cityrebel

It should have been a 6pm start tonight. Next Sundays 2pm and 7pm starts could cause problems, if there are racing delays or traffic hold ups.

Might be an idea to take some to Rye tonight!

I started at a young age, so i go back further than that. I went to the last ever meeting at West Ham and the first at Arena. It's very rare for one track to close, and another to reopen the following night. I hope the move is a success for the club.

Hellingly Lions have connections with Eastbourne Speedway that goes back years. They still have their fixtures advertised in the Eagles programme.

I've been to double headers at White City that went on past midnight. Hopefully we will be finished before the witching hour tonight!

It was the biggest crowd I'd seen at Arena since the Lee Richardson meeting.

You can defend the promotion as much as you like, but running no home meetings in the peak holiday season is a suicidal business model. No wonder the crowd levels have been poor for last few home matches. With Rye House running a championship double header tonight for only £2 more, that is where my money will be going.

About three times the normal amount. I'd say around the 2000 mark. Pretty good for modern crowd levels.

Very well said, despite the programme being restricted to one per person, I still managed to blag a few extras. The club missed a trick limiting the print run to a 1000.

Don't hold your breath.

After last night's marathon, I'm getting myself prepared for another one tonight. Anything earlier than a 11pm finish will be a bonus. Hopefully a decent crowd will turn up to support it.

It's going to be a struggle to get both of Saturday's matches run by the 10pm curfew, which appeared for the Coventry match, but disappeared the following week against Kent.

My heart bleeds for them.

I knew simmo well when I worked at Wimbledon. I helped him run the winter training schools at plough lane in the early 1980's. I got quite a few freebies at Crayford when he was team manager of the Kestrels, which was much appreciated at the time!

Thankfully the weather looks fine for tomorrow.

That's great to hear. Well done to the mason's.

Enjoy!

Filling in the programme will be a nightmare tonight!

I'd go if I lived local to Brum, but I wouldn't travel miles to watch it. It's just a shame that so many riders have had to pull out.

Another thing I never liked, was changing the clubs colours. West Ham speedway was red, white & blue, so was Arena Essex. It was a nice connection with the past. Changing to the football clubs colours didn't sit well with me. We don't all support West Ham United, do we?

When Wimbledon moved to Eastbourne in 1991 they kept their identity. By 1992, there was no trace the Dons ever existed.

As a regular that attends both tracks, I can honestly say that Rye has resembled a building site since Len left. The huge mound of earth dumped on the centre green at the start of the season, was the final straw for a lot of Rye fans. The great facilities are just a myth.

Cradley no longer run in the league and Coventry are getting crowds of about 200. Neither are doing strongly.

I would imagine they grabbed the Rye option before another promotion did.

As an ex Wimbledon fan I feel your loss, I drive past plough lane most days, and have seen it reduced to a pile of rubble. I will continue to support all my local venues until there are no more, then it will be time to hang up my prog board!.