steve roberts

I can confirm that in the British League (can't remember quite the National League as they were running matches over a different heat formula...could only happen in speedway) the last season that riders who took part in the main match in second halves was during 1984. Can't remember when junior meetings ceased to be honest...certainly some time during the nineties.

I certainly do! If I remember the British League finished with the traditional Second Half in 1984 and were replaced by a Junior Meeting from 1985 onwards. Chris Shears introduced an old fashion style Second Half whilst Promoter at Cowley in 1995 and the fans appreciated the gesture only for the BSPA to put a halt to further attempts! I did put the question of Second Halves to Martin Rogers in an edition of "Backtrack" and he made some interesting observations and was basically in favour of them.

Sorry to hear of your news. I'm intrigued by the sleeping camel however!!

...still waiting?

Weymouth...at the junction of Radipole Lane.

Yes I started the thread in 2015!

Caught up with images of the demolition of Rye House...sad indeed.

John Berry's wallet?

Thanks for posting that John...so sad to see the demise of another track.

Thanks! I did have a quick look thru' the Rye House section and will attempt to find the relevant story.

Am I correct in understanding that the Rye House track has been demolished? Apologies if it's been mentioned elsewhere (I may have missed it) but I was only informed yesterday.

After the meeting visiting "Alf's Fish and Chips".

I remember Adi Funk when he rode for King's Lynn and Leicester. I'm sure Toni Pilotto rode in the UK one year?

Ridiculous amounts of money banded around in football...trouble is it never filters down to those clubs finding it hard to survive in the lower leagues. Imagine if SKY ever pulled the plug?

...yes I got that wrong with my original post!

...and hopefully a few more Christmas Lunches beyond this year at Her Majesty's pleasure.

"As Long As We Know".

Just watched the interview. Erik comes across as a real Gentleman and very humble...I just wish that Lee would expand his questioning technique as there are opportunities to get deep into a particular subject...like Olsen's influence on the relationship between Erik and Hans.

Think I misunderstood the question?

"Let Battle Commence"...Dave Lanning after introducing the riders at Cowley in 1972.

It's a shame that they hadn't been more diligent when I initially signed up...if I recall you only need to enter an email and password (plus date of birth - which can be anything you wish?) to create an account? Don't recall having to forward further proof of evidence of identity (certainly not a passport or driving licence) but it was a long time ago now but I'm not going to pusue it as I can't be bothered!

Absolutely...I closed my account five plus years ago and then re-activated it again to see if I was missing anything (?) and it was fine for a couple of weeks before I got a message to say that it had been locked. Personally it doesn't bother me not being on Facebook or any other social media (Twitter) account. I only do BSF.

Apparently someone has tried to access my account or it has been used inappropriately! Following their guidelines I need to scan my passport and/or driving licence and/or marriage certificate(?) or any manner of documents to prove my identity so as to re-activate my account...bollocks to that!

The buggers have locked me out of my account!

My brother forwarded the story. Good news hopefully.