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Page 1: Newcastle Diamonds Season 1978 - Speedway Researcher · Ellesmere Port Gunners v Newcastle Diamonds Friday 24th March 1978 (Challenge, 2nd Leg) Pete Ellams Tom Owen Robert Maxfield

Newcastle Diamonds

Season 1978

Compiled by Dave Allan

First published March 2016

Last updated October 2016

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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.

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# 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

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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:

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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

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Newcastle Diamonds v Workington Comets Monday 1st May 1978 (Tyne-Derwent Trophy, 2nd Leg)

Meeting postponed - rain

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Milton Keynes Knights v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 2nd May 1978 (National League)

Meeting postponed - rain

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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:

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Barrow Furness Flyers v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 27th June 1978 (National League)

Meeting postponed - rain

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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Meeting postponed - rain

Barrow Furness Flyers v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 1st August 1978 (National League)

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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)

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Newcastle: Warners Grand National Northern Final Monday 7th August 1978

Meeting postponed - rain

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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

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Newcastle: Warners Grand National Northern Final Monday 14th August 1978

Meeting postponed - rain

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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