Gr8scot

We always stop at the big roundabout and enjoy a meal at the pub - I'm driving but the others have a wee refreshment too

Very hard on your team Gavan. This was a good meeting with some competitive racing and winners not winning by miles. You were still in with the chance of a point at ht 15. Your team tried hard to gain points but sadly for you, our "worst Edinburgh side" was the better "team" on the night I was most pleased to see " the real Max" last night. I have a lot of time for this lad and IMO he has potential in bucket-loads. Put the "unfair start of the season" behind you Max and let everyone see the talent you definitely have

Looking forward to our visit to EWR on Sunday. Hoping for good weather

I have no idea where this crazy rule has come from but for a young struggling rider not to be able to drop to reserve is absolutely ridiculous Good luck Jye

Jye is an exceptionally nice lad, who really wants to do well. It makes me really sad to see all this and I hope things will work for him very soon

RYAN’S BIG NIGHT: FLYIN TONIGHT Ryan Fisher will be flyin when his rider friends and supporters gather to celebrate his career at Armadale Stadium on Friday in a 20-heat individual event with a Grand Final. The Grand Parade will be at 7:15 with the first race at 7:30. “The Fish” is of course a double league championship winner with the Monarchs, and the only year he rode for us and we didn’t win the league, we came second. What’s more in a career spanning the period since 2002, he has scored 30 maximums, and 25 of these have been for Monarchs! Friday’s meeting will be sponsored by the Monarchs’ team sponsors Border Roofing, and others have rallied round to give Ryan a decent level of sponsorship backing for the event. Ryan has a ‘pit bike’ and other awards for the winner and the other three finalists. Who do we think might take the honours? It could be Ryan Fisher himself, thinking back to Frede Schott’s Testimonial in 2004 when he led the final heat only to blow up and gift the big prize to Charlie Gjedde! Home captain Sam Masters will be widely favoured in his current form, flying for Monarchs and his Elite team at Wolverhampton. From the exalted heights of the Elite League, Monarchs’ double winning Aussie Justin Sedgmen will be back at Armadale for the first time since last October’s title triumph – and what’s more he has also just signed for the big Polish Elite club Zielona Gora. Workington’s American no. 1 Ricky Wells is often thought to be the top Premier League visitor these days – of course he knows Ryan from their World Cup outings together. Any Glasgow fans venturing along the M8 will very likely be supporting their own captain Aaron Summers who is in great form again and was brilliant at Newcastle on Monday. You can’t discount Newcastle’s lively Swedish captain Ludvig Lindgren who rode well in his team’s narrow defeat last week at Armadale. And how about the two Americans who are flying over for the event? The man Ryan said he wanted above all others to ride was Billy Janniro, and an equally welcome visitor is Charles Dukie Ermolenko the former Glasgow no. 1. Glasgow have another representative in the popular Argentinian Fernando Garcia, and there’s another Newcastle Diamond – the unpredictable Matej Kus. Australian Mitchell Davey, though not in a team at the moment due to passport issues, is another home contender while of course there are two Scots returning to the fray. Many will be coming to see how they perform. They are Ryan’s team mates from the 2008 and 2010 League victories, Andrew Tully and William Lawson. When did Scotland last have two riders of that standard in a meeting? Sadly there are three changes to the field previously announced as Scandinavians Kenneth Hansen, Thomas H Jonasson and Dennis Jonsson have found it too tough to put arrangements in place. Therefore we are doubly indebted to Workington’s Adam Roynon and Ipswich’s James Sarjeant for stepping into the fray at very short notice. Thanks lads. And finally… another stepping in at short notice is Monarchs’ own remarkable teenager Dan Bewley. Riding order: Ryan Fisher (USA), Dan Bewley (England), Andrew Tully (Scotland), Matej Kus (Czech Republic), Ricky Wells (USA), Justin Sedgmen (Australia), Adam Roynon (England), Charles Ermolenko (USA), Sam Masters (Australia), William Lawson (Scotland), Aaron Summers (Australia), Billy Janniro (USA), James Sarjeant (England), Ludvig Lindgren (Sweden), Fernando Garcia (Argentina), Mitchell Davey (Australia). Admission prices on Friday are the same as for any senior meeting at Armadale though we have put a slight increase on the programme at £3. Please note that SEASON TICKETS ARE NOT VALID FOR TESTIMONIALS. SUNGLASSES: The first twenty fans through the turnstiles will be given a pair of Gene Woods Racing sunglasses. If you miss out, they can be bought at the Testimonial stall. SPECIAL GUESTS: The special guests for the evening will be rivals from the seventies, Bert Harkins (Scotland) and Gene Woods (USA).

Oops 7pm in speedway star....... Very happy Erik is riding, hope he IS fit. Good luck boys, safe meeting for all and safe journey home all

Gr8 night for the lads...... Invaluable track time. Shame about the weather!!!

1st Rye House meeting I've missed in years. I hope Erik is back to fitness. Safe meeting all

I have passed your email address to Stuart who runs the Edinburgh bus from Cardiff to Sommerset and we usually have another run by Ronnie Anderson but he hasn't announced it yet. Good luck

OK folks, we are going great guns in the pre meeting arrangements for Ryan's Testimonial and we want to make it a night he will remember as when his "Scottish family" and speedway in general, supported him on his BIG NIGHT Ryan is doing a great job lining up some current and some "past" celebrities to ride in his meeting. Should bring back a few memories to lots of folks There will be a bouncy castle for the children and face painting for anyone.... young and "not so young" The mascots are all sorted and eagerly awaiting their key role in the proceedings SOUVENIRS are on sale now:~ Badges, Baseball caps, Mugs, T-shirts, Keyrings, Coasters, Fridge magnets, Bracelets & Pens NOW:~ SPONSORSHIP........... a vital part of making a Testimonial a success.......... There are varying levels on offer from £50 - £1000 as follows:~ £1000 will buy you a MEETING SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE Your party of 25 will spend the evening in the George Hunter Memorial Lounge with complimentary buffet and bar throughout the evening All guests will get a souvenir Flying Tonight programme Your Company name on the programme cover, in meeting announcements, pre meeting publicity, and on the race jackets DVD of the Flying Tonight event £200 will buy you a HEAT SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE Admission for 2 with 2 souvenir programmes and complimentary buffet and bar throughout the evening in the hospitality area Acknowledgement of sponsorship in the programme against the heat PA announcement at the time of the heat DVD of the Flying Tonight event £150 will buy you a RIDER SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE >>> with race jacket Admission for 2 with 2 souvenir programmes and complimentary buffet and bar from heat 16 in the hospitality area Acknowledgement of sponsorship in the programme against the rider PA announcements on the parade Photo with your rider and you get his signed race jacket DVD of the Flying Tonight event £100 will buy you a RIDER SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE >>> without race jacket As above with NO race jacket £50 will buy you FUEL, OIL OR TYRE SPONSORSHIP Designed for the supporter who simply wants to make a donation in recognition of Ryan's service to Speedway with all his clubs Contact:~ Mike Hunter OR Len Jones OR myself >>> be part of FLYIN' TONIGHT in support of "The Pantomime Villain" RYAN FISHER >>> OH NO HE ISN'T There will be a party in the bar following the meeting

Can I ask if anyone has got their refunds yet?

After speaking to Craig at Workington recently when he was so worried about finances, I fear this block could sicken him to the point of calling it a day...... How can that be in the best interest of British Speedway???? If anyone is interested in supporting Craig, there is an ipetition started:- http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/CraigCookSpeedway Sorry I can't make that into a link - hope someone else can, thanks We are all behind you Craig, best of luck!!!

I still enjoyed my trip to Worky who deserved their win. I have to agree about Mr Hansen's "shortcut" and Mr Wells got a flyer in ht 15 but it didn't make any difference to the fact we were second best. A real mix of good racing and some processions but the icing on the cake came 2 fold. Firstly was seeing Cookie trying out an engine after the meeting and secondly..... I won the 50/50 draw...... Thank you Workington!!!

A bit more than a "sickie" then ..... best wishes to Anders

We have a good few coming down from Edinburgh and I wish Christian a "day to remember for all the right reasons" I well remember when he first arrived in Edinburgh in shorts and flip flops and had us all running to find him some warmer clothes........... great guy who has suffered some awful accidents which prevented him showing us consistently what a terrific rider he could be Good luck lad

What was the score at Rye House tonight? You need to spend some time worrying about your own team and stop stressing about ours Gavan

46 OK for you then?, well done Berwick

Well, here we go and ouch here we went! Superb effort from Sam and congratulations to the Tiggers on a well deserved victory

I'd like to add my congratulations to all concerned in raising funds and saving Plymouth Devils. Superb news for all you fans and the riders Now the hard work begins..... Keep up the fundraising and keep bums on seats

Here we go, here we go...... TBH I can't say I'm looking forward to "Monarchs without Cookie" but here's to a good meeting with a good crowd and everyone in one piece at the end

Good luck to all at Plymouth from Edinburgh

I see none of the riders who were stated to be "unavailable for a Sunday meeting" ( hence the need to run on a Friday) are actually unavailable on the Sunday ..... wasn't too hard to find an acceptable Sunday then eh? Also, staging on a Friday was totally unfair to the Edinburgh fans that will want to attend the semi.....

I recall standing at Somerset for the pairs prior to Cardiff when word got out that they were ripping up the Cardiff track and relaying it overnight....... With the right equipment, miracles can happen. If they thought 2 "toy rollers" would be able to tyre-pack a new track with a problem area, no wonder they had a problem The riders mostly all avoided the soft bit on Saturday but the few who went through (slower than those on the outside) obviously left their mark on the track (I was on the third bend too). Give it a race with 4 bikes racing and it wouldn't take long to deteriorate

I guess you think you're funny. I guess you think you're funny twice. Your response was totally unnecessary as you know exactly what I meant ie postponed PRIOR to Saturday. I can't add much more to the debate that hasn't already been said but IMO the track should've been the first priority. Speedway fans will put up with a half built stadium but a speedway meeting cannot go ahead without a well laid, tried and tested track For the record, I do think the stadium is excellent and once they get their priorities right, it will be superb