Parsloes 1928 nearly

And who can blame you for that... when Malcolm's talking to me I want to turn to drink tbh, but a portion of chips would do too!!!

Mildenhall today (vs Stoke in NT) was rained off; due to be restaged Friday instead of the indiv.

Second half rider at Boston in 1976... Have it down as Alan Mouth in my programme... Would that be correct..? And at Crayford in a 1976 NNL meeting the Paisley number 7 was a P. Cornwall. But that name's NOT listed in The History of the BL as riding for Paisley that year.. Can anyone shed light on that one?

Thanks for that, Deano. Sad news though.

With this weekend seeing Stoke vs. IoW and now Mildenhall vs. Stoke, both in the NT, rained off (must be off the scale now on the record total number of rain offs to a British Speedway season ) I wonder if there remains any chance or perhaps (sadly) any point in trying to get this competition completed..? I hear Mildenhall vs. Stoke to be next Friday; don't know when Stoke are going to try and stage their remaining two fixtures and I assume the IoW may have one left in this too..? Been two problems: one, the shocking weather especially in October and the other that three of the four teams in the NT have also been in the League Play Offs which have themselves been badly hit by rain offs. Hindsight's a great thing but perhaps the NT should've been staged as an early season event rather than as a late season one..? Though the rain has affected, early, mid and late season!! I notice there's been no thread started even for both NT matches ultimately washed out this weekend which might possibly suggest a lack of that much interest in the competition...

Maybe they'll need to not be a play off and just have the table toppers as the league winners. This was the decision we took re the AJL when it became clear fitting in a play off would be difficult.

Can't it be staged along with the re-arranged RHh vs. sheffield fixture next Satuday (20th.) - after all, was meant to be the second half of this fixture yeatday and you can be sure Rye shall use the same progs with therefore the MDL Final race card printed in it..?

Second half at Wolves in '02 after a match vs. Wimbledon - these three juniors turned out: A, Jackson N. Hedley L. Howard First names appreciated!

Can anyone let me know who the two(?) meeting reserves were at that first ever SGP at the London Stadium in Sept. '95? Ta muchly

Using the term 'Olympique' (and yes, I KNOW it's been used by the Wolves for decades!) may be a trifle risky in this 2012 year..?!

Brilliant - many thanks Ray & Mike. I shall take up Steve's suggestion and post a bunch of these names next time too!!

Ah ha, but WOULD that be so easy considering that M. Burrows esq's first name ISN'T Mark (or even Buzz!)!

I'll try going a bit further back then - and this time the surname could be wrong too! August 1976 at Arlington, second half of an Eastbourne vs. Crayford match... G. Benfold...? Anyone know details (first name; if that surname's right..?) for this one..?

Am a friend of Jay's on FB. He is still riding but laid up with an injury just now.. As he puts it, "knocked off at kurri few weeks ago gaylord. Needed a couple of screws put in..[ankle]." BTW he wasn't calling me 'gaylord'...!!

tbf (which the P/Os are consistently being shown they are NOT), Stoke topped the table last season and missed out on the Final so for them it would be something approaching karma... I would respectfully suggest geography played a part in the choice. Also remember Dudley topped the division and were a countrymile ahead of the third placed team, so any choice other than Mildenhall should have been no problem. Stoke finished their actual league campaign in poor form too so I doubt many would've seen this coming...

Apparently it is OFF...: again... Situation is now looking a real worry. I believe it's rearranged for next Tuesday...

Garrity is a great rider! Seen him a few times at Rye this season and he's been outstanding.

Probably not legal as such. If it was, you'd imagine 16 not 15 would be a 'legal' cut-off. But there HAS to be a cut-off and I think (though the situation with Robert is fairly exceptional...), it is fair enough to have 15 as that cut-off. Would we REALLY want, say, 13 year olds racing and maybe ending up crashing and getting a badly broken leg or worse... Would that be good for the reputation of our sport..? Probably not legal as such. If it was, you'd imagine 16 not 15 would be a 'legal' cut-off. But there HAS to be a cut-off and I think (though the situation with Robert is fairly exceptional...), it is fair enough to have 15 as that cut-off. Would we REALLY want, say, 13 year olds racing and maybe ending up crashing and getting a badly broken leg or worse... Would that be good for the reputation of our sport..?

Gracious me... If you think that was "thuggish" behaviour you REALLY can't get out much!!!

Brilliant typo!!!! And what great news that Noddy has 'Slade' all his opponents!!!!

Not a chance. That was an 'all four back' on every track, in every meeting, by every ref, every time.

Hmm, interesting!! I can see that by excluding those Greater London (ie in current London boroughs...) from the list there is a logic. None of the five listed above have London post-codes.. BUT....: perhaps the most famous of all London Speedway tracks (indeed probably the most famous stadium of any kind in the world..), the Empire Stadium, Wembley also did NOT have a London postcode, did it not..? It certainly hasn't got a London post code now so doubt it ever did...?

There WAS another Peter Smith riding around that time (he's been debated not long since on this part of the BSF) but he rode for King's Lynn NOT Poole...

Indeed. One team still has to stage THREE home NL matches....!!!!

Yes, well I really think a Weds (well specifically the 17th.) will be needed...