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Well i go for the racing and the track was the best i can remember but the racing was ok nothing more and far inferior compared with lesser riders at Somerset the night before. An enjoyable evening and if the stadium was not in Rip off City I'd tend to agree about the Stadium itself. All that said you must be tongue in cheek with your references concerning Wembley and The Olympic Stadium especially the latter which will have a capacity that would be within reach of Speedway if the pricing was done correctly and with transport links that are second to none.

Links to photos are pinned to SPEEDWAY NEWS AND DISCUSSIONS. Several people post links to their photos. I post there a reasonable amount it takes you to where my photos are hosted. You can view them easily and in general people post their stuff in meeting order. I do it for my pleasure, i don't sell or provide others with photos and i would suggest the posting of actual photos would cause a massive fuss due to image rights etc. equally i wouldn't put it past some forum users to steal my images and sell them themselves There has been a serious discussion on this forum re this subject

Hello Mate Have done a lot of business with Nick and his Brother John email him he might have what you want Harry Nick Barber Memorabilia 31 Fairfield Avenue Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 9JQ Tel: 01394 283266 Fax: 01394 212608 Email: nick.barber1965@btinternet.com

Perhaps you would like to bring a bloke in like they did at Birmingham who can shut the place down in half a seasonExactly how were they forward thinking and dragging speedway into modern times? I'm not a Silver lover but without him there would be no speedway in Kent and Hertfordshire that is for certain Silver gets things wrong as do others but at least he pays his riders on time

For me his (Garrity) attitude since March has been shocking, i think this draft lark has done untold damage. Instances this season where a riders three teams all due to ride on the same day, no real top flight experience being gained, the PL is far harder for them to score big in simply because they are their hardest meetings. As for Garrity this season has seen his real side, doesn't give a toss about the club that saved his career and life from going down the pan. His body language at Rye is as bad as i have ever seen, his machinery for Rye has been sub NL standard the boy is a disgrace to his profession.Garrity said in an interview he loves Wolverhampton and my money is on him ending up there next year, Silver needs to re invest any cash he makes on a deal in the team. Too much deadwood in the side. Quite frankly the only one i would like to see retained is Edward Kennett as his average should be far more manageable As for Bunyan turning up late he seems to me another that is going through the motions and should be shown the door ASAP.

As well as Rye i do a fair bit of Kents meetings too, Simon Lambert apart they were awful at Mildenhall and last night at Kent they were a disgrace again Lambert entertained everyone. Very poor crowd on a Kent track that had a blue groove by heat nine. I left after heat 13 with more dirt in my hair than was on the track. Everyone calling for Silvers head....a real parallel with what is happening at Rye. I have defended the bloke all the way til now and enough is enough both Kent and Rye will be dead if Len doesn't see reason and bring someone in and i don't mean some idiot with a stopwatch round his neck

Must have been something he ate at Wolverhampton last night after he scored 17 without an engine failure in sightOur season can get no worse might as well dump this waster now. Take the money from the highest bidder use it to finance the flights of Mellgren and Aspgren next season and have some decent riders that actually want to ride for us. I for one hope he gets a ride at Cardiff and blows an engine on the startline. No wonder Belle Vue fans were happy to see the back of him Anyway thought we might get twenty five tonight doubt his absence will make much difference just hope if its called off its done early as i don't want a wasted 220 miles round trip Put Garrity on a great track like Peterborough and he's rubbish, no loss tonight not having him and his dodgy bikes around. Good to see Matty back 30 points would be a real result for us tonight

Everything that could go wrong went wrong but Mildenhall have a very decent side, nowhere near Cradley but still very decent. As a Rye Fan it was good to see Simon Lambert doing well at both Mildenhall and at home last night. Shocking track with a blue groove appearing at heat nine i had more dust in my hair than dirt on the track, I'm not an advocating loads of dirt but enough that they are still racing on dirt rather than the base of the track at heat fifteen A quality replacement for David Mason is badly needed as i think his time is up and it would see a better side winning at home and picking up the odd point away.That said you can't carry a reserve every week even at NL level Hit the nail on the head but i fear if more were spent at both tracks on the team there would be no speedway at either venue. Catch 22 really Silver would say he need to cut expenses to stay alive, fans say give us a decent team otherwise I'm not going. Me i love my Speedway so tolerate following poor teams but i am in the minority i fear

Yes I went to Marmande last year and that didn't start until 2100. I assumed it might be similar, the only reason i needed to know was whether to stay in the immediate vicinity as we are on our way down to Spain that weekend.Thanks for your efforts, If i see Matty T at Rye House i can probably get the lowdown from him but he has missed quite few of our home meetings due to his Grass /Longtrack engagements

Excellent riding from Simon Lambert. Benji Compton gave it his all. Other than that hapless Kent were an embarrassment.

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All six full time riders were a disgrace, Bunyan eight from five (forget the bonus points) at reserve, sorry he's been a major disappointment since he came to Rye. The continual mechanical problems of Jason Garrity says to me he ain't interested in the Pl especially now he is a reserve at Cardiff. Big time Charlie

Oh well four points there for the taking tuesday night and only 200 mile round trip roll on Peterborough

Dump the the lot of them, no one rider can escape criticism tonight apart from our Guest who was out of his depth. No excuses whether its lack of quality, poor form, rubbish equipment no excuse is valid. As for the idiot Team Manager why give Garrity a TR in his race following his engine blow up, was anyone surprised to him grind to a halt again.

Well the drink and food is optional so don't have it With one or two exceptions,mainly due to the poor refs the fifteen heats are general done in under two hours which should be the case due to the dodgy weather and thats average, the racing beats the Elite rubbish at Lakeside so rather than listen to the perennial moaners give it a chance. You may come away surprised that it was a decent nights entertainment and happy in the knowledge that unlike some other tracks the riders will be paid

Not sure what you're on about this is only the second time Rye have been to the showground

Thanks mate yes i did check out the FB page but nothing on there. Will look out for the regs

Morizes Can find little information about the GP on the 13thSeptember can anyone help me with the start time please. Did email the track but no response Thanks in advance

We have a woeful team at Rye House this year, very much done on the cheap. Discarding Aspgren and Mellgren seems like a massive mistake as far as the on track fortunes go. Only the last minute hitch with Nelson has seen a Continental rider take his place, the only foreigner in the team. Guess what? The team may not be doing good, the crowd may be complaining but Len Silver is paying his riders on time and we have Speedway, something Birmingham no longer have and possibly something Eastbourne wont have either. Surely time for outing the Continental foreigners to save weekly (or more) air fairs and utilise the riders we have. Apart from the return air fair Aussies cost no more than their British Counterparts. Ok so the standard will go down but to be fair its a long time since there was anything Elite about the Elite league. Just because a meeting has loads of foreign riders it doesn't mean the crowd will increase accordingly just look at Leicester for example Of course there are but it would cause the standard of rider to fall, but that doesn't actually mean the standard of racing would decline probably the opposite

Probably because the riders lively hood is more imprtant to him than British Speedway? Silver would have known the dates Tres would be away when he signed him but i suspect he or his sidekick Mr Motivator Sampford didn't realise the rules for a replacement.Riding on the continent as a well respected Grass / Longtrack rider he will be reasonably well paid, far more than at Rye House Only ones to blame in this instance is the club What riles me more is the fact that we have had to use a NL replacement for Stefan Nielsen when he has been riding in the EL. The EL is falling apart about time the BSPA realised that and went back to one big league and a stand alone NL. Much better products Wouldn't surprise me one bit to see a few points from Simon Lambert meaning the difference between a win or a lossJust how many points have been scored by Stefan Nielsen or his replacements since Simon left ? With Tres riding i think a Rye win without who knows, never a happy hunting ground for the Comets. All being equal looks like a rainoff and maybe a trip to Eastbourne v KL

If the Rockets get 40 i would be delighted. Too often in previous years we were on the wrong end of a thumping. Don't expect us to get anything to continue our decent run there but for me it's always worth a trip for some good racing. Hope we get a good meeting and no injuries.

Be careful what you wish for. Greg like Nicki Pedersen will be sorely missed when they quit, for me both are box office for different reasons. Greg does have a conservative style but that beats the erratic fast boys half his age plus he is fantastic for the media and fans alike when they meet him.

Trouble is that Lanham gives you very little away from home, we are not great at home by any means but stable and maybe Leigh could improve the side there but when away istill think Tres is a better option.Thinks its all down to being inconsistent, if everyone clicked at Foxall the other night we would have won but i can't remember every rider producing in the same meeting this year

Of course he would if it meant an income for him, profits from food and drink and a sizeable rent. Now who would be the idiot to take that on, having to pay rent, assemble a team probably from scratch and accept that a prospective crowd with a winning team would be unlikely to attract 500 fans. Not viable i think. In the current state of affairs Silver is in a catch twenty two situation keep it cheap run with a poor side and lose a few fans week in week out or attempt to bring in costly foreign riders, assemble a decent team in the hope of the gates increasing. Think i know which option he will go for.