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Berwick Bandits Season 1978 Berwick Bandits Season 1978 Compiled by Dave Allan First published March 2016 Last updated October 2016 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This file was made possible thanks to the invaluable contributions of the following: Steve Wilkes & Gary Done (Ellesmere Port & 1978 Speedway Mails) Arnie Gibbons (Reading) Stuart Staite-Aris & associates (Coventry) Mark Fellows (Wolverhampton) Mike Hunter (Edinburgh) Matt Jackson (Sheffield) Brian Collins (Internationals) Neil Fife (Newcastle) Mark Aspinell (Rye House) David Housely (Various) Gary Weldon (Boston) Keith Corns (Various) Steve Ashley (Boston & Leicester) Phil Hood (Newcastle) John (Hull) Paul Dunn (Cradley Heath) Colin Jewes & Phil Johnson (Cradley Heath) Steve Andrews (Barrow) The knowledgable members of the British Speedway Forum and the Easy, Tiger! Forum RACECARDS The following notation is in use throughout this file: R/R Rider replacement N Rider replaced by reserve TS Rider replaced by tactical substitute R Rider did not finish for reason other than fall or exclusion EF Rider suffered engine failure and failed to finish F Rider fell and did not remount FX Rider fell and was excluded from race or rerun FN Rider fell and was unable to take his place in rerun E Rider excluded for starting offence (including tape touching & breaking, delaying start, etc.) M Rider excluded under two minute rule X Rider excluded for any other reason not E or M. Reason for exclusion noted where known. NS Rider failed to start but was not excluded or replaced NTR New track record ETR Equals track record (guest) Rider is making a ‘full and proper’ guest appearance (loanee) Rider has been borrowed from home track to make up the team Some reserve replacement rides (N) may in fact have been tactical substitute (TS) rides. Due to the difficulty in ascertaining this information, only proven tactical substitute rides are recorded. Reruns are not assumed, they are only recorded where reported. 1978 Season File - Revisions in October 2016 update # Revised on Meeting Revision 1 18/10/2016 21/05/1978 Berwick v Ellesmere Port Ht 01: added correct heat time 73.4 2 18/10/2016 25/08/1978 Glasgow v Berwick Berwick: corrected riding order of #4 and #5 Berwick Bandits 1978 Date Home Away Event Result Notes 26/03/1978 Berwick Glasgow Challenge L1 60-17 31/03/1978 Workington Berwick Border Trophy L1 34-44 02/04/1978 Berwick Stoke National League 55-23 06/04/1978 Teesside Berwick National League 50-28 08/04/1978 Glasgow Berwick Challenge L2 41-37 09/04/1978 Berwick Workington Border Trophy L2 57-21 16/04/1978 Berwick Glasgow National League 53-25 21/04/1978 Edinburgh Berwick National League 55-22 23/04/1978 Berwick Edinburgh National League 54-24 30/04/1978 Berwick Teesside National League 54-24 07/05/1978 Berwick Crayford National League 50-28 14/05/1978 Berwick Danny Taylor Memorial Trophy Individual Graham Jones 19/05/1978 Ellesmere Port Berwick NL KOC R1 L1 47-31 21/05/1978 Berwick Ellesmere Port NL KOC R1 L2 35-42 23/05/1978 Barrow Barrow v Glasgow v Edinburgh v Berwick NL 4TT QR c1 33 v 10 v 34 v 19 26/05/1978 Edinburgh Edinburgh v Glasgow v Berwick v Barrow NL 4TT QR c2 36 v 33 v 11 v 16 27/05/1978 Berwick Berwick v Barrow v Edinburgh v Glasgow NL 4TT QR c3 34 v 25 v 22 v 15 28/05/1978 Glasgow Glasgow v Barrow v Berwick v Edinburgh NL 4TT QR c4 36 v 23 v 04 v 33 03/06/1978 Berwick Oxford National League 48-29 04/06/1978 Mildenhall Berwick National League 50-28 06/06/1978 Weymouth Berwick National League 49-28 09/06/1978 Glasgow Berwick National League 49-27 11/06/1978 Berwick Ellesmere Port National League 46-31 17/06/1978 Berwick Rye House National League 40-38 18/06/1978 Eastbourne Berwick National League 61-17 19/06/1978 Scunthorpe Berwick National League 48-30 25/06/1978 Berwick Canterbury National League 42-36 01/07/1978 Berwick Boston National League 52-26 02/07/1978 Boston Berwick National League 45-32 09/07/1978 Berwick Scottish Select v English Select v Kiwi Select Willie Templeton Testimonial 38 v 44 v 26 10/07/1978 Newcastle Berwick National League 57-21 16/07/1978 Berwick Barrow National League 45-33 21/07/1978 Peterborough Berwick National League 51-27 22/07/1978 Canterbury Berwick National League 59-19 23/07/1978 Rye House Berwick National League 54-24 23/07/1978 Berwick Stars of Tomorrow Individual Robert Grant Berwick Bandits 1978 Date Home Away Event Result Notes 25/07/1978 Milton Keynes Berwick National League 41-37 29/07/1978 Berwick Eastbourne National League 46-32 01/08/1978 Crayford Berwick National League Rained Off 03/08/1978 Oxford Berwick National League 61-17 04/08/1978 Ellesmere Port Berwick National League 53-25 05/08/1978 Berwick Bordernapolis Individual Benny Rourke 11/08/1978 Workington Berwick National League 49-28 13/08/1978 Berwick Scunthorpe National League 57-21 20/08/1978 Berwick Weymouth National League 47-31 22/08/1978 Barrow Berwick National League 52-25 25/08/1978 Glasgow Berwick Scottish Cup SF L1 50-28 26/08/1978 Berwick Mildenhall National League 44-34 03/09/1978 Berwick Glasgow Scottish Cup SF L2 48-30 10/09/1978 Berwick Peterborough National League 56-22 12/09/1978 Crayford Berwick National League 52-25 16/09/1978 Stoke Berwick National League 57-21 17/09/1978 Berwick Newcastle National League 37-41 24/09/1978 Berwick Milton Keynes National League 37-41 01/10/1978 Berwick Workington National League 45-33 08/10/1978 Berwick Berwick v Belle Vue v Sheffield Three Team 26 v 22 v 24 08/10/1978 Berwick Scottish JL v Anglian JL Junior Challenge 36-42 15/10/1978 Berwick England v Australasia Fifth NL Test Cancelled 15/10/1978 Berwick NL Select v Overseas Select Challenge 23-44 A Aban Ht 12 - rain Berwick Bandits v Glasgow Tigers Sunday 26th March 1978 (Challenge, 1st Leg) Berwick Bandits 60 TOT BP 1. Graham Jones 3 3 3 2* 11 1 2. Dave Gifford 2* 2* 3 2* 9 3 3. Jack Millen 3 3 3 3 12 0 4. Mike Hiftle 3 3 2* 3 11 1 5. Mike Fullerton 2* 1 3 F 6 1 6. Willie Templeton 3 2* 2* 7 2 7. Colin Caffrey 2* 1 1 4 1 Glasgow Tigers 17 TOT BP 1. Steve Lawson 0 0 1 2 E 3 0 2. Terry Kelly 1 2 2 R 1 6 0 3. Derek Richardson F TS F TS TS 0 0 4. Merv Janke 1 1 1 1 2 6 0 5. Mick Newton R N N N 0 0 6. Charlie McKinna 1 0 0 0 1* 2 1 7. Tony Hall 0 R 0 TS FX 0 0 Ht. 01: Jones, Gifford, Kelly, Lawson, 76.2 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Templeton, Caffrey, McKinna, Hall, 77.6 5 - 1 10 - 2 Ht. 03: Hiftle, Fullerton, Janke, Newton (ret), 76.8 5 - 1 15 - 3 Ht. 04: Millen, Templeton, Hall (ret), Richardson (fell), 77.0 5 - 0 20 - 3 Ht. 05: Hiftle, Kelly, Fullerton, Lawson, 75.6 4 - 2 24 - 5 Ht. 06: Jones, Gifford, Janke, McKinna, 76.6 5 - 1 29 - 6 Ht. 07: Millen, Templeton, Janke, Hall, 75.8 5 - 1 34 - 7 Ht. 08: Gifford, Kelly, Caffrey, Richardson (fell), 75.2 4 - 2 38 - 9 Ht. 09: Fullerton, Hiftle, Lawson, McKinna, 75.8 5 - 1 43 - 10 Ht. 10: (rerun) Jones, Gifford, Janke, Hall (f, exc), 76.6 5 - 1 48 - 11 Ht. 11: Millen, Lawson, Caffrey, Kelly (ret), 76.6 4 - 2 52 - 13 Ht. 12: Hiftle, Jones, Kelly, McKinna, 75.4 5 - 1 57 - 14 Ht. 13: (rerun) Millen, Janke, McKinna, Fullerton (fell), Lawson (exc, tapes), 76.0 3 - 3 60 - 17 Workington Comets v Berwick Bandits Friday 31st March 1978 (Border Trophy, 1st Leg) Workington Comets 34 TOT BP 1. Brian Havelock 3 3 2 2 10 0 2. Mark Dickinson 2* 1 2 1* 6 2 3. Ian Hindle FN N N N 0 0 4. Chris Robins 0 0 1* 0 1 1 5. Dave Baugh 1 3 2 0 6 0 6. Trevor Oldham 2 3 F R 1 6 0 7. Andy Margarson 1* 1 2 0 1 5 1 Berwick Bandits 44 TOT BP 1. Graham Jones 0 1* 2* 2* 5 3 2. Dave Gifford 1 2 3 3 9 0 3. Jack Millen X 2 3 3 8 0 4. Mike Hiftle 2* 3 3 3 11 1 5. Mike Fullerton 3 1 0 1 5 0 6. Willie Templeton 3 0 0 3 0 7. Colin Caffrey 0 2 1 3 0 Ht. 01: Havelock, Dickinson, Gifford, Jones, 77.5 5 - 1 5 - 1 Ht. 02: Templeton, Oldham, Margarson, Caffrey, 79.6 3 - 3 8 - 4 Ht. 03: Fullerton, Hiftle, Baugh, Robins, 79.9 1 - 5 9 - 9 Ht. 04: Oldham, Caffrey, Margarson, Millen (exc), Hindle (f, ns), 78.0 4 - 2 13 - 11 Ht. 05: Baugh, Gifford, Jones, Robins, 78.3 3 - 3 16 - 14 Ht. 06: Havelock, Millen, Dickinson, Templeton, 76.8 4 - 2 20 - 16 Ht. 07: Hiftle, Margarson, Fullerton, Oldham (fell), 76.5 2 - 4 22 - 20 Ht. 08: Gifford, Dickinson, Caffrey, Margarson, 77.5 2 - 4 24 - 24 Ht. 09: Millen, Baugh, Robins, Templeton, 77.3 3 - 3 27 - 27 Ht. 10: Hiftle, Havelock, Dickinson, Fullerton, 76.3 3 - 3 30 - 30 Ht.
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