Ray Stadia Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 which is what? Joan will be doing the track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Joan will be doing the track! why cant we be told who is doing the track without all these stupid and childish remarks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 why cant we be told who is doing the track without all these stupid and childish remarks? Billy, where is your sense of humour, just be grateful Mildenhall is running this year. Is it that important who is doing the flipping track? I bet you are a barrel of laughs to stand next to on the terraces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendpostie Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) Is it that important who is doing the flipping track? I would have to say yes it is very important who does the track, because on many occasions they will be getting a track that 12 hours earlier was still playing host to a banger meeting, and we have seen that some are much better than others at giving a good rideable track in those situations. I do agree with the earlier poster who said that Joe Evans involvement in the track gave us much better racing. So I would think this matter will have been given some serious thought by the promotion who seem to be a proffesional set up and realise the importance of this appointment. Edited February 24, 2011 by 2ndbendpostie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 With Barrie going to Hackney, I can't see Joe doing it but you never know. With Chris Louis coming in it could be Bob Ellis, a very good track man and a terrific bloke as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Billy, where is your sense of humour, just be grateful Mildenhall is running this year. Is it that important who is doing the flipping track? I bet you are a barrel of laughs to stand next to on the terraces. yes it is important who is doing "the flipping track" because for one thig riders safety is paramount and if that track is not done right its"flipping dangerous" and also i dont stand on the terraces so i can see first hand all the debris from the stocks that usally run the night before and the ruddy great holes that appear if water is not got into the base early in the day. it needs a top bloke to prepare that track and not a plough jockey who hasnt got a clue. bring back huggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 yes it is important who is doing "the flipping track" because for one thig riders safety is paramount and if that track is not done right its"flipping dangerous" and also i dont stand on the terraces so i can see first hand all the debris from the stocks that usally run the night before and the ruddy great holes that appear if water is not got into the base early in the day. it needs a top bloke to prepare that track and not a plough jockey who hasnt got a clue. bring back huggy You liked Starsky and Hutch too!....so did I, what a great TV programme. Huggy was a great character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 (edited) I'd say its very important that track preperation matters are done properly at all tracks in particularly Mildenhall which stages stock cars on the same surface and stadium owner Dave Coventry doesn't seem to understand the time needed to prepare a track properly for speedway. Quite often in the recent past at West Row, the track curators for the speedway haven't been allowed on the track until the afternoon of a meeting, no where near enough time to do a track properly especially after stock cars the night before. When questioned about this Dave Coventry has replied with "what do you lot know about speedway" or words to the same effect! With messrs Lee, Louis and Jolly having the best part of 100 years combined experience of speedway, with Lee being a former World champion and Louis a twice former British champion, Dave Coventry surely won't be able to throw that old chestnut at them! I hope the promotional trio know about Dave Coventrys previous atitude to preparing a track for speedway because if its not rectified then running speedway at Mildenhall will be very difficult! If the track preperation issue is resolved properly then speedway should be very good at Mildenhall this season! Edited February 26, 2011 by 25yearfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Personally I never had any problem with Dave when asking for track prep time and in my dealings with him he always expressed his support for speedway. Still what do I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Lets not kid ourselves here - there will be absolutely NO CHANCE of a decent track. What you have to remember is that Dave Coventry spends very little on equipment - and that attitude will not be changing any time soon. The Fen Tigers may have a very short stay of execution - but the facts are that Coventry's attitude towards the Speedway promotion (whoever it may be) will never change. His 'take it or leave it' attitude is the reason why you see him sitting in the bar on his own, stuffing his face with cod and chips - when everyone else is out on the terraces cheering their team on. BTW, along with those quality harrows the blue Ford tractor and most of the other crap, sorry equipment - actually belong to Terry Waters. Soon to be needed back to water his spuds - when he gets his legal bill in. Obviously at this point, the rent will then have to be 'reviewed' and history will repeat itself once again. Exit - Lee, Louis and Jolly. Next Chapter. Yawn.. Very harsh but unfortunately the main point of your post is very true! No chance is false cause their have been good tracks during Dave Covetrys spell at the stadium but letting track curators on the track at 1.30pm, just 3 hours before a 4.30m start time, the day after a stock car meeting will only result in a track surface that has a blue groove after just a couple of races! Dave Coventry according to my sources, listens to Peter Thorogood but seemingly noone else involved in speedway! Simon Barton - if you were able to delegate with Dave Coventry and make him see sense then you should perhaps go into politics cause you could make the world a better place! Speedway saving grace with Dave Coventry is that he needs the income from speedway taking place at the stadium. Its a shame that his lack of delegation, off the mark ideas about how speedway should run and a general lack of speedway knowledge doesn't help matters. I hope he listens to the current promotors instead of Peter Thorogood cause Mildenhall speedway can be very successful at 3rd Division level if opertaed properly by the speedway promotion and the stadium owners being co operative and listening to those that know much about speedway than him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Not a matter of making Mr Coventry see sense just a matter of working with him and Pete to get the best track we could. Obviously any shared facility will have issues but for me there was never any problem of working with Dave. Indeed on more than one occasion his support was vital in getting meetings to go ahead and at that time there was no financial incentive for him to do so just the fact that he wanted to help when asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just down the road Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Very harsh but unfortunately the main point of your post is very true! No chance is false cause their have been good tracks during Dave Covetrys spell at the stadium but letting track curators on the track at 1.30pm, just 3 hours before a 4.30m start time, the day after a stock car meeting will only result in a track surface that has a blue groove after just a couple of races! Dave Coventry according to my sources, listens to Peter Thorogood but seemingly noone else involved in speedway! Simon Barton - if you were able to delegate with Dave Coventry and make him see sense then you should perhaps go into politics cause you could make the world a better place! Speedway saving grace with Dave Coventry is that he needs the income from speedway taking place at the stadium. Its a shame that his lack of delegation, off the mark ideas about how speedway should run and a general lack of speedway knowledge doesn't help matters. I hope he listens to the current promotors instead of Peter Thorogood cause Mildenhall speedway can be very successful at 3rd Division level if opertaed properly by the speedway promotion and the stadium owners being co operative and listening to those that know much about speedway than him! The problem with Pete Thorogood is that he still thinks he's grading the track at the Isle of Wight. Different base and shale surface dressing entirely. Mildenhalls sub-base is chalk and drains very quickly. The 'shale' is also completely different being crushed brick and a small amout of clay. Worn tine 'stumps' on the harrows are as much use as a chocolate teapot. No amount of weight (lorry wheels, concrete slabs etc..) on them will get them into the base. Coventry knows and welcomes that as he doesnt want a torn up track for his stocks anyway. Hence, your never ending track 'problem'. Unfortunately, your just going to have accept the dust in your curry sauce from heat 4 onwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 One wonders if you are indeed as childishly pathetic as your posts on here seem to show Can only hope not. Very SAD Whatever the motivation for such threats (and I completely agree with your comments here)they have to be taken very seriously, although I suspect that the outcome of the court case will be the be all and end all. What I find most difficult to grasp in that court case is that the decisive point is the level of noise, not a persons decision in choosing to live next to it. Having said that, responsibility for one's own actions seems to have become secondary in the determination of legal cases and you only have to look at litigation taken by housebreakers against those defending their property to see it. Surely the point is the reason for the creation of the situation in the first place and bearing in mind that the stadium has been in existence for 35 years that can only be the person deciding to move in within earshot. In my book, that's their responsibility and no other persons, and how many of us would have sympathy for someone who moved in next to a cat food factory and complained about the smell or moved into a lighthouse and complained about the sea, because I just don't see the difference. Very harsh but unfortunately the main point of your post is very true! No chance is false cause their have been good tracks during Dave Covetrys spell at the stadium but letting track curators on the track at 1.30pm, just 3 hours before a 4.30m start time, the day after a stock car meeting will only result in a track surface that has a blue groove after just a couple of races! Dave Coventry according to my sources, listens to Peter Thorogood but seemingly noone else involved in speedway! Simon Barton - if you were able to delegate with Dave Coventry and make him see sense then you should perhaps go into politics cause you could make the world a better place! Speedway saving grace with Dave Coventry is that he needs the income from speedway taking place at the stadium. Its a shame that his lack of delegation, off the mark ideas about how speedway should run and a general lack of speedway knowledge doesn't help matters. I hope he listens to the current promotors instead of Peter Thorogood cause Mildenhall speedway can be very successful at 3rd Division level if opertaed properly by the speedway promotion and the stadium owners being co operative and listening to those that know much about speedway than him! I don't know who your source is but he is very ignorant of the actual situation, and I speak as a member of Mildenhall's track staff who starts work at around 9am on Sundays. I have found that the key to good track prepraration at West Row is the quality of the shale and the person actually undertaking the work (pretty much the same as everywhere else, in other words). In 2007, Mildenhall was voted by members of this forum as one of the best racing tracks in Britain because we had the quality shale needed and Robert Huggins as trackman. That deteriorated during 2008 due to lack of funds, and during 2009 due to poor work. I can, however, remember one Sunday when Bob Ellis took over and we got a terrific meeting, no dust and no blue line either. Joe Evans showed it could be done by getting to the track at around 10.00am and getting plenty of water down to bind the surface. Read through the pages of this forum and you will see that he attracts a great deal of deserved acknowledgement for his ability to produce a decent race track. Its entirely possible that Bob Ellis will take over again given Chris Louis' involvement and if there is a commitment to decent shale we could go back to the standards of 2007. Not a matter of making Mr Coventry see sense just a matter of working with him and Pete to get the best track we could. Obviously any shared facility will have issues but for me there was never any problem of working with Dave. Indeed on more than one occasion his support was vital in getting meetings to go ahead and at that time there was no financial incentive for him to do so just the fact that he wanted to help when asked. I, too, have never had (with one notorious exception) any trouble with Dave & his brother Ron at the stadium. Quite the opposite, in fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Not a matter of making Mr Coventry see sense just a matter of working with him and Pete to get the best track we could. Obviously any shared facility will have issues but for me there was never any problem of working with Dave. Indeed on more than one occasion his support was vital in getting meetings to go ahead and at that time there was no financial incentive for him to do so just the fact that he wanted to help when asked. Well said Simon! Here we have someone who actually makes statements based on fact rather than a somewhat twisted mentally! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I've not got a twisted mentality, just a desire to say things as they are even if they are bit prickly for some! While Dave Coventry is charge at Mildenhall, running speedway there will be challenging at best, something messrs Lee, Jolly and Louis will find out this season no doubt. A change of atitude and a desire to delegate could alleviate this but leopards don't change their spots! I'm not saying that Coventry only lets the track people on the track at 1.30pm before every meeting but that has been the case in the past. As for Bob Ellis doing the track - Hes done a few times in the past but has said that in the time that Coventry allows curators onto the track, he wouldn't be able to do it properly and subsequently had little desire to try. Working with your hands tied behind your backs is a phrase that springs to mind! I respect Simon Barton for putting his money where his mouth is (which cost him a fair pound or two at Mildenhall I believe) but in all reality I doubt he'd know alot about preparing a track for speedway preparation and its probably the same with Halifaxtiger. Although your enhusiasm is commendable and something every track needs! The bottom line is things will come to a head this year because now Mildenhall will be promoted by a former World Champion, a twice former British Champion who was also one of the best riders in the world and has promotional/track curating experience at Ipswich and another guy who was a very good British League rider. - Basically what Jolly, Lee and Louis don't know abut spedway would't be worth knowing I suspect! In the past Coventry has been able to make excuses for his awkwardness and difficult atitude with the speedway people because Mildenhall speedway has had a lot of people involved in the running of it that have been nieve enthusiasts! I hope the different personalities can work together properly at Mildenhall this season because speedway there can be succesfull if this is achieved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I've not got a twisted mentality, just a desire to say things as they are even if they are bit prickly for some! While Dave Coventry is charge at Mildenhall, running speedway there will be challenging at best, something messrs Lee, Jolly and Louis will find out this season no doubt. A change of atitude and a desire to delegate could alleviate this but leopards don't change their spots! I'm not saying that Coventry only lets the track people on the track at 1.30pm before every meeting but that has been the case in the past. As for Bob Ellis doing the track - Hes done a few times in the past but has said that in the time that Coventry allows curators onto the track, he wouldn't be able to do it properly and subsequently had little desire to try. Working with your hands tied behind your backs is a phrase that springs to mind! I respect Simon Barton for putting his money where his mouth is (which cost him a fair pound or two at Mildenhall I believe) but in all reality I doubt he'd know alot about preparing a track for speedway preparation and its probably the same with Halifaxtiger. Although your enhusiasm is commendable and something every track needs! The bottom line is things will come to a head this year because now Mildenhall will be promoted by a former World Champion, a twice former British Champion who was also one of the best riders in the world and has promotional/track curating experience at Ipswich and another guy who was a very good British League rider. - Basically what Jolly, Lee and Louis don't know abut spedway would't be worth knowing I suspect! In the past Coventry has been able to make excuses for his awkwardness and difficult atitude with the speedway people because Mildenhall speedway has had a lot of people involved in the running of it that have been nieve enthusiasts! I hope the different personalities can work together properly at Mildenhall this season because speedway there can be succesfull if this is achieved! He is probably a man who has respect for people who have 'done it', so maybe, the three lads (Tigers), can 'tame the lion'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damon Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Hopefully there will be a good turn out at the fans evening next Saturday, perhaps another new signing might be unveiled? looking forward to it and the prospect of some entertaining racing on Sunday afternoons in the sun ! roll on the start of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aazzAAZZ0099 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Well whatever the state of the track on Sunday afternoons, lets all praise the 3 speedway saviours for saving speedway at Mildenhall. I for one will just be glad to be able to see speedway again at Mildenhall in 2011, so lets get behind them and give it our best shot and bu**er the tracks state and stop whinging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Well whatever the state of the track on Sunday afternoons, lets all praise the 3 speedway saviours for saving speedway at Mildenhall. I for one will just be glad to be able to see speedway again at Mildenhall in 2011, so lets get behind them and give it our best shot and bu**er the tracks state and stop whinging! well thats all very well saying "bu..er the track" but the reality is it needs someone to get it into shape and make it safe for the riders. its not whinging its fact and although we should be pleased to see racing again which i for one am this track curator buisness is not going to dissapear in a cloud of dust.whoever is going to do it will i hope be revealed on sat. night and please not d. coventry or p. thorogood. still dont understand if the judge has not made his judgement how its still all systems go, or could it change god forbid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz_mft Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Taken off the Mildenhall site Supporters of Mildenhall Fen Tigers will get the chance to meet the new promotion team of Chris Louis, Michael Lee and Kevin Jolly this weekend as they unveil details of the “new era” they've got planned to secure the club's long term future. The trio are hosting a Support the Tigers night at West Row on Saturday evening (5th March at 7.30pm) and they want to see as many supporters there as possible. The riders already signed for 2011 National League campaign will also be attending, and the name of the latest addition to the team will be revealed as well. Co-promoter Michael Lee said, “We want to save the announcement until Saturday night, but we are thrilled to have captured the signature of one of the brightest new talents in speedway. We are all looking forward to meeting the fans and telling them what we've got lined up for the new season. The last few weeks since we took over and got the go-ahead to race have been a whirlwind. But the excitement is starting to grow now, and things are starting to fall into place, so now we can't wait to finalise the rest of the team and get the season underway.” He continued, “Myself, Chris and Kevin have already worked long and hard to make a success of the venture and we are determined to make it work on all levels and deliver the professional set-up the club deserve. We'll also be talking about the Speedway Academy we are setting up at West Row, which from a personal point of view, is something I can't wait to get started. It would be great if we discovered a future British Number One at Mildenhall.” National League co-ordinator Peter Morrish will also be attending on Saturday keen to explain why the league originally vetoed the Fen Tigers joining the league under Steve Ribbons leadership, before the 11th hour acceptance of the Louis, Lee and Jolly promotion. “Whatever supporters think about what happened earlier this winter we could never have got off the ground again without Peter's help and belief in what we are doing, so we are delighted he's asked to come on Saturday,” said Lee. He added, “All in all it promises to be a great night. We hope the meeting will be packed for what we believe will be the start of something special for Mildenhall." Wonder who this new rider is then :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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