old bob at herne bay

Whats the capacity of Wolves stadium. One I have never been to ... but from TV looks like just the home straight has spectator accommodation? So max capacity is quite meagre to start with? 25% of a meagre number is a very meagre number. Maybe max. capacity is only 2000 ?

Could be a delayed start tonight when Pboro lodge a complaint about Cookie being in the team, and then "riding under protest" . How can you expect a Buster's P'boro club to take this lying down after he was sacked from KL ???

Probably that green goo that I used to use on my road bike to prevent punctures when I used tubed tyres. Lovely stuff jsut keep it of your hands. As suggested on here, I am all in favout of pit stops, fuel top ups, chain adjustments, tyre changes after 2 laps..... riders should be made to push start their own bikes after a pit stop to add to the excitement.

Always wondered whether the change in tyres was causing problems ... so many injured riders after a handful of meetings ....some could be put down to lack of track action for over 12 months .... The riders spin the a*** off the back tyres when riding modern speedway on the slick tracks, so if they fall apart and overheat they ain't up to the job. Speedway isnt alone in cocking up on tyre deals.... Formula 1 with its mega millions is no better with tyres disintegrating at 180mph. Maybe they should shorten the races to 3 laps only whilst this sorted out.

Merge the two leagues ....... think hat ship has sailed with so many double uppers riding on both leagues. (a) there wouldnt be enough riders ... unless they rode fro2 teams in he same league ...nothing would surprise me. (b) riders wouldnt be able to make enough money racing for just one side in the UK. Nope UK league speedway ts heading downhill fast and will become an amateur sport made up of clubs like IoW who will run entertainment challenge meetings during the peak summer period.

No track advantage for either side with little practice for the Kings riders to “dial themselves in” whatever that means. Will be dry slick and dusty after a very hot day . Will be a surprise if Kent manage a win.

OMG ..... a league of Buxton Iwade Lydd .... BSPL will have to move quickly and threaten any NDL rider by cutting off their ****** should they be seen within 10 miles of these tracks.

Nail hit firmly on the head there Sings4Speedway. With all training schools (and that's what they are trying to run in the the NDL) there has to be some who fail their training and allow new trainees into the school. Trouble is BSPL thaink that the more "track time" every rider gets will make them all champions. The fact they we are being asked to pay £15 to watch the training still wrankles.

Reidar Replacement doubling up …. Always thought they should cancel it out and both teams use their number 8 , or a rising star . public being short changed with 6 rider teams

So much for my prediction of Broc Nicol top scoring .... that put the mockers on him. Kent will struggle to even win the second leg on their "home track" . Think the Eastbourne riders have ridden Central Park more than many of the Kent CL riders !

So much depends on gating at Arlington, even more so on hot sunday afternoon. That having been said difficult to see many points coming from Kents lower order and reserves at Arlington. Loss of Gilkes to another under "something or other" meeting a bonus for Eastbourne. Broc Nicol to top score.

The BSPL have finally shown their true colours, and show just why British Speedway is steadily dying . Their closed shop dictatorship is crumbling, they are losing tracks left right and centre, we have fewer and fewer riders interested in racing here, those that are any good will be offski to Poland as soon as possible. So faced with what equates to a training track operation on IOW they threaten to ban any rider who turns up for some track time. Is our sport going to survive with this bunch of amateurs running the sport? Only the spectators will decide whether to keep contributing to their coffers for a declining quality of entertainment. I wonder whether we will see any statements from BSPL in the speedway press or have they already got them under their control?

Shrewd choice of guest - Craig knows his way around the "national speedway stadium" the worlds best speedway track north of Birmingham.

Didnt think ayou could drop a rising star ..... you are saddled with them for the entire season. Totally stupid idea, blocks another rising star from having an opportuniy for "valuable experience" There is some who believe that the more you practice the better speedway rider you become. total nonsense of course. Some riders have it , some don't.

Good to read zippo got a good crowd for this ........2000 capacity was announced........how many disappointed fans were unable to gain admission ? Or did exactly 2000 turn up ????

Sorry Homer , lets be honest here, what a joke British Speedway is. Nothing has changed after the pandemic, still ruined by delays. BEFORE anyone comes on here saying that the safety of riders is parmaount , lets just remind ourseleves why this meeting was delayed in the first place. Birmingham Greyhounds apparently had a surprise dog meeting that the speedway didnt know about ?

Big blow for the Plymouth promotion losing Jason Crump .....he was undoubtedly the star attraction of the Plymouth side, and would have put "bums on seats." Unless B Pedersen gets it together after his embarrassing performance at P'boro last night (000X) there will be lots of empty seats at Plymouth.

Sorry I have say that the NDL has gone a step too far too quickly with drastic points limit reductions. At least with a sunny weekend and slick tracks we didn’t see the usual plethora of falls air fence repairs ridiculous unforced errors, and endless delays, which was always my lasting memory of enduring NDL speedway. The Kent side exemplifies the new enforced points limit problems. 3 genuine prospects, one old hand enjoying himself, and 3 rabbits. Win or bust .... couldn’t muster a 2nd place between them. All for £15! Any solution that loses clubs competing in the league is not good in my opinion. It’s £10 a meeting speedway and at that price point we will see how many survive 2021 and come to tapes in 2022. We will now hear of a stream of new “talented” riders all raising their averages as they defeat other “talented” riders. Too many rabbits and not enough quality riders will drag the NDL standard down and give false impressions of the ability of the new breed of rabbits.

Well done Daniel Bewdley. Last season in the UK "premiership" I guess .. make the most of him Belle Vue. Shocking display from B Pedersen. Very temperemental rider from what I remember in my days as a supporter. Seems he hasn't changed.

Kent Royals showing exactly why the new NDL points limit is a total joke...... 3 novice riders thrown into the deep end getting 2 gifted points between them. No second places tells the tale of the 2 tier structure of most NDL teams in 2021. Once Mulford moves up into the main body of the team Kent will be exposed at reserve. At least the seagulls have had the good fortune to have been able to build a fairly solid team within the points limit devoid of rabbits.

Apologies Richard, it was Trevor Geer, Ian Jordan and Will Pottinger who predicted that Eagle would win the Champiopnship. https://www.eastbourne-speedway.com/happy-new-year-as-eastbournes-three-wise-eagles-predict/ I know I had read it somewhere.

Seeing him as an 8 year old on the junior track at Arlington he was a stand out top performer ..... got to Champion on speedway at u21 level, and I expected him to become a regular GP rider. Well I got that one wrong. Let’s see how my next pick Anders Rowe gets on.... I reckoned he would be very good the first time I saw him at Kent.

Didn’t expect Poole to get a point at Arlington against the team Trevor Geer tips to win everything this season. Good on Poole for doing the right thing in heat 15 and giving the home fans something to remember so they come back to EB next week...... good for business. Ed Kennett goes down as one in my book who promised so much as a young lad ... I tipped him as a future champion, but somehow he lost his way.

Wouldn't get too hung up on riders averages in 2021. Anyone with a 2021 starting average of less than 8, is not a heat leader IMO (averaging 4 second places a meeting ) Very few clubs have "heat leaders" such is the diluted product that is now the post pandemic premiership (PPP)

Sadly, I think there is more to this than is being made public.