Dave Stummings Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Through thick and thin I’ve been travelling to Rye House since the late 60’s. I find the current dim wits who claim to be and I use the word very loosely ‘promoters’ total pants! As much I agreed it was time for Len to move over and let someone else take the helm, what on earth made him sell to the BMR bloke who quite honestly knows as much about speedway as I know about the dark side of the moon. Len new at the end of last season he wouldn’t be promoting at Rye this coming season as did the so called new owners. How discourteous to run the flopping Ace of Pairs and not to even acknowledges Len achievements at Rye allowing him to say his farewells. Now when the season starts I will all being well still be making my Saturday night trips to Hoddesdon and probably a Sunday to when the Raiders ride, but what a so stupid time to start at 6pm. Are these clowns totally mad! Do they not understand kids and adults have school and work on a Monday? Do they honestly think people have the money to possibly watch two meetings in successive days? I so hope I’m wrong with all this but this reminds me when Dave Pavitt sold Hackney to another clown who was clueless in Derek Howes and they closed mid-season. I so hope this don’t happen. I should be getting excited about Rye in 2016, but am I, well I think you know the answer which is the same as many Rye fans. The promoters have an awful lot to answer. Most of the criticism I’ve read on here are quite frankly justified. What should have happened is there should have been in depth press releases from BMR, not ‘oh by the way’ ones. A fans forum would have gone a long way to, either attended by 20 people or 200. Explanations are required on several issues, which I guess we’ll never really find out why people seem to be booted away and hung out to dry. But this total lack of proper press releases is in my view quite baffling! John Drake, News at Ten, Hoddesdon 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemill Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 I to fear this will be our last year. Team BMR are 100% committed to touring car racing , just check the amount of tweets on their twitter account , with not one mention ever of speedway , just shows what they care about ( not the speedway ). A good friend of mine went down to the track about 3 weeks ago and didn't notice anything major had changed but was told the long bar was going to be a Honda dealership showroom , but nothing suggests a long term future for speedway . The team this year is shocking with only Cam Heeps possibly upping his average but all the big targets we should have gone for havnt come (Barker ,Worrall, Masters etc) whereas team BMR's car team is superb and includes Jason Plato and Colin Turkington , says it all about where Warren Scott wants to invest .Bottom of the league for sure and Shads will be proved right about his Tarmac quote im sure. An extension to the kart track I reckon , Warren Scotts second love it seems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhamboy66 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Through thick and thin I’ve been travelling to Rye House since the late 60’s. I find the current dim wits who claim to be and I use the word very loosely ‘promoters’ total pants! As much I agreed it was time for Len to move over and let someone else take the helm, what on earth made him sell to the BMR bloke who quite honestly knows as much about speedway as I know about the dark side of the moon. Len new at the end of last season he wouldn’t be promoting at Rye this coming season as did the so called new owners. How discourteous to run the flopping Ace of Pairs and not to even acknowledges Len achievements at Rye allowing him to say his farewells. Now when the season starts I will all being well still be making my Saturday night trips to Hoddesdon and probably a Sunday to when the Raiders ride, but what a so stupid time to start at 6pm. Are these clowns totally mad! Do they not understand kids and adults have school and work on a Monday? Do they honestly think people have the money to possibly watch two meetings in successive days? I so hope I’m wrong with all this but this reminds me when Dave Pavitt sold Hackney to another clown who was clueless in Derek Howes and they closed mid-season. I so hope this don’t happen. I should be getting excited about Rye in 2016, but am I, well I think you know the answer which is the same as many Rye fans. The promoters have an awful lot to answer. Most of the criticism I’ve read on here are quite frankly justified. What should have happened is there should have been in depth press releases from BMR, not ‘oh by the way’ ones. A fans forum would have gone a long way to, either attended by 20 people or 200. Explanations are required on several issues, which I guess we’ll never really find out why people seem to be booted away and hung out to dry. But this total lack of proper press releases is in my view quite baffling! John Drake, News at Ten, Hoddesdon Couldn't agree more I to fear this will be our last year. Team BMR are 100% committed to touring car racing , just check the amount of tweets on their twitter account , with not one mention ever of speedway , just shows what they care about ( not the speedway ). A good friend of mine went down to the track about 3 weeks ago and didn't notice anything major had changed but was told the long bar was going to be a Honda dealership showroom , but nothing suggests a long term future for speedway . The team this year is shocking with only Cam Heeps possibly upping his average but all the big targets we should have gone for havnt come (Barker ,Worrall, Masters etc) whereas team BMR's car team is superb and includes Jason Plato and Colin Turkington , says it all about where Warren Scott wants to invest .Bottom of the league for sure and Shads will be proved right about his Tarmac quote im sure. An extension to the kart track I reckon , Warren Scotts second love it seems. Sadly i think you are right. I would rather had a quick death with them closing the speedway as soon as they took over than all this misery. Rather than not having a clue i think they know exactly what they are doing. Perhaps they may have some sort of planning issues that take time and are simply using the time with speedway as a filler. I really hope we are wrong but if it is the case its being wound down then i don't want to be hanging around watching it die i'd rather be off to pastures new and clubs to support that deserve the support. But if we are wrong how on earth have they gotten it so bad with the team only being one of the issues since they appeared on the scene. And we moaned about Len Silver!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barraider Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Agree with all of above, im led to believe len left rh with planning permission for any stand works expired, so thus no work happening. Still some communication from the bmr team would go along way, or we just expected to turn up come the end of march. Fixtures on rh website 19th march first meeting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) Never thought there was any planning permission, hence the temp stand being just that, a temporary structure made from scaffold poles. Quotes are better coming from someone, not from 'Team BMR' too. I still can't get my head around the NBJ decision. Within our own asset base we have Anders on an average similar to Lanham and Heeps, neither of those offer anything more than Anders on track. The apparent Lambert situation has derailed plans, as soon as there were any doubts about him signing we should have looked elsewhere. A basis of Kennett, NBJ, Kasper, Mellgren and Morley would have left scope for a heat leader plus Branford or a strength in depth approach with Eddie and NBJ both capable of scoring big at the sharp end plus the luxury of a strong reserve all year. All we can hope is that the new promotion have learnt lessons from this winter's team building at both levels. Edited January 21, 2016 by Ben91 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iand Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Through thick and thin I’ve been travelling to Rye House since the late 60’s. I find the current dim wits who claim to be and I use the word very loosely ‘promoters’ total pants! As much I agreed it was time for Len to move over and let someone else take the helm, what on earth made him sell to the BMR bloke who quite honestly knows as much about speedway as I know about the dark side of the moon. Len new at the end of last season he wouldn’t be promoting at Rye this coming season as did the so called new owners. How discourteous to run the flopping Ace of Pairs and not to even acknowledges Len achievements at Rye allowing him to say his farewells. Now when the season starts I will all being well still be making my Saturday night trips to Hoddesdon and probably a Sunday to when the Raiders ride, but what a so stupid time to start at 6pm. Are these clowns totally mad! Do they not understand kids and adults have school and work on a Monday? Do they honestly think people have the money to possibly watch two meetings in successive days? I so hope I’m wrong with all this but this reminds me when Dave Pavitt sold Hackney to another clown who was clueless in Derek Howes and they closed mid-season. I so hope this don’t happen. I should be getting excited about Rye in 2016, but am I, well I think you know the answer which is the same as many Rye fans. The promoters have an awful lot to answer. Most of the criticism I’ve read on here are quite frankly justified. What should have happened is there should have been in depth press releases from BMR, not ‘oh by the way’ ones. A fans forum would have gone a long way to, either attended by 20 people or 200. Explanations are required on several issues, which I guess we’ll never really find out why people seem to be booted away and hung out to dry. But this total lack of proper press releases is in my view quite baffling! John Drake, News at Ten, Hoddesdon Sunday night will be Raiders Night in 2016, with the bulk of the team’s home fixtures scheduled for Sunday evenings at 6pm. The Raiders are also set to feature in Bank Holiday Monday afternoon double headers alongside the Premier League Rockets. In both cases, there are no planned Saturday meetings in Hoddesdon on those weekends, which is designed to help supporters to budget accordingly. Above is from Raiders Website press release Dec 9th, so new owners are not planning Sat and Sun on consecutive nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barraider Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Temp stand is not the problem its the long bar or permission for it to be the honda motorcycle dealership and adjusting that next to the main stand. Saying that the temp stand could be an easier fix, a good weekend would be enough for new roof a lick of paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Saying that the temp stand could be an easier fix, a good weekend would be enough for new roof a lick of paint. The plan was to demolish the temp stand and replace it with new changing rooms with seating over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barraider Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Yes that was the plan and tarmac the car park, but if it was replaced with a permanent stucture it would need planning permisson. I think thats the least of our worries the state in general of the stadium at the mo with 9 ish weeks to first meeting is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Yes that was the plan and tarmac the car park, but if it was replaced with a permanent stucture it would need planning permisson. I think thats the least of our worries the state in general of the stadium at the mo with 9 ish weeks to first meeting is though. They filled in the crater at the car park entrance today 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 They filled in the crater at the car park entrance today Again!? Just filled, or filled and sealed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Again!? Just filled, or filled and sealed? I'm a postman, not a civil engineer, but it looks like someone's come along with a bucket of tar and a roller 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I'm a postman, not a civil engineer, but it looks like someone's come along with a bucket of tar and a roller TBH Shads judging by the state of the whole countries roads you're a better civil engineer than those who say they are civil engineers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocha Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 TBH Shads judging by the state of the whole countries roads you're a better civil engineer than those who say they are civil engineers Still, better being a civil engineer than an uncivil engineer. Plenty of those on the forums! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 They filled in the crater at the car park entrance today That crater was so deep I thought archaeologists were digging for Roman ruins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 or looking for the somerset wyvern ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrm Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Through thick and thin I’ve been travelling to Rye House since the late 60’s. I find the current dim wits who claim to be and I use the word very loosely ‘promoters’ total pants! As much I agreed it was time for Len to move over and let someone else take the helm, what on earth made him sell to the BMR bloke who quite honestly knows as much about speedway as I know about the dark side of the moon. Len new at the end of last season he wouldn’t be promoting at Rye this coming season as did the so called new owners. How discourteous to run the flopping Ace of Pairs and not to even acknowledges Len achievements at Rye allowing him to say his farewells. Now when the season starts I will all being well still be making my Saturday night trips to Hoddesdon and probably a Sunday to when the Raiders ride, but what a so stupid time to start at 6pm. Are these clowns totally mad! Do they not understand kids and adults have school and work on a Monday? Do they honestly think people have the money to possibly watch two meetings in successive days? I so hope I’m wrong with all this but this reminds me when Dave Pavitt sold Hackney to another clown who was clueless in Derek Howes and they closed mid-season. I so hope this don’t happen. I should be getting excited about Rye in 2016, but am I, well I think you know the answer which is the same as many Rye fans. The promoters have an awful lot to answer. Most of the criticism I’ve read on here are quite frankly justified. What should have happened is there should have been in depth press releases from BMR, not ‘oh by the way’ ones. A fans forum would have gone a long way to, either attended by 20 people or 200. Explanations are required on several issues, which I guess we’ll never really find out why people seem to be booted away and hung out to dry. But this total lack of proper press releases is in my view quite baffling! John Drake, News at Ten, Hoddesdon also the noise on a sunday evening will not go down well with the local residents and we all know it only takes one complaint to start the ball rolling even though the track was there before the flats and houses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Skid Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Probably be the Subaru Rockets now BMR have changed from VW to Subaru in the BTCC.Me thinks Rye House are a long way down the list of priorities. At least they've still got the usual shafting by the BSPA to look forward to, something that happens to all new Promoters with a few quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer1969 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 As far as I know - unless the management are keeping it very quiet - we have still only declared 6 riders for this season Jason Bunyan has just become New Zealand Champion again beating Bradley Wilson-Dean do we want him back? I dont' know !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayleigh Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Jason Bunyan, I think you do know, the answers in the word kNOw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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