acclennell Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 (edited) Tsunami, yep Newcastle, in turn, is Scunny's bogey track, because we struggle around a wrongly shaped track, with turns which are too tight in comparison to the length of the straights. As for watering the track during a daytime meeting, Scunny do this well. I've been to daytime meetings at e.g. Rye House, where I've struggled to see the other side of the stadium by the end of the meeting. On the other hand, Scunny only tends to have a bit of dust right towards the end of a double-header. An example is how good the track was for the recent MDLRC, which followed the Scunny v Newcastle meeting. All the best Rob Been the same way for a quite a few year now and I can't see it changing unless someone with money comes in buys the woofs out. To be honest the Newcastle fans have seen decades of exciting speedway to match anywhere in the country. If riders like Mauger, Olsen, Michanek, the Owens, Nikki/Bjarne, Kenneth give it the thumbs up then that's good enough for me. Edited September 8, 2016 by acclennell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomersetBlue Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 (edited) If the proper Starke and Grajczonek turn up and with Jake having seen borough park i'm sure we can beat Newcastle over two legs. Tbf Garry may have been shrewd anyway let them finish second then we don't have to face the Diamonds in the semi. Edited September 8, 2016 by Brummie Rebel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acclennell Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 If the proper Starke and Grajczonek turn up and with Jake having seen borough park i'm sure we can beat Newcastle over two legs. Tbf Garry may have been shrewd anyway let them finish second then we don't have to face the Diamonds in the semi. :rofl: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 If wealthy Steve Lansdowne invited Rebels to join his Bristol Sport "umbrella" (Bristol City FC, Bristol Rugby, Ladies Netball etc), could/would the Rebels be able to move into the Elite League? Some of their current riders double up in PL & EL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Been the same way for a quite a few year now and I can't see it changing unless someone with money comes in buys the woofs out. To be honest the Newcastle fans have seen decades of exciting speedway to match anywhere in the country. If riders like Mauger, Olsen, Michanek, the Owens, Nikki/Bjarne, Kenneth give it the thumbs up then that's good enough for me. As Ivan used to say, if you can ride Brough Park you can ride anywhere. He was instrumental in recommending young Kiwis to come to Newcastle to accelerate their learning in the sport. Even had him once as a guest tutor at one of my training school. Great experience. If the proper Starke and Grajczonek turn up and with Jake having seen borough park i'm sure we can beat Newcastle over two legs. Tbf Garry may have been shrewd anyway let them finish second then we don't have to face the Diamonds in the semi. Sounds like someones running scared. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 As Ivan used to say, if you can ride Brough Park you can ride anywhere. He was instrumental in recommending young Kiwis to come to Newcastle to accelerate their learning in the sport. Even had him once as a guest tutor at one of my training school. Great experience. That must have been rather awesome! All the best Rob 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 That must have been rather awesome! All the best Rob it was Rob and a great occasion. I did invite him, but I knew he had 4 other events to go to that Sunday afternoon. I spoke with Gordon Stobbs his lifelong mechanic who I knew from the 60's with him being a Diamond fan then, and asked if he would have a word. On the day I said to the trainee riders that we may be having a guest today, and sure enough he got out of his other bookings, and just walked in and got the lads together and talked to them about learning speedway. He spend quite a bit of time with us, gave each one advice and was pleased to have his photo taken by everyone who wanted one. Incidently some of the photos are on our Facebook NEWCASTLE SPEEDWAY TRAINING GROUP. You can spot Liam Carr in his green Wolfsport kit and was having his first laps after coming over from MotoCross. A memorable day, thanks to Gordon and Ivan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gresham Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 If wealthy Steve Lansdowne invited Rebels to join his Bristol Sport "umbrella" (Bristol City FC, Bristol Rugby, Ladies Netball etc), could/would the Rebels be able to move into the Elite League? Some of their current riders double up in PL & EL. Would love SL to get involved, but would not be interested in going into the EL. It's only 'Elite' by name, not by nature. Plus it's boring...only 8 teams...same old riders. Hopefully if Speedway shakes itself up next season, we may get a better league system for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomersetBlue Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Sounds like someones running scared. Erm no seeing as I said I think we could beat you over two legs. Just other than Somerset you are the best team and i'm sure any smart manager would try and help you get second so they don't have to face you and perhaps get knocked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulS Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Erm no seeing as I said I think we could beat you over two legs. Just other than Somerset you are the best team and i'm sure any smart manager would try and help you get second so they don't have to face you and perhaps get knocked out. I think Newcastle are stronger than Somerset over 2 legs. We have often not had a full team on the road but that won't be the case in the playoffs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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