Chris116

Best wishes to all involved in Mildenhall Speedway. I see the SCB is trying to scare riders into not racing anywhere that the SCB/BSPL does not control the racing with their latest missive.

My parents used to take me to Rayleigh and we would enjoy both the Speedway and Stock Cars before rushing back to the station to travel back to Wimbledon for the evening meeting at Plough Lane. The last few years saw the Stock Cars replaced by PRI Bangers and Mini Rods or Anglia Rods, personally Stock Cars and Mini Rods would have been our favourite but the Stock Cars had been replaced by the PRI Bangers by the time the Mini Rods started. Being a Stock Car, Speedway and Railway enthusiast I thought it was a great day and always looked forward to our Rayleigh visits.

The others were already bald!

He was just as bad when he was at Rye House. Half the fans went bald pulling their hair out at his mismanagement.

Didn't someone get in trouble recently for using that system?

You would pay a lot more to see Mickey Mouse at Disneyland so don't complain too much.

A very good stream which I enjoyed greatly. Sadly it was the first speedway I have seen this season due to South West Railway no longer running a train to London after the meetings at Poole since they altered their timetable during COVID.

I read a lot of comments about the problems with TV meetings being drawn out and attracting smaller crowds. I have to question if the TV money makes up for the smaller crowds and if TV has brought any new spectators who now visit their local track regularly. With most meetings being covered by BSN, TNT or local track streams there must be a danger that tracks will close because of TV rather than TV increasing crowds. I don't have an answer to the problem but I can see all to clearly that the sport has a problem (well, quite a few actually). I just wish I had an answer to the problem or even better that the BSPL had an answer and could stick to any five year plan to sort out the situation.

But there is no Polish interest so they don't know who should be made the winner.

Only when a Polish team is concerned.

Wimbledon!

During the winter 2023/2024 the IOW Warriors promotion put a constant drip feed of information on their website but since 3rd November 2024 there has been a total silence on the website which I find rather worrying for the forthcoming season of racing at Smallbrook Stadium. I do hope some news will be posted soon to put my worries to rest.

Having read your predictions about various other riders I will take your above comment with a very large pinch of salt and obtain the views of others whose predictions are more reliable.

I can remember an Arena Essex meeting where rain was expected about 70 minutes after start time. Frank Ebdon was the referee and the two minute warning horn sounded as soon as the last rider finished the previous race throughout the whole meeting. As a result the meeting finished before the very heavy rain started under five minutes later! Frank always got through meetings quickly and I have always wished other referees would do the same.

Firstly, my very best wishes to Tai who I hope makes a full recovery. Secondly, where on earth are the mods to stop the bickering on this and a number of other threads?