4 1 Bernt Persson 3 2 2' 3 2 - 12 1 George Hunter 1' 2' 1' 1' 2 - 7 4 Alec Hughson 2' 2 - - - - 4 1

THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

NEWCASTLE Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Mike Watkin 0 1 0 0 - - 1 Ole Olsen E 3 3 1 - - 7 Alan Butterfield 1 0 3 0 - - 4 Alan Jay 0 0 0 - - - 0 Dave Gifford 1 1 2' - - - 4 1 Murray Burt 0 0 1 - - - 1

Ht 1 Mauger, Templeton, Hunter, Watkin 69.0 Ht 2 Harkins, Collins, Butterfield, Olsen (ef) 69.4 Ht 3 Persson, Hunter, Gifford, Jay 70.8 Ht 4 Templeton, Hughson, Watkin, Burt 69.4 Ht 5 Olsen, Persson, Hunter, Butterfield 69.0 Ht 6 Mauger, Collins, Harkins, Watkin 68.8 Ht 7 Templeton, Persson, Gifford, Jay 69.6 Ht 8 Butterfield, Hughson, Burt, Collins (f/rem) 70.8 Ht 9 Mauger, Persson, Hunter, Watkin 68.6 Ht 10 Mauger, Gifford, Harkins, Collins 69.4 Ht 11 Olsen, Templeton, Harkins, Butterfield 69.8 Ht 12 Mauger, Hunter, Harkins, Jay 68.8 Ht 13 Persson, Templeton, Olsen, Burt 69.2

CONSOLATION RACE Omand, Brady, Beaton, Nicol ?

FARE YE WELL TROPHY Ht 1 Mauger, Hunter, Watkin, Omand 68.4 Ht 2 Templeton, Jay, Butterfield, Brady 70.6 Ht 3 Olsen, Persson, Burt, Hughson 69.4 Ht 4 Harkins, Collins, Beaton, Gifford 70.6 Final Olsen, Templeton, Harkins, Mauger 70.0

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THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years

OTHER MEETINGS & WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS INVOLVING EDINBURGH RIDERS 1968

DOUG TEMPLETON World Championship (Qualifying Round) Newcastle May 27th 2 2 1 F 0 - 5 Glasgow May 31st 2 2 3 1 1 - 9 Coatbridge June 1st 1 1 1 1 1 - 5

Other Meetings Sheffield August 1st Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 3 1 2 3 3 - 12 Newcastle August 4th Newcastle v Rest (Eddie Glennon Trophy) 0 1 0 1' 2' 1' 5 3 Glasgow August 9th Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 2 1 2 2 F - 7 Sheffield September 12th Northern Riders= Championship (Final) 1 0 0 3 2 - 6 Glasgow September 27th Glasgow Open Championship 1 1 1 2 0 - 5

GEORGE HUNTER World Championship (Qualifying Round)

Other Meetings Sheffield August 1st Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 0 3 1 3 2 - 9 Sheffield September 12th Northern Riders= Championship (Final) 0 3 1 1 0 - 5

REIDAR EIDE World Championship (Nordic Final) Selskov () May 12th 3 3 3 2 3 - 14 (Nordic - British Final) West Ham August 6th 2 3 2 3 3 - 13 (European Final) Wroclaw () August 25th 3 1 0 3 1 - 8 (World Final) September 6th 0 0 2 1 F - 3

Other Meetings Newcastle July 29th Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 3 3 1 3 2 - 12 Hackney August 2nd Superama 3 3 3 3 1 - 13 Glasgow August 9th Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 1 2 2 3 3 - 11 Sheffield September 12th Northern Riders= Championship (Final) 2 1 3 2 3 - 11 Glasgow September 27th Glasgow Open Championship 2 1 1 0 2 - 6

BERNT PERSSON World Championship (Swedish Qualifying Round) Malmo May 27th 9 Gothenburg May 28th 13 Linkoping May 30th 8 (World Final) Gothenburg September 6th E 0 1 0 0 - 1

Other Meetings Wimbledon June 13th Great Britain v Sweden 1' 1 2 1 - - 5 1 Wolverhampton June 21st Great Britain v Sweden 0 2 0 - - - 2 Coatbridge June 22nd Great Britain v Sweden 3 2' 3 2' 2' 2' 14 4 Swindon July 20th Great Britain v Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 Sheffield August 1st Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 0 0 2 0 2 - 4 Glasgow August 9th Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 2 F 2 1 1 - 6 Sheffield September 12th Northern Riders= Championship (Final) 1 2 1 2 3 - 9 Glasgow September 27th Glasgow Open Championship 3 2 3 3 0 - 11 Belle Vue October 19th British League Riders= Championship 1 1 2 2 1 - 7

BERT HARKINS World Championship (Qualifying Round) Newcastle May 27th 3 2 2 3 3 - 13 Glasgow May 31st 3 2 3 3 3 - 14 Coatbridge June 1st 1 2 3 3 1 - 10 (British semi-Final) Sheffield June 27th 0 0 1 0 E - 1

Other Meetings Newcastle June 6th Newcastle v Halifax 2 3 2 3 - - 10 Newcastle July 29th Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 3 1 3 2 2 - 11 Newcastle August 4th Newcastle v Rest (Eddie Glennon Trophy) 3 3 3 2 E 1 12 Glasgow August 9th Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 1 3 1 1 2 - 8 Glasgow August 30th Glasgow v Kings Lynn 2' 3 3 0 - - 8 1 Sheffield September 12th Northern Riders= Championship (Final) 2 0 2 2 0 - 6 Glasgow September 27th Glasgow Open Championship E 0 1 1 F - 2

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BRIAN COLLINS World Championship (Qualifying Round) Glasgow May 31st F 0 0 0 1 0 0 F 0 - - - 1 Coatbridge June 1st 1 1 1 E - - 3

Other Meetings Glasgow August 9th Northern Riders= Championship Q.R 0 2 1 0 2 - 5

ALEC HUGHSON World Championship (Qualifying Round) Long Eaton May 28th 1 2 1 0 0 - 4 Sheffield May 30th 1 0 0 0 X - 1 Coatbridge June 1st E 0 0 2 3 - 5

Other Meetings

LEX MILLOY World Championship (Qualifying Round) Glasgow May 31st 1 F 0 0 0 - 1 Coatbridge June 1st 0 F 0 - - - 0

Other Meetings

SILVER SASH MATCH RACE CHAMPIONSHIP Coatbridge September 20th Reidar Eide bt Ray Wilson (holder) Coatbridge September 28th Reidar Eide (holder) bt Willie Templeton Leicester October 1st Reidar Eide (holder) bt Anders Mitchanek Swindon October 2nd Barry Briggs bt Reidar Eide (holder)