old bob at herne bay

LOL ..... not quite terromafan....... red, blue, white and yellow/black quarters at that time. Kings Lynn were the "Stars", yellow race jackets with a big green star . Pretty much all the riders were in black leathers ..... Olle had white boots :-)

How different it was in my day. Made the journey up to Saddlebow Road to support the West Ham Hammers. Arrived at teh track and it was wet - they had a downpour probably an hour before start time. There were riders huddling in the pits and I thought I had made a wasted journey. Then the announcer came on and said Olle Nygren the West Ham captain had agreed to test the track. Well Olle by Golly didnt spare the horses going from a practice start full chat into the pits bend which looked sodden wet. The dirt flew and Olle flew round for a couple of laps inside and outside. The bikes warmed up and we wer treated to a pretty decent nights racing. Today the promoters call it off based on a " dodgy forecast" , a damaged pits gate hinge, a clash with a football match ....... no wonder they get so few visiting fans attending. Even the home supporters are losing interest.

Season by season the noose tightens around the neck of British League speedway. British speedway has only itself to blame for the complications of fixture planning it has to negotiate.

Ah, too many fixtures - or too many teams in the league :-) :-)

"As far as I can see, the earliest re-staging of this fixture is Monday 9th September. I wonder if this was taken into account. " Thought Ippo normally raced on Thursdays ? BV are a Monday club so why run it on a Monday ?

"A sport that is already slowly dying " Ther'e no slowly about it matey ...... fewer fixtures than ever nowadays. Just to think it used to be weekly sport. Is it right that this was the only fixture in July for Ipswich ????

Are Poole Pirates still running ? Seems no fixtures for a while in 2024 and I read on here folks talking about " all sorted" for NEXT year (2025?) All rather sad if they have had to close down mid season ??

What rubbish chunky. No other sport has such a category. My point was that women may find a more level playing field if they ran a separate womens speedway , and were not made to compete with men. This would IMHO attract more young girls into the sport.

Seems to me that the FIM and Speedway across the World need to make up their mind on this one... either men and women can compete against each other as is the case now, or they need to insist that men and women have their own separate competitions.

Found Nick Barber - will search his site - thanks again

Thanks Technik.. I’ll keep looking on eBay . Nick Barber…… is he on eBay ?

Thanks bigdave, I'll take a look

Sadly lost the year bars to my Dad's badge which I still have. Remember the year bars including a Hammer design to celebrate the Hammers winning the treble in 1965. Any help in finding a dealer who might be able to help appreciated.

Well sayfootdinoff was the difference tonight, but Ippo will be in trouble if lindgren has a visa by Thursday?

Will Scott sign for Ipswich ? Thursday night racing would fit his tv career commitments :-)

Oh dear…..dropping like flies with “illness” All sounds very serious. ☹️

Sorry - yes he is - might just be the difference against a depleted Brum side.

Good to see Lakeside junior Sam Hagon progress. Brings back memories of seeing him cruise round Lakeside in the junior demo races.

Season over for Ippo with loss of Doyle ? . No Sayfutdinov either for this one, D Thompson doubtful after being ill at U21 ch'sp. Could it get any worse ?

Nor old, Thank you, that’s very useful. Did think that blowing bubbles was the football team song !

Hi, My 95 year old father passed away at the weekend, and as a lifelong West Ham supporter we were thinking of playing the marching on tune at his funeral. Trouble is I cannot remember it - I'm forever blowing bubbles is one I remember but i don't think that was the marching on music? Anyone on here can help please ?

What about his start Marshall with the watering can :-)

Can the admin team please lock this thread - or better still transfer to the Speedway News and Discussions folder ?

Are we assuming that there will be 2 divisions (plus the ndl) racing in 2025? Seems a bit presumptuous IMO

"not open to the general public sadly !! " "ST holders only " That's the way to get British Speedway off to a good start in 2024 . Bloomin' hopeless the lot of them. "promoters" my a**e Kings Lynn appear to be more inclusive - good luck the them.