Glenn Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) The investment in the air fence and the major work on the terracing wouldn't seem worth it if Len calls It a day after 2015 - does it? His long term investment in Rye is reported to be seven figures so where would the business sense be to walk away from it. Edited September 5, 2014 by Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 The investment in the air fence and the major work on the terracing wouldn't seem worth it if Len calls It a day after 2015 - does it? His long term investment in Rye is reported to be seven figures so where would the business sense be to walk away from it. If he sells the lease on the stadium to the kart track and receives a tidy sum for Garrity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 He is though getting old - as will you some day - you would do well to remember that. Getting old, the blokes 82. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgotmecpc Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I was at redcar last night and if the rockets had a decent guest in for mellgren instead of r/r they would have won boxall garrity bowen and greenwood would have to be 1st names on the team sheet in 2015,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I was at redcar last night and if the rockets had a decent guest in for mellgren instead of r/r they would have won Having a decent guest in for the guest would have been a start... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Blue Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I hate to see any track close and although RH isnt one of my favorites I do fondly remember the morning meetings we used to stop off at on the way to watching a world championship meeting at White City later in the day. I usually manage to get there at least once a season and hope that will be the case for a few more years yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Attractive opposition, good weather, no football ....and yet the 'crowd' is pitiful. The air of decay hangs heavy @ Hoddesdon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Skid Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 A bit like the Titanic, get out before it sinks, just gets worse by the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 A bit like the Titanic, get out before it sinks, just gets worse by the week.Can you return the lifeboat when you've finished with it please 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Skid Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Sorry mate, spending the next week in the lifeboat with Kate Winslett, then it's back to work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockets Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Is this statistically the worst Rye team ever. I know it's not on paper but maybe on the track. Bring back razz a and Trevor o' brien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenzilF Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I moved away from England 4 years ago and consequently, only went to my first Rye House meeting this summer in that time. I was really shocked and saddened by the state of the stadium, it's become unacceptably shabby. It was, frankly, depressing. The installation of the air-fence means that there is no view from either end now. There are piles of rubble everywhere and weeds are re-claiming the site. And it wasn't just the stadium. There hasn't been a competitive team for several years now. They no longer sell beer on draft and even their famed fish and chips are rubbish now. It all did have the feel of a club in its death throes. I have absolutely no issue with Uncle Len - at 82, it stands to reason he's going to have less and less energy for speedway, but I fear for the future. Fingers crossed though, I'd hate to see the place go :-( 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudflaps Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 why doesn't Andrew Silver step up to the plate and take over the running of Rye House speedway? the place needs a real good shake up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 why doesn't Andrew Silver step up to the plate and take over the running of Rye House speedway? the place needs a real good shake up... I don't think he's interested in any more involvement than running the training school and helping out a few riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 why doesn't Andrew Silver step up to the plate and take over the running of Rye House speedway? the place needs a real good shake up... Problem with the current promoter is that he likes to be hands on. Doubt he'd hand over control to anyone else. Whoever took over the day to day running of the club would have him looking over their shoulder 24/7. Who'd put up with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npw Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 David Moyes !! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady s 2 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Yes I remember. Did the law ever Nick anyone for that. I heard the culprit smashed their way into the stadium with a wooden Mallet but it could just be a rumour[/. Maybe you should ask the Mallett family or the law to see the paper work concerning this matter of who destroyed the track .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmuffe Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Had it on good authority that the BBC are planning an "unreality show" sometime after Easter 2015 for early Sunday evenings. It will be called the "BSPA shows common sense" so rumours that a switch to a Sunday evening would appear unlikely as there is no way Mr Silver would be influenced by anything as menial as a TV broadcast. Less flippantly I do fear for the future of Rye House and the sport in general..............I do hope I am wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayleigh Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 For all the faults of Rye this year at least Len pays the riders in FULL and ON TIME, this he should get respect for, just look at Peterborough (although there was never a problem at Peterborough or Oxford before, or was there?) And to think that Steve Ribbons was regarded as not a fit and proper person to be a promotor. I hope this year at Rye was all about a small budget due to the installation of the air fence, as I say I hope, as having lost Rye before I so hope we don't go there again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 (edited) If it is just rumour then Rye House themselves can stop them, I take they do press releases. They most certainly do and appear not only on their own website but several other websites and Facebook. There is also coverage in the speedway and local press. The PR material is top class. Full marks there to Craig Saul. Edited September 15, 2014 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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