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Ivan Mauger got a 21point max at Poole for Newcastle in about 1965.

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As the mods seem to have cleared out the original thread. Malcolm Hogg of SFR, offered a free personalised kevlar suit to the winner of the Supporters Club raffle, with tickets available for £5 a shot. The draw for the winner was held after heat 15 last Sunday night, and the winner was David Mason, a long time Newcastle Speedway fan. Congratulations David on your win, and thanks to all those who partook in the draw, which raised a sizeable sum for our new air fence.

As the mods seem to have cleared out the original thread. Malcolm Hogg of SFR, offered a free personalised kevlar suit to the winner of the Supporters Club raffle, with tickets available for £5 a shot. The draw for the winner was held after heat 15 last Sunday night, and the winner was David Mason, a long time Newcastle Speedway fan. Congratulations David on your win, and thanks to all those who partook in the draw, which raised a sizeable sum for our new air fence.

To be fair to Matejs, who I have regularly criticised in the past, I have seen him in Saturday Redcar practice sessions, in two second halfs at Brough and one at Redcar, so he is definately desperate to get some track time in. He can look really classy on track, so I hope he gets back to where he was a few years ago.

A rider has to be an asset of somebody to be able to get the ride. They are no longer able to own their own contract like uptu the mid 90's. A rider may receive some sign on fee, or goods such as bikes, parts, kevlars, depending on their position and ability. By being attached to a club they have a contact to let them know any relevant news, and for them to act as a contact for availability for meetings and guest bookings.

It stated in the programme last night that Sean did both of their engines.

Easy win by the Diamonds last night against poorest opposition. Expected more but disappointed there wasn't more fight from most of the Tigers. Simon has never liked Brough, Leigh should have performed better with his previous tracks being similar, very subdued Adam, Bates not on the pace last night, and sad to see the previous highly rated Taylor floundering during his comeback. Only Andre seemed up for it and produces his usual dashes and had 2 deserved wins. Our number 1 was a number 1 , and all the team had good nights with 3 maximum riders, who all had to be on the pace to with into get into the lead, or maintain their leads. Chris down a bit, and Rose looking quite hairy coming out of the bends, presumably trying to read the new banners on the fence. Phew. Anton still not there, and it was noticeable that Sean Wilson, both Anton's and Ludde's tuner was in attendance. He is getting there, but has still not achieved his form, but I am sure it will come. On Thursday at Redcar he was lifting at the start, and lost ground as he put the front wheel down. Wonder if his gating is causing him probs, rather than his general riding. Point made on this thread that you can't make judgements against a poor away team. Let's put it this way, if they hadn't performed well there would have been plenty on their backs for not performing. So when the do perform well, and would have even if the opposition had been better, I think it is just right that we recognise their return to form. I think the early blip is over, and we are back to a determined team who are up to speed again. Great to see it.

Not sure about the hammering, but would like to see some decent performances to show that everyone is back on form. There are signs from when these riders are riding for their other team, or guests, so it's there, just needs to do it for the Diamonds now. For travelling fans, sunny but cold with a little breeze. No threat of rain for about the next week, so it will be dry with a great track. For the helpers, sheets are going down at 3.00pm as usual.

Probably Josh Embleton's bike.

When he first arrived he had no bikes. Together with his mechanical Rolf, he bought up decent second hand bikes and then made up the best couple of bikes he could afford, and I believe slept in his flat nosed Bedford van, cadging rides anywhere he could. He worked harder at getting established than anyone else and wanted to be the best. When the Esso first came on the scene, teammate Alan Butterfield was the first to have one, Mauger would ride at least 1 ride in a team match on it to get used to it. Unfortunately his scores were often something like 3303, till he got more used to it and then he stuck with the new bike.

And sadly you have raised it again. Pedantic or what.

Reminds me of that Star Wars guy, Only One Konopka.

Local Businessman and ex Diamond in unbelievable Air Fence Fund offer. Malcolm Hogg of SFRacewear, has offered the chance to any Speedway rider or a fan in the World, to win a top class race suit to any design for the unbelievable price of £5 per ticket. Malcolm has joined forces with the Newcastle Speedway Supporters Club to launch this once in a lifetime project. Ex Diamond Malcolm, agrees with the decision that all British clubs should have air fences, and he wants to make this his contribution to increase the funds for the Newcastle Speedway Air Fence fund. To enter the draw, all you have to do is to pay £5 via PayPal, using 'airfencefund@newcastlediamonds.co', and the unique transaction provides you with your unique ticket number. This invitation is open to all riders and supporters worldwide, and the raffle will be drawn on Sunday January 19th, 2014, and the winner will be contacted after the draw, enabling Malcolm enough time to make the suit in time for the new season. Why not buy a ticket or 2 if you fancy a suit for you, or you could sponsor your favourite rider, for a brand new race suit for the new season. Malcolm has been making suits since 2005, and everyone knows how good they are. He will make it to an existing design or a brand new design for 2014. Further details can be obtained from airfencefund@newcastlediamonds.co Newcastle Speedway Supporters Club. As most people will remember, the above offer was extended to this Sunday 13th April, 2014, due to PayPal payments and the lack of a work slot in SFR's work schedule prior to the season. Malcolm has factored in time for the suit to be made, and I am pleased to say the tickets will still be able to be bought at £5 via PayPal right through the week, and that the actual draw will be made after heat 15 after the meeting with Sheffield Tigers. Time to get a move on and get your ticket.

In addition 'Hull Vikings' and 'Ivan Mauger' regularly put photos of Ivan and stories out on Facebook to remind us of the memory of this great man. I understand 'Hull Vikings" is a big fan and wants to keep Hull Speedway in the limelight, But in the case of 'Ivan Mauger' perhaps it is a case of his family regularly putting his photos on to help him relive the memories, and we get to look at the photos once again. I agree discussion of Ivan's condition would not be suitable for everyday reading, but it's great that we can all share and look at what he gave us for all this years. 6 times World Champ, and changed the status of riders for ever with his personal application. What a champ.

Probably time now to put this one to bed. He has mouthed off, got the criticism, and has apparently now said he would like to be considered for next years U21's. Time to give it a rest and enjoy his development as a Brit.

Some road motorcyclists must still use Castor based oil with their road bikes.. When a hot bike goes past me, I often have a "Bisto" moment smelling their fumes.

Mark Lemon of Reading.

You are right. Ludde used to fly in for a few days then fly back home. He came to most Sunday sessions and that included the many days when it was pouring down, and we were digging post holes and trying to cement them in. He joined in like everyone else and just got on with the job. He really didn't have any input to the changes, after it was explained what and why we were doing the changes. He did ask for more protection around where the gap between the panels coincided with a fence post, and we have strips of belting in these 5 locations. Agree about the Parade, no more please.

I think every rider has to sign to say he will ride in certain competitions, when signing for a UK speedway licence.

Yep I agree. BW was quick to condemn the BSPA for not publishing the list to his timing, but it seems BW is not man enough the acknowledge that they were in the process of doing it.

Now there's a surprise. Glad you agree though the the one with the highest average IS the Number 1. That'll be Ludde.

I think both HadrianDog and Robbie are both correct, and that the evening was very flat. Parade didn't work, and i hope is not repeated, but the start with heat 2 and a 1-5 to the Rebels killed that atmosphere. Here was a team needing to get a good start to try and pull the deficit back and our reserves get 1-5'd, especially from a former Diamond reserve who didn't show that form when with us. Heat 4, with another 1-5, confirmed the defeat and the loss of the Shield. End of the show for most people with heat 6 another 1-5. There is no argument about LL being a number 1. He IS the top points average rider so factually has to be the number 1 regardless of opinion. When the new averages come out, after Anton gets in his final away ride, HE will be number 1 and again HE will be inconsistent as he rides some tracks for the first time.

I think you will find that there is an SCB enquiry this week about this matter.

Congrats to the Rebels for winning both legs. Their reserves are making a hell of a difference together with a decent quintet. 11 points from R/R for Allan. who hasn't always rode Brough that well. helped their cause. 3 blown engines and an engine problem for Christian, meant it was never going to be on, but I had hoped we would win our home leg. We didn't, so congratulations to the new worthy winners of the Premier Shield. I think we have issues with the team, and some riders need to start producing as we should, and need, to be better that we have been in both of the legs against the Rebels. Sheffield was also disappointing, so Thursdays meeting against Redcar, and next Sunday against Sheffield, will tell us if some poor form is a bit more permanent than we hoped for. I am aware that the track was very tricky tonight, and until lunchtime the track was under water with the heavy rain we had during the last week. It took an enormous amount of work to get the track raceable, and you could see that some riders continued go carry issues with the track, even though it got considerably better after the break for the sun off. We did improve after that break, but fell again at the end to lose the home leg.