1971 Timeline May

1971 Timeline May

1969 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec - 1971

May Saturday 1 Gislaved, W.C.Q.R Canterbury 34-44 Boston Challenge Swindon 36-41 Belle Vue British League Division One Cradley Heath 44-34 Coventry British League Division One Halifax 44-34 Wolverhampton British League Division One Golden Helmet Ole Olsen beat Eric Boocock Berwick 60-18 Rochdale British League Division Two Rayleigh Eastern Counties Championship Won By John Louis King's Lynn World Championship QR Won By Malcolm Simmons Visby, Sweden World Championship Swedish Quarter Final Won By Bengt Jansson Gislaved, Sweden World Championship Swedish Quarter Final Göte Nordin Sunday 2 Sunderland 40-38 Teesside North-East Trophy Boston 47-31 Workington Challenge Rye House 48-30 Rayleigh Challenge Mälilla, Sweden World Championship Swedish Quarter Final won by Sören Sjösten Mälilla, W.C.Q.R Boston Monday 3 Malmo W.C.Q.R Scunthorpe 39-38 Hull Humberside Trophy Exeter 40-38 Newport British League Division One Reading 42-36 Cradley Heath British League Division One Crewe 56-22 Peterborough British League Division Two Malmö. Sweden World Championship Swedish Quarter Final Per-Olof Söderman Tuesday 4 Leicester 38-40 Belle Vue British League Division One West Ham 40-38 Reading Metropolitan Gold Cup Wednesday 5 Hull 38-39 Rochdale Division Two KOC 1st Rnd 2nd Leg Agg: Rochdale 86 - 69 Hull Poole 43-35 Halifax British League Division One Bradford Odsal Trophy Won By Dave Baugh Thursday 6 Wimbledon 26-22 Newport British League Division One Aban Ht 8 Long Eaton 39-39 Boston British League Division Two Ipswich 42-35 Hull British League Division Two Silver Helmet John Louis beat Tony Childs Teesside 42-35 Crewe British League Division Two Romford 43-35 Berwick British League Division Two Oxford 46-32 Poole British League Division One KOC 1st Rnd Sheffield vs Swindon British League Division One Rained Off Friday 7 Rochdale 03-03 Bradford British League Division Two Aban Ht 1 Workington 37-41 Eastbourne British League Division Two Hackney 40-38 Exeter British League Division One Newport 43-35 Oxford British League Division One Glasgow 49-29 Coventry British League Division One Peterborough 54-24 Canterbury British League Division Two Wolverhampton Olympique Won By Ole Olsen Saturday 8 Canterbury Canterbury 39-39 Ipswich British League Division Two Silver Helmet Graham Banks beat John Louis King's Lynn 40-38 Exeter British League Division One Cradley Heath 41-37 Sheffield British League Division One Swindon 43-35 Wimbledon British League Division One KOC 1st Rnd Coventry 45-33 Wembley British League Division One Belle Vue 46-32 Glasgow British League Division One Berwick 49-29 Rayleigh British League Division Two Halifax 49-29 West Ham British League Division One KOC 1st Rnd Udine Italy World Championship QR Continental Quarter Final Aleksander Pawłow Sunday 9 Sunderland 36-41 Rayleigh British League Division Two Eastbourne 54-23 Crewe British League Division Two Boston Lincoln Championship Trophy Won By Tony Davey Praga, Poland World Championship QR Continental Quarter Final Hans Jürgen Fritz Miskolc Hungary World Championship QR Continental Quarter Final Jan Holub Abensberg, Germany World Championship QR Continental Quarter Final Jan Mucha Eastbourne Sunderland Monday 10 Reading 39-39 Belle Vue British League Division One Crewe 39-39 Workington British League Division Two Scunthorpe 39-39 Boston Challenge Exeter 41-37 Halifax British League Division One Hackney 45-33 West Ham Metropolitan Gold Cup Tuesday 11 West Ham 40-38 Glasgow British League Division One Leicester Midland Pairs Handicap Won By Graham Plant & Alan Cowland Wednesday 12 Poole 45-33 Wolverhampton British League Division One Golden Helmet Ole Olsen beat Reidar Eide Bradford 46-32 Rochdale British League Division Two Hull Hull Open Championship Won By Reg Wilson Thursday 13 Romford 37-40 Eastbourne British League Division Two Sheffield 43-35 Reading British League Division One Teesside 44-34 Boston British League Division Two Oxford 45-33 West Ham British League Division One Long Eaton 45-33 Peterborough British League Division Two Wimbledon 50-28 Coventry British League Division One Ipswich 55-22 Berwick British League Division Two Friday 14 Workington vs Boston Peterborough 41-37 Long Eaton British League Division Two Workington 42-36 Boston British League Division Two Wolverhampton 43-35 Hackney British League Division One Golden Helmet Ole Olsen beat Bengt Jansson Newport 44-34 Poole British League Division One Rochdale 44-34 Canterbury British League Division Two Silver Helmet Graham Banks beat Alan Wilkinson Hackney Superama Won By Ray Wilson Saturday 15 Canterbury 41-36 Rayleigh Kent-Essex Cup 1st Leg King's Lynn 41.5-35.5 Sheffield British League Division One Coventry 43-35 Leicester British League Division One Swindon 43-35 Wembley British League Division One Halifax 46-31 Newport British League Division One Belle Vue 46-32 Cradley Heath British League Division One Berwick 46-32 Ipswich British League Division Two Glasgow 52-26 Hackney British League Division One Sunday 16 Rye House 41-37 Romford Challenge Sunderland 42-36 Bradford British League Division Two Eastbourne 44-34 Rochdale British League Division Two Boston 47-31 Canterbury British League Division Two Silver Helmet Graham Banks beat Jim Ryman Monday 17 Cradley LP Transport Trophy Scunthorpe 48-30 Peterborough Challenge Reading 49-29 Coventry British League Division One Crewe 49-29 Rayleigh British League Division Two Exeter 52-26 West Ham British League Division One Cradley Heath L.P. Transport Trophy Won By Ivan Mauger Tuesday 18 British Semi Final Leicester 49-29 Newport British League Division One West Ham World Championship QR Brittish Semi Final Won By Ronnie Moore Wednesday 19 Bradford 45-33 Berwick British League Division Two Poole 52-26 Belle Vue British League Division One Hull 55-23 Teesside British League Division Two Thursday 20 Romford vs workington Ipswich 42-36 Eastbourne Challenge Long Eaton 45-32 Hull Challenge Wimbledon 47-31 Poole British League Division One Oxford 48-30 Sheffield British League Division One Romford 49-26 Workington British League Division Two Sheffield World Championship QR Brittish Semi Final Won By Ivan Mauger Teesside Teesside Open Won By Tim Swales Friday 21 Hackney 33-45 Swindon British League Division One Glasgow 39-39 Halifax British League Division One Workington 40-38 Long Eaton British League Division Two Rochdale 41-37 Crewe British League Division Two Peterborough 42-36 Romford British League Division Two Newport 43-35 Reading British League Division One Wolverhampton 45-33 Wimbledon British League Division One Golden Helmet Ole Olsen beat Trevor Hedge King's Lynn 47-31 Cradley Heath British League Division One Saturday 22 Cradley Heath 39-39 Wembley British League Division One Rayleigh 41-37 Peterborough British League Division Two Berwick 45-33 Long Eaton British League Division Two Coventry 47-30 King's Lynn British League Division One Halifax 49-29 Hackney British League Division One Canterbury 54-24 Birmingham British League Division Two Silver Helmet Graham Banks beat George Major Belle Vue 61-17 Oxford British League Division One Swindon Great Britain 80-28 Poland 1st Test Match Gdansk Poland Poland 81-25 Great Britain 1st Test Match GB v Poland 1st Test Poland (B) v GB (B) 1st Test Poland (B) v GB (B) 2nd Test Sunday 23 Shelbourne 31-45 North East Select Challenge Sunderland 43-35 Berwick North Eastern Trophy Boston 44-34 Rochdale British League Division Two Eastbourne 50-28 Romford British League Division Two Bydgoszcz Poland Poland (B) 71-37 Great Britain (B) 2nd Test Match Monday 24 Crewe vs Ipswich Birmingham 39-39 Long Eaton British League Division Two KOC 2nd Rnd 2nd Leg Agg: Long Eaton 85 - 70 Birmingham Crewe 46-32 Ipswich British League Division Two Reading Great Britain 78-30 Poland 2nd Test Match Scunthorpe Best Pairs Won By Bruce Forrester & Pete Reading Exeter Devon Best Pairs Won By Ian Mauger & Bob Coles Tuesday 25 West Ham 32-46 Hackney British League Division One Leicester Great Britain 77-30 Poland 3rd Test Match Gorzow Poland Poland (B) 70-38 Great Britain (B) 3rd Test Match West Ham vs Hackney GB vs Poland 3rd Test Match Poland vs GB 3rd Test Match Wednesday 26 Long Eaton 40-38 Teesside British League Division Two Hull 42-36 Berwick British League Division Two Poole 50-28 Coventry British League Division One Bradford 54-24 Boston British League Division Two Thursday 27 Poland vs GB 4th test Match Oxford 38-40 Cradley Heath Midland Cup 1st Round 1st Leg Romford 41-37 Rayleigh Challenge Wimbledon 43-34 West Ham British League Division One Teesside 58-20 Canterbury British League Division Two Silver Helmet Bruce Forrester beat Graham Banks Sheffield Great Britain 66-42 Poland 4th Test Match Ipswich vs Long Eaton British League Division Two Rained Off Wroclaw Poland Poland (B) 76-32 Great Britain (B) 4th Test Match Friday 28 Hackney 38-40 Wembley British League Division One Newport 40-38 Sheffield British League Division One Wolverhampton 41-36 Swindon Midland Cup 1st Round 1st Leg Halifax 44-34 Exeter British League Division One Glasgow Great Britain 47-61 Poland 5th Test Match Workington 49-29 Peterborough British League Division Two Saturday 29 Swindon 35-41 Wolverhampton Midland Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg Agg: Wolverhampton 82 - 71 Swindon King's Lynn 36-42 Leicester British League Division One Canterbury 42-36 Bradford British League Division Two Coventry 43-35 Halifax British League Division One Rayleigh 45-33 Hull British League Division Two Cradley Heath 45-33 Oxford Midland Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg Agg: Cradley Heath 85 - 71 Oxford Ipswich 49-29 Long Eaton British League Division Two Belle Vue Great Britain 57-51 Poland 6th Test Match Series Result: Great Britain 5 - 1 Poland Berwick 58-20 Birmingham British League Division Two Opole Poland Poland (B) 75-33 Great Britain (B) 5th Test Match Cradley vs Oxford Poland vs GB 5th Test Match Sunday 30 Sunderland 38-40 Hull British League Division Two Shelbourne 41-33 Yorkshire Sel Challenge Eastbourne 49-28 Boston British League Division Two Workington Best Pairs Won By Chris Blythe & Bernie Hornby Krsko, Yugoslavia World Pairs Semi Final won by Czechoslovakia Tarnow Poland Poland (B) 76-31 Great Britain (B) 31 6th Test Match Poland won the series 6-0 Workington Best Pairs Poland vs GB 6th Test Match Monday 31 International Hull 39-39 Bradford British League Division Two Scunthorpe 43-34 Teesside Challenge Rayleigh 43-35 Canterbury British League Division Two Exeter 45-33 Reading British League Division One Boston 45-33 Eastbourne British League Division Two Canterbury 45-33 Berwick British League Division Two Crewe 56-22 Birmingham Challenge Wimbledon Internationale Won By Ivan Mauger June