SEASON 1979 U.K. SPEEDWAY RESULTS Compiled by DAVE ALLAN 15/03/1979 Wimbledon Eastbourne Gold Cup West 44-33 16/03/1979 Ellesmere Port Stoke Challenge L1 Postponed Rain 16/03/1979 Hackney King's Lynn Gold Cup East Postponed Snow 16/03/1979 Swindon Mirrorsport Trophy Individual Postponed Snow 17/03/1979 Cradley Heath Bastable's English Sel v Penhall's Overseas Sel Challenge Postponed Snow 17/03/1979 Coventry Leicester East Midlands Bowl L1 Postponed Rain 17/03/1979 Belle Vue Halifax FV Northern Trophy Postponed Rain 17/03/1979 King's Lynn Hackney Gold Cup East 43-35 18/03/1979 Mildenhall Oxford Challenge L1 Postponed Rain 18/03/1979 Boston Cudas Social Club Speedarama Individual John Jackson 19/03/1979 Birmingham Belle Vue Challenge Postponed Rain 19/03/1979 Newcastle Ellesmere Port Challenge Postponed Snow 19/03/1979 Reading Swindon Silver Spanner L1 43-34 20/03/1979 Leicester Coventry East Midlands Bowl L1 33-45 21/03/1979 Poole Reading Challenge L1 33-45 22/03/1979 Oxford Mildenhall Challenge L1 Postponed Track unfit 22/03/1979 Wimbledon Poole Gold Cup West 48-30 22/03/1979 Swindon Mirrorsport Trophy Individual Ole Olsen 23/03/1979 Ellesmere Port Stoke Challenge L1 60-48 23/03/1979 Hackney King's Lynn Gold Cup East 42-36 24/03/1979 Coventry Wimbledon British League 54-24 24/03/1979 Halifax Eastbourne British League Postponed Snow 24/03/1979 Cradley Heath Bastable's English Sel v Penhall's Overseas Sel Challenge 39-39 24/03/1979 Belle Vue Sheffield FV Northern Trophy Postponed Frozen track 24/03/1979 King's Lynn Ipswich Gold Cup East 46-32 24/03/1979 Swindon Reading Silver Spanner L2 39-39 25/03/1979 Boston Peterborough Challenge 41-36 25/03/1979 Mildenhall Stoke Challenge 57-21 25/03/1979 Rye House Canterbury Challenge Postponed Rain 26/03/1979 Birmingham Eastbourne British League Postponed Rain 26/03/1979 Cradley Heath Belle Vue Challenge Postponed Rain 26/03/1979 Newcastle Ellesmere Port Challenge Postponed Rain 26/03/1979 Reading Poole Challenge 46-32 26/03/1979 Exeter Wimbledon Gold Cup West Postponed Rain 27/03/1979 Leicester Cradley Heath Inter-Counties Trophy L1 Postponed Rain 28/03/1979 Poole Swindon Challenge L1 43-35 28/03/1979 Hull Halifax FV Northern Trophy Postponed Rain SEASON 1979 U.K. SPEEDWAY RESULTS Compiled by DAVE ALLAN 29/03/1979 Oxford Nottingham Challenge Postponed Rain 29/03/1979 Sheffield Belle Vue FV Northern Trophy 41-37 29/03/1979 Ipswich King's Lynn Gold Cup East 40-38 29/03/1979 Wimbledon Exeter Gold Cup West Postponed Rain 30/03/1979 Workington Berwick Border Trophy L1 41-35 30/03/1979 Ellesmere Port Nottingham Challenge 52-26 30/03/1979 Peterborough Boston Challenge Postponed Rain 30/03/1979 Wolverhampton Cradley Heath Challenge 34-44 30/03/1979 Hull Halifax FV Northern Trophy 36-42 30/03/1979 Hackney Ipswich Gold Cup East 39-38 30/03/1979 Eastbourne Wimbledon Gold Cup West 37-40 31/03/1979 Berwick Workington Border Trophy L2 48-29 31/03/1979 Coventry Reading British League 43-35 31/03/1979 Halifax Cradley Heath British League 46-31 31/03/1979 Stoke Ellesmere Port Challenge L2 Postponed Rain 31/03/1979 Swindon Poole Challenge L2 50-28 31/03/1979 Belle Vue Hull FV Northern Trophy 38-40 31/03/1979 King's Lynn Daily Mirror 500 Individual Michael Lee 31/03/1979 Canterbury Crayford Kent Cup L1 46-32 01/04/1979 Mildenhall Nottingham Challenge 53-25 01/04/1979 Boston Oxford National League Postponed Rain 01/04/1979 Rye House Middlesbrough National League Postponed Rain 02/04/1979 Birmingham Sheffield British League 49-29 02/04/1979 Cradley Heath Belle Vue Challenge 39-39 02/04/1979 Newcastle Ellesmere Port Challenge 36-42 02/04/1979 Reading King's Lynn Gold Cup East 42-36 02/04/1979 Exeter Wimbledon Gold Cup West 39-39 03/04/1979 Leicester Cradley Heath Inter-Counties Trophy L1 Postponed Rain 03/04/1979 Crayford Canterbury Kent Cup L2 Postponed Rain 03/04/1979 Milton Keynes Oxford Two Cities Trophy L1 35-42 04/04/1979 Hull Sheffield FV Northern Trophy 39-39 04/04/1979 Poole Wimbledon Gold Cup West 44-34 05/04/1979 Wimbledon Birmingham British League 63-15 05/04/1979 Oxford Nottingham Challenge 47-30 05/04/1979 Sheffield Halifax FV Northern Trophy 43-35 05/04/1979 Ipswich Hackney Gold Cup East 44-34 05/04/1979 Middlesbrough Newcastle Tyne-Tees Trophy L1 31-47 SEASON 1979 U.K. SPEEDWAY RESULTS Compiled by DAVE ALLAN 06/04/1979 Edinburgh Middlesbrough Challenge Postponed Rain 06/04/1979 Peterborough Boston Challenge Postponed Rain 06/04/1979 Hackney Reading Gold Cup East 35-43 06/04/1979 Eastbourne Poole Gold Cup West 43-35 06/04/1979 Wolverhampton Midland Riders Championship SF Individual Two way tie S. Bastable/O. Olsen 06/04/1979 Ellesmere Port Red Star Prague (Czechoslovakia) International Challenge 32-46 06/04/1979 Workington Stoke National League 39-39 07/04/1979 Belle Vue Wolverhampton British League 39-39 07/04/1979 Cradley Heath Ipswich British League Postponed Rain 07/04/1979 Halifax Wimbledon British League Postponed Rain 07/04/1979 Swindon Coventry British League 37-41 07/04/1979 King's Lynn Reading Gold Cup East 42-36 07/04/1979 Berwick World Championship British PR Individual Postponed Rain 07/04/1979 Canterbury Red Star Prague (Czechoslovakia) International Challenge 33-45 08/04/1979 Hackney World Championship British PR Individual Mike Lanham 08/04/1979 Mildenhall World Championship British PR Individual Mick Hines 08/04/1979 Rye House World Championship British PR Individual Postponed Track flooded - moved to Hackney 08/04/1979 Boston Young Sweden International Challenge 42-36 08/04/1979 Newcastle Red Star Prague (Czechoslovakia) International Challenge 33-45 08/04/1979 Stoke Berwick National League Postponed Rain 09/04/1979 Birmingham Hull British League Postponed Rain 09/04/1979 Reading Ipswich Gold Cup East 38-39 09/04/1979 Exeter Eastbourne Gold Cup West Postponed Rain 09/04/1979 Newcastle Middlesbrough Tyne-Tees Trophy L2 46-32 10/04/1979 Weymouth Oxford Challenge 33-45 10/04/1979 Leicester Midland Riders Championship SF Individual Phil Crump 10/04/1979 Crayford Young Sweden International Challenge 32-45 10/04/1979 Milton Keynes Red Star Prague (Czechoslovakia) International Challenge 31-47 11/04/1979 Hull Belle Vue FV Northern Trophy 46-32 11/04/1979 Poole Eastbourne Gold Cup West 35-43 11/04/1979 Nottingham Red Star Prague (Czechoslovakia) International Challenge Postponed Rain 12/04/1979 Sheffield Ipswich British League 47-31 12/04/1979 Wimbledon Spring Classic Individual Scott Autrey 12/04/1979 Oxford Young Sweden International Challenge 49-29 12/04/1979 Middlesbrough Edinburgh National League 33-44 13/04/1979 Peterborough Peterborough v Mildenhall v Rye House Anglian 3TT L1 36 v 31 v 41 13/04/1979 Glasgow Workington Anglo-Scottish Cup L1 Postponed Rain SEASON 1979 U.K. SPEEDWAY RESULTS Compiled by DAVE ALLAN 13/04/1979 Eastbourne Hull British League 50-27 13/04/1979 Hackney Swindon British League 29-49 13/04/1979 Reading Birmingham British League 44-34 13/04/1979 Wolverhampton Belle Vue Challenge 46-32 13/04/1979 King's Lynn Ipswich Cup Winners Cup L1 41-37 13/04/1979 Ipswich King's Lynn Cup Winners Cup L2 39-39 13/04/1979 Ellesmere Port Newcastle Daily Star Trophy 43-35 13/04/1979 Poole Exeter Gold Cup West 38-40 13/04/1979 Belle Vue B Vue v Cradley Heath v E Port v Wolves Inter-Lge 4TT QR A L1 Postponed Rain 13/04/1979 Edinburgh Young Sweden International Challenge 41-34 13/04/1979 Oxford Oxford/Nottingham Select v Red Star Prague International Challenge 37-41 14/04/1979 Belle Vue Wimbledon British League 39-39 14/04/1979 Coventry King's Lynn British League 45-33 14/04/1979 Cradley Heath Reading British League 40-38 14/04/1979 Swindon Leicester British League 59-19 14/04/1979 Berwick Glasgow Challenge 46-32 14/04/1979 Halifax Sheffield FV Northern Trophy 33-45 14/04/1979 Stoke Red Star Prague (Czechoslovakia) International Challenge Postponed Track not ready 14/04/1979 Canterbury Weymouth National League 43-35 15/04/1979 Mildenhall Mildenhall v Rye House v Peterborough Anglian 3TT L2 37 v 42 v 29 15/04/1979 Workington Glasgow Anglo-Scottish Cup L1 49-29 15/04/1979 Eastbourne Cradley Heath British League 36-41 15/04/1979 Reading Hackney Gold Cup East 52-26 15/04/1979 Boston Red Star Prague (Czechoslovakia) International Challenge 25-53 15/04/1979 Newcastle Young Sweden International Challenge 40-38 16/04/1979 Rye House Rye House v Peterborough v Mildenhall Anglian 3TT L3 49 v 28 v 31 16/04/1979 Newcastle Geordie Jeans Best Pairs Best Pairs T. Owen & R. Hunter 16/04/1979 Birmingham Wolverhampton British League 41-37 16/04/1979 Coventry Swindon British League 43-35 16/04/1979 King's Lynn Eastbourne British League 53-25 16/04/1979 Wimbledon Sheffield British League 56-22 16/04/1979 Belle Vue Halifax FV Northern Trophy 40-37 16/04/1979 Halifax Belle Vue FV Northern Trophy 44-34 16/04/1979 Exeter Poole Gold Cup West 54-24 16/04/1979 Cradley Heath Leicester Inter-Counties Trophy L1 44-34 16/04/1979 Reading Getingarna (Sweden) International Challenge 52-26 16/04/1979 Weymouth Red Star Prague (Czechoslovakia) International Challenge 26-52 SEASON 1979 U.K.