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1978 Timeline March

1978 Timeline
1976 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec - 1978
March
Saturday
4
Assen Holland World Ice Racing Championship Day One
Sunday
5
Assen Holland World Ice Racing Championship Day Two
1st Sergei Tarabanko
2nd Anatoly Bondarenko
3rd Anatoly Gladychev
Assen Anatoly Gladyshev, Sergey Tarabanko, Anatoly Bondarenko
Friday
10
Costa Mesa USA 64-44  Rest of the World  Challenge Series
Costa Mesa
Saturday
11
San Bernadino USA 46-20 Rest of the World Challenge Series abandoned
Tuesday
14
Ventura USA 70-38 Rest of the World Challenge Series
Wednesday
15
Poole vs Swindon Champagne Trophy 1st Leg rained off
Thursday
16
Ascot USA 40-67 Rest of the World Challenge Series
Wimbledon 52-26 Sheffield British League
Ascot
Friday
17
Costa Mesa USA 63-45 Rest of the World Challenge Series
Bristol Daily Mirror Open Tournament
1st Ole Olsen
2nd Chris Morton
2nd Steve Gresham
Ellesmere Port 44.5-32.5 Peterborough Challenge
Hackney 39-39 Ipswich Spring Gold Cup
Wolverhampton 38-39 Birmingham Sandwell Mail Trophy
Bristol Hackney Wolverhampton
Saturday
18
San Bernadino USA 69-38 Rest of the World  Challenge Series
Belle Vue 43-35 Sheffield Frank Varey Northern Trophy
Canterbury 48-30 Crayford Kent Cup 1st Leg
Coventry 53-25 Midland Select Challenge
Coventry vs Leicester Midlands Bowl cancelled Leicester unable to raise a team
Cradley Heath 47-31 Wolverhampton Sandwell Mail Trophy
Halifax 44-34 Bristol British League
King's Lynn 41-36 White City 1977 Cup Winners v 1977 League Champions
Swindon 39-38 Reading County Challenge Cup 1st Leg
Canterbury Cradley Heath
Sunday
19
Boston 44-34 Peterborough Challenge
Mildenhall 30-18 Canterbury Challenge Aban Ht 8 - Rain
Monday
20
Birmingham vs Cradley Heath Sandwell Mail Trophy Rained Off
Exeter 44-34 Bristol Spring Gold Cup
Newcastle 45-33 Ellesmere Port Challenge, 1st Leg
Reading vs Swindon Challenge cancelled Swindon refused to race Referee awarded match to Reading
Reading  Best Pairs
1st Bernie Leigh & Bob Humphreys
Birmingham Exeter
Tuesday
21
Leicester East Midlands Open Championship
1st Steve Bastable
2nd Michael Lee
3rd Keith White
Leicester
Wednesday
22
Birmingham 29-49 Cradley Heath Sandwell Mail Trophy
Poole vs Swindon Champagne Trophy, 1st Leg rained off
Wednesday
23
Sheffield Tigers 43-34 Halifax Dukes Frank Varey Northern Trophy
Wimbledon Daily Express Spring Classic
1st Scott Autrey
2nd Peter Collins
3rd Gordon Kennett
Wimbledon
Wednesday
24
Belle Vue Peter Craven Memorial Trophy
1st Peter Collins
2nd John Titman
3rd Steve Bastable
Boston 43-35 Scunthorpe Easter Challenge, 1st Leg
Bristol 43-35 Wimbledon Spring Gold Cup
Edinburgh 60-17 Glasgow Challenge
Ellesmere Port 46-32 Newcastle Challenge, 2nd Leg (Ellesmere Port win 79-77 on aggregate)
Hackney 39-36 White City British League
Ipswich 51-27 King's Lynn Cup Winners Cup 2nd Leg
King's Lynn 45-33 Ipswich Cup Winners Cup, 1st Leg
Peterborough Peterborough V Mildenhall 27 Rye House 31 Anglian Easter Triangle, 1st Leg
Poole 37-41 Exeter Spring Gold Cup & Easter Trophy, 1st Leg
Reading 45-33 Birmingham British League
White City 40-38 Hackney British League
Wolverhampton 36-42 Belle Vue Challenge
Workington 44-28 Barrow Formula Furness Trophy, 1st Leg
Reading Belle Vue
Wednesday
25
Belle Vue 43-35 Wimbledon British League
Canterbury 37-41 Eastbourne South Coast Cup, 1st Leg
Coventry 54-24 Reading British League
Cradley Heath 34.5-43.5 King's Lynn British League
Halifax 05-01  Sheffield Frank Varey Northern Trophy) abandoned heat 1 rain riders refused to race
Swindon vs Poole Challenge Champagne Trophy, 1st Leg
Wednesday
26
Berwick 60-17 Glasgow Challenge, 1st Leg
Boston 37-41 Ellesmere Port National League
Eastbourne 50-28 Canterbury South Coast Cup, 2nd Leg Eastbourne win 91-65 on aggregate
Mildenhall Mildenhall 44 Rye House 29 Peterborough 35 Anglian Easter Triangle, 2nd Leg
Boston Mildenhall
Wednesday
27
Barrow 26-49 Workington Formula Furness Trophy, 2nd Leg (Workington win 93-54 on aggregate)
Coventry 45-33 Sheffield British League
Cradley Heath 47-31 Birmingham Sandwell Mail Trophy (Cradley Heath win the Sandwell Mail Trophy)
Exeter 58-20 Poole Spring Gold Cup & Easter Trophy, 2nd Leg (Easter Trophy Exeter win 99-57 on aggregate)
Halifax 40-38 Belle Vue Frank Varey Northern Trophy
King's Lynn 47-31 Swindon British League
Newcastle 49-28 Teesside Tyne-Tees Trophy, 1st Leg
Reading 30-48 Ipswich Spring Gold Cup
Rye House Rye House 53 Peterborough 31 Rye House 24 Anglian Easter Triangle, 3rd Leg (Aggregate Peterborough 116, Rye House 113, Mildenhall 95)
Scunthorpe 44-34 Boston Challenge, 2nd Leg (Scunthorpe win 79-77 on aggregate)
White City 36-42 Wimbledon British League
Wimbledon 47-31 White City British League
King's Lynn Reading White City
Wednesday
28
Leicester 43-35 Wolverhampton Challenge
Milton Keynes Daily Mirror Sword Of Honour Classic
1st Mike Sampson
2nd Tom Owen
3rd Bob Coles
Weymouth 54-24 Barrow National League
Leicester Milton Keynes
Wednesday
29
Birmingham 41-37 Reading British League
Hull 36-42 Halifax Northern Trophy
Poole 41-37 Wimbledon Spring Gold Cup
Wednesday
30
Oxford 34-44 Ellesmere Port Challenge
Wimbledon 57-21 Exeter Spring Gold Cup
Sheffield 38-40 Belle Vue Frank Varey Northern Trophy
Ipswich 45-33 Hackney Spring Gold Cup
Teesside 40-38 Newcastle Tyne-Tees Trophy, 2nd Leg (Newcastle win 87-68 on aggregate)
Friday
31
Bristol 43-34 Swindon Challenge, 1st Leg
Hackney vs Reading Spring Gold Cup rained off
Wolverhampton 39-38 Cradley Heath Sandwell Mail Trophy
Edinburgh 50-28 Barrow National League
Ellesmere Port 50-28 Oxford National League
Peterborough 55-23 Weymouth National League
Workington 34-44 Berwick Border Trophy, 1st Leg
Bristol Edinburgh Ellesmere Port

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