Grass-track motorcycle racing in Notts and Lincs
Do any of these riders names stir memories?
Following on from Tony Clement's article about Grass-track motorcycle racing http://www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/page/grass-track_racing does anyone know anything about the riders listed below?
Information recently donated to Nottinghamshire libraries contains details of riders at grass-track and speedway meetings in the county from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s.
The names, places and dates are listed below. Do any OurNotts readers have memories of the sport in Nottinghamshire?
ADAMS, M – Lincoln July 1960
ALLEN, D Horncastle 7 Oct 1958 ** North Luffenham 14 Oct 1958
ALLEN, R – Teversal whit 1960 ** Wansford April 1964
ARDEN, M – Wansford 6 July 1967
AUGER, J – Ancaster May 1964
BEERE, K J
BELL, J S – 31 Aug 1958
BERESFORD, G – Retford Easter 1961 ** Bolsover 1961
BLOWER, F – Loughborough July 1958 **Lincoln July 1960 ** Grantham July 1960 ** Lincoln Aug 1964
BOWERMAN, D – Wansford May 1959
BRIDGETT, W – Sleaford July 1963
CLAYTON, A E – Wansford 12 April 1959
CLOUGH, A – Retford 1962 (presentation)
COOK, A – 5 Aug 1957
CRESSWELL, A – Aug 1957 ** Boston May 1959 ** Retford Aug 1961
CROOKS, N – Teversal easter 1960
CROSS, Paul – Boston Sept 1963 (presentation)
CUNLIFFE, R – 5 Aug 1957
DICKSON, J – 31 Aug 1958
DICKINSON, L – Grantham easter 1959
EVANS, W – North Luffenham 31 July 1960
FISHER, K – 19 Oct 1958 ** Boston May 1960
FRANCIS, N – Ancaster May 1964
FRIEND, R – Aug 1959
GOODACRE, D – Retford Aug 191 ** Loughborough Sept 1961 presentation
GREEN, A – Retford 1964
HOLE, P – Wansford easter 1961 ** Grantham March 1961
JACKSON, R A – Loughborough July 1959
LEE + COVELL – (of Ely) Horncastle May 1962
LETTICE, J – Bonby 1957
MAXTED, B – Sleaford Sept 1963 presentation
MEAD, Nigel – Boston Sept 1965
NORCOTT, K – Retford Aug 1963
NOURISH, D – Lincoln July 1960
OWEN, D – Sleaford Aug 1961 ** Boston May 1962
PELL, A – Boston 1961
ROSS, A A – Wansford April 1964
RUST, B – Sleaford 1964 (national presentation)
SEWELL, - 14 sept 1958
SILVESTER, T – Bevercotes May 1964 presentation
SQUIRES, J – Horncastle Oct 1959 North Clifton Oct 1959 ** Tuxford Whit 1960 ** Farnsfield May 1960 ** Retford Aug 1960
THOMAS, L – 10 june 1957
TIPPING, G – Teversal April 1961
WEBB, A L – Teversal easter 1960 ** Retford easter 1961 (presentation) ** presentation 1963
WILDMAN, J – Tuxford Sept 1959
WEBSTER, M – Sleaford Sept 1963
WOODWARD
WOULDS, R A – Boston July 1959
YARWOOD, frank – Bevercotes May 1964 (presentation)