cityrebel

I'm looking forward to it!

It's better to save one venue, than lose two.

A lot of landowners and developers don't want sitting tennants. It's far less hassle to secure the site and leave it empty.

Nothing would suprise me, but some of the bigger NL clubs are preparing themselves for a revamp.

I don't think it's a given, there will be a NL next season.

Which is a shame. I was hoping to have two more visits to say goodbye to the old place.

The fixture is to be arranged on the Peterborough website. Well that clears that one up!

There seems to be a car meeting scheduled for Arena Essex on that day. Unless that has changed, I can't see the speedway being on.

That is the big question. No doubt the few meetings lakeside will be running at Rye, will determine what happens next season.

The Rye House supporters never attended in sufficient numbers this season to make it viable. To alienate the hammers fans next year by removing any connection with their club, would be a mistake in my opinion. You have to embrace the history of both teams, for this venture to have any chance of success.

The BSPA & Peterborough websites state that lakeside are hosting the Panthers next Saturday, yet the hammers site says nothing regarding this fixture.

Totally agree. How can fans plan anything when the clubs don't know what's going on.

He's the IOW announcer, taking a guest booking. He tells it how it is, which is all you need.

Sounds familiar.

The Rye House website has the 29th confirmed as lakeside v Peterborough in their fixture list.

You're showing your age!

I fear you may be right. I think the chances of a new track opening anywhere in the country are slim. The demand for any piece of land in the South East for housing, makes it virtually impossible.

That has to be the favourite.

That's the way I read it.

It wouldn't suprise me to see two bigger leagues next year and the NL dumped. It's not really a training league anymore, and some of the teams would be better off running SDL level of racing. The likes of Mildenhall and Kent should be staging a higher level of speedway with their crowd levels.

Eastbourne Dons, that name still makes me shudder. As a lifelong Wimbledon fan, that was a hard pill to swallow. I'm in no doubt that the hammers fans will be feeling the same.

Last night was my eighth meeting of the season on the island, two down on last year. Not bad, considering I live in Surrey.

Thanks a lot for the information.

100% correct.

According to the BSPA, Friday was never lakeside's race night this season, it was always Saturday.