Richard Knight

Jake Knight In my opinion jake started the season very well, winning heat 2 on more than one occasion and passing Millsy on the last lap to keep Sheffield in the league cup. To see the supporters giving Jake a standing ovation made me very proud. Disaster then struck in the first league meeting away at Workington , jake lost his best engine in his first race and we also lost steady after a first race crash. Jake took his full quota of rides on his second bike and was clearly off the pace. We went about trying to get his other engines to work for him but unfortunately the engine gremlims struck, 2 x broken rocker arms and ignition system failures took there toll over the next few meetings . (Guess it wasn’t meant to be.) With the team now losing and Jake struggling with his engines the writing was on the wall, I could see the frustration in Jakes eyes when he came in after his rides, he was making gates and getting passed. The management had no option but to drop Jake and bring in Adam Roynon I cant blame them for that. Jake took his time to re group, he went out and got himself a job to pay for some new equipment and when the chance came to resume his career with Kings Lynn he jumped at it. The smile was back on his face,he was winning races again and upped his NL ave to 7.62 finishing the season on a high. He has not been able to commit to racing speedway in 2014 due to full time work commitments but will race weekends on the local MX scene. I would like to take this opportunity to thank those who got behind Jake during his short time with Sheffield. Good Luck to Sheffield for 2014. Richard

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JAKE KNIGHT UPDATE. Jake had agreed to ride for buxton before he had been released from Sheffields team, this was to be part of his development along with his Premier League racing. The track at buxton would have given him the small track racing that he needed and extra track time. After Sheffields decision to release Jake he has now decided to give speedway a break and consider his future in the sport. Regards Richard

If Richard Knight wants to continue complaining to the BSPA as he did recently about standards in the National League being poor for letting in young Aussies, then I suggest he starts complaining about the safety aspect too. Hi Heathen 79 Just a short note in response to you comment above. I have no problem with young Aussies coming over and racing in the UK, in fact quite the opposite, non Brits racing over here is what speedway is all about and makes for exciting racing. My point and concern is the fact that we don't seem to have a clear forward development track for our young Brits, we have a NL which is a ideal foundation block to start building a career a speedway rider. The fact that we are letting non brits into the NL at the expense of young Brits will only accelerate the non existence of any Brits at elite or GP level. Speedway is a numbers game, lets say for every 8 Brits starting out in the NL only 1 might make it to the elite league and beyond. Take last nights SKY meeting at Peterborough, 2 teames, 14 riders, No Brits. Filling the NL full of Brits will help to preserve the future of the sport at international level. I am aware that not all clubs have the same agenda, but surely we must have a league that has a development agenda. On the subject of Safety, i am all for making the sport as safe as possible, the introduction of the air fence has been a major step forward in rider safety. Good to see the Heathens back racing, even if it is without you own track. I have some great memories racing at Dudley Wood, Phil C, Eric G, Lance K, Jan O, Greg H, Billy H, the list goes on. Lets hope you can get your own track again in the not to distant future. Regards Richard