Welcome to 1983

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Welcome to 1983,

38 Years ago…

Thursday 31^st March

Wimbledon 50 Hackney 27

Another humiliating defeat for the Hawks on a track made tricky by the rather wet conditions. Apart from the Hawks former skipper Barry Thomas top scoring with 8 points, the rest were extremely disappointing including the up to now the inform Bo Petersen in this 1982 London Cup match.

What didn’t help the Hawks cause was both John Titman and Jens Rassmussen both failing to complete heat 9 after both riders fell.

For the Don’s Kai Neimi recorded a 12 point maximum with Malcolm Simmons joining him with a paid maximum and Kelvin Tatum recorded his first win in a Dons body colour.

Wimbledon 50 Hackney 27

Kai Niemi 12 Barry Thomas 8

Malcolm Simmons 10 Bo Petersen 7

Dave Jessup 8 John Titman 6

Ari Koponen 8 Finn Thomsen 3

Mike Ferreira 5 Jens Rasmussen 2

Kelvin Tatum 5 Sean Willmott 1

Roger Johns 2 Martin Hagon 0

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Welcome to 1983, 38 Years ago…

Wednesday March 30th

Poole 48 Hackney 30

Another disappointing result for the Hawks, who went down 48-30 last night at Poole. Finn Thomsen and Bo Petersen both topped the scoring with 9 apiece. But with the remaining Hawks only scoring 12 points between them, that’s a slight worry ahead of tonight’s trip to Wimbledon in the first leg of the London Cup.

The Hawks were level after three heats with the score at 9-9 but two five-ones for the Pirates in Heat 4 & 5 by John Davis and Neil Middleditch and Kevin Smith and their guest Kelvin Mullarkey respectively the Hawks never recovered. Our only heat advantage came in heat 3 with a 4-2 from Bo Petersen and Sean Willmott.

Poole 48 Hackney 30

John Davis 12 Finn Thomsen 9

Kevin Smith 11 Bo Petersen 9

Michael Lee 10 Jens Rassmussen 5

Neil Middleditch 7 John Titman 4

Andy Campbell 5 Sean Willmott 2

Keith Millard 2 Marvyn Cox 1

Rob Maxfield 2 Martin Hagon 0

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Swindon 43 Hackney 35

Welcome to 1983….

Hackney Speedway will relive the events that involved the Hackney Hawks day by day, week by week this year. We delve into the era when we had many more clubs and riders.

38 years ago.......

The Swindon team totally outrode the one man Hawks in this League Cup encounter and it was smiles all around in the Swindon camp.

With Steve Gresham returning to the Robins nest he breathed his old fire on a bitterly cold night at the Blunsdon track, with Phil Crump and Brian Anderson showing the Robins have at least three good heat-leaders, well at least on their own track.

Gresham took John Titman to win heat one and never looked back soring a very impressive 11 points, virtually doubling his 1982 average and only unsurprisingly losing to track expert Petersen in heat 10.

Track specialist Bo Petersen won 5 of his six races, his only defeat was from Phil Crump in heat eleven.

Unfortunately for the rest of the Hawks is was a miserable evening. Both John Titman and Finn Thomsen had mechanical gremlins which cost the Hawks dearly.

But it’s onwards and upwards now for the Hawks. Before their next home meeting the Hawks travel to Poole on Wednesday in League Cup action then it’s the first leg of the London Cup with arch rivals

Swindon 43 Hackney 35

S Gresham 11 B Petersen 17

P Crump 11 J Titman 6

B Anderson 8 F Thomsen 5

M Yeates 5 J Rassmussen 4

M Holloway 4 S Willmott 2

A Busk 2 M Hagon 1

S Mastrup 2 B Garrad No 8 DNR

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Welcome to 1983….

Hackney Speedway will relive the events that involved the Hackney Hawks day by day, week by week this year. We delve into the era when we had many more clubs and riders.

Hackney Hawks Fixtures

March

Fri 25th 1982 Vic Harding Memorial H RAINED OFF

Sat 26th Swindon A (LC) L 35-43

Wed 30^th Poole A (LC) L 48-30

Thurs 31st Wimbledon (London Cup) L 50-27

April

Fri 1st Wimbledon H (London Cup) RAINED OFF

Fri 8th Swindon H (LC) H

Mon 11^th Reading A (LC)

Thu 14th Ipswich A (LC)

Fri 15th Ipswich H (LC)

Fri 22nd Kings Lynn H (LC)

Sun 24th Eastbourne A (LC)

Fri 29th Poole H (LC)

May

Fri 6^th Reading H (LC)

Sat 7^th Kings Lynn A (LC)

Thu12th Wimbledon A (LC)

Fri 13th Eastbourne H (LC)

Fri 20th Wimbledon H (LC)

Sat21st Cradley Heath A (KOC)

Fri 27th Cradley Heath H (KOC)

Sat 28^th Halifax A (BL)

Sun 30^th Rye House A (ILC)

June

Fri 3^rd Leicester H (BL)

Tue 7^th Leicester A (BL)

Fri 10th Metro Fours H

Fri 17th Eastbourne (BL)

Sat 18^th Belle Vue A (BL)

Fri 24^th Cradley Heath H (BL)

Sun 26^th Eastbourne A (BL)

July

Fri 1st Sheffield H (BL)

Fri 8th England v Denmark H (Third Test)

Sat 9^th Coventry A (BL)

Thu 14^th Ipswich A (BL)

Fri 15th Reading H (BL)

Fri 22nd Halifax H (BL)

Thu 28^th Sheffield A (BL)

Fri 29th Coventry H (BL)

August

Wed 3^rd Poole A (BL)

Fri 5^th Open H

Fri 12th London Junior Championship (H)

Fri 19th Ipswich H (BL)

Fri 26th Poole H (BL)

Sat 27^th Swindon

Mon 29^th Reading

September

Fri 2^nd Open (H)

Fri 9th Kings Lynn H (BL)

Thu 15^th Wimbledon A (BL)

Fri 16^th Wimbledon H (BL)

Sat 17^th Cradley Heath A (BL)

Fri 23rd Swindon H (BL)

Mon 26^th Birmingham A (BL)

Fri 30th Birmingham H (BL)

October

Sat 1^st Kings Lynn A (BL)

Fri 7^th Cradley H (BL)

Fri 14th London Riders Championship H

Thu 20^tWimbledon A (London Cup)

Fri 21st Wimbledon H (London Cup)

Fri 28th Vic Harding Memorial H

LC League Cup

BL British League

ILC Inter League Challenge

All the home and away programmes plus match reports will available to read on the day as we progress through the year, just as it was happening today.

Other pages:

HACKNEY SPEEDWAY HOME PAGE

Welcome to 1983

Waterden Road, Carpenters Road, Rothbury Road and White Post Lane in June 2015

Programmes covers of Hackney Speedway

Badges of Hackney Speedway

Welcome to 1968: 15th March to 25th July

Welcome to 1968: July 26th onwards

London Riders Champions

DAVE LANNING: WHEN HE GOT ON HACKNEY'S WICK

A Real Miss Hackney Speedway

Hawkeye's View on the GP's