Weymouth Wildcats Season Compiled by Dave Allan First published March 2016

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1 Weymouth Wildcats Season 1978 Compiled by Dave Allan First published March 2016

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This file was only 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) The knowledgable members of the British Speedway Forum and the Easy, Tiger! Forum RACECARDS The following symbols are 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 Reruns are not assumed, they are only recorded where reported. (guest) (loanee) Rider is making a full and proper guest appearance Rider has been borrowed from home track to make up the team

3 Weymouth Wildcats 1978 Date Home Away Event Result Notes 28/03/1978 Weymouth Barrow National League /03/1978 Peterborough Weymouth National League /04/1978 Weymouth Boston National League /04/1978 Weymouth Scunthorpe National League /04/1978 Weymouth Red Star Prague International Challenge Rained Off 23/04/1978 Eastbourne Weymouth National League /04/1978 Weymouth Workington National League /05/1978 Weymouth Glasgow National League /05/1978 Workington Weymouth National League /05/1978 Stoke Weymouth National League /05/1978 Weymouth Oxford National League /05/1978 Oxford Weymouth National League /05/1978 Edinburgh Weymouth National League /05/1978 Mildenhall Mildenhall v Milton Keynes v Oxford v Weymouth NL 4TT QR a1 42 v 13 v 14 v 27 16/05/1978 Weymouth Crayford National League /05/1978 Crayford Weymouth National League /05/1978 Weymouth Eastbourne National League /05/1978 Oxford Oxford v Milton Keynes v Mildenhall v Weymouth NL 4TT QR a2 34 v 20 v 26 v 16 29/05/1978 Weymouth Weymouth v Mildenhall v Milton Keynes v Oxford NL 4TT QR a3 40 v 20 v 09 v 27 30/05/1978 Milton Keynes Milton Keynes v Mildenhall v Oxford v Weymouth NL 4TT QR a4 12 v 17 v 31 v 34 06/06/1978 Weymouth Berwick National League /06/1978 Weymouth Peterborough National League /06/1978 Canterbury Weymouth NL KOC R2 L /06/1978 Weymouth Canterbury NL KOC R2 L /06/1978 Weymouth Stoke National League /07/1978 Rye House Weymouth National League /07/1978 Weymouth Newcastle National League /07/1978 Boston Weymouth National League /07/1978 Scunthorpe Weymouth National League /07/1978 Weymouth Edinburgh National League /07/1978 Weymouth Canterbury National League /07/1978 Weymouth Weymouth v Bristol v Exeter v Poole Four Team 23 v 31 v 15 v 27 30/07/1978 Peterborough Eastbourne v Ellesmere Port v Weymouth v Canterbury NL 4TT SF2 08 v 12 v 12 v 16 01/08/1978 Weymouth Stoke Challenge /08/1978 Weymouth Ellesmere Port National League /08/1978 Teesside Weymouth National League 34-44

4 Weymouth Wildcats 1978 Date Home Away Event Result Notes 11/08/1978 Glasgow Weymouth National League /08/1978 Milton Keynes Weymouth National League /08/1978 Weymouth Mildenhall National League /08/1978 Berwick Weymouth National League /08/1978 Newcastle Weymouth National League /08/1978 Weymouth Milton Keynes National League /08/1978 Weymouth Golden Jubilee Celebration Meeting Individual Vic Harding 26/08/1978 Canterbury Weymouth National League /08/1978 Weymouth Seyco Soft Drinks Trophy Individual Malcolm Shakespeare 05/09/1978 Weymouth Rye House National League /09/1978 Barrow Weymouth National League /09/1978 Ellesmere Port Weymouth National League /09/1978 Weymouth Teesside National League /09/1978 Weymouth Poole Inter-League Challenge /09/1978 Weymouth Southern Stars Challenge /10/1978 Mildenhall Weymouth National League 51-27

5 Weymouth Wildcats v Barrow Furness Flyers Tuesday 28th March 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 3 2 2* 2* Richard Evans R 1* 1 N Sean Willmott 2* 2* 2* Danny Kennedy 3 X Geoff Swindells 2* 2 2* Gary Ford Mick Conroy 1* Barrow Furness Flyers David Butt Mark Courtney 1* N Geoff Pusey R 0 M Andy Heyes N Chris Roynon Andy Reid Les Race 0 1 TS Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Corradine, Butt, Courtney, Evans (ret), 75.0 Reid, Ford, Conroy, Race, 74.4 Kennedy, Swindells, Roynon, Heyes, 72.6 Ford, Willmott, Race, Pusey (ret), 73.0 Reid, Swindells, Butt, Kennedy (exc), no time Reid, Corradine, Evans, Pusey, 73.6 Ford, Willmott, Roynon, Heyes, 73.8 Conroy, Race, Evans, Courtney, Pusey (exc, 2 mins), 73.6 Kennedy, Swindells, Reid, Pusey, 72.9 Ford, Corradine, Roynon, Heyes, 74.4 Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Conroy, Willmott, Butt, Courtney, 75.0 Ht. 12: Kennedy, Corradine, Roynon, Pusey, 72.9 Ht. 13: Swindells, Reid, Willmott, Butt,

6 Peterborough Panthers v Weymouth Wildcats Friday 31st March 1978 (National League) Peterborough Panthers Kevin Hawkins 1 2* 2* FX Nigel Flatman Andy Hines 2* Brian Clark 2* FN N N Ian Clark 3 2* 3 1* Nigel Couzens N EF Peter Spink 1 2* N 2* 1* Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 2 X Richard Evans 0 TS TS Sean Willmott Danny Kennedy EF EF Geoff Swindells * Gary Ford 0 0 FX Mick Conroy 2 0 1* 3 1 Ht. 01: Flatman, Corradine, Hawkins, Evans, 67.8 Ht. 02: Couzens, Conroy, Spink, Ford, 69.8 Ht. 03: I. Clark, B. Clark, Kennedy, Swindells, 70.2 Ht. 04: Couzens, Hines, Willmott, Conroy, 70.0 Ht. 05: Couzens, I. Clark, Kennedy, Corradine (exc), B. Clark (f, ns), 69.6 Ht. 06: Flatman, Hawkins, Willmott, Ford, 69.0 Ht. 07: Hines, Spink, Kennedy, Swindells, 70.2 Ht. 08: Flatman, Corradine, Conroy, Couzens (ef), 69.4 Ht. 09: I. Clark, Spink, Willmott, Ford (f, exc), 70.4 Ht. 10: Flatman, Hawkins, Swindells, Kennedy (ef), 70.0 Ht. 11: Corradine, Hines, Spink, Evans, 69.6 Ht. 12: (awar) Spink, Willmott, Swindells, Hawkins (f, exc), no time Ht. 13: Corradine, Hines, I. Clark, Kennedy (ef),

7 Weymouth Wildcats v Boston Barracudas Tuesday 4th April 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine Richard Evans 1 0 N R Sean Willmott 3 2* 3 2* Danny Kennedy 3 2* 3 2* Geoff Swindells 1 3 2* Gary Ford Mick Conroy 0 0 N 0 0 Boston Barracudas Eddie Reeves FX Dave Allen Paul Gilbert Ron Cooper N Steve Clarke 0 1 1* TS Keith Bloxsome 2* 1* Andy Fisher 3 0 1* Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: (rerun) Corradine, Allen, Evans, Reeves (f, exc), 70.7 Fisher, Bloxsome, Ford, Conroy, 71.1 Kennedy, Cooper, Swindells, Clarke, 70.3 Willmott, Gilbert, Ford, Fisher, 70.7 Swindells, Kennedy, Allen, Reeves, 70.2 Corradine, Gilbert, Bloxsome, Evans, 70.0 Ford, Willmott, Clarke, Cooper, 71.0 Ford, Allen, Fisher, Conroy, 72.3 Kennedy, Swindells, Gilbert, Bloxsome, 70.5 Corradine, Cooper, Clarke, Evans (ret), 69.9 Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Willmott, Reeves, Ford, Allen, 70.9 Ht. 12: Corradine, Kennedy, Gilbert, Cooper, 70.3 Ht. 13: Swindells, Willmott, Reeves, Fisher,

8 Weymouth Wildcats v Scunthorpe Saints Tuesday 11th April 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 3 2* EF 2* Malcolm Shakespeare 2* Sean Willmott * Danny Kennedy Geoff Swindells 2* 0 2* Gary Ford 2* 2* Mick Conroy Scunthorpe Saints Nicky Allott Phil White 1 1* TS 1* Trevor Whiting 0 0 TS Paul Cooper 0 0 TS FX Arthur Browning Danny Young Danny Boyle Ht. 01: Corradine, Shakespeare, White, Allott, 70.7 Ht. 02: Conroy, Ford, Boyle, Young, 73.0 Ht. 03: Kennedy, Swindells, Browning, Cooper, 70.4 Ht. 04: Willmott, Ford, Boyle, Whiting, 73.4 Ht. 05: Kennedy, Allott, White, Swindells, 71.6 Ht. 06: Shakespeare, Corradine, Young, Whiting, 71.7 Ht. 07: Willmott, Browning, Ford, Cooper, 71.8 Ht. 08: Shakespeare, Browning, Conroy, Boyle, 71.9 Ht. 09: Kennedy, Swindells, Allott, Young, 71.6 Ht. 10: Shakespeare, Browning, White, Corradine (ef), 71.8 Ht. 11: Allott, Willmott, White, Conroy, 71.2 Ht. 12: Kennedy, Corradine, Browning, Whiting, 71.8 Ht. 13: (rerun) Swindells, Willmott, Allott, Cooper (f, exc),

9 Weymouth Wildcats v Red Star Prague Tuesday 18th April 1978 (International Challenge) Meeting postponed - rain

10 Eastbourne Eagles v Weymouth Wildcats Sunday 23rd April 1978 (National League) Eastbourne Eagles Mike Sampson Paul Woods 2* David Kennett Roger Abel 3 1* 3 1* Eric Dugard X 2 2* 2* John Barker 3 F N 1* Colin Ackroyd 2* R N Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 0 0 1* R Malcolm Shakespeare Sean Willmott 2 2 1* Danny Kennedy R Geoff Swindells X TS N TS Gary Ford FX FX Mick Conroy 1 1* Ht. 01: Sampson, Woods, Shakespeare, Corradine, 62.2 Ht. 02: Barker, Ackroyd, Conroy, Ford (f, exc), 64.4 Ht. 03: Abel, Kennedy (ret), Dugard (exc), Swindells (exc), 63.4 Ht. 04: Kennett, Willmott, Conroy, Barker (fell), 62.2 Ht. 05: Shakespeare, Dugard, Abel, Corradine, 63.2 Ht. 06: Sampson, Willmott, Woods, Ford (f, exc), 61.6 Ht. 07: Kennett, Kennedy, Willmott, Ackroyd (ret), 61.6 Ht. 08: Shakespeare, Woods, Barker, Conroy, 63.2 Ht. 09: Abel, Dugard, Willmott, Ford, 63.6 Ht. 10: Sampson, Kennedy, Woods, Conroy, 62.2 Ht. 11: Kennett, Shakespeare, Corradine, Ackroyd, 62.0 Ht. 12: Kennedy, Sampson, Abel, Willmott, 61.8 Ht. 13: Kennett, Dugard, Kennedy, Corradine (ret),

11 Weymouth Wildcats v Workington Comets Tuesday 25th April 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 3 1* 3 2* Malcolm Shakespeare 2* 2 FX Sean Willmott Danny Kennedy Geoff Swindells 1 R 2* Gary Ford 2* 2* Mick Conroy 3 FX M 3 0 Workington Comets Brian Havelock Dave Baugh R/R 3. Mark Dickinson TS Ian Hindle * E E David Coles 0 2* 2 M Trevor Oldham 1 0 TS N Andy Margarson 0 E 1* 2* Carl Parkes (loanee) Did not ride Ht. 01: Corradine, Shakespeare, Havelock, Hindle, Ht. 02: Conroy, Ford, Oldham, Margarson, Ht. 03: Kennedy, Hindle, Swindells, Coles, Ht. 04: Willmott, Ford, Dickinson, Oldham, Margarson (exc, tapes), Ht. 05: Kennedy, Havelock, Margarson, Swindells (ret), Ht. 06: Havelock, Shakespeare, Corradine, Dickinson, Ht. 07: Hindle, Coles, Willmott, Ford, Ht. 08: (rr x 2) Havelock, Margarson, Shakespeare (f, exc), Conroy (f, exc), Ht. 09: Kennedy, Swindells, Dickinson, Margarson, Ht. 10: Corradine, Coles, Hindle, Shakespeare, Ht. 11: Havelock, Willmott, Margarson, Ford, Conroy (exc, 2 mins), Coles (exc, 2 mins), Ht. 12: Kennedy, Corradine, Coles, Oldham, Hindle (exc, tapes), Ht. 13: Swindells, Havelock, Willmott, Oldham, Hindle (exc, tapes),

12 National League Table Up to and including Sunday 30th April Home Away Overall 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 Peterborough Eastbourne Canterbury Edinburgh Rye House Berwick Weymouth Oxford Newcastle Teesside Crayford Mildenhall Glasgow Stoke Scunthorpe Boston Workington Barrow Milton Keynes

13 Weymouth Wildcats v Glasgow Tigers Tuesday 2nd May 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine M Malcolm Shakespeare 0 R N 2* Sean Willmott Danny Kennedy 3 3 2* Geoff Swindells 1 2* Gary Ford Mick Conroy 1 0 1* 2 1 Glasgow Tigers Steve Lawson Grahame Dawson R/R 3. Derek Richardson 1* Colin Farquharson 2 1* 1 F Mick Newton 0 TS 0 N Benny Rourke 2 2 1* 1 0 E Merv Janke R N 2* Terry Kelly 1 R 1 0 Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Lawson, Corradine, Kelly, Shakespeare, 71.2 Ford, Rourke, Conroy, Janke (ret), 71.7 Kennedy, Farquharson, Swindells, Newton, 71.4 Willmott, Rourke, Richardson, Ford, 71.4 Kennedy, Swindells, Lawson, Kelly (ret), 71.1 Corradine, Richardson, Rourke, Shakespeare (ret), 70.5 Willmott, Lawson, Farquharson, Ford, 71.2 Richardson, Janke, Ford, Conroy, 72.4 Swindells, Kennedy, Rourke, Richardson, 71.7 Corradine, Shakespeare, Farquharson, Newton, 70.3 Lawson, Willmott, Conroy, Rourke, 72.2 Ht. 12: Kennedy, Richardson, Ford, Janke, Rourke (exc, tapes), Corradine (exc, 2 mins), 71.1 Ht. 13: Willmott, Lawson, Swindells, Farquharson (fell),

14 Workington Comets v Weymouth Wildcats Friday 5th May 1978 (National League) Workington Comets Brian Havelock 3 1* 1* Mark Dickinson Arthur Price 2 2 R David Coles * Ian Hindle N Robert Maxfield 3 1* 1* 2* Andy Margarson Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 0 2 F Malcolm Shakespeare 2 1* Sean Willmott Danny Kennedy X Geoff Swindells 2* R N N Gary Ford Mick Conroy 0 0 F 0 0 Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Havelock, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Corradine, 74.2 Maxfield, Ford, Margarson, Conroy, 76.1 Kennedy, Swindells, Coles, Hindle, 77.3 Willmott, Price, Maxfield, Conroy, 75.9 Coles, Corradine, Shakespeare, Hindle, 75.9 Ford, Dickinson, Havelock, Willmott, 76.4 Kennedy, Price, Maxfield, Swindells (ret), 75.9 Dickinson, Shakespeare, Margarson, Conroy (fell), 76.6 Ford, Coles, Willmott, Hindle, 76.6 Kennedy, Dickinson, Havelock, Ford, 76.7 Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Shakespeare, Margarson, Price (ret), Corradine (fell), 77.9 Ht. 12: Havelock, Coles, Willmott, Ford, 76.6 Ht. 13: Price, Maxfield, Corradine, Kennedy (exc),

15 Stoke Potters v Weymouth Wildcats Saturday 6th May 1978 (National League) Stoke Potters John Harrhy Tim Nunan Tony Lomas 2* Ian Gledhill Stuart Mountford 1* 1* EF 1* Ian Jeffcoate 2* Ian Robertson 3 0 2* 5 1 Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine N Malcolm Shakespeare * Sean Willmott Danny Kennedy 0 2 2* Geoff Swindells 3 1* Gary Ford 1 0 TS Mick Conroy Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Shakespeare, Nunan, Corradine, Harrhy, 69.6 Robertson, Jeffcoate, Ford, Conroy, 69.8 Swindells, Gledhill, Mountford, Kennedy, 69.2 Jeffcoate, Lomas, Willmott, Conroy, 69.2 Shakespeare, Gledhill, Mountford, Corradine, 69.8 Harrhy, Willmott, Nunan, Ford, 69.1 Lomas, Kennedy, Swindells, Jeffcoate, 69.2 Shakespeare, Nunan, Conroy, Robertson, 70.5 Gledhill, Willmott, Shakespeare, Mountford (ef), 69.5 Swindells, Kennedy, Harrhy, Nunan, 69.3 Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Lomas, Robertson, Shakespeare, Corradine, 69.5 Ht. 12: Harrhy, Swindells, Gledhill, Willmott, 69.5 Ht. 13: Kennedy, Lomas, Mountford, Conroy,

16 Weymouth Wildcats v Oxford Cheetahs Tuesday 9th May 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine R 0 0 N Malcolm Shakespeare Sean Willmott Danny Kennedy 3 3 F 2* Geoff Swindells 2* 2* Gary Ford * Mick Conroy 0 N F 0 0 Oxford Cheetahs Carl Askew 1* 1 TS N Mick Handley N George Hunter 0 2* Colin Meredith R N N N Pip Lamb John Hack 1* 3 3 1* 2* 1* David Shields * Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Shakespeare, Handley, Askew, Corradine (ret), Ford, Shields, Hack, Conroy, Kennedy, Swindells, Lamb, Meredith (ret), (rerun) Willmott, Shields, Ford, Hunter, Kennedy, Swindells, Askew, Handley (f, rem), Hack, Hunter, Shakespeare, Corradine, Hack, Ford, Lamb, Willmott, Shakespeare, Ford, Shields, Handley, Swindells, Hunter, Hack, Kennedy (fell), Shakespeare, Lamb, Shields, Corradine, Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Hunter, Hack, Willmott, Conroy (fell), Ht. 12: Ford, Kennedy, Hunter, Lamb, Ht. 13: Swindells, Shields, Hack, Willmott,

17 Oxford Cheetahs v Weymouth Wildcats Thursday 11th May 1978 (National League) Oxford Cheetahs George Hunter Les Sawyer N Carl Askew 2* 1* 1 1* Colin Meredith 1 1* 2 N Pip Lamb 3 2 X John Hack * EF David Shields 2* Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 1* TS 0 X TS Malcolm Shakespeare Sean Willmott 1 1* 2* 3 N Danny Kennedy Geoff Swindells F 0 0 TS Gary Ford EF Mick Conroy 1 0 TS Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Hunter, Shakespeare, Corradine, Sawyer (f, rem), 65.6 Hack, Shields, Conroy, Ford (ef), 66.3 Lamb, Kennedy, Meredith, Swindells (fell), 65.5 Hack, Askew, Willmott, Conroy, 66.4 Kennedy, Lamb, Meredith, Shakespeare, 65.6 Hunter, Ford, Willmott, Sawyer, 66.8 Kennedy, Hack, Askew, Swindells, 66.0 Shakespeare, Willmott, Shields, Sawyer, 66.0 (awar) Willmott (f, awar), Meredith (f, awar), Ford, Lamb (exc), no time Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Ht. 10: Kennedy, Hunter, Hack, Swindells, 66.1 Ht. 11: Shields, Shakespeare, Askew, Corradine, 66.0 Ht. 12: (rerun) Hunter, Conroy (f, rem), Hack (ef), Corradine (exc), 73.0 Ht. 13: Kennedy, Lamb, Askew, Shakespeare,

18 Edinburgh Monarchs v Weymouth Wildcats Friday 12th May 1978 (National League) Edinburgh Monarchs Bert Harkins 2* 3 1* EF Rob Hollingworth 3 2* Brian Collins E 1* 2 1* Steve McDermott 1* Dave Trownson 2 E 2* Alan Bridgett 3 FX 1* Malcolm Chambers EF M EF N 0 0 Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine Malcolm Shakespeare 1 3 R Kris Lane 2* Danny Kennedy Peter Waite (loanee) 0 N TS TS George Wells (loanee) 1* Mick Conroy 2 3 F Ht. 01: Hollingworth, Harkins, Shakespeare, Corradine, 68.0 Ht. 02: Bridgett, Conroy, Wells, Chambers (ef), 69.8 Ht. 03: Kennedy, Trownson, McDermott, Waite, 69.0 Ht. 04: Conroy, Lane, Bridgett (f, exc), Collins (exc, tapes), Chambers (exc, 2 mins), 74.0 Ht. 05: Shakespeare, McDermott, Bridgett, Corradine, Trownson (exc, tapes), 69.2 Ht. 06: Harkins, Hollingworth, Lane, Wells, 70.6 Ht. 07: Kennedy, Bridgett, Collins, Conroy (fell), 70.4 Ht. 08: Hollingworth, Conroy, Shakespeare (lapped, ret), Chambers (ef), 69.4 Ht. 09: McDermott, Trownson, Lane, Wells, 69.6 Ht. 10: Kennedy, Hollingworth, Harkins, Shakespeare, 69.4 Ht. 11: Corradine, Collins, Shakespeare, Bridgett, 69.8 Ht. 12: Kennedy, McDermott, Lane, Harkins (ef), 70.4 Ht. 13: Kennedy, Trownson, Collins, Corradine, Note: This match was the second half of a double header.

19 Mildenhall: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section A, 1st Leg Sunday 14th May 1978 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 42 TOT 1. Robert Henry Melvyn Taylor Neil Leeks Ray Bales Mick Bates (reserve) Did not ride Milton Keynes Knights 13 TOT 5. Cliff Anderson F Phil Bass 0 0 F Andy Grahame Malcolm Holloway Derek Harrison (reserve) Did not ride Oxford Cheetahs 14 TOT 9. Pip Lamb Carl Askew 11. John Hack Did not ride FN N NS NS David Shields 2 FX Richard Knight (loanee)(reserve) Weymouth Wildcats 27 TOT 13. Malcolm Corradine Sean Willmott 1 N N Danny Kennedy Malcolm Shakespeare Mick Conroy (reserve) Ht. 01: Bales, Shields, Willmott, Anderson (fell), 57.0 Ht. 02: Leeks, Knight, Corradine, Bass, Hack (f, ns), 58.8 Ht. 03: Kennedy, Taylor, Holloway, Lamb, 58.6 Ht. 04: Henry, Shakespeare, Knight, Grahame, 59.4 Ht. 05: Bales, Shakespeare, Lamb, Bass, 59.8 Ht. 06: Kennedy, Leeks, Anderson, Knight, 60.6 Ht. 07: Taylor, Corradine, Grahame, Shields (f, exc), 60.8 Ht. 08: Henry, Holloway, Knight, Conroy, 60.6 Ht. 09: Bales, Holloway, Corradine, Askew (ns),(3 only) 59.4 Ht. 10: Leeks, Grahame, Lamb, Conroy, 61.6 Ht. 11: Taylor, Shakespeare, Anderson, Hack (ns),(3 only) 61.2 Ht. 12: Kennedy, Shields, Henry, Bass (fell), 61.0 Ht. 13: Shields, Shakespeare, Leeks, Holloway, 60.8 Ht. 14: Bales, Grahame, Kennedy, Hack (ns),(3 only) 59.8 Ht. 15: Taylor, Willmott, Bass, Knight, 60.2 Ht. 16: Henry, Corradine, Lamb, Anderson, 59.6 Section A aggregate score (after Leg 1 of 4): Mildenhall 42, Weymouth 27, Oxford 14, Milton Keynes 13 Mi MK Ox We Mi MK Ox We

20 Weymouth Wildcats v Crayford Kestrels Tuesday 16th May 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine Malcolm Shakespeare 3 2* 3 2* Danny Kennedy Kris Lane 0 1* N Geoff Swindells Mark Leslie F N Mick Conroy N 1 0 Crayford Kestrels Laurie Etheridge 2 3 F Pete Wigley 0 F Alan Sage * Tony Featherstone Alan Johns 1* 0 0 TS John Hooper Richard Davey 2* 1 1* 4 2 Ht. 01: Shakespeare, Etheridge, Corradine, Wigley, 70.9 Ht. 02: Hooper, Davey, Conroy, Leslie (fell), 72.0 Ht. 03: Swindells, Featherstone, Johns, Lane, 72.0 Ht. 04: Sage, Kennedy, Davey, Conroy, 71.2 Ht. 05: Etheridge, Swindells, Lane, Wigley (fell), 71.1 Ht. 06: Corradine, Shakespeare, Sage, Hooper, 70.3 Ht. 07: Kennedy, Featherstone, Leslie, Johns, 71.8 Ht. 08: Shakespeare, Wigley, Davey, Conroy, 71.1 Ht. 09: Sage, Swindells, Hooper, Leslie, 71.8 Ht. 10: Corradine, Shakespeare, Featherstone, Johns, 72.1 Ht. 11: Kennedy, Wigley, Leslie, Etheridge (fell), 71.8 Ht. 12: Etheridge, Sage, Corradine, Lane, 71.3 Ht. 13: Kennedy, Etheridge, Swindells, Featherstone,

21 Crayford Kestrels v Weymouth Wildcats Saturday 20th May 1978 (National League) Crayford Kestrels Laurie Etheridge * Pete Wigley 0 1* Alan Sage Tony Featherstone FX 1 N Alan Johns 3 FX 2* Richard Davey 3 2* 2* 3 F John Hooper 2* F N 2 1 Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 1* 3 2 1* Malcolm Shakespeare 2 2* 1* Danny Kennedy 1 3 X 2 X Mark Leslie 1* 0 TS Geoff Swindells R Nigel Davis FX Kevin Smith 1 0 TS 1 0 Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Ht. 12: Ht. 13: Etheridge, Shakespeare, Corradine, Wigley, 61.2 (rerun) Davey, Hooper, Smith, Davis (f, exc), 62.4 (rerun) Johns, Swindells, Leslie, Featherstone (f, exc), 60.2 Sage, Davey, Kennedy, Smith, 61.4 (rerun) Corradine, Shakespeare, Featherstone, Johns (f, exc), 60.8 Kennedy, Etheridge, Wigley, Davis, 61.6 Sage, Davey, Swindells, Leslie, 61.4 Wigley, Corradine, Shakespeare, Hooper (fell), 61.4 (rerun) Davey, Johns, Davis, Kennedy (exc), 62.0 Etheridge, Kennedy, Wigley, Swindells, 61.8 Sage, Shakespeare, Corradine, Davey (fell), 61.0 (rerun) Featherstone, Etheridge, Swindells (ret), Kennedy (exc), 65.8 Sage, Corradine, Johns, Leslie,

22 Weymouth Wildcats v Eastbourne Eagles Tuesday 23rd May 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 0 1* Malcolm Shakespeare 2 2 R Danny Kennedy 3 2* Mark Leslie 0 TS R TS Geoff Swindells Nigel Davis Kevin Smith 1 TS Eastbourne Eagles Mike Sampson * Paul Woods 1 0 N David Kennett 2 0 2* 1* Eric Dugard Roger Abel 1 1 2* Steve Naylor John Barker 2* 1* Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Sampson, Shakespeare, Woods, Corradine, 69.6 Naylor, Barker, Smith, Davis, 72.5 Dugard, Swindells, Abel, Leslie, 71.1 Kennedy, Kennett, Barker, Davis, 70.8 Swindells, Kennedy, Sampson, Woods, 70.9 Naylor, Shakespeare, Corradine, Kennett, 70.9 Dugard, Kennedy, Abel, Davis, 70.6 Naylor, Swindells, Barker, Shakespeare (ret), 70.9 Naylor, Kennett, Swindells, Leslie (ret), 70.9 Dugard, Abel, Shakespeare, Corradine, 72.3 Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Sampson, Kennedy, Woods, Smith, 71.1 Ht. 12: Shakespeare, Abel, Kennett, Corradine, 70.8 Ht. 13: Dugard, Sampson, Kennedy, Swindells,

23 Oxford: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section A, 2nd Leg Thursday 25th May 1978 Oxford Cheetahs 34 TOT 1. George Hunter Carl Askew Pip Lamb 1 1 N N 2 4. John Hack N David Shields (reserve) Milton Keynes Knights 20 TOT 5. Phil Bass Cliff Anderson Andy Grahame Derek Harrison Wayne Muddle (reserve) Did not ride Mildenhall Fen Tigers 26 TOT 9. Bob Coles N Robert Henry 1 N N Neil Leeks 3 0 FX Ray Bales 3 R N N Melvyn Taylor (reserve) Weymouth Wildcats 16 TOT 13. Malcolm Corradine 0 1 NS N Malcolm Shakespeare Danny Kennedy 3 EF Nigel Davis 0 M Les Sawyer (reserve) F 0 0 Ht. 01: Bales, Bass, Shakespeare, Hack (f, rem), 65.2 Ht. 02: Leeks, Anderson, Lamb, Corradine, 67.4 Ht. 03: Kennedy, Askew, Coles, Harrison, 66.8 Ht. 04: Hunter, Grahame, Henry, Davis, 66.5 Ht. 05: Coles, Hack, Anderson, Sawyer (fell), Davis (exc, 2 mins), 67.8 Ht. 06: Taylor, Bass, Lamb, Kennedy (ef), 66.6 Ht. 07: Grahame, Askew, Corradine, Bales (ret), 67.5 Ht. 08: Hunter, Shakespeare, Harrison, Leeks, 66.1 Ht. 09: Taylor, Harrison, Hack, Corradine (ns), 66.0 Ht. 10: Shakespeare, Shields, Coles, Grahame, 66.1 Ht. 11: (rerun) Bass, Askew, Davis, Leeks (f, exc), 67.2 Ht. 12: Hunter, Taylor, Kennedy, Anderson, 66.2 Ht. 13: Shields, Taylor, Harrison, Davis, 66.3 Ht. 14: Shields, Kennedy, Leeks, Grahame, 66.2 Ht. 15: Askew, Shakespeare, Henry, Anderson, 66.8 Ht. 16: Hunter, Taylor, Bass, Sawyer, 66.1 Section A aggregate score (after Leg 2 of 4): Mildenhall 68, Oxford 48, Weymouth 43, Milton Keynes 33 Ox MK Mi We Ox MK Mi We

24 Weymouth: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section A, 3rd Leg Monday 29th May 1978 Weymouth Wildcats 40 TOT 1. Malcolm Corradine Danny Kennedy Geoff Swindells M 5 4. Malcolm Shakespeare Nigel Davis (reserve) 3 3 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 20 TOT 5. Bob Coles Robert Henry 2 0 N N 2 7. Mike Spink Neil Leeks 0 N N Melvyn Taylor (reserve) Milton Keynes Knights 9 TOT 9. Phil Bass 1 1 R Cliff Anderson R Andy Grahame Richard Evans No reserve Oxford Cheetahs 27 TOT 13. George Hunter Pip Lamb David Shields 2 FX R F John Hack Les Sawyer (reserve) Did not ride Ht. 01: Shakespeare, Lamb, Coles, Evans, 70.5 Ht. 02: Hunter, Henry, Swindells, Grahame, 70.7 Ht. 03: Kennedy, Shields, Bass, Leeks, 69.4 Ht. 04: Corradine, Spink, Hack, Anderson, 71.1 Ht. 05: Hack, Shakespeare, Bass, Henry, 70.9 Ht. 06: (rerun) Swindells, Coles, Anderson, Shields (f, exc), 70.9 Ht. 07: Hunter, Kennedy, Spink, Evans, 70.3 Ht. 08: Corradine, Taylor, Grahame, Lamb, 70.4 Ht. 09: Shakespeare, Hunter, Taylor, Anderson, 70.2 Ht. 10: Lamb, Spink, Swindells, Bass (ret), 70.1 Ht. 11: Kennedy, Coles, Hack, Grahame, 70.2 Ht. 12: Corradine, Evans, Taylor, Shields (ret), 70.7 Ht. 13: Davis, Hack, Evans, Leeks, Swindells (exc, 2 mins), 71.2 Ht. 14: Shakespeare, Grahame, Spink, Shields (fell), 70.4 Ht. 15: Kennedy, Lamb, Taylor, Anderson (ret), 70.7 Ht. 16: Hunter, Coles, Corradine, Bass, 71.1 Section A aggregate score (after Leg 3 of 4): Mildenhall 88, Weymouth 83, Oxford 75, Milton Keynes 42 We Mi MK Ox We Mi MK Ox

25 Milton Keynes: National League Four Team Championship Qualifying Round - Section A, 4th Leg Tuesday 30th May 1978 Milton Keynes Knights 12 TOT 1. Derek Harrison 1 FX Cliff Anderson R 0 FX Harry MacLean R 1 X Andy Grahame FX Keith Eastwood (reserve) Did not ride Mildenhall Fen Tigers 17 TOT 5. Mick Bates F N N Robert Henry 1 F N Mike Spink 0 N 1 N 1 8. Neil Leeks 2 X Melvyn Taylor (reserve) Oxford Cheetahs 31 TOT 9. George Hunter Carl Askew David Shields John Hack Les Sawyer (reserve) Did not ride Weymouth Wildcats 34 TOT 13. Malcolm Corradine Danny Kennedy FX Geoff Swindells Malcolm Shakespeare Nigel Davis (reserve) Did not ride Ht. 01: (rerun) Kennedy, Hack, Bates (fell), Grahame (f, exc), 63.2 (NTR) Ht. 02: Shields, Corradine, Henry, MacLean (ret), 66.0 Ht. 03: (rerun) Hunter, Leeks, Swindells, Anderson (ret), 65.3 Ht. 04: Shakespeare, Askew, Harrison, Spink, 64.2 Ht. 05: Hunter, Shakespeare, Grahame, Henry (fell), 64.7 Ht. 06: Swindells, Taylor, MacLean, Askew (f, rem), 65.6 Ht. 07: Corradine, Taylor, Hack, Anderson, 65.5 Ht. 08: (rr x 2) Shields, Kennedy, Leeks (exc), Harrison (f, exc), 64.6 Ht. 09: Corradine, Leeks, Askew, Grahame, 65.2 Ht. 10: Hunter, Kennedy, Spink (awarded), MacLean (exc), 64.3 Ht. 11: (rerun) Shakespeare, Shields, Taylor, Anderson (f, exc), 65.6 Ht. 12: Hack, Harrison, Swindells, Taylor, 65.1 Ht. 13: Shakespeare, Leeks, Hack, MacLean, 65.2 Ht. 14: Grahame, Taylor, Swindells, Shields, 65.0 Ht. 15: (rerun) Askew, Henry, Anderson, Kennedy (f, exc), 65.5 Ht. 16: Harrison, Corradine, Hunter, Bates (f, rem), 65.0 Section A final aggregate score: Weymouth 117, Oxford 106, Mildenhall 105, Milton Keynes 54 MK Mi Ox We MK Mi Ox We

26 National League Table Up to and including Wednesday 31st May Home Away Overall 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 Eastbourne Canterbury Peterborough Weymouth Edinburgh Oxford Glasgow Berwick Rye House Mildenhall Stoke Crayford Scunthorpe Teesside Newcastle Boston Workington Milton Keynes Barrow

27 Weymouth Wildcats v Berwick Bandits Tuesday 6th June 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine Sean Willmott R/R 3. Danny Kennedy 3 2* Malcolm Shakespeare F * Geoff Swindells 1 1* 2* 2* 1* Nigel Davis 2 2* Gary Ford R F Mick Conroy Did not ride Berwick Bandits Graham Jones Dave Gifford 2* R R 0 N Mike Hiftle Roger Wright Willie Templeton 0 0 TS N Colin Caffrey Ian Darling 1 N TS Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Jones, Gifford, Corradine, Shakespeare (fell), Caffrey, Davis, Darling, Ford (ret), Shakespeare, Wright, Swindells, Templeton, Kennedy, Davis, Hiftle, Caffrey, Jones, Shakespeare, Swindells, Gifford (ret), Corradine, Kennedy, Hiftle, Caffrey, Kennedy, Wright, Davis, Templeton, Corradine, Jones, Gifford (ret), Ford (fell), Shakespeare, Swindells, Caffrey, Hiftle, Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Ht. 10: Corradine, Swindells, Wright, Gifford, Ht. 11: Kennedy, Jones, Ford, Caffrey, Ht. 12: Corradine, Shakespeare, Hiftle, Darling, Ht. 13: Jones, Kennedy, Swindells, Wright,

28 Weymouth Wildcats v Peterborough Panthers Tuesday 13th June 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 3 2 R 0 1* Sean Willmott R/R 3. Danny Kennedy 2 R 2 X Malcolm Shakespeare 2* * Geoff Swindells 3 X Nigel Davis 0 0 N Gary Ford 1 0 TS R Mick Conroy Did not ride Peterborough Panthers Andy Hines 0 1* 3 N Ian Clark 1 2 1* 2* Brian Clark 1 1 N N Kevin Hawkins 1* 1 2* Dave Gooderham Nigel Couzens 2* Nigel Flatman Ht. 01: Corradine, Shakespeare, I. Clark, Hines, 70.0 Ht. 02: Flatman, Couzens, Ford, Davis, 70.4 Ht. 03: Swindells, Gooderham, Hawkins, Shakespeare, 70.0 Ht. 04: Flatman, Kennedy, B. Clark, Davis, 69.9 Ht. 05: Shakespeare, I. Clark, Hines, Swindells (exc, silencer), 69.7 Ht. 06: Couzens, Corradine, B. Clark, Kennedy (ret), 70.1 Ht. 07: Gooderham, Kennedy, Hawkins, Ford, 70.3 Ht. 08: Shakespeare, Flatman, I. Clark, Corradine (ret), 71.3 Ht. 09: Couzens, Swindells, Shakespeare, Flatman, 70.4 Ht. 10: Gooderham, Hawkins, Swindells, Corradine, 70.5 Ht. 11: (awar) Hines (f, awar), I. Clark, Ford (ret), Kennedy (exc, unfair riding), no time Ht. 12: Gooderham, Shakespeare, Corradine, Couzens, 70.6 Ht. 13: Kennedy, Hawkins, Swindells, Flatman,

29 Canterbury Crusaders v Weymouth Wildcats Saturday 17th June 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup 2nd Round, 1st Leg) Canterbury Crusaders Steve Koppe 3 2 2* Graham Clifton 1 1* Barney Kennett Les Rumsey 3 X N N Brendan Shilleto N Mike Ferreira 3 1* 1 2* Derek Hole FX Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 0 2 TS NS Sean Willmott R/R 3. Danny Kennedy X Malcolm Shakespeare Geoff Swindells 2 1* Nigel Davis Did not ride - machine failure 7. Gary Ford X Graham Knowler (loanee) Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Koppe, Kennedy, Clifton, Corradine, 71.6 (rerun) Ferreira, Hole (f, exc), Ford (exc, silencer), Davis (ns), 72.6 Rumsey, Swindells, Shilleto, Shakespeare, 72.0 Kennedy, Kennett, Ferreira, Ford, 72.6 Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Kennett, Swindells, Hole, Knowler, 72.6 Ht. 12: Koppe, Swindells, Ferreira, Kennedy, 72.8 Ht. 13: Kennett, Shakespeare, Hole, Corradine (ns), 72.4 Shilleto, Corradine (awar), Swindells (awar), Rumsey (exc, unfair riding), 73.2 Kennedy, Koppe, Clifton, Shakespeare, 71.4 Kennett, Shakespeare, Ferreira, Swindells, 72.8 Kennedy, Clifton, Ford, Hole, 72.4 (awar) Shilleto (awar), Ferreira (awar), Ford (awar), Kennedy (exc, unfair riding), no time Clifton, Koppe, Swindells, Shakespeare,

30 Weymouth Wildcats v Canterbury Crusaders Tuesday 20th June 1978 (National League Knock-out Cup 2nd Round, 2nd Leg) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine * Sean Willmott 1* 1* Danny Kennedy R/R 4. Malcolm Shakespeare 2 3 1* Geoff Swindells 1* F Gary Ford 0 2 1* Mick Conroy 2 1 N Kris Lane Did not ride Canterbury Crusaders Steve Koppe 3 2 2* 2* Graham Clifton 0 1* 2 TS Barney Kennett Les Rumsey Brendan Shilleto 0 0 N N Derek Hole Mike Ferreira 3 3 R Ht. 01: Koppe, Corradine, Willmott, Clifton, 71.1 Ht. 02: Ferreira, Conroy, Hole, Ford, 71.8 Ht. 03: Rumsey, Shakespeare, Swindells, Shilleto, 70.9 Ht. 04: Ferreira, Ford, Willmott, Kennett, 71.6 Ht. 05: Shakespeare, Koppe, Clifton, Swindells (fell), 70.5 Ht. 06: Willmott, Hole, Corradine, Kennett, 71.1 Ht. 07: Rumsey, Corradine, Ford, Shilleto, 71.5 Ht. 08: Willmott, Clifton, Conroy, Ferreira (ret), 71.3 Ht. 09: Kennett, Swindells, Shakespeare, Hole, 70.4 Ht. 10: Willmott, Corradine, Ferreira, Rumsey, 71.3 Ht. 11: Rumsey, Koppe, Swindells, Ford, 70.9 Ht. 12: Kennett, Corradine, Ferreira, Shakespeare, 70.9 Ht. 13: Rumsey, Koppe, Swindells, Ford, Canterbury win on aggregate.

31 Weymouth Wildcats v Stoke Potters Tuesday 27th June 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine Sean Willmott FX 1* 1* Danny Kennedy Malcolm Shakespeare Geoff Swindells 0 R N N Gary Ford 2* 1* 2* Mick Conroy 3 2 1* Stoke Potters John Harrhy Ian Gledhill * Tony Lomas Tim Nunan 2 0 1* 1* Ian Robertson 1* Chris Sully Tim Curnock 1 F N 1 0 Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: (awar) Harrhy, Corradine, Gledhill, Willmott (f, exc), no time Conroy, Ford, Curnock, Sully, Shakespeare, Nunan, Robertson, Swindells, Lomas, Kennedy, Ford, Curnock (fell), Harrhy, Shakespeare, Gledhill, Swindells (ret), Lomas, Corradine, Willmott, Sully, Kennedy, Ford, Robertson, Nunan, Gledhill, Conroy, Willmott, Sully, Lomas, Shakespeare, Conroy, Sully, Corradine, Robertson, Nunan, Willmott, Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Harrhy, Gledhill, Kennedy, Conroy, Ht. 12: Lomas, Corradine, Robertson, Shakespeare, Ht. 13: Kennedy, Harrhy, Nunan, Ford,

32 National League Table Up to and including Friday 30th June Home Away Overall P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Peterborough Eastbourne Newcastle Canterbury Glasgow Ellesmere Port Crayford Oxford Edinburgh Berwick Mildenhall Weymouth Rye House Stoke Scunthorpe Workington Boston Teesside Milton Keynes Barrow

33 Rye House Rockets v Weymouth Wildcats Sunday 2nd July 1978 (National League) Rye House Rockets Karl Fiala 0 3 2* 2* Ted Hubbard 2 2* Kelvin Mullarkey FX Hugh Saunders 2* 1* Bob Garrad Ashley Pullen 3 2* Peter Tarrant Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine 1 0 1* 2* 1* Malcolm Shakespeare Sean Willmott Danny Kennedy 1 2* 1* Gary Ford F TS TS Mick Conroy 0 0 TS Nigel Davis 2 0 TS 2 0 Ht. 01: Shakespeare, Hubbard, Corradine, Fiala, 63.0 Ht. 02: Pullen, Davis, Tarrant (f, rem), Conroy (f, rem), 64.2 Ht. 03: Garrad, Saunders, Kennedy, Ford (fell), 64.4 Ht. 04: Mullarkey, Pullen, Willmott, Davis, 64.6 Ht. 05: Shakespeare, Garrad, Saunders, Corradine, 62.0 Ht. 06: Fiala, Hubbard, Willmott, Conroy, 63.4 Ht. 07: (rerun) Shakespeare, Kennedy, Mullarkey, Pullen, 63.2 Ht. 08: Hubbard, Shakespeare, Kennedy, Tarrant, 63.6 Ht. 09: Saunders, Willmott, Corradine, Garrad, 64.4 Ht. 10: Hubbard, Fiala, Kennedy, Willmott, 64.0 Ht. 11: Shakespeare, Corradine, Mullarkey, Tarrant, 63.8 Ht. 12: Saunders, Fiala, Willmott, Ford, 64.6 Ht. 13: (rerun) Garrad, Kennedy, Corradine, Mullarkey (f, exc),

34 Weymouth Wildcats v Newcastle Diamonds Tuesday 4th July 1978 (National League) Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine * Malcolm Shakespeare R Sean Willmott 1 0 TS Danny Kennedy 0 2* Geoff Swindells Gary Ford F R TS Mick Conroy 1 TS Newcastle Diamonds Tom Owen 2 R Graeme Stapleton 1* Robbie Blackadder Kenny Carter 2* 2* F Robbie Gardner * Neil Coddington 2* 0 N Rod Hunter 3 2* Ht. 01: Corradine, Owen, Stapleton, Shakespeare (ret), 69.4 Ht. 02: Hunter, Coddington, Conroy, Ford (fell), 71.3 Ht. 03: Gardner, Carter, Swindells, Kennedy, 71.0 Ht. 04: Blackadder, Hunter, Willmott, Ford (ret), 70.6 Ht. 05: Swindells, Kennedy, Stapleton, Owen (ret), 70.2 Ht. 06: Shakespeare, Blackadder, Corradine, Coddington, 70.8 Ht. 07: Gardner, Carter, Kennedy, Willmott, 70.2 Ht. 08: Shakespeare, Stapleton, Corradine, Hunter, 71.1 Ht. 09: Blackadder, Kennedy, Hunter, Swindells, 69.7 Ht. 10: Shakespeare, Corradine, Gardner, Carter (fell), 71.1 Ht. 11: Owen, Shakespeare, Stapleton, Conroy, 70.1 Ht. 12: Kennedy, Blackadder, Gardner, Corradine, 70.7 Ht. 13: Owen, Swindells, Carter, Willmott,

35 Boston Barracudas v Weymouth Wildcats Sunday 9th July 1978 (National League) Boston Barracudas Tony Boyle 2* Andy Fisher 3 3 2* Dave Allen 2* Keith Bloxsome Stuart Cope Craig Featherby 2* N N Gary Guglielmi * 14 1 Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine Malcolm Shakespeare 1 2* Sean Willmott Danny Kennedy FX Geoff Swindells 2* Gary Ford TS Mick Conroy 1 N TS 1 0 Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Fisher, Boyle, Shakespeare, Corradine, 64.6 Guglielmi, Featherby, Conroy, Ford, 64.8 Kennedy, Swindells, Cope, Bloxsome, 65.0 Guglielmi, Allen, Willmott, Ford, 64.6 Corradine, Shakespeare, Cope, Bloxsome, 65.0 Fisher, Willmott, Boyle, Ford, 65.2 Guglielmi, Kennedy, Allen, Swindells, 64.8 Guglielmi, Fisher, Shakespeare, Kennedy, 65.2 Corradine, Cope, Willmott, Bloxsome, 65.2 Swindells, Boyle, Kennedy, Fisher, 65.0 Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Allen, Guglielmi, Corradine, Shakespeare, 65.6 Ht. 12: Swindells, Boyle, Willmott, Bloxsome, 65.2 Ht. 13: (rerun) Cope, Corradine, Allen, Kennedy (f, exc),

36 Scunthorpe Saints v Weymouth Wildcats Monday 10th July 1978 (National League) Scunthorpe Saints Nicky Allott Arthur Browning R/R 3. Phil White Danny Young 0 0 N TS John McNeill Trevor Whiting John Priest F N NS Doug Poole Weymouth Wildcats Malcolm Corradine Malcolm Shakespeare * Sean Willmott 1* Danny Kennedy Geoff Swindells 1 2* Gary Ford 2 2 1* 1* Mick Conroy F N Ht. 01: Ht. 02: Ht. 03: Ht. 04: Ht. 05: Ht. 06: Ht. 07: Ht. 08: Ht. 09: Allott, Shakespeare, White, Corradine, 78.2 Whiting, Ford, Priest (fell), Conroy (fell), 80.6 Kennedy, McNeill, Swindells, Young, 78.4 White, Ford, Willmott, Whiting, 79.4 Corradine, McNeill, Shakespeare, Young, 78.2 Allott, Willmott, Ford, Poole, 78.6 Kennedy, Swindells, White, Whiting, 78.6 Allott, Shakespeare, Whiting, Conroy, 78.4 McNeill, Willmott, Ford, Whiting, 78.4 Kennedy, Allott, Swindells, Poole, 77.8 Ht. 10: Ht. 11: Corradine, Shakespeare, White, Priest (ns),(3 only) 78.6 Ht. 12: Allott, Swindells, McNeill, Willmott, 78.8 Ht. 13: Kennedy, McNeill, Corradine, White,