Post by coombes on Sept 27, 2020 9:00:31 GMT 1
OTD September 27, 1968: I’ll always regret that I missed the final meeting at the White City, even if it wasn’t known until some months later! It was the Glasgow September holiday weekend and I headed off to the high spots of Ayr with my pals for a few days to see, amongst others, Vanity Fayre and Geno Washington and the RamJam band - anyone remember them?
Whaley had booked an excellent field for the Glasgow Open Championship, and, joy of joys, they all showed up! With rain threatening, the largest crowd of the season turned out and were rewarded with an excellent display from Nigel Boocock and Olsen in particular. Mauger made a hash of his fourth outing and ran a last behind Persson, McMillan and Haley. He seemed to be suffering from fatigue after winning the World Championship earlier this month, but he won heat twenty, which proved to be the last race ever run at the White City.
I’m sure no one leaving the stadium gave a thought to the possibility that the Tigers wouldn’t be back there the following season. They had come through a traumatic year, which had been a baptism of fire for debutant promoter Whaley, but, with the advent of Berg and Jim McMillan as quality heat leaders and the news that Monk was more than ready to return, things were set fair for 1969.
Mary Hopkins iconic anthem was number one in the charts and was no doubt played tonight
“Those were the days my friend
We thought they’d never end…
….oh yes these were the days!
But end they did, and we never returned to the White City, still missed to this day
Top Scorers
N Boocock 14, Olsen 13, Monk 12, Mauger 11,Berg 11, Persson 11:
Whaley had booked an excellent field for the Glasgow Open Championship, and, joy of joys, they all showed up! With rain threatening, the largest crowd of the season turned out and were rewarded with an excellent display from Nigel Boocock and Olsen in particular. Mauger made a hash of his fourth outing and ran a last behind Persson, McMillan and Haley. He seemed to be suffering from fatigue after winning the World Championship earlier this month, but he won heat twenty, which proved to be the last race ever run at the White City.
I’m sure no one leaving the stadium gave a thought to the possibility that the Tigers wouldn’t be back there the following season. They had come through a traumatic year, which had been a baptism of fire for debutant promoter Whaley, but, with the advent of Berg and Jim McMillan as quality heat leaders and the news that Monk was more than ready to return, things were set fair for 1969.
Mary Hopkins iconic anthem was number one in the charts and was no doubt played tonight
“Those were the days my friend
We thought they’d never end…
….oh yes these were the days!
But end they did, and we never returned to the White City, still missed to this day
Top Scorers
N Boocock 14, Olsen 13, Monk 12, Mauger 11,Berg 11, Persson 11: