Hampden Hawks Cycle Speedway Club History

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The Hampden track
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Prior to heat one of the first ever league meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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·        First League meeting of the newly reformed Glasgow and District Association

 

·        First heat winner – Alan Irvine (Levernside) – heat 1

 

·        First Hampden heat winner Nicky Nicolson – heat 6

 

·        First paid maximum – Stevie Mitchell 12 paid 15 from five

 

·        First heat win for Ian Welsh – heat 15

 

·        All riders making their Glasgow debuts

 

·        Alan Williamson and Alan Brown were Newlands boys guesting for Hampden as Dick Barrie, Gordon Campbell and Pete Gentles were all unavailable

 

·        First home 5-0 – heat 6 – Nicky Nicolson and Alan Williamson

 

·        Alan Williamson takes part in both heat wins – heats 6 and 15

 

·        MOM – Nicky Nicolson with 11 from 5.

 

Heat One
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l to r Mike Blair; Eddie Reavey; Moosh Nicolson; Alan Irvine

Heat Nine
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Barry Wilde (Levernside) leads Nicky Nicolson (Hampden)and Gordon Aiken(Hampden)