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COVENTRY 48 COATBRIDGE 30 Th Saturday, 29 March 1969 [British League] THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) THE BRITISH LEAGUE YEARS COVENTRY 48 COATBRIDGE 30 th Saturday, 29 March 1969 [British League] COVENTRY Roger Hill 2' 3 1 3 - - 9 1 Col Cottrell 3 2' 3 3 - - 11 1 Antonin Kasper 2 2' 1 1 - - 6 1 Tom Ridley 0 F 1 1 - - 2 Nigel Boocock 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Les Owen 2 0 3 - - - 5 Dave Callington 1' 2' - - - - 3 2 COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 1 1' 2' 2 - - 6 2 Doug Templeton 0 2 F 3 - - 5 George Hunter 3 E 2 2 - - 7 Bert Harkins 2 E E E - - 2 Wayne Briggs 1' 1 2 0 - - 4 1 Brian Collins X 1 0 - - - 1 Alec Hughson 3 1 1 - - - 5 Ht 1 Cottrell, Hill, Eide, Templeton 65.8 Ht 2 Hughson, Owen, Callington, Collins (exc/t) 69.6 Ht 3 Boocock, Harkins, Briggs, Ridley 67.2 Ht 4 Hunter, Kasper, Hughson, Owen 70.4 Ht 5 Boocock, Templeton, Eide, Ridley (f) 67.6 Ht 6 Hill, Cottrell, Collins, Hunter (ef) 68.0 Ht 7 Owen, Kasper, Briggs, Harkins (ef) 70.2 Ht 8 Cottrell, Callington, Hughson, Templeton (f) 69.2 Ht 9 Boocock, Hunter, Ridley, Collins (f/rem) 69.2 Ht 10 Cottrell, Briggs, Hill, Harkins (ef) 70.2 Ht 11 Templeton, Eide, Kasper, Callington 70.6 Ht 12 Hill, Hunter, Ridley, Briggs 69.0 Ht 13 Boocock, Eide, Kasper, Harkins (ef) 69.0 COATBRIDGE 40 SWINDON 38 th Saturday, 5 April 1969 [British League] COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2' 2' 3 3 - 13 2 Doug Templeton 1 0 3 E E - 4 Wayne Briggs 2 1 0 1' 0 - 4 1 George Hunter 3 2 3 X 1 - 9 Bert Harkins rider replacement Brian Collins 1 0 0 - - - 1 Alec Hughson 3 3 2 1 - - 9 SWINDON Barry Briggs 2 3 3 3 - - 11 Clive Hitch 0 1 1' 0 - - 2 1 Mike Broadbanks 3 1 2 0 - - 6 Mike Keen 0 3 2 2' - - 7 1 Bob Kilby X 2' 1' 2 - - 5 2 Pete Munday F - - - - - 0 Barry Duke 2 1 1 0 2 1' 7 1 Ht 1 Eide, B.Briggs, Templeton, Hitch 65.6 Ht 2 Hughson, Duke, Collins, Munday (f/exc) 69.2 Ht 3 Hunter, Eide, Duke, Keen, Kilby (exc/t) 68.4 Ht 4 Broadbanks, W.Briggs, Duke, Collins 68.2 Ht 5 B.Briggs, Hunter, Hitch, Templeton 65.4 Ht 6 Tempeton, Eide, Broadbanks, Duke 68.2 Ht 7 Keen, Kilby, W.Briggs, Collins 69.2 Ht 8 Hughson, Duke, Hitch, Templeton (ef) 68.2 Ht 9 Hunter, Broadbanks, Duke, W.Briggs 69.0 Ht 10 Eide, Keen, Kilby, Templeton (ef) 68.4 Ht 11 B.Briggs, Hughson, W.Briggs, Hitch 67.0 Ht 12 Eide, Kilby, Hughson, Broadbanks, Hunter (exc/t) 68.2 Ht 13 B.Briggs, Keen, Hunter, W.Briggs 67.2 RESERVE RACE Hughson, Omand, Brady, Mike Law 68.2 PROGRESS RACE Brady, Tannock, Jim Gallagher, Brian Murray 71.2 EASTER TROPHY Ht 1 W.Briggs, Keen, Broadbanks, Tannock 69.4 70.2 Ht 2 B.Briggs, Hunter, Omand, Hughson 67.2 68.8 Ht 3 Eide, Kilby, Hitch, Collins 67.2 68.0 Final B.Briggs, Kilby, W.Briggs, Eide (ef) 66.6 NEWCASTLE 45 COATBRIDGE 33 th Monday, 7 April 1969 [British League] THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) THE BRITISH LEAGUE YEARS NEWCASTLE Dave Gifford rider replacement Alan Butterfield 1 2 3 2 0 - 8 Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 2 - 14 Bengt Larsson 3 3 3 1 - - 10 Dave Schofield 1 0 0 0 - - 1 Gary Peterson 3 1' 2' 2' - - 8 3 Russ Dent 2' 1 1 0 - - 4 1 COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 2 2 1 3 - - 8 Doug Templeton 0 1' 1 0 - - 2 1 Wayne Briggs 2 3 2 1 3 - 11 Bert Harkins 0 E - - - - 0 George Hunter 2 2 3 2' 1 - 10 1 Brian Collins 1 F 1' - - - 2 1 Alec Hughson E 0 0 - - - 0 Ht 1 Olsen, Eide, Butterfield, Templeton 73.6 Ht 2 Peterson, Dent, Collins, Hughson (ef) 75.4 Ht 3 Larsson, Hunter, Schofield, Harkins 74.6 Ht 4 Olsen, Briggs, Dent, Hughson 73.0 Ht 5 Larsson, Eide, Templeton, Schofield 75.0 Ht 6 Briggs, Butterfield, Peterson, Collins (f) 74.8 Ht 7 Olsen, Hunter, Dent, Harkins (ef) 74.0 Ht 8 Butterfield, Peterson, Templeton, Hughson 75.2 Ht 9 Larsson, Briggs, Collins, Schofield 75.0 Ht 10 Hunter, Butterfield, Briggs, Dent 74.6 Ht 11 Olsen, Peterson, Eide, Templeton 74.0 Ht 12 Briggs, Hunter, Larsson, Butterfield 75.0 Ht 13 Eide, Olsen, Hunter, Schofield 74.2 OXFORD 48 COATBRIDGE 30 th Thursday, 10 April 1969 [British League] OXFORD Leo Mc Auliffe 2 3 2 1 1 - 9 Ronnie Genz rider replacement Colin Gooddy 1 2' 2' 2 3 - 10 2 Eddie Reeves 1' 2 2' 3 3 - 11 2 Pete Jarman E 0 1 1 - - 2 Rick Timmo 3 3 3 3 - - 12 John Bishop 1 3 0 0 - - 4 COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 1 2 3 E - 9 Doug Templeton 0 0 X 1 - - 1 George Hunter X 0 X 2 - - 2 Wayne Briggs 3 1 F - - - 4 Bert Harkins 1 0 0 - - - 1 Brian Collins 0 2 1 3 2 - 8 Alec Hughson 2 0 1 0 2 - 5 Ht 1 Eide, McAuliffe, Reeves, Templeton 70.4 Ht 2 Timmo, Hughson, Bishop, Collins 71.6 Ht 3 Briggs, Reeves, Harkins, Jarman (ef) 71.4 Ht 4 Timmo, Collins, Gooddy, Hughson, Hunter (exc/t) 70.2 Ht 5 Bishop, Reeves, Eide, Templeton 69.0 Ht 6 McAuliffe, Gooddy, Collins, Hunter 70.8 Ht 7 Timmo, Gooddy, Briggs, Harkins 69.6 Ht 8 Collins, McAuliffe, Hughson, Bishop 69.4 Ht 9 Reeves, Collins, Jarman, Hughson 68.6 Ht 10 Timmo, Eide, McAuliffe, Briggs (f) 70.0 Ht 11 Eide, Gooddy, Templeton, Bishop 68.6 Ht 12 Reeves, Hunter, McAuliffe, Harkins 69.4 Ht 13 Gooddy, Hughson, Jarman, Eide (ef) 70.6 WOLVERHAMPTON 44 COATBRIDGE 34 th Friday, 11 April 1969 [British League] WOLVERHAMPTON Arnold Haley 2 2 3 3 - - 10 Mick Handley 0 0 - - - - 0 James Bond 2 3 3 2' - - 10 1 Peter Vandenberg rider replacement Norman Hunter 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Pete Jackson 2' 2' 1 0 - - 5 2 Geoff Ambrose 2 1' 1' 1 1 - 6 2 Archie Wilkinson 0 1 0 - - - 1 COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 1 3 2 1 - 10 Doug Templeton 1 0 - - - - 1 George Hunter 3 3 2 1' 2 - 11 1 Bert Harkins 0 0 - - - - 0 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) THE BRITISH LEAGUE YEARS Brian Collins 1 2 2 1' 0 - 6 1 Alec Hughson 3 0 0 2' 0 - 5 1 Alister Brady 1 0 - - - - 1 Ht 1 Eide, Haley, Templeton, Hadley 67.6 Ht 2 Hughson, Ambrose, Brady, Wilkinson 71.0 Ht 3 N.Hunter, Jackson, Collins, Harkins 68.6 Ht 4 G.Hunter, Bond, Ambrose, Hughson 68.6 Ht 5 N.Hunter, Jackson, Eide, Templeton 68.4 Ht 6 G.Hunter, Haley, Ambrose, Brady 68.0 Ht 7 Bond, Collins, Ambrose, Hughson 68.4 Ht 8 Eide, Hughson, Ambrose, Handley 69.0 Ht 9 N.Hunter, G.Hunter, Jackson, Hughson 67.4 Ht 10 Haley, Collins, Wilkinson, Harkins 68.2 Ht 11 Bond, Eide, G.Hunter, Wilkinson 68.0 Ht 12 Haley, G.Hunter, Collins, Jackson 67.8 Ht 13 N.Hunter, Bond, Eide, Collins 68.4 COATBRIDGE 42 GLASGOW 36 th Saturday, 12 April 1969 [The Champagne Derby] COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 1' 0 3 2 - 9 1 Doug Templeton 2' 2 3 1 0 - 8 1 George Hunter E 3 2 E 3 - 8 Bert Harkins rider replacement Wayne Briggs 2 2 0 - - - 4 Brian Collins X 2 1 - - - 3 Alec Hughson 3 1' 2' 2 2' - 10 3 GLASGOW Oyvind Berg 1 3 3 1 - - 8 Russ Dent 0 0 1 - - - 1 Jim McMillan 3 1 3 3 - - 10 Alf Wells 0 0 0 - - - 0 Charlie Monk 3 2 2 1 - - 8 Willie Templeton 2 3 1 1 F - 7 Bobby Beaton 1' 1 0 - - - 2 1 Ht 1 Eide, D.Templeton, Berg, Dent 67.8 Ht 2 Hughson, W.Templeton, Beaton, Collins (exc) 70.0 Ht 3 Monk, Briggs, Eide, Wells 67.6 Ht 4 McMillan, Collins, Beaton, Hunter (ef) 68.8 Ht 5 Berg, Briggs, Hughson, Dent 69.0 Ht 6 W.Templeton, D.Templeton, McMillan, Eide 68.8 Ht 7 Hunter, Monk, Collins, Wells 68.2 Ht 8 D.Templeton, Hughson, Dent, Beaton 69.2 Ht 9 McMillan, Hunter, W.Templeton, Briggs 67.0 Ht 10 Eide, Monk, D.Templeton, Wells 68.8 Ht 11 Berg, Hughson, W.Templeton, Hunter (ef) 70.2 Ht 12 McMillan, Eide, Monk, D.Templeton 67.8 Ht 13 Hunter, Hughson, Berg, W.Templeton (f) 70.4 JUNIOR HANDICAP Jimmy Tannock (20yds), Brady (20yds), Dave Reid (scr), [ Andy Meldrum (scr), Brian Murray (scr), Gallacher (scr) 79.8 CONSOLATION RACE Collins, Beaton, Brady, Tannock 71.2 THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES Ht 1 Monk, W.Templeton, Brady, Hunter 68.0 71.2 Ht 2 McMillan, Eide, Dent, Tannock 68.2 69.2 Ht 3 D.Templeton, Berg, Wells, Hughson 69.4 70.2 Final McMillan, Monk, D.Templeton, Eide 69.0 WIMBLEDON 47 COATBRIDGE 31 th Thursday, 17 April 1969 [British League] WIMBLEDON Ronnie Moore 1' 0 3 2 - - 6 1 Cyril Maidment 2 2 1 X - - 5 Reg Luckhurst 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Bobby Dugard 1 E 1 1' - - 3 1 Trevor Hedge 3 3 3 2' - - 11 1 Jim Tebby 2 1 2' - - - 5 1 Gary Everett 1' 3 1 0 - - 5 1 COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2 2 2 1 - 10 Doug Templeton 0 1' 0 - - - 1 1 George Hunter 2 3 0 2 3 - 10 Bert Harkins rider replacement Wayne Briggs 0 1 2 1' E - 4 1 Brian Collins E 1 0 - - - 1 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) THE BRITISH LEAGUE YEARS Alec Hughson 3 0 2 0 - - 5 Alister Brady 0 - - - - - 0 Ht 1 Eide, Maidment, Moore, Templeton 65.3 Ht 2 Hughson, Tebby, Everett, Collins (ef) 66.2 Ht 3 Hedge, Eide, Dugard, Briggs 64.3 Ht 4 Luckhurst, Hunter, Tebby, Hughson 63.7 Ht 5 Hedge, Eide, Templeton, Dugard (ef) 63.7 Ht 6 Hunter, Maidment, Collins, Moore 66.2 Ht 7 Luckhurst, Tebby, Briggs, Hunter 63.9 Ht 8 Everett, Hughson, Maidment, Templeton 64.0 Ht 9 Hedge, Hunter, Dugard, Collins 64.2 Ht 10 Moore, Briggs, Everett, Hughson, Maidment (exc/t) 64.7 Ht 11 Luckhurst, Eide, Briggs, Everett 64.7 Ht 12 Hunter, Moore, Dugard, Briggs (ef) 64.8 Ht 13 Luckhurst, Hedge, Eide, Brady 63.9 COATBRIDGE 40 EXETER 38 th Saturday, 19 April 1969 [British League] COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 2 3 - - 11 Doug Templeton 1 2 1' - - - 4 1 George Hunter 3 E E 2 - - 5 Bert Harkins 2' 1' 1 0 - - 4 2 Wayne Briggs 3 2 3 0 - - 8 Brian Collins 3 1 1 1 - - 6 Alec Hughson E 1' 1 - - - 2 1 EXETER Martin Ashby 2 3 3 2' 3 - 13 1 Mike Cake 0 0 0 - - - 0 Jimmy Squibb 2 2 3 2 2 - 11 Jan Holub 1 2' 3 3 1 - 10 1 Alan Cowland 0 0 - - - - 0 Chris Blewett 2 0 0 1' - - 3 1 Tim Bungay 1' 0 - - - - 1 1 Ht 1 Eide, Ashby, Templeton, Cake 66.8 Ht 2 Collins, Blewett, Bungay, Hughson (ef) 68.8 Ht 3 Briggs, Harkins, Holub, Cowland 68.2 Ht 4 Hunter, Squibb, Collins, Bungay 68.8 Ht 5 Ashby, Briggs, Harkins, Cake 67.0 Ht 6 Eide, Squibb, Collins, Blewett 69.6 Ht 7 Ashby, Holub, Collins, Hunter (ef) 66.6 Ht 8 Squibb, Templeton, Hughson, Cake 70.0 Ht 9 Briggs, Squibb, Harkins, Blewett 68.2 Ht 10 Holub, Eide, Templeton, Cowland 67.0 Ht 11 Holub, Ashby, Hughson, Hunter
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