skthecat

You know, despite what we say about the sport itself, do you think that the stadia that alot of clubs are based at has a detrimental effect on gaining new support? Football at the professional end, say leagues 2, 1 & the championship and premier league have had to bring there stadiums/playing arenas into the 21st century.... And alot of speedway arenas are pretty rough and ready (I know alot of speedway clubs are in hired arenas) and have little or no control over the condition of them, but it has to put some new punters off after a first visit... If rhis is the case, are there any solutions available to the promotors in these circumstances. ..... I don't know the answer to this one, the lifetime supporters will and do put up with this because its mostly all they know, as this aspect hasn't really changed in the last 20 years....

Is the Speedway Star going to be available through the new internet magazine outlet pocketmags com? Just seen it advertised on TV? NTO

That was meant to be funny! ! Results of the [ poll vote ] Poll Vote [ Pole Vault ] Never mind, its getting late.........

Well when I phoned BT to ascertain the poll vote, I was told there were no nominee's from Any athletics field events!!! Bom, Bom!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Garry Middleton once turned up at Leicester in his Rolls Royce!!!!!!!!! Citroen Safari was the car Les Collins used at Leicester, he could squeeze 2 bikes in and associated kit, and I am sure I once helped him manhandle 3 out his Citroen (TARDIS) Safari!!!!!!!

I am sure he posts on here, just cannot remember his ID.. . I will keep looking, if anyone reads this and knows his ID or Mobile no, please PM me.... Cheers NTO

Funny how all threads nearly always end up with an argument, that is usually nothing to do with the original post! I personally like and admire all the COLLINS boys, must have been an interesting breakfast table in the early days!!!

Yes, I know he's on FB, I left FB nearly a year ago today, got really fed up with the whole thing...... Never mind. Will try other media options..

Yes, its a good idea, puts speedway in another media stream, and its a good cause to boot...

So, Tai won the minority sports person of the year, so is speedway better off as a big fish in a little pond (best minority sport) or little fish in a big pond (competing against Football/Rugby/Golf/Cricket)? What do you al think? NTO

Does Steve have a posting ID on here? if he does, don't seem to be able find it.... If he does, can someone pm me his id so I can pm him.. please. Cheers Never to Old.

Hi, I'm having trouble with your email address, my reply keeps coming back as "address not found" Do you have a physical address that I can post my answers to? I will include a signed bank paying in slip to make it easier to send me my winnings... Please hurry as I am desperate to win this..

Maybe we just don't trust anyone anywhere anymore....

Hmmmm, ouch! I remember seeing that one, if I remember it was a wet one, no, very very wet, I thought it might get called off after that one... wasn't it just in the straight? Might not have been an airfenced area even now.......?

Oh dear, hope he makes a speedy recovery so we can continue our banter on the Leicester centre green pit turn...

Theres lots of riders ib the video, perhaps dig it out over christmas and see if I van identify any....!!

Hmmm! So, was it a bespoke to your your order then? You had to order with rider colour spec and they would make the set for you for £300? Blimey, wonder how much today for one.....? £600+ Do you know anyone who had/purchased a set? And did you flick the bike/rider bogies around or were they powered? Looks quite good... Wonder if any sets still exist today?

Thought Tai's 108: was a reference to 108: Hero's?

Whooooooops!!!!!!!

Rerun videos in the early 90's did "crashes and cock ups" with popular music to video clips..... my personal favourite was/is " I can't stand up for falling down" (Ian Dury)???

I do not have, or clicked in anyone to be friends, I don't know "gustix" from "screamer" from anyone else! My posts are my own thoughts, and my own opinions and that is it. I don't write inflammatory posts and don't knock other posters..... only posts, why do you assume I am a friend of gustix? (No offence meant to gustix) Should have reworded this, I really meant they dont get to keep the rider they have trained.. not so much a financial reward.....

Follow up note...... This is why I think the EL drafting for the reserve places will work.. Under the old system, or lack of, If the riders at 6 & 7 were to have a couple or three poor meetings, the promoter would sack the lad and bring in one of those old and probably race-rusty foreigner's on a falsely low averages, and suddenly you have a "ringer reserve" capable of taking 7 rides and scoring double figures for a month or more before new averages kick in, the poor sacked reserve then joins the "Junior Ferris Wheel" of mainly yoimg British riders that will get off at the next club, to do another couple of meetings before being dumped back onto that bloody ferris wheel again!! At least now, they wont be at the mercy of the Premier League Promoters looking for the "Ringer Reserve" Because of the draft season ahead, the Elite League teams will have to invest at least time for their drafted reserves, and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Ward, Woffy, Ivefsen etc can only be a good thing. If only half get their speedway careers boosted to a level of skill in riding and handling riding at the top level of speedway in the UK it will in my opinion be worhwile, the riders that don't work out will choose not to be considered for the 2015 season draft and will drop back to the level they feel comfortable with, and one or two may be lost to the sport, which may of happened anyway... in my opinion. .

Unfortunately, when a football club invests in a kid in the Premiership (top league in England) they norture them all the way, from junior, to senior so get something back from the investment.... If a NL and/or Premier League try similar, as soon as they become of age or decent enough they leave with no real recompense for the training club..... Thats why the lower leagues like "Pot Riders" just add track, why make it from scratch when you can by a "speedway dinner"

I was there, probably the only track rideable on the day! It had rained 3 days solid, our Leicester track drains incredibly quick! ! And we have best trackman around....

Hmmm, I have a speedway card game, go it years and years ago, its called "SPEEDWAY CHALLENGE" It comes in a plastic box and has properly typed instructions... which I have read and...........? Has anyone ever seen this? It comes in a top trumpsish box and as I said its quite old as the bike pictures on the cards are old uprights, they are not photographs, they are quality drawings.. and the instructions are typed, not word processed.... seems very similar gameplay, this could be the original where mcs came from..