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What a day, and it had a nailbiting finish!
I'm hoping someone out there will post a decent account somewhere so I can borrow it for the sake of completeness. I've had issues remembering enough to do these meetings justice in the last year or two. Meanwhile let me present the nitty gritty - the programmes and final result tables.
Another successful season of Old Mens' Racing, and once again the core included a solid turnout by the magnificent Leicester riders, joined this year by the equally amazing Exeter crew and a slightly more compact Newport select. Well done to all of you for your efforts and support, and of course Paddy and Glyn hauled themselves around for the whole year from the opposite corner.
The current complexities of sorting out the top four for each of the finals will need to be addressed after Glyn and Jason tied on points, a common enough situation in recent years, with the Norwich man graciously accepting the final decision but also having plenty of grounds for complaint. It's always a real headache for Fred who really has enough on his plate on match day, so we'll need to nail down a permanent solution before we kick off in 2023. All suggestions welcome!
I'll restart my argument against gate exclusions over the winter when other changes are expected, but meantime study this to see how a Championship could easily have been lost today!
2009 Final Eurovets GP Rostrum (best 6 scores from 7 Rounds):
Over-40s: 1st Ian Lawrence 143 2nd Norman Venson 131 3rd Colin Wheeler 116
Over-50s: 1st Ian Lawrence 150 2nd Colin Wheeler 129 3rd Fred Rothwell 120
Over-60s: 1st Colin Wheeler 150 2nd Chic Mackie 136 3rd Ian McKinley 44
detail above courtesy Dave Murphy
photo credit Kevin Turley
EUROVETS 2005 – Final Results | ||||
Over-40s: | ||||
Place / Rider Club Overall Pts Lowest-score Final Pts total (3 best rounds). | ||||
1st - Andy Franks (Stoke): | 94 | 21 | 73 | |
2nd - Dave Murphy (Southampton): | 85 | 17 | 68 | |
3rd - Ian Woodhouse (Southampton): | 66 | 0 | 66 | |
4th - Paul Dyson (Bury): | 63 | 0 | 63 | |
5th - Ian Lawrence (L.Stratton): | 63 | 0 | 63 | |
6th - Martin Gamble (Sheffield): | 54 | 0 | 54 | |
7th - John Murphy (Edinburgh): | 49 | 0 | 49 | |
8th - Fred Rothwell (Bury): | 48 | 0 | 48 | |
9th - Keith Snelling (Horspath): | 46 | 0 | 46 | |
10th – Bob Prince (Birmingham): | 43 | 0 | 43 | |
11th – Martin Glover (Swindon): | 36 | 0 | 36 | |
12th – Steve Harvie (East London): | 35 | 0 | 35 | |
13th – Lee Lawrence (L,Stratton): | 29 | 0 | 29 | |
14th – Gary Lawrence (L.Stratton): | 20 | 0 | 20 | (2 rounds only) |
15th – Mike Baugh (Dudley): | 19 | 0 | 19 | (1 round only) |
16th – Tony Bowen (Sandwell): | 15 | 0 | 15 | (2 rounds only) |
English GP (Sandwell): | 1. Andy Franks. | 2. Ian Woodhouse. | 3. Dave Murphy. | |
Scottish GP (Edinburgh): | 1. Ian Woodhouse. | 2. Andy Franks. | 3. Ian Lawrence. | |
GP of Wales (Newport): | 1. Andy Franks. | 2. Dave Murphy. | 3. Paul Dyson. | |
Polish GP (Rawicz): | 1. Fred Rothwell. | 2. Dave Murphy. | 3. Andy Franks. | |
Over-50s: | ||||
Place / Rider Club Overall Pts Lowest-score Final Pts total (3 best rounds). | ||||
1st - Mike Baugh (Dudley): | 70 | 0 | 70 | |
2nd - Bob Prince (Birmingham): | 90 | 21 | 69 | |
3rd - Fred Rothwell (Bury): | 90 | 21 | 69 | |
4th - Mick Aris (Wednesfield): | 83 | 20 | 63 | |
5th - John Murphy (Edinburgh): | 78 | 16 | 62 | |
6th - Steve Harvie (East London): | 74 | 17 | 57 | |
7th - Chick Mackie (Glasgow): | 54 | 9 | 45 | |
8th - Colin Wheeler (Southampton): | 43 | 0 | 43 | (2 rounds only) |
9th - Ian McKinlay (Edinburgh): | 48 | 10 | 38 | |
10th – Peter Mittell (Norwich): | 34 | 0 | 34 | |
11th – John Whiting (Bury): | 29 | 0 | 29 | (2 rounds only) |
12th – Mick Pedley (Wednesfield): | 18 | 0 | 18 | (1 round only) |
13th – Pete Sadler (Newport): | 18 | 0 | 18 | (1 round only) |
14th – Phil Widdas (Birmingham): | 15 | 0 | 15 | (2 rounds only) |
15th – Joe Williams (Wednesfield): | 14 | 0 | 14 | (2 rounds only) |
16th – Dave Callaghan (Bury): | 9 | 0 | 9 | (1 round only) |
English GP (Sandwell): | 1. Mike Baugh. | 2. Colin Wheeler. | 3. Bob Prince. | |
Scottish GP (Edinburgh): | 1. Bob Prince. | 2. Fred Rothwell. | 3. Mick Aris. | |
GP of Wales (Newport): | 1. Mike Baugh. | 2. Fred Rothwell. | 3. Bob Prince. | |
Polish GP (Rawicz): | 1. John Murphy. | 2. Fred Rothwell. | 3. Bob Prince. |
detail above courtesy of Dave Murphy