old bob at herne bay

The Poole boys medals should be embossed with a white line across them.

What a shocker ….. grasstracking by Cook .

Should his 3 points be deducted and the match score changed ahead of the second leg given the clear and unrefutable video evidence of rule breaking?

Scunny will do well to record a win at home. They will be well beaten at Wimborne Road. once again pole got the 2 best youngsters in British speedway. No brainer that both billy cairns and coop rushden-racing would score well above their assessed averages. With the veterans Lawson and Kerr and new Aussie kid cook really should have cleaned up ALL the trophies . They messed up in the kocup, pairs . should add the poff trophy, before their team split up heading for Poland in 2027

What a useless TM the Great Britain team have ...... Tim Brennan at reserve not used once despite Ellis and Flint not troubling the scorers. Sad state of affairs when the reserve isn't tried at all when there are 2 riders struggling. Result pretty much as expected from Great Britain. Lack World Class riders outside of Lambo and Bewlay. Journeyman PL riders really don't cut the mustard at this level. The temporary track clearly not suiting the Polish riders, who aside from Smartslick really don't look all that special. oh yes... well done australia 😞

Hi, Has anyone ever come across lists of British Speedway Promoters from its earliest days here ? I’ve not found anything- but wondered whether someone has compiled such a list - especially as speedway lurches towards its 100th Anniversary ?

Hi, Has anyone ever come across lists of British Speedway Promoters from its earliest days here ? I’ve not found anything- but wondered whether someone has compiled such a list - especially as speedway lurches towards its 100th Anniversary ?

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Thank you , Mr Shovlar. Well, rushings from gate 1 was unable to hold his line into turn 1 , in order to avoid his team mate in the white helmet colour, chose to change directiom and take a very wide line out of turn 2. So from gate 1 he ended up on the extreme outside of bend 2. the yellow helmet rider was left with no where to go after rushings sudden change of line out of turn 2. Was it deliberate - I don't think so - but in the first running of the heat he allegedly kicked out at etheridge ? He needs to keep his right leg on the footrest - not showboat around the track like a rodeo star. Something for his coach to tell him. The only other possible decision the ref could have made was "all 4 back" but after rushings effort in the first running , guess the ref had seen enough ... and Poole were the away side. The handbags afters - ha ha . Rushings is in with the big boys now ... not in schoolboy racing. If he dishes it out he can expect it coming back to him. He stuffed Luke Harrison earlier in the season ... word gets around in this sport. Refs are clearly watching out for the tasselled cowboy 🙂 🙂 Any news of whether Lawson will be suspended for withholding his services last Wednesday in Denmark - and was a guest facility actually allowed for a rider who missed the meeting for "illness" ?????

Poole promotion have only themselves to blame for the aggregate loss. Signing a rider who then commits to another Wednesday night club. It's laughable. Then he doesn't ride for the danish club ??? Should a facility have been given to Poole - he was withholding his services ?? Bit silly on Wednesday prepping a slick dustbowl with Harris as a guest. Unsurprisingly he didn't score heavily. Dumping Dan Gilkes unceremoniously with indecent haste in favour of the rejected Kyle Newman .... little sympathy for the promotion on that one. Billy Cairns off in a circus qualifier 😞 Gust failed to deliver even on a Poole's pay. Copper Rushen ... that's 2 referees in 4 days he has got on the wrong side of. one at home one away. I cannot comment. My only video footage shows the lad's recent altercation with Luke Harrison. Coooper "boring" down the backstraight and he should have been excluded then.

Yes, I miss one off 20 heat individual meetings.PERIOD. this modern nonsense of semi finals and last chance race offs with riders who finish 8th then "winning " the meeting have spread like an epidemic to all levels of individual meetings, wherever they are staged. .

I have to say Wembley, in its later years wasn’t the greatest track for racing ! To be fair with the modern style of speedway , the Manchester raceway is the best track for racing that has been used in the UK. As a “stadium” honestly Wembley has to be the best - with its huge capacity and atmosphere, and ability to handle the huge crowds. manchester is only half a stadium and has little atmosphere in comparison with industrial units surrounding half the site, and poor crowd capacity leading to high ticket prices. Glasgow is mooted - good track but again poor crowd capacity leading- high ticket prices . with a 6 team premier league lucky to have 2 GPs in the UK tbh.

Poole signed 2 of the top prospects in British speedway , once again they will win everything in the championship. Everyone wants to ride for Ford and Middleditch. Maybe they pay them top dollar , maybe it’s the workshop facilities at Baillie House They always get the top youngsters. As long as their supporters turn up in numbers to watch the one sided drubbings handed out every week , they cannot fail.

Yes, and it gave some very strange outcomes…… First bend bunching didn’t happen with the outside riders just riding off the track and being excluded . Martin Goodwin excelled at giving a shove to move riders off the track and being excluded 😂 As riders left the track the race continued. A real trick track.

Says much about the state of British Speedway when you don't know whether the CEO is still in post. A chap called Ivan Mauger once said speedway is a sport with professional riders managed by amateurs. For my two pennorth , Pghil Morris has been great for the Speedway Grand Prix, where he is giiven the authority to manage the show . In British league speedway... didn't really stand a chance .... most promoters aren't interested in change.