Son of Shaleman

You could almost sense an 'edge' around the place the night that Mildenhall visited....almost as if things weren't quite right.

Well there it is. Len is retiring..can't blame him at his age. http://www.kent-speedway.com/news.php?extend.1799

So, not Swindon’s fault. Then, who is to blame?

Oh dear

Weather this week on Swindon’s side. Professional contractors can do this work quickly. Track will need a while to bed down. If I was Swindon I might hold a practice meeting or an open practice to get plenty of bikes on new track.

Eastbourne Tesco, British Bookshop (owned by Smith’s in Uckfield, Smiths in King’s lynn and Smiths at Birchanget Services on M 11

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Dean Wilson will do very well to get a nine-point average; if that is who is coming over. We shall see. Proof of the pudding and all that

Eastbourne Speedway has a long history of bringing in riders from the Kent grasstrack scene, especially from the time when Arthur Nutley was team manager. No surprise that Eastbourne Eagles are looking to the grasstrack fraternity for the 2015 team. Makes sense - those riders from Kent are fairly local and may bring supporters in as well.

What can be added to the above, is that the "reach" of local radio advertising is often very low. Many radio stations may reach only five per cent of the people living in their transmission area. And then those five per cent may not be your (speedway) target audience. For example, some stations have a target audience of a 37-year-old mum on the school run.

You are all stuck with your predictions - no Eastbourne to put last this year

Yes, just seen Richard was the rider of the year down at Devon in 2014. Glowing "reference" in last week's Star

And to be fair, rider control wasn't awfully popular 40 years ago. It is how speedway works.

Yes. There is a super band of people who do not miss an away match. Dwindling, yes - but that's no different to any other club. There have been visitors to Eastbourne in the last few years who have not brought one fan (as far as one can discern).

And down south, David Mason is riding from Eastbourne to Ricky's home on a bike to raise money for the fund Read more: http://eastbourneeagles.co/news.php?extend.677