1967 Timeline August

1967 Timeline
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr- May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec
August
Tuesday
1
Long Eaton 44-52 Edinburgh British League KO Cup Quarter Final
West Ham 51-45 Swindon British League KO Cup Quarter Final
Silver Sash Barry Briggs beat Malcolm Simmons
Wednesday
2
Coventry
Poole 46-31 West Ham British League
Coventry 58.5-37.5 King's Lynn British League KO Cup Quarter Final
Thursday
3
Oxford 49-29 Newcastle British League
Sheffield 41-37 Poole British League
Wimbledon 43-34 Glasgow British League
Friday
4
Glasgow 35-43 Swindon British League
Silver Sash Barry Briggs beat Malcolm Simmons
Newport 45-33 Newcastle British League
Wolverhampton 46-32 Halifax British League
Hackney 52-26 Prague Challenge
Hackney Prague
Karel Prusa, Stanislav Kubicek, Antonin Kasper,
Antonin Svab, Miroslav Verner, Jan Holub,
Frantisek, Ledecky Lubos Tomicek (on bike)
Saturday
5
Cradley Heath 54-24 Belle Vue British League
Edinburgh 45-33 Poole British League
Halifax 44-34 Wolverhampton British League
Swindon 47-31 Coventry British League
Silver Sash Barry Briggs beat Nigel Boocock
King's Lynn 43-35 Prague Challenge
Nelson The Olympiad Trophy
1st Goog.Allan
2nd Jim McMillan
3rd John Dews

King's Lynn Swindon
Monday
7
Newcastle 40-38 Poole British League
Exeter 42-36 Prague Challenge
Tuesday
8
Long Eaton
West Ham 54-24 Sheffield British League
Long Eaton 41-37 Prague Challenge
Wednesday
9
Poole 43-34 Hackney British League
Thursday
10
Oxford
Sheffield 33-45 West Ham British League
Wimbledon 42-36 Poole British League
Oxford 38-39 Prague Challenge
Friday
11
Newport Welsh Pairs Trophy
1st Torbjorn Harrysson & John Bishop
Hackney 42-36 Coventry British League
King's Lynn 47-31 Cradley Heath British League
Wolverhampton 42-35 Swindon British League
Silver Sash Barry Briggs beat Jim Airey
Glasgow vs Edinburgh Scottish Cup rained off
Saturday
12
Belle Vue
Belle Vue 40-38 Wimbledon British League
Coventry 41-36 Newport British League
Swindon 44-34 King's Lynn British League
Silver Sash Barry Briggs beat David Crane
Cradley Heath 37-41 Prague Challenge
Nelson 51-45 Wolverhampton B Challenge
Halifax The Dews Trophy
1st Jim Airey
2nd Eric Boothroyd
3rd Eric Boocock

King's Lynn British Speedway Supporters Club Trophy
1st Grahame Edmonds
2nd Pete Murray
3rd Pete Murray

Edinburgh 56-39 Glasgow Scottish Cup 1st Leg
Sunday
13
WTC
Frederica, Denmark Scandinavian Round World Team Cup
Sweden 44 - Ove Fundin 12 Gote Nordin 12 Bengt Jansson 11 Bernt Persson 9 Per Olaf Söderman dnr
Denmark - Paul Wissing 10, Ole Olsen 6, Godtfred Andersen 4, Kurt Bogh 4, Borge Christiansen 0
Norway - Oyvind S Berg 6 Jonny Faafeng 5 Per Aulie 4 Thorbjörn Nygaard 3 Niels Tontum 0
Finland - Kalevi Lahtinen 7 Matti Olin 2 Jouko Naskali 1 Olavi Turunen 0 Reijo Tolviander 0
Monday
14
Polish Rider Andrzej Walicki dies after a track crash at Pila, Poland on the 13th
Exeter 44-34 Wolverhampton
British League
Newcastle vs Oxford British League rained off
Tuesday
15
West Ham
West Ham British Final rained off
Wednesday
16
Coventry 44-33 Wolverhampton British League
Long Eaton 38-40 Glasgow British League
Poole High Speed Gas Prizes
1st Reidar Eide
2nd Colin Pratt
3rd Ivan Mauger

Swindon 48-30 Oxford Midland Cup Semi Final 1st leg
Thursday
17
Wimbledon
Oxford 56-22 Newport British League
Sheffield 43-35 Swindon British League
Silver Sash Barry Briggs beat Alan Jay
Wimbledon 41-37 Belle Vue British League
Friday
18
Glasgow 40-38 Wimbledon British League
Hackney 46-31 Newcastle British League
King's Lynn 45-33 Halifax British League
Wolverhampton 40-38 Edinburgh British League
Newport Alby Golden's Team 43-35 Jimmy Gooch's Team Challenge (this meeting should have been Newport vs Belle Vue but only two Belle Vue riders arrived for the meeting
Glasgow
Saturday
19
Halifax
Coventry 46-32 Exeter British League
Coventry 56-22 Glasgow British League
Cradley Heath 45-33 Long Eaton British League
Edinburgh 49-28 King's Lynn British League
Halifax 48-29 West Ham British League
Swindon 51-27 Sheffield British League
Silver Sash: Barry Briggs beat John Hart
Belle Vue Peter Craven Memorial Trophy
1st Ivan Mauger
2nd Ove Fundin
3rd Cyril Maidment
Sunday
20
Kempten, Germany Continental Final World Championship QR
1st Andrzej Wyglenda
2nd Jerzy Trzeszkowski
3rd Igor Plechanov
Monday
21
Exeter 61-17 Sheffield British League
Newcastle 46-32 Wimbledon British League
Tuesday
22
West Ham British Final World Championship QR
1st Barry Briggs
2nd Ivan Mauger
3rd Eric Boocock

Long Eaton 41-36 Newport
British League
Eric Boocock, Barry Briggs Ivan Mauger West Ham
Wednesday
23
Poole 48-30 Sheffield British League
Thursday
24
Oxford 44-34 West Ham British League
Sheffield Northern Riders Championship
1st Ivan Mauger
2nd Tommy Roper
3rd Billy Bales

Wimbledon 62-33 Hackney London Cup
Friday
25
Glasgow 43-35 Halifax British League
Newport 50-28 Long Eaton British League
Swindon 46-32 Edinburgh British League
Silver Sash Barry Briggs beat Reidar Eide
Swindon 56-22 Exeter British League
Silver Sash Barry Briggs beat Wayne Briggs
Hackney 42-54 West Ham London Cup
Wolverhampton 38-40 Coventry Midland Cup Semi Final 1st leg
Saturday
26
Belle Vue Best Pairs Trophy
1st Barry Briggs & Dave Hardy
Coventry 56-22 Halifax British League
Edinburgh 45-33 Wolverhampton British League
King's Lynn 43-35 Newcastle British League
Cradley Heath 50-28 Newport Challenge
Nelson 58-37 Sheffield B Challenge
Edinburgh Coventry
Sunday
27


Wroclaw
Wroclaw, Poland European Final World Championship QR
1st Andrzej Wyglensa
2nd Andrzej Pogorzelski
3rd Igor Plechanov
Monday
28
Oxford
Halifax 38-39 Cradley Heath British League
King's Lynn 46-32 Edinburgh British League
Exeter 27-27 Poole Challenge
Exeter Westward TV Trophy
1st Barry Briggs
2nd Gote Nordin
3rd Ronnie Genz

Newcastle 52-25 Sheffield Champagne Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: Sheffield 79 - 77 Newcastle
Oxford 38-40 Swindon Midland Cup Semi Final 2nd leg
Agg: Swindon 88 - 68 Oxford
Tuesday
29
Long Eaton 32-46 Coventry British League
West Ham 60-36 Wimbledon London Cup
Wednesday
30
Coventry
Poole 47-31 Halifax British League
Coventry 49-29 Wolverhampton Midland Cup Semi Final 2nd leg
Agg: Coventry 89 - 67 Wolverhampton
Thursday
31
Sheffield 42-36 Oxford British League
Wimbledon 37-59 West Ham London Cup