Post by tigerowl on Aug 6, 2008 9:43:43 GMT
Sorry for the shameless plug and sincere apologies if it breaches any site rules but I thought this may be of interest to users of the site.
My name is Matt Jackson and I was the co author of Owlerton Legends with Paul Rickett from the Speedway Star.
For the past few years I have been working with a statistician called Hugh Vass to build a complete record of British League riders to have appeared in post-war speedway. At the time of writing there are over 3800 riders who have ridden in a league or cup match since 1946 and this would be too many to fit into one publication. We have decided to split the work into volumes with the deciding factor being the decade in which the rider made his or her league debut.
The first issue covers all the 583 riders who made their post-war debuts in the 1940s and includes household names like Jack Parker, Vic Duggan and Freddie Williams down to Charlie Bourdon who had a career with Bristol lasting just four laps. Each rider has a biographical pen picture and full career statistics including Calculated Match Averages. The disc is also packed with superb photographs from the John Somerville Collection.
The work, which runs to almost 400 pages, has been incorporated onto CD rather than in book form in order to reduce costs and with an eye on the environmental impact of book production.
It is priced at just £9.99 including free postage and full details can be obtained at the website
www.speedwayatoz.co.uk
Cheers
Matt
My name is Matt Jackson and I was the co author of Owlerton Legends with Paul Rickett from the Speedway Star.
For the past few years I have been working with a statistician called Hugh Vass to build a complete record of British League riders to have appeared in post-war speedway. At the time of writing there are over 3800 riders who have ridden in a league or cup match since 1946 and this would be too many to fit into one publication. We have decided to split the work into volumes with the deciding factor being the decade in which the rider made his or her league debut.
The first issue covers all the 583 riders who made their post-war debuts in the 1940s and includes household names like Jack Parker, Vic Duggan and Freddie Williams down to Charlie Bourdon who had a career with Bristol lasting just four laps. Each rider has a biographical pen picture and full career statistics including Calculated Match Averages. The disc is also packed with superb photographs from the John Somerville Collection.
The work, which runs to almost 400 pages, has been incorporated onto CD rather than in book form in order to reduce costs and with an eye on the environmental impact of book production.
It is priced at just £9.99 including free postage and full details can be obtained at the website
www.speedwayatoz.co.uk
Cheers
Matt