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Tibor Szakacs to the
canvas with this one
handed arm Lever
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VOLUME IX
No. 11
THE WINNIPEG WONDER
BACK IN BRITAIN AGAIN
Back in action again, and rarin' to test the
weight Champion, with no one coming anywhere
progress that the British Heavyweights have made
near him for class or wrestling ability, and it was
during his absence, comes the powerful figure of
only during his absence from Canada for some
Canada's
years on his travels around the world that he was
World
Heavyweight
Title
claimant,
Georges Gordienko.
eventually deprived of it by default mainly due to
his prolonged stay in England.
There is no better respected wrestler in the
sport of professional wrestling, than this quietly
However, since those days, some few years ago,
spoken powerhouse of a man from Winnipeg who
we have seen very little of Gordienko in British
once held the then reigning Heavyweight Champion
rings, for his wanderlust has taken him on trips to
of the World, Lou Thesz to a one hour draw in what
South Africa, India, Beirut, and all over Europe
is still regarded by many as one of the finest matches
and the rest of the world, with just the odd few days
ever seen in Heavyweight Wrestling.
back in England between trips, never giving himself
time to do anything in the way of a serious campaign
He reigned supreme as the Canadian HeavyPage 4
in this country.
Georges Gordienko In action during his Greek tour posts his opponent
More recently Georges did the Far East Tour,
taking in Japan, Indonesia and Hong Kong, etc., etc.
with wrestling.
and after this he went back to Canada to wrestle
and at the same time spend some time with his
this country, he was inactive for some months as a
result of a torn ligament in the leg, but that's all
parents. During his stay in Canada he met the
American World Champion, Dory Funk in two
far behind him now, and looking fitter, bigger, and
certainly more agile than we have ever seen him
World Title matches, and he makes no bones of the
fact that Funk is way up high on the list of the
before, he is looking forward to meeting the b:!st
opponents that British Promoters can find to p ut i:l
hardest men he has ever had to face in the ring.
the ring against him.
A comparative youngster as wrestlers go, but
with great ability and potential, Gordienko claims
At one period of time during his absence from
Certainly his presence will add much to British
Wrestling during the next few months.
that Funk will eventually emerge as one of th:!
greatest wrestlers of all time, and Georges usually
knows what he is talking about with anything to do
BOB SCALA and
LAUR!E STEPHEN
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NEW HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION
vvill be crovvned this 111onth
BILL ROBINSON STRIPPED OF THE
BRITISH TITLE -
ALBERT WALL
AND STEVE VEIDOR NOMINATED TO MEET OVER 15 ROUNDS AT
NOTTINGHAM TO
ESTABLISH
A
This was the sensational and far reaching
decision taken at the end of February by the
controlling body of British wrestling and announced
last month through the Joint Promotions
organisation.
Th~ British title and Lord Mountevans Gold
Belt has now gone undefended for over two years
while Manchester star Robinson has pursued his
quest for world honours overseas.
Obviously the powers that be feel two years is
far too long for the major championship in British
wrestling to remain in hibernation and there seems
little doubt that the decision to create a new title
holder will receive widespread approval from
wrestling followers.
Not for a minute is it suggested that Robinson
has not been a worthy title holder and one cannot
but admire the determination with which he is
travelling the world in search of his ultimate goal.
But the championship itself must be bigger than
the holder and nothing but good can come from the
emergence of a new British heavyweight kingpin,
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NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION !
especially a man prepared to travel the country
ready to defend his crown.
Naturally Robinson will have first claim to
an opportunity to try and regain his former title
when he eventually returns to these shores, although
firstly the new champion must be decided.
Everything is set for this fascinating struggle
at Nottingham Ice Rink on Monday, April 13th, the
championship contest over fifteen five minute
rounds heading a ·five bout bill in another of
promoter Ted Beresford's famous Nottingham
spectaculars.
Specially appointed as third man in the ring
for the title contest is that much respected Bradford
referee Joe Hill.
Undoubtedly Doncaster-born Wall will start as
favourite to regain the championship he held
previously for a fleeting 28-day spell early in 1966,
but speedy, spectacular Veidor, easily the lighter
man, will be in no mood to allow this opportunity
of major honours to go by.
AI Wall
(Photo: Geo. Reid)
Steve Veidor
(Photo: Geo . Reid)
Both men have remained faithful to home
rings in the last couple of years, despite consistent
pressure from promoters on the Continent and
further afield to tempt them away.
the north, Veidor's greatest achievements have come
in the southern half of the country, notably a
couple of triumphs in the Royal Albert Hall's
annual international heavyweight tournament.
Wall's brief period as champion came when he
defeated Billy Joyce on January 20th, 1966 but
lasted only until February 17th, when he returned
to the same hall and took on Welshman Gwyn
Davies.
Earlier in the present season he made a short
trip to France but always expresses a preference for
action on the home front and has already started
a special build-up for the big match with Wall.
Luck deserted Wall and a bad fall brought a
knee injury which ended the contest and left Davies
with the title. Then before Wall could challenge
again, back came Joyce to beat Davies and resume
a run as champion that continued until Robinson
took over.
Just in case the prospect of an epic
championship bout is insufficient to tempt fans from
the area to Nottingham Ice Rink later this month,
how's this for supporting bill:
Even without having had a chance to press th::
champion into a contest, Wall's reputation and
stature among Europe's heavyweights has been
considerably enhanced in recent times and some
fans feel that on current showings he might have th::
beating of Robinson in any case.
A contest for the European middleweight title
in which holder Vie Faulkner is challenged by Alan
Dennison; Jackie Pallo in a return bout with George
Kidd; tag action between Untouchables, Lean Arras
and Bobby Graham against the new combination of
Les Kellett and the Rev. Mike Brooks and finally
an amazing challenge bout in which super confident
Mick McManus throws down the gauntlet to British
mid-heavyweight champion Mike Marino.
While Wall is generally regarded as a giant of
RUSSELL PLUMMER
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THE MOST SAV AGE GRAPPLER IN NORTH AMERICA, AND THE LA TEST FOOTBALL
TAG TEAM ALLIANCE, ARE ON HAND AS BOB LEONARD SITS AT
DATELINE CALGARY:
f erry and Bobby Christy, the California brother
pairing who currently hold th;: International Tag
Team Championship, aren't the kind of grapplers
who scare easily. But they headed into their latest
defense of the twin belts with more than just a little
trepidation when they stacked ~heir drop-kicking,
sleeper hold style up against two of the biggest and
roughest matmen ever to form a tandem. Or in others
words, Hamilton Tiger Cat football lineman Angelo
Mosca and Montreal Alouette tackle Wayne
Coleman had come to town!
Bobby Ch ristie flies through the ai r when trapped In this
arm stretch by An gelo Mosca
Coleman, who also happens to hold the world
wrist-wrestling championship, comes in at 6ft. 5ins.
and 21st. Mosca scales 20st. even and towers 6ft.
4ins. into the ozone. And whi le they aren't ~he most
experienced tag team around, it's obvious even to
the most casual observer that you just have to
respect that kind of sheer size and power when it's
stacked up aga inst anybody! Mosca's searing body
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blocks, combined with the awesome power locked
away in Coleman's 22-inch biceps, are leth:ll!
The Christys played it clever against the big
men through the first fa ll , keeping them on the
defensive with long-range tactics reminiscent of
Cassius Clay's in-and-out offense. The Christys'
speed told heavily in the early going, but the
tremendous power of Mosca and Coleman wore it
down, until Mosca finally tore a submission out of
Bobby with a one-leg crab. Back in action at the
second bell, the champions stepped up their attack,
diving time and again for their pet sleeper hold
only to be knocked away by an interfering partner.
Desperate for the equalizer now, Jerry
introduced a new strategy. Wobbling unsteadily in
mid-ring, he almost invited the gridiron belters to
lace him with their searing tackles; Coleman took
the bait, rocked the elder Christy twice with his bull
rushes after rebounding him from the taut ropes.
The third time, though, Ohristy slammed across the
ring fast, launched himself straight at the torso of
the onrushing Coleman. J erry hit him squarely in
the chest, slamming him over backwa rds for a fast
pin to even the bout up!
Battling fiat out now, all four men strained to
end the bout, the Christys depending on speedy
assaults and their deadly sleeper, Mosca and
Coleman launching their tackles at every op;:ning.
It was all to no avail . . . the hands of the clock
hit the 45 minute time limit, and the Christys still
wore the belts out of the ring. " We'll be back, and
soon! " vowed the voluble Mosca to television
commentator Ed Whalen, and that can only mean
~he kind of a bout that puts up the S.R.O . signs!
The titanic gridiron pair haven't been the only
thorn in the Christys' side this past thirty days,
though. They battled through two sizzling defenses
against the new pairing of brutal Wild Bill Dromo
and snarling Gil Hayes, both times barely avoiding
disaster to pull out a last-second victory. They're
currently skedded for a final showdown battle
against Dromo and Hayes, and when it comes those
in the know predict ,t hat there just could be a change
in the championship listings.
Back in action on the Calgary scene are three
thrill-producers t>hat haven't been seen for a while.
Riotous Ray Osborne headed the contingent when
he jumped back into the local wars following brother
Bud's leg injury; then followed peppy Killer Jack
Kris, the stocky Edmonton tussler who can inflame
and challenger either. Splitting the first two fatis
again, Ruhl and Dromo finished the bout in the
ringside seats, slugging it out with each other while
the count tolled off to force a double disqualification.
And that leaves the matter right back where it
started.
Dromo didn't see the last of Ruhl in the title
tangle, however. He and snarling Gil Hayes teamed
up to defeat Dave and Bill Robinson in a sizzling
bout, marked by Robinson's spectacular moves
that pulled his team out of trouble time and again.
The frantic encounter ended when Hayes and Dromo
were brutally double-teaming Bill in their own
corner, and kayoed him long enough for the count
to pound out. But, the end is only momentary:
Robinson and Ruhl have posted $1000 cash with
the promoters, to go to their enemies if the retrurn
bout ends in a draw or Hayes and Dromo can
pull off a win. And with stakes like that, Robinson
and Ruhl will be pulling out all rthe stops in this
one!
Talking about Gil Hayes, it's doubtful if any
matman who ever appeared here is more thoroughly
disliked by ringsiders. To prove it, a dozen of them
Wild Bill Dromo's piledriver almost upended Dave Ruhl
lor the count but repeated use of it earned Dromo a
c!lsqualllicatlon
a crowd against him just by walking into the ring.
Big Buck ]ones, out of action for several months,
slammed back onto the Stampede City scene too,
to show that he hasn't lost any of his capacity for
ring rowdiness.
DATELINE REGINA:
With the cove'ted Canadian Heavyweight
Championship belt solidly buckled back around the
waist of Iron Dave Ruhl, Wild Bill Dromo has
renewed his cry for a title shot, and demanded that
Jerry Christy be barred from refereeing the bout.
"He'll rescue Ruhl whenever he gets in trouble!"
screamed Dromo ... but all to no avail. The
ruling stood: Jerry Christy would arbitrate the
battle.
Ruhl showed from the first hold onward that
he didn't need anyone to rescue him. He lashed
Dromo from pillar to post with some splendid
wrestling spiced with jolting punches, grabbed the
opening fall with his full nelson before Wild Bill
got untracked enough to snare the middle frame
with his piledrive. In fact, so fast was the action
that referee Christy had little to do but count for
the falls!
In the deciding stanza, though, Jerry got
himself more than just involved. Trying to break up
a wild melee in mid-ring, he caught one of Dromo's
mule-kick punches right on the jaw; deciding it was
shot at him on purpose, Jerry blazed back with a
stiff uppercut of his own, decking Dromo for the
count, then declared Ruhl the victor.
A rematch with a new referee didn't do any
more to decide the red-hot issues between champion
Abdullah the Butcher, reputedly the most savage wrestler
In North America uses his elbow drop to the throat to nail
an easy win
jumped the strutting blond grappler as he left the
ring after a bout, and didn't back away until Hayes
lacerated his original attacker with a savage judoslashing assault that showed he meant business!
The fans bruised the volatile Hayes more than just
a little with kicks and punches, but the scrappy
Canadian just didn't back down.
Continued on Page 28
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WRESTLING ROUND-UP
That glamorous tag duo made up of Adrian
Street and Bobby Barnes and known as the Hell's
Angels recently found themselves in real trouble.
In fact, they landed themselves in prison overnight!
It happened during a recent very successfulotherwise! - tour of France. The pair found they
had a free evening in Paris, so they decided to
wander around the famous Pigalle district, which
is well-known for its Bohemian atmosphere. Later
in the evening, tired of wandering the streets, Adrian
and Bobby went into a night club. They hadn't
been there long, when the police raided the place,
apparently in search of illicit drugs. Adrian and
Bobby can't speak Frenoh, so they were unable
to protest their innocence to the suspicious
gendarmes. As a result, they were handcuffed ,
bundled into a police van, and thrown into a cell
with an assortment of hippies. It took the police
half-a-day to get round to releasing them, by which
time it was too late to proceed to Toulouse for a
scheduled tag bout there.
Jim Hussey pulls back on this lace bar on Les Kellett
( Photo: H. G. Stevens)
But if the Hell's Angels missed one bout, they
engaged themselves in twelve other tag bouts while
in France- and won them all! Toughest opposition,
they claim, was the French tag team made up of
Guy Mercier and Gil Cesca. The Hell's Angels had
two bouts with this talented French pair, beating
them on both occasions without conceding a single
fall themselves.
own Billy Robinson to win a version of the World
Heavyweight Title won by Billy in Japan a year-anda-half ago . It would be nice if Jim Hussey was given
the chance to regain that title for Britain, should
he decide to go to Hawaii .
Another Manchester wrestler, tough 'Jumping'
Jim Hussey, is toying with the idea of heading for
Hawaii later this year. He has received a tempting
offer from Lord Jan Blears, who was once
Heavyweight Champion of the British Empire, but
who later settled down to live in Hawaii, and now
concentrates on promoting. Of course, Prince Curtis
laukea, the Hawaiian Heavyweight Champion, is
king of the mat in that part of the world . It will be
remembered that Prince Curtis recently defeated our
Every fan has a favourite wrestler, but I don't
suppose any fan has gone as far as Martin Hallettknown as 'Banjo' to hi s friends- who at his own
expense, has had a small book printed in praise of
'Big' Bruno Elrington, the giant, bearded matman
from Portsmouth. Bruno might be an all-out baddie
to some people, but to 'Banjo' he's the finest wrestler
there is. It's not surprising to learn that this keen
young wrestler fan hails from Portsmouth and
journeys all over the south of England to watch
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Bruno in action. When he goes on these trips he
wears a special tee-shirt which has Bruno Elrington's
name and face printed on the front!
Talking of Bruno Elrington, I gather that Bruno
would be very interested in learning the whereabouts
of Sid Hardin, the rule-bending heavyweight from
Brighton. Gwen Elrington, Bruno's wife, who
promotes wrestling at Southsea, had Sid Hardin on
her programmes several times. She would like to bill
him again. But he seems to have disappeared into
thin air. Both Bruno and Gwen are puzzled. Does
anyone know where the elusive Sid is?
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Alan Sargeant is crazy about cars, and happily
spends hours tinkering with their engines. He has
just become the proud owner of a 2.4 Jaguar saloon,
bronze-gold in colour. He will be using it to carry
him to wrestling venues all over the country. Alan
is currently tuning-up for another go at getting back
the British Welterweight title which he lost late last
year to Brian Maxine .
Meanwhile, Maxine recently returned from a
successful tour of Belgian rings. Hard on his heels
to Belgium went fan Gilmour and Jeff Kaye,
primarily for tag battles against Continental teams,
but they should be back in Britain by the time you
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STEVE
CLEMENTS
WINS
WORLD
WELTERWEIGHT
CROWN
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The fall by which the world welterweight title changed
hands-referee Eddle Palau counts as Steve Clements
bridges to pin champion Karloll Lagarde
Ringwise Lagarde, a professional for more than
19 years and holder, on and off of the world crown
since 1957, first dropped a verdict to Clements just
before Christmas in Mexico City.
Steve Clements, the 22 year-old Huddersfield
lad and Britain's un-official wrestling ambassador in
Latin America, is the new welterweight champion
of the world.
After more than six months of persistent
chasing, Yorkshire's blond haired young star finally
earned his title chance against champion Karloff
Lugarde- and came away with the hono urs after
just 12 minutes under two hours of wrestling.
Clements first set foot in Mexico in February
of last year bbt really stwck gold when he decided
to stay on to wrestle solo after his tour companion
and tag partner Terry Jowett returned home.
In no time at all Clements was getting rave
reviews for his ring performances from the Mexican
sporting press and soon it was main event billing
all along the line.
Sieve Clements and his parents Mr. & Mrs. Ted Beresford
chatting with promoter Salvadore Luttorth outside the
Arena Mexico in Mexico City
The men in the lighter weights are truly kings
of the canvas in Mexico and the importance of the
welterweight championship is something equivalent
to that of the heavyweight crown in other parts of
the globe.
The return matching with the title at stake took
place just about in time to mark the start of
Clements' second year in Mexico and drew a
capacity crowd of more than seven thousand to
Arena Puebla in the suburbs of the city of Puebla.
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Steve Clements on the beach at Vera Cruz with wrestlers
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The tournament began at nine in the evening
and it was after midnight when referee Eddie Palau
raised the arm of Clements to signify victory.
Decided by the best two of three falls or
submissions the contest was of unlimited duration
in accordance with Mexican rules, Clements quickly
using his greater speed to advantage to gain the
opening fall .
Lagarde came back to equalise around the hour
mark and there was a further 48 minutes of wrestling
before the third and deciding fall went to Clements,
the Y orkshireman flinging himself backwards in a
perfect bridge to add leverage to a folding body
press.
"Naturally we were delighted to hear about
the contest and now it is likely Steve will stay on
even longer in Mexico before returning to Europe,"
his father, promoter Ted Beresford told me.
Ted and his wife were in Mexico just after
Christmas and spent a few days with Steve just as
he was starting to get into trim for the big contest.
"How I wish we could have stayed long enough
to see it take place," Ted added.
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"Having wrestled in the welterweight, middleweight and light-heavyweight divisions, I have met
most of the top grapplers around today. The
experience I have gained has been most valuable.
"I rate Bert Royal, Geofj Portz---one of the
best heavyweights in Britain- and Mick McManus
very highly. But there are so many good wrestlers
about and some of them are even more experienced
than me, though I have been in wrestling for a long
time now.
an exclusive
interview in
Charles' own words
"I started amateur wrestling at the age of 16
in Bristol where I moved from Rhondda Valley,
South Wales. I was mad on rugby at the time,
having played for my school and represented
Rhondda Valley Schools.
"I had also represented Rhondda Valley
Schools at gymnastics and athletics. But at Bristol
I joined the local Youth Centre and turned to
wrestling.
" Within three weeks I had my first amateur
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Tony Charles
headlocks his opponent
(Photo: H. G. Stevens)
Tony Charles
comes down with a
knee to the inside
of the thigh
of Bob Klrkwood
( Photo: H. G. Stevens)
wrestling contest, only to be pinned twice m 50
seconds!
as a middleweight because several men bordering
on the light-heavyweight section came up against me.
"Two years later, however, I won the Eastern,
Western and Midland Area Welterweight Championship. I went through to the final of the British
Amateur Wrestling Championships four times, but
the best placing I achieved was third.
"As things turned out I built myself up to a
light-heavyweight with weight lifting and exercises.
This was mainly so that I could obtain more
engagements on the Continent where they prefer to
watch the heavy 'boys'.
"In 1958 I was picked to represent Wales in
the Empire Games, following which I turned
professional the same year.
"I have been a light-heavyweight for four years
now although I could still make the middleweight
limit. I am the Welsh light-heavyweight champion,
having previously been welterweight and middleweight champion.
"Early on in my career I met Jack Dempsey
and Mick McManus in two of the hardest bouts I've
ever had. Despite losing to these two, I made a
fairly good start and eventually earned a crack at
Jack Dempsey's British Welterweight Championship.
I took him to a 15 round draw, but as I was
putting on weight I did not have a re-match.
"I went up to middleweight and here I found
Bert Royal one of the most skiJf,ul opponents I had
encountered up to then. I discovered it was harder
"I would now like to take the British title. I
am concentrating on single combat which I prefer
to tag wrestling as you only h ave to rely on your
own ability.
"If I had to decide on a tag partner I would
go for Clayton Thomson. Should I move on to the
heavyweight class 1 would choose Geoff Portz".
TONY FLOOD
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THE
BATTLE
FOR
THE
SCOTTISH
LIGHTWEIGHT
TITLE
Jim McKenzie
(Photo: Geo. Reid)
At three minutes past ten on Tuesday 17th of
February a jubilant Jim McKenzie (Glasgow)
jumped down from the ring at the Eldorado
Stadium, Edinburgh, and received a standing
ovation from the capacity crowd after regaining
the Scottish lightweight title from Bill Ross
(Auchterarder).
McKenzie had recently spoken of retiring from
the ring, but his performance in this championship
bout certainly puts a new perspective on the issue
and it looks as if the cocky Glaswegian won't be
hanging up his boots for a long time yet.
Ross, who captured the title from McKenzie at
the Edinburgh venue towards the end of last season,
set the tone of the match in the early stages with
some dubious wrestling, but compared to some
rule-benders he was a minor offender and the crowd
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seemed a bl.t hard in their a1most unanimous
support of McKenzie.
Ross opened the scoring in the second round
with a Boston-crab submission after his opponent
had weakened his back after an awkward fall.
Indeed it looked as if the Stirlingshire joiner was
set to retain his title, but McKenzie came back
strongly to equalise in the fourth and chalk up the
winning fall with a cleverly-executed folding bodypress in the next round.
But this seenied as If it wouid be the high-water
mark of his ring career. Since then the tide of
success has been on the ebb. He was to lose his
Scottish title to Bill Ross before the season ended,
and this season McKenzie has lost to men whom he
could easily beat a couple of years ago. However,
the tide of fortune changed in February for
McKenzie. His recapture of the Scottish championship from Ross shows that the Glaswegian has
come back with a vengeance. The standing ovation
he received from the Edinburgh crowd is a token
Bill Ross in action
as he headmares
Dennis Savage
(Photo: Geo. Reid)
The mental picture of a Scottish wrestler in
many people's imagination is of a well-built,
bearded, kilted man who looks like a walking advert
for heather, haggis and fresh air. Men like fan
Campbell, Wild Angus and Jock Cameron help to
sustain this notion. However, Scotland's real basis
of wrestling strength is situated at the lightweight
end of the scale. After all, the best lightweight in
the world, George Kidd, comes from Dundee.
McKenzie and Ross, too, seem to me to underline
Scotland's strength among the sub-11 stone men.
It won't be long I'm sure before the charge of
the Scots light brigade will be felt south of the
border!
Twelve months ago ,McKenzie seemed to have a
bright future ahead of him. He had beaten the
European champion J im Breaks in several non-title
bouts and had held the champion to a draw on
two occasions with the belt at stake. He also made
his television debut last year.
of the respect they have for the man who intends
to make a final bid for international honours. Six
months ago I'd have said international honours were
forbidden fruit for McKenzie. Now I'm not so sure.
As far as Ross is concerned this season
couldn't have been kinder to him. Last August he
won the Scottish middleweight title for Cumberlandstyle wrestling at Balloch Highland Games. In the
autumn he made his debut on television and
commentator Kent W a/ton seemed quite impressed
judging by the pile of superlatives he heaped on
the budding Scottish lightweight.
At the moment then, McKenzie has the belt
securely fastened round his waist but Ross has
sampled the sweet taste of being champion and
I'm sure it won't be long before he tries to return
for a second bite at the fruits of victory.
GEORGE W. MITCHELL
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Jackie Pallo reels
from a forearm
smash by Bert Royal
(Photo: Geo. Reid)
•
Battle Royal-as Johnny
Kwango leaps on top of
Eric Cutler, Abe Glnsberg,
Honey Boy Zimba and,
at the bottom Max Ward
(Photo: H. G. Stevens)
Andy Robin applies his
power lock on Eric Cutler
(Photo: Geo. Reid)
Mark Anthony with
a powerful headlock
on Roy St. Clair
(Photo: H. G. Stevens)
Len Hurst backhammers Bill
Torontos right off the canvas
( Photo: H. G. Stevens)
FUTURE OVERLO RDS
OF THE TAG SCENE!
With a name like The Barons it's not difficult
for wrestling fans to appreciate the serious intentions
of the new Yorkshire tag pair /an Gilmour and
Jeff Kaye. It is quite clear that this middleweight
two-some intend to fight their way to the top of the
heap and exact tribute from the lesser men in the
tag ranks.
The North of England has always boasted a
good number of tag teams- the R oyal Brothers, the
Dennisons, the Black Diamonds, the White Eagles,
the Untouchables and Yorkshire Terriers. However,
in the past year or so there have been quite a number
of new recruits to the four-man department of the
sport. We've had The Masters, European welterweight champion Alan Colbeck and Peter Preston,
the only man to beat Mick McManus on T.V.; the
Jet Set, lightweight pair AI Miquet and Jon Cortez;
a few months ago European lightweight champion
Jim Breaks and Mick lames made their tag debut
as The Breakaways. It is into this hot-bed of
Northern activity that Gilmour and Kaye attempt to
stake out a claim.
With
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so
many
of
our
wrestlers
already
participating in tag, the competition is certainly
savage. The well-established teams will be anxious
to repel any intruders who attempt to threaten their
dominance. The promoters too, will naturally prefer
to engage well-known teams who are tested box
office draws. However, tag wrestling is far from
being a closed-shop, for those with the drive and
ability do succeed in this all-action concept of the
sport. Time alone will decide if the Barons will
make it in tag, but from their performances in solo
combat there seems to be no reason why they
shouldn't succeed in carving out a niche for
themselves on the tag scene.
Gilmour and Kaye have been around in the
paid ranks for some time and therefore it is
surprising that they have never ventured into tag
before this. Still, better late than never. Gilmour did
some tag wrestling as a member of the Edinburghbased Eldorado All Star team, and Kaye has had
a few isolated tag matches but neither man has had
a permanent partner.
The Barons have made only a few tag outings
so far, yet already they are producing the results fans
lan Gilmour body slams the Red Scorpion
(Photo: Geo. Reid)
Jeff Kaye with a stomp on his opponent
(Photo: Geo. Reid)
expect from such class men. Their most notable
win to date was against The Masters duo of Colbeck
and Preston.
appearance, and such a brief one at that, it is not
possible to come to any firm conclusion about the
long-term prospects of The Barons. However, what
I saw, I liked.
In the ring The Barons style is systematic and
methodical yet this is only one side of the coin .
I dropped into their dressing room minutes before
they were due in the ring and here too they were
equally meticulous. Kaye was combing his hair and
Gilmour applying a quick dry aerosol gold spray to
his boots as they discussed tactics in an intelligent
and thorough manner.
With gold boots and purple trunks and ponchos
combining both colours, "The Kings" might seem
a more appropriate name for a tag pair sporting
such royal colours. I have seen The Barons in action
on only one occasion so far, against fellow
Yorkshiremen Alan Dennison and Ted Heath.
Gilmour and Kaye used the same speed and skill
which are the hallmarks of their style in solo combat
but unfortunately the bout was brought to a
premature halt when Kaye was forced to retire after
an awkward fall from the ring and the verdict of
"No Contest" was given. After watching only one
Ian and Jeff have much in common concerning
their wrestling careers- they share the same lively
approach, belong to the same middleweight class and
have been grappling for cash for eight years. But
here the resemblance ends. Out of the ring their
paths are unlikely to cross. Jeff likes to sail on the
Humber in his uncle's dinghy while Ian prefers the
more platonic pleasures of photography and poetryreading. Being born in Dumfries it's not surprising
that Burns is his favourite poet.
Although The Barons are eager to make an
impact on the tag scene they are equally keen to
continue their progress in single combat. Both
Gilmour and Kaye have their eyes firmly focused on
the middleweight championship belt.
With a name like The Barons, sooner or later
they'll just have to capture a title!
GEORGE W. MITCHELL
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now asking is: " Will Majid stay here?'' Majid
doesn't know the answer to that himself, as yet. If
there are sufficient opportunities to make a long
stay worth while, he will stay. His beautiful wife
~araha is waiting in Majid's home city of Lahore
with their two young children, wondering if the
summons will come to pack her bags and head
westwards to Britain.
It is good to see that talented Pakistani wrestler
Majid Ackra is proving during his recent ring
appearances that he has lost none of the old magic
which originally captured the imagination of mat
sport fans . Majid, of course, has been away from
these shores for some time. He left Britain in 1967
to wrestle in India and Pakistan- though he did
stop off for a while for a few bouts in Syria and the
Lebanon. While wrestling in India, he achieved the
distinction of beating the Indian heavyweight
champion, Dara Singh, though he lost to him on a
second occasion. He also emerged as the winner of
one of the major Indian National Tournaments,
vanquishing Randowa Singh- Dara Singh's brother
- in the final.
Majid Ackra returned to Britain on 28th·
January this year. The question British mat fans are'
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Majid first came to Britain when he was
16-years-old, settling initially in Manchester. As a
schoolboy, he had been very competent on the
football field and the cricket pitch, but his first
real sporting successes came after his schooldays
were over. As a teenage amateur boxer, he fought
through to take the Lancashire Amateur Middleweight title, then later won the A.B.A. Championship
after a series of contests in which 27 counties
parti ci pa ted.
It was inevitable that Majid would eventually
take wrestling up seriously, for his father- an
Olympic Silver Medalist in his amateur days-later
wrestled professionally as The Great Ackra (real
name : Karam Rasul). Majid's uncle was also a
professional wrestler who gained international
honours.
Wrestling instruction came first from Majid's
father. Later, promoter Jack Atherton gave him
advice and assistance, though his first professional
bout was for promoter George de Relwyskow, his
opponent then being Vie Hesselle.
Wrestlers on Parade
In 1962, Majid Ackra returned home to
Pakistan for three months for a holiday, with no
wrestling engagements there, but for six months
during late 1964- early 1965, he returned to
Pakistan again, this time to engage in a series of
bouts. The highlight of this tour came when he
defeated a powerful Punjabi wrestler by the name of
Kakah to win the Light-Heavyweight Championship
of the Punjab.
His last- and longest- tour began when he
left Britain again in 1967 for his home city of
Lahore, in Pakistan. It lasted almost three years,
and saw him meeting opponents throughout the
length and breadth of India and Pakistan. During
that time, he travelled many thousands of miles,
from the hot, dry heat of the Deccan Plain, through
the damp, sticky climate of Assam, and then into
the cooler hill settlements near the North-West
Frontier. Sometimes he wrestled in a team headed
by Akram Pahelwan, Heavyweight Champion of
Pakistan.
Majid Ackra is gentle and quiet-spoken outside
of the ring. He is very philosophical about life,
believing very much in the brotherhood of Man. In
the ring, he is stylish and a clever performer who
always attempts to give of his best. He backs his
ring action with a minimum of four hours hard
training a day. He also swims a great deal to develop
stamina. Let us hope that this fine wrestler elects
to stay in Britain for a long, long time!
JOHN RACKHAM
Name: IAN CAMPBELL.
Weight: 19st. lllbs.
Height: 6ft. 3ins.
Place of Residence: Leeds.
Titles: Scottish Heavyweight Champion. European
All-corners Heavyweight champion, won · in
Vienna last summer.
Most Difficult Opponent: Mr. Taxman!
Most Memorable Contest: Against The Outlaw at
Edinburgh three years ago when angry fans
chased the masked American out of the
stadium.
Biggest Thrill: Winning the All-corners tournament
for which he received two gold medals.
Biggest Disappointment: The lack of interest in all
amateur sport in this country.
Best Country Visited: Germany.
Car: Mercedes 250 SL.
Favourite Food: All plain but wholesome fare,
including haggis of course!
Miscellaneous Likes: Reading.
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Man's Inhumanity to man.
Favourite Television Show: The last night of the
prom concerts, which unfortunately comes
round only once a year.
Favourite Singer: Kenneth McKellar.
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mNY ST. CLAIR
in front of a crowd of 15,000. Tony and Johnny
often share a tag rope in foreign rings although on
the home front they partner Roy St. Clair and Terry
Jowett as the Saints and White Eagles respectively.
In fact it was through tagging together that St. Clair
and Eagles found themselves in Nigeria in the first
place. Last summer a Nigerian promoter watched
these two men wrestle in the Madrid bull ring
against the legendary Spanish Pizzarro Brothers and
was so impressed by their speedy and scientific style
that he decided he had to have them for West
Africa.
Like Eagles, Tony is an avid globe trotter and
plans to wrestle in Turkey and Spain later this year.
With a father like Francis St. Clair Gregory
who was a great wrestler in his day and a brother
already an established figure on the mat, it was
all the more difficult for Tony to be taken for what
he was, and not be seen merely as an imitation of
other members of his family when he first stepped
into the professional ring three years ago.
Surprisingly enough, it was Johnny Eagles who
faced him in the opposite corner when Tony made
his professional debut at Nelson in March 1967.
Tony St. Clair with a head chancery on Ken Joyce
(Photo: H. G. Stevens)
It's not everyone who can bake under an
African sun three days before Christmas; and with
a nod of the head summon waiters in white
starched jackets with iced drinks, but then it's not
everybody who can be a successful professional
wrestler. Yet this was the James Bondish style of
life Tony St. Clair took in his stride during his
recent tour of Nigeria with Johnny Eagles.
Tony wanted to be home for Christmas, but
Johnny stayed on for another month before returning
to this country. As it turned out Tony was
fortunate in coming back to Britain when he did
for he missed the end of the civil war with Biafra
and what would have been a time of dislocation
and tension for anybody, especially foreigners, in
Lagos during that period.
St. Clair thoroughly enjoyed the trip and is
considering returning there later this year. He had
six contests in and around Lagos, mostly tag
matches with Eagles. On one occasion they wrestled
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Coming from such an athletic family it always
looked as if Tony would find a career in sport. But
at first it seemed as if it would be the professional
football pitch which would earn Tony's bread and
butter. Born in Cornwall, but spending most of his
life in the North, Tony played for the Manchester
United Youth Team. However, injury ended all hope
of a career in big-time soccer and after some
encouragement from his family he opted for a life
on the mat, learning the game at Manchester's
Y.M.C.A. gym.
Although a capable performer in single combat,
it is in tag matches with brother Roy that Tony
has had the greatest impact. It will be a long time
before I forget the night the Saints trounced the
heavier and more experienced Russian pair of Yuri
Borienko and Josef Zaranoff in one of the most
violent contests I have ever watched.
Tony tells me his biggest break so far was when
he topped the bill with Roy in a tag at the Royal
Albert Hall in January against aggressive Londoners
Mick McManus and Steve Logan.
St. Clair has two ambitions; to be happily
married and to capture the British heavyweight title.
Engaged to a Manchester girl, Tony feels confident
about achieving the first of these goals, but is not
so sure about the second.
GEORGE W. MITCHELL
Ray Glendenning
A new face in the mid-heavyweight division
is that of Ray Glendenning, the sturdy grappler from
Bury in Lancashire. A new face to Joint Promotions
halls, but Ray is no newcomer to wrestling, either
in this country or on the continent.
His wrestling career started many years ago
with the amateurs in Bury and Bolton, where he
used to compete against amateur stars of the calibre
of current National Coach Albert Aspen. Ray then
graduated from the unpaid ranks to the professional
ring, and for several years he worked for a number
of small independent promoters in the North West.
In fact, I remember ex-world middleweight
champion, Tommy Mann, commenting at one stage
that Glendenning was just about the best wrestler
not on the books of Joint Promotions.
Ray's big moment came when he was selected
by a television company to be the star of a
programme called 'So You Want to be a Wrestler'.
Ray had the star part, because the programme
turned out to be an account of how Ray became
attracted to wrestling and how he eventually became
a professional wrestler. At this time Tommy Mann
was acting as Ray's wrestling coach and ad'viser,
and Ray is the first to pay tribute to the immense
benefit Tommy's advice was to him.
The television programme naturally led to more
bookings, wider afield. In fact, foreign promoters
saw the film, and in no time at all, Ray was wrestling
in Spain, where his lively, quicksilver style soon
established him as one of Spain's best liked matmen.
From Spain, Ray tried the famous German circuits,
and despite being handicapped by a lighter bodyweight than that of most of the Tournament
wrestlers, made such an impression that he was
invited back again and again. It was while in
Germany that Ray resumed an old friendship with
Salford's Henri Pierlot, a mid-heavy of similar bulk
to Glendenning.
This winter, Ray decided to stay in Britain,
and make a determined assault on the Joint
Promotions circuit. One of his first bouts was against
Stockport's !an Wilson at Derby. Glendenning won
the bout in fine style, and Wilson told me some
days afterwards that Glendenning come out like a
wild bull and caught him with a hard forearm smash;
after that he could not remember anything.
This ruggedly classy fifteen stoner has given
himself six months to hit the headlines, and to get
a shot at Mike Marino's title. Win, lose, or draw,
Marino will know he has been in a real title scrap,
and Glendenning is just the type of wrestler Marino
must now bow to sooner or later.
EDDIE CALDWELL
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The Southern Counties Senior Wrestling
Championships were held at Bethnal Green Institute,
London. 64 wrestlers passed the scales, 95 bouts
were wrestled of these 50 bouts were won on falls,
42 bouts went tlhe full distance of nine minutes and
were decided on points, and three bouts were drawn.
In all, on two mats it took 10 hours to decide the
Championships. The wrestling was first class and
some very tough bouts were wrestled. The audience
was the best for some years and by the comments
passed was enjoyed by all.
RESULTS
Light Flyweight
First- G. Singh, Viking A.W.C.
Second- R. Farlow, Sparta A.W.C.
Flyweight
First- D. Palmer, Sparta A.W.C.
Bantamweight
First- T. Robinson, United A.W.C.
Second- A. Debrozski, Sparta A.W.C.
Third- T. Martin, Ashdown A.W.C.
Featherweight
First-K. Dawes, Sparta A.W.C.
Second- T. Brett, Viking A.W.C.
Joint Third- D. Graff, Ashdown A.W.C.
and J. Harris, Lambeth, A.W.C.
Lightweight
First- J. Kelliher, Kings A.W.C.
Second- C. Myers, United A.W.C.
Third- L. Stein, Kings A.W.C.
Welterweight
First- P. Amey, United A.W.C.
Second- R. Williams, Viking A.W.C.
Third- H. Joseph, Sparta A.W.C.
Middleweight
First~R. Grinstead, Redbridge A.W.C.
Second- R. Gilbert, Viking A.W.C.
Third- 1. Harston, Met. Police A.C.
Light Heavyweight
First- P. Zimmerman, Ashdown A.W.C.
Second- G. Pullen, United A.W.C.
Third- P. Prince, Loughborough A.W.C.
Mid Heavyweight
First- G. Hill, United A.W.C.
Second- C. Maguire, Foresters A.W.C.
Third- G. Page, Viking A.W.C.
Heavyweight
First- D. McNamara, Met. Police A.C.
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the Southern, Northern, Midland and Scottish
Associations Championships are selected two from
each of the ten weights from each area to wrestle
in the British Senior Championships which are
being held on April 25th at:
York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, E.2.
from 12 noon to 10 p.m.
Tickets 5/-,7/6, 10/6
Tickets may be obtained from:
B.A.W.A. 60 Calabria Road, London, N.5.
At tJhis event the finest amateur wrestlers in
Great Britain will be competing. An event well
worth seeing.
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The Southern Counties Junior Championships
for lads between 12 and 15 years of age were held
at the Crawley Boys Club in Crawley, Sussex. 40
young lads passed the scales, most of the bouts were
decided on falls, only about seven bouts went the
full distance of six minutes to be decided on points.
The wrestling of these lads was great, one bout
especially took my eye between R. Ellis of
Southdown and A. Head of St. Marys, Ashford,
they put up a magnificent bout R. Ellis managed to
get a fall in the last few minutes of the bout.
The lads came from as far as Weymoutlh,
Ashford, Maidstone, London and Crawley. The
winners and second placed will go forward to the
British Junior Championships on May 2nd at
Bethnal Green Institute, Falkirk Street, London, N.l.
RESULTS
Stone
First- R. Ellis, Southdown A.W.C.
Second- A. Head, St. Marys, Ashford.
Third- A. Compton, Sparta A.W.C.
St Stone
First- B. Short, United A .W.C.
Second- T. Berry, Weymouth A.W.C.
Third- P. Falous, Weymouth A.W.C.
6 Stone
First- A. Gilles, Southdown A.W.C.
Second- A. Campey, Loughborough A.W.C.
Third- A. Stiles, Loughborough A.W.C.
6! Stone
First-0. Jones, Loughborough A.W.C.
Second- M. McGarren, Lambeth A.W.C.
Joint Third---oM. Warren, Weymouth A.W.C.
and I. Gold, Redbridge A.W.C.
7 Stone
First~. Staines, Loughborough A.W.C.
Second-A. Degan, Southdown A.W.C.
Third- P. Phaye, Saracen A.W.C., Maidstone.
5
7t
Stone
First- S. Baker, United A .W.C.
Second- P. Chapman, Southdown A.W.C.
8 Stone
First- P. Flaherty, Loughborough A.W.C.
Second-N. Zammit, United A .W.C.
Third- J. Bell, United A .W.C.
8i Stone
First- C. Taylor, Lambeth A.W.C.
Second- D. Hughes, United A.W.C.
Third- A . Gold, Redbridge A.W.C.
9 Stone
First- D. Blake, Lambeth A.W.C.
9i Stone
First- F. Fanning, Weymouth A.W.C.
Second- R. Bazyluk, Southdown A.W.C.
Third- H. Paul, Southdown A.W.C.
IOJ Stone
First- D. Montague, Loughborough A.W.C.
Second- M. Burridge, United A.W.C.
12 Stone
First- T. Camp, Sparta A.W.C.
Heavyweight
First-G. Antonious, United A.W.C.
Two Senior and four Intermediate open
competitions were held at the Stevenage College
of Further Education, Hertfordshire. Organised by
L. Cotland of the Fairlands A.W.C. It was a very
successful meeting and some fine wrestling was seen.
RESULTS
lOt Stone Open Senior Competition
First- J. Kelliher, Kings A.W.C.
Second- B. Hunt, Weymouth A.W.C.
12 Stone Open Senior Competition
First--tR. Williams, Viking A.W.C.
Second- A. Dawson, Basildon A.W.C.
8i Stone Intermediate Competition
First--P. Moss, Sandy A.W.C.
Second- F . Smith, Breaks A.W.C.
9! Stone Open Intermediate Competition
First- E. Raymond, Basildon A.W.C.
Second- J. Forbes, Sandy A.W.C.
10 Stone Open Intermediate Competition
First- P. Cutts, Sandy A.W.C.
Second- F. Smith, Breaks A.W.C.
1I Stone Open Intermediate Competition
First- K. Bailey, Basildon A.W.C.
Second~. Forbes, Sandy A.W.C.
A special bout between R. Gilbert of Viking
A.W.C. and R . Courtney of Fairlands A.W.C. was
won by Gilbert on a fall in 6 minutes 20 seconds.
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A. WISHART
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Know the Game Wrestling 4/- from: B.A.W.A.
60 Calabria Road, London, N.5.
Any reader interested in joining an amateur
club write to above address stamped addressed
envelope please.
East of Scotland Championships
57 Kilos
First- G. Quested, Milton.
Second- S. Gibson, Alloa.
62 Kilos
First- W. Bell, Bruce.
Second- J. Wilson, Carnegie.
68 Kilos
First- D. Bell, Bruce.
Second- C. Cambell, Carnegie.
74 Kilos
First- P. Millar, Alloa .
Second- S. Longmuir, Milton.
82 Kilos
First- R . Mitchell, Alloa.
Second- R. Syme, Bruce.
90 Kilos
First- A. McNeil, Carnegie.
Second- R. Carruthers, Perth.
The finals of the "schoolboy's" tournament for
the "MacRoberts Trophy'' ended in a unique
threeways draw. This competition for teams of eight
wrestlers was held in Kilsyth before a capacity
audience including the Provost and Chief inspector
of Police.
The Kilsyth- Cumbernauld and Denny teams
each finished with the same number of points, as a
result the finals will be held over again.
Biggest cheer of the night went to 12-year-old
John Walsh of Kilsyth who when Buttocked landed
in a perfect Bridge and spun out of danger.
I970 Scottish National Championships
Arctic weather in the Highlands, and the
resulting snow blocked roads, meant that some
highly favoured wrestlers were unable to compete.
Never-the-less there was a field of 73 which provided
some closely contested bouts. The featherweight
class is still inconclusive. Tommy Burke won for the
second time in succession but he and former
champion John McCourtney drew in the finals for
the fourth consecutive time this season.
Biggest surprise was Davy Scott's win in the
lightweight class. 18-year-old Scott beat former
champion Tom Anderson on points.
Tommy Hook now of London was the only
"Anglo" to compete this year. Heavyweight
champion Wallace Booth now of Liverpool was
trapped by snow in the Borders.
FULL RESULTS
48 Kilos
First- J. Bell, Schiltron. (walk over).
52 Kilos
First- N. McKay, Denny.
Second- D. Urquart, Hub.
57 Kilos
First- R. Grant, Glasgow University.
Second- D. Simpson, L.M.S. Rovers.
62 Kilos
First- T. Burke, Jordanhill College.
Second- J . McCourtney, Milngavie.
68 Kilos
First- D. Scott, Milngavie.
Second- T. Anderson , Schiltron.
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74 Kilos
First-F. Buchanan, Schiltron.
Second- P. Millar, Alloa.
82 Kilos
First- R. Mitchell, Alloa.
Second- R. Syme, Bruce.
90 Kilos
First- A. MacNeil, Dunfermline.
Second- M. Roles, Cumbernauld.
100 Kilos
First- A. Waterston, Milton. (walk over).
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champion Bill Robinson, for referring to him as Alf
As this is published a Turkish National Coach
will arrive in Scotland for the second time this
season to prepare the Scots training squad for the
Commonwealth Games this summer. The Scottish
Amateur Wrestling Association have spared no
expense to improve their team. Last year top West
German Coach Werner Klug was brought to Largs
Sports Centre so that wrestlers and coaches could
have an opportunity to compare Western and
Eastern .European training methods. The knowledge
gained will aid the spreading of the sport in Scotland
and inevitably increase the proportion of Olympic
places gained by Scots wrestlers.
in the March issue. Alf is of course Billy's uncle.
WILL/AM BAXTER
CORRECTION
Our apologies to Bill Robinson senior, father of
Editor.
RINGSIDE CANADA
Continued from Page 9
®hituary
MR. WRIGHT MALLINSON
Mr. Wright Mallinson, timekeeper for
many years at the Belle Vue, Manchester
venue, passed away a few days after officiating
at ~he February 28th tournament. His passing
was announced from the ring by M.C. Mark
Green, who referred to Mr. Mallinson as "one
of nature's gentlemen, and an old and personal
friend."
Though he had suffered ill-health for some
time, he had insisted on doing the job he loved,
in his usual, unobtrusive, reliable manner.
Wrestling fans, and in particular those at
Belle Vue, will miss Wright Mallinson, who
was for so long, a well-loved, and respected
part of the Belle Vue scene.
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If ringsiders go after Hayes, though, the latest
arrival on the Regina scene will make them think
twice before they pull the same against him. He's
20st. Sudanese wildman Abdullah the Butcher,
renowned throughout North America as the most
savage man ever to enter the ring ranks, and he's
just about proven the reputation in his first matches
here. Regina product Gordon Ivey, fast-rising
Canuck matman Dan Kroffat, rough Jose Quintero
and battling Buck Jones have all gone down before
the dark-skinned killer, all falling to his tJhroattearing elbow drop delivered from some six feet in
the air. Eyes rolling wildly, strange high-pitched
cries issuing from his throat, body moving in jerky
movements, Abdullah has crushed them all in
record time . . . and all with a vengeance.
He has even taken the verdict over two
opponents at once, Quintero and Ivey, and had to be
dragged off Ivey by Dave Ruhl before he would
stop tearing away at the injured grappler. Ruhl has
come in for his share of abuse from the dangerous
grappler too. Abdullah tossed sand in his eyes at
ringside, then slammed him on the concrete floor,
THEN slugged him with a steel chair before being
dragged off by police to his dressing room. "Me
beat! Me beat!" he screeched at the excited fans
as he was led out ... and that cry may well prove
the precursor of a new reign of terror in the Regina
ring!
20 year-old Sabu, comes from the Punjab
although he has lived in Coventry since he was 13.
Slight of build, with his big brown eyes he doesn't
look much older than that now until you see him
in action in the ring and then he presents a very
different picture indeed.
Hard as teak, he precedes every match with a
demonstration of chopping his way through a dozen
roof tiles with his bare hand, and this is by no
means the limit of what he can do and it all dates
back to his boyhood days in India, when he was
befriended by an old Fakir who passed on much
of the wisdom and knowledge that he bad acquired
over the years to his eager young disciple.
It's almost incredible to watch some of the
things this young lad gets up to during his
toughening up workouts, like smashing bricks,
breeze blocks, tiles, with chops and punches, elbows,
bead, or with vicious Karate kicks up to the height
of five feet.
He started amateur wrestling at a well known
Coventry Club, at the same time studying Chinese
" Kung Fu" Karate, which includes such pleasantries
as the ripping of flesh, the eyes, the nose and
eyebrows, etc., etc. Four years later at the age of 18
he joined a Fairground Wrestling Booth, as he
thought this would prove invaluable experience for
him to meet all corners at all weights, as so it
proved.
Sabu's number one fan is his father, who is
quietly confident that he will one day see his son
rated as one of the top names in wrestling at his
weight.
Sabu himself has two immediate ambitions
One is to find himself a tag team partner, as he
would like to try himself out in this field, and the
other is to appear on the bill at London's Historic
Royal Albert Hall.
This likeable lad, who looks more like a little
Neapolitan urchin than a professional wrestler,
realizes only too well that he still has a long way
to go in hi s chosen profession, and so he devotes
every spare moment of his time to developing his
body into the fighting machine that he is confident
will one day carry him through to top wrestling
honours.
Watch out for him if he comes down your way,
you'll like this boy who already moves about the
ring with the assurance of a seasoned campaigner.
BOB SCALA and
LA URIE STEPHEN
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GORDON
QUIREY
An encouraging number of younger wrestlers
have made their debut in Southern rings in recent
times, mostly seeking honours among the lighter
weights , but few have been quicker to find
themselves supported by a Fan Club than tall East
London welterweight Gordon Quirey.
A determined effort to launch a club supporting
Gordon has been made by Gloucestershire wrestling
follower Miss Sue King and naturally every
encouragement is being given to th~ venture by
Gordon himself.
Although now becoming increasingly wellknown among crowds at Dale Martin tournaments
in the London area and throughout the south of
England, Quirey was unlucky in that an accident
virtually forced him to make hi s professional debut
twice over.
Deciding that for a start at least it would be
advisable to have some out of the ring occupation
on which to fall back, Quirey worked-up a window
cleaning business only for this to put hi s wrestling
future into jeopardy.
Going into action for the first time at an
Essex venue he lost on ly by the odd fall to Brixton's
petulant Chris Bailey and quickly got a second
match under hi s belt before an accident while
window cleaning resulted in a tumble from a
considerable height.
The injuries sustained kept Quirey out of action
for more th an six months, but he was still just as
determined to return to wrestling and last year set
about making his debut all over again.
Coming from West H am, 27 year-old Gordon
knew how to look after himself even before taking
an interest in amateur wrestling but spent more
than four years with Forest Gate's Durning Amateur
Club.
Motor Cycle racing was another Quirey
interest for a time and he actually sported the long
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Gordon 1Quirey with a stepover leglock on Jim Fitzmaurice
(Photo : H. G. Stevens)
hai r of the leather jacket brigade when his initial
introduction to the ring took place.
Returning he found a close cropped style a
good deal more convenient and still trains
enthusiastically with weights and is now in the upper
region of the welterweight poundage.
Apart from a series of lively and in so me cases
controversial matches with other younger welterweights, Gordon usually being the oppressed rather
than the oppressor in the latter by the way, he
has given encouraging showings recently against
experienced welterweights such as Wickford's Ray
McGuire and former champion Alan Sargeant.
Gordon was delighted to be approached by
Sue King earlier thi s year when the formation of
a Fan Club was suggested and hopes all his followers
will contact Sue at Dunfield, Kempsford, near
Fairford, Gloucestershire for detai ls!
RUSSELL PLVMMER
AROUND THE FAN CLUBS
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Although we understand that the proposed Fan
Club for Johnny Kincaid and Steve Grey will not
now come into operation, one new club definitely off
the ground is that being organised for Londoner
Gordon Quirey.
Miss Sue King recruited eight members in the
first three weeks of the club's operation and has
already produced an informative first newsletter
containing some interesting introductory material on
the tall West Ham middleweight.
While no definite news has reached me, we
understand that Steven Langston who launched the
Kincaid/Grey Club earlier in the year now finds it
impossible to continue and that fans making
inquiries have had their money returned.
Apparently the Four Stars' Club has a really
ardent group of followers at Ipswich and the
president tells me that he was regally entertained
by Liz Torunski, Ray Denny and their friends.
The success of the Four Stars' Club can be
judged from the fact that now the organisation has
more than 100 current members and new recruits
continue to come along.
To take the place of a couple of wrestlers who
have recently been lost from the club's list due to
their curtailment of wrestling activities for
commitments outside the ring, the club has invited
Johnny Saint to become one of their supported mat
stars.
Mrs. Dorothy Paget sends word that her club's
honorary Peter Maivia is now tagging with one
of the United States' best known world title
claimants Ray Stevens, and is still highly successful
in solo and team bouts on the West Coast of the
U.S.A.
Apart from world tag honours which Maivia
and Stevens continue to hold, when Dorothy last
heard from Peter he was building-up for a crack
at the United States heavyweight championship, held
at the time by Pat Patterson.
Peter Maivia sends a message from Earl
Maynard ·the popular former Mr. Universe title
winner who has asked Peter and Dorothy to pass
on his best wishes to wrestling followers in Britain.
Incidentally, if any readers are interested in
finding out a little more about Ray Stevens, the
American has a Fan Club operated by Joe Pottig;eser
Jr., 3463 Ravendale Court, San Jose, California
9511, U.S.A., which is strongly recommended.
When Mrs. Margaret Noy of Ipswich attended
a tournament at her local hall recently she little
realised the memorable evening that was in store.
Margaret, a member of the Four Stars' Fan Club
was the lucky winner in the draw for the wrestling
boots given to the club by one of its supported
wrestlers, Bob Kirkwood.
Club president Ray Message fitted in a visit to
Ipswich to deliver the boots and although Bob
Kirkwood was not on the bill, another Four Stars'
favourite Mike Marino was in action and handed the
boots over.
Lucky Four Stars F.C. member Mrs. Margaret Noy of
Ipswich receives the wrestling boots given to the club
by Bob Kirkwood, from another of the Four Star favourites,
Mike Marino
"We have wanted to include a northern star
for some time and are delighted to say that Johnny
has agreed to the club supporting him," said
secretary, Mrs. Ann Richardson.
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ROYAL ALBERT HALL REPORT
RUSSELL
PLUMMER
Gordienko Storms Back With
Sensational Two Round Win!
AT
THE
RINGSIDE
Crowd Acclaims Skill of
Verhulst and Saint
Powerful Canadian Georges Gordienko surged
back into the British wrestling spotlight after several
years of globetrotting with a two round knockout
victory over controversial Y orkshireman Danny
Lynch, himself newly returned from a world tour.
It is a long while since an Albert Hall bill
featured such a sparkling opening contest as that
between popular Lean Fortuna and northern star
Johnny Saint, the later making his debut at Britain's
most famo us wrestling venue.
Well remembered for a previous quick victory
over French heavyweight Michel Chaisne, Gordienko
was on his way back to the dressing rooms within 15
minutes of the start of the Royal Albert Hall main
event.
Saint made it abundantly c~ear that tho£e
impressive wins he has been notching up of late
are no fluke, making all the running against the
Friendly Islander. Yet in the end it was the welterweight from Tonga who cleverly used a body scissors
as the prelude to the one fall needed.
Aggressive as ever, Gordienko who now sports
a beard, was soon forcing the pace but was stopped
in his tracks when Lynch began trading elbow slams.
From one clash Gordienko went out of the ring,
just getting back with the count at nine.
In the second round Lynch went a little too far
and received a public warning, the incensed
Gordienko moving straight away to finish the bout
with a couple of solid knee slams off the ropes, the
second of which floored the northern 'Danger Man'
for the full count.
One Continental mat man who never fails to
impress, Belgian Charles V erhulst, frequently drew
applause from the big crowd with his speedy, skilful
moves facing the heavier British title contender John
Lees.
Not a single spectator had any complaints when
the final round ended with honours still even, for
after half an hour of entertaining hold and counter
wrestling it would have been an injustice if there
had been a loser.
While Verhulst trapped his opponent to go
ahead with a second round shoulder press, the
former 'Mr. Universe' winner from Cheshire quickly
countered in the third to gain an equaliser.
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Although he comes to this country with claims
to having wrestled such world rated campaigners as
Killer Kowalski and Brute Bernard, 17 stone Aus oie
Earl Black made little impression on the Albert
Hall regulars and was soon being jeered for the
regularity with which he retreated to the ropes
whenever opponent Sean R egan moved forward .
Black did dive into the fray soon after the
start of round two, going over the top to catch
the Irish champion with a folding press. Regan
obviously decided he was having no more nonsense
and waded into the Australian for a rousing third
round knockout.
Brisk Yorkshire middleweight Ted Heath
tackled the wrestling Methodist minister, the Rev.
Mike Brooks in a catchweight eight rounder which
ended with Heath snatching the solitary fall required
with a fourth round shoulder press.
Completing the line-up was another catchweight
contest, the end also coming in round four when
Lindy Caulder trapped Queensbury's Sid Cooper.
Referees for the evening were Joe D' Orazio
and Tony Mancelli with Francis Blake officiating as
usual as master of ceremonies.
WRESTLING
IN THE SOUTH
BEDFORDSHIRE
BEDFORD
Corn Exchange
4th Monday
Corn Exchange
Town Hall
4th Tuesday
1st & 2nd Tuesday
GOLDERS GREEN
Odeon
SEYMOUR HALL
SHOREDITCH
WAL THAMSTOW
Assembly Hall
WALTHAMSTOW
Granada
WEMBLEY
The Town Hall
1st Saturday
2nd Monday
4th Friday
GT. YARMOUTH Hippodrome
KING'S LYNN Corn Exchange
NORWICH
Corn Exchange
4th Thursday
CORBY
Civic Centre
Drill Hall
NORTHAMPTON
PETERBOROUGH
Wlrrina Stadium
BERKSHIRE
NEWBURY
READING
Wllton Hall
Town Hall
Adelphl
Corn Exchange
DEVON
EXETER
PLYMOUTH
Civic Hall
Guildhall
1st & 5th Thursday
3rd Monday
ESSEX
2nd & 4th Tuesday
4th Thursday
3rd Wednesday
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
CHELTENHAM
Town Hall
2nd & 4th Monday
2nd Saturday
2nd & 4th Friday
1st & 3rd Friday
OXFORDSHIRE
BANBURY
OXFORD
COLCHESTER Corn Exchange
GRAYS
Civic Centre
SOUTHEND
Cliff Pavilion
1st & 4th Wednesday
1st & 3rd Saturday
2nd & 4th Saturday
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CAMBRIDGE
4th Thursday
2nd Thursday
2nd & 4th Monday
NORFOLK
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
BLETCHLEY
HIGH WYCOMBE
SLOUGH
3rd Saturday
1st Monday
2nd & 5th Wednesday
Winter Gardens
Town Hall
1st Wednesday
2nd & 4th Wednesday
SOMERSET
BATH
Pavilion
BRISTOL
Colston Hall
WELLINGTON
Wellesley Theatre
YATE
New Ent. Centre
1st & 5th Wednesday
2nd & 4th Thursday
4th Monday
3rd Friday
HAMPSHIRE
BOURNEMOUTH
Winter Gardens
SOUTHAMPTON Pier Pavilion
1st Tuesday
1st, 3rd & 5th Thursday
SUFFOLK
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
Market Hall
IPSWICH
The Baths
1st & 3rd Thursday
1st, 2nd & 3rd Friday
HERTFORDSHIRE
BISHOPS STORTFORD
Rhodes Centre
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD Pavilion
City Hall
ST. ALBANS
STEVENAGE
Locarno
WATFORD
The Town Hall
2nd Wednesday
tst & 3rd Tuesday
4th Friday
3rd Thursday
1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesday
KENT
CHATHAM
Central Hall
FOLKESTONE Leas Cliff Hall
GRAVESEND Woodvllle Halls
MAIDSTONE Aarlcultural Hall
MARGATE
Winter Gardens
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Assembly Hall
WELLING
Granada
1st Friday
3rd Monday
2nd Thursday
2nd & 4th Saturday
3rd Tuesday
1st & 3rd Monday
5th Wednesday
LONDON AREA
ALBERT HALL
CATFORD Lewisham Concert
4th Wednesday
1st Monday & 4th Friday
SURREY
CROYDON
GUILDFORD
KINGSTON
Falrfield Halls
Civic Hall
Granada
Every Tuesday
1st Tuesday
2nd Friday
SUSSEX
EASTBOURNE Winter Gardens
HASTINGS
Whi ~ e Rock
WORTHING
The Pavilion
2nd Wednesday
3rd Tuesdav
1st & 3rd Monday
WALES
CARDIFF
Sophia Gardens
3rd Friday
WILTSHIRE
SWINDON
Locarno Ballroom
2nd & 4th Monday
T.V. SHOW
WATFORD
The Town Hall
3rd Saturday Afternoon
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Best Bouts of the Month
T.V. WRESTLING
by DAV/0 BURWASH
TERRY JOWETT v MICK McMICHAEL
STEVE LOGAN v MAL KIRK
The television cameras joined the bout between
bearded Terry Jowett and Mick McMic hael in round four
when Jowett was leading with one pinfall .
The television cameras joined this bout in the early
stages of the second round when Mal Kirk was applying
a grape vine to Steve Logan . He continued to keep the
upper hand twice throwing the unfortunate Logan .
Kirk then delivered several chops, but Logan
countered with forearm smashes, a throw on to a corner
post and a head butt. Near the end of the round Mal
applied a bear hug only for Steve to escape by using
a nerve hold on Kirk 's neck and following up with more
forearm smashes.
Logan trapped Kirk in round three in a back hammer,
then dropped him on a corner post. However, Steve was
eventually caught in a side head lock and found himself
against the ropes , with Mal 's hand on his throat. The
referee told him to break and when Kirk refused to let
go, the referee gave him a public warning.
Ki.rk undeterr·ed , used a s~raight arm lift and then
threw his opponent on to the ropes where he repeatedly
butted him. Steve, however, escaped and delivered
forearm smashes to Mal 's jaw.
In round four Kirk used a bear hug and dropped
Logan on to the canvas. Steve staggered to his feet and
immediately walked into another bear hug . He was then
posted and yet again trapped in a bear hug . Seconds
later he submitted to a reverse waist hold and lift by
Kirk.
Logan was st·i ll lying on the canvas at the start of
round five and the referee deciding that Steve could not
continue awarded the bout to Kirk.
McMichael was almost trapped in another pinfall ,
but turned the tables with a body scissors. Mick was
later thrown across the rin g three times, but on the
fourth occasion he refused to go and instead de:ivered
a head butt.
In round five McMichael gained a full nelson which
he held on for some considerable time, desp ite repeated
attempts by Jowett to free himself. Terry finally managed
to escape with the ·help of a butt to his opponent's
stomach, but was soon in trouble again as McMichael
produced a head butt.
McMichael then followed up with severa.l throws and
finally obtained the equalising fall wi th a folding body
press and bridge.
Jowett began round six on the attack with a wrist
lever but his luck did not last and McMichael retaliated
with throws off the ropes . However, when Mick went to
follow up Terry rolled out of the way and gained the
winning hold as McMichael submitted immediately to a
rolling wrist twist.
ALBERT WALL v CARLOS MOLL
Albert Wall-the North 's favourite heavyweightstarted the first round in fine style, using an arm lock,
then a side head lock and finally a full nelson . He later
tried a folding body press, but gave up the attempt when
he realised that :he could not hold his Spanish opponent
down long enough for the referee to count to three.
Carlos Moll then applied a grapevine and double
handed face bar. Wall managed to escape by picking
Moll up with one hand and executing a perfect knee drop .
Wall 's knee drop had Moll in tremendous pain during
the interval and the early part of the second round .
Albert took advantage of this and used a back breaker,
then attempted a pinfall , but the ropes intervened.
A body check by Wall nearly had Carlos out of the
ring and Albert later used a side lock. Moll escaped
only to find himself trapped again-and the victim of a
crushing knee drop.
Wall used a ·one handed spin in the early stages of
round three, but received one back almost immediately
Carlos looked like taking control with a side head lock
and an arm lock, but was thrown off and found himself
in a side head lock.
Right at the start of round four Moll gained the first
fall in seventeen seconds when , after rebounding off the
ropes , he caught Albert in a flying tackle and cross press.
A single head lock produced by Carlos did not last
long in the fifth round as Wall threw his almost out of
the ring. Moll then tried a toe and ankle hold. Once again
Wall easily escaped , and seconds later Moll 's double
wrist lock lasted for only as long as it took Albert to
think of a way out.
In round six Carlos twice threw Albert on to the
canvas, be.fore Wall returned to floor both himself and
his opponent with a flying head butt. Wall was soon on
his feet , but Moll was dazed and unable to continue ,
leaving Wall the winner by a K.O.
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GEOFF PORTZ v MANUEL POLMAN
In round one of this exciting contest the stylish Geoff
Portz was trapped in a full nelson, before he countered
with a wrist lever and then changed to a side head lock .
Later Manuel Polman appl ied a back hammer, but soon
afterwards Geoff would have gained a shoulder press
pinfall had the ropes not intervened.
Portz then applied a back hammer followed by an
arm lever and finally a toe and ankle hold .
Geoff was trapped in a side head lock, incorporating
one arm, soon after the start of the second round. He
forced his way out of it, however, and pushed Manuel
on to the ropes . But Polman rebounded and gained the
first fall when he trapped Portz in a shoulder press after
a flying body tackle .
A figure four head scissors had Polman in trouble
early in round three. Portz then changed to a side head
lock, but this was suddenly countered by the Spaniard
with the same move. Later Manuel obtained a full nelson
and then a side head lock. Geoff retaliated with a side
head chancery and then a figure four leg scissors.
In round four Portz was trapped in a side head
chancery and a side head lock, but managed to push
Polman off. Manuel rebounded on the ropes and Portz
caught him in the most magnificent aeroplane spin I
have ever seen . He followed this up with a shoulder press
to gain the equalising fall.
Polman was still a little dazed from the spin at the
start of round five but managed to obtain an arm lever
and then a side head c•hancerv. Several times in this
round Portz found himself in a side head chancery and it
wasn 't until nearly the end of the round that Geoff
managed to get on top.
Body checks and slams by Portz in the sixth round
C·Onfused Polman , who found himself trapped in a pinfall
following a flying cross buttock and press. This left Portz
the winner with the round only twenty five seconds old.
WRESTLING
IN THE NORT H
CHESHIRE
ALTRINCHAM
Stamford Hall
2nd Monday
7.30 p.m.
CUMBERLAND
CARLISLE
Market Hall
1st & 3rd Friday 7.30 p.m.
Drill Hall
1st & 3rd Friday 7.30 p.m.
DERBYSHIRE
CHESTERFIELD
SHREWSBURY
LANCASHIRE
LEICESTER De Montfort Hall
LOUGHBOROUGH Town Hall
2nd Thursday
2nd & 4th Mon.
3rd Monday
3rd Thursday
1st & 3rd Wed.
7.30
7.45
7.30
7.30
7.30
3rd Monday
7.30 p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
Baths Hall
STAFFORDSHIRE
7.30 p.m.
1st Saturday
2nd & 4th Friday 7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
Every Friday
7.00 p.m.
Every Saturday
2nd & 4th Thurs. 7.30 p.m.
2nd & 5th Thurs. 7.30 p.m.
1st Wednesday
5th Wednesday
7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
BRIERLEY HILL
Public Hall
Victoria Hall
HANLEY
STAFFORD
WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall
1st Wed., 2nd Sun.
7.40 p.m.
& 4th Thurs.
7.30 p.m.
Every Saturday
4th Saturday
1st Friday, 1st &
2nd Tuesday 7.30 p.m.
WARWICKSHIRE
BIRMINGHAM
Embassy Sportsdrome
SOLIHULL
Civic Hall
1st, 2nd, 3rd &
5th Thursday 7.30 p.m.
2nd & 4th Tues. 7.30 p.m.
WORCESTERSHIRE
LINCOLNSHIRE
Pier Pavilion
Market Hall
1st & 3rd Sunday 7.00 p.m.
1st & 3rd Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Winter Gardens
MALVERN
Skating Rink
WORCESTER
7.30 p.m.
Civic Hall
BARNSLEY
BRADFORD St. George's Hall
NORTHERN IRELAND
Ulster Hall
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE
City Hall
DONCASTER Corn Exchange
4th Friday
6.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
2nd Monday
2nd & 4th Tues. 7.45 p.m.
SCOTLAND
Music Hall
ABERDEEN
AIRDRIE
Sir John Wllson Memorial Hall
Drill Hall
DUMFRIES
HALIFAX
HARROGATE
NOTTINGHAMSHIR E
Ice Rink
Festival Hall
3rd Thursday
1st Tuesday
7.40 p.m.
7.40 p.m.
YORKSHIRE
3rd Saturday
NORTHUMBERLAND
NOTTINGHAM
TROWELL
7.30 p.m.
1st & 4th Thurs. 7.30 p.m.
LEICESTERSHIRE
BELFAST
Every Tuesday
SHROPSHIRE
Public Hall
BARROW
BLACKBURN
King George's Hall
Wryton Stadium
BOLTON
The Stadium
LIVERPOOL
MANCHESTER
Kings Hall, Belle Vue
Imperial Ballroom
NELSON
Baths Hall
WARRINGTON
CLEETHORPES
LINCOLN
EDINBURGH
Eldorado Stadium
GLASGOW
Kelvin Sports Arena
Town Hall
HAMILTON
Grand Hall
KILMARNOCK
Town Hall
PAISLEY
City Hall
PERTH
4th Tuesday
7.30 p.m.
3rd Friday
2nd & 4th Friday 7.40 p.m.
VIctoria Hall
Royal Hall
Town Hall
HUDDERSFIELD
Town Hall
LEEDS
Town Hall
OSSETT
SCARBOROUGH The Futurist
SCUNTHORPE The Baths Hall
City Hall
SHEFFIELD
YORK
S.S. Empire
7.30
3rd Friday
1st, 3rd &
7.30
4th Monday
1st Friday &
3rd Saturday 7.30
1st Monday &
7.30
4th Sunday
2nd Wednesday &
7.45
4th Monday
1st & 3rd Tues. 7.30
1st & 4th Monday 7.30
7.30
1st Saturday
3rd Wednesday 7.45
2nd & 4th Wed. 7.30
1st, 3rd &
5th Wednesday 7.30
7.30
3rd Monday
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
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