The White Knight

You are right, of course you are. And British Speedway will continue it's downward spiral. :sad: Sad but inevitable. What is needed is cooperation and a will to work together. What we seem to have is Self Interest and discord. An Independent Group overseeing Speedway would, to my mind, be the only way to go. Short sighted Promoters cannot seem to see that this could increase the Sport's popularity as everything would be seen to be fair and above board. As you say though Vince - it will never happen. Presently the Speedway Regulations seem to be made up on the back of a fag packet to the advantage of whatever Promoter feels that they need changing at the time to the benefit of his Club.

Thank you DIAMONDS - I appreciate that. It is as I thought - but - I needed some confirmation. Cheers Ian

VERY pedantic...................... Give over smod. Great Britain and the Union Flag Race Jacket was good enough for British Speedway for years. We should return to that. A lot of the problems of our Sport is that we have chucked out our Traditions. THAT doesn't seem to have done us much good - has it? Crowds are still disappearing - aren't they? TeamUK is even worse than TeamGB.

The gamble is that they number of people coming along will make up for the reduction and more. It will hopefully open up Plymouth Speedway to a new audience. I sincerely hope the Promotion are successful with this. Newcastle have done it a couple of times - I am not privy to how successful it was - but - there did seem to be a more folk there than usual. I think that certain Promoters can only be praised for exploring any and every new avenue to increase their revenue streams. It is the sort of forward thinking that Speedway needs.

You are 100% correct. Sadly it will never happen. :sad:

My Cheque will be in the Post tomorrow.

Where do I send it?

I understand - I shouldn't have asked. Sorry. I agree with the second highlighted bit - how about something stirring like 'Land of Hope and Glory' or 'Rule Britannia' - preferably the second one for me.

I thought I read that he was returning to Australia.

I'm NOT surprised - this IS Speedway. :sad:

Why? Are you not proud to stand for your National Anthem at the end of a Meeting? I'm not really a big Royalist - but - I am proud to be BRITISH.

Very good point that.

I hope so. Anybody know the Riding order please?

Basically because the Bikes today are too fast for the Tracks that they are expected to race on. Just my opinion.

They could try scrapping the things.

I wish Scott Nicholls would return - but - in the absence of him I think we have no choice but to go for younger riders. If they have 'it' they will perform - if they haven't they won't. We NEED to find out. The ONLY way they will get experience of International Speedway is to ride in it.

I like Paul Starke - but would he want to ride for us again.

EVERYONE is entitled to an Opinion.

I've just bought one of those four weeks ago Ray. Cracking car. When you count up your appeal amount - could I please have a share. Cheers Mate.

Aaaahhhh - I did not realise. Thank you for pointing that out to me. I do not follow the Coventry Thread.

It is if you have no suitable Riders. It is questionable whether any of the old brigade apart from Tai Woofinden are 'suitable'. (Good enough). If that is the case, then what alternative do we have other than to give the youngsters a go.

I think that the Thread Title probably should have been 'Fans Helping Riders' or something like that. To be honest I find the word 'Begging' distasteful in this context.

WOW!! It certainly does. Good Luck to Danny - can't wait to see him Race. It definitely won't do that ruff. Personally I would like to congratulate the Promotion on this bold move. Sadly, it seems, the Lambert part of the Plan doesn't seem to have come off, which is a pity. One thing you cannot say is that the Promotion have sat on their hands and done nothing. They saw that things were not going well early in the Season and set about putting that right, no complacency there at all. For this, I believe, they are to be commended. I would also like to thank both Christian and Anton for their efforts. They have both entertained me. It is a great shame when you have to lose Riders so I wish both of them well for their futures. Haaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy the 'Diamonds'.

Naughty.

Well said Sir!!!! :approve: Good Luck Plymouth - except against the mighty 'Diamonds' of course.