Post by coombes on Aug 30, 2020 8:57:16 GMT 1
Its nearly the end of August , the nights are drawing in and the schools are back and the feeling of injustice from a life time ago comes around again. Charlie Monk being robbed of a World Final place by a hometown decision at the British Final at West Ham.
Going into heat twenty Ken McKinlay with nine points, Monk on eight and Jimmy Gooch on seven were in contention for a place in the Wembley World Final.Monk and McKinlay diced for the lead for two laps until McKinlay, on the outside, slid into the fence. The red lights were put on and Monk was excluded – a real home track decision! Speedway Star reporter, Paul Parrish, wrote, “I didn’t think Monk had anything to do with McKinlay’s fall” but out he went and his dream of appearing at Wembley was over. The sad thing was that Charlie didn’t have to beat McKinlay at all, just finishing second ahead of Gooch would have been enough. Unfortunately Trevor Redmond wasn’t at West Ham for he certainly would have instructed Charlie on his tactics for the final heat.
BBC Sportsview cameras were at the meeting and when Trevor Redmond saw the transmission he immediately slapped in a protest to the Control Board, who upheld Tigers’ appeal and ordered that heat twenty should be rerun at West Ham the following Tuesday, just four days before the Wembley final. This was a quite incredible outcome but from a Glasgow viewpoint it seemed the correct one. However the Management Committee subsequently over turned this verdict ruling that it would set a dangerous precedent that umpires decisions on matters of fact could be reversed On reflection they probably were correct. Tigers’ fans were distraught but derived some comfort from the idea that Charlie would surely qualify for the next years World Final. Sadly 1965 was to prove to be his high water mark in this competition
Going into heat twenty Ken McKinlay with nine points, Monk on eight and Jimmy Gooch on seven were in contention for a place in the Wembley World Final.Monk and McKinlay diced for the lead for two laps until McKinlay, on the outside, slid into the fence. The red lights were put on and Monk was excluded – a real home track decision! Speedway Star reporter, Paul Parrish, wrote, “I didn’t think Monk had anything to do with McKinlay’s fall” but out he went and his dream of appearing at Wembley was over. The sad thing was that Charlie didn’t have to beat McKinlay at all, just finishing second ahead of Gooch would have been enough. Unfortunately Trevor Redmond wasn’t at West Ham for he certainly would have instructed Charlie on his tactics for the final heat.
BBC Sportsview cameras were at the meeting and when Trevor Redmond saw the transmission he immediately slapped in a protest to the Control Board, who upheld Tigers’ appeal and ordered that heat twenty should be rerun at West Ham the following Tuesday, just four days before the Wembley final. This was a quite incredible outcome but from a Glasgow viewpoint it seemed the correct one. However the Management Committee subsequently over turned this verdict ruling that it would set a dangerous precedent that umpires decisions on matters of fact could be reversed On reflection they probably were correct. Tigers’ fans were distraught but derived some comfort from the idea that Charlie would surely qualify for the next years World Final. Sadly 1965 was to prove to be his high water mark in this competition