wordsley warriors

[vinejv]

A couple of pics of a well liked track
my brother


and me a couple of years earlier


any one  recognised?

I remember the bank above the first berm as a great place to watch from

[DR VINOAH]

ace pix once more

love em, catches all the energy

 

[Jazzchimp]

Appologies cos these are stills from my dad's home cine films from Wordsley '83


First straight

Second straight

Finish line  (Mark Whoppa Watkins in Halfords red/black and white)



And saddest of all I took this pic in January of the track, derelict and overgrown but still there

you can see if I highlight the track

[se]

Ah I remember it fondly. Mr Matthews barking out gate practice, scream round the first turn and then jump off the second berm. I remember some poor sod going over that second berm in a race and landing on the St John's tent. Poor nurse having a cuppa nearly choked on his Rich Tea.

If you want replica club tee shirts my brother is knocking them out in batches.

[price bros]

A couple of pics of a well liked track
my brother


and me a couple of years earlier


any one  recognised?

I remember the bank above the first berm as a great place to watch from

  great pics and memories its been along time ago me and my bro raced there when it first opened met some great lads best mates with mark whoopa watkins we all rode and trained together whoopa becameworld champion number one in the world in 24 inch brother john was one of the best too john (JOHNBOY) PRICE totaly focased on racing and winning before we both got into moto x

[AllAzusacroozer]

What a great track Wordsley was, though it looks a bit short on jumps by todays standards I dont think i ever made it through all 3 motos without being involved in a huge pile up at the 1st corner but i loved it all the same,  never much fun pushing your bike back up the hill though.
West Midlands had some great tracks, Coxmoor and Chemsley Wood for a start.
Me, pro section at Wordsley 83/84

[jon016847]

I remember us racing there, often a good battle between us,   Jon Western 6WM .....    a good trip down memory lane Mr Vine

[AllAzusacroozer]

Here we go, some footage on youtube of wordsley

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Jazzchimp watch the 2nd race with Tim Print & Robin Mason closely!

Same person has some more WM NBMXA

[Jazzchimp]

Top vids, just as I remember although the pro section felt bigger than it looked

[Manticore]

Any more black & whites? I really like that first shot.

[Cashy]

Appologies cos these are stills from my dad's home cine films from Wordsley '83


First straight

Second straight

Finish line  (Mark Whoppa Watkins in Halfords red/black and white)



Was the track moved at all. When I raced there in 1990/91 the first corner turned left and then you had to lug it up the hill from way down the hill. Almost opposite to what you have put....


And saddest of all I took this pic in January of the track, derelict and overgrown but still there

you can see if I highlight the track

[jon016847]

i used to race it mid 80's and the first corner was a right turn almost 180, so it must have been changed if you made a left turn in the 90'S

[burner gx]

we used to knock about with mark "whoppa" watkins years ago in his hometown of bridgnorth.

it was amazing as kids to see all the bmx's in his garage.
the team, i think i can remember, even put a quarter pipe up the side of his house

we had a track everyone used to go to and when mark came up we all tried to race him.but not a chance, for a big guy he was bloody quick.

[ToNy J]

  i remeber this track, i went round it on the practice session on my mates bmx and i tryed the pro section and fell off, i remember laying on the laughing and a guy said that i need to be 14 to use the pro section