ChubbyChesgire Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Please be on - I need a speedway fix ! From Potters website - STOKE Easy Rider Potters look to get back on track after an enforced break due to the weather when they entertain the Dudley Heathens in the Staffs Cup second leg at Loomer Road on Saturday night, in what is a busy weekend for the Potters with three meetings in four days. The Potters open their weekend with the visit of the Heathens at the new start time of 7pm with the Stoke Spitfires also in action against Mercia in the Midland Developement League. The Potters then travel to Scunthorpe on Bank Holiday Monday for the first leg of their National League KO Cup clash and then they make the long trek to the Isle of Wight for the second leg of the Wightlink Trophy. Stoke who trail by four points after the first leg when they went down to a creditable 47-43 defeat against the Heathens on their home circuit at Monmore Wood give debuts to Rhys Naylor and Ross Walter. The Heathens have drafted former Potter Tim Webster for number one Adam Roynon who is riding for his Premier League club Workington in their league cup clash against Sheffield and Webster will be well supported with the inform Tom Perry who has started the season wellc for the Heathens. The top two will be supported by Byron Bekker who linked up with the Heathens this season after riding for the Belle Vue Colts last year and Ashley Morris who has not had the best starts to his season and is more than capable on his day of hitting double figures while James White Williams completes the top five for Dudley. Dudley rider of the season last year Darryl Ritchings who has made a good start to the season lines up at reserve with Daniel Greenwood. Easy Rider Potters team manager Malcolm Vasey commented "I'm feeling very confident that we can pull back the four point deficit against a very good Heathens team, and I think we have the edge on them around our home circuit." Stoke: Ashley Birks (8.28), Jaimie Pickard (6.87), Tony Atkin (Captain) (7.84), Rhys Naylor (3.00), Richie Worrall (7.75), Ross Walter (3.00), Ben Reade (3.00), Team Manager Malcolm Vasey Dudley: Tim Webster (G) (9.08), James White-Williams (4.53), Tom Perry (5.89), Byron Bekker (6.55), Ashley Morris (6.63), Darryl Ritchings (4.29), Daniel Greenwood (3.00), Team Manager Will Pottinger Meanwhile Adam McKinna has joined National League rivals Buxton after the Hitmen and former Potters rider Tim Webster parted company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Going to be tough this evening with a useful Heathen team coming to town. Looks a good evening ahead and hope that there is no problems both on the track and off with regard to electric and medical problems. New lads on the track, which will add a bit more interest, although tough for the Potters with only seven riders to pick from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burton1 Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 reckon stoke 47 dudley 43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen1984 Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 50 minutes and done 1 race. Not like stoke this? Its freezing aswell that dont help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen1984 Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 50 minutes and done 1 race. Not like stoke this? Its freezing aswell that dont help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen1984 Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Missed roynon badly, if he was there we wud av won i think cus you wouldnt see him coming last in any races. Well rode worrall, without roynon there he was a class apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vog Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Long, drawn out meeting thanks to a couple of falls. Hope both Pickard and Bekker are ok! As for the meeting itself, Dudley looked the more compact team, but Stoke always seemed to just have enough in their 4 riders who were scoring. Birks was pretty good, and Worrall was exceptional, never looking troubled. Ben Reade was the star of the show though, scoring paid 17 from reserve! For Dudley, Webster was a solid guest, but Roynon would have scored more. Reserves looked ok in the reserves race, but not much after. Perry impressed, Morris chipped in, White Williams was steady. Still, 90-90 on aggregate, I guess we take the cup as no-one would have beaten Worrall in a run off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbymilkfloat Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Long, drawn out meeting thanks to a couple of falls. Hope both Pickard and Bekker are ok! As for the meeting itself, Dudley looked the more compact team, but Stoke always seemed to just have enough in their 4 riders who were scoring. Birks was pretty good, and Worrall was exceptional, never looking troubled. Ben Reade was the star of the show though, scoring paid 17 from reserve! For Dudley, Webster was a solid guest, but Roynon would have scored more. Reserves looked ok in the reserves race, but not much after. Perry impressed, Morris chipped in, White Williams was steady. Still, 90-90 on aggregate, I guess we take the cup as no-one would have beaten Worrall in a run off [/quote i agree there vog,]as far as im concerned you can have the poxy cup(if there was one as i didnt see it on display),it saves having a replay and me having to fork out to go to that place again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
builderbob Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Going to be tough this evening with a useful Heathen team coming to town. Looks a good evening ahead and hope that there is no problems both on the track and off with regard to electric and medical problems. New lads on the track, which will add a bit more interest, although tough for the Potters with only seven riders to pick from. oh dear that is unfair stoke only had 7 riders to choose from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhoundp Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) Long, drawn out meeting thanks to a couple of falls. Hope both Pickard and Bekker are ok! As for the meeting itself, Dudley looked the more compact team, but Stoke always seemed to just have enough in their 4 riders who were scoring. Birks was pretty good, and Worrall was exceptional, never looking troubled. Ben Reade was the star of the show though, scoring paid 17 from reserve! For Dudley, Webster was a solid guest, but Roynon would have scored more. Reserves looked ok in the reserves race, but not much after. Perry impressed, Morris chipped in, White Williams was steady. Still, 90-90 on aggregate, I guess we take the cup as no-one would have beaten Worrall in a run off [/quote i agree there vog,]as far as im concerned you can have the poxy cup(if there was one as i didnt see it on display),it saves having a replay and me having to fork out to go to that place again. A fair result in the end, couple of E/fs cancelled each other out, couple of injuries JP for Stoke and BB for the Heathens, might have slightly favoured the Potters,but would have expected Royno to have scored slightly more than his guest Tim W, Richie Worrall only head above Tom Perry, but head and shoulders above the other riders, stating the obvious Ben Reade was the Stoke star, I think he has probably scored around 30 points over the 2 meetings, and whilst he is at reserve and Richie is in the form he is in, Stoke will be a match for anyone. For the Heathens; Tom was the main man, Tim did a decent job covering Royno, JWW scored his average, Byron showing glimpses of the BB we know,until he was involved in a NO fault accident, thought young Ben was maybe lucky not to have been excluded in that one, Ash was hot and cold, Darryl again looked down on power, and Dan scored against the weaker Stoke riders, without looking to trouble the others, but he is only a 3 pointer himself. I was dissapointed with the size of the Stoke crowd, around 500 maybe, i would guesstimate with at least 40% of those being Heathens, is that normal? Vog or have i been way out with my estimate. Edited May 5, 2012 by greyhoundp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vog Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 I was dissapointed with the size of the Stoke crowd, around 500 maybe, i would guesstimate with at least 40% of those being Heathens, is that normal? Vog or have i been way out with my estimate. Crowd looked about average, even taking into account the Dudley following. Could potentially have been effected by the fact that it is our first, team, home meeting since 31st March, and also it was bloody freezing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 oh dear that is unfair stoke only had 7 riders to choose from Oh Bob, If you were a fish you would get caught every day, unfortuately you would be too small and get thrown back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 I didn't think the crowd was that bad - around the 500 mark - although it was well down on the league match last season between the two clubs. A freezing night, rain blowing about in the area, a challenge match and the FA cup all probably had their effect. Stoke have been at fault in the past for delays in meetings but they can't be accused here. Two nasty looking accidents (particularly the second) and there is always going to be a hold up. Worrall never looked liked getting beaten and broke the track record in the process (although one or two times were questionable). Birks wasn't quite as dominant as I thought he would be, and Stoke's long tail was all too obvious. They won't be able to carry two riders all season. Ben Reade showed flashes of real ability last year and this was easily the best I have seen him ride, with some sharp gating and a superb pass of Ritchings. For the Heathens, Perry looked good - a couple of very fine passes on Birks - and with Roynon in they will be a handful for most teams home and away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek 613 Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 50 minutes and done 1 race. Not like stoke this? Its freezing aswell that dont help What a complete and utter idiot you are. A rider down complaining off back pain come on St Johns throw him in the back of the ambulance Heathen1984 is complaining oh what a shame - The St Johns did everything they were supposed to and looked after the rider in order to make sure he did not cause himself more damage. I notice you've not complained about the delay in heat 10 when Byron was also down for a considerable amount of time, is it just you want opposing riders to get hurt??? You are a complete disgrace to all Dudley supporters and speedway supporters in general. I hope that Jaimie and Byron are okay and back racing soon, it's not nice to see any rider get hurt no matter what team they ride for and if it prevents further injury to a rider I fully support the St Johns for however long they are dealing with a rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 50 minutes and done 1 race. Not like stoke this? Its freezing aswell that dont help you really are an utter twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villiers210 Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 I must confess that every time I come away from Stoke, ther are more questions that need answering. Only a couple of weeks ago, the British U21 semi fials were abandoned at 9.20 due to a 9.30 curfew. And last night the MDL races went on well past 9.30. Now I'm not knocking the MDL, but really, which is most important? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbymilkfloat Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 50 minutes and done 1 race. Not like stoke this? Its freezing aswell that dont help heathen1984 you are a complete and utter buffoon,a rider down complaining of back pain can be a very serious injury,but there again he was down injured on the track for about 20 minutes in my reckoning-so where did the other 30 minutes go?....it was waiting for another ambulance to transfer him to hospital same fiasco as there was in under 21 semi final held there,surely the stoke management could have learnt there lesson after the semi to have 2 ambulances at the track,i was stood there asking myself how on earth did this place win nl track of the year last season-maybe no other track entered it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathen1984 Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 That is exactly my problem, i agree they shud take as long as they need on track to sort the riders, cus cant rush when it a bad accident, but why is it we always seem to av to wait for an ambulance, other tracks av one ready with hardly any delay. Lets just hope bekker n pickard are ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMW Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 That is exactly my problem, i agree they shud take as long as they need on track to sort the riders, cus cant rush when it a bad accident, but why is it we always seem to av to wait for an ambulance, other tracks av one ready with hardly any delay. Lets just hope bekker n pickard are ok Sorry have to diasgree with you there. There is always a wait if the rider has to go to hospital waiting for a county ambulance to arrive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsimpson Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 I must confess that every time I come away from Stoke, ther are more questions that need answering. Only a couple of weeks ago, the British U21 semi fials were abandoned at 9.20 due to a 9.30 curfew. And last night the MDL races went on well past 9.30. Now I'm not knocking the MDL, but really, which is most important? I might be wrong, but I'm 99% sure that if the ambulance has to make an appearance on track the curfew is pre approved to extend by 30 minutes to 10pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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