Tsunami

Shane was very much a fans favourite at both Newcastle and Glasgow. Always had a wide grin.

Simple. In that Ippy meeting, riders from both sides slid off because of no dirt and the cross ripples of the first bend and collected the dirt that was lying at the base of the air fence skirt.

What a convenient statement to make. We run inside a dog track and our straights are the legal minimum width of 8m to allow for a larger swinging bend. We took the inside line in by 2m in the late 90's to give more room, so your comment about not doing it for home advantage is way out of line. It's called dirt and gives grip and it's there to be ridden. if you want smooth poor passing tracks there are plenty of them but fans complain about dull racing. Nowt to do with poor track prep as we have Jonny Swales who you should know. Lambert learnt to ride it, but Cook has never had problems at Brough and is probably the most accomplished rider over the years and that is shown by his tremendous level of scoring on our track. it is one of his favourite tracks, his words no mine.

Oh no it doesn't sometimes. Like Berwick, the track most times start smooth and then dirt blasted off the surface is mover around during to meeting try and make it consistent. I was there for the Ippy meeting in about August (when Schlein got badly injured) and from the height of the first bend, you could see it was bald all meeting and with dangerous ripple going across the racing line, Try checking your program for that meeting and note how many trips to the fence were had there because it was hard and bald with no grip. Kyle is a nice lad and a good rider, but when he gets to Newcastle, like Nick Morris, he forgets to use his brain and just grabs a handful of power, and can spin off and into the fence usually 2nd or 4th corners. How is it that lesser riders can come away uninjured with a higher score, because the watched how to ride it and used the grip help them, not to make them lose control. I have heard many times that riders like riding at Newcastle for us, because once they can ride it every week, they know the visitors don't have that confidence, and can then get beat. Look at how Ludde used to fly around the outside at incredible speed with full of confidence, Aaron Summers and Robert L:ambert are usually the same. Having had 4 World Champs wasn't by accident. Going to be good to see how Lunna rides and learns this year.

If any of it was true I might be a bit concerned, but as it is not I'll not bother with what you have said. The difficulty is that, unlike Worky and other smooth hard tracks that produce speed and nothing else, Brough is prepared with dirt on and with the tight corners it tests riders, especially if they are of the throttle happy flatout riders such as Richard Hall, Josh Auty, Kyle Howarth, etc. All these sort or riders are spinning on a flat smooth track with no excitement, who never learnt till later how to handle dirt like their more sensible style riders who ride Brough well, like the Worrals, etc. Berwick, Worky fans regularly complain about the quality of racing at their own tracks and it is a regular complaint and might well be a major complaint with the fans that now don't attend. Does or should make you wonder about it, rather that slating other peoples tracks, where there is a regular racing at flat out speeds as well. We can't all be Sheffields and Somersets with good tracks and usually good racing on roughened tracks, but we do are best. I certainly can confirm that any elements lout behaviour in our ranks gets reported, and is seen to pretty prompt, and hasn't been with us for years. Behaviour of away fans has also been tackled, which has tended to put off certain Redcar fans since that problem was tackled. We attend every away meeting with them in great numbers and have no problems or even a reputation for troubles. Unfortunately they feel they can't return that compliment to support us for their away meetings with us.

Too easy to ride.

Why don't you get together and come across to Newcastle on a Sunday night starting at 6.30pm. Plenty of time to get home after the meeting and Half petrol costs should be good.

I understand that Bob Grant represented Scott Robson, in his absence.

But to be announced. It says two and it will be.

"Convenient" is the word that comes to mind.

He did and Andy used to come out to the AGM's abroad with Dave Pavitt for a few days away. Andy was like a son to Terry.

He sold out his Cleaning business pretty early on, and made a lot of money from the sale. Got the feeling that some riders close to him also worked in the company but I might be wrong.

That's you and me out of it then.

or more like Al Jolson

Remember my first visit to Belle Vue in the early 60's, and standing on the home straight, and being allowed to stand near the outside fence getting filled in. I should have known because everyone who were Belle Vue fans all had the programme or programme boards to cover the sides of their right face. Soon learned when you were that near.

This is not about amateur football

No longer. It is up to the TM, Rider and mechanics to make sure the rider comes to the line with the proper colour on. Same goes for dirt deflector.

Especially if they won the event.

Ignoring the fact that SKY quit the Speedway coverage as a cost reduction exercise, and chose several low cost filming sports such as Netball. Not a laughing situation, but purely an internal SKY policy decision based on paying massive payments they were committed to pay having overstated their bid to film and present Premier Football.

Nope. The Cup plus 10 little ones usually.

Or who had perviously had experience at the NSS.

It's bloody freezing at the moment, every day, all day.

Yes, it was Chris I meant John. She used to stand with us when we stood in front of the Office, and would go anywhere for Chris, even staying overnight at his house if he had a few meetings together down south. I don't think even I could pick myself out, presumably it was in brown sepia.

Great to hear that. I was due to go, but unwell in the morning. Is that the same Doreen who is Carl Wilkinson's fan and sponsor ?

It was probably Ronnie, not Terry.