| 1966 World Championship - British Qualifying Round | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield | 26 May | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rider | Club | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Tot |
| 1. Bob Paulson | Shef | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Tommy Roper | Hfax | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Billy Bales | Shef | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Dave Younghusband | Hfax | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Doug Templeton | Edin | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Norman Storer | L/E | 0 | ef | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Charlie Monk | Glas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| 8. Alan Jay | Shef | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. John Dews | Shef | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| 10. Jack Kitchen | Shef | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Jimmy Tannock | Edin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 12. Mike Watkin | Newc | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Jack Biggs | Newp | ef | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 14. Reg Luckhurst | Wimb | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Barry Briggs | Swin | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| 16. John Hart | Shef | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| res Arnold Haley | Shef | |||||||||||||||||||||
| res Derek Jay | Shef | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Track Record 67.6 Clive Featherby, 13 Aug.1964 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 69.2 | 70.0 | 70.8 | 71.2 | 70.4 | 72.4 | 71.0 | 71.4 | 71.0 | 71.4 | 70.4 | 72.4 | 71.4 | 73.4 | 70.6 | 71.0 | 70.4 | 71.0 | 71.8 | 72.4 |
Back in 1966 the World Championship trail for British and Commonwealth riders started
with 20 preliminary rounds at tracks around the country with the top scoring 32
of the one hundred riders progressing to one of
the British semi-finals at Cradley and Halifax. The British final was at
Wimbledon, followed by the Nordic British final here at Owlerton, and the European
final at Wembley. The top 10 would then meet the top six Swedes in the World final
at Gothenburg.
Barry Briggs and Billy Bales tied on 13 points, and wheras today the winners cheque for £20 would have gone to Billy for having most heat wins, on this occasion they had a run-off with Billy winning in a time of 72.8.
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