Ben91 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Any reason Jack Smith hasn't raced for the Kings again since the away meeting against Cradley? He has a good pedigree and with a few meetings would probably be outscoring Verge. Having seen the Eagles at Rye on Saturday I wasn't overly impressed. The Raiders' reserves are obviously stronger than the Kings' but Kent top four is more than capable of outscoring their Eastbourne counterparts at Central Park. I guess that just highlights why the Eagles are near the top of the table though, they are scoring points all the way down the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Any reason Jack Smith hasn't raced for the Kings again since the away meeting against Cradley? He has a good pedigree and with a few meetings would probably be outscoring Verge. Having seen the Eagles at Rye on Saturday I wasn't overly impressed. The Raiders' reserves are obviously stronger than the Kings' but Kent top four is more than capable of outscoring their Eastbourne counterparts at Central Park. I guess that just highlights why the Eagles are near the top of the table though, they are scoring points all the way down the team. I thought that Smith was still injured ? I maybe wrong. You are right that Eagles are not so good away,but Kent will not be able to take a big enough (if any) lead to Eastbourne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Does Smith want to come down to Kent every week though? Just because he rode in a Kings jacket at Cradley may have just been putting himself in the window for others to see? Sanderson was interested until the reality of travelling from the Scunthorpe area to Kent every Monday night kicked in and just no showed and vanished off the face of the earth. Makes luring Basford down from Redcar all the more impressive but how many times will he want to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Let's see how Mason is recieved tonight back at his old home... Is he really that track specialist they all say he is? Brad to top score for us and maybe a Max if he does t cock up like at rye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Let's see how Mason is recieved tonight back at his old home... Is he really that track specialist they all say he is? Brad to top score for us and maybe a Max if he does t cock up like at rye All ex-Kings riders get good receptions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 All ex-Kings riders get good receptions. That's good then more now to how he goes round his "specialised" track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 If there is not much dirt on the track he will score well, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 If there is not much dirt on the track he will score well, If there is dirt then people will be round him far to easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Let's see how Mason is recieved tonight back at his old home... Is he really that track specialist they all say he is? Brad to top score for us and maybe a Max if he does t cock up like at rye To be fair he didn't cock it up at Rye, Hughes was comfortably leading the race by the time BWD fell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 To be fair he didn't cock it up at Rye, Hughes was comfortably leading the race by the time BWD fell. He totally missed the gate though apparently. Kent saving the pain for another day now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 He totally missed the gate though apparently. Kent saving the pain for another day now He was leading the race at one point, Hughes passed him fair and square, he's not untouchable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2000 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 He was leading the race at one point, Hughes passed him fair and square, he's not untouchable No we know he is not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Another farcical meeting at central park tonight ,only 12 races compleated before the curfew..With poor David Mason laying on the track for over half an hour with a suspected serious ankle injury and insufficient Ambulance cover to get him to hospital and continue the meeting at the time...Another abysmal referee Cris Durno making some bad decisions all by the way against the Kings And the team taking a considerable beating from a much better team with strength in depth And a rider in Bradley Wilson Dean who looked a cut above the rest The track was rubbish as usual with only one line making passes almost impossible unless someone made a bad mistake... How much more of this will the fans take before finding better things to do on a Monday evening..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Another farcical meeting at central park tonight ,only 12 races compleated before the curfew..With poor David Mason laying on the track for over half an hour with a suspected serious ankle injury and insufficient Ambulance cover to get him to hospital and continue the meeting at the time...Another abysmal referee Cris Durno making some bad decisions all by the way against the Kings And the team taking a considerable beating from a much better team with strength in depth And a rider in Bradley Wilson Dean who looked a cut above the rest The track was rubbish as usual with only one line making passes almost impossible unless someone made a bad mistake... How much more of this will the fans take before finding better things to do on a Monday evening..... Well said and that was the last straw for me. Hope Mason is OK. The referee was a joke - how was Morley chucked for first bend bunching when Bradley Wilson was taking him wide and into the fence ? Then he throws out Ayres for not being under power after throwing out Andrews ? Meeting was over as a contest (the whole tie ) after 2 Heats. Eastbourne are a streak ahead of Kent and the Kings are now an embarrassment. You can predict nearly every Heat - Kent are that bad. The track is rubbish - no dirt and no overtaking. Shanes is the one bright spark but as meeting goes on he suffers. Such a shame a great venue has a team NOT worth watching. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Just for the record!!! Monday, June 29, 2015: --NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI-FINAL 1st legKENT 28: James Shanes 8, Aaron Baseby 6, Danny Ayres 6, Ben Morley 5, Danno Verge 2, Jamies Couzins 1, Ben Basford 0.EASTBOURNE 42: Richard Andrews 9+1, Bradley Wilson-Dean 9, Georgie Wood 8+2, Kelsey Dugard 7+4, Marc Owen 5, David Mason 4, Matt Bates R/R.Abandoned after 12 heats - Curfew - RESULT STANDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 A big crowd again tonight, who voiced their displeasure at being short changed again. This was the third meeting in the last nine that I have attended that has failed to go the distance at Central Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 A big crowd again tonight, who voiced their displeasure at being short changed again. This was the third meeting in the last nine that I have attended that has failed to go the distance at Central Park. We came away last night feeling disappointed despite the win. Heats 13 and 15 could have been good races and we missed them. I know there is not much they can do about a curfew and I am sure they fought against such an early one. They certainly cant start much earlier! What annoyed me more than anything is the way it was announced. I knew they had a curfew but assumed it was 9pm. When they were attending to David I was starting to wonder but when they cracked on with no mention of the curfew, not forewarning, I assumed we would be okay but all of a sudden they announce that's it! How about an announcement when the racing restarted telling us that it will have to end early? I know the home fans would know but the away fans don't all know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 We came away last night feeling disappointed despite the win. Heats 13 and 15 could have been good races and we missed them. I know there is not much they can do about a curfew and I am sure they fought against such an early one. They certainly cant start much earlier! What annoyed me more than anything is the way it was announced. I knew they had a curfew but assumed it was 9pm. When they were attending to David I was starting to wonder but when they cracked on with no mention of the curfew, not forewarning, I assumed we would be okay but all of a sudden they announce that's it! How about an announcement when the racing restarted telling us that it will have to end early? I know the home fans would know but the away fans don't all know. You are right and just another example of the poor state of Kent Speedway. It was just - Oh by the way we have reached curfew - goodbye everybody see you next week ???????????????????/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiseguy Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 i can't believe they rushed through heat 10 at around 8-28 Why not just abandon the meeting and have a rematch, no ones fault mason was injured and needed to go to hospital, one of those things, stinks of money grabbing AGAIN, Kents last chance of anything this season, and that's the way they do it, And to make no changes, other than Shepherd quitting is unacceptable, Hope Mason is ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaptooth Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 I thought Kelsey stepped it up well last night. Don't know what's changed but he rode better than I've ever seen. Seemed very determined. His last heat where he was a distance last and reeled in Verge to 3rd was a very mature effort. If he can do the same at Mildenhall on sunday I'd say he's turned the corner toward being a real contender to go up into the team. Also he looked to be pulling away from Owen in the heat before . Not sure why i got the hashes in that post??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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