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Medal Results per Country in Trophy Vase ISDT 1968.
Press as always there, this souvenir was liberated by Brian Catt & stored as treasure in his loft, along with the badge below, many thanks to Brian.
ISDT Trophy 1968 in Italy, not a single Gold Medal for Britain.
Trophy: West Germany with no marks lost!.
Vase, Italy “A” with just one mark lost.
Starters 298, Finishers 172, Gold 46, Silver 67, Bronze 59.
GB Riders, Eight Silver.
Roy Peplow 2, M Rothmell 2, J Harris 7, Mick Abdrews 8, J Pease 15, Arthur Browning 15, B Cowshall 19, M Soames 25. Eleven took Bronze.
The worst even for Britain since 1953, 2 Trophy Team members went out on the very first day, mechanical trouble on an albeit punishing 152 miles run. Well turned out W German Zundapp machinery were to be conquerors of that East German largely 5 yrs. MZ Stranglehold. British manufacturers seemed to relish opting out of support whilst the types & parts causing retirements glaringly listed Britain's Product standard. All was left to Army "B" team of Mick Noyce, Mick Soames plus Brian Cowshall on BSA 441 with Jon Tye of RAF on 360 AJS. All fought hard to finish fourth behing EG & Czechs.
Alan Kimber of Suzuki GB to help support & Fund the participation of Brits Trophy & Vase teams & the British Govt. helped with a small input, Cheney Metisse Ossa Husqvarna makes rose in prominence & stayed there!.
Mary Driver, her Greeves Anglian, seen here handling a spanner far more delicately than some of the wild & untidy lot I rode with!, a machine she rode in 1968 ISDT is now owned by Lawrence W Hampton who has been in contact with Mary. For information the machine was owned by Bill Brooker (a Greeves dept manager) prepared by Commerfords of Thames Ditton Surrey, shortly we may have more info plus even pictures to swell this section.
A fine pic of Mary on that machine she rode.
Mary Driver on the Greeves Anglian in action.
An 'I was there badge', courtesy of Brian Catt.
From Brian Catt's superb collection, here is practice at Bordon prior to the ISDT event, however look at that upmarket set-up frame, believed to be a Metisse from the Don & Derek Rickman outfit which rider here Ken Heanes actually competed upon as per Entry List, a braking to a halt test. Billy Gwynne produced his own Ariel powered special a while before this, a 500 MICHOU German I think for mongrel bitch?!
Equipe Zundapp with Trophy
L Specht
V Kramer
H Brinkmann
