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my pictures from the meeting here >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157665612049993

Kings Lynn Young Stars v Mildenhall NL 04.05.16 https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157665612049993

had a chat with Stokes last night at Kings Lynn, he's definitely up for the challenge

nah, not interested

not a problem John, I can't say I've ever heard of you as a reporter, and I can't recall seeing anything by you even though I get Vintage Speedway Magazine and Classic Speedway. I also don't recall you being a photographer at the track even though I was first taken to Wimbledon in 1967 aged 6 weeks, and was a regular until 1991, home and away through my teens included. but that doesn't bother me, what bothers me is your constant sniping at speedway and comparisons to stock cars. my background in speedway doesn't go as far as writing about it I'm afraid, but I always got on well with management involved at Wimbledon, I used to go to the speedway office during my lunch breaks from work just for a chat with Maido. also, both my parents and grandparents worked at the stadium, and when Ivan Mauger came over in 1957 there was a family that pretty much looked after him and Raye while they were here the first time, but you'll need to read Ivan's autobiography and John Chaplin's book on Ivan to find out who that was. It was Ivan that got me riding, on the Hyde Road track during a New Zealand practice for a Commonwealth Final there, so no, I don't have any background whatsoever

'cried off' or injured?

unfortunately, the Wimbledon thread was ruined at the start

the problem really is the person that started the thread .. I'm sure he'll be pushing for all his 4 wheel driving friends to attend as that's where his priorities lay. I was born in Wimbledon, attended from a very early age, and kept attending until they closed originally in '91, but I'm not interested in any reunion if John Hyam is involved as I don't want to small talk about stock cars

i'll be at Belle Vue on Monday for speedway, no thanks to anything else

Peterborough has Truckfest tomorrow

I'm leaving at 7am from Holbeach, took just over 2 and a half hours last time but with BH you never know what the traffic will be like .. rather be there early and grab a bite to eat than be panicking also, do BV have track covers?

give people a chance with speedway instead of knocking them, and stick to your 4 wheeled fun. your 'reliable answer' about other sports is likely to be "I don't know about that, but I went to New Cross in 1936"

or maybe they smile knowingly that you're a knob

agree totally, nice leisurely drive through the Peak District to get there, then back home at a reasonable time

park all along the road where the stadium is. I'm looking forward to it, enjoyed myself at the Peter Craven Memorial despite the obvious, so making the trip up again, really hope it's on

online club shops would need to be linked to whoever runs the track shop at each track, it's not the clubs (generally) that runs them

the latter, 100%

I did ride in worse, but that was because I wanted to ride .. I remember riding at Peterborough in a cup match where we (Canterbury) had one or two riders refuse to ride, I think I got 5 or 6 rides out of it, but the bikes were quite a bit different then, we didn't have to be flat out to get round

I popped in to the Arena about 3pm after the almighty hail and rain storm in Kings Lynn, and Buster was working on the track making sure it could go ahead .. on driving home and then going out again a little later I made the decision not to go, I just felt even if Buster had the track sorted it still wouldn't go ahead as it would be down to the riders.

my pictures from the meeting here >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157667084922060

Leicester v Kings Lynn EL 23.04.16 https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157667084922060

popped in the Arena earlier as in town and although it was mighty wet they were working on the track and confident everything would be ok tonight

my opinion, it's PL again

my pictures from the meeting here >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157667632022975

Milton Keynes v Kings Lynn Lightning MDL 24.04.16 (at Peterborough) https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/albums/72157667632022975