cityrebel

Hot and cold. I've seen him have good and bad meetings for Rye.

I'd say that was an excellent attendance for Stoke. I saw Kent there earlier in the season, and the crowd was a fraction of that.

Going to meetings is enough for me, i don't particularly want to read about it. There is a website called speedway news now where i can catch the latest club press releases. I only need the line ups and an accurate weather forecast to determine wether i go or not.

If he lasts that long.

Severe weather warnings were issued yesterday and major traffic delays. It don't take much to stop people going, and who can blame them.

That is a scandalous decision from Godfrey, kick the IOW promotion in the nuts like he did Lakeside and Workington last year. No wonder British speedway is on its knees. Self interest governs the sport in this country.

Promoters couldn't give a monkeys about the away line ups, unless you are one of the few that have ambitions about winning something. The home meetings are the ones that matter, when it comes to balancing the books at the end of the season. How can Glasgow be expected to sell tonights meeting to the paying public.

No Danny Ayres or Ben Barker on the island tonight, which is a shame.

Should be an afternoon meeting really. King's Lynn would have been ideal.

28 races before the curfew kicks in. Good luck!

I just don't like poorly prepared tracks Sid. If they can't get it right in good weather, what hope do we have if it rains.

That's the product the promoters dish up now. It's like having a bad meal at a restaurant, would you come back for more. The last three meetings i have attended were all run on slick and dusty tracks with little opportunity for any passing. These matches were all run in perfect Speedway weather, yet very little water was applied to the tracks. No thought is given to the paying punter. Getting covered in dust is all part of the fun.

Not a meeting for the neutrals.

I'd go if it was more local. I couldn't justify a 400 mile round trip to watch it.

No, bone dry. The rain never arrived until the early hours of sunday morning.

There was a definite lack of track watering at Eastie last saturday.

British speedway at its best.

The draw was a fair result on a slick and dusty track. Getting the pre meeting parade done early is working a treat, and gives a head start in case of any unforseen circumstances.

He's a different rider on the island. He used to poodle round the white line, now he really attacks the track. The move over there has done him the world of good.

He never seems to do it when he returns to Kent. He is hard to beat when he makes the start on the island, very fast out in front.

I'm trying to be diplomatic.

If the 'real' Georgie Wood turns up, it could be close.

My lips are sealed...

I remember a long standing speedway promoter uttering those words a few years ago. The track in question is no more.

My first ever meeting at Arlington against Rayleigh way back in 1972 ended up with a punch up. It was exciting stuff for a wide eyed nipper, but it was a lot more common in those days.