cityrebel Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 An historic occasion at the launch pad tonight. The first ever visit to hoddesdon by a coventry side in a league match. I have seen the bees at rye once before, in a four team tournament way back in 1980. It seems like a lifetime ago! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Quite fancy this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iand Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Should be a close match tonight, Rye using R/R for Priest tonight strengthens them Branford also being able to take a ride. Greenwood should go well for Coventry and also Crang who got vital experience last week riding at No1 for Workington. Much will depend on the Rye reserves, hope they can stay on their bikes for all 4 laps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayleigh Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 1980 Oh yes I was there too. Â Bruce Penhall 12 point max, Rye were second and Ole Olsen 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWatson Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Rye House 44 - Coventry Storm 45 Â Branford 14+1 RR Hughes 11+1 Woods 2 Chessell 11+1 Hume 4 Bowtell 2+1 Hunter DNR Â Crang 7 Knuckey 0 Ritchings 8 Shuttleworth 6+1 Greenwood 15 Walker 3+1 Dwyer 6+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iand Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Should be a close match tonight, Rye using R/R for Priest tonight strengthens them Branford also being able to take a ride. Greenwood should go well for Coventry and also Crang who got vital experience last week riding at No1 for Workington. Much will depend on the Rye reserves, hope they can stay on their bikes for all 4 laps. Reserves threw away some points again but i thoroughly enjoyed the meeting. Pity the crowd wasn't bigger to see the a very close fought match. Well done to both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Sounds like it was a very close meeting. Congratulations to Coventry Storm on the win. A great maximum for Dan Greenwood. Â I'm looking forward to the return leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior fan Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Reserves threw away some points again but i thoroughly enjoyed the meeting. Pity the crowd wasn't bigger to see the a very close fought match. Well done to both sides. Sounds like another good meeting by the updates, pity more people aren't turning up and it will put NL racing in doubt which would be a shame as riders like Greenwood are benefitting from it hugely.Robs heat one time was faster than any of the previous PL meeting times do he's benefitting as we'll. Â Junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iand Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Sounds like another good meeting by the updates, pity more people aren't turning up and it will put NL racing in doubt which would be a shame as riders like Greenwood are benefitting from it hugely.Robs heat one time was faster than any of the previous PL meeting times do he's benefitting as we'll. Confused by last comment, thought time was announced as 66.4 for Heat 1, updates say 56.4. Rob did shut off very early on the run in to the line . Junior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyrocket Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 Reserves threw away some points again but i thoroughly enjoyed the meeting. Pity the crowd wasn't bigger to see the a very close fought match. Well done to both sides. I know these lads have to learn, but both need to relax a little bit and maybe they will stay on there bikes more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior fan Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Â Sounds like another good meeting by the updates, pity more people aren't turning up and it will put NL racing in doubt which would be a shame as riders like Greenwood are benefitting from it hugely.Robs heat one time was faster than any of the previous PL meeting times do he's benefitting as we'll. Confused by last comment, thought time was announced as 66.4 for Heat 1, updates say 56.4. Rob did shut off very early on the run in to the line . Junior Like I said going purely on updates because I wasn't there , but 66.4 he would have had to roll around the last lap.Shutting off early doesn't always drop the race time much either. Â Junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) Like I said going purely on updates because I wasn't there , but 66.4 he would have had to roll around the last lap.Shutting off early doesn't always drop the race time much either. Â Junior This is why I never bother with heat times. Was nowhere near 66 seconds and definitely not close to 56. Does anyone really believe Ashley Morris broke the Plymouth track record a couple of weeks ago? Edited May 24, 2015 by Shads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 This is why I never bother with heat times. Was nowhere near 66 seconds and definitely not close to 56. Does anyone really believe Ashley Morris broke the Plymouth track record a couple of weeks ago? Supposedly breaks the track record, then gets released by the club!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted May 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I never believed that Wayne Barrett broke the Wimbledon CL track record back in 2002. The quality riders that rode at plough lane during that period never got near it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) I never believed that Wayne Barrett broke the Wimbledon CL track record back in 2002. The quality riders that rode at plough lane during that period never got near it! I remember Luke Bowen beating Chris Holder at Hoddesdon in a time of 55 seconds (supposedly). He's never been close since Edited May 24, 2015 by Shads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WembleyLion Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I think Rob Branford was nearly back in the pits in heat 1 before the timekeeper stopped the watch! I was surprised they bothered announcing what was clearly an inaccurate time. Â Anyway a very enjoyable meeting and the result could have gone either way but well done to Coventry Storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Yeah Rachel who was texting me update was unsure as she heard 66 but obviously that was slow. So she guessed she miss heard so we adjusted it, then later in the meeting a 58 second race was announced as fastest of the evening. So it was quite confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iand Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Poor showing by Sam Woods this week, totally different rider to the one I saw last week. Interested to see that he was out after the meeting doing some practice laps with George Hunter. Perhaps he had bike issues during the meeting and was trying to sort them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) Yeah Rachel who was texting me update was unsure as she heard 66 but obviously that was slow. So she guessed she miss heard so we adjusted it, then later in the meeting a 58 second race was announced as fastest of the evening. So it was quite confusing.We were under the refs box and heard 66 seconds pretty clearly. There was some banter with the ref after that. Even she was laughing Edited May 24, 2015 by Shads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonsDen Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I never believed that Wayne Barrett broke the Wimbledon CL track record back in 2002. The quality riders that rode at plough lane during that period never got near it! I was there that night and no he didn't lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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