Star Lady

WEATHER - dry, moderate breeze, bit overcast. Apparently there has been some sun but I was in the pub so didn't see it.

Viewing figures for this one should be pretty high judging by the number who intend watching it on TV rather than attending

What the likes of Ccok and friends have to realise is many tracks are on a financial knife edge . The cut from BSPA events possibly are the only thing keeping them afloat. If they close that's less tracks for future riders to ply their trade on and for Cook et al to earn their normal money on. Thankfully not all riders are selfish whinging gas bags. The likes of Bomber, Garrity, Barker, Doolan, Jacobsen (apologies to any I missed out) rode their hearts out yesterday presumably for the same money. My thanks to all of them for their efforts.

Weather - dry, overcast, moderate breeze.

And that is the crux of the problem. The new super duper go a half second faster bikes add absolutely nothing to the spectacle of speedway. All they do is increase the cost to the rider, the promoter and ultimately the fans.

It's not the fact that he missed the fours that has annoyed me so much as the fact that his promoter has said he will give him his blessing to miss the trips to Newcastle and Scunthorpe. If Holder doesn't ride in them he should quite rightly get a ban promoters permission or not. That's sticking up two fingers to the fans, riders and officials of those two clubs, not to mention any travelling Panthers fans. If that's Rathbones attitude towards fans and fellow promoters I have two words for him Foxtrot Oscar.

i agree with all the comments that this meeting was a farce given all the guests etc but just to put the score in context Lynn got 9 points less away than Rye House got last night and as far as I can see from the updates didn't used a dingly dangly double score doophoops. That's a whole 9 points less than a full team (guest reserve) scored at home. I'm not defending what happened at Leicester but it makes you think a bit.

If you think this was a poor meeting just be grateful you weren't at Lynn on Wednesday!

I think Buster Chapman had a pair.

It's one thing to voice opinions but quite another to walk out of meetings and treat fans with contempt.

Past history Trees. That does not give Aussies or anyone else the right to rubbish on British Speedway from a great height. I can't imagine Crump, Sullivan, Adams or Parker behaving as the current crop of Aussies are doing.

Allows them to reside here tho, which in Holder senior's case seems to be important.

Spot on. I'd like to see another rule brought in, not completely because of the Aussies this time. Any rider who misses a meeting anywhere because of injury (even with a valid certificate) is not allowed to ride in the UK for 72 hours afterwards.

Haven't clubs been fined for fielding understrength teams in the past?

The BSPA have invented a super dooper powerful new bouncy castle that will bounce doubling up riders from Leicester after their first ride to their Championship club and back again so they can ride for both clubs......who says they never do anything for speedway

That's it in a nutshell THEIR TEAM. Doesn't matter so much if they win or lose as long as you can relate to the riders as being yours. If teams are packed with guests it might as well be an individual meeting.

Possibly but I was judging it by my experience on Wednesday

Serious question. Is there anything in any regulations about teams being declared before the public are admitted to the stadium. Tomorrow's teams seem to have come under the official secrets act.

It's also the weakest league for many years.

There is no contest as far as I'm concerned. As you say TV coverage now is excellent, contrast that with what I endured last Wednesday and I'd be mad to go in person. There is nothing that is better in person. On TV I can hear what's in interviews, I can see who is in an upcoming heat, I can see the racing (if there is any lol) fa better than from the terraces, can see replays, no one blows smoke in my direction , no bored kids creating mayhem and there is just as much atmosphere in my lounge as there is at the stadium. It's a no brainier. Like you I'd be more than happy to pay per view, and not just Lynn matches. As it is I pay a subscription to BT so will use it. I have shared the clubs social media stuff on a couple of the social groups sites that I belong to as I know there are lots of folk who used to go "back in the day", I emphasised the only a tenner and before anyone asks didn't give any negative comments at all. So far no one has said they will go but I have tried.

Semion. Crowd was appalling maybe 700 ish at best. Fans that were there appeared to back Buster he was applauded after his piece on the mic. Kevin Moore was centre green mic with Edwin in the box. Rob Godfrey was team manager tho prog said Colin Pratt. Buster only did one stint of about 5-6 laps last night so assume he was in charge.

Re reading what I wrote last night it seems a bit harsh maybe but it's what I thought at the time and I still do. It gave be no pleasure to be so negative because I started to get some enthusiasm back in the last two days, that's gone completely now. I suppose what I wrote is how a newcomer might see things in many ways and if the sport wants to thrive it needs to sort out the little things that can be done so easily. I agree Buster was up against it last night in several ways, track prep being one of them. I did notice the shale mountain but assumed that was normal The weather forecast wasn't good, as it happened it was better than predicted. the track was smooth and consistent (in my eyes) therefore safe which is the most important thing. The weather probably didn't help crowd numbers (which I thought appalling) which in turn didn't help the atmosphere. As I said the effort was there from the newbies. There was just nothing on the track to help the riders catch and pass their opposition (from either side). Apart from the overtake the only time there was a hint of a decent race was when Simon Lambert seemed to be doing his best to stop Auty but that could just be down to clash of riding styles. My evening wasn't helped because the pa kept cutting out so we had to guess at times what was going on, the wind was howling in our backs as well taking the words that did come out away, but on the plus side we had no problem with dust . The Auty? exc for going on the infield was one instance Not Lynn's fault but WTF is that rule all about!!!! Given a decent racing track I think the new look team might spring a few surprise, I hope so.Buster and the loyal fans deserve something this season after the contempt shown them by a couple of egotistical riders. I apologise, that was most remiss of me. They did an excellent job especially losing Doyle in heat 1 and I should have given them credit last night.

That's exactly how it made me feel. nearly as miserable as staying in and watching Corrie . On the bright side I'm pretty sure I'll see some decent racing on Sunday at Peterboro.

Well I went to support the stance Buster had taken and believe it or not was looking forward to it. There were some good points and some bad. Think it's fair to say I was not impressed with the overall value for money, in that respect nothing has changed. It's two years since my last visit and it will probably be at least two more before my next. On arrival was nice to be welcomed back personally by Cheryl (sorry for name dropping ) on into the stadium and as it was before just a massive expanse of grey. Whichever way you look it's grey - terraces, centre, stands etc. Apart from the advertising hoardings and I found it rather depressing to start the evening off. There was some music playing on the pa, think it was reasonably old cos I recognised the tunes and I don't do modern stuff. That was the sum total of entertainment. Buster was still going round on his tractor at 7-20 if that counts for others I read the programme, grossly overpriced at £2.50 for what it was as I wanted to read Busters thoughts. Should have saved my cash cos I'd read it all before and the rest of the prog could have been copied and pasted from just about any programme of the last 10 years with just the names substituted. There was absolutely zero atmosphere all night. The parade truck before the meeting the riders held one arm in the air as a gesture of waving. Now I know I was on the third bend and it was not densely populated but the folk on there had paid the same as folk in the stand etc and deserve some kind of acknowledgement. To be fair THJ did a proper wave as he went by. That should never happen anywhere, riders should be made aware that the fans, especially kids and there were several near us, need to feel appreciated. Yep that is a pet obsession of mine! Parade on the dot of 7.30 and by my watch heat 1 started just before 7.45 so no complaints there. Heat 1 and an awkward crash for Doyley so a long delay (no complaints there) and pretty obvious sadly that would be the last we would see of him this evening. Prior top the crash the first lap had looked promising racing wise but it was not to be. What followed for the next 13 heats was basically follow my leader except for one pretty good overtake by THJ about heat 4 or 5 (you can tell my attention was wandering ). The Lynn riders did come right round if they won a heat but as for acknowledging the fans....zilch I will give the newcomers credit, they certainly put the effort in, they never gave up trying nor did Kai. Auty tried to add to our entertainment with a perfectly performed somersault complete with bike at the start of a heat. Thankfully he seemed OK. They weren't helped it seemed to me by the track. When heat leaders who have won previous heats cannot pass reserves there is something wrong. Buster had curtailed his tractor demos tho, thankfully with only one 4 or 5 lap stint. Seemed to me that he only graded the outside of the track tho, and the riders didn't ride the outside all night, certainly not on the 3/4 bends. A big plus was no interval so well done on that. We surrendered after heat 13 and as we went out we heard there had been a crash on lap 1 heat 14 hopefully all riders were OK. They have a nice new big screen, why the hell don't they put the riders names on it before a heat? They did seem to go thro the meeting fairly efficiently given the IRR being in operation and 2 races on the trot etc so that's a good point Was it value for money.......NO Was it good racing..............NO Were the new riders trying....YES can't fault their effort. Were the riders as skilful as in the past....Probably Do the new super silencer/overtuned engines improve the racing NO Will I go back to Lynn in the near future......not a hope Sorry if my views don't please some people but they are honest. I paid my money and am entitled to my views., I've been told on twitter that the racing tonight was better than normal. If that truly is the case god help any Lynn supporters.

Don't want to tempt fate....still dry