cityrebel

That's my fear.

All the time the present incumbents are still on site, the track will remained unlicensed. The stadium ownership is the biggest obstacle to overcome, if professional Speedway is to be staged there again.

It depends what forecast you are looking at. The BBC looks reasonable, but the met office is pretty grim. I just hate these type of days, last Friday was lovely, but no meeting.

Backtrack and speedway stop press are the only 2 publications I still collect. Stop press was a London track fanzine published between 1969 - 72. My formative years in the sport, when I was just cutting my speedway teeth!

He's not going to admit that the new stadium is never going to be built, that would be bad for his business. Everything will be positive, until the bulldozers move in. Stadia UK will get all the flak if it don't happen, not TR.

Pretty poor line ups for an important meeting. Double R/R and guests is a downer for those fans attending.

Tomorrow, after what seems like an eternity, Lakeside attempt to stage a home meeting against Newcastle. It should be a win for the Hammers. Let's hope the weather gods are kind to us fans hoping to attend.

Flat track racing has nothing to do with speedway. They are not licenced by the SCB as far as I'm aware.

My first memory was when my dad took me to see Czechs ride at Romford in 1970. It was scary stuff watching the likes of Vaclav Verner ride inches away from the concrete safety wall at brooklands!

The fact that these meetings at iwade are fully licensed events. Surely they should be listed in the official BSPA fixture list.

I doubt it. There's a chance of a rain shower at 7pm!

Only one or two. I reckon you could add a few more to that total. The whole sport is in freefall.

Totally agree, it's just a shame his off track antics overshadowed his on track performances. He was a great team rider who could deliver on any track. Ronnie Moore was a naturally gifted motorcyclist, so was Michael Lee And Darcy Ward. Three great riders that made it look so easy.

Gerald hasn't worked at lakeside for a while now. He's been at Rye house for the last couple of years.

I've been a regular from the start in 1994. When some of my local tracks dropped down, it was no culture shock to me.

The thing is mate, beggars can't be choosers. Recently it's been easier to find water in the Sahara than go to speedway in the South east. It is what it is at the moment. I'm up for an improvement in standards, but I'm not holding my breath.

You and me both!

As a smallbrook regular, last thursday was my 7th visit of the season. I never thought speedway would return to the island after it closed in 2013. It had too many things going against it, the Solent being the main obstacle. The new promotion have done a fantastic job in turning the track around, and it has a real feel good factor about the place.

I went to three meetings in the series and the final at Wembley. Australia v New Zealand at Wimbledon, England v Poland at Hackney and New Zealand v Russia at Reading. Happy days!

When the standard comes down in the top two leagues, some team places might become available for those professional juniors.

That was part of Ronnie's charm. It wasn't win at all costs for him.

RIP mirac. One of my first speedway heroes, and my favourite rider of my era. A true gent.

It certainly looks like that.

Weather permitting, this time next week, lakeside's third home meeting in two months could have been staged. With Godfrey's gladiators riding on the 31st and Edinburgh away on the 7th, a congested end to the season is looking likely at arena. Why have no attempts been made to run the odd meeting on an off night, to help ease the congestion.

If you'd have seen Danny Ayres and Josh Bailey on the island last night. Some of their overtaking moves scared me more than them!.