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Islander 15 Thanks for that, good to know ,did not think you can have guests for second strings

Losing Bowtell to the championship dates will weaken Lakeside as there is no way RR will cover his points tally with such weak reserves and second string taking 3 rides.,Hope it does not happen to often it could effect our play off chances.....

Kent should have little trouble taking the spoils here after a fine performance at Eastbourne ,,Ben Morley guests for the injured Luke Bowen...

IOW just went through the motions this was not racing ,i know theres is the biggest track in the country and Lakeside is one of the smallest but there is plenty of experience in the IOW side and they were pathetic, Lakeside nearly had a max + 3 paid maximen in our side till Alfie given a run out in heat 15 dropped a point to Coles by a whisker on the line.....Delayed start to the meeting by half an hour not sure of the reason ? but Connor Lock never turned up till 20 past three then had his best meeting so far . This does nothing to keep the fans coming through the turnstiles especially when followed by the worst meeting seen this year ..Track staff worked hard to keep the dust down but there was some in some races unfortunately...Score 63- 27 SAYS IT ALL REALLY.......rant over........

Lakeside should have to much top end firepower for the IOW,,There could be a different story at the bottom end though..hoping for a good safe meeting for all the riders...

Obviously Gustix you are Davids biggest fan even though you do not see him ride ,,through no fault of your own,,and indeed he will do a regular middle order good job for any team with out taking any chances and at his age that is reasonable to expect,,,The problem is most fans find him boring to watch ..He did a perfectly decent stint for Lakeside,,but bringing in Hurry has made the team stronger. with the exception of last night of course....Your support is admirable.and I am glad he is fixed up with Birmingham and hope he has a good safe season there ..

Good performance from Lakeside,,there are a lot of if,s and but,s on here from both sides ,,which,all though i was not there personally appear to cancel one another out,,so probably a fair result...

Unfortunately I think the bottom ends will decide this,and do nt have much confidence in Lakesides three...Hope I am way wrong....?

Could go either way depends on how many points Lakeside get from the bottom three....

Can Mildenhall sue for lost revenue ?????

You could have a point,but what youngster would not want to sign and ride for his own team ,And if they are any good these days they are usually snapped up before their average can increase...

Having visited many national league tracks,I would say the numbers at Lakeside compare very favourably with the majority.of tracks in this league.....the fans are spread widely round the track and you do not get that consentrated look that people go by...And of course some are comparing it to the Elite league attendences

Rye and Lakeside head to head equals poor planning is it any wonder speedway is in such a mess.....

No excuses ! ,,Plymouth cheated the Lakeside fans

Fan support is very good at Mildenhall ,but the state of the track is far from satisfactory on a regular basis and needs sorting by the management,,before support drops ,,or there is a serious accident.....

Ben Morley guests for I O W at no 1 in this sunny afternoon meeting...

No guest for Boxall, and on his average it should not have been impossible to get some one decent,shame on the Plymouth management,should have been a good meeting ,but was,nt ...Now Lakeside may have lost some fans through no fault of their own....

Couple of big let downs to start with,,no programmes,,no Boxall, ...,Roynon tried hard but only managed one win against Hurry ,,, Zach 15 point max ,,Ben 13+2 paid max,...Paul 11,,4 rides ,...Alfie 8 +3 ...Nick 4.... Jamie and Connor 2 a piece, some good battles with Adam Roynon from Zack and Ben ,,, But the meeting was not as good as Kent last week , and the reserves are still struggling against riders who have not seen the track before,,,,,No guest either for Boxall ,which would likely have made it more interesting,,, crowd looked about the average likely when not a local derby,,track again well maintained throughout the meeting which took 2 hours,,Score Lakeside 55 Plymouth 35.....

With plenty of big hitters on both sides there should be some good racing,,in fact Lakeside may need some decent scores from the bottom 3 to clinch this one ..note the 7-30 pm start time different from fridays,,weather set fair ,,,Our top boys may not have it all their own way against Roynon and Boxall ?

This. track is the worst ever laid by Len Silver,but I recon it was more to do with the amount of money spent on it by the owner,could and should have been so much better..

Stoneman clipped Alfies back wheel and fell as they entered the corner and he should have been excluded..I understand there was a trainee ref in the box with mr Reeve and this may account for the decision.......?

Brilliant advert for national league speedway,,one of the best meetings ive seen at this level..it was close untill heat 12 when lakeside finally started to pull away, tremendous fighting efforts from Hurry 15 point max,,Morley 13+1 ,Zach 10 ,Bowtell 6,,And for Kent who played their part,, Bowen ,Thomas,,Hopwood and young Rowe till he faded a little in his last 3 rides of 7 ,starts....Score Lakeside 52,Kent 38....... Oh and the bottom 3 chipped in with 8 points between them..great team effort ,,The stay away Elite league snobs missed a treat.....Roll on the next meeting i say..!

Still windy wrap up warm!

Thanks for that East end fan,,the rain has stopped here now and the sun is out ,all looking ok for this evening...

Rain is bucketing down here in Wickford at 11-30 am ,16 miles from the track..getting a bit worried as there is no sign of it stopping at the momentWhat is it like nearer Lakeside