Gemini

Reminds me a bit of Leicester's great plans for their site but all that's happened in the three years after the speedway was built is a load of earth being dumped everywhere.

Unfortunately individual meetings don't have the same appeal as they used to and most fans are only interested in league racing (in my opinion). Years ago the thought of seeing riders like Ove Fundin, Barry Briggs, Ivan Mauger, Hans Nielsen, Ole Olsen, Peter Collins, Kelly Moran, Bruce Penhall etc. etc. would get crowds flocking to watch (especially if a rider happened to miss their one and only visit to the track for a league match) but these days it's just not interesting enough. Personally I've never really bothered about individual meetings as I much prefer league racing and even my husband who goes to every Leicester match didn't go to the Pride of the Midlands.

I think you can add Long Eaton to that list as well? Never trust a plan that involves both speedway and housing because no-one would want to buy a house next to a motor sport stadium.

Only another month? Better keep him on ignore then.

I've got 3 people on ignore but I don't suppose I have to bother about one anymore because he is residing in an Australian prison. Don't think he has access to the internet in there.

I think you're just going to have to develop a 'thick skin' and ignore any aggressive comments because that's the style of some members on the forum and they aren't going to change. Alternatively you could always put selected members on your ignore list then you won't have to read any of their posts. Click on your name at top right, then 'Manage Ignore Prefs', add the names and save.

Wait until the Winter when there's no speedway 'cos it gets a lot worse.

Okay fair enough. Facebook isn't so bad if you ignore all the rubbish though. There are some good speedway groups on there.

Did you see the small blue writing 'previous & next' top right of the photo? If you can see the first photo you should be able to see the sequence I should think.

Where's SCB - he'll sort it out.

Coventry -------------------- Robert Branford Luke Crang r/r Oliver Greenwood James Sarjeant James Shanes Ryan Terry-Daley. Isle of Wight ---------------------------- Charles Wright r/r Ben Hopwood Darryl Ritchings Dan Greenwood Adam Ellis Chris Widman

As rants go that was pretty good.

Doubt there will be an Elite League next season. Hopefully the G.P. riders will be ditched along with some of the dodgy foreigners and we can get back to some sort of normality riding every week.

Heaven knows how we got there but I decided to follow the sat-nav instructions and it all became rather interesting to say the least. It was pretty normal until we got to Ashbourne but then we seemed to go 'off road' and ended up doing a number of miles on single track roads. Thanks for the post code Alan but never again.

Ah yes......High Edge I think. Otherwise where will they end up - Leek?

Looking forward to this meeting as I've not been to Buxton for a couple of years. Any other Coventry fans making the trip? If you've not been before - just keep going as you really will end up at a speedway track eventually.

No it hasn't. All 30 pages are still here. http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=73279

I wonder if it's the same person who did the Poole ones? They were hillarious........except if you were a Pirates fan perhaps.

Brilliant.

No news is presumably good news? Just had another load of rain in Leicester though. Ooops....beaten to it by Mr Watson. Don't give any forecasts Neil.

Teams: Edinburgh: 1. Craig Cook, 2. Derek Sneddon, 3. Theo Pijper, 4. Jozsef Tabaka, 5. Claus Vissing, 6. Tommy Fenwick, 7. Max Fricke Leicester: 1. Kauko Nieminen, 2. Jan Graversen, 3. Kevin Doolan, 4. Rider Replacement, 5. Micky Dyer, 6. Adam Ellis, 7. Robert Branford.

I'd say arrive an hour before the start if you want to get in the car park. We got there at 6.40pm on Saturday and it was already full. However, there were probably more there because it was a top of the table clash - even I went for the first time this season. It's a heck of a walk from the shopping centre unless you are young and sprightly - which I'm not.

Well done The Storm. Didn't go to this as I was making my first visit of the season to my local track (Leicester) but I'll be there on Friday and also hope to go to the Buxton meeting on July 7th.

Made my first visit of the season and it looks like I picked a good meeting because I'm wondering why some fans moan about the track being the wrong shape if it can produce such exciting racing. Think I need to go for a lie down as I'm beginning to agree with David. After a very drawn out start when I began to think it was going to be one of those nights and I wished I'd stayed at home in the warm things improved and there was some excellent racing. Lions were 12 points up after eight heats so I'm sure the end result was disappointing but as I suppose I can be classed as a neutral I just enjoyed watching the battling performances from the back by Morris, Doyle and Josh. It showed that if riders attack the track there is plenty of passing and it is not just a gaters paradise. Well done to Somerset on their one point victory.

Why wouldn't he? They must have at some point as you have Kennett on loan from Coventry. Riders will go where they like anyway so it will be Zengi's choice....if there is an Elite League next year.