cityrebel

medical cover doesn't come cheap either!

you are correct. The promoter of a now defunct NL track told me the same thing.

that is the big question shads. with the raiders returning, meaning more home meetings at rye. It will be a lot of work for Len running three teams out of two tracks at his age.

that's not a bad idea. Maybe I could form a Wimbledon dons party and stand in the next local election in Merton!

If Len goes, will roger still need an experienced promoter alongside him to run speedway at Central Park next year.

maybe a new promoter as well, terry Russell tried to open Central Park a few years ago.

will uncle Len run both kent and rye in the NL.

it might mean PL racing at Central Park next season.

too right, the GRA have always charged top money to rent their stadiums. Wimbledon were paying 2 grand a meeting in 2005 for CL racing!

Well done to everyone on the updates team!

I agree, the ever changing curfew together with the unpredictable track conditions certainly look like a plot to undermine the current speedway promotion.

a scenario that I have got used to, in my forty plus years of supporting speedway in London and the south east.

a few years ago licensed riders were advised by the SCB not to ride at lydd.

It's a real shame that iwade is not an SCB licensed track anymore. I went to the vast majority of the CL matches in the 1990's and 2000's. Those meetings were some of the most enjoyable that i went to in that era.

Last nights meeting at Leicester was an great advert for NL speedway. A hard fought match between two fully committed teams on an excellently prepared track. £12 to get in and all finished by 9.10. What more could you want!

Although I'm biased, it must be Wimbledon. Luxury dining in the superb grandstand that was years ahead of its time. Sadly alll just a distant memory now.

I agree Eddie, a very enjoyable evening. I must say a big well done to everybody at Leicester for putting on a great show at very short notice.

very true shads.

Amateur flat track racing is not the same as amateur speedway. Does this mean that iwade is finished as a pukka speedway track.

Does this mean that iwade is not a licensed SCB track anymore. If so, do they still plan to stage amateur speedway meetings like those occasionally held at lydd.

To be fair to the old boy, Len was very hands on at the farcical NL fours at coventry yesterday. I do believe his input had a big bearing on the meeting going ahead, despite the best efforts of the Brandon track staff to get it called off!

i agree, it's going to be a big financial gamble to reopen brum. I don't envy anybody trying to promote a sport that is in decline, with very little chance of recovery.

I've made three visits to Brandon this season and the track has been shocking every time. At least it's consistent!

The worse thing is, I was not at all surprised by the track farce at coventry this afternoon. It's the sort of thing that us long suffering speedway fans get used to. The problem is, there are a lot less of us now prepared to put up with it.

If things get desperate, what about stoke. it was used by the heathens before in 1996.