hammer1969

What a totally inappropriate and very stupid comment to make on this Speedway Forum. If moderators are reading I think a comment like this needs removing.

I don't look on it as "switching" I see it as "going back to". Yes it will create problems for this year but if these problems can, with a bit of effort, give and take and goodwill from every quarter, fans included, be sorted out surely that has to be better than losing another team. If that's not possible and the problems are more than just race night then let's hope Rye can come back on a sound footing in 2019. In the mean time will the BSPA please wake up and try to see the trees through the fog.

Quite agree. There are obviously more problems than fans are privy to. I know gates are down at mid week home meetings so finances must be playing a big part in the problems at the moment. I really fear for our existence at present. Many of us fans wanted the club to stay in the Championship, more meetings, more local(ish) derbys, as much as we like seeing big name riders I believe the Championship is where we should be. Better still let the 2 leagues join up, meet each other in the league once at home and away, add in a Knock out Cup with teams drawn from the hat and perhaps a few a individual/local derby cups and you would get racing from Easter to end of September every week, and to encourage younger fans one child under 16 £1 entry with a full paying adult. Rider numbers might be a problem so cut the riders to 6 per team and bring in some youngsters from the National league, as long as team averages can be evenly matched.

Maybe so but frn does appear to be affecting other clubs including Rye House, it may not be the whole problem Rye have at the moment but it certainly is doing more harm than good for us.

And Belle Vue also had to change their race night and their crowds are down as well.

Not sure if this is correct but I am under the impression Rye promotion did not get a vote at the last AGM as they had not been promoters for a certain amount of time. If that is the case it's bl..dy ridiculous. If people are "officially" promoting/running a club they should have a vote at all decision making meetings. If anyone can enlighten me further on this please feel free to do so.

It probably will cause quite a few headaches but people now need to sit down urgently and sort out this mess as clubs are suffering and us fans are losing our teams before any more go to the wall.

Exactly right. We don't all do Facebook and the short statement put on there by Steve Jenson last night was probably because they were aware Somerset were putting out news of next weeks postponement. The Facebook statement should have been put on the Rye website for all to see. I sincerely hope the club does not fold and I hope that there are ongoing talks behind the scenes to try to resolve the situation. Perhaps reverting back to Saturday night racing will help because every club has different needs and their Promoters should be able to decide which night will be best for them to run as I see we are not the only club suffering from lower crowds since frn was brought in. If it means no big name riders in the teams, of which there aren't many now anyway, then so be it, I would rather have the same team of committed riders to call "my team" that I can support knowing that win or lose they tried.

Surely now Rye will have to put some sort of statement on their website explaining the situation even if they can't go into full detail yet. Us fans deserve a bit more than having to read statements put out by other clubs telling us our meeting with them is postponed.

The following from Somerset Website. "Somerset Speedway regret to announce that due to pending internal problems at BMR Rye House Rockets, it has been necessary to postpone next weeks meeting at The Oaktree Arena on Weds July 4th.We would like to emphasise that the circumstances are beyond our club's control and apologise to any fans and of course our sponsors for this postponement, but the decision to cancel has been taken early to try and mitigate any inconvenience to our patrons.We hope to be able to accommodate Rye House to the Oaktree later in the season."

And if the race night is the main problem I think Steve Jenson will have lots of backing from the fans to revert back to that race night as many people I speak to find week nights a problem that has stopped them going as often as they would like to. If we can revert back to Saturdays I just hope it's not too late to get back the supporters we have lost this year I do not want to lose another Speedway club that I support.

Twitter says "cancelled" Rye website says "postponed" and posts on this forum I think have probably come up with every senario in the book. The only thing for certain is Rye have a problem and whether talks which must be going on behind the scenes are to sort out legalities of folding or talks to try to save the club before any further announcements are made I feel some of the online speculation is doing nothing to help matters. Yes we all want to know what has or is happening but we will just have to be patient there is no point in the Promoters or the BSPA saying anything until they have something concrete to say - be it good news or bad. Rye's next meeting is supposed to be next Wednesday 4th July at Somerset so I think we should hear some further news by Tuesday.

Must be a "Sun break" then

And Swindon website now saying "postponed" so let's hope that's the case, still no explanation as to why though.

Count down clock has now been altered to show next home meeting 9th July against Kings Lynn lets hope that is a positive sign, still a bit more clarity from the promotion would help.

And the Rye count down clock to next meeting is still counting down so if fans don't notice the 'tweet ' some could still be turning up tomorrow night. What a way to run a business no wonder us fans are getting fed up I just hope this isn't the demise of another club.

My views - One main league of 18/20 teams plus a junior/national league for up and coming riders. Meet each team over 2 legs home and away that will produce more local derbys that fans like to see and give us more chance of attending away fixtures. A Knock out Cup where matches are drawn from a hat up to the final that way Rye wont get Swindon every year. That should make the season from about Easter to September with home meetings probably every week. Let the promoters pick their home race night obviously with alternatives/bank holidays when needed as different areas have different needs. Reduce the gate fee to £10 which hopefully will bring more fans thereby compensating for any loss. As for rider shortage I'll leave someone else to sort that out ☺

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Well it must be the racing at Rye House thats worth £18 because it certainly isnt the facilities provided for the fans that are

Also if you use R/R and one of your other riders gets injured at the start of the meeting you could be down to 5 as what happened at Ipswich the other night.

We made the trip up from Rye in the hope of a good close meeting and perhaps coming away with a point - what a waste of time. A shambles of a Rye team and as for heat 15 being exciting, well from a Wolves point of view it was from a Rye point of view what a depressing end to the night to see your rider going from first to last but he did get one point - probably because only 3 riders finished the race. As for the programme £2.50 for what was a Wolves v Belle Vue meeting with a Rye House insert, if I'd known that before purchase I could have saved my cash and perhaps donated it to the so called improvements being made to Rye Stadium.

Anyone tell me what time the gates open please and also what's the parking like.

I repeat - " I think it's time to stop apportioning blame, riders got injured, no one wants to see that. What we should be doing is wishing the injured riders a speedy recovery and hope this awful weather that is causing havoc to the sport we love improves so that riders, promoters and referees don't get put in the no win situation they were in last night." Isn't it about time you stopped this silly little wind-up game your trying to play on this forum with others who are unfortunately taking the bait but I can understand why they are.

I think it's time to stop apportioning blame, riders got injured, no one wants to see that. Alan Rossiter has put out a statement on the Swindon website and apparently riders were offered the chance to try out the track by the Clerk of the Course but no one took up the offer. What we should be doing is wishing the injured riders a speedy recovery and hope this awful weather that is causing havoc to the sport we love improves so that riders, promoters and referees don't get put in the no win situation they were in last night.

Out of interest who was the referee tonight.