cityrebel

I'm surprised to be honest. Eastbourne and Lynn have both pulled the plug on dry days. What hope for the future has this sport got.

Well said, speedway is like a social club without the beer for me. As an ex Wimbledon fan, im a neutral at every meeting i attend. As a sport it's hard to see how it can survive. Weakened teams and falling crowds are a recipe for disaster. Most of my local tracks are now in the NL, so my days of wanting to see the 'star' riders are long gone.

The blowers were reported 'missing' early on Saturday morning, leaving plenty of time to source replacements!

Saul had problems getting time off work riding for the island last year, probably the same goes for baseby.

no, the same one that inspected Eastbourne on Saturday!

Heavy showers and gale force winds are forecast for tomorrow. This could have an impact on the ferry crossings.

i cut my speedway teeth on good old Ted Sear at west ham and hackney. David Hamilton and Ed Stewart were very entertaining at wembley, followed by martin rogers.

medical cover and generators permitting!!!

Hyde road was a fantastic race track. It felt like you were watching speedway in a museum. West ham was the only other venue that had the same atmosphere for me.

Henry Atkins was excellent on the island on Thursday. Another decent youngster coming through the system.

Hope he helps pull in the crowds down there.

The last time I looked it wasn't too bad. That was about a year ago though.

I used to watch cycle speedway as a kid at South London rangers. The track, a stone's throw away from Wimbledon stadium is still intact. A few famous speedway riders cut their teeth at this once famous venue.

The sun is shining, bring it on!

Fair play to you Martin for having the decency to come on here and explain the situation. It just gets a bit stressful for us fans trying to get back to the mainland.

I've seen them all since ove fundin. The last one I missed was Bjorn Knutson.

so long as we know, as john used to say!

Kelsey was on the island last night being interviewed about his future plans!

Tonight was the worst run meeting on the island since last season's relaunch. Having a 30 min interval at 8.25 was madness considering there is a curfew in place. I had to ask the taxis to wait so we could watch the last 3 races. Let's hope that tonight was a one off.

especially the island, who really struggle to pull in the crowds outside of the holiday season.

I remember going to an England v USA test match at poole in the 1980's. The covers were used from the dog track and removed just before start time. The meeting was was run despite it raining for most of the day.

Rye house a stadium fit for purpose, you're having a laugh. The place is little more than a glorified building site. I'm a regular at both rye and lakeside, and both venues are lacking in spectator facilities.

Too right they don't. The chances of the hammers ever returning to the top flight are probably zero, so they had better get used to it.

It's gonna be a gamble for anyone travelling to speedway today. I just got away with it at lakeside yesterday, I might just stay local today.

Good crowd today, more Sunday meetings on the way I hope!