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E-MAIL FROM FORMER RIDER NIGEL CLOSESteve Harland Saturday, August 10, 2002 20:02 GMT NIG CLOSE pictured in 1977 has written to Cleveland Parklife Dear Steve Just did a search for Workington speedway on web and found a link through to your site. Love it. Flashes a few memories for me. Even got my face in the 78 tigers team photo. Whatever happened to Tony Coupland? Haven't done a full tour of your site yet but am very interested as we now have www.realtimeitsolutions.co.uk as a multimedia web design and development company. Our developers have done some pretty good designs and our flagship is www.ukcare.net which is the No. 1 web site for the care services in the UK. I've often thought how good it would be for speedway results to be posted on line immediately after the meetings via a secure passworded members upload. Is there anything like that in play now? You will see many instances in our site where we have limitless secure uploading for common info share. Anyway, my favourite Teeside memory I guess was ..... well too many really great memories. I obviously remember well my night of winning the Teeside Silver Helmet in June 77 I think. I was about third reserve before the meeting but it was one of those occasions when I just knew what could happen. I had even had a 'premonition' on the night before the meeting and was tuning the old engine up well into the night with a very strong conviction of what could happen. Turning up on the night, 2 riders had failed to arrive making me first reserve for the night and then someones bike cracked up I think before the meeting putting me into the meeting proper. First heat against our 'Emmo' (Capt and No.1 at time) and I blew them all away. I remember looking back at end of first lap going into second bend and it seemed like Emmo was just crossing the line then after 1st lap. Anyway, went on to win it. (and all without any uppers or whatever many started taking) Many other great memories and a great life learning experience. I guess a further memory for me would be at Brough Park when Berwick rode their 'home' leg of Div. 2 KO cup Final and in the very last race of the night Berwick needed more than a point to win Cup. I came from behind to pass Steve Wilcox and split the Tigers and Steve tried a big wind up to come round me on 3rd bend on last lap. He ran out of room and came off which didnt exactly endear me to my old Tigers supporters for a while after. Ahhhh........... Great days. Thanks Kind Regards Nigel Close 'Nig Close' |
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