Coventry Speedway 1985 Season Compiled By Stuart Staite-Aris and Associates May 2015 1985 SEASON SUMMARY Date Meeting Number Event Opponent Home or Away Individual Winner Won or Lost Coventry Score Opponent Score Additional Notes 16/03/1985 1 LEAGUE CUP King's Lynn Home WON 48 30 23/03/1985 2 LEAGUE CUP Oxford Home R/O 29/03/1985 3 LEAGUE CUP OXFORD Away LOST 38 40 30/03/1985 4 LEAGUE CUP Wolverhampton Home WON 41 37 05/04/1985 5 LEAGUE CUP Cradley Home WON 46 32 06/04/1985 6 LEAGUE CUP BELLE VUE Away LOST 37 41 08/04/1985 7 LEAGUE CUP SWINDON Away R/O 13/04/1985 8 LEAGUE CUP Sheffield Home WON 44 34 20/04/1985 9 INTERNATIONAL Home Denmark 47 61 England v Denmark - First Match in Series 20/04/1985 10 LEAGUE CUP CRADLEY HEATH Away LOST 37 41 27/04/1985 11 LEAGUE CUP Belle Vue Home WON 41 37 29/04/1985 12 LEAGUE CUP WOLVERHAMPTON Away R/O 01/05/1985 13 LEAGUE CUP Oxford Home DRAW 39 39 06/05/1985 14 LEAGUE CUP KING'S LYNN Away WON 41 37 11/05/1985 15 LEAGUE CUP Ipswich Home WON 42 36 16/05/1985 16 LEAGUE CUP IPSWICH Away LOST 34 44 18/05/1985 17 LEAGUE CUP Halifax Home ABANDONED 20 16 Abandoned After Heat 6 20/05/1985 18 LEAGUE CUP READING Away R/O 23/05/1985 19 LEAGUE CUP SHEFFIELD Away WON 42 36 25/05/1985 20 LEAGUE CUP Reading Home DRAW 39 39 27/05/1985 21 LEAGUE CUP Swindon Home R/O 29/05/1985 22 LEAGUE CUP Swindon Home WON 42 36 31/05/1985 23 LEAGUE CUP WOLVERHAMPTON Away LOST 38 40 01/06/1985 24 LEAGUE CUP HALIFAX Away WON 41 37 02/06/1985 25 LEAGUE CUP READING Away DRAW 39 39 08/06/1985 26 LEAGUE CUP SWINDON Away LOST 31 47 09/06/1985 27 BRITISH FINAL Home R/O 12/06/1985 28 BRITISH FINAL Home Kenny Carter 12/06/1985 29 KNOCK OUT CUP OXFORD Away R/O 15/06/1985 30 KNOCK OUT CUP Oxford Home LOST 35 43 Round 1 First Leg 19/06/1985 31 LEAGUE CUP Halifax Home LOST 38 40 22/06/1985 32 THREE TEAM TOURNAMENT HALIFAX Away Halifax 29 Coventry 25 Sheffield 24 29/06/1985 33 MIDLAND CUP Reading Home LOST 38 40 30/06/1985 34 BRITISH LEAGUE PAIRS FINAL WOLVERHAMPTON Away Oxford Hans Nielsen and Simon Wigg Coventry Pair Finished 6th 02/07/1985 35 BRITISH LEAGUE IPSWICH Away LOST 34 44 03/07/1985 36 MIDLAND RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP Home Hans Nielsen Final 06/07/1985 37 BRITISH LEAGUE BELLE VUE Away LOST 33 45 13/07/1985 38 BRITISH LEAGUE Sheffield Home ABANDONED 19 11 Abandoned After Heat 5 15/07/1985 39 BRITISH LEAGUE WOLVERHAMPTON Away R/O 19/07/1985 40 KNOCK OUT CUP OXFORD Away LOST 35 43 Round 1 Second Leg 20/07/1985 41 BRITISH LEAGUE Cradley Heath Home WON 41 36 22/07/1985 42 BRITISH LEAGUE WOLVERHAMPTON Away DRAW 39 39 25/07/1985 43 BRITISH LEAGUE SHEFFIELD Away LOST 38 40 27/07/1985 44 BRITISH LEAGUE Halifax Home WON 43 35 30/07/1985 45 WORLD GAMES PAIRS WIMBLEDON Away Ipswich John Cook and Jeremy Doncaster Coventry Pair Finished 4th Kelvin Tatum 11 Tommy Knudsen 5 03/08/1985 46 BRITISH LEAGUE HALIFAX Away LOST 31 47 05/08/1985 47 FOUR TEAM TOURNAMENT WOLVERHAMPTON Away Wolverhampton 33 Coventry 26 Birmingham 16 Cradley Heath 21 10/08/1985 48 NATIONAL LEAGUE RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Home Neil Middleditch 17/08/1985 49 BRITISH LEAGUE Oxford Home LOST 37 41 23/08/1985 50 BRITISH LEAGUE OXFORD Away LOST 35 43 24/08/1985 51 BRITISH LEAGUE Swindon Home WON 39 38 26/08/1985 52 BRITISH LEAGUE King's Lynn Home WON 47 31 04/09/1985 53 BRANDONAPOLIS Home R/O 07/09/1985 54 BRITISH LEAGUE KING'S LYNN Away LOST 38 40 14/09/1985 55 BRITISH LEAGUE Wolverhampton Home WON 53 25 16/09/1985 56 MIDLAND CUP READING Away LOST 34 44 18/09/1985 57 BRANDONAPOLIS Home Hans Nielsen 21/09/1985 58 BRITISH LEAGUE Reading Home WON 45 33 25/09/1985 59 LEAGUE CUP CRADLEY HEATH Away LOST 38 40 Semi Final First Leg 29/09/1985 60 BRITISH LEAGUE Belle Vue Home WON 43 34 02/10/1985 61 LEAGUE CUP Cradley Heath Home WON 46 32 Semi Final Second Leg 05/10/1985 62 BRITISH LEAGUE CRADLEY HEATH Away WON 44 34 12/10/1985 63 BRITISH LEAGUE Ipswich Home WON 45 33 14/10/1985 64 BRITISH LEAGUE READING Away DRAW 39 39 17/10/1985 65 BRITISH LEAGUE SWINDON Away WON 43 35 19/10/1985 66 BRITISH LEAGUE Sheffield Home WON 49 29 20/10/1985 67 BRITISH LEAGUE RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL BELLE VUE Away Erik Gundersen 25/10/1985 68 LEAGUE CUP OXFORD Away LOST 36 42 Final First Leg 26/10/1985 69 LEAGUE CUP Oxford Home WON 50 28 Final Second Leg Page 1 Meeting Date Opponents Home or Away Event Result Score Knudsen Tatum Bargh Bastable Andersen Jorgensen Miller Hawkins Bacon 1 16 March 1985 King's Lynn Home League Cup Won 48-30 4 11 1 4 11 4 9 1 4 7 3 5 3 3 1 4 2 1 2 29 March 1985 Oxford Away League Cup Lost 38-40 5 7 2 4 11 4 6 3 2 4 6 4 5 1 3 1 1 3 30 March 1985 Wolverhampton Home League Cup Won 41-37 4 9 4 9 1 4 3 1 4 8 1 3 4 1 3 3 2 4 5 1 4 05 April 1985 Cradley Heath Home League Cup Won 45-32 4 8 4 11 4 3 2 4 9 3 3 1 4 7 2 4 4 2 5 06 April 1985 Belle Vue Away League Cup Lost 37-41 4 9 1 4 7 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 4 6 1 4 8 6 13 April 1985 Sheffield Home League Cup Won 44-34 4 12 4 10 1 3 2 4 6 1 3 3 1 4 8 4 3 7 20 April 1985 Cradley Heath Away League Cup Lost 37-41 5 10 1 5 14 2 0 4 7 1 3 0 4 5 1 3 1 1 8 27 April 1985 Belle Vue Home League Cup Won 41-37 4 6 1 4 8 1 4 2 1 3 3 1 5 10 4 7 1 3 5 9 01 May 1985 Oxford Home League Cup Draw 39-39 4 9 1 4 9 1 4 6 2 5 3 FNs 5 9 1 4 3 10 06 May 1985 King's Lynn Away League Cup Won 41-37 5 13 2 5 15 4 4 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 11 11 May 1985 Ipswich Home League Cup Won 42-36 4 8 4 11 4 6 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 5 4 5 2 12 16 May 1985 Ipswich Away League Cup Lost 34-44 4 9 4 3 1 0 3 1 1 5 6 4 2 1 13 18 May 1985 Halifax Home League Cup Abandoned 20-16 2 5 2 3 1 0 1 3 2 5 2 1 2 3 1 14 23 May 1985 Sheffield Away League Cup Won 42-36 4 11 4 11 4 5 1 4 5 1 3 3 4 2 1 3 5 1 15 25 May 1985 Reading Home League Cup Draw 39-39 4 8 1 4 2 2 4 5 3 6 4 4 1 3 3 1 16 29 May 1985 Swindon Home League Cup Won 42-36 4 12 4 6 1 3 1 4 6 3 3 4 7 1 4 7 17 31 May 1985 Wolverhampton Away League Cup Lost 38-40 4 7 4 6 3 1 1 4 5 1 3 2 1 5 10 2 3 7 18 01 June 1985 Halifax Away League Cup Won 41-37 4 12 4 7 4 3 1 4 4 2 3 2 4 5 1 4 8 19 02 June 1985 Reading Away League Cup Draw 39-39 4 10 1 4 6 2 3 1 1 4 3 3 5 4 6 4 8 20 08 June 1985 Swindon Away League Cup Lost 31-47 4 8 1 3 3 1 5 8 1 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 21 15 June 1985 Oxford Home Knockout Cup Lost 35-43 3 3 5 7 1 3 2 5 5 2 4 3 2 22 19 June 1985 Halifax Home League Cup Lost 38-40 4 9 4 5 3 5 3 0 4 4 1 4 7 1 4 8 1 23 22 June 1985 Halifax/Sheffield Away Three Team Tournament Lost 2nd 25 5 10 4 2 24 29 June 1985 Reading Home Midland Cup Lost 38-40 5 9 1 5 14 4 5 3 4 1 3 0 25 02 July 1985 Ipswich Away British League Lost 35-43 5 11 5 14 4 6 1 3 0 3 0 3 3 26 06 July 1985 Belle Vue Away British League Lost 33-45 6 18 3 2 1 5 5 4 6 3 0 27 13 July 1985 Sheffield Home British League Abandoned 19-11 1 2 1 1 3 2 4 2 4 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 28 19 July 1985 Oxford Away Knockout Cup Lost 35-43 5 13 5 10 2 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 0 4 5 29 20 July 1985 Cradley Heath Home British League Won 41-36 4 10 4 5 5 8 3 4 3 3 2 4 6 2 4 5 1 30 22 July 1985 Wolverhampton Away British League Draw 39-39 4 9 1 4 9 1 3 0 4 9 3 4 1 4 6 1 4 2 31 25 July 1985 Sheffield Away British League Lost 38-40 4 11 4 6 5 10 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 4 4 2 3 4 1 32 27 July 1985 Halifax Home British League Won 43-35 4 11 4 9 3 2 1 4 6 1 3 4 1 4 8 3 4 3 33 03 August 1985 Halifax Away British League Lost 31-47 3 1 1 4 6 3 1 3 1 34 05 August 1985 Wol/Birm/Crad Away Four Team Tournament Lost 2nd 26 4 8 4 11 4 3 4 3 1 1 35 17 August 1985 Oxford Home British League Lost 37-41 4 9 1 4 9 1 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 6 2 4 4 1 36 23 August 1985 Oxford Away British League Lost 35-43 5 9 4 10 4 5 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 4 5 3 3 2 37 24 August 1985 Swindon Home British League Won 39-38 5 11 1 5 12 3 4 3 3 3 1 4 5 1 3 3 1 38 26 August 1985 King's Lynn Home British League Won 47-31 4 12 4 7 1 3 7 4 8 2 3 3 1 4 7 4 3 2 39 07 September 1985 King's Lynn Away British League Lost 38-40 4 12 4 4 1 4 7 1 4 4 3 3 4 7 3 1 40 14 September 1985 Wolverhampton Home British League Won 53-25 4 10 1 4 11 3 7 2 4 7 3 2 4 8 1 4 8 2 41 16 September 1985 Reading Away Midland Cup Lost 34-44 5 11 1 4 7 5 11 3 0 3 0 3 2 3 3 1 42 21 September 1985 Reading Home British League Won 45-33 4 12 4 6 3 3 4 5 2 3 5 2 4 8 2 4 6 1 43 25 September 1985 Cradley Heath Away League Cup Lost 38-40 5 10 1 3 5 4 5 2 3 1 1 3 2 1 3 3 44 28 September 1985 Belle Vue Home British League Won 43-34 4 10 2 4 8 1 3 5 4 7 3 1 4 8 1 4 4 1 45 02 October 1985 Cradley Heath Home League Cup Won 46-32 4 11 1 4 12 3 4 4 5 3 3 1 4 9 4 2 46 05 October 1985 Cradley Heath Away British League Won 44-34 4 7 4 10 1 3 6 1 4 5 2 3 4 4 3 2 4 9 1 47 12 October 1985 Ipswich Home British League Won 45-33 4 11 4 7 3 4 1 4 5 2 3 2 1 4 9 2 4 7 48 14 October 1985 Reading Away British League Draw 39-39 4 10 4 10 3 3 1 4 3 1 3 0 4 3 2 4 10 1 49 17 October 1985 Swindon Away British League Won 43-35 4 10 4 6 5 10 4 7 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 5 1 50 19 October 1985 Sheffield Home British League Won 49-29 4 9 2 4 10 4 6 1 4 7 4 3 2 2 2 4 12 51 25 October 1985 Oxford Away League Cup Lost 36-42 4 11 5 9 1 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 1 1 3 5 52 26 October 1985 Oxford Home League Cup Won 50-28 4 9 4 12 3 4 2 4 5 2 3 4 4 6 3 4 10 1 Jnr 30 July 1985 Barrow Away Challenge Match Lost 15-62 Coventry Bees Averages 1985 Season British League Matches Only Matches Rides Points Bonus Points Average 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Retired Excluded Tommy Knudsen 19 81 202 8 10.37 48 27 4 2 0 0 Kelvin Tatum 18 74 153 6 8.59 33 23 8 5 3 2 John Jorgensen 17 65 98 23 7.45 11 19 27 7 0 1 David Bargh 19 66 93 13 6.42 14 16 19 14 1 2 Steve Bastable 20 77 102 15 6.08 14 21 18 20 3 1 Rick Miller 19 70 90 15 6.00 15 13 19 14 5 4 Frank Andersen 20 62 51 12 4.06 3 9 24 24 2 0 Kevin Hawkins 2 6 3 0 2.00 1 0 0 5 0 0