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He did say about 50-50, so it could be 4-3 prefer Rye House I'd say that Marc Owen prefers Lakeside... Ben Morely and David Mason have a liking to Rye House... As for the other 4, I couldn't say!

Was this a Scunthorpe/Sheffield decision not to travel down next Sunday?

2012 will be pretty much the same as 2011 with possibly a replacement to be found for Jordan Frampton who looks increasingly unhappy and has spoken of his dislike for the Rye House track... Unless a quality rider lands in his lap, as Linus did in 2008, it'll be another unimaginative side built way under the points limit and announced before Christmas... Don't be surprised if next years side is already decided... Can't imagine any of the Hawks side will be given a run in the side as none have shown that they are ready for the Premier League... If crowds contunue to dwindle the clubs PL existance could be in serious doubt.

I'm not particularly bothered about the £12 for myself, but a reduction to £2 for kids under 16 could help to bring a few more through the gate who would normally not consider going in my opinion... I'd certainly be considering attending more NL meetings at Rye House if the pricing policy was in line with most other clubs

The Rye House Raiders make a full time return to the NL next year replacing the Hackney Hawks according to the Ryehousefans Twitter page Not surprised as the Hawks have been playing to mostly dismal crowds at Rye House... It remains to be seen whether the return of the Raiders attracts many more through the gate... I'd suggest a fairer pricing policy with regards to under 16's would help.

Seeing this Cameron Heeps lad may have swayed it, but as I'm not a Hackney or Mildenhall supporter I'll be giving this a miss.

I was witness to Stuart Robson smashing into the first bend at West Row back in 2007, sustaining horrific injuries... Ben is indeed a lucky lad if he walked away from that relatively unscathed.

At no extra cost I believe... £16 for a PL/NL double header is not to be sniffed at!

That's over double what the Hawks are pulling in at Rye House!!... Personally I'm of the opinion that the Hackney experiment hasn't really worked... It must be nice for ex Hackney fans to see their race jacket back again, but it's really a Rye House side masquarading as Hawks, lety's be honest!.. If this was a stand alone team at then it would probably attract more people through the gates, but as there are bigger and better teams to watch at The Arena Essex Raceway and Rye House Stadium then they are always gonna struggle to pull in the crowds, especially in this economic climate... Even the Rockets are struggling to pull in 500 this season, so what chance have the Hawks got?

Thanks for the info

Surely there must be a better way of doing the updates? What happened to the hackney Hawks Twitter?

NO updates there, just some old guys FB page!

Dunno if it's old age or if this was a hastily arranged meeting, but I couldn't find a thread for this afternoons Buxton vs Raiders/Cobras fixture... Anyway, great win for the Rye House junior side. I can't recall them ever winning at Buxton before... Obviously the choice of guest helped a little

I was told there were between 150-200 people on the terraces last night, not good considering there was nothing on TV, apart from the boxing and no GP to be up against... How many would there be without the hordes of Hackney fans that have suddenly decided to show up now that the Cobras are riding under a different name with a change of race bibs? How about bringing back the Raiders/Cobras asap?

Some of them ain't so old

"Old bags" you called 'em!!

A few people in the houses close to the track have complained about the noise in the past I'm told... 9.30 does seem pretty early for a curfew though. No wonder the Bandits find it difficult to hold second half races!

You're an idiot if you think that, stop showing yourself up

He injured his knee when Linus gave him no room whatsoever coming out of the second bend... He clattered into the fence right in front of where I was standing that night!!

I'm sure every right thinking speedway fan is concerned when a rider is injured.

Hmmmm... I wonder what your dad thinks after confidently predicting at Rye last Sunday that we'd not get 30 points tonight?

Happy with a point Glenn?

A point is more than I could've wished for at Berwick, especially with Neathy missing and Jordan missing his last 2 rides... Bad news about Alex Edberg though, kinda puts a dampner on any Bandits celebrations I would guess... Best wishes to him and Jordan.

and 2 points down by heat 13!!

Chest infection, I did say!!