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He had a good innings and kept the sport going at great financial cost to himself. Lived and breathed Speedway. Former Provincial league riders champion but as others have said he really came to the fore as a promoter. Inextricably linked to Hackney and Rye House, particularly the latter where the sport only existed because of him and his financial input. One of the best if not the best GB team managers in his day despite backstabbing from other promoters with half his ability. Throw in the fact that he was a top rate track curator and we see there weren’t many areas a of the sport where he was wasn’t a powerful force. The sport is now a poorer place without him

Your post sums up why so called Speedway fans will never be taken seriously. There's no fact in any of your statement. Just smacks of anti Poole and mouthing off in general.

I wonder if you would say that if you were one (Pensioner). I somehow doubt it. It is largely PENSIONERS who are keeping Speedway going in this country and have done for years. Some Pensioners ARE rich, however, a hell of a lot aren't. You need to think about that.

This forum would be f**kt without you!

The league win was won only because riders were taken out, Poole had "lost" it with the first leg fact. Now for the KO Cup Oxford riders are still ruled out thanks to Vinnie Foord & the pirates number "8" - a complete injustace! Can the SCB insure that referees have regular visits to Specsavers PLEASE.

The OAP discount needs to be abolished. Pensioners are an incredibly rich generation.

Yet you can't name any!

So much more to come from Rew. Huge talent. You have to include him if he’s open to a return.

A great summary... R.I.P. Len... The sport owes him a huge thanks for the incredibly high standards he set, and the enormous amount of effort, work and time he put in to deliver those standards that set the bar height for others to aspire to... Condolences to Andrew and all his family...

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Sad news, the sport has lost another old-school promoter & more importantly a true showman. In the mid-1980's, when the Boulevard had closed & before Craven Park opened for speedway, in between coach trips the Hull Speedway Supporters Club held regular get-togethers & often invited guest speakers; promoters, riders, team managers, etc. Len Silver was one such guest and very entertaining & interesting he was too. All were offered travel expenses most didn't accept anything, Len flatly refused to take a penny saying "save your money, put it towards a bus trip to a speedway meeting". He likely had business in the area anyway, I don't know, but it struck me that there was a guy from all the way from down south come to chat with us northerners brought together by the sport of speedway. RIP Len....

Big day for Peterborough Panthers and Speedway tomorrow were meeting at 12.30 as ITV is going to be their interviewing fans before and after the meeting. If any fans can make it please come along and shoe your support thanks

Most of the junior riders have either sold/ packed away their equipment for 2024, and taken up thier winter jobs. Doubt a ride at Wimborne Road to be knocked off by Foord is a very attractive early winter fixture ?

I think that result is probably even more of a foregone conclusion than the KO Cup final. Give it a miss, for your own sanity.

R.I.P. Uncle Len A really great character who could occasionally ruffle a few feathers with his opinions; but he always spoke from the heart about the sport that he cared so passionately about. A great promoter and the last of that generation of promoters from the 70's when I first fell in love with the sport. I was fortunate to chat with him on quite a few occasions down the years and he always had an interesting tale to tell or an opinon to give - and, even if you didn't always agree with his opinion, it was interesting to hear nontheless and always gave you something to think about. Great memories and I think I will make a point to sit down and read his book again this week. Condolences to his family and friends at this very sad time.

I have watched Speedway for61 seasons and have very little respect for promoters in general. However I have great respect for Len as.a Promoter. He was a shining light who actually PROMOTED the sport properly. His family should very proud of his achievements in the Sport

Of course, everyone takes Poole fans seriously. 😂

Current weather forecasts suggest Wednesday fixture off & Thursday fixture could go ahead. If Poole fixture is put back a week, there is a chance of Killeen being fit and being able to take part in one leg at least.

Poland are demanding that next year's wild-card slot is replaced by a permanent Polish rider. The FIM are in big trouble if they don't accept this. Poland are threatening to take the Warsaw GP off the calendar. The PZM are not messing about.

If you're about and bored then I believe that it's live streamed (Tues 15th from 1.30pm) here https://www.youtube.com/@PboroughCityCouncil/streams

Polish clubs are often refused licences. What that says to me is the clubs may not always be professionally run, but the governing body is a lot more robust.

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Not many have done more for Speedway than Uncle Len. R.I.P.

Sending my condolences to Andrew and the family. Such a Great Promotor at all his clubs.Such a lovely man. To only think he was at Oxford last week watching the first leg of the cab direct championship final. Such sad news and what a great age.

It's actually quite mind boggling that the planning department and case officer thought that they could take this forward given that AEPG have failed on every metric within the NPPF & Peterborough Local Plan. I kept reading agenda pack thinking that Butterfield & co must have given their eviction of Peterborough Speedway some thought and consideration at some point? He and they clearly never did but now they have their self imposed timeline to meet & the EEAS whining (read the planning portal comments) about wanting their money. They have to throw the dice now and can't undo their incompetence. I'm sure that the Peterborough City Council Planning and Environmental Protection Committee are looking forward to looking at and justifying a decision on this mess?

You couldn't be more wrong. You shouldn't assume. I am, however, a Pensioner and I am aware of those not so fortunate as myself. To some of them, a two pound extra could be the difference between attending or not. You don't know what the situation is for Pensioners, poor or not. "Think it's fair to say" that you are a young person who is fairly well off, lacking understanding of other people's circumstances.

Trainers for for AEPG'S Butterfingers as he runs away with his tail between his legs

I've got the same team down for KL as well, S. Worrall also fits at No.6 if it's a 40.00 limit.

RIP Len, sad news indeed. One of the great true promoters, who I had a lot of respect for. Always good to deal with and always kept his word on any deals done. Some of todays promoters can lean a lot from the way Len worked.

No rider has to take a guest booking,doesn't have to explain why he declined the booking

youll be fine

The loophole that they caught Kent with previously is that Graham was listed as one of the promotors. If he was purely renting the venue out there shouldn't be an issue (but im sure the weasel will find one). Does anyone know what banner the Eastbourne lakeside fixture was run under? If SCB then appears to be fine if NORA then it was full of SCB riders who clearly think its fine to ride. The naming issue will probably be dropped now as it was only really in place to disband the MDL allowing the PJL to take over.....how did that work out?

Sorting out the troublesome no. 6 issue would be a big help i'm sure. Or they could bring in Patrick McGoohan?

I thought teams weren’t allowed to do this anymore (run their team at another track). I’m sure there were plenty that had to stop running when this was introduced, Cradley, Weymouth etc

Does this really matter. Sheffield won the cup over two legs fact is Ipswich gain no advantage so why bring the subject up over a month after the event. British speedway has more important matters to sort out, feels like people are fishing to find problems.

The only rider who I think would have been a better shout than Smith is Paul Stark Ave: 3.45

Douglas can fill the void at KL.

The AGM is not just about agreeing points limits. Clubs have to submit their season's accounts and declare their commitment to complete a full season in 2025. It takes more than a couple of days after the last meetings to complete a full set of accounts, including debts, credits, bills to be paid etc

Not quite. Some riders can/will be signed in any eventuality of rules and points limit. Nobody though, will be signing the majority of their riders until the rules and points limit has been confirmed at the AGM. as I’ve said before, some things have been loosely agreed prior to the AGM in the past, only for them to change at the AGM itself. I still to this day, don’t understand why they leave the AGM so late. It should be done as soon as the last competitive fixture has been ridden IMO and I haven’t heard one decent argument why that isn’t the case.

They don't have to preform better, they just shouldn't go missing when it matters most. Bewley and Kurtz showed us what should be done...

Unless the SCB changes its stance then it will not allow a team to race in the NDL on a track that also stages non SCB events (NORA in this case) - remember the SCB imposed a fine on Kent, suspended, and also threatened to take away their licence because Iwade were also staging NORA meetings.

You're the one who told Trackrat to get back onto the Poole thread, is he not allowed on the Easbourne one?

Your welcome to donate, but has it been endorsed by Poole Speedway? And if you donate you are giving your money to 'anonymous Poole fan' - for all we know that could be 'lucifersam' and he's planning to give all your Poole pennies to Luke and Jody.

Over 70 years, that's quite some history in the sport. And only last weekend present at Oxford. One of the sport's most notable characters. Leaves only Reg Fearmam of the 'famous five' behind Allied Presentations.

Wonderfull servant to the sport, only met him a couple of times, RIP Len Silver.

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That might be what the crowd funding collection is to pay ? It's already raised enough and Chuck in a few Rusty washers and ermolenko's wage for the season is paid.

The Officer reports are now available on line. Hugely disappointing to note that they have recommended approval of the applications, despite acknowledging that the applications do not comply with parts of the Local Plan. I hope Councilors see through this, and I hope those speaking against the applications can strongly make the points for refusal.

I think it more likely that there should be a ballot due to the demand and limited capacity of the NSS.

Novelty of Cardiff has worn off for sure... you wont get a better day out at any other track in the UK than prime Cardiff. 40000 ish year on year. I am surprised they are still bothering to host it there now though with crowds of, apparently, less than 20,000. That said, would you sell out Belle Vue if you could get 20,000 in there? Not a chance.