TividaleHeathen Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) Kent Bishops? What team is going to admit to wanting to go down to Kent to bash the Bishops? I like it!! Edited November 30, 2012 by TividaleHeathen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikko Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone We are really pleased that we have been able to make the announcement now, and to have had so much interest already in our new venture. We will be spending the next couple of weeks (and months) working at the track and continuing to set up the infrastucture needed to ensure that this is a success for many years to come. This will include a brand new and exciting website which will be launced in December but in the meantime you can keep up to date with our temporary site the link is in my signature and will also be on the BSPA website by tomorrow. For the moment we will be known as Kent Speedway until we decide, through our competition, what the nickname for the club will be. We are already securing sponsors and I will be spending the Xmas period and January/February working on this. More details to follow. I am always happy to receive ideas and will be working with local schools, companies and fans on some new and exciting initatives. Look out for some more major announcements in the coming weeks. Thanks for everyones support. Neil "Nikko" Day Commercial Manager - Kent Speedway Edited November 30, 2012 by Nikko 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 kent kestrels sounds like a decent name to me. it would provide a link to one of the countys former tracks at crayford. That is what I thought would be good. Got a nice ring to it,and is in honour of a lost Kent team ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 The track, currently under construction, will measure 264 meters, with wide corners to encourage plenty of passing manoeuvres. The stadium itself will be one of, if not the, finest in the sport with over 2000 seats plus a fine restaurant and corporate entertainment suites, and licenced bars and fast food outlets in addition. All spectators will have a superb view of the racing from high level accommodation. This is the part that interests me. I've never been to Central Park Stadum, so have no idea of the lay out. Does the above mean that spectators be watching from behind glass Wimbledon style? And will these bars and restaurant be open for speedway meetings? In other words....."ive just saved about 10k running an NL team out of Hoddesdon.Kent can have it!!!" If it keeps Rye House Speedway going it's an excellent decision 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahLapworth Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Kent Bishops? What team is going to admit to wanting to go down to Kent to bash the Bishops? Has a ring to it - maybe they could call their 2nd half team the "altar boys" LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Spitfires would of course be a great name but as the Kent County Cricket team already use that moniker can't see how that would be possible. Kestrels ticks the boxes: connection with Crayford; good old-fashioned alliteration.. But I actually quite fancy 'Hurricanes'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Spitfires would of course be a great name but as the Kent County Cricket team already use that moniker can't see how that would be possible. Kestrels ticks the boxes: connection with Crayford; good old-fashioned alliteration.. But I actually quite fancy 'Hurricanes'... Good choice My initial thought was the Buffs (my grandfather served in the East Kent Regiment during WW1) but 'Kent Buffs' sounds like a firm of french polishers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Think with the reference to planes maybe the "Wings".All you need is sponsorship from a fast food firm and you could be the Kent "yucky fried chicken" Wings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 If that horse has to be part of the speedway, how about the Stallions ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Seeing as how the horse is the logo, i dont see how you can have Kestrals or Hurricanes or Bishops .. .Kent Colts would be a great name and fits ideally with the logo and young riders....Looking forward to the new season and wish the promotion and the team every success..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 (edited) Seeing as how the horse is the logo, i dont see how you can have Kestrals or Hurricanes or Bishops Kent Carthorses Edited December 2, 2012 by Shadders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Seeing as how the horse is the logo, i dont see how you can have Kestrals or Hurricanes or Bishops .. .Kent Colts would be a great name and fits ideally with the logo and young riders....Looking forward to the new season and wish the promotion and the team every success..... Fair point about the horse - the county symbol of course. Colts is good - a previous name for Iwade (the 'other' Sittingbournbe club) though. The symbol (a rampant white horse) is known in heraldry as Invicta and, in truth, if the decision's been made to use this symbol then it really forces the hands and the club name should surely be that: Kent Invicta... There has been in relatively recent times a senior sporting side in the county with this name, the short-lived Rugby League side which played at the old Maidstone United ground. Ironically Maidstone's misfortunes financially saw them lose that ground and until the end of last season were ground sharing at Sittingbourne's ground right next to Central Park. The other use of the name Invicta is in a Step 6 division below the Kent Football League - contains among its 16 clubs, Lydd United! This is a very new football league only in its second season. Invicta FM was also the name of the Kent county commercial radio station (and they did for a while, give quite good coverage to Sittingbourne Crusaders) but now that's called Heart FM - so can't see any obstacles really to using the splendid Invicta name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Any ideas on the team. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyrocket Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 I hope Connor coles is part of the team, looked realy good when I saw him this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Any ideas on the team. . Supposedly based on this years Rye House team. I don't know if any of the old Sittingbourne riders would return, Mark Baseby perhaps and what's Harland Cook doing now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 (edited) what's Harland Cook doing now? Mentioned in the grasstrack section of the Speedway Star Edited December 2, 2012 by Shadders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Supposedly based on this years Rye House team. I don't know if any of the old Sittingbourne riders would return, Mark Baseby perhaps and what's Harland Cook doing now? Hope it is stronger and more competative than the Raiders team. I think it is important to have a team that can do well to keep crowds up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Wilko Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Fair point about the horse - the county symbol of course. Colts is good - a previous name for Iwade (the 'other' Sittingbournbe club) though. The symbol (a rampant white horse) is known in heraldry as Invicta and, in truth, if the decision's been made to use this symbol then it really forces the hands and the club name should surely be that: Kent Invicta... There has been in relatively recent times a senior sporting side in the county with this name, the short-lived Rugby League side which played at the old Maidstone United ground. Ironically Maidstone's misfortunes financially saw them lose that ground and until the end of last season were ground sharing at Sittingbourne's ground right next to Central Park. The other use of the name Invicta is in a Step 6 division below the Kent Football League - contains among its 16 clubs, Lydd United! This is a very new football league only in its second season. Invicta FM was also the name of the Kent county commercial radio station (and they did for a while, give quite good coverage to Sittingbourne Crusaders) but now that's called Heart FM - so can't see any obstacles really to using the splendid Invicta name. The 3 ice hockey teams based at Gillingham are known as the Invicta Dynamos, Mustangs and Dynamics. I tend to think that a team name nickname needs to be plural, if that makes sense. "Come on you Invicta" doesn't have the same ring about it as "Come on you Dons" - oops, couldn't resist that! I suggested once before that the Sittingbourne Stadium website has the perfect name for the new team on its home page - Sittingbourne Greyhounds - with the No. 1 greyhound symbol above it a ready made race jacket design. Accepting that the team name will be Kent, why not the Kent Greyhounds? Or do you think some would turn up to watch the Greyhounds expecting to see doggies instead of the bikes? I'll be there to watch whatever the name - although I might think twice if its the 'awks or the 'ammers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocha Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 You could call them 'Kent Supermen' after Clark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 You could call them 'Kent Supermen' after Clark. You might have stumbled on something here... How about the Kent Kryptons?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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