- Title: UNITED KINGDOM: MOTORCYCLE ACES PREPARE FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
- Date: 11th September 1969
- Summary: 1. GV LOOKING OUT OVER PITS STADIUM 0.05 2. MV MECHANIC TESTING BIKE IN PITS 0.10 3. SCU BARRY BRIGGS OF NEW ZEALAND 0.13 4. MV ONLOOKERS 0.16 5. MV RONNIE MOORE OF NEW ZEALAND ZOOM IN TO LEG IN PLASTER 0.21 6. SCU POLISH TEAM MANAGER TALKING TO TWO POLISH RIDERS 0.30 7. MV ZOOM IN BIKES IN PITS 0.38 8. MV SWEDISH TEA
- Embargoed: 26th September 1969 13:00
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- Location: WEMBLEY, U.K.
- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVADN0XR024VA7IJXHCI7J2V49TQ
- Story Text: AT LONDON'S WEMBLEY STADIUM, INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE ACES WERE HARD AT WORK TODAY (THURSDAY) PREPARING FOR SATURDAY'S WORLD SPEED-WAY CHAMPIONSHIPS.
MOST OF THE COMPETITORS WERE IN THE PITS TODAY, DISCUSSING TACTICS WITH THEIR TEAM MANAGERS AND CHECKING WITH THE MECHANICS THAT THEIR BIKES ARE IN TOP CONDITION FOR THE GRUELLING CONTEST AT THE WEEKEND.
AMONG THEM THE STRONG NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT, WHICH INCLUDES IVAN MAUGER, THE CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION. HIS FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN ARE BARRY BRIGGS AND RONNIE MOORE -- AND MOORE APPEARED TODAY WITH HIS LEG IN PLASTER.
POLAND HAS FIVE FINALISTS -- JAN MUCHA, ANDRZEJ WYGLENDA, EDWARD JANCARZ, HENRYK GLUCKLICH AND ANDRZEJ POGORZELSKI. SWEDEN HAS FOUR CONTESTANTS -- TORBJORN HARRYSSON, SOREN SJOSTEN, OVE FUNDIN AND HASSE HOLMQVIST.
ENGLAND HAS TWO ENTRIES IN NIGEL BOOCOCK AND HOWARD COLE, WHILE THE SOVIET UNION (VLADIMIR KLEMENTIEV) AND SCOTLAND (KEN MCKINLEY) HAVE ONE EACH. THE LONE SOVIET WAS NOT IN THE STADIUM AT THE TIME OF FILMING.
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