cityrebel

i've never had any problems getting concessions tickets for cardiff on the day of the meeting. i always buy the cheapest seats in the upper level where there is plenty of room. if this is a new policy from BSI to limit the amount of kids tickets, then they must be mad!. there is already a lack of youngsters attending domestic speedway in this country. i know let's charge them full price!. come on BSPA you know it makes sense!.

i work as a site manager at a special needs school. none of the staff i work with have ever been to speedway, one or two might of heard of it. i don't think you realise what a minority sport speedway is these days, especially among the younger generation.

if i mentioned it at work, most people would not know what i was talking about!

the crowd looked about 450 on monday, pretty decent for this level of racing. i'm really enjoying the season at central park and i left the stadium looking forward to next weeks match. after going to the fiasco at cardiff on saturday it was like a breath of fresh air to watch some decent NL action.

does anyone know if the 2013 veterans championship due to take place at lydd this coming saturday is still on. usually there is a bit of publicity regarding this event, but recently i have seen nothing.

will bech be riding for the devils in this match. someone has posted on the plymouth thread that he is down to ride in sweden in the u/21's on saturday night. can anyone confirm or deny this.

the crowds have gone down at lakeside this season. i think the club is suffering on three fronts. firstly i think there is still a hangover from the tragic death of lee richardson, secondly we are living in hard times and some fans just can't afford speedway anymore and lastly the new track opening at central park will have taken some fans away that live south of the river. i'm a regular at arena that rarely misses a meeting, yet i went to kent kings last night. good facilities and better value for money made it an easy decision for me, and quite a few more lakeside regulars that i saw there.

if proctor was fit, he would be riding for plymouth at rye house on saturday.

i can't wait!

did anyone get the time of the final. i didn't hang around because i had to leg it for a train.

the forecast looks good at the moment. bring it on!

i thought the track was much better today but the grading and watering needs looking at. still no readmission tickets issued at the turnstiles, neil sort it out!

despite the delays, i thought it was a fair meeting today. well done to plymouth for putting up a decent performance on a lovely sunny afternoon.

The kings were very unlucky with the weather today. There has been little or no rain in the rest of the south east and the forecast for heavy showers this evening appear to be wide of the mark.

meeting off according to BSPA and kings websites.

I will be there on monday if the weather is ok. It's just great to have a new track to visit in the south east after the loss of so many venues over the years.

it's better than the sombre atmosphere at arlington mike!

it's a shame that more people don't turn up on saturday evenings to support the rockets young riders. garrity, nelson, mellgren and lykke have great potential and produce some excellent racing at the launch pad.

the pa seemed fine in the main stand where i was sitting shads. there were a few people on bends 1 & 2 but bends 3 & 4 were closed, so i don't know if it was working in those areas.

It was a very good turn out last night shads, before the rain spoiled it. The meeting was run at a fast pace with the riders at the tapes for heat 1 dead on 6.30. The kings side does need strengthening though, to help maintain crowd levels.

i doubt if there was much more than 500 at arlington on saturday for the coventry match. there was about a 1000 at kent's second meeting last night. the horrendous weather is having a major impact on speedway attendances this season.

I will be there shads. Oh the joys of finishing work at 1.30pm and the pain of starting at 6am!

tomorrow evening sees the first competitive match staged at central park. what sort of impact yesterdays downpours and todays rain will have on the newly laid track, who knows. i reckon the islanders might win this one.

is it off yet!, big showers forecast for tomorrow afternoon and evening.

very quick shads, for this time of the morning!