Lord Skid

No problem, Airbus 380 from Heathrow, when it lands Western Springs is about 40 minutes away, makes a nice long weekend.

Sooner or later the powers that be will realise that the coffin lid is nearly nailed down for good, unless you buy the SStar, nobody knows the sport even exists, and i'm sure that you could go and buy 80% of the EL tracks at present, such is the poor financial state that the sport is in, and no, i'm not a doom and gloom person, far from it, just a realist, when you see an EL Club with an average crowd of 600 surely someone must know things are drastically wrong, but no, they start another year with the head buried in the sand, unfortunately they've cried wolf so many times, the general public are not that bothered what they say any more.

Seems that the ruling is being ignored already with riders deals still including bonus points as before, just depends on who you ride for.

Sorry i thought the Wales match this week with a full house was in Cardiff, would you go and watch the Argies or Samoa?

People make Cardiff out to be the Holy Grail of British speedway, but on the grand scale of things, it's probably one of the worst supported Events that the Stadium hosts, just look at any of the televised Events and there's not an empty seat to be seen, the GP probably sells 30-40% of seats available, if you take all the freebies and guest tickets out. GP's are no different to the rest of Speedwa., It's not attractive to new supporters, ok for the old brigade, but they are getting fewer and fewer, with one EL track only averaging 600 paying supporters for the 2012 season, the writings on the wall when the Sky and rich owner money dries up.

Another crock of sh.. Still it helps keep the money rolling in. Ever seen an F1 car crash, and they're made of proper carbon fibre, not the mickey mouse stuff these will be made from, will last five minutes, and go the same way as the other FIM bolt on goodies we've had in recent years.

If he doesn't reach a 7 point average, then he wants his butt kicking, his last 3 home and 3 away averaged 7.45, and with the new rule regarding bonus points, gone are the days of team riding and helping younger tream mates, i can see a team being 7 individual riders, with no team spirit, as you have to race your mates, so there will be no help with set ups and tips, shame, but that's what the Promoters have voted for.

Posted 06 January 2013 - 11:04 AM NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP 2012/13 1. Jason Bunyan 2. Dale Finch 3. Sean Mason As the Stadium guard dogs were getting past their best, Len decided to replace them with the two lads, nothing wrong with that, just waiting to get approval from the BSPA, not sure if they can double up with Lakeside.

Bowden's ridden a speedway bike, enough said, end of that argument.

Two trophies up for grabs in the League, Rye won one of them with a Team destroyed by injuries and retirements, we know you've got an axe to grind, but it's sad when you've got a Team to watch, and all you can do is bitch, wheras a lot of supporters would love to be in your position, and all they have are Promoters who feed them bull**** all the time, if you don't like it, then pop down to PLymouth for a while and get a reality check.

Those Rolling averages are funny things, didn't he score 24 points against Berwick home and away in the cup final thingy, that Rye won, which doesn't go on the averages.

Perhaps Len knows what the Points Limit is going to be already.

Very true, never have problems getting riders to ride or guest for them. No bouncing cheques or dodgy contracts with Len and Neil.

Some people watch Gollob and want to be a speedway rider, this lot watched Only Fools and Horses, and wanted to become Speedway Promoters.

Can't see Len letting him go considering he just bought him from Poole, but wouldn't be surprised to see him at either Scunny,Sheffield or Ippo.

Judging by the amount of times he's riding for the Scorpions lately, me thinks Rye will struggle to keep him next year.

Unfortunately i just can't see a future for Speedway as we like to remember it . Ipswich yesterday, had everything on paper, 13 decent riders, one of the best prepared race tracks in the country, clean tidy stadium, good presentation, but just a few people watching, no atmosphere, anyone still remember the Gollob days at Ippo will be really sad. And yes, people are right in saying that it's not about 15 minutes entertainment, last night was probably 10 at best. But look at all the good bits, dirt deflectors/ £200 didn't really help, oil catchers/ £50, fancy rear guards/£60, fancy cut outs/£50, none have done anything apart from line a few pockets, and push up costs. As far as atmosphere goes, the sport has zero, nothing beats handbags at dawn to get the pulse rate rising, but it's been stopped by a £250 fine etc. nearest thing to a punch up is a post on Twitter or Facebook, but even that has been moderated by the BSPA. Anyone wanting some real entertainment, go and watch an Ice Hockey match, compare the two, and see which one you enjoy the most, it'll cost around £10, guaranteed to be on, 60 minutes action, as they stop the clock, when play stops, you'll see more action in one game than a whole season at Leicester, try it, you won't be dissapointed.

Choosing the right Guests is going to decide everything, looking at Scunny last night, Bunyan scoring 13 at number 3 on a 5.14 will be a very busy boy till the end of the season

That's why he could score 23 points then, without affecting his average too much , bet he'll be a very busy guest between now and the end of season. Probably far better to ride yourself into a job, rather than out of one.

Having only one rider left in the team from the starting seven is always going to result in a bad season, especially with the bad injuries involving top end riders. Good luck in the team bulding for 2013, with so many long term injuries, can't see Bunyan being back next year, he's obviously playing with his average for next year, how come he scored paid 23 points this weekend, from two meetings, but will still be at reserve next year, probably in EL and PL.

If every rider had put nearly 2 points on their starting average, Rye would have won every meeting this year.

Bowden has probably paid him the standard pay rate, if he has, then the BSPA won't be interested. Basic pay rate is the ONLY thing that the BSPA are interested in, everything else is up with the fairies.

As long as he's paying the standard BSPA rates, that's all they need, the rest of the contract meanss diddly squat to the BSPA

Looks like Bunyan is playing a cute game, 16 points for Rye over the weekend, 8 points for Peterborough last night EL, lots of bonus points, big paypacket, but keeping average low for Rye next year and d/u in EL.

Bloody hell, he's lucky it's only £500, that's peanuts compared to what he's conned riders out off. He owes over 4k to two riders , even the BSPA can't get it