Newcastle Diamonds
Season 1978
Compiled by Dave Allan
First published March 2016
Last updated October 2016
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This file was made possible thanks to the invaluable contributions of the following:
Steve Wilkes & Gary Done (Ellesmere Port & 1978 Speedway Mails)
Stuart Staite-Aris & associates (Coventry)
Mike Hunter (Edinburgh)
Brian Collins (Internationals)
Mark Aspinell (Rye House)
Gary Weldon (Boston)
Steve Ashley (Boston & Leicester)
John (Hull)
Colin Jewes & Phil Johnson (Cradley Heath)
Arnie Gibbons (Reading)
Mark Fellows (Wolverhampton)
Matt Jackson (Sheffield)
Neil Fife (Newcastle)
David Housely (Various)
Keith Corns (Various)
Phil Hood (Newcastle)
Paul Dunn (Cradley Heath)
Steve Andrews (Barrow)
The knowledgable members of the British Speedway Forum and the Easy, Tiger! Forum
RACECARDS
The following notation is in use throughout this file:
R/R Rider replacement
N Rider replaced by reserve
TS Rider replaced by tactical substitute
R Rider did not finish for reason other than fall or exclusion
EF Rider suffered engine failure and failed to finish
F Rider fell and did not remount
FX Rider fell and was excluded from race or rerun
FN Rider fell and was unable to take his place in rerun
E Rider excluded for starting offence (including tape touching & breaking, delaying start, etc.)
M Rider excluded under two minute rule
X Rider excluded for any other reason not E or M. Reason for exclusion noted where known.
NS Rider failed to start but was not excluded or replaced
NTR New track record
ETR Equals track record
(guest) Rider is making a ‘full and proper’ guest appearance
(loanee) Rider has been borrowed from home track to make up the team
Some reserve replacement rides (N) may in fact have been tactical substitute (TS) rides. Due to the difficulty in ascertaining this information, only proven tactical substitute rides are recorded.
Reruns are not assumed, they are only recorded where reported.
# Revised on Meeting Revision
1 18/10/2016 12/09/1978 Barrow v Newcastle Newcastle: added #8 David Bargh
1978 Season File - Revisions in October 2016 update
Date Home Away Event Result Notes
20/03/1978 Newcastle Ellesmere Port Challenge L1 45-33
24/03/1978 Ellesmere Port Newcastle Challenge L2 46-32
27/03/1978 Newcastle Teesside Tyne-Tees Trophy L1 49-28
30/03/1978 Teesside Newcastle Tyne-Tees Trophy L2 40-38
03/04/1978 Newcastle Mildenhall National League 40-38
10/04/1978 Newcastle Oxford National League 32-45
17/04/1978 Newcastle Barrow National League 52-26
23/04/1978 Newcastle Red Star Prague International Challenge 34-43
24/04/1978 Newcastle Canterbury National League 42-36
28/04/1978 Workington Newcastle Tyne-Derwent Trophy L1 31-46
01/05/1978 Newcastle Workington Tyne-Derwent Trophy L2 Rained Off
02/05/1978 Milton Keynes Newcastle National League Rained Off
08/05/1978 Newcastle Crayford National League 52-25
12/05/1978 Glasgow Newcastle National League 40-38
15/05/1978 Newcastle King's Lynn Inter-Divisional KOC R1 26-52
22/05/1978 Newcastle Newcastle v Teesside v Ellesmere Port v Workington NL 4TT QR b1 40 v 15 v 32 v 09
23/05/1978 Crayford Newcastle National League 39-39
25/05/1978 Teesside Teesside v Newcastle v Workington v Ellesmere Port NL 4TT QR b2 25 v 26 v 12 v 32
26/05/1978 Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port v Newcastle v Teesside v Workington NL 4TT QR b3 38 v 28 v 17 v 13
28/05/1978 Workington Workington v Newcastle v Teesside v Ellesmere Port NL 4TT QR b4 25 v 25 v 27 v 21
29/05/1978 Newcastle Teesside NL KOC R1 L1 43-33
01/06/1978 Teesside Newcastle NL KOC R1 L2 39-39
03/06/1978 Canterbury Newcastle National League 36-42
04/06/1978 Eastbourne Newcastle National League 42-35
05/06/1978 Newcastle Eastbourne National League 40-38
11/06/1978 Milton Keynes Newcastle National League 26-52
12/06/1978 Newcastle Ellesmere Port National League 41-37
17/06/1978 Stoke Newcastle National League 38-40
19/06/1978 Newcastle Peterborough National League 49-29
23/06/1978 Workington Newcastle National League 38-40
25/06/1978 Mildenhall Newcastle NL KOC R2 L1 56-21
26/06/1978 Newcastle Mildenhall NL KOC R2 L2 40-38
27/06/1978 Barrow Newcastle National League Rained Off
03/07/1978 Newcastle Rye House National League 37-41
04/07/1978 Weymouth Newcastle National League 34-44
10/07/1978 Newcastle Berwick National League 57-21
Newcastle Diamonds 1978
Date Home Away Event Result Notes
17/07/1978 Newcastle Stoke National League 53-25
21/07/1978 Edinburgh Newcastle National League 32-46
24/07/1978 Newcastle Rye House Challenge 41-37
27/07/1978 Oxford Newcastle National League 39-39
28/07/1978 Peterborough Newcastle National League 33-45
30/07/1978 Peterborough Edinburgh v Stoke v Newcastle v Peterborough NL 4TT SF1 10 v 13 v 12 v 12
31/07/1978 Newcastle Glasgow National League 62-16
01/08/1978 Barrow Newcastle National League Rained Off
06/08/1978 Newcastle Warners Grand National Northern Final Individual Rained Off
07/08/1978 Newcastle Workington Challenge Cancelled Due to Grand National restaging
07/08/1978 Newcastle Warners Grand National Northern Final Individual Rained Off
13/08/1978 Ellesmere Port Newcastle National League 43-35
14/08/1978 Newcastle Warners Grand National Northern Final Individual Rained Off
21/08/1978 Newcastle Weymouth National League 45-32
27/08/1978 Newcastle Mike's Marras Mike Watkins Benefit 46-50
28/08/1978 Newcastle Warners Grand National Northern Final Individual Tom Owen
03/09/1978 Boston Newcastle National League 41-37
04/09/1978 Newcastle Boston National League 50-28
10/09/1978 Newcastle Scunthorpe National League 48-30
11/09/1978 Scunthorpe Newcastle National League 35-43
12/09/1978 Barrow Newcastle National League 24-54
17/09/1978 Berwick Newcastle National League 37-41
18/09/1978 Newcastle Edinburgh National League 61-17
21/09/1978 Teesside Newcastle National League 36-41
24/09/1978 Mildenhall Newcastle National League 36-42
25/09/1978 Newcastle Milton Keynes National League 47-31
01/10/1978 Rye House Newcastle National League 45-33
02/10/1978 Newcastle Teesside National League 56-22
06/10/1978 Workington Workington v Hull v Newcastle v Sheffield Four Team 26 v 25 v 25 v 19
08/10/1978 Newcastle Workington National League 48-30
09/10/1978 Newcastle Hull Inter-League Challenge 35-43
15/10/1978 Eastbourne Newcastle Challenge 45-32
16/10/1978 Newcastle Oxford Challenge 54-24
23/10/1978 Newcastle Ellesmere Port Challenge 54-23
30/10/1978 Newcastle Belle Vue v Hull v Newcastle v Reg Wilson Select Four Team 23 v 31 v 29 v 13
Newcastle Diamonds 1978
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 0 1 1* 0 2 1
3. 3 3 3 3 12 0
4. 0 2* 0 1 3 1
5. 3 3 1 1 8 0
6. 1* 2* 1 4 2
7. 2 2 0 4 0
TOT BP
1. 2 0 3 2 0 7 0
2. 1* 1 0 1* 3 2
3. 1 2 2* 2 7 1
4. 2 0 1* 2 5 1
5. 1* 2 2 0 5 1
6. 3 0 3 6 0
7. EF 0 TS 0 0
3 - 3 3 - 3
3 - 3 6 - 6
3 - 3 9 - 9
5 - 1 14 - 10
5 - 1 19 - 11
4 - 2 23 - 13
4 - 2 27 - 15
3 - 3 30 - 18
1 - 5 31 - 23
3 - 3 34 - 26
3 - 3 37 - 29
4 - 2 41 - 31
4 - 2 45 - 33
Owen, Finch, Maxfield, Carr, 70.2
Blackadder, Collins, Carter, Williams, 69.4
Jackson, Prime, Maxfield, Taylor, 70.0
Carr, Finch, Gardner, Coddington, 70.4
Owen, Collins, Williams, Maxfield, 69.0
Owen, Jackson, Taylor, Maxfield, 69.0
Carr, Prime, Carter (f, rem), Ellams (ef), 72.2
Gardner, Williams, Collins, Coddington, 69.2
Blackadder, Carter, Finch, Ellams, 69.6
Gardner, Coddington, Taylor, Jackson, 69.4
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Phil Collins
Louis Carr
Pete Ellams
Tom Owen
Robert Maxfield
Robbie Blackadder
Neil Coddington
Robbie Gardner
Newcastle Diamonds v Ellesmere Port Gunners Monday 20th March 1978 (Challenge, 1st Leg)
Chris Prime
John Jackson
Steve Taylor
Newcastle Diamonds 45
Ellesmere Port Gunners 33
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Owen, Finch, Coddington, Collins, 69.4
Blackadder, Williams, Gardner, Jackson, 70.0
Blackadder, Jackson, Taylor, Prime, 69.2
Kenny Carter
Steve Finch
John Williams
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 3 11 0
2. 1* E 1 0 2 1
3. 3 3 3 3 12 0
4. 3 1* 1 1 6 1
5. 2* 2 3 1 8 1
6. 3 EF 1 1 1 6 0
7. 1 EF N 1 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 2 2 13 0
2. EF 0 TS N 0 0
3. 2 2 2* 2 0 8 1
4. 0 0 1* 0 1 1
5. 1 2 2 2 7 0
6. 2 0 0 F 2 0
7. 0 1* TS 1 1
3 - 3 3 - 3
4 - 2 7 - 5
5 - 1 12 - 6
3 - 3 15 - 9
3 - 3 18 - 12
4 - 2 22 - 14
4 - 2 26 - 16
1 - 5 27 - 21
4 - 2 31 - 23
3 - 3 34 - 26
4 - 2 38 - 28
4 - 2 42 - 30
4 - 2 46 - 32
Jackson, Blackadder, Carr, Carter, Taylor (exc, tapes), 74.2
Finch, Gardner, Carr, Coddington, 74.0
Owen, Blackadder, Taylor, Ellams (ef), 75.0
Collins, Blackadder, Williams, Carter, 75.0
Jackson, Gardner, Coddington, Taylor, 75.4
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Jackson, Taylor, Maxfield (ef), 72.8
Carr, Carter, Ellams, Prime, 73.8
Williams, Collins, Gardner, Coddington, 75.2
Finch, Blackadder, Prime, Carr (ef), 73.0
Owen, Collins, Williams, Maxfield, 73.4
Ellesmere Port Gunners v Newcastle Diamonds Friday 24th March 1978 (Challenge, 2nd Leg)
Pete Ellams
Tom Owen
Robert Maxfield
John Jackson
Steve Taylor
Steve Finch
John Williams
Phil Collins
Ellesmere Port win 79-77 on aggregate.
Jackson, Gardner, Williams, Blackadder, 74.2
Finch, Owen, Collins, Coddington, 73.6
Finch, Owen, Carr, Carter (fell), 73.4
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ellesmere Port Gunners 46
Newcastle Diamonds 32
Ht. 13:
Louis Carr
Robbie Blackadder
Neil Coddington
Robbie Gardner
Kenny Carter
Chris Prime
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 2* 2* FX 1 5 2
3. 3 3 3 3 12 0
4. 0 2* 2* 1 5 2
5. 3 3 3 2* 11 1
6. 3 0 0 1 4 0
7. 0 EF N 0 0
TOT BP
1. 1 1 3 2 1 8 0
2. 0 0 TS N 0 0
3. 1* 1 0 0 2 1
4. 1* 1* 0 0 2 2
5. 2 2 1 2 2 9 0
6. 2 0 TS 2 0
7. 1* 2 2* 0 5 2
5 - 1 5 - 1
3 - 3 8 - 4
3 - 3 11 - 7
3 - 3 14 - 10
5 - 1 19 - 11
5 - 1 24 - 12
3 - 3 27 - 15
0 - 5 27 - 20
5 - 1 32 - 21
4 - 2 36 - 23
4 - 2 40 - 25
4 - 2 44 - 27
5 - 1 49 - 28
Owen, Maxfield, Smith, Sanderson, 71.4
Blackadder, Reading, Cusworth, Carter, 70.2
(rerun) Wilcock, Dixon, Prime (ef), Maxfield (f, exc), 70.6
Gardner, Coddington, Reading, Smith, 70.2
Owen, Reading, Maxfield, Cusworth, 70.2
Ht. 05:
Owen, Maxfield, Wilcock, Robson, 71.2
Carter, Sanderson, Dixon (f, rem), Prime, 73.4
Gardner, Reading, Cusworth, Coddington, 69.4
Blackadder, Dixon, Smith, Carter, 70.6
Gardner, Coddington, Wilcock, Robson, 69.0
Newcastle Diamonds v Teesside Tigers Monday 27th March 1978 (Tyne-Tees Trophy, 1st Leg)
Chris Prime
Steve Wilcock
John Robson
Newcastle Diamonds 49
Teesside Tigers 28
Tom Owen
Robert Maxfield
Robbie Blackadder
Neil Coddington
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Owen, Reading, Coddington, Smith, 70.4
Blackadder, Gardner, Wilcock, Cusworth (f, rem), 69.8
Blackadder, Wilcock, Carter, Dixon, 70.4
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Kenny Carter
Pete Smith
Martyn Cusworth
Pete Reading
Mike Sanderson
Martin Dixon
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 1 9 0
2. 1* 1 0 0 2 1
3. 2 3 2 2* 9 1
4. 1 0 0 0 1 0
5. 3 2 3 3 11 0
6. 3 1* 1 1 6 1
7. 1 E 1* 2 1
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 1 13 0
2. 0 E TS 0 0 0
3. 3 2 2 2* 9 1
4. 0 0 1* 0 1 1
5. 2 2 2* 2 3 11 1
6. 0 1 0 1* 2 1
7. 2 0 TS 2 0
3 - 3 3 - 3
4 - 2 7 - 5
4 - 2 11 - 7
3 - 3 14 - 10
2 - 4 16 - 14
4 - 2 20 - 16
4 - 2 24 - 18
1 - 5 25 - 23
3 - 3 28 - 26
3 - 3 31 - 29
3 - 3 34 - 32
1 - 5 35 - 37
5 - 1 40 - 38
Robson, Prime, Close, Carter, 73.2
Ht. 08:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Wilcock, Gatenby, Maxfield, 71.0
John Robson
Robbie Blackadder
Neil Coddington
Robbie Gardner
Kenny Carter
Chris Prime
Newcastle win 87-68 on aggregate.
Gardner, Blackadder, Wilcock, Cusworth, 68.4
Reading, Smith, Owen, Coddington, 68.0
Owen, Smith, Close, Maxfield, 68.0
Teesside Tigers v Newcastle Diamonds Thursday 30th March 1978 (Tyne-Tees Trophy, 2nd Leg)
Nig Close
Tom Owen
Robert Maxfield
Steve Wilcock
Dave Gatenby
Pete Smith
Martyn Cusworth
Pete Reading
Teesside Tigers 40
Newcastle Diamonds 38
Owen, Gardner, Robson, Gatenby, Close (exc, tapes), 68.4
Reading, Blackadder, Carter, Cusworth, 68.4
Wilcock, Gardner, Coddington, Gatenby, 69.2
Reading, Gardner, Cusworth, Coddington, 70.0
Blackadder, Smith, Robson, Prime, 69.4
Owen, Reading, Carter, Cusworth, Maxfield (exc, tapes), 69.0
Wilcock, Blackadder, Gatenby, Carter, 69.8
Smith, Gardner, Robson, Coddington, 68.2
Owen leads series 1-0
Ht. 01: Owen, Coles, 57.4
Mildenhall: Sunday 2nd April 1978
Ht. 02: Owen, Coles, 56.8
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - April Challenge (for vacant title)
Tom Owen v Bob Coles, 1st Leg
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 2 11 0
2. 1 2* 2 2* 7 2
3. 3 3 2 3 11 0
4. F 2 0 0 2 0
5. 3 EF 3 1 7 0
6. 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
7. F 0 0
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 2 10 0
2. 0 1 3 1 5 0
3. 1* 0 2 1 4 1
4. 2 0 1 0 3 0
5. 1* 2 0 3 6 1
6. 2* 1 1* 4 2
7. 3 2 1 6 0
4 - 2 4 - 2
1 - 5 5 - 7
3 - 3 8 - 10
3 - 3 11 - 13
2 - 4 13 - 17
5 - 1 18 - 18
4 - 2 22 - 20
2 - 4 24 - 24
3 - 3 27 - 27
5 - 1 32 - 28
2 - 4 34 - 32
2 - 4 36 - 36
4 - 2 40 - 38
CHRIS PRIME was fatally injured in his heat two fall. The 18-year-old rider, who was making his National League debut, crashed into the
home straight safety fence near the end of the final lap. He was rushed to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary where he was found to be
dead on arrival. News of his death was received at the track later in the evening, and broken to a stunned crowd by co-promoter Ian
Thomas. The second half of the meeting was immediately abandoned as a mark of respect.
Newcastle Diamonds v Mildenhall Fen Tigers Monday 3rd April 1978 (National League)
Chris Prime
Bob Coles
Mike Spink
Tom Owen
Newcastle Diamonds 40
Robert Maxfield
Robbie Blackadder
Neil Coddington
Robbie Gardner
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 38
Kenny Carter
Robert Henry
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Mick Bates
Ray Bales
Neil Leeks
Melvyn Taylor
Owen, Coles, Maxfield, Spink, 68.2
Taylor, Leeks, Carter, Prime (fell), 71.4
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Gardner, Henry, Leeks, Coddington, 70.8
Owen, Maxfield, Bates, Bales, 72.2
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Blackadder, Taylor, Henry, Carter, 69.6
Coles, Coddington, Spink, Gardner (ef), 70.2
Owen, Maxfield, Leeks, Henry, 70.8
Blackadder, Bales, Carter, Bates, 71.2
Spink, Maxfield, Taylor, Carter, 70.6
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 08:
Gardner, Bates, Bales, Coddington (fell), 71.3
Owen wins series 2-0
(rerun) Coles, Blackadder, Spink, Carter, 70.8
Tom Owen v Bob Coles, 2nd Leg
Bales, Owen, Henry, Coddington, 69.4
Blackadder, Coles, Gardner, Bates, 69.8
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - April Challenge
Owen, Coles, 67.2
Owen, Coles, 67.2
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 3 15 0
2. F 0 FX 0 0 0
3. 1 3 FX 3 3 10 0
4. 0 TS 1 0 1 0
5. 3 1 0 N N 4 0
6. 1 0 TS 1 2 0
7. EF TS 0 0 0 0
TOT BP
1. 2 EF 2 2 6 0
2. 1* N N 1* 2 2
3. 3 1* 3 2 9 1
4. 2 1* 2 0 5 1
5. 1* 2 1* 1* 5 3
6. 3 2 2* 2* 9 2
7. 2* 2* 2 3 9 2
3 - 3 3 - 3
1 - 5 4 - 8
3 - 3 7 - 11
1 - 5 8 - 16
4 - 2 12 - 18
3 - 3 15 - 21
3 - 3 18 - 24
0 - 5 18 - 29
1 - 5 19 - 34
3 - 3 22 - 37
3 - 3 25 - 40
3 - 3 28 - 43
4 - 2 32 - 45
Newcastle Diamonds 32
Oxford Cheetahs 45
Ht. 13:
Owen, G. Hunter, Meredith, Coddington, 71.0
Blackadder, Askew, Carter, Lamb (f, rem), 71.2
Blackadder, Askew, Handley, R. Hunter, 71.6
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Kenny Carter
Newcastle Diamonds v Oxford Cheetahs Monday 10th April 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Carl Askew
Mick Handley
George Hunter
Pip Lamb
Colin Meredith
David Shields
John Hack
Tom Owen
Robert Maxfield
Robbie Blackadder
Neil Coddington
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Askew, Handley, Maxfield (fell), 70.2
Shields, Hack, Carter, R. Hunter (ef), 70.0
Gardner, Lamb, Meredith, Coddington, 71.6
G. Hunter, Hack, Blackadder, Carter, 71.2
Owen, Hack, Gardner (ef - completed race), Askew (ef), 70.2
Owen, Shields, G. Hunter, Maxfield, 69.6
Blackadder, Meredith, Lamb, Gardner, 71.2
(rr x 2) Hack, Shields, Maxfield (f, exc), Blackadder (f, exc), 74.2
G. Hunter, Shields, Coddington, R. Hunter, 71.0
Owen, Lamb, Meredith, Maxfield, 70.4
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 1 EF 1* 1 3 1
3. 3 3 3 3 12 0
4. 2* 1 1 1 5 1
5. 3 3 3 EF 9 0
6. 3 2* 2* 7 2
7. 1 2 1 4 0
TOT BP
1. 2 2 3 2 2 11 0
2. 0 0 TS 0 0 0
3. 1 1* EF 0 2 1
4. 0 0 0 TS 0 0
5. 1 1 2 2 1* 7 1
6. 2 2 2 6 0
7. 0 F EF 0 0
4 - 2 4 - 2
4 - 2 8 - 4
5 - 1 13 - 5
5 - 1 18 - 6
4 - 2 22 - 8
3 - 3 25 - 11
5 - 1 30 - 12
3 - 3 33 - 15
4 - 2 37 - 17
4 - 2 41 - 19
4 - 2 45 - 21
4 - 2 49 - 23
3 - 3 52 - 26
Newcastle Diamonds 52
Barrow Furness Flyers 26
Ht. 13:
Owen, Pusey, Coddington, Reid, 70.2
Blackadder, Monk, Pusey, Gardner (ef), 70.0
Blackadder, Monk, MacDonald, Race, 70.2
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Kenny Carter
Newcastle Diamonds v Barrow Furness Flyers Monday 17th April 1978 (National League)
Kevin MacDonald
Charlie Monk
Les Race
Andy Reid
David Butt
Geoff Pusey
Chris Roynon
Mark Courtney
Tom Owen
Robert Maxfield
Robbie Blackadder
Neil Coddington
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Monk, Maxfield, Race, 68.0
Carter, Roynon, MacDonald, Courtney (f, rem), 70.0
Gardner, Coddington, Pusey, Butt, 70.2
Blackadder, Carter, Reid, Courtney (fell), 69.2
Gardner, Monk, Coddington, Race, 69.0
Owen, Roynon, Reid, Maxfield (ef), 69.8
Blackadder, Carter, Pusey, Butt, 69.4
Monk, MacDonald, Maxfield, Courtney (ef), 70.6
Gardner, Roynon, Coddington, Reid (ef), 70.8
Owen, Pusey, Maxfield, Butt, 70.2
TOT BP
1. 3 3 2 2 10 0
2. 0 F 1 1* 2 1
3. 2 N N N 2 0
4. 1 2 2 0 5 0
5. 3 1* 0 1 5 1
6. 2* F 0 EF 2 1
7. 3 1 3 1 0 8 0
TOT BP
1. 2 3 2* 3 10 1
2. 1* 0 2 N 3 1
3. 3 2 3 3 11 0
4. 0 3 0 N 3 0
5. 2 2* 3 1 8 1
6. FX 1* 1 3 2* 7 2
7. FX 1 0 1 0
3 - 3 3 - 3
5 - 0 8 - 3
4 - 2 12 - 5
2 - 4 14 - 9
3 - 3 17 - 12
3 - 3 20 - 15
1 - 5 21 - 20
4 - 2 25 - 22
2 - 4 27 - 26
3 - 3 30 - 29
1 - 5 31 - 34
2 - 4 33 - 38
1 - 5 34 - 43
Owen, V. Verner, Kudrna, Coddington (fell), 69.0
(rerun) J. Verner, Ondrasik, MacDonald, Carter, 71.6
MacDonald, Spinka, Coddington, Svoboda, 71.6
V. Verner, Stapleton, Kudrna, Gardner, 70.6
Ondrasik, Owen, Coddington, J. Verner, 69.8
Owen, Stancl, Spinka, Coddington (f, rem), 68.0
(rerun) MacDonald, Carter, Kudrna (f, exc), Svoboda (f, exc), 70.8
Gardner, Ondrasik, Stapleton, J. Verner, 69.4
V. Verner, Blackadder, Svoboda, Carter (fell), 70.8
Stancl, Stapleton, Gardner, Spinka, 69.4
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Petr Ondrasik
Zdenek Kudrna
Jiri Svoboda
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Robbie Blackadder
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Gardner
Newcastle Diamonds v Red Star Prague Sunday 23rd April 1978 (International Challenge)
Kevin MacDonald
Jiri Stancl
Milan Spinka
Newcastle Diamonds 34
Red Star Prague 43
Ht. 13:
V. Verner, Owen, Ondrasik, Stapleton, 70.0
Stancl, Kudrna, Gardner, MacDonald, 70.2
Kudrna, Stancl, MacDonald, Carter (ef), 70.4
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Kenny Carter
Vaclav Verner
Jan Verner
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 3 15 0
2. 1 EF 0 N 1 0
3.
4. F 2* 3 0 1 6 1
5. 3 3 2 FX 1 9 0
6. 3 2 2* 0 7 1
7. 2* F 1 1 4 1
8.
TOT BP
1. 2 1 2* 3 2 10 1
2. EF 0 TS TS 0 0
3. 3 2 3 3 2 13 0
4. 1* FX 2 2* 0 5 2
5. 2 1 1 1* 0 5 1
6. 1 1* TS 2 1
7. 0 1 TS 1 0
4 - 2 4 - 2
5 - 1 9 - 3
3 - 3 12 - 6
2 - 4 14 - 10
5 - 1 19 - 11
3 - 3 22 - 14
5 - 1 27 - 15
1 - 5 28 - 20
2 - 4 30 - 24
3 - 3 33 - 27
1 - 5 34 - 32
4 - 2 38 - 34
4 - 2 42 - 36
Barney Kennett
Les Rumsey
Graham Banks
Bob Spelta
Graham Clifton
Brendan Shilleto
Owen, Rumsey, Clifton, Coddington (ef), 69.6
Gardner, Carter, Spelta, Banks (f, exc), no time
Rumsey, Koppe, MacDonald, Coddington, 70.4
Rumsey, Stapleton, Spelta, Gardner, 69.4
Stapleton, Gardner, Koppe, Kennett, 70.0
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Koppe, Coddington, Kennett (ef), 69.6
Carter, MacDonald, Clifton, Shilleto, 70.2
Stapleton, Spelta, Banks, Gardner (fell), 70.2
Rumsey, Carter, Shilleto, MacDonald (fell), 70.4
Kenny Carter
Newcastle Diamonds v Canterbury Crusaders Monday 24th April 1978 (National League)
Kevin MacDonald
Robert Maxfield
Steve Koppe
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Newcastle Diamonds 42
Canterbury Crusaders 36
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Robbie Gardner
Graeme Stapleton
Did not ride
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Owen, Rumsey, Gardner, Spelta, 69.8
Owen, Koppe, Stapleton, Banks, 69.6
(rerun) Koppe, Banks, MacDonald, Stapleton (f, exc), 71.2
(rerun) Owen, Banks, Spelta, Carter, 70.2
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
TOT BP
1. 3 3 1 0 2 9 0
2. 2* 1 1 0 4 1
3. 0 1* TS 0 1 1
4. 1* 2* 0 0 3 2
5. 2 3 1 2 1 9 0
6. F 2 2 EF 4 0
7. 1 N TS 1 0
TOT BP
1. EF 1 3 3 3 10 0
2. EF 0 2* 1 3 1
3.
4. 0 3 3 1 2* 9 1
5. 3 3 X 2* 3 11 1
6. 2* F N 2 1
7. 3 1 2 3 2* 11 1
8.
5 - 0 5 - 0
1 - 5 6 - 5
3 - 3 9 - 8
2 - 4 11 - 12
5 - 1 16 - 13
4 - 2 20 - 15
3 - 3 23 - 18
1 - 5 24 - 23
1 - 5 25 - 28
1 - 5 26 - 33
2 - 4 28 - 37
2 - 4 30 - 41
1 - 5 31 - 46
Kenny Carter
Kevin MacDonald
Brian Havelock
Andy Margarson
Newcastle Diamonds 46
Neil Coddington
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Robbie Gardner
Graeme Stapleton
David Coles
Workington Comets v Newcastle Diamonds Friday 28th April 1978 (Tyne-Derwent Trophy, 1st Leg)
Neil Abrahams
Tom Owen
Workington Comets 31
Trevor Oldham
Mark Dickinson
Ian Hindle
Did not rideNigel Crabtree
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05: Hindle, Dickinson, Owen, Coddington, 75.3
Havelock, Margarson, Owen (ef), Coddington (ef), 75.9
MacDonald, Carter, Abrahams, Coles (fell), 75.2
Stapleton, Hindle, Dickinson, Gardner, 75.5
Stapleton, Coles, MacDonald, Oldham, 76.3
Havelock, MacDonald, Margarson, Carter (fell), 75.6
Gardner, Coles, Oldham, Stapleton (exc), 76.1
MacDonald, Coddington, Margarson, Coles (ef), 75.7
Owen, MacDonald, Hindle, Dickinson, 74.6
Stapleton, Havelock, Gardner, Dickinson, 75.8
Owen, Gardner, Hindle, Oldham, 75.6
Owen, Hindle, Coddington, Havelock, 75.1
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 13:
Gardner, Stapleton, Havelock, Margarson, 76.0
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/-
1 Ellesmere Port 5 5 0 0 239 150 10 4 2 0 2 161 151 4 9 7 0 2 390 311 79 14 +4
2 Peterborough 5 5 0 0 264 125 10 4 1 0 3 175 137 2 9 6 0 3 401 300 101 12 +2
3 Eastbourne 5 5 0 0 263 124 10 1 0 0 1 48 30 0 6 5 0 1 293 172 121 10 0
4 Canterbury 4 4 0 0 202 110 8 2 1 0 1 70 86 2 6 5 0 1 288 180 108 10 +2
5 Edinburgh 4 4 0 0 214 96 8 3 1 0 2 142 92 2 7 5 0 2 306 238 68 10 +2
6 Rye House 3 3 0 0 150 84 6 2 1 0 1 75 79 2 5 4 0 1 229 159 70 8 +2
7 Berwick 4 4 0 0 216 96 8 2 0 0 2 105 50 0 6 4 0 2 266 201 65 8 0
8 Weymouth 4 4 0 0 206 105 8 2 0 0 2 104 49 0 6 4 0 2 255 209 46 8 0
9 Oxford 1 1 0 0 57 21 2 5 2 1 2 206 183 5 6 3 1 2 240 227 13 7 +5
10 Newcastle 4 3 0 1 166 145 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 166 145 21 6 -2
11 Teesside 3 3 0 0 134 99 6 5 0 0 5 261 129 0 8 3 0 5 263 360 -97 6 0
12 Crayford 3 2 0 1 129 102 4 3 0 1 2 138 95 1 6 2 1 3 224 240 -16 5 -1
13 Mildenhall 3 1 0 2 125 109 2 4 1 0 3 145 165 2 7 2 0 5 290 254 36 4 -2
14 Glasgow 2 2 0 0 98 55 4 2 0 0 2 93 62 0 4 2 0 2 160 148 12 4 0
15 Stoke 2 2 0 0 113 43 4 3 0 0 3 159 74 0 5 2 0 3 187 202 -15 4 0
16 Scunthorpe 2 1 1 0 89 67 3 3 0 1 2 151 83 1 5 1 2 2 172 218 -46 4 0
17 Boston 3 1 1 1 118 115 3 5 0 0 5 276 110 0 8 1 1 6 228 391 -163 3 -3
18 Workington 2 1 0 1 84 72 2 4 0 0 4 202 109 0 6 1 0 5 193 274 -81 2 -2
19 Barrow 4 1 0 3 122 189 2 7 0 0 7 360 186 0 11 1 0 10 308 549 -241 2 -6
20 Milton Keynes 1 0 1 0 39 39 1 3 0 0 3 157 76 0 4 0 1 3 115 196 -81 1 -1
Home Away Overall
National League Table
Up to and including Sunday 30th April
Newcastle Diamonds v Workington Comets Monday 1st May 1978 (Tyne-Derwent Trophy, 2nd Leg)
Meeting postponed - rain
Milton Keynes Knights v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 2nd May 1978 (National League)
Meeting postponed - rain
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 1 1 1 1 4 0
3. 2 N N N 2 0
4. 3 3 3 2* 11 1
5. 1 2* 1 1* 5 2
6. 3 1* 3 2 2 11 1
7. 2* 2* 3 F 7 2
TOT BP
1. 2 1 2 3 3 11 0
2. 0 0 TS F 0 0
3. 3 2 2 2 1 10 0
4. 0 EF 0 0 0 0
5. 2 1 0 TS 0 3 0
6. 1 0 0 1 0
7. 0 0 TS 0 0
4 - 2 4 - 2
5 - 1 9 - 3
4 - 2 13 - 5
3 - 3 16 - 8
5 - 1 21 - 9
4 - 2 25 - 11
5 - 1 30 - 12
4 - 2 34 - 14
4 - 2 38 - 16
4 - 2 42 - 18
2 - 3 44 - 21
5 - 1 49 - 22
3 - 3 52 - 25
Owen leads series 1-0
Ht. 12:
Kenny Carter
Alan Sage
Tony Featherstone
Alan Johns
Richard Davey
John Hooper
Ht. 08:
Owen, Finch, 68.0
Owen, Finch, 68.0
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 13:
Owen, Gardner, Sage, Johns, 69.8
Etheridge, Carter, Stapleton, Featherstone, 71.0
Etheridge, Carter, MacDonald (fell), Wigley (fell), 70.2
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Gardner, Sage, Stapleton, Davey, 69.2
Owen, Sage, Coddington, Featherstone, 69.2
Tom Owen (Holder) v Steve Finch (Challenger), 1st Leg
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - May Challenge
Ht. 11:
Newcastle Diamonds v Crayford Kestrels Monday 8th May 1978 (National League)
Kevin MacDonald
Laurie Etheridge
Pete Wigley
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner
Graeme Stapleton
Newcastle Diamonds 52
Crayford Kestrels 25
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Etheridge, Coddington, Wigley, 69.4
Carter, MacDonald, Davey, Hooper, 70.2
Gardner, Johns, Stapleton, Featherstone, 70.8
Sage, Blackadder, Carter, Hooper, 70.2
Gardner, Stapleton, Etheridge, Wigley, 71.0
Owen, Sage, Coddington, Davey, 69.0
Carter, MacDonald, Johns, Featherstone (ef), 70.6
MacDonald, Etheridge, Coddington, Johns, 70.0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 F 3 9 0
2. 1 0 2* 1 4 1
3. 3 2 2* F 7 1
4. 0 3 1 1 5 0
5. E F 3 2 5 0
6. R 0 F 0 0
7. 2 2 3 3 10 0
TOT BP
1. 0 1* N 1 2 1
2. 2 2 1 0 5 0
3.
4. 3 1 2 2* 3 11 1
5. 1 2 3 3 2 11 0
6. 3 2 1* F E 6 1
7. 1 1* F 1 0 3 1
8.
4 - 2 4 - 2
2 - 4 6 - 6
2 - 4 8 - 10
3 - 3 11 - 13
3 - 3 14 - 16
3 - 3 17 - 19
2 - 4 19 - 23
5 - 1 24 - 24
4 - 2 28 - 26
1 - 5 29 - 31
5 - 1 34 - 32
4 - 2 38 - 34
2 - 4 40 - 38
Did not ride
Lawson, Stapleton, Carter, Newton, 67.0
Stapleton, Richardson, Gardner, Beaton (fell), 69.0
Rourke, Newton, Bargh (f, rem), Hunter (fell), 69.4
Janke, Gardner, Farquharson, Carter (fell), 67.0
Farquharson, Bargh, Crabtree, Janke (fell), 69.2
Peter Moy
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Lawson, Bargh, Newton, Crabtree, 68.8
Carter, Rourke, Hunter, Beaton (ret), 68.0
Gardner, Rourke, Stapleton, Farquharson, Janke (exc, tapes), 68.0
Richardson, Carter, Hunter, Beaton, 69.0
Glasgow Tigers v Newcastle Diamonds Friday 12th May 1978 (National League)
Benny Rourke
Nigel Crabtree
Glasgow Tigers 40
Derek Richardson
Colin Farquharson
Merv Janke
Kenny Carter
Rod Hunter
Steve Lawson
Mick Newton
Newcastle Diamonds 38
David Bargh
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Robbie Gardner
Graeme Stapleton
Jim Beaton
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Lawson, Stapleton, Farquharson, Hunter, Carter (exc, tapes), 67.0
Gardner, Janke, Crabtree, Richardson (fell), 68.0
Rourke, Richardson, Hunter, Bargh, 68.4
Stapleton, Gardner, Newton, Lawson (fell), 69.0
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
TOT BP
1. 1 2 2 3 2 1 11 0
2. 0 N TS 1* 1 1
3.
4. 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0
5. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
6. 3 1* 1* 0 2 7 2
7. 0 TS 1* 1 1
8.
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 2* 2* 2 EF 6 2
3. 3 3 3 2* 11 1
4. 2* 2* 0 2* 6 3
5. 3 3 3 3 12 0
6. 2 EF 1 3 0
7. 1* 0 1* 2 2
1 - 5 1 - 5
3 - 3 4 - 8
1 - 5 5 - 13
3 - 3 8 - 16
1 - 5 9 - 21
3 - 3 12 - 24
1 - 5 13 - 29
3 - 3 16 - 32
2 - 4 18 - 36
3 - 3 21 - 39
3 - 3 24 - 42
1 - 5 25 - 47
1 - 5 26 - 52
Kenny Carter
Ian Turner
Carl Glover
Did not ride
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Lee, Turner, Rumsey, Gardner, 67.6
Betts, Glover, Gardner, Stapleton (f, rem), 69.6
Betts, Carter, Bargh, Gagen (ef), 69.0
Newcastle Diamonds v King's Lynn Stars Monday 15th May 1978 (Inter-Divisional Knock-out Cup 1st Round)
David Bargh
Nigel Crabtree
Terry Betts
David Gagen
Newcastle Diamonds 26
King's Lynn Stars 52
Michael Lee
Billy Spiers
Pete Smith
Les Rumsey (guest)
Rod Hunter
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Robbie Gardner
Graeme Stapleton
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Betts, Gagen, Rumsey, Hunter, 67.4
Carter, Spiers, Smith, Bargh, 69.2
Lee, Glover, Stapleton, Gardner, 67.6
Turner, Rumsey, Carter, Smith, 68.4
Betts, Gagen, Gardner, Stapleton, 67.8
Turner, Rumsey, Carter, Spiers (ef), 68.0
Lee, Glover, Gardner, Carter, 67.2
Rumsey, Gagen, Smith, Stapleton, 68.4
Turner, Gardner, Spiers, Stapleton, 68.4
Lee, Rumsey, Hunter, Glover, 67.2
TOT
1. 2 3 3 3 11
2. 3 3 2 2 10
3. 2 3 1 2 8
4. 3 3 2 3 11
17.
TOT
5. 0 1 0 0 1
6. 0 1 2 1 4
7. 3 F 0 1 4
8. 1 1 1 3 6
18.
TOT
9. 2 2 3 2 9
10. 0 2 3 3 8
11. 3 2 3 2 10
12. 2 1 1 N 4
19. 1 1
TOT
13. 1 2 0 1 4
14. 1 0 2 0 3
15. 0 0 N N 0
16. 1 0 1 X 2
20. 0 EF 0
Ne Te EP Wo Ne Te EP Wo
3 - 0 - 2 - 1 3 - 0 - 2 - 1
2 - 0 - 3 - 1 5 - 0 - 5 - 2
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 8 - 1 - 7 - 2
2 - 3 - 0 - 1 10 - 4 - 7 - 3
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 13 - 5 - 9 - 3
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 16 - 6 - 11 - 3
3 - 0 - 1 - 2 19 - 6 - 12 - 5
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 22 - 7 - 14 - 5
2 - 1 - 3 - 0 24 - 8 - 17 - 5
1 - 0 - 3 - 2 25 - 8 - 20 - 7
2 - 0 - 3 - 1 27 - 8 - 23 - 8
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 30 - 10 - 24 - 8
2 - 3 - 1 - 0 32 - 13 - 25 - 8
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 35 - 14 - 27 - 8
2 - 1 - 3 - 0 37 - 15 - 30 - 8
3 - 0 - 2 - 1 40 - 15 - 32 - 9
Did not ride
Ht. 13:
Pete Reading
Steve Wilcock
Nig Close
John Jackson
Steve Finch
Teesside Tigers 15
Arthur Price
Martin Dixon (reserve)
Ian Hindle
Ht. 12:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Blackadder, Havelock, Williams, Close (fell), 69.6
Tom Owen
Robbie Blackadder
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Gardner
Kenny Carter (reserve)
Owen, Collins, Smith, Price, 69.0
Robert Maxfield
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 10:
Collins, Stapleton, Havelock, Wilcock, 68.6
Blackadder, Jackson, Smith, Hindle, 69.6
Ht. 11:
Andy Margarson (reserve)
Newcastle: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section B, 1st Leg Monday 22nd May 1978
Finch, Gardner, Smith, Havelock, 68.4
Phil Collins
Pete Smith
John Williams
Louis Carr (reserve)
Brian Havelock
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Newcastle Diamonds 40
Ellesmere Port Gunners 32
Workington Comets 9
Gardner, Williams, Price, Reading, 68.6
Section B aggregate score (after Leg 1 of 4): Newcastle 40, Ellesmere Port 32, Teesside 15, Workington 9
Did not ride
Gardner, Jackson, Wilcock, Maxfield, 67.6
Stapleton, Finch, Reading, Hindle, 70.0
Jackson, Price, Stapleton, Close, 69.4
Collins, Blackadder, Maxfield, Reading, 68.8
Ht. 16: Owen, Jackson, Havelock, Reading, 70.0
Ht. 14:
Ht. 15:
Ht. 07:
Close, Owen, Maxfield, Finch, 70.8
Gardner, Collins, Close, Margarson (ef), 69.2
Finch, Blackadder, Wilcock, Price, 69.2
Owen, Wilcock, Williams, Margarson, 70.2
(rerun) Smith, Stapleton, Carr, Maxfield (exc), 70.6
TOT BP
1. 1 3 3 3 10 0
2. 3 1 3 F 7 0
3. 3 3 2 2 10 0
4. 1 F 0 N 1 0
5. EF 2 2 0 4 0
6. 1 1 2* 2* 6 2
7. 0 1 0 1 0
TOT BP
1. FX 3 3 3 9 0
2. 2 1 N N 3 0
3. 2 2 3 1 8 0
4. 3 1 2 1 7 0
5. 2* 0 1* FX 3 2
6. 3 R 2 1 1 7 0
7. 2* FX 0 2 1
4 - 2 4 - 2
1 - 5 5 - 7
1 - 5 6 - 12
4 - 2 10 - 14
2 - 4 12 - 18
4 - 2 16 - 20
5 - 1 21 - 21
4 - 2 25 - 23
2 - 4 27 - 27
3 - 3 30 - 30
2 - 4 32 - 34
5 - 1 37 - 35
2 - 4 39 - 39
Richard Davey
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 13:
(rerun) Etheridge, Davey, Blackadder, Stapleton (f, exc), 60.6
Owen, Sage, Gardner, Johns, 59.8
Owen, Sage, Carter, Hooper, 59.8
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Crayford Kestrels v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 23rd May 1978 (National League)
John Hooper
Tom Owen
David Bargh
Crayford Kestrels 39
Newcastle Diamonds 39
Graeme Stapleton
Kenny Carter
Rod Hunter
Laurie Etheridge
Pete Wigley
Alan Sage
Tony Featherstone
Alan Johns
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
(rerun) Wigley, Bargh, Etheridge, Owen (f, exc), 61.4
Carter, Hunter, Davey, Hooper, 62.4
Gardner, Stapleton, Featherstone, Johns (ef), 60.2
(rerun) Sage, Blackadder, Davey, Hunter (f, exc), 59.8
Owen, Johns, Bargh, Featherstone (fell), 59.6
Etheridge, Blackadder, Wigley, Carter (ret), 60.2
Sage, Davey, Gardner, Stapleton, 60.4
Wigley, Carter, Hooper, Hunter, 60.2
Blackadder, Johns, Carter, Featherstone, 61.2
Etheridge, Gardner, Stapleton, Wigley (f, rem, fell), 60.6
TOT
1. 3 3 3 3 12
2. 3 3 0 2 8
3. 3 1 0 2 6
4. 3 0 2 1 6
17.
TOT
5. EF 3 3 2 8
6. 1 3 2 1 7
7. 1 0 2 2 5
8. 0 N N N 0
18. 2 3 1 6
TOT
9. 1 2 3 1 7
10.
11. 0 1 1 0 2
12. 2 1 0 0 3
19. 0 0 0 0 0
TOT
13. 2 2 1 0 5
14. EF 0 N 3 3
15. 2 2 1 3 8
16. 2 1 N N 3
20. 1 2 3 6
EP Ne Wo Te EP Ne Wo Te
3 - 0 - 2 - 0 3 - 0 - 2 - 0
3 - 1 - 0 - 2 6 - 1 - 2 - 2
3 - 0 - 1 - 2 9 - 1 - 3 - 4
3 - 1 - 0 - 2 12 - 2 - 3 - 6
0 - 3 - 2 - 1 12 - 5 - 5 - 7
1 - 3 - 0 - 2 13 - 8 - 5 - 9
3 - 0 - 1 - 2 16 - 8 - 6 - 11
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 19 - 10 - 7 - 11
2 - 3 - 0 - 1 21 - 13 - 7 - 12
0 - 2 - 3 - 1 21 - 15 - 10 - 13
0 - 3 - 1 - 2 21 - 18 - 11 - 15
3 - 2 - 0 - 1 24 - 20 - 11 - 16
2 - 1 - 0 - 3 26 - 21 - 11 - 19
1 - 2 - 0 - 3 27 - 23 - 11 - 22
2 - 1 - 0 - 3 29 - 24 - 11 - 25
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 32 - 26 - 12 - 25
Jackson, Blackadder, Smith, Hindle, 68.2
Close, P. Collins, Carter, Hindle, 67.6
Martyn Cusworth
Ht. 08:
Finch, Smith, Havelock, Gardner, 68.4
Nig Close (reserve)
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 10:
P. Collins, Reading, Blackadder, Robson, 68.4
Did not ride
Pete Smith
Tom Owen
Robbie Blackadder
Graeme Stapleton
Brian Havelock
Arthur Price
Newcastle Diamonds 26
Steve Wilcock
Kenny Carter (reserve)
Did not ride
John Jackson
Steve Finch
Phil Collins
Louis Carr
Neil Collins (reserve)
Ht. 16:
Smith, Stapleton, Carr, Robson, 67.4
Wilcock, Finch, Blackadder, Margarson, 67.8
Blackadder, Havelock, Cusworth, Carr, 68.2
Owen, Smith, P. Collins, Margarson, 67.4
Havelock, Stapleton, Close, P. Collins, 68.4
Owen, Close, Robson, Finch (f, rem), 67.8
Ht. 13:
Ht. 14:
Ht. 15:
Ht. 07: Finch, Reading, Hindle, Stapleton, 67.4
Jackson, Carter, Robson, Wilcock, 67.0
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Jackson, Owen, Havelock, Reading, 67.0
Section B aggregate score (after Leg 2 of 4): Newcastle 66, Ellesmere Port 64, Teesside 40, Workington 21
Teesside: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section B, 2nd Leg Thursday 25th May 1978
Carter, Carr, Reading, Margarson, 67.4
John Robson (loanee)
Robbie Gardner
Ian Hindle
Andy Margarson (reserve)
Pete Reading
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Ellesmere Port Gunners 32
Jackson, Cusworth, Stapleton, Margarson, 67.8
Workington Comets 12
Teesside Tigers 25
Carr, Hindle, Owen (ef), Wilcock (ef), 69.4
TOT
1. 3 3 3 3 12
2. 3 2 3 3 11
3. 2 3 1 3 9
4. 2 3 0 1 6
17.
TOT
5. 3 2 1 0 6
6. 1 2 2 2 7
7. 2 3 3 3 11
8. 2 0 1 1 4
18.
TOT
9. 1 1 0 N 2
10. 1 1 3 0 5
11. 0 2 2 2 6
12. 0 N 1 N 1
19. 0 2 1 3
TOT
13. 3 1 2 2 8
14. 1 1 2 1 5
15. 0 0 0 N 0
16. 0 EF 0 N 0
20. 0 0 0
EP Ne Te Wo EP Ne Te Wo
2 - 3 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 - 0 - 1
2 - 1 - 0 - 3 4 - 4 - 0 - 4
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 7 - 6 - 1 - 4
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 10 - 8 - 2 - 4
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 13 - 10 - 3 - 4
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 16 - 12 - 4 - 4
2 - 3 - 0 - 1 18 - 15 - 4 - 5
3 - 0 - 2 - 1 21 - 15 - 6 - 6
0 - 1 - 3 - 2 21 - 16 - 9 - 8
1 - 3 - 0 - 2 22 - 19 - 9 - 10
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 25 - 20 - 11 - 10
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 28 - 22 - 12 - 10
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 31 - 23 - 14 - 10
1 - 3 - 2 - 0 32 - 26 - 16 - 10
3 - 2 - 0 - 1 35 - 28 - 16 - 11
3 - 0 - 1 - 2 38 - 28 - 17 - 13
Did not ride
Did not ride
Robbie Blackadder
Graeme Stapleton
Tom Owen
Pete Reading
Steve Wilcock
Newcastle Diamonds 28
John Jackson
Steve Finch
Phil Collins
Louis Carr
Neil Collins (reserve)
Arthur Price
Kenny Carter (reserve)
Jackson, Stapleton, Cusworth, Maxfield, 74.0
P. Collins, Close, Gardner, Margarson, 73.8
Ian Hindle
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Owen, Finch, Havelock, Close, 74.4
Jackson, Smith, Price, Gardner, 74.2
Robert Maxfield
Andy Margarson (reserve)
Ht. 13:
Ht. 14:
Ht. 15:
Ht. 07:
Jackson, Owen, Wilcock, Hindle, 73.2
Owen, Smith, Carr, Margarson, 75.2
Finch, Stapleton, Price, Wilcock, 75.2
Ellesmere Port: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section B, 3rd Leg Friday 26th May 1978
Wilcock, Havelock, Gardner, Carr, 75.6
Pete Smith
Robbie Gardner
Martyn Cusworth
Nig Close (reserve)
Brian Havelock
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Ellesmere Port Gunners 38
Teesside Tigers 17
Workington Comets 13
Blackadder, Carr, Price, Cusworth, 73.4
Havelock, P. Collins, Stapleton, Smith, 78.4
Finch, Gardner, Reading, Maxfield, 73.0
Ht. 16: Jackson, Havelock, Close, Blackadder, 74.2
Section B aggregate score (after Leg 3 of 4): Ellesmere Port 102, Newcastle 94, Teesside 57, Workington 34
Carr, Stapleton, Reading, Hindle (ef), 75.8
P. Collins, Blackadder, Wilcock, Maxfield, 74.0
Owen, Price, P. Collins, Reading, 74.4
Finch, Smith, Blackadder, Hindle, 74.0
Ht. 02: Finch, Owen, 71.8
Series tied 1-1, decider required
Ellesmere Port: Friday 26th May 1978 (cont.)
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - May Challenge
Tom Owen (Holder) v Steve Finch (Challenger), 2nd Leg
Ht. 01: Finch, Owen, 71.6
TOT
1. 3 2 3 EF 8
2. 1 3 3 1 8
3. 2 F 1 1 4
4. 0 N 2 1 3
17. FX 0
TOT
5. 1 1 2 2 6
6. 3 3 2 2 10
7. 0 2 0 2 4
8. 2 1 FX 2 5
18.
TOT
9. 0 N N N 0
10. 2 3 3 0 8
11. 1 0 N 3 4
12. 2 1 0 N 3
19. 2 3 1 3 3 12
TOT
13. FX N N N 0
14. 3 3 2 3 11
15. 3 2 1 0 6
16. 1 1 0 0 2
20. 0 1 1 2
Wo Ne Te EP Wo Ne Te EP
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
2 - 3 - 1 - 0 2 - 4 - 3 - 3
1 - 2 - 0 - 3 3 - 6 - 3 - 6
3 - 0 - 2 - 1 6 - 6 - 5 - 7
0 - 3 - 2 - 1 6 - 9 - 7 - 8
0 - 1 - 3 - 2 6 - 10 - 10 - 10
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 9 - 12 - 11 - 10
2 - 1 - 0 - 3 11 - 13 - 11 - 13
2 - 0 - 3 - 1 13 - 13 - 14 - 14
1 - 0 - 3 - 2 14 - 13 - 17 - 16
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 17 - 15 - 18 - 16
3 - 2 - 0 - 1 20 - 17 - 18 - 17
1 - 2 - 3 - 0 21 - 19 - 21 - 17
1 - 2 - 3 - 0 22 - 21 - 24 - 17
1 - 2 - 0 - 3 23 - 23 - 24 - 20
0 - 2 - 3 - 1 23 - 25 - 27 - 21
Price, Gardner, Cusworth, N. Collins, 73.3
Finch, Havelock, Carter, Smith, 75.2
Newcastle Diamonds 25
Brian Havelock
Arthur Price
Robert Maxfield
Ian Hindle
Andy Margarson (reserve)
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner
Pete Reading
Steve Wilcock
David Bargh (reserve)
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 14:
Ht. 15:
Ht. 07:
Havelock, Wilcock, Carr, Gardner, 74.8
Smith, Gardner, Hindle, P. Collins, 76.4
Finch, Blackadder, Price, Wilcock, 74.9
Blackadder, Close, Carr, Margarson (f, exc), 73.7
Wilcock, P. Collins, Stapleton, Maxfield (fell), 74.5
Close, Finch, Maxfield, Gardner, 73.5
Price, Stapleton, Close, Carr, 73.9
Havelock, Blackadder, P. Collins, Cusworth, 75.1
Close, Carter, Maxfield, Carr, 73.9
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 10:
Ellesmere Port Gunners 21
Finch, Cusworth, Stapleton, Hindle, 73.6
Blackadder, Maxfield, Smith, Jackson (f, exc), 73.1
P. Collins, Carter, Price, Reading, 74.2
Neil Collins (reserve)
Steve Finch
Phil Collins
Louis Carr
Ht. 16: Close, Stapleton, N. Collins, Havelock (ef), 75.6
Section B final aggregate score: Ellesmere Port 123, Newcastle 119, Teesside 84, Workington 57
Did not ride
Workington: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section B, 4th Leg Sunday 28th May 1978
Wilcock, Hindle, N. Collins, Carter (f, exc), 75.4
Pete Smith
Kenny Carter
Martyn Cusworth
Nig Close (reserve)
John Jackson
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Workington Comets 23
Teesside Tigers 27
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 1 FN N N 1 0
3. 2* 3 3 3 11 1
4. EF N 2 2* 4 1
5. 1 1 1* 1 4 1
6. 3 3 0 1 F 7 0
7. 2* 1 F 0 1 4 1
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 2 2 12 0
2. 0 TS 2* F F 2 1
3. 1 2 3 1 7 0
4. 2* EF 1* TS 3 2
5. 3 2* 2 2 0 9 1
6. EF FX N 0 0
7. FX F TS 0 0 0
4 - 2 4 - 2
5 - 0 9 - 2
1 - 5 10 - 7
5 - 1 15 - 8
1 - 5 16 - 13
4 - 2 20 - 15
4 - 2 24 - 17
0 - 5 24 - 22
3 - 3 27 - 25
3 - 3 30 - 28
4 - 2 34 - 30
5 - 1 39 - 31
4 - 2 43 - 33
Owen, Wilcock, Hunter, Robson (f, exc), Coddington (f, ns), 69.2
Blackadder, Smith, Carter (f, rem), Cusworth (ef), 70.0
Reading, Close, Carter (fell), Hunter (fell), 70.4
Wilcock, Gardner, Stapleton, Dixon, 70.4
Owen, Smith, Cusworth, Hunter, 69.6
Ht. 05:
Owen, Reading, Coddington, Close, 69.6
Carter, Hunter, Robson (ef), Dixon (f, exc), 69.8
Smith, Cusworth, Stapleton, Gardner (ef), 70.4
Carter, Blackadder, Wilcock, Dixon (fell), 69.4
Reading, Smith, Stapleton, Carter, 69.6
Newcastle Diamonds v Teesside Tigers Monday 29th May 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup 1st Round, 1st Leg)
Rod Hunter
Pete Reading
Nig Close
Newcastle Diamonds 43
Teesside Tigers 33
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner
Graeme Stapleton
Ht. 13:
Owen, Gardner, Wilcock, Smith, 69.2
Blackadder, Reading, Stapleton, Close (fell), 70.2
Blackadder, Reading, Hunter, Close (fell), 70.4
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Kenny Carter
Steve Wilcock
Martyn Cusworth
Pete Smith
John Robson
Martin Dixon
P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/-
1 Ellesmere Port 7 7 0 0 331 213 14 5 3 0 2 190 200 6 12 10 0 2 531 403 128 20 +6
2 Eastbourne 7 7 0 0 371 171 14 4 2 0 2 148 164 4 11 9 0 2 535 319 216 18 +4
3 Canterbury 6 6 0 0 303 165 12 5 3 0 2 182 207 6 11 9 0 2 510 347 163 18 +6
4 Peterborough 7 6 0 1 351 194 12 7 3 0 4 294 252 6 14 9 0 5 603 488 115 18 +4
5 Weymouth 8 7 0 1 364 259 14 7 0 0 7 320 218 0 15 7 0 8 582 579 3 14 -2
6 Edinburgh 8 5 0 3 350 270 10 7 2 0 5 313 232 4 15 7 0 8 582 583 -1 14 -2
7 Oxford 4 3 0 1 178 133 6 7 3 1 3 277 268 7 11 6 1 4 446 410 36 13 +5
8 Glasgow 5 5 0 0 226 161 10 7 1 1 5 323 222 3 12 6 1 5 448 484 -36 13 +3
9 Berwick 5 5 0 0 266 124 10 2 0 0 2 105 50 0 7 5 0 2 316 229 87 10 0
10 Rye House 4 4 0 0 196 116 8 2 1 0 1 75 79 2 6 5 0 1 275 191 84 10 +2
11 Mildenhall 5 3 0 2 221 169 6 6 2 0 4 228 237 4 11 5 0 6 458 397 61 10 0
12 Stoke 4 4 0 0 209 103 8 5 1 0 4 234 154 2 9 5 0 4 363 337 26 10 +2
13 Crayford 6 4 1 1 265 198 9 7 0 1 6 323 221 1 13 4 2 7 486 521 -35 10 -2
14 Scunthorpe 6 4 1 1 251 215 9 4 0 1 3 199 113 1 10 4 2 4 364 414 -50 10 -2
15 Teesside 5 5 0 0 223 166 10 5 0 0 5 261 129 0 10 5 0 5 352 427 -75 10 0
16 Newcastle 5 4 0 1 218 170 8 2 0 1 1 79 77 1 7 4 1 2 295 249 46 9 -1
17 Boston 5 2 1 2 193 195 5 6 0 1 5 315 149 1 11 2 2 7 342 510 -168 6 -4
18 Workington 4 2 0 2 163 148 4 8 0 0 8 391 231 0 12 2 0 10 394 539 -145 4 -4
19 Milton Keynes 3 0 3 0 117 117 3 4 0 0 4 203 106 0 7 0 3 4 223 320 -97 3 -3
20 Barrow 7 1 0 6 224 320 2 11 0 0 11 560 298 0 18 1 0 17 522 880 -358 2 -12
Home Away Overall
National League Table
Up to and including Wednesday 31st May
TOT BP
1. 2 1 3 3 9 0
2. 0 N 0 N 0 0
3. 3 3 3 1* 10 1
4. 1 2* F 0 3 1
5. 3 3 1 2 9 0
6. 2 2* F 1 2* 7 2
7. 0 1 0 1 0
TOT BP
1. 3 EF 2 3 8 0
2. 1 1 N N 2 0
3. 0 2* 3 1* 6 2
4. 2 2 1 N 5 0
5. 0 0 X 2 2 0
6. 3 3 2* 2* 1* 11 3
7. 1 1 3 0 5 0
2 - 4 2 - 4
2 - 4 4 - 8
4 - 2 8 - 10
5 - 1 13 - 11
5 - 1 18 - 12
1 - 5 19 - 17
4 - 2 23 - 19
1 - 5 24 - 24
1 - 5 25 - 29
5 - 1 30 - 30
3 - 3 33 - 33
3 - 3 36 - 36
3 - 3 39 - 39
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - May Challenge
Tom Owen (Holder) v Steve Finch (Challenger), 3rd Leg
Owen wins series 2-1
Carter, Blackadder, Reading, Close (fell), 68.0
Wilcock, Gardner, Close, Stapleton, 67.4
Hunter, Carter, Dixon, Gatenby, 68.0
Blackadder, Carter, Smith, Cusworth (fell), 67.8
Reading, Close, Gardner, Stapleton (exc), 68.6
Reading, Stapleton, Blackadder, Cusworth, 67.8
Owen, Smith, Wilcock, Hunter, 66.8
Wilcock, Owen, Carter, Dixon, 66.4
Newcastle win 83-73 on aggregate.
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Owen, Reading, Coddington, Gatenby, 67.0
Carter, Close, Hunter, Dixon, 68.2
Smith, Gardner, Cusworth, Stapleton, 69.0
Wilcock, Close, Hunter, Blackadder, 67.4
Smith, Cusworth, Coddington, Owen (ef), 68.6
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner
Graeme Stapleton
Kenny Carter
Teesside Tigers v Newcastle Diamonds Thursday 1st June 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup 1st Round, 2nd Leg)
Martin Dixon
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Pete Reading
Dave Gatenby
Steve Wilcock
Martyn Cusworth
Pete Smith
Ht. 12:
Teesside Tigers 39
Newcastle Diamonds 39
Owen, Finch, 66.6
Owen, Finch, 66.6
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 13:
Nig Close
Rod Hunter
TOT BP
1. 2 3 2 1 8 0
2. 1* 1 2* N 4 2
3. 3 3 2 2 10 0
4. FX 3 1 EF 4 0
5. 1 1 0 EF 2 0
6. 1 2* 2* 3 FX 8 2
7. 0 N 0 0 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 0
2. 0 0 1 N 1 0
3. 0 M 2* 3 3 8 1
4.
5. 2* 0 1 2* 1 6 2
6. 2* 2 1 TS 5 1
7. 3 1 X F 1 5 0
8.
3 - 3 3 - 3
1 - 5 4 - 8
1 - 5 5 - 13
5 - 1 10 - 14
4 - 2 14 - 16
4 - 2 18 - 18
5 - 1 23 - 19
5 - 1 28 - 20
1 - 5 29 - 25
2 - 4 31 - 29
2 - 4 33 - 33
1 - 5 34 - 38
2 - 4 36 - 42
Did not rideNigel Crabtree
Mike Ferreira
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner R/R
Graeme Stapleton
Rod Hunter
Kenny Carter
(rerun) Koppe, Hunter, Clifton, Carter (exc), Blackadder (exc, 2 mins), 73.6
Banks, Ferreira, Hunter, Stapleton, 73.0
Ferreira, Clifton, Coddington, Carter (fell), 73.8
Owen, Blackadder, Rumsey, Kennett, 73.4
Rumsey, Owen, Kennett, Coddington, 72.6
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Koppe, Clifton, Coddington, 71.2
Carter, Hunter, Ferreira, Johnson, 72.8
(rerun) Owen, Stapleton (f, rem), Kennett, Rumsey (f, exc), 72.4
Banks, Ferreira, Carter, Blackadder, 72.4
Canterbury Crusaders v Newcastle Diamonds Saturday 3rd June 1978 (National League)
Dave Johnson
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Steve Koppe
Graham Clifton
Canterbury Crusaders 36
Newcastle Diamonds 42
Graham Banks
Les Rumsey
Barney Kennett
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Blackadder, Stapleton, Koppe, Rumsey (ef), 73.6
Owen, Banks, Stapleton, Kennett (ef), 73.2
Owen, Banks, Carter, Johnson, 73.6
(rerun) Blackadder, Koppe, Stapleton, Ferreira (f, exc), 73.4
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 0 R 0 N 0 0
3. 2* 3 2 2 9 1
4. 0 2 0 1 3 0
5. 1 1* 2 N 4 1
6. 3 3 1 2* 9 1
7. 2* 3 0 EF 5 1
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 2 3 3 16 0
2. 1* 0 TS 1 2 1
3. 1 FN N N 1 0
4.
5. 2* 2 1* FX 2 1 8 2
6. 1 FX 0 1 1 3 0
7. 0 F 2 TS 3 0 5 0
8.
3 - 3 3 - 3
5 - 1 8 - 4
1 - 5 9 - 9
5 - 1 14 - 10
3 - 3 17 - 13
3 - 2 20 - 15
4 - 2 24 - 17
3 - 3 27 - 20
2 - 4 29 - 24
5 - 1 34 - 25
2 - 4 36 - 29
4 - 2 40 - 31
2 - 4 42 - 35
Owen (awarded), Sampson (exc, silencer), 62.0
Owen, Sampson (ret), 62.6
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Owen leads series 1-0
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Sampson, Stapleton, Abel, Hunter, 61.8
Eastbourne Eagles 42
Newcastle Diamonds 35
Owen, Kennett, Coddington, Barker, 62.0
Nigel Crabtree
Steve Naylor
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner R/R
Graeme Stapleton
Kenny Carter
Rod Hunter
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Eastbourne Eagles v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 4th June 1978 (National League)
John Barker
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Mike Sampson
Paul Woods
David Kennett
Roger Abel
Eric Dugard
Did not ride
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - June Challenge
Tom Owen (Holder) v Mike Sampson (Challenger), 1st Leg
Sampson, Hunter, Woods (ret), Carter (f, exc), Blackadder (f, ns), 61.6
Kennett, Stapleton, Naylor, Carter, 62.4
Barker, Owen, Stapleton, Woods, 62.4
Hunter, Dugard, Carter, Abel, 63.8
Sampson, Naylor, Carter (f, rem), Stapleton (f, exc), 62.4
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Sampson, Owen, Coddington, Woods, 61.8
Naylor, Barker, Carter, Hunter, 62.6
Owen, Stapleton, Dugard, Abel, 61.4
Naylor, Kennett, Blackadder, Hunter (fell), 61.2
Owen, Abel, Dugard, Coddington, 61.8
Owen, Kennett, Stapleton, Barker (ef), 61.8
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 2* 3 3 17 1
2. 0 TS E 0 0 0
3. 0 0 3 3 FX 6 0
4.
5. 3 F 2* 3 2* 2 12 2
6. 2 1 1 1 0 5 0
7. F 0 N 0 0
TOT BP
1. 1* 1* 1* 3 6 3
2. 2 2 3 2 9 0
3. 2* 1 1 1 5 1
4. 2 0 1* N 3 1
5. 1* 2 2 0 5 1
6. 3 0 0 3 0
7. 1 3 2* 1 7 1
3 - 3 3 - 3
2 - 4 5 - 7
3 - 3 8 - 10
1 - 5 9 - 15
3 - 3 12 - 18
5 - 1 17 - 19
4 - 2 21 - 21
1 - 5 22 - 26
5 - 1 27 - 27
3 - 3 30 - 30
3 - 3 33 - 33
5 - 1 38 - 34
2 - 4 40 - 38
Owen, Stapleton, Kennett, Woods, 70.0
Blackadder, Abel, Crabtree, Dugard, 71.2
(rerun) Naylor, Barker, Crabtree, Hunter, Coddington (exc, tapes), 70.2
Stapleton, Owen, Kennett, Woods, 70.0
Owen, Abel, Dugard, Coddington, 69.4
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner R/R
Graeme Stapleton
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Naylor, Sampson, Coddington, 69.0
Woods, Crabtree, Barker, Hunter (fell), 72.0
Stapleton, Dugard, Abel, Blackadder, 71.0
Barker, Kennett, Crabtree, Blackadder, 70.2
Owen, Naylor, Sampson, Stapleton (fell), 69.2
Nigel Crabtree
Newcastle Diamonds v Eastbourne Eagles Monday 5th June 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Mike Sampson
Steve Naylor
David Kennett
Eric Dugard
Roger Abel
Paul Woods
John Barker
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Ht. 12: Owen, Stapleton, Kennett, Abel, 70.2
(rerun) Sampson, Stapleton, Barker, Blackadder (f, exc), 70.2
Blackadder, Naylor, Sampson, Crabtree, 70.2
Tom Owen (Holder) v Mike Sampson (Challenger), 2nd Leg
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - June Challenge
Owen wins series 2-0
Newcastle Diamonds 40
Eastbourne Eagles 38
Owen, Sampson, 69.0
Owen, Sampson, 67.6
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
TOT BP
1. FX 2 0 0 2 0
2. 2 1* 2 1 6 1
3. 1 3 0 2 R 6 0
4. 1* 2 FX TS TS 3 1
5. 2 1* 1 1 2 7 1
6. 0 0 TS 1* 1 1
7. 1 0 N 1 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 1 0 N 0 1 0
3. 3 F 3 3 9 0
4. 3 1* 3 1 8 1
5. 0 FN N N 0 0
6. 3 3 3 2* 2* 13 2
7. 2* 2* 2 1 2* 9 3
2 - 4 2 - 4
1 - 5 3 - 9
3 - 3 6 - 12
1 - 5 7 - 17
3 - 3 10 - 20
3 - 3 13 - 23
3 - 3 16 - 26
2 - 4 18 - 30
1 - 5 19 - 35
1 - 5 20 - 40
3 - 3 23 - 43
1 - 5 24 - 48
2 - 4 26 - 52
(awar) Carter, Anderson, Evans, Blackadder (fell), no time
Harrison, Hunter, Gardner, Holloway (f, exc), Stapleton (f, ns), 67.3
Carter, Evans, Hunter, MacLean (f, rem), 67.2
Blackadder, Carter, Bass, Harrison, 66.6
Gardner, Hunter, Evans, Anderson, 68.4
Owen, Evans, Coddington, Anderson (f, exc), 65.2
Carter, Hunter, MacLean, Grahame, 66.4
Gardner, Bass, Holloway, Stapleton, 67.3
Blackadder, Hunter, Harrison, Grahame, 67.2
Owen, Holloway, Bass, Coddington, 66.5
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Graeme Stapleton
Kenny Carter
Rod Hunter
Cliff Anderson
Richard Evans
Derek Harrison
Malcolm Holloway
Phil Bass
Milton Keynes Knights v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 11th June 1978 (National League)
Harry MacLean
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Milton Keynes Knights 26
Newcastle Diamonds 52
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Blackadder, Carter, Bass, Anderson, 67.4
Owen, Bass, Gardner, Harrison (ret), 65.8
Owen, Harrison, Grahame, Coddington, 65.5
Andy Grahame
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner
TOT BP
1. 2 3 EF 3 3 11 0
2. 1* N 0 N 1 1
3. 2 3 2 2 3 12 0
4. 1* 1 2 1 1 6 1
5.
6. 3 1 0 1* 5 1
7. 2* 0 2 1 1* 6 2
8.
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 0 9 0
2. 0 TS 1 N 1 0
3. 2 2 3 2 9 0
4. 0 0 0 2 2 0
5. 3 2* 3 2 0 10 1
6. 1 1* N 2 1
7. 0 0 3 1 F 4 0
3 - 3 3 - 3
5 - 1 8 - 4
3 - 3 11 - 7
4 - 2 15 - 9
1 - 5 16 - 14
3 - 3 19 - 17
3 - 3 22 - 20
2 - 4 24 - 24
2 - 4 26 - 28
4 - 2 30 - 30
3 - 3 33 - 33
4 - 2 37 - 35
4 - 2 41 - 37
John Williams
Steve Finch
Louis Carr
Phil Collins
Steve Taylor
Pete Ellams
Owen, Finch, Taylor, Hunter, 69.0
Collins, Blackadder, Hunter, Carr, 68.0
Ellams, Carter, Williams, Coddington, 70.2
Finch, Gardner, Ellams, Owen (ef), 70.6
Jackson, Collins, Gardner, Carter, 68.6
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Jackson, Owen, Coddington, Williams, 67.8
Hunter, Carter, Taylor, Ellams, 71.2
Collins, Blackadder, Gardner, Carr, 69.0
Blackadder, Finch, Hunter, Ellams, 69.2
Rod Hunter
Newcastle Diamonds v Ellesmere Port Gunners Monday 12th June 1978 (National League)
Kenny Carter
Nigel Crabtree
John Jackson
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Newcastle Diamonds 41
Ellesmere Port Gunners 37
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner
Graeme Stapleton R/R
Did not ride
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Owen, Finch, Gardner, Collins (f, rem), 69.0
Blackadder, Carr, Gardner, Jackson, 69.4
Jackson, Blackadder, Carter, Ellams (fell), 69.6
Owen, Collins, Carter, Carr, 69.0
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
TOT BP
1. 2 3 1 1* 7 1
2. 1* 1 0 3 5 1
3. 3 3 2 3 11 0
4. 1* 1 0 N 2 1
5. 2 3 1 0 6 0
6. 0 0 N 0 0
7. 1 0 3 1* 2 7 1
TOT BP
1. 3 2 3 2 10 0
2. 0 0 N N 0 0
3. 1* 2 3 3 9 1
4. 0 1* 0 E 1 1
5. 3 2 2 FX 7 0
6. 2* 0 1* 2* 5 3
7. 3 2 2 0 1* 8 1
3 - 3 3 - 3
1 - 5 4 - 8
3 - 3 7 - 11
3 - 3 10 - 14
4 - 2 14 - 16
4 - 2 18 - 18
3 - 3 21 - 21
3 - 3 24 - 24
1 - 5 25 - 29
4 - 2 29 - 31
3 - 3 32 - 34
3 - 3 35 - 37
3 - 3 38 - 40
Stoke Potters 38
Newcastle Diamonds 40
Ht. 13:
(rerun) Blackadder, Gledhill, Harrhy, Stapleton (f, exc), 68.0
Lomas, Owen, Carter, Robertson, Gardner (exc, tapes), 68.6
Owen, Lomas, Gledhill, Carter, 68.5
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Stewart Collin
Stoke Potters v Newcastle Diamonds Saturday 17th June 1978 (National League)
Ian Gledhill
Tom Owen
Neil Coddington
Robbie Blackadder
Robbie Gardner
Graeme Stapleton
Rod Hunter
Kenny Carter
John Harrhy
Stuart Mountford
Tony Lomas
Tim Nunan
Ian Robertson
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Harrhy, Mountford, Coddington, 67.7
Carter, Hunter, Gledhill, Collin, 68.9
Stapleton, Robertson, Nunan, Gardner, 68.7
Lomas, Carter, Blackadder, Collin, 68.3
Robertson, Owen, Nunan, Coddington, 68.4
Harrhy, Blackadder, Mountford, Hunter, 68.3
Lomas, Stapleton, Gardner, Gledhill, 69.2
Gledhill, Carter, Hunter, Mountford, 68.3
Blackadder, Hunter, Robertson, Nunan, 67.9
Mountford, Stapleton, Harrhy, Gardner, 69.6
TOT BP
1. 3 3 F 3 9 0
2. 2* 2* 1* 3 8 3
3. 2 3 3 2* 10 1
4. 2* 0 2* 1 5 2
5. 3 3 3 3 12 0
6. 0 1* 0 1 1
7. 1 2 1 4 0
TOT BP
1.
2. 0 2 0 N 2 0
3. 3 1 3 0 2 2 11 0
4. 1 1* 2 1 2 1 8 1
5. 1 0 1* N 0 2 1
6. 3 0 TS F 0 3 0
7. 2* 0 TS 1* 3 2
8.
5 - 1 5 - 1
1 - 5 6 - 6
5 - 1 11 - 7
3 - 3 14 - 10
3 - 3 17 - 13
5 - 1 22 - 14
3 - 3 25 - 17
3 - 3 28 - 20
5 - 1 33 - 21
3 - 3 36 - 24
4 - 2 40 - 26
4 - 2 44 - 28
5 - 1 49 - 29
Did not ride
Owen, Stapleton, Gooderham, Couzens, 69.6
Blackadder, I. Clark, B. Clark, Coddington, 69.2
Gooderham, Hunter, Stapleton, Hawkins, 69.6
Gardner, Carter, I. Clark, Gooderham, 69.2
Stapleton, I. Clark, Flatman, Owen (fell), 72.4
Ht. 05:
Owen, Stapleton, B. Clark, Hawkins, 67.2 (ETR)
Couzens, Flatman, Hunter, Coddington, 69.2
Gardner, Carter, I. Clark, B. Clark, 69.0
Gooderham, Blackadder, Coddington, Flatman, 68.4
Gardner, Hawkins, I. Clark, Carter, 69.2
Newcastle Diamonds v Peterborough Panthers Monday 19th June 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Andy Hines R/R
Kevin Hawkins
Newcastle Diamonds 49
Peterborough Panthers 29
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 13:
Owen, Gooderham, Carter, B. Clark, 69.0
Gardner, Blackadder, I. Clark, Couzens, 70.0
Blackadder, Gooderham, Hunter, Couzens (fell), 69.8
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Steve Popely
Neil Coddington
Dave Gooderham
Ian Clark
Brian Clark
Nigel Couzens
Nigel Flatman
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 F 9 0
2. 0 TS 1 0 1 0
3. 1 1* 2* 3 7 2
4. 2* 0 2 1 5 1
5. 3 1 2* FX 1 7 1
6. EF 0 N 0 0
7. 1 2 3 3 9 0
TOT BP
1.
2. 2 3 2 0 2 9 0
3. 1* 3 1 3 3 11 1
4. 0 3 1* 1 0 5 1
5. 1 0 2 2* 5 1
6. 2* 0 1 3 1
7. 3 2* 2* 0 7 2
3 - 3 3 - 3
1 - 5 4 - 8
5 - 1 9 - 9
1 - 5 10 - 14
1 - 5 11 - 19
5 - 1 16 - 20
3 - 3 19 - 23
4 - 2 23 - 25
2 - 4 25 - 29
3 - 3 28 - 32
5 - 1 33 - 33
1 - 5 34 - 38
4 - 2 38 - 40
Workington Comets 38
Newcastle Diamonds 40
Ht. 13:
Blackadder, Gardner, Margarson, Havelock (fell), 75.8
Price, Stapleton, Maxfield, Carter, 75.6
Hindle, Price, Carter, Stapleton, 75.7
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Rod North
Workington Comets v Newcastle Diamonds Friday 23rd June 1978 (National League)
Ian Hindle
Tom Owen R/R
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Rod Hunter
Neil Coddington
Brian Havelock
David Coles
Arthur Price
Andy Margarson
Robert Maxfield
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Havelock, Stapleton, Blackadder, Coles, 74.2
Coddington, Hunter, Hindle, North (ef), 77.0
Maxfield, Margarson, Gardner, Carter, 77.1
Blackadder, Coddington, Price, North, 75.0
Stapleton, Coddington, Maxfield, Margarson, 76.0
Havelock, Maxfield, Blackadder, Hunter, 75.4
Carter, Hindle, Price, Gardner, 76.2
Hindle, Stapleton, Coles, Coddington, 75.6
(rerun) Blackadder, Margarson, Hunter, Maxfield (f, exc), 74.7
Havelock, Gardner, Carter, Coles, 75.7
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. X 2* 2* 2* 6 3
3. 3 3 F N 6 0
4. 3 3 3 2* 11 1
5. 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4
6. 2 1 1 4 0
7. 0 3 3 3 9 0
TOT BP
1.
2. 2 0 1 1 2 1 7 0
3. FX 2 1 F TS N 3 0
4. 0 2 0 0 N 2 0
5. 1 1 TS 1 1 4 0
6. 1 0 TS 0 0 1 0
7. 3 0 0 1* 4 1
8.
3 - 2 3 - 2
2 - 4 5 - 6
5 - 1 10 - 7
4 - 2 14 - 9
5 - 1 19 - 10
5 - 1 24 - 11
4 - 2 28 - 13
5 - 1 33 - 14
5 - 1 38 - 15
5 - 1 43 - 16
3 - 3 46 - 19
5 - 1 51 - 20
5 - 1 56 - 21
Did not ride
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Coles, Henry, Gardner, Coddington, 58.4
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Mildenhall Fen Tigers v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 25th June 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup 2nd Round, 1st Leg)
Mike Spink
Tom Owen R/R
Graeme Stapleton
Bob Coles
Neil Leeks
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 56
Newcastle Diamonds 21
Melvyn Taylor
Robert Henry
Ray Bales
Mick Bates
Spink, Leeks, Stapleton, Hunter, 58.8
Henry, Bales, Stapleton, Carter, 57.6
Spink, Stapleton, Hunter, Taylor (fell), 57.8
Coles, Leeks, Gardner, Carter, 57.8
Ht. 13: Spink, Bales, Stapleton, Coddington, 58.2
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Neil Coddington
Taylor, Carter, Bates, Blackadder (fell), 57.8
Henry, Bales, Gardner, Stapleton, 60.4
David Bargh
Coles, Leeks, Blackadder, Coddington, 58.8
Rod Hunter
Ht. 05:
(rerun) Coles, Stapleton, Blackadder (f, exc), Leeks (exc), 58.6
Hunter, Bates, Coddington, Spink, 60.2
Henry, Bales, Gardner, Carter, 58.8
Taylor, Blackadder, Bates, Hunter, 58.8
TOT BP
1. 1 2 0 N 3 0
2. 0 F 2 2 4 0
3. 3 3 3 3 12 0
4. 3 3 3 2 11 0
5. 1 0 2* 2* 5 2
6. 1* 0 0 1 1
7. 2 1* 1 F 4 1
TOT BP
1. 3 2 2 1 8 0
2. 2* 1* 3 FX 6 2
3. 2 3 0 1 6 0
4. 0 2 1 R 3 0
5. 2 1* 3 3 9 1
6. 3 1* 1 1 6 1
7. 0 N 0 0 0
1 - 5 1 - 5
3 - 3 4 - 8
4 - 2 8 - 10
3 - 3 11 - 13
3 - 3 14 - 16
2 - 4 16 - 20
3 - 3 19 - 23
3 - 3 22 - 26
5 - 1 27 - 27
2 - 4 29 - 31
4 - 2 33 - 33
2 - 4 35 - 37
5 - 1 40 - 38
Newcastle Diamonds 40
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 38
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Mildenhall win 94-61 on aggregate.
Bales, Carter, Spink, Hunter (fell), 69.2
Blackadder, Gardner, Coles, Henry (ret), no time
Blackadder, Coles, Hunter, Leeks (f, exc), 69.0
Nigel Crabtree
Newcastle Diamonds v Mildenhall Fen Tigers Monday 26th June 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup 2nd Round, 2nd Leg)
Rod Hunter
Bob Coles
Neil Leeks
Mike Spink
Robert Henry
Ray Bales
Mick Bates
Richard Knight
Neil Coddington
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Coles, Leeks, Coddington, Stapleton, 69.8
Bates, Hunter, Crabtree, Knight, 70.4
Carter, Bales, Gardner, Henry, 70.0
Blackadder, Spink, Bates, Crabtree, 69.4
Carter, Coles, Leeks, Gardner, 69.0
Spink, Coddington, Bates, Stapleton (fell), 70.0
Blackadder, Henry, Bales, Crabtree, 69.0
Leeks, Stapleton, Hunter, Knight, 69.8
Carter, Gardner, Bates, Spink, 70.2
Bales, Stapleton, Henry, Coddington, 69.6
Barrow Furness Flyers v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 27th June 1978 (National League)
Meeting postponed - rain
P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/-
1 Peterborough 10 9 0 1 492 287 18 9 4 0 5 375 326 8 19 13 0 6 818 662 156 26 +6
2 Eastbourne 10 10 0 0 530 243 20 7 2 1 4 274 272 5 17 12 1 4 802 517 285 25 +5
3 Newcastle 8 7 0 1 348 274 14 7 4 1 2 259 286 9 15 11 1 3 634 533 101 23 +7
4 Canterbury 8 7 0 1 386 238 14 7 4 0 3 253 292 8 15 11 0 4 678 491 187 22 +6
5 Glasgow 9 9 0 0 415 282 18 8 1 1 6 381 241 3 17 10 1 6 656 663 -7 21 +3
6 Ellesmere Port 7 7 0 0 331 213 14 9 3 0 6 375 326 6 16 10 0 6 657 588 69 20 +6
7 Crayford 10 8 1 1 444 331 17 10 1 1 8 453 325 3 20 9 2 9 769 784 -15 20 0
8 Oxford 6 5 0 1 286 179 10 12 4 1 7 497 437 9 18 9 1 8 723 676 47 19 +7
9 Edinburgh 10 7 0 3 443 333 14 8 2 0 6 360 263 4 18 9 0 9 706 693 13 18 -2
10 Berwick 9 9 0 0 442 258 18 7 0 0 7 362 180 0 16 9 0 7 622 620 2 18 0
11 Mildenhall 8 6 0 2 372 252 12 7 2 0 5 271 272 4 15 8 0 7 644 523 121 16 0
12 Weymouth 11 8 0 3 483 372 16 7 0 0 7 320 218 0 18 8 0 10 701 692 9 16 -6
13 Rye House 6 6 0 0 305 163 12 4 1 0 3 160 150 2 10 7 0 3 455 323 132 14 +2
14 Stoke 6 4 0 2 276 192 8 8 3 0 5 361 259 6 14 7 0 7 535 553 -18 14 +2
15 Scunthorpe 7 5 1 1 299 245 11 8 0 1 7 386 238 1 15 5 2 8 537 631 -94 12 -2
16 Workington 9 6 0 3 393 308 12 11 0 0 11 525 331 0 20 6 0 14 724 833 -109 12 -6
17 Boston 7 4 1 2 288 256 9 9 1 1 7 451 247 3 16 5 2 9 535 707 -172 12 -2
18 Teesside 9 6 0 3 373 328 12 10 0 0 10 502 277 0 19 6 0 13 650 830 -180 12 -6
19 Milton Keynes 7 2 3 2 264 282 7 5 0 0 5 250 137 0 12 2 3 7 401 532 -131 7 -7
20 Barrow 9 2 1 6 304 396 5 13 0 0 13 659 355 0 22 2 1 19 659 1055 -396 5 -13
Home Away Overall
National League Table
Up to and including Friday 30th June
Owen leads series 1-0
Ht. 01: Owen, Rumsey, 71.0
Canterbury: Saturday 1st July 1978
Ht. 02: Owen, Rumsey (ret), 72.2
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - July Challenge
Tom Owen (Holder) v Les Rumsey (Challenger), 1st Leg
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 2 11 0
2. 1 F 3 2* 6 1
3. 3 2 2 3 10 0
4. 2 0 2 0 4 0
5. 0 3 0 0 3 0
6. 0 1 N 0 1 0
7. 2 0 N 0 2 0
TOT BP
1. 2 1* 1 2 6 1
2. 0 2 2 3 7 0
3. 2 2 1 1 6 0
4. 3 1 0 1* 5 1
5. 1 3 1 3 8 0
6. 1 1* N 2 1
7. 3 0 1* 3 7 1
4 - 2 4 - 2
2 - 4 6 - 6
2 - 4 8 - 10
4 - 2 12 - 12
3 - 3 15 - 15
3 - 3 18 - 18
2 - 4 20 - 22
3 - 3 23 - 25
2 - 4 25 - 29
5 - 1 30 - 30
2 - 4 32 - 34
2 - 4 34 - 38
3 - 3 37 - 41
Ht. 12: Fiala, Owen, Mullarkey, Carter, 70.0
Blackadder, Hubbard, Pullen, Gardner, 70.0Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Garrad, Blackadder, Hubbard, Hunter, 69.6
Newcastle Diamonds v Rye House Rockets Monday 3rd July 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Ted Hubbard
Bob Garrad
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Newcastle Diamonds 37
Rye House Rockets 41
Owen, Stapleton, Fiala, Pullen, 70.0
Robbie Blackadder
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Hubbard, Stapleton, Garrad, 69.0
Saunders, Hunter, Tarrant, Coddington, 69.6
Pullen, Carter, Fiala, Gardner, 70.0
Blackadder, Mullarkey, Coddington, Saunders, 69.2
Owen, Mullarkey, Tarrant, Stapleton (fell), 69.2
Fiala, Blackadder, Pullen, Hunter, 69.4
Stapleton, Garrad, Saunders, Coddington, 70.2
Saunders, Carter, Mullarkey, Gardner, 71.4
Gardner, Garrad, Hubbard, Carter, 69.8
Neil Coddington
Kelvin Mullarkey
Ashley Pullen
Karl Fiala
Peter Tarrant
Hugh Saunders
TOT BP
1. 3 1 1 2* 0 7 1
2. R 3 3 3 2 11 0
3. 1 0 TS 0 1 0
4. 0 2* 1 2 3 8 1
5. 1 3 0 2 6 0
6. F R TS 0 0
7. 1 TS 0 1 0
TOT BP
1. 2 R 3 3 8 0
2. 1* 1 2 1 5 1
3. 3 2 3 2 10 0
4. 2* 2* F 1 5 2
5. 3 3 1 1* 8 1
6. 2* 0 N 2 1
7. 3 2* 0 1 6 1
3 - 3 3 - 3
1 - 5 4 - 8
1 - 5 5 - 13
1 - 5 6 - 18
5 - 1 11 - 19
4 - 2 15 - 21
1 - 5 16 - 26
4 - 2 20 - 28
2 - 4 22 - 32
5 - 1 27 - 33
2 - 4 29 - 37
3 - 3 32 - 40
2 - 4 34 - 44
Weymouth Wildcats 34
Newcastle Diamonds 44
Ht. 13:
Kennedy, Blackadder, Gardner, Corradine, 70.7
Owen, Swindells, Carter, Willmott, 70.5
Owen, Shakespeare, Stapleton, Conroy, 70.1
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Gary Ford
Weymouth Wildcats v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 4th July 1978 (National League)
Mick Conroy
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Neil Coddington
Rod Hunter
Malcolm Corradine
Malcolm Shakespeare
Sean Willmott
Danny Kennedy
Geoff Swindells
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Corradine, Owen, Stapleton, Shakespeare (ret), 69.4
Hunter, Coddington, Conroy, Ford (fell), 71.3
Gardner, Carter, Swindells, Kennedy, 71.0
Blackadder, Hunter, Willmott, Ford (ret), 70.6
Swindells, Kennedy, Stapleton, Owen (ret), 70.2
Shakespeare, Blackadder, Corradine, Coddington, 70.8
Gardner, Carter, Kennedy, Willmott, 70.2
Shakespeare, Stapleton, Corradine, Hunter, 71.1
Blackadder, Kennedy, Hunter, Swindells, 69.7
Shakespeare, Corradine, Gardner, Carter (fell), 71.1
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 2* 11 1
2. 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4
3. 3 N N N 3 0
4. 3 3 3 3 12 0
5. 1 1 2* 3 7 1
6. 2* F 1* F 3 2
7. 3 2 3 3 2* 13 1
TOT BP
1. 0 2 1 1* TS 4 1
2. 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
3. 2 1 0 1 0 4 0
4. 0 TS 0 1 1 0
5. 2 3 1 1 0 7 0
6. 0 F TS 0 0
7. 1 1* TS 2 1
5 - 1 5 - 1
5 - 1 10 - 2
4 - 2 14 - 4
3 - 3 17 - 7
4 - 2 21 - 9
5 - 1 26 - 10
3 - 3 29 - 13
5 - 1 34 - 14
5 - 1 39 - 15
5 - 1 44 - 16
3 - 3 47 - 19
5 - 1 52 - 20
5 - 1 57 - 21
Nigel Crabtree
Mike Hiftle
Willie Templeton
Roger Wright
Ian Darling
Owen, Rumsey, 68.4
Owen, Rumsey, 69.0
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 13:
Newcastle Diamonds v Berwick Bandits Monday 10th July 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Graham Jones
Dave Gifford
Newcastle Diamonds 57
Berwick Bandits 21
Mike Fullerton
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Stapleton, Gifford, Jones, 69.2
Hunter, Crabtree, Fullerton, Darling, 72.0
Carter, Wright, Gardner, Templeton, 71.0
Blackadder, Hiftle, Fullerton, Crabtree (fell), 70.0
Carter, Jones, Gardner, Gifford, 70.4
Tom Owen (Holder) v Les Rumsey (Challenger), 2nd Leg
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - July Challenge
Owen wins series 2-0
Owen, Stapleton, Hiftle, Darling (fell), 70.6
Wright, Hunter, Crabtree, Gifford, 71.0
Hunter, Stapleton, Jones, Gifford, 71.6
Carter, Gardner, Wright, Hiftle, 70.4
Owen, Stapleton, Wright, Templeton, 70.0
Carter, Owen, Hiftle, Wright, 71.2
Gardner, Hunter, Templeton, Hiftle, 71.6
Hunter, Gifford, Jones, Crabtree (fell), 72.0
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 1 1 2* 1 5 1
3. 2 3 3 3 11 0
4. 1 1* 2* 0 4 2
5. 3 2 3 2* 10 1
6. 1 0 N 1 0
7. 3 2* 3 2* 10 2
TOT BP
1. 2 0 1 F 3 0
2. 0 3 1 0 4 0
3. 1 2 0 2 5 0
4. 0 0 0 1 1 0
5. 2 1 2 1* 6 1
6. 0 N 1 1 0
7. 2 3 0 0 5 0
4 - 2 4 - 2
4 - 2 8 - 4
4 - 2 12 - 6
2 - 4 14 - 10
3 - 3 17 - 13
4 - 2 21 - 15
5 - 1 26 - 16
5 - 1 31 - 17
5 - 1 36 - 18
4 - 2 40 - 20
5 - 1 45 - 21
3 - 3 48 - 24
5 - 1 53 - 25
Nigel Crabtree
Tony Lomas
Tim Nunan
Ian Robertson
Stewart Collin
Ian Gledhill
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Owen, Lomas, Robertson, Carter, 70.2
Blackadder, Gardner, Nunan, Harrhy (fell), 69.6
Blackadder, Hunter, Harrhy, Mountford, 70.0
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Newcastle Diamonds v Stoke Potters Monday 17th July 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
John Harrhy
Stuart Mountford
Newcastle Diamonds 53
Stoke Potters 25
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 05:
Owen, Harrhy, Stapleton, Mountford, 69.8
Hunter, Gledhill, Crabtree, Collin, 70.2
Gardner, Robertson, Carter, Nunan, 70.8
Gledhill, Blackadder, Lomas, Crabtree, 70.0
Mountford, Gardner, Carter, Harrhy, 71.0
Owen, Lomas, Stapleton, Gledhill, 70.0
Blackadder, Hunter, Robertson, Nunan, 70.2
Hunter, Stapleton, Mountford, Gledhill, 71.4
Gardner, Carter, Collin, Lomas, 71.6
Owen, Robertson, Stapleton, Nunan, 70.4
TOT BP
1. 0 1 1 0 2 0
2. 1 E 3 3 0 7 0
3. 0 TS 1 0 1 0
4. 1 2 2 3 1 9 0
5. 0 N EF N 0 0
6. 3 2 1* 3 2* 2 13 2
7. 0 0 TS 0 0
TOT BP
1. 2* 3 2 3 10 1
2. N 0 2 EF 2 0
3. 3 2 3 3 11 0
4. 2* 1 2* 1 6 2
5. 3 0 3 2* 8 1
6. 1* 0 N 1 1
7. 3 2 1 1* 1 8 1
1 - 5 1 - 5
3 - 3 4 - 8
1 - 5 5 - 13
2 - 4 7 - 17
3 - 3 10 - 20
4 - 2 14 - 22
5 - 1 19 - 23
3 - 3 22 - 26
2 - 4 24 - 30
1 - 5 25 - 35
4 - 2 29 - 37
1 - 5 30 - 42
2 - 4 32 - 46
Harkins, Blackadder, Collins, Crabtree, Trownson (exc, tapes), 66.7
Trownson, Harkins, Carter, Gardner, 67.6
Trownson, Stapleton, Hunter, Bridgett, 68.0
Blackadder, Lomas, Hunter, McDermott (ef), 67.2
Gardner, Carter, Collins, Trownson, 68.0
Ht. 05:
Hunter, Owen, Trownson, Collins, 66.3
Harkins, Hunter, Crabtree, Bridgett, 67.2
Gardner, Carter, Lomas, McDermott, 67.3
Blackadder, Harkins, Hunter, Hollingworth, 67.7
Owen, Lomas, Harkins, Stapleton, 66.8
Edinburgh Monarchs v Newcastle Diamonds Friday 21st July 1978 (National League)
Alan Bridgett
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Edinburgh Monarchs 32
Newcastle Diamonds 46
Brian Collins
Dave Trownson
Rob Hollingworth
Steve Lomas
Steve McDermott
Ht. 13:
Blackadder, Gardner, Lomas, Collins, 66.9
Owen, Harkins, Carter, Hollingworth, 67.7
Lomas, Owen, Hollingworth, Stapleton (ef), 66.4
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Bert Harkins
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Nigel Crabtree
Rod Hunter
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 0 2* 3 0 5 1
3. 3 3 0 3 9 0
4. 2 3 2 1 8 0
5. 0 0 0 0 0 0
6. 2 X N 2 0
7. 1* 1 2* 1 5 2
TOT BP
1. 2 2 1 2* 1* 8 2
2. 1* 1* 0 3 5 2
3. 2 0 3 2 2 9 0
4. 3 2 1* 2 8 1
5. 1 0 TS 0 1 0
6. 0 1 TS 1 0
7. 3 1* 1 5 1
3 - 3 3 - 3
3 - 3 6 - 6
2 - 4 8 - 10
3 - 3 11 - 13
3 - 3 14 - 16
5 - 1 19 - 17
4 - 2 23 - 19
5 - 1 28 - 20
2 - 4 30 - 24
3 - 3 33 - 27
1 - 5 34 - 32
4 - 2 38 - 34
3 - 3 41 - 37
Newcastle Diamonds 41
Rye House Rockets 37
Ht. 13:
Owen, Mullarkey, Carter, Fiala, 69.2
Blackadder, Pullen, Hubbard, Gardner, 69.0
Garrad, Hubbard, Hunter, Blackadder, 68.8
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Nigel Crabtree
Newcastle Diamonds v Rye House Rockets Monday 24th July 1978 (Challenge)
Rod Hunter
Ted Hubbard
Bob Garrad
Kelvin Mullarkey
Ashley Pullen
Karl Fiala
Peter Tarrant
Hugh Saunders
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Hubbard, Garrad, Stapleton, 68.6
Saunders, Crabtree, Hunter, Tarrant, 70.0
Pullen, Carter, Fiala, Gardner, 68.6
(rerun) Blackadder, Mullarkey, Saunders, Crabtree (exc), 69.0
Carter, Hubbard, Garrad, Gardner, 69.6
Owen, Stapleton, Tarrant, Mullarkey, 69.0
Blackadder, Pullen, Hunter, Fiala, 69.0
Stapleton, Hunter, Saunders, Garrad, 71.2
Mullarkey, Carter, Hubbard, Gardner, 69.8
Owen, Mullarkey, Pullen, Stapleton, 69.6
TOT BP
1. 2 2 2* 2 8 1
2. 1* 1* 3 3 8 2
3. 0 2 1 N 3 0
4. 2 3 2 1* 8 1
5. 1* 1 1* 0 3 2
6. 2 2 0 3 7 0
7. 1* 1 F 2 1
TOT BP
1. 3 2 3 2 10 0
2. 0 EF X N 0 0
3. 1 3 3 3 10 0
4. 3 3 FX 1* 7 1
5. 0 1 1 0 2 0
6. 0 N 0 0 0
7. 3 3 0 2 2* 10 1
3 - 3 3 - 3
3 - 3 6 - 6
3 - 3 9 - 9
2 - 4 11 - 13
4 - 2 15 - 15
3 - 3 18 - 18
2 - 4 20 - 22
4 - 2 24 - 24
3 - 3 27 - 27
5 - 1 32 - 28
1 - 5 33 - 33
3 - 3 36 - 36
3 - 3 39 - 39
Colin Meredith
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Ht. 13:
Blackadder, G. Hunter, Lamb, Gardner, 65.1
Meredith, Owen, Carter, Askew, 63.7 (NTR)
Owen, R. Hunter, Shields, Moore (fell), 64.4
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Oxford Cheetahs v Newcastle Diamonds Thursday 27th July 1978 (National League)
James Moore
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Oxford Cheetahs 39
Newcastle Diamonds 39
Robbie Gardner
Nigel Crabtree
Rod Hunter
George Hunter
John Hack
David Shields
Pip Lamb
Carl Askew
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, G. Hunter, Hack, Stapleton, 65.2
R. Hunter, Meredith, Moore, Crabtree, 65.4
Carter, Lamb, Askew, Gardner, 65.0
(rerun) R. Hunter, Meredith, Blackadder, Shields, 65.6
(rerun) Lamb, Owen, Askew, Stapleton (ef), 65.7
Blackadder, G. Hunter, Hack, R. Hunter, 64.3
Carter, Shields, Gardner, Meredith, 64.8
(rerun) Hack, R. Hunter, Moore, Stapleton (exc), 64.8
Blackadder, Lamb, Askew, Crabtree, 64.1
(rerun) Hack, G. Hunter, Gardner, Carter (f, exc), 64.0
TOT BP
1. EF 2 3 2 7 0
2. 2 0 N 0 TS 2 0
3. 2 2 0 2 0 6 0
4. 2 2 1* 3 1* 3 12 2
5.
6. 0 0 TS 0 0
7. 2 0 3 1* 6 1
8. 0 0 0 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 2 11 0
2. 1 1 1* 0 3 1
3. 3 3 1* X 7 1
4. 1 3 2 1* 7 1
5. 3 0 1* 3 7 1
6. 1 1 N 2 0
7. 3 1 2 2 8 0
2 - 4 2 - 4
2 - 4 4 - 8
2 - 4 6 - 12
2 - 4 8 - 16
2 - 4 10 - 20
2 - 4 12 - 24
3 - 3 15 - 27
3 - 3 18 - 30
3 - 3 21 - 33
3 - 3 24 - 36
3 - 3 27 - 39
3 - 3 30 - 42
3 - 3 33 - 45
Blackadder, Hines, Coddington, Flatman, 68.6
Carter, Gooderham, Hawkins, Gardner, 66.8
Flatman, Hunter, Stapleton, B. Clark, 67.2
Hawkins, Hunter, Blackadder, Gooderham, 68.2
Hines, Carter, Gardner, Hunt, 67.8
Owen, B. Clark, Stapleton, Hines (ef), 66.8
Hunter, Flatman, Coddington, Couzens, 67.2
Gardner, Hawkins, Carter, B. Clark, 68.6
Blackadder, Gooderham, Hunter, Couzens, 66.2
Owen, Hawkins, Stapleton, Hunt (f, rem), 68.4
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Robbie Gardner
Neil Coddington
Rod Hunter
Andy Hines
Brian Clark
Dave Gooderham
Kevin Hawkins
Ian Clark R/R
Peterborough Panthers v Newcastle Diamonds Friday 28th July 1978 (National League)
Nigel Flatman
Tim Hunt
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Peterborough Panthers 33
Newcastle Diamonds 45
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: (rerun) Gardner, Hines, Hawkins, Blackadder (exc, unfair riding), 69.6
Hawkins, Owen, Carter, Gooderham, 69.2
Owen, Gooderham, Flatman, Stapleton, 67.6
Nigel Couzens
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
TOT
1. 3 2 5
2. 1 1 2
3. 1 0 1
4. 1 1 2
R.
TOT
5. 2 0 2
6. 3 3 6
7. 2 0 2
8. 1 2 3
R.
TOT
9. 2 3 5
10. N 2 2
11. F F 0
12. 2 3 5
R. EF 0
TOT
13. 3 3 6
14. FX N 0
15. EF 3 3
16. 2 0 2
R. 1 1
E S N P E S N P
3 - 2 - 0 - 0 3 - 2 - 0 - 0
1 - 3 - 0 - 2 4 - 5 - 0 - 2
1 - 0 - 2 - 3 5 - 5 - 2 - 5
1 - 2 - 0 - 3 6 - 7 - 2 - 8
2 - 1 - 3 - 0 8 - 8 - 5 - 8
1 - 0 - 2 - 3 9 - 8 - 7 - 11
0 - 3 - 2 - 1 9 - 11 - 9 - 12
1 - 2 - 3 - 0 10 - 13 - 12 - 12
Did not ride
Did not ride
Stoke & Peterborough (on race wins) advance to Final.
Semi-Final A
Steve Popely (loanee) (reserve)
Nigel Couzens
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Peterborough Panthers 12
Hollingworth, T. Lomas, Popely (ef), Flatman (ef), 71.8
Harrhy, Gooderham, S. Lomas, Carter (fell), 72.6
Brian Clark
Ht. 07:
Flatman, Robertson, Trownson, Carter (fell), 71.8
Robbie Blackadder
Peterborough: National League Four Team Tournament Semi-Finals & Final Sunday 30th July 1978
Kenny Carter
Stuart Mountford
Robbie Gardner
Edinburgh Monarchs 10
Stoke Potters 13
Rob Hollingworth
Steve Lomas
Steve McDermott
Dave Trownson
Bert Harkins (reserve)
Tony Lomas
John Harrhy
Ian Robertson
Tom Owen
Tim Nunan (reserve)
Newcastle Diamonds 12
Ht. 08:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Harrhy, Blackadder, Hunt, McDermott, 71.4
Gardner, Mountford, Trownson, Gooderham, 72.6
Couzens, Owen, McDermott, T. Lomas, 69.6
Owen, Hollingworth, Mountford, Clark (f, exc), 71.8
Couzens, Gardner, S. Lomas, Robertson, 71.6
Nigel Flatman
Dave Gooderham
Tim Hunt (reserve)
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 2* EF N N 2 1
3. 2* 2* 3 3 10 2
4. 2* 2* 3 2* 9 3
5. 3 3 2* 2* 10 2
6. 2* 3 3 2* 10 2
7. 3 3 2* 1 9 1
TOT BP
1. 0 1 1 2 1 5 0
2.
3. 1 1 2 1 E 1 6 0
4. 1 1 1 0 0 3 0
5. F F TS TS TS 0 0
6. 1 1* 0 0 2 1
7. 0 0 0 0 0
8. 0 0 0 0
5 - 1 5 - 1
5 - 1 10 - 2
5 - 1 15 - 3
5 - 1 20 - 4
5 - 1 25 - 5
3 - 3 28 - 8
5 - 1 33 - 9
5 - 1 38 - 10
5 - 1 43 - 11
5 - 1 48 - 12
4 - 2 52 - 14
5 - 1 57 - 15
5 - 1 62 - 16
Gary Ainsle (loanee)
Neil Coddington
Derek Richardson
Colin Farquharson
Merv Janke
Charlie McKinna
Jim Beaton
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Owen, Carter, Richardson, Farquharson, 75.2
Blackadder, Gardner, Lawson, Farquharson, 74.2
Blackadder, Lawson, Hunter, Ainsle, 74.4
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Newcastle Diamonds v Glasgow Tigers Monday 31st July 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Steve Lawson
Benny Rourke R/R
Newcastle Diamonds 62
Glasgow Tigers 16
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 05:
Owen, Stapleton, Richardson, Lawson, 69.8
Hunter, Coddington, McKinna, Beaton, 70.2
Gardner, Carter (f, rem), Farquharson (f, rem), Janke (f, rem, fell), 71.4
Coddington, Blackadder, Richardson, Beaton, 70.4
Gardner, Carter, Lawson, Janke (fell), 70.4
Owen, Richardson, McKinna, Stapleton (ef), 71.4
Coddington, Blackadder, Farquharson, Ainsle, 71.2
Hunter, Coddington, Lawson, Beaton, 71.0
Carter, Gardner, Richardson, McKinna, 72.8
(rerun) Owen, Hunter, Farquharson, McKinna, Richardson (exc, tapes), 73.6
P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/-
1 Canterbury 13 12 0 1 631 383 24 10 7 0 3 353 425 14 23 19 0 4 1056 736 320 38 +12
2 Newcastle 12 10 0 2 557 377 20 11 7 2 2 397 460 16 23 17 2 4 1017 774 243 36 +12
3 Peterborough 13 11 0 2 617 396 22 11 5 0 6 453 404 10 24 16 0 8 1021 849 172 32 +6
4 Eastbourne 13 13 0 0 675 330 26 9 2 1 6 363 339 5 22 15 1 6 1014 693 321 31 +5
5 Oxford 11 9 1 1 536.5 318.5 19 14 4 1 9 583 507 9 25 13 2 10 1043.5 901.5 142 28 +6
6 Ellesmere Port 10 10 0 0 467 311 20 13 4 0 9 533 480 8 23 14 0 9 947 844 103 28 +8
7 Glasgow 12 12 0 0 553 377 24 12 1 1 10 601 332 3 24 13 1 10 885 978 -93 27 +3
8 Rye House 9 9 0 0 463 239 18 7 3 0 4 274.5 269.5 6 16 12 0 4 732.5 513.5 219 24 +6
9 Crayford 13 10 1 2 589 420 21 13 1 1 11 591 421 3 26 11 2 13 1010 1011 -1 24 -2
10 Berwick 12 12 0 0 585 349 24 13 0 0 13 669 340 0 25 12 0 13 925 1018 -93 24 0
11 Mildenhall 12 9 0 3 564 371 18 9 2 0 7 362 336 4 21 11 0 10 900 733 167 22 -2
12 Weymouth 14 9 0 5 590 498 18 10 1 0 9 444 327 2 24 10 0 14 917 942 -25 20 -8
13 Stoke 9 7 0 2 418 284 14 13 3 0 10 597 413 6 22 10 0 12 831 881 -50 20 +2
14 Edinburgh 12 8 0 4 516 416 16 12 2 0 10 549 385 4 24 10 0 14 901 965 -64 20 -4
15 Boston 10 7 1 2 426 350 15 12 1 1 10 592 338 3 22 8 2 12 764 942 -178 18 -2
16 Teesside 12 8 0 4 504 430 16 14 1 0 13 687 404 2 26 9 0 17 908 1117 -209 18 -6
17 Workington 11 8 0 3 487 370 16 13 0 0 13 625 387 0 24 8 0 16 874 995 -121 16 -6
18 Scunthorpe 9 6 1 2 373 326 13 8 0 1 7 386 238 1 17 6 2 9 611 712 -101 14 -4
19 Milton Keynes 11 4 3 4 417 441 11 10 1 0 9 504 273 2 21 5 3 13 690 945 -255 13 -9
20 Barrow 13 4 1 8 462.5 549.5 9 17 0 0 17 867.5 457.5 0 30 4 1 25 920 1417 -497 9 -17
Home Away Overall
National League Table
Up to and including Monday 31st July
Meeting postponed - rain
Barrow Furness Flyers v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 1st August 1978 (National League)
Newcastle: Warners Grand National Northern Final Sunday 6th August 1978
Meeting postponed - rain
Rescheduled for the following night in place of Newcastle v Workington (Tyne-Derwent Trophy, 2nd Leg)
Newcastle: Warners Grand National Northern Final Monday 7th August 1978
Meeting postponed - rain
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 3 11 0
2. 1* 1 1 0 3 1
3. 3 3 3 3 12 0
4. 0 0 0 N 0 0
5. 3 3 2 1 9 0
6. 2* 1 0 3 1
7. 3 0 0 2* 5 1
TOT BP
1. 3 2 3 2 2 12 0
2.
3. 2 0 3 1* 0 6 1
4. 1* 1* 1* 1* F 4 4
5. 0 2 2 2* 2 1 9 1
6. 1 2 1 4 0
7. 0 F TS 0 0
3 - 3 3 - 3
5 - 1 8 - 4
3 - 3 11 - 7
4 - 2 15 - 9
3 - 3 18 - 12
4 - 2 22 - 14
3 - 3 25 - 17
1 - 5 26 - 22
2 - 4 28 - 26
3 - 3 31 - 29
3 - 3 34 - 32
5 - 1 39 - 33
4 - 2 43 - 35
Ellesmere Port Gunners 43
Newcastle Diamonds 35
Ht. 13:
Jackson, Ellams, Gardner, Blackadder, 73.8
Finch, Owen, P. Collins, Carter (fell), 73.8
Finch, Owen, Blackadder, Ellams, 73.8
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Neil Collins
Ellesmere Port Gunners v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 13th August 1978 (National League)
Pete Ellams
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton R/R
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Neil Coddington
Rod Hunter
John Jackson
Louis Carr
Steve Finch
Paul Tyrer
Phil Collins
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Jackson, Carr, Gardner, 73.4
Ellams, N. Collins, Coddington, Hunter, 74.8
P. Collins, Gardner, Carter, Tyrer, 73.6
Finch, Blackadder, N. Collins (f, pushed), Hunter (fell), 74.4
P. Collins, Owen, Carter, Tyrer, 73.8
Jackson, Coddington, Carr, Blackadder, 74.0
Finch, Gardner, Carter, N. Collins, 74.4
Owen, Gardner, Carr, Ellams, 74.2
Blackadder, P. Collins, Coddington, Tyrer, 73.8
Jackson, Gardner, Carter, Carr, 74.0
Newcastle: Warners Grand National Northern Final Monday 14th August 1978
Meeting postponed - rain
Owen leads series 1-0
Ht. 01: Owen, Mullarkey, 62.8
Rye House: Sunday 20th August 1978
Ht. 02: Owen, Mullarkey, 63.0
Tom Owen (Holder) v Kelvin Mullarkey (Challenger), 1st Leg
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - August Challenge
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 3 11 0
2. 0 2* 3 0 5 1
3. 3 3 FX N 6 0
4. 3 0 2* 1 6 1
5. 2* 3 3 3 11 1
6. 1 0 N 1 2 0
7. 3 0 1 R 4 0
TOT BP
1. 3 2 1* 3 2 11 1
2. 1 1* 2 1* 2* 7 3
3. 1* N EF 0 1 1
4. 1 2 2 2 N 7 0
5. 0 TS TS TS 0 0
6. 2 1 1 4 0
7. 0 2 0 FX 0 2 0
2 - 4 2 - 4
4 - 2 6 - 6
5 - 1 11 - 7
3 - 3 14 - 10
3 - 3 17 - 13
5 - 1 22 - 14
3 - 3 25 - 17
4 - 2 29 - 19
5 - 1 34 - 20
3 - 3 37 - 23
0 - 5 37 - 28
4 - 2 41 - 30
4 - 2 45 - 32
Mullarkey notified Newcastle that he was having mechanical problems and did not arrive. Owen did not claim title but was awarded the second leg by default.
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - August Challenge
Tom Owen (Holder) v Kelvin Mullarkey (Challenger), 2nd Leg
Owen wins series 2-0
Newcastle Diamonds 45
Weymouth Wildcats 32
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Owen, Corradine, Carter, Shakespeare, 68.6
Gardner, Kennedy, Coddington, Davis, 69.0
(rerun) Kennedy, Willmott, Hunter (f, rem, lapped), Blackadder (f, exc), 70.2
Neil Coddington
Newcastle Diamonds v Weymouth Wildcats Monday 21st August 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Danny Kennedy
Sean Willmott
Malcolm Shakespeare
Malcolm Corradine
Geoff Swindells
Gary Ford
Nigel Davis
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Kennedy, Owen, Willmott, Stapleton, 67.8
Hunter, Ford, Coddington, Davis, 64.2
Carter, Gardner, Corradine, Swindells, 70.6
Blackadder, Davis, Shakespeare, Coddington, 69.0
Gardner, Kennedy, Willmott, Carter, 64.8
Owen, Stapleton, Ford, Davis, 69.0
Blackadder, Corradine, Kennedy, Hunter, 68.2
(rerun) Stapleton, Willmott, Hunter, Davis (f, exc), 69.4
Gardner, Carter, Ford, Shakespeare (ef), 68.6
Owen, Corradine, Willmott, Stapleton, 68.4
TOT BP
1. 2 2* 3 3 3 3 16 1
2. R R R N 0 0
3. 0 2 0 2 4 0
4. 2 1* 1* TS 4 2
5. 0 0 N N 0 0
6. 2 3 1 1 F 7 0
7. 3 3 3 1 EF 3 13 0
8. 1 1 0 2 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 2 3 2 13 0
2. 1 0 0 0 1 0
3. 1 1* 3 2 7 1
4. 3 1 2 1* 7 1
5. 3 2 3 2 10 0
6. 1 1* 0 2 4 1
7. 0 0 N 0 0
8. 2 2* 2* 1* 1* 8 4
2 - 4 2 - 4
4 - 2 6 - 6
2 - 4 8 - 10
2 - 4 10 - 14
5 - 1 15 - 15
3 - 3 18 - 18
3 - 3 21 - 21
3 - 3 24 - 24
1 - 5 25 - 29
4 - 2 29 - 31
3 - 3 32 - 34
3 - 3 35 - 37
1 - 5 36 - 42
3 - 3 39 - 45
4 - 2 43 - 47
3 - 3 46 - 50
Newcastle Diamonds 46
Mike's Marras 50
Tom Owen, Finch, Maxfield, Carter (fell), 70.2Ht. 16:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 14:
Ht. 15:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Smith, Bargh, Coddington, Jones, 71.6
Finch, Maxfield, Hunter, Crabtree, 71.2
Tom Owen, Smith, Maxfield, Hunter (ef), 71.0
Hunter, Jones, Carter, Gifford, 71.6
Tom Owen, Allott, Harkins, Stapleton (ret), 68.8
Robert Maxfield
Kenny Carter
Newcastle: Mike Watkin Benefit Meeting Sunday 27th August 1978
Rod Hunter
Nigel Crabtree
Steve Finch
Dave Gifford
Nicky Allott
Bert Harkins
Pete Smith
Graham Jones
Taffy Owen
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
David Bargh
Neil Coddington
Peter Moy
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Finch, Tom Owen, Gifford, Stapleton (ret), 69.0
Hunter, Maxfield, Crabtree, Taffy Owen, 71.2
Harkins, Coddington, Allott, Bargh, 72.4
Smith, Carter, Jones, Moy, 71.2
Hunter, Tom Owen, Harkins, Taffy Owen, 70.8
Finch, Bargh, Coddington, Gifford, 70.2
Carter, Harkins, Allott, Moy, 72.0
Tom Owen, Smith, Jones, Stapleton (ret), 68.0
Allott, Maxfield, Crabtree, Bargh, 72.0
Hunter, Finch, Carter, Gifford, 71.4
TOT POS
1. 1 0 2 2 3 8
2. 0 0 3 3 1 7
3. 3 3 3 3 2 14 1st
4. 2 3 1 0 2 8
5. 2 1 1 2 0 6
6. 1 1 3 2 3 10 5th
7. 3 2 2 3 3 13 3rd
8. 0 2 0 0 0 2
9. 3 3 2 3 2 13 2nd
10. N 2 3 1 2 8
11. X F 1 1 1 3
12. FN N N N N 0
13. 0 2 0 2 1 5
14. 3 3 1 F 3 10 4th
15. 1 1 2 M 1 5
16. 2 N 0 N N 2
17. 2 1 0 0 3
18. 1 0 1 2
19. FX 1 0 1
(three race wins)
Qualified for final(on fastest time)
Qualified for final
Qualified for final(on fastest time)
Qualified for final
Qualified for final(two race wins)
Wilcock, Carter, Hollingworth, Moy, 70.0
Stapleton, Owen, Dixon, Bargh, 70.6
Price, Hunter, Maxfield, Lomas, 71.6
(rerun) Hunter, Gifford, Bargh, Moy (f, exc), 71.0
Stapleton, Coddington, Maxfield, Jones, 69.8
Hollingworth, Havelock, Lomas, Crabtree, 72.0
Carter, Stapleton, Crabtree, Hunter, Havelock (exc, 2 mins), 70.6
Coddington, Lawson, Havelock, Gifford, 72.0
Hollingworth, Dixon, Maxfield, Gifford, 71.2
Owen, Lomas, Lawson, Bargh, 69.2
Steve Lomas (Edinburgh)
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Hunter, Coddington, Hollingworth, 68.8
Wilcock, Lomas, Stapleton, Gifford, 70.2
(rerun) Carter, Bargh, Crabtree, Maxfield (exc), Rourke (f, ns), 70.4
Price, Jones, Havelock, Dixon (f, rem), 70.2
Carter, Dixon, Lomas, Coddington, 69.8
Nigel Crabtree (Newcastle) (reserve)
Graeme Stapleton (Newcastle)
Ht. 12:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 14:
Ht. 15:
Newcastle: Warners Grand National Northern Final Monday 28th August 1978
Steve Wilcock (Teesside)
Dave Gifford (Berwick)
Robert Maxfield (Workington)
Benny Rourke (Glasgow)
Kenny Carter (Newcastle)
Steve Lawson (Glasgow)
Neil Coddington (Newcastle)
Rob Hollingworth (Edinburgh)
Tom Owen (Newcastle)
Rod Hunter (Newcastle)
Martin Dixon (Teesside)
Arthur Price (Workington)
Brian Havelock (Workington)
Graham Jones (Berwick)
David Bargh (Newcastle) (reserve)
Ht. 20:
Ht. 07:
Peter Moy (Newcastle) (reserve)
Owen, Carter, Price, Gifford, 68.4
Lawson, Wilcock, Hunter, Dixon, 70.0
Wilcock, Coddington, Moy, Price (fell), 70.0
Price, Lawson, Stapleton, Hollingworth, 69.4
Owen, Wilcock, Havelock, Maxfield (fell), 69.0
Ht. 08:
Ht. 16:
Ht. 17:
Ht. 18:
Ht. 19:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/-
1 Canterbury 16 15 0 1 784 462 30 14 8 0 6 510 580 16 30 23 0 7 1364 972 392 46 +14
2 Eastbourne 16 16 0 0 829 410 32 14 5 1 8 555 537 11 30 21 1 8 1366 965 401 43 +11
3 Rye House 14 14 0 0 701 391 28 14 7 0 7 575.5 512.5 14 28 21 0 7 1213.5 966.5 247 42 +14
4 Newcastle 13 11 0 2 602 409 22 12 7 2 3 440 495 16 25 18 2 5 1097 849 248 38 +12
5 Ellesmere Port 15 15 0 0 712 456 30 14 4 0 10 589 502 8 29 19 0 10 1214 1045 169 38 +8
6 Peterborough 15 13 0 2 722 447 26 13 5 0 8 540 473 10 28 18 0 10 1195 987 208 36 +6
7 Oxford 14 12 1 1 712.5 376.5 25 15 4 1 10 627 541 9 29 16 2 11 1253.5 1003.5 250 34 +6
8 Glasgow 15 14 0 1 673 491 28 15 1 1 13 740 426 3 30 15 1 14 1099 1231 -132 31 +1
9 Berwick 15 15 0 0 733 435 30 17 0 0 17 884 435 0 32 15 0 17 1168 1319 -151 30 0
10 Weymouth 17 12 0 5 736 586 24 16 2 0 14 703 535 4 33 14 0 19 1271 1289 -18 28 -6
11 Crayford 16 12 1 3 709 534 25 16 1 1 14 745 501 3 32 13 2 17 1210 1279 -69 28 -4
12 Mildenhall 14 10 0 4 643 447 20 16 3 0 13 667 577 6 30 13 0 17 1220 1114 106 26 -2
13 Stoke 11 9 0 2 508 350 18 15 4 0 11 675 491 8 26 13 0 13 999 1025 -26 26 +4
14 Edinburgh 16 10 0 6 677 566 20 15 2 1 12 686 482 5 31 12 1 18 1159 1252 -93 25 -7
15 Boston 14 10 1 3 588 499 21 15 1 1 13 748 416 3 29 11 2 16 1004 1247 -243 24 -4
16 Workington 14 11 0 3 642 448 22 14 0 0 14 668 422 0 28 11 0 17 1064 1116 -52 22 -6
17 Teesside 17 10 0 7 693 631 20 15 1 0 14 729 440 2 32 11 0 21 1133 1360 -227 22 -12
18 Milton Keynes 14 6 4 4 540 552 16 14 2 1 11 676 412 5 28 8 5 15 952 1228 -276 21 -7
19 Scunthorpe 13 7 1 5 521 490 15 14 0 1 13 682 409 1 27 7 2 18 930 1172 -242 16 -10
20 Barrow 17 7 2 8 642.5 680.5 16 18 0 0 18 928.5 474.5 0 35 7 2 26 1117 1609 -492 16 -18
Note re. Oxford v Ellesmere Port, 2nd July: Ellesmere Port protested against the referee's decision to award the placings in heat 12, claiming a rerun was warranted.
Their protest was upheld by a Speedway Control Board tribunal held at the beginning of August, and the match was ordered to be replayed.
Oxford's 40-38 win has been expunged from the above table.
Home Away Overall
National League Table
Up to and including Thursday 31st August
TOT BP
1. 2 1* 3 2 3 11 1
2. 0 1 2* 3 1* 7 2
3. 2* 3 2 0 1* 8 2
4. 3 2 0 2* 2 9 1
5.
6. EF 0 N 3 1 4 0
7. 2 F N N 2 0
8.
TOT BP
1. 3 3 2* 3 11 1
2. 1 F 1 3 5 0
3. 1* 0 1* 1 3 2
4. EF 3 3 0 6 0
5. 1 1 0 N 2 0
6. 3 2 0 2 0 7 0
7. 1 2 N 3 0
2 - 4 2 - 4
2 - 4 4 - 8
5 - 1 9 - 9
3 - 3 12 - 12
3 - 3 15 - 15
4 - 2 19 - 17
2 - 4 21 - 21
5 - 1 26 - 22
3 - 3 29 - 25
3 - 3 32 - 28
1 - 5 33 - 33
5 - 1 38 - 34
3 - 3 41 - 37
Ht. 12: Guglielmi, Cope, Hunter, Coddington, 66.4
Owen, Cope, Fisher, Carter, 65.6Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Stapleton, Owen, Featherby, Fisher, 67.0
(rerun) Carter, Guglielmi, Mortiboys, Gardner, 66.8Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Boston Barracudas v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 3rd September 1978 (National League)
Roger Lambert
Dennis Mallett
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Gary Guglielmi
Dave Mortiboys
Did not ride
Boston Barracudas 41
Newcastle Diamonds 37
Andy Fisher
Stuart Cope
Steve Clarke R/R
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Guglielmi, Stapleton (f, rem), Mortiboys (f, rem), 68.2
Coddington, Lambert, Bargh (f, rem), Featherby (ef), 70.0
Cope, Fisher, Gardner, Carter (ef), 68.0
Fisher, Bargh, Hunter, Featherby, 68.8
Guglielmi, Coddington, Mortiboys, Hunter, 67.8
Carter, Fisher, Gardner, Lambert (fell), 68.0
Featherby, Mortiboys, Stapleton, Coddington, 67.0
Mortiboys, Coddington, Hunter, Cope, 67.0
Owen, Cope, Guglielmi, Stapleton (fell), 66.8
Craig Featherby
Rod Hunter
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Neil Coddington
David Bargh
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 1 2* 3 2* 8 2
3. 1 0 0 0 1 0
4. 2* 2* 3 2* 9 3
5. 3 3 1 3 10 0
6. 3 3 1 7 0
7. 0 1 2 3 0
TOT BP
1. 2 1 3 3 2 11 0
2. F R TS 1 1 0
3. 0 1 2 FX 3 0
4. 1 2* 2 0 1* 6 2
5. 0 TS 1 1 2 0
6. 1* FX 0 1 1
7. 2 2 0 4 0
4 - 2 4 - 2
3 - 3 7 - 5
5 - 1 12 - 6
4 - 2 16 - 8
5 - 1 21 - 9
5 - 1 26 - 10
1 - 5 27 - 15
4 - 2 31 - 17
4 - 2 35 - 19
5 - 1 40 - 20
2 - 4 42 - 24
5 - 1 47 - 25
3 - 3 50 - 28
(rerun) Owen, Stapleton, Fisher, Mallett (f, exc), 70.8
Guglielmi, Featherby, Coddington, Hunter, 70.8
Stapleton, Featherby, Bargh, Lambert, 71.6
Carter, Fisher, Gardner, Mallett, 71.0
Owen, Stapleton, Mortiboys, Featherby, 71.0
Owen, Guglielmi, Stapleton, Cope (fell), 69.4
Coddington, Lambert, Mallett, Bargh, 70.6
Gardner, Carter, Featherby, Mortiboys, 69.4
Coddington, Lambert, Hunter, Fisher, 71.2
Gardner, Carter, Guglielmi, Cope (ret), 70.0
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Dave Mortiboys
Dennis Mallett
Roger Lambert
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Rod Hunter
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Newcastle Diamonds v Boston Barracudas Monday 4th September 1978 (National League)
David Bargh
Gary Guglielmi
Stuart Cope
Newcastle Diamonds 50
Boston Barracudas 28
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: (rerun) Owen, Carter, Mortiboys, Fisher (f, exc), 71.0
(rerun) Gardner, Guglielmi, Featherby, Hunter, 70.4
Guglielmi, Bargh, Cope, Hunter, 71.6
Neil Coddington
Andy Fisher
Craig Featherby
TOT BP
1. F 3 3 3 9 0
2. 1 2 1 2* 1 7 1
3.
4. 3 2 3 2* 1 11 1
5. 1 1* 3 3 3 11 1
6. 2* 1* FX 3 2
7. 3 3 0 6 0
8. 1 1 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 1 2 2 11 0
2. 2* 0 FX 1* 3 2
3. 3 2 0 2 2 9 0
4. EF 1* TS EF 1 1
5. 2 2 0 0 4 0
6. 0 0 1 TS 1 0
7. 1 F M 1 0
1 - 5 1 - 5
5 - 1 6 - 6
4 - 2 10 - 8
3 - 3 13 - 11
3 - 3 16 - 14
4 - 2 20 - 16
3 - 3 23 - 19
5 - 1 28 - 20
5 - 1 33 - 21
4 - 2 37 - 23
3 - 3 40 - 26
4 - 2 44 - 28
4 - 2 48 - 30
Owen leads series 1-0
Owen, Allott, 67.4
Owen, Allott, 68.0
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - September Challenge
Tom Owen (Holder) v Nicky Allott (Challenger), 1st Leg
Owen, McNeill, Carter, Trownson, 69.2
Gardner, Allott, Bargh, Handley (ef), 71.6
Gardner, Allott, White, Hunter, 70.8
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Allott, White, Stapleton, Owen (fell), 68.0
Hunter, Coddington, Cooper, Whiting, 69.6
Carter, Trownson, Gardner, Handley (ef), 70.0
Gardner, Carter, Allott, McNeill, 70.2
Owen, McNeill, Stapleton, Trownson, 69.0
Newcastle Diamonds v Scunthorpe Saints Sunday 10th September 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
David Bargh
Nicky Allott
Newcastle Diamonds 48
Scunthorpe Saints 30
McNeill, Stapleton, Coddington, Cooper (fell), 70.2
Allott, Carter, Gardner, White, 69.6
Owen, McNeill, Stapleton, Whiting, 68.8
(rerun) Carter, Trownson, Handley, Coddington (f, exc), 69.2
(rerun) Hunter, Stapleton, Whiting, White (f, exc), Cooper (exc, 2 mins), no time
Trevor Whiting
Paul Cooper
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Phil White
John McNeill
Mick Handley
Dave Trownson (guest)
Neil Coddington
TOT BP
1. 1 2 3 3 3 12 0
2. 0 1* TS 2* 1 4 2
3. 0 2 2 2 3 9 0
4. 3 2 0 1* 2* 8 2
5. 0 E 0 TS TS 0 0
6. 1 1 0 TS 2 0
7. 0 TS 0 0 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 2 14 0
2. 2* 1 1* 1 1 6 2
3.
4. 2 3 3 1 0 9 0
5. 1* E 0 N 1 1
6. 2* 0 1 0 3 1
7. 3 2* 3 2 0 10 1
1 - 5 1 - 5
1 - 5 2 - 10
3 - 3 5 - 13
1 - 5 6 - 18
2 - 4 8 - 22
3 - 3 11 - 25
2 - 4 13 - 29
3 - 3 16 - 32
3 - 3 19 - 35
5 - 1 24 - 36
2 - 4 26 - 40
5 - 1 31 - 41
4 - 2 35 - 43
Hunter, Allott, Handley, Crabtree, 79.6
Carter, Nunan, Crabtree, McNeill, Gardner (exc, tapes), 79.2
Allott, Hunter, Stapleton, White, 78.2
Owen, Nunan, McNeill, Crabtree, 77.6
Allott, Handley, Carter, Gardner, 77.6
Ht. 05:
Owen, Stapleton, Allott, Handley, 77.6
Hunter, Crabtree, Whiting, Cooper, 80.4
McNeill, Carter, Gardner, White, 78.4
Carter, Hunter, Whiting, Nunan, 78.8
Owen, McNeill, Stapleton, Whiting, White (exc, tapes), 77.8
Scunthorpe Saints v Newcastle Diamonds Monday 11th September 1978 (National League)
Paul Cooper
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Nicky Allott
Mick Handley
Tim Nunan (guest)
John McNeill
Phil White
Scunthorpe Saints 35
Newcastle Diamonds 43
Trevor Whiting
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - September Challenge
Tom Owen (Holder) v Nicky Allott (Challenger), 2nd Leg
Allott, McNeill, Stapleton, Hunter, 77.4
Nunan, Owen, Handley, Carter, 78.0Ht. 13:
Owen, Nunan, Stapleton, Cooper, 77.6
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Nigel Crabtree
Rod Hunter
Series tied 1-1, decider required
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Allott, Owen (f, exc), 79.6
Owen, Allott, 78.0
Allott, Owen, 77.0
TOT BP
1. 2 2* 0 1 5 1
2. 0 3 3 1 1 8 0
3. 2 1 E 1 4 0
4. 0 0 TS N 0 0
5. 1 2 0 0 0 3 0
6. 2 1* TS 0 X 0 3 1
7. 0 N 1 1 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 3 15 0
2. 1 1 1* 2* 2* 7 3
3.
4. 3 3 3 3 2* 14 1
5. 2* EF 2* 2* N 6 3
6. 1 1 N 2 0
7. 3 0 2 2* 3 10 1
8.
2 - 4 2 - 4
2 - 4 4 - 8
1 - 5 5 - 13
3 - 3 8 - 16
2 - 4 10 - 20
5 - 1 15 - 21
1 - 5 16 - 26
3 - 3 19 - 29
1 - 5 20 - 34
1 - 5 21 - 39
1 - 5 22 - 44
1 - 5 23 - 49
1 - 5 24 - 54
Did not ride
Bevan, Monk, Crabtree, Gardner (ef), 60.8
Carter, Gardner, Reid, Pusey, 61.2
Bevan, Hunter, Stapleton, Courtney, 61.0
Owen, Hunter, Bevan, Pusey, 59.8
Carter, Gardner, Bevan, Monk, 60.8
Andy Reid
Chris Roynon
Geoff Pusey
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Monk, Stapleton, Bevan, 60.0
Hunter, Courtney, Crabtree, Williams, 60.8
Carter, Gardner, Pusey, Roynon, 60.8
Carter, Reid, Courtney, Hunter, 60.0
Owen, Pusey, Stapleton, Roynon, 60.0
David Bargh
Mark Courtney
Barrow Furness Flyers v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 12th September 1978 (National League)
Keith Williams
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Nigel Crabtree
Rod Hunter
Charlie Monk
Chris Bevan
Hunter, Stapleton, Monk, Courtney, 61.2
Owen, Carter, Reid, Pusey, 60.0
Owen, Stapleton, Williams, Courtney (exc), Reid (exc, tapes), 60.4
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Barrow Furness Flyers 24
Newcastle Diamonds 54
Ht. 13:
TOT BP
1. 2 3 0 1* 2 8 1
2.
3. 3 R N N N 3 0
4. 1 0 0 F 1 0
5. 3 2 1 2 8 0
6. 3 2* 3 2 2 12 1
7. R 2* 2 1* 0 5 2
8. 0 0 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 3 15 0
2. 1 1 1 0 3 0
3. 0 2 3 1 6 0
4. 2 1 3 1 7 0
5. 0 0 0 N 0 0
6. 1* 1* N 2 2
7. 2 1 TS 2* 3 8 1
2 - 4 2 - 4
3 - 3 5 - 7
4 - 2 9 - 9
5 - 1 14 - 10
2 - 4 16 - 14
3 - 3 19 - 17
5 - 1 24 - 18
2 - 4 26 - 22
1 - 5 27 - 27
3 - 3 30 - 30
3 - 3 33 - 33
2 - 4 35 - 37
2 - 4 37 - 41
Jones, Blackadder, Coddington, Wright (ret), 76.4
Fullerton, Brown, Carter, Gardner, 76.8
Owen, Brown, Stapleton, Jones, 75.8
Blackadder, Hunter, Templeton, Caffrey, 76.2
Carter, Fullerton, Jones, Gardner, 77.2
Ht. 05:
Owen, Jones, Stapleton, Gifford, 74.8
Fullerton, Hunter, Coddington, Brown (ret), 75.6
Templeton, Carter, Caffrey, Gardner, 76.4
Wright, Fullerton, Hunter, Blackadder, 77.0
Owen, Templeton, Stapleton, Caffrey, 75.6
Berwick Bandits v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 17th September 1978 (National League)
Wayne Brown
Dave Gifford
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Berwick Bandits 37
Newcastle Diamonds 41
Graham Jones
Mike Hiftle R/R
Roger Wright
Colin Caffrey
Willie Templeton
Ht. 13:
Hunter, Jones, Blackadder, Caffrey (fell), 77.0
Owen, Templeton, Carter, Brown, 76.2
Owen, Fullerton, Brown, Stapleton, 77.4
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Mike Fullerton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Neil Coddington
Rod Hunter
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. 2* 2* 3 2* 9 3
3. 2 2* 2* N 6 2
4. 3 2* 3 2* 10 2
5. 2* 3 2* 3 10 2
6. 2* 1* 3 0 6 2
7. 3 2* 3 8 1
TOT BP
1. 0 M TS TS 0 0
2.
3. 3 1 1 1 0 0 6 0
4. 1 EF 1 EF 1 1* 4 1
5. 1 1 0 0 1 2 5 0
6. 1 0 N TS 1 0
7. EF EF M 0 0 1 1 0
8.
5 - 1 5 - 1
5 - 1 10 - 2
5 - 1 15 - 3
3 - 3 18 - 6
5 - 1 23 - 7
5 - 1 28 - 8
5 - 1 33 - 9
5 - 1 38 - 10
5 - 1 43 - 11
5 - 1 48 - 12
5 - 1 53 - 13
5 - 1 58 - 14
3 - 3 61 - 17
Owen, Stapleton, Hollingworth, Bridgett, 70.4
Coddington, Blackadder, Trownson, Lomas, 71.2
Stapleton, Hunter, Hollingworth, Bridgett, 71.0
Carter, Gardner, Hollingworth, Trownson (ef), 71.2
Owen, Stapleton, Trownson, Lomas, 70.2
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Stapleton, Trownson, Collins, 70.2
Hunter, Coddington, Ainslie, Bridgett (ef), 70.2
Carter, Gardner, Lomas, Trownson (ef), 70.0
Hollingworth, Blackadder, Coddington, Bridgett (ef), 69.4
(rerun) Gardner, Carter, Lomas, Ainslie, Collins (exc, 2 mins), Bridgett (exc, 2 mins), 70.0
Newcastle Diamonds v Edinburgh Monarchs Monday 18th September 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Brian Collins
Bert Harkins R/R
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Owen, Carter, Lomas, Hollingworth, 70.4
Gardner, Lomas, Trownson, Coddington, 70.8
Hunter, Blackadder, Bridgett, Hollingworth, 71.0
Peter Moy (loanee)
Neil Coddington
Rob Hollingworth
Dave Trownson
Steve Lomas
Gary Ainslie (loanee)
Alan Bridgett
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Did not ride
Newcastle Diamonds 61
Edinburgh Monarchs 17
Owen wins series 2-1
Ht. 01: Owen, Allott, 64.6
Milton Keynes: Tuesday 19th September 1978
Ht. 02: Owen, Allott, 64.9
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - September Challenge
Tom Owen (Holder) v Nicky Allott (Challenger), 3rd Leg
TOT BP
1. 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 0
2. F 1 TS 2* 0 3 1
3. 2 2 1 3 EF 1 9 0
4.
5. 0 F TS N 0 0
6. 2 1* 0 1 2 6 1
7. 1* 0 N F 1 1
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 3 11 0
2. 1* 1 1* X 3 2
3. 0 2 0 N 2 0
4. 3 3 1 2* 9 1
5. 1 2* 0 1* 4 2
6. 0 0 N 0 0
7. 3 3 2 2 2 12 0
3 - 3 3 - 3
3 - 3 6 - 6
2 - 4 8 - 10
3 - 3 11 - 13
2 - 4 13 - 17
4 - 2 17 - 19
1 - 5 18 - 24
3 - 3 21 - 27
4 - 2 25 - 29
5 - 1 30 - 30
2 - 3 32 - 33
3 - 3 35 - 36
1 - 5 36 - 41
Teesside Tigers 36
Newcastle Diamonds 41
Ht. 13:
Wilcock, Hunter, Gardner, Dixon, 68.8
Owen, Carter, Smith, Watts (fell), 68.6
Owen, Spink (awar), Smith (ef), Stapleton (exc, unfair riding), 69.0
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Peter Spink
Teesside Tigers v Newcastle Diamonds Thursday 21st September 1978 (National League)
Bob Watts
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Neil Coddington
Rod Hunter
Steve Wilcock
Martin Dixon
Pete Smith
Nig Close R/R
Martyn Cusworth
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Wilcock, Owen, Stapleton, Dixon (fell), 67.4
Hunter, Spink, Watts, Coddington, 70.2
Carter, Smith, Gardner, Cusworth, 70.0
Hunter, Smith, Spink, Blackadder, 69.2
Owen, Wilcock, Stapleton, Cusworth (fell), 68.0
Wilcock, Blackadder, Dixon, Coddington, 68.2
Carter, Gardner, Smith, Spink, 69.0
Wilcock, Hunter, Stapleton, Watts, 68.0
Smith, Hunter, Spink, Blackadder, 67.8
Wilcock, Dixon, Carter, Gardner, 68.4
TOT BP
1. 2 2 3 3 2 12 0
2. 1* EF TS 2* 3 2
3. 2 0 1* 2 2* 7 2
4. 2 0 1* 0 3 1
5. F 1 2 2 3 8 0
6. 2 1* TS 3 1
7. 0 TS 0 0 0
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 FX 12 0
2. 0 2* 0 1 3 1
3.
4. 1 0 1* 1 1 4 1
5. 3 3 2 0 3 11 0
6. 1 1 N 2 0
7. 3 3 3 0 1 10 0
8.
3 - 3 3 - 3
2 - 4 5 - 7
2 - 4 7 - 11
3 - 3 10 - 14
1 - 5 11 - 19
2 - 4 13 - 23
3 - 3 16 - 26
3 - 3 19 - 29
3 - 3 22 - 32
5 - 1 27 - 33
2 - 4 29 - 37
2 - 4 31 - 41
5 - 1 36 - 42
Did not ride
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 36
Newcastle Diamonds 42
Gardner, Bales, Hunter, Gachet, 57.6
(rerun) Henry, Taylor, Carter, Owen (f, exc), 57.2
Owen, Taylor, Stapleton, Knight, 58.4
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 13:
David Bargh
Mick Bates
Mildenhall Fen Tigers v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 24th September 1978 (National League)
Richard Knight
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Neil Coddington
Rod Hunter
Ray Bales
Mike Spink
Melvyn Taylor
Paul Gachet
Robert Henry
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Bales, Spink, Stapleton, 57.6
Hunter, Bates, Coddington, Knight, 58.4
Gardner, Gachet, Carter, Henry (fell), 57.6
Hunter, Taylor, Bates, Carter, 57.4
Owen, Stapleton, Henry, Gachet, 57.2
Gardner, Bales, Coddington, Spink (ef), 57.4
Bales, Gardner, Carter, Taylor, 57.0
Hunter, Henry, Taylor, Stapleton, 57.6
Owen, Henry, Gachet, Hunter, 57.6
Bales, Spink, Carter, Gardner, 58.2
TOT BP
1. 2 2* 2* 3 3 12 2
2. R 3 3 3 2 11 0
3.
4. 2* 1* 3 2* 8 3
5. 3 2 EF 2* 1 8 1
6. 1 0 N 1 0
7. 3 2 1 1 0 7 0
8.
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 2 14 0
2. 1 0 0 N 1 0
3. 1 1 0 0 2 0
4. 0 TS 0 0 0 0
5. 1 2* 1 1 5 1
6. 0 0 1 1 0
7. 2 3 2 1 8 0
2 - 4 2 - 4
4 - 2 6 - 6
5 - 1 11 - 7
2 - 4 13 - 11
3 - 3 16 - 14
5 - 1 21 - 15
1 - 5 22 - 20
4 - 2 26 - 22
5 - 1 31 - 23
5 - 1 36 - 24
2 - 4 38 - 28
5 - 1 43 - 29
4 - 2 47 - 31
Ht. 12: Owen, Carter, Grahame, Harrison, 70.2
Owen, Humphreys, Gardner, Anderson, 70.2Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Humphreys, Stapleton, Holloway, Hunter, 70.2
Newcastle Diamonds v Milton Keynes Knights Monday 25th September 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
David Bargh
Bob Humphreys
Phil Bass
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Did not ride
Newcastle Diamonds 47
Milton Keynes Knights 31
Stapleton, Owen, Grahame, Anderson, 71.0Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Humphreys, Owen, Bass, Stapleton (ret), 69.0
Hunter, Holloway, Coddington, MacLean, 70.8
Gardner, Carter, Grahame, Anderson, 71.2
Holloway, Hunter, Harrison, Coddington, 70.4
Stapleton, Owen, Harrison, MacLean, 70.2
Humphreys, Grahame, Hunter, Gardner (ef), 70.6
Stapleton, Holloway, Hunter, Bass, 71.2
Carter, Gardner, MacLean, Harrison, 70.6
Humphreys, Gardner, Carter, Bass, 70.2
Malcolm Holloway
Neil Coddington
Derek Harrison
Cliff Anderson
Andy Grahame
Harry MacLean
P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/-
1 Canterbury 17 16 0 1 840 484 32 18 12 0 6 645 757 24 35 28 0 7 1597 1129 468 56 +22
2 Newcastle 17 15 0 2 808 515 30 18 12 2 4 649 753 26 35 27 2 6 1561 1164 397 56 +22
3 Rye House 16 16 0 0 816 432 32 19 8 0 11 782.5 695.5 16 35 24 0 11 1511.5 1214.5 297 48 +16
4 Ellesmere Port 19 19 0 0 896 560 38 17 5 0 12 708 616 10 36 24 0 12 1512 1268 244 48 +10
5 Eastbourne 18 18 0 0 944 450 36 14 5 1 8 555 537 11 32 23 1 8 1481 1005 476 47 +11
6 Peterborough 19 16 1 2 905 576 33 16 5 0 11 688 559 10 35 21 1 13 1464 1264 200 43 +5
7 Stoke 18 16 0 2 844 560 32 18 4 1 13 803 597 9 36 20 1 15 1441 1363 78 41 +5
8 Oxford 16 14 1 1 802.5 442.5 29 17 4 1 12 728 596 9 33 18 2 13 1398.5 1170.5 228 38 +6
9 Glasgow 18 16 0 2 799 598 32 19 2 1 16 931 547 5 37 18 1 18 1346 1529 -183 37 +1
10 Weymouth 19 14 0 5 835 643 28 18 2 0 16 796 598 4 37 16 0 21 1433 1439 -6 32 -6
11 Crayford 18 14 1 3 815 583 29 18 1 1 16 859 543 3 36 15 2 19 1358 1442 -84 32 -4
12 Berwick 18 16 0 2 863 539 32 19 0 0 19 993 481 0 37 16 0 21 1344 1532 -188 32 -4
13 Edinburgh 19 12 0 7 800 677 24 19 3 1 15 880 600 7 38 15 1 22 1400 1557 -157 31 -7
14 Mildenhall 18 12 0 6 807 595 24 17 3 0 14 711 611 6 35 15 0 20 1418 1306 112 30 -6
15 Workington 17 13 0 4 768 556 26 16 1 0 15 763 483 2 33 14 0 19 1251 1319 -68 28 -6
16 Boston 18 12 1 5 741 658 25 19 1 1 17 935 541 3 37 13 2 22 1282 1593 -311 28 -8
17 Milton Keynes 16 7 4 5 621 627 18 19 3 1 15 887 591 7 35 10 5 20 1212 1514 -302 25 -7
18 Teesside 19 11 0 8 769 710 22 18 1 0 17 896 506 2 37 12 0 25 1275 1606 -331 24 -14
19 Scunthorpe 17 8 1 8 668 655 17 19 0 1 18 913 544 1 36 8 2 26 1212 1568 -356 18 -16
20 Barrow 19 8 2 9 709.5 769.5 18 18 0 0 18 928.5 474.5 0 37 8 2 27 1184 1698 -514 18 -20
Home Away Overall
National League Table
Up to and including Saturday 30th September
TOT BP
1. 2 2* 3 3 10 1
2. 0 3 3 1 7 0
3. 2 2 0 1* 5 1
4. 3 2 3 1 9 0
5. 0 0 1 N 1 0
6. 3 1* 0 4 1
7. 2* 2* 3 2 9 2
TOT BP
1. 3 3 2 2 2 3 15 0
2. 1 1 1 1* 4 1
3.
4. 2 3 3 0 2 0 10 0
5. 1* 1 1 0 0 3 1
6. 1 FX TS 1 0
7. FX 0 0 0 0
8.
2 - 4 2 - 4
5 - 1 7 - 5
3 - 3 10 - 8
3 - 3 13 - 11
2 - 4 15 - 15
5 - 1 20 - 16
2 - 4 22 - 20
5 - 1 27 - 21
4 - 2 31 - 23
4 - 2 35 - 25
3 - 3 38 - 28
4 - 2 42 - 30
3 - 3 45 - 33
Ht. 12: Hubbard, Owen, Saunders, Gardner, 63.0
Owen, Smith, Mullarkey, Carter, 63.6Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Smith, Owen, Stapleton, Mullarkey, 63.4
Neil Coddington
Rod Hunter
Hubbard, Carter, Fiala, Gardner, 63.2
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Hubbard, Stapleton, Fiala, 64.0
(rerun) Pullen, Smith, Coddington, Hunter (f, exc), 64.2
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Robbie Blackadder R/R
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ashley Pullen
Newcastle Diamonds 33
Graeme Stapleton
Rye House Rockets v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 1st October 1978 (National League)
Kevin Smith
Tom Owen
Rye House Rockets 45
Kelvin Mullarkey
Hugh Saunders
Bob Garrad
Ted Hubbard
Karl Fiala
Fiala, Smith, Stapleton, Hunter, 63.8
Saunders, Owen, Garrad, Carter, 64.0
Owen, Saunders, Stapleton, Garrad, 63.2
David Bargh
Saunders, Carter, Gardner, Garrad, 63.6
Carter, Mullarkey, Pullen, Hunter, 63.2
Did not ride
(rerun) Fiala, Hubbard, Gardner, Coddington (f, exc), 63.4
Carter, Mullarkey, Gardner, Pullen, 63.4
TOT BP
1. 3 2* 3 1 9 1
2. 2* 3 FX 1 6 1
3. 3 3 2* 3 11 1
4. 2* EF 3 3 8 1
5. 3 3 2* 2* 10 2
6. 1 1 N 2 0
7. 3 2* 2 3 10 1
TOT BP
1. 0 1* 3 2 1 1 8 1
2. 1 2 1 1 0 0 5 0
3. EF 0 1 1 2 4 0
4.
5. 1 0 0 TS 1 0
6. 0 N 0 0 0
7. 2 2 0 TS 0 4 0
8.
5 - 1 5 - 1
4 - 2 9 - 3
5 - 1 14 - 4
4 - 2 18 - 6
3 - 3 21 - 9
5 - 1 26 - 10
5 - 1 31 - 11
2 - 4 33 - 15
5 - 1 38 - 16
4 - 2 42 - 18
5 - 1 47 - 19
4 - 2 51 - 21
5 - 1 56 - 22
Did not ride
Stapleton, Owen, Smith, Watts, 74.2
Blackadder, Hunter, Dixon, Cusworth, 72.0
(rerun) Wilcock, Hunter, Dixon, Stapleton (f, exc), 69.2
Carter, Gardner, Smith, Spink, 72.2
Owen, Wilcock, Stapleton, Cusworth, 71.6
Ht. 05:
Owen, Stapleton, Dixon, Wilcock, 74.0
Hunter, Watts, Coddington, Spink, 73.4
Gardner, Carter, Cusworth, Smith (ef), 74.8
Blackadder, Watts, Coddington, Smith, 74.8
Gardner, Dixon, Wilcock, Carter (ef), 72.8
Newcastle Diamonds v Teesside Tigers Monday 2nd October 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Steve Wilcock
Martin Dixon
Newcastle Diamonds 56
Teesside Tigers 22
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Carter, Smith, Owen, Dixon, 72.4
Blackadder, Gardner, Wilcock, Watts, 72.0
Hunter, Blackadder, Wilcock, Dixon, 71.0
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
John Robson
Neil Coddington
Pete Smith
Nig Close R/R
Martyn Cusworth
Peter Spink
Bob Watts
TOT
1. 3 3 3 0 9
2. 0 2 2 FN 4
3. 0 N 0 3 3
4. 2 1 3 2 8
17. 1 1 2
TOT
5. R 3 1 3 7
6. 1 3 2 3 9
7. 1 0 1 0 2
8. 3 1 1 2 7
18.
TOT
9. 1 2 3 1 7
10. 2 2 0 FX 4
11. 3 0 3 3 9
12. 3 1 F 1 5
19.
TOT
13. 2 3 2 2 9
14. R 2 2 2 6
15. 2 0 1 1 4
16. 0 R R 0 0
20.
Wo Hu Ne Sh Wo Hu Ne Sh
2 - 0 - 3 - 0 2 - 0 - 3 - 0
0 - 1 - 3 - 2 2 - 1 - 6 - 2
0 - 3 - 1 - 2 2 - 4 - 7 - 4
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 5 - 5 - 9 - 4
1 - 3 - 2 - 0 6 - 8 - 11 - 4
1 - 3 - 2 - 0 7 - 11 - 13 - 4
2 - 0 - 1 - 3 9 - 11 - 14 - 7
3 - 1 - 0 - 2 12 - 12 - 14 - 9
3 - 1 - 0 - 2 15 - 13 - 14 - 11
0 - 1 - 3 - 2 15 - 14 - 17 - 13
2 - 1 - 3 - 0 17 - 15 - 20 - 13
3 - 2 - 0 - 1 20 - 17 - 20 - 14
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 23 - 19 - 21 - 14
2 - 0 - 3 - 1 25 - 19 - 24 - 15
1 - 3 - 0 - 2 26 - 22 - 24 - 17
0 - 3 - 1 - 2 26 - 25 - 25 - 19
Workington: Inter-League Four Team Tournament Friday 6th October 1978
Wilcock, Wyer, Beaton, Stapleton, 72.9
Robbie Blackadder
Bobby Beaton
Kenny Carter
Andy Margarson (loanee) (reserve)
Doug Wyer
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Workington Comets 26
Sheffield Tigers 19
Carter, Wilcock, Mauger (ret), Wilson (ret), 72.8
Blackadder, Wyer, Auffret, Hindle, 73.7
Beaton, Pendlebury, Owen, Price, 74.7
Mauger, Stapleton, Dickinson, Pendlebury, 74.0
Owen, Wilson, Drury, Hindle, 74.9
Blackadder, Price, Mauger, Burton (ret), 74.7
Craig Pendlebury
Billy Burton
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Wyer, Price, Carter, Drury, 74.0
Havelock, Wilson, Beaton, Blackadder, 74.1
Ht. 07:
Havelock, Stapleton, Drury, Burton, 73.6
Auffret, Owen, Wilcock, Burton (ret), 74.1
Ht. 16:
Blackadder, Wilcock, Pendlebury, Drury, 74.8
(rerun) Auffret, Wilson, Dickinson, Stapleton (f, exc), Price (f, ns), 74.6
Mauger, Wyer, Owen, Havelock, 74.0
Havelock, Auffret, Pendlebury, Carter (fell), 74.1
Hindle, Beaton, Carter, Burton, 75.0
Ht. 12:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 14:
Ht. 15:
Hull Vikings 25
Brian Havelock
Arthur Price
Ian Hindle
Steve Wilcock
Mark Dickinson (reserve)
Did not ride
Did not ride
Did not rideLes Race (loanee) (reserve)
Ivan Mauger
Frank Auffret
Graham Drury
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Mick Newton (loanee) (reserve)
Newcastle Diamonds 25
Reg Wilson
TOT BP
1. FX 3 3 3 9 0
2. 2 2* 3 2* 9 2
3. 3 3 FX 3 9 0
4. 3 2 2* 2* 9 2
5. 2* 0 3 EF 5 1
6. F 0 N 1 1 0
7. 3 1 FN 2 6 0
TOT BP
1. 1 2 1 F 3 2 9 0
2. 3 3 2 1 E 1 10 0
3.
4. 1 1 2 EF N 4 0
5. 0 0 1 0 1 0
6. 2 0 0 1 3 0
7. 1* 1* TS 1* 3 3
8.
2 - 4 2 - 4
3 - 3 5 - 7
5 - 1 10 - 8
3 - 3 13 - 11
2 - 4 15 - 15
5 - 1 20 - 16
4 - 2 24 - 18
4 - 2 28 - 20
5 - 1 33 - 21
5 - 1 38 - 22
2 - 4 40 - 26
5 - 1 45 - 27
3 - 3 48 - 30
Did not rideMike Stewart
Neil Coddington
Arthur Price R/R
Robert Maxfield
Andy Margarson
Des Wilson
Mick Newton
Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12: Owen, Carter, Hindle, Margarson, 69.2
Blackadder, Havelock, Newton, Gardner (ef), 69.8
(rerun) Havelock, Hunter, Wilson, Blackadder (f, exc), Hindle (exc, tapes), 70.6
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Newcastle Diamonds v Workington Comets Sunday 8th October 1978 (National League)
Rod Hunter
Brian Havelock
Ian Hindle
Newcastle Diamonds 48
Workington Comets 30
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Ht. 05:
Hindle, Stapleton, Havelock, Owen (f, exc), 69.4
Hunter, Wilson, Newton, Coddington (fell), 70.0
Carter, Gardner, Maxfield, Margarson, 68.4
Blackadder, Havelock, Newton, Coddington, 69.0
Hindle, Carter, Havelock, Gardner, 68.4
Owen, Stapleton, Maxfield, Wilson, 68.2
Blackadder, Maxfield, Hunter, Margarson, 68.6
(rerun) Stapleton, Hindle, Coddington, Havelock (fell), Hunter (f, ns), 70.0
Gardner, Carter, Hindle, Wilson, 70.8
Owen, Stapleton, Margarson, Maxfield (ef), 69.0
TOT BP
1. 0 3 3 3 9 0
2. 3 1 3 2* 9 1
3. 3 2 2 1 8 0
4. 3 2 1 1 7 0
5. R 0 R N 0 0
6. 0 0 N 0 0
7. 1 1* 0 0 0 2 1
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 3 3 14 0
2. 1* 1* 1 1* 1 5 3
3. 1* 2 3 1 2 9 1
4.
5. 2 0 0 F 2 0
6. 2* 0 2* 2* 6 3
7. 3 2 2 7 0
8.
3 - 3 3 - 3
1 - 5 4 - 8
3 - 3 7 - 11
3 - 3 10 - 14
2 - 4 12 - 18
4 - 2 16 - 20
3 - 3 19 - 23
3 - 3 22 - 26
1 - 5 23 - 31
5 - 1 28 - 32
2 - 4 30 - 36
4 - 2 34 - 38
1 - 5 35 - 43
Owen leads series 1-0
T. Owen, Stapleton, Beaton, Auffret, 69.2
Did not ride
Blackadder, Koppe, Beaton, Coddington, 69.8
Mauger, Carter, Drury, Gardner, 69.6
T. Owen, Beaton, Stapleton, Pusey, 69.0
Mauger, Blackadder, Hunter, Auffret, 68.8
Stapleton, Koppe, Drury, Hunter, 69.8
David Bargh
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Bobby Beaton
Joe Owen R/R
Frank Auffret
Neil Coddington
Newcastle Diamonds v Hull Vikings Monday 9th October 1978 (Inter-League Challenge)
Rod Hunter
Ivan Mauger
T. Owen, Beaton, Carter, Auffret (fell), 70.0
Newcastle Diamonds 35
Hull Vikings 43
Chris Pusey (guest)
Steve Koppe (guest)
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Graham Drury
Ht. 05:
Stapleton, Mauger, Drury, T. Owen, 69.4
Koppe, Pusey, Hunter, Coddington, 70.2
Carter, Auffret, Drury, Gardner (ret), 69.0
Owen, Koppe, 68.0
Owen, Koppe (fell), 69.2
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 13:
Tom Owen (Holder) v Steve Koppe (Challenger), 1st Leg
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - October Challenge
Mauger, Pusey, Blackadder, Hunter, 70.8
Mauger, Blackadder, Drury, Hunter, 69.0
Beaton, Pusey, Carter, Gardner (ret), 70.0
P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/-
1 Canterbury 19 18 0 1 933 547 36 19 12 0 7 693 786 24 38 30 0 8 1719 1240 479 60 +22
2 Newcastle 19 17 0 2 912 567 34 19 12 2 5 694 786 26 38 29 2 7 1698 1261 437 60 +22
3 Rye House 18 18 0 0 907 496 36 19 8 0 11 782.5 695.5 16 37 26 0 11 1602.5 1278.5 324 52 +16
4 Eastbourne 19 19 0 0 992 479 38 17 5 1 11 690 636 11 36 24 1 11 1628 1169 459 49 +11
5 Ellesmere Port 19 19 0 0 896 560 38 18 5 0 13 758 644 10 37 24 0 13 1540 1318 222 48 +10
6 Peterborough 19 16 1 2 905 576 33 19 6 0 13 807 673 12 38 22 1 15 1578 1383 195 45 +7
7 Oxford 19 16 2 1 933.5 545.5 34 19 4 2 13 813 666 10 38 20 4 14 1599.5 1358.5 241 44 +6
8 Stoke 19 17 0 2 892 590 34 18 4 1 13 803 597 9 37 21 1 15 1489 1393 96 43 +5
9 Glasgow 19 17 0 2 850 625 34 19 2 1 16 931 547 5 38 19 1 18 1397 1556 -159 39 +1
10 Crayford 19 15 1 3 864 612 31 18 1 1 16 859 543 3 37 16 2 19 1407 1471 -64 34 -4
11 Berwick 19 17 0 2 908 572 34 19 0 0 19 993 481 0 38 17 0 21 1389 1565 -176 34 -4
12 Mildenhall 19 13 0 6 858 622 26 19 3 1 15 798 680 7 38 16 1 21 1538 1420 118 33 -5
13 Weymouth 19 14 0 5 835 643 28 19 2 0 17 847 625 4 38 16 0 22 1460 1490 -30 32 -6
14 Edinburgh 19 12 0 7 800 677 24 19 3 1 15 880 600 7 38 15 1 22 1400 1557 -157 31 -7
15 Workington 17 13 0 4 768 556 26 19 1 0 18 905 575 2 36 14 0 22 1343 1461 -118 28 -6
16 Boston 19 12 1 6 767 709 25 19 1 1 17 935 541 3 38 13 2 23 1308 1644 -336 28 -10
17 Milton Keynes 17 7 5 5 660 666 19 19 3 1 15 887 591 7 36 10 6 20 1251 1553 -302 26 -8
18 Teesside 19 11 0 8 769 710 22 19 1 0 18 952 528 2 38 12 0 26 1297 1662 -365 24 -14
19 Scunthorpe 18 9 1 8 710 691 19 19 0 1 18 913 544 1 37 9 2 26 1254 1604 -350 20 -16
20 Barrow 19 8 2 9 709.5 769.5 18 18 0 0 18 928.5 474.5 0 37 8 2 27 1184 1698 -514 18 -20
Canterbury: Saturday 14th October 1978
Canterbury Crusaders 48 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 30
Canterbury are National League champions.
Home Away Overall
National League Table
Up to and including Saturday 14th October
Gulf Oil Silver Helmet - October Challenge
Tom Owen (Holder) v Steve Koppe (Challenger), 2nd Leg
Ht. 01: Owen, Koppe, no time reported
Ht. 02: Owen, Koppe, no time reported
Owen wins series 2-0 and is the Silver Helmet 1978-79 winter holder.
TOT BP
1. 1 3 1 3 8 0
2. 3 2* 3 3 11 1
3. 3 2 1 2* 8 1
4. 1* 0 1 0 2 1
5. 2 2 3 3 10 0
6. 3 2* 1* 0 6 2
7. F 0 N 0 0
TOT BP
1. 2 3 3 2 3 1 14 0
2. 0 1 3 2 2 2* 10 1
3. 0 1 0 2 3 0
4. 0 0 0 N 0 0
5.
6. 2 0 TS 0 2 0
7. EF 1 1* 2 1
8. 1* 1 1
4 - 2 4 - 2
3 - 2 7 - 4
3 - 3 10 - 7
5 - 1 15 - 8
2 - 4 17 - 12
5 - 1 22 - 13
3 - 3 25 - 16
3 - 3 28 - 19
4 - 2 32 - 21
4 - 2 36 - 23
1 - 5 37 - 28
3 - 3 40 - 31
5 - 1 45 - 32
Sampson, Naylor, Blackadder, Coddington, 62.8
Stapleton, Kennett, Woods, Ackroyd, 63.0
Naylor, Stapleton, Hunter, Barker, 61.4
Dugard, Weatherley, Abel, Blackadder, 61.4
Naylor, Stapleton, Sampson, Ackroyd, 61.4
Naylor, Weatherley, Sampson, Stapleton, 61.6
Woods, Coddington, Hunter (ef), Barker (fell), 63.6
Weatherley, Dugard, Abel, Ackroyd, 62.4
Kennett, Woods, Hunter, Blackadder, 62.8
Weatherley, Dugard, Stapleton, Abel, 62.2
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Robbie Gardner R/R
Neil Coddington
Rod Hunter
Mike Sampson
Steve Naylor
David Kennett
Roger Abel
Eric Dugard
Eastbourne Eagles v Newcastle Diamonds Sunday 15th October 1978 (Challenge)
John Barker
Steve Weatherley (guest)
Graeme Stapleton
Eastbourne Eagles 45
Newcastle Diamonds 32
Ht. 13:
Sampson, Blackadder, Fletcher, Abel, 62.2
Dugard, Kennett, Weatherley, Coddington, 61.8
Weatherley, Stapleton, Kennett, Woods, 62.0
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ian Fletcher (loanee)
Paul Woods
Robbie Blackadder
Colin Ackroyd (loanee)
TOT BP
1. 3 3 3 3 12 0
2. N 2* 1* 2* 5 3
3. 3 2* 1* 3 9 2
4. 3 3 3 2* 11 1
5. 1 1 1 1 4 0
6. 0 2* 3 5 1
7. 1 3 2 2 8 0
TOT BP
1. R 2 0 0 N 2 4 0
2. 2 2 3 2 F 0 9 0
3. 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 0
4. R 0 N N 0 0
5.
6. 2 0 TS 3 0 5 0
7. 1* 0 TS 0 1 1
8.
4 - 2 4 - 2
3 - 3 7 - 5
4 - 2 11 - 7
5 - 1 16 - 8
4 - 2 20 - 10
5 - 1 25 - 11
5 - 1 30 - 12
3 - 3 33 - 15
4 - 2 37 - 17
5 - 1 42 - 18
3 - 3 45 - 21
5 - 1 50 - 22
4 - 2 54 - 24
Owen, Stapleton, Askew, Lamb, 70.2
Coddington, Blackadder, Askew, Moore, 71.2
Hack, R. Hunter, Stapleton, G. Hunter, 69.8
Carter, Hack, Gardner, Askew, 71.0
Owen, Stapleton, Askew, Sawyer, 70.2
Owen, Hack, R. Hunter, G. Hunter (ret), 70.2
R. Hunter, Lamb, Sawyer, Coddington, 69.8
(rerun) Carter, G. Hunter, Gardner, Moore (ret), 69.8
Blackadder, Coddington, Askew, Sawyer, 72.0
Carter, Hack, Gardner, G. Hunter, 70.0
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Newcastle Diamonds v Oxford Cheetahs Monday 16th October 1978 (Challenge)
Rod Hunter
George Hunter
John Hack
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Robbie Blackadder
Kenny Carter
Robbie Gardner
Owen, Carter, Askew, Hack, 70.2
Blackadder, G. Hunter, Gardner, Lamb, 71.4
Lamb, R. Hunter, Blackadder, Hack (fell), 71.4
Ht. 07:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 12:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Did not ride
Newcastle Diamonds 54
Oxford Cheetahs 24
Gary Ainslie (loanee)
Neil Coddington
Carl Askew
James Moore
David Shields R/R
Pip Lamb
Les Sawyer
TOT BP
1. 3 2* 2* 3 10 2
2. 2* 3 3 3 11 1
3. 2 2* 2* 3 9 2
4. 0 2* 0 2* 4 2
5. 1 N 2 1 4 0
6. 2* R N 2 1
7. 3 3 3 2* 3 14 1
TOT BP
1.
2. 1 0 0 1 2 0
3. 0 3 0 3 E 0 6 0
4. 2* 0 0 2 4 1
5. 3 1 1 1 1 1 8 0
6. 1 1 1 0 0 3 0
7. 0 R TS 0 0
5 - 1 5 - 1
5 - 1 10 - 2
1 - 5 11 - 7
2 - 3 13 - 10
5 - 1 18 - 11
5 - 1 23 - 12
5 - 1 28 - 13
5 - 1 33 - 14
2 - 4 35 - 18
5 - 1 40 - 19
5 - 1 45 - 20
5 - 1 50 - 21
4 - 2 54 - 23
Ht. 12: Owen, Carter, Finch, Allott, 70.0
Blackadder, Carr, Bargh, Ellams, 70.6Ht. 13:
Ht. 07:
(rerun) Hunter, Blackadder, Williams, Ellams, Allott (exc, tapes), 72.0
Newcastle Diamonds v Ellesmere Port Gunners Monday 23rd October 1978 (Challenge)
Rod Hunter
John Jackson R/R
John Williams
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Newcastle Diamonds 54
Ellesmere Port Gunners 23
Stapleton, Owen, Finch, Carr, 70.6
Robbie Blackadder
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Kenny Carter
David Bargh
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Owen, Stapleton, Williams, Allott, 69.6
Hunter, Coddington, Ellams, Embley, 71.6
Finch, Carr, Bargh, Carter, 71.4
Allott, Blackadder, Coddington (ret), Embley (ret), 71.0
Stapleton, Owen, Ellams, Allott, 70.4
Hunter, Blackadder, Finch, Carr, 71.8
Stapleton, Hunter, Finch, Williams, 71.4
Allott, Bargh, Ellams, Carter, 71.2
Hunter, Carter, Finch, Williams, 71.2
Paul Embley
Neil Coddington
Nicky Allott (guest)
Louis Carr
Steve Finch
Pete Ellams
TOT
1. 0 2 3 1 6
2. 2 3 2 3 10
3. 0 0 3 3 6
4. 1 0 R 0 1
TOT
5. 3 3 3 3 12
6. 2 2 0 1 5
7. 2 0 1 2 5
8. 1 3 3 2 9
TOT
9. 3 3 2 2 10
10. 1 2 2 2 7
11. 3 1 1 1 6
12. 2 2 1 1 6
TOT
13. 1 1 1 NS 3
14. 0 0 0 0 0
15. 0 1 2 3 6
16. 3 1 0 0 4
BV Hu Ne RW BV Hu Ne RW
1 - 3 - 2 - 0 1 - 3 - 2 - 0
0 - 2 - 3 - 1 1 - 5 - 5 - 1
2 - 1 - 3 - 0 3 - 6 - 8 - 1
0 - 2 - 1 - 3 3 - 8 - 9 - 4
0 - 2 - 3 - 1 3 - 10 - 12 - 5
0 - 3 - 2 - 1 3 - 13 - 14 - 6
3 - 0 - 2 - 1 6 - 13 - 16 - 7
2 - 3 - 1 - 0 8 - 16 - 17 - 7
0 - 3 - 2 - 1 8 - 19 - 19 - 8
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 11 - 20 - 21 - 8
2 - 3 - 1 - 0 13 - 23 - 22 - 8
3 - 0 - 1 - 2 16 - 23 - 23 - 10
3 - 2 - 1 - 0 19 - 25 - 24 - 10
0 - 2 - 1 - 3 19 - 27 - 25 - 13
3 - 1 - 2 - 0 22 - 28 - 27 - 13
1 - 3 - 2 - 0 23 - 31 - 29 - 13
Ivan Mauger
Chris Pusey (guest)
Graham Drury
Tom Owen
Graeme Stapleton
Newcastle Diamonds 29
Brian Havelock
Hull Vikings 31
Chris Morton
Les Collins
Peter Collins
Chris Turner
Owen, Pusey, G. Hunter, Turner, 69.0
Ht. 16:
Finch, Drury, R. Hunter, Turner, 71.4
L. Collins, Stapleton, Pusey, Havelock, 70.0
(rerun) Mauger, Owen, Morton, Wilson (tapes, 20yd h'cap, ns), 69.0
Morton, Finch, Carter, Pusey, 70.8
P. Collins, Beaton, Carter, G. Hunter, 70.4
Ht. 12:
Ht. 13:
Ht. 14:
Ht. 15:
Mauger, Stapleton, Finch, P. Collins, 69.0
P. Collins, Owen, Drury, Havelock, 69.2
Mauger, L. Collins, R. Hunter, G. Hunter, 69.0
Steve Finch
George Hunter
Ht. 08:
Ht. 09:
Ht. 10:
Ht. 11:
Ht. 06:
Ht. 01:
Ht. 02:
L. Collins, Carter, Wilson, Drury, 70.0
Beaton, Morton, R. Hunter, Havelock, 71.2
Ht. 07:
G. Hunter, Drury, Stapleton, Morton, 71.0
Note: There were no meeting reserves.
Newcastle: Inter-League Four Team Tournament Monday 30th October 1978
Beaton, Stapleton, Wilson, Turner (ret), 70.0
Rod Hunter
Bobby Beaton
Kenny Carter
Reg Wilson
Ht. 03:
Ht. 04:
Ht. 05:
Belle Vue Aces 23
Reg Wilson Select 13
Mauger, Carter, Turner, Havelock, 69.2
R. Hunter, Pusey, Wilson, P. Collins, 71.4
Owen, L. Collins, Beaton, Finch, 69.0
P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/-
1 Canterbury 19 18 0 1 933 547 36 19 12 0 7 693 786 24 38 30 0 8 1719 1240 479 60 +22
2 Newcastle 19 17 0 2 912 567 34 19 12 2 5 694 786 26 38 29 2 7 1698 1261 437 60 +22
3 Rye House 19 19 0 0 955 526 38 19 8 0 11 782.5 695.5 16 38 27 0 11 1650.5 1308.5 342 54 +16
4 Eastbourne 19 19 0 0 992 479 38 19 6 1 12 769 712 13 38 25 1 12 1704 1248 456 51 +13
5 Ellesmere Port 19 19 0 0 896 560 38 19 5 0 14 799 680 10 38 24 0 14 1576 1359 217 48 +10
6 Peterborough 19 16 1 2 905 576 33 19 6 0 13 807 673 12 38 22 1 15 1578 1383 195 45 +7
7 Oxford 19 16 2 1 933.5 545.5 34 19 4 2 13 813 666 10 38 20 4 14 1599.5 1358.5 241 44 +6
8 Stoke 19 17 0 2 892 590 34 19 4 1 14 843 635 9 38 21 1 16 1527 1433 94 43 +5
9 Glasgow 19 17 0 2 850 625 34 19 2 1 16 931 547 5 38 19 1 18 1397 1556 -159 39 +1
10 Crayford 19 15 1 3 864 612 31 19 1 1 17 907 573 3 38 16 2 20 1437 1519 -82 34 -4
11 Berwick 19 17 0 2 908 572 34 19 0 0 19 993 481 0 38 17 0 21 1389 1565 -176 34 -4
12 Mildenhall 19 13 0 6 858 622 26 19 3 1 15 798 680 7 38 16 1 21 1538 1420 118 33 -5
13 Weymouth 19 14 0 5 835 643 28 19 2 0 17 847 625 4 38 16 0 22 1460 1490 -30 32 -6
14 Workington 19 15 0 4 849 630 30 19 1 0 18 905 575 2 38 16 0 22 1424 1535 -111 32 -6
15 Edinburgh 19 12 0 7 800 677 24 19 3 1 15 880 600 7 38 15 1 22 1400 1557 -157 31 -7
16 Milton Keynes 19 9 5 5 759 721 23 19 3 1 15 887 591 7 38 12 6 20 1350 1608 -258 30 -8
17 Boston 19 12 1 6 767 709 25 19 1 1 17 935 541 3 38 13 2 23 1308 1644 -336 28 -10
18 Teesside 19 11 0 8 769 710 22 19 1 0 18 952 528 2 38 12 0 26 1297 1662 -365 24 -14
19 Scunthorpe 19 9 1 9 747 732 19 19 0 1 18 913 544 1 38 9 2 27 1291 1645 -354 20 -18
20 Barrow 19 8 2 9 709.5 769.5 18 19 0 0 19 985.5 494.5 0 38 8 2 28 1204 1755 -551 18 -20
Home Away Overall
National League Final Table
R P B R P B
456 05/06/1978 Newcastle Eastbourne NL Newcastle #8
558 23/06/1978 Workington Newcastle NL Newcastle #8
853 13/08/1978 Ellesmere Port Newcastle NL Newcastle #8
1040 11/09/1978 Scunthorpe Newcastle NL Newcastle #8
1097 21/09/1978 Teesside Newcastle NL Teesside #8
1271 23/10/1978 Newcastle Ellesmere Port CH Ellesmere Port #8
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Newcastle 1978 - Requirements
Ref # Date Home Away or Meeting Title Event YB # RiderYB entry My entry
Requirement