Rye House 2017

[Rayleigh]

Gosh I thought that was the base of your team.

[superguest]

Let's hope for the credibility

of the sport that they are.

A lot more than a team who wins but havent paid for it!?

[hackneyrocket]

Kasper, Mellgren, Morley,Boxall,Bowen unless the latter 3 are Len Silver assets but as far as I know they are Rye owned.

OK thanks

[Shadders]

From Hertfordshire Mercury

 

http://m.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/scott-outlines-bold-plans-for-rye-house/story-29883976-detail/story.html

[A ORLOV]

From Hertfordshire Mercury

 

http://m.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/scott-outlines-bold-plans-for-rye-house/story-29883976-detail/story.html

Sounds positive, hope all the plans come off, will look forward to your visit to Swindon.

[iand]

Interesting last paragraph about Workington from the newspaper article. Not seen that mentioned before.

 

 

SGP Premiership 2017 teams: Belle Vue, Coventry, King's Lynn, Leicester, Poole, Rye House, Somerset, Swindon, Wolverhampton. Workington are expected to take their place in the Premiership, but this is subject to confirmation.

[Comet Dan]

Interesting last paragraph about Workington from the newspaper article. Not seen that mentioned before.

 

 

SGP Premiership 2017 teams: Belle Vue, Coventry, King's Lynn, Leicester, Poole, Rye House, Somerset, Swindon, Wolverhampton. Workington are expected to take their place in the Premiership, but this is subject to confirmation.

 

And our place was confirmed last Friday.

[LisaColette]

 

And our place was confirmed last Friday.

In the championship though! Looks like the article made a typo.

[TheScotsman]

The key point I read was - "and the rest of the stadium car park will be tarmacked."!!

 

Mind you this almost suggests that another part of it has already been done!!

Or was that the track?

[Shadders]

The key point I read was - "and the rest of the stadium car park will be tarmacked."!!

 

Mind you this almost suggests that another part of it has already been done!!

Or was that the track?

Could be they've tarmacked the old dog track for easier access. It was certainly in the plans

[hammer1969]

Things seem to be sounding positive for the future but I do hope the majority of meetings are held at the weekend. If they want to keep crowd numbers up the promotion need to remember many people work during the week and lots of us that support Rye Rockets don't live locally and having to travel there when our journeys possibly include using the M25, M11, M1 etc during weekday rush hour wont be as easy as at the weekend. Also as our next nearest teams are Kings Lynn and Leicester they really need some away fans support not only for the gate money but for the atmosphere which adds to a good meeting.

Edited November 10, 2016 by hammer1969

[micklew]

Think Nicholls , Harris, Kennett in team who else fits in ??

[Col]

Workington are in the top tier? Cool beans if so.

[tocha]

Things seem to be sounding positive for the future but I do hope the majority of meetings are held at the weekend. If they want to keep crowd numbers up the promotion need to remember many people work during the week and lots of us that support Rye Rockets don't live locally and having to travel there when our journeys possibly include using the M25, M11, M1 etc during weekday rush hour wont be as easy as at the weekend. Also as our next nearest teams are Kings Lynn and Leicester they really need some away fans support not only for the gate money but for the atmosphere which adds to a good meeting.

Actually, King's Lynn and Coventry are the nearest, 88 miles but not that much further on than Peterbrough, 66 and Ipswich 77. Overall, away support might be better as most of the clubs in the Premiership are closer than in the old PL. For example, Somerset were third in distance previously but, in the new league, only Wolverhampton and Belle Vue are further away.

[stevebrum]

Workington are in the top tier? Cool beans if so.

 

Not confirmed and probably a journo typo.

[SCB]

Workington are in the top tier? Cool beans if so.

Not confirmed and probably a journo typo.

The BSPA incorrectly tweeted and released the news that Workington could be in the "Premiership" they clearly meant the Championship.

 

Edited November 11, 2016 by SCB

[A ORLOV]

The BSPA incorrectly tweeted and released the news that Workington could be in the "Premiership" they clearly meant the Championship.

 

So even they are getting confused with these new league names, no doubt we will get used to it.

[hammer1969]

I realise Kings Lynn and Coventry are the nearest to Rye House but from where I live in London if I now want to go to an away meeting to get to Leicester it will take me approx. 2 hours as its 108 miles and Coventry is just over the 2 hours being 121 miles, Ipswich used to take me just over an hour. Hopefully I will be able to get to a couple of away meetings though, but at the moment I am just hoping most of the Rye House meetings will be at the weekend so that I wont have to negotiate the M25 during the weekday rush hour, mind you when is there not any problems or roadworks on the M25 lately. Hopefully as you say we may get more supporters from away teams visiting Rye as some of the teams in the new league are nearer to Rye than a lot of those in the old league, just just hope the ticket prices dont rise too much - fingers crossed.

[cityrebel]

Trying to get to rye midweek is almost as bad as lakeside on a Friday.

[Guest]

RYE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

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ROCKETS GEAR UP FOR NEW ADVENTURE!

The dust may still be settling on last week’s BSPA AGM, but the BMR Rockets are already putting their plans very much into place for what promises to be an exciting new era in the sport’s top flight.

 

The Hertfordshire side has taken the step up into the Elite League, which has itself been re-christened as the Premiership. It is a decision which will bring Rye head to head with such luminaries as defending champions Wolverhampton, beaten Play-Off Finalists Belle Vue, recognised powerhouses Poole – and of course former arch-rivals King’s Lynn.

 

It’s also a move that has been on the cards since Warren Scott’s BMR Racing purchased the club and stadium ahead of the 2015 season. Says the Buntingford-based owner, “It was always the aim go to the Elite League [Premiership] and make use of Sky TV to try and find sponsorship to help the riders and also work at the stadium.

 

“Speedway has been struggling to get enough money to survive, and from my point of view I always felt this was the best way to help secure the future of Rye House speedway.

 

“We are extremely keen to be competitive, and we want to be in the top half of the league.”

 

Rye House Co-Promoter Steve Jenson shares his colleague’s excitement. “We’ve been after this the whole while – we actually applied last winter – and it is the reason we got involved in the first place. It’s competition at the end of the day, and we are competitive people so in any competition we want to be at the top. I’m really excited and looking forward to it.”

 

Team BMR are also keen to address some of the immediate questions flagged by supporters following the Rockets’ announced elevation.

 

The first is the planned race night for home meetings. Steve can report that “We are aiming to maintain Saturday nights as much as we can. We recognise that it is our supporters’ traditional race night, and also the most convenient one for many of them to attend on.

 

“The Grand Prix calendar means that there will be times when that just won’t be possible – we won’t run when there is a clash – but out of eighteen planned dates (League, Cup and Premiership Pairs) we are planning to run between eight and ten meetings on Saturdays and two on Bank Holiday Monday afternoons, with allowance for a couple of Monday evenings for Sky Sports’ live coverage and four-to-six on Wednesdays.”

 

While it is still too early to name a date for the Rockets’ home opener, Steve can say that “We are looking at a slot of early April for the Premiership Pairs Championship, and we would like at least one home match prior to that event.”

 

The Rockets’ promotion to the top flight, and the on-costs associated with that ascendance, will necessitate an admission increase, with pricing for being set at: Adults £18.00, Seniors (over 60s) £16.00 and Children (12-16) £6.00, with Full-Time Students (17-22) remaining at £10.00 and Children under 12 continuing to be admitted free.

 

When they do arrive, supporters will be able to take in completion of the extensive stadium improvement projects which are already underway. In addition to work on both bends, there will now be a new start-line stand and referee’s box, while the roof is currently being erected on the KTM dealership that will occupy the former Long Bar footprint. The riders’ pits will also be enhanced, with new dressing rooms in place.

 

Says Warren, “We’ll finish all the renovations at the stadium – the KTM dealership and Honda dealership will be up and running by the end of February.

 

“It will be a completely new look stadium. Hopefully the loyal fans that we have got already will enjoy the stadium more, and hopefully it will attract more fans - and keep more fans - with what we can give them.”

 

One downside of the Rockets’ move is that the BMR Raiders have been put on ice, although Warren is determined to focus on other ways of supporting the next generation of Young Lions in the sport. “We won’t have the National League any more, we won’t be running the Raiders – we’re going to focus racing on the Premiership racing because that is a very big challenge for us and we don’t want to dilute that effort.

 

“But it is still of the utmost importance to develop those youngsters and get them through, and we will be putting races on for novices.

 

“We need to bring the youngsters through as positively as we can.

 

“We’ll hopefully be giving youngsters as much track time as we can [at Rye House] using our star riders as role models, helping them through to show them what it takes to become a top flight rider – it’s not a simple thing.

 

“We will be open a lot for training schools and practicing, and encouraging as many people to come as possible.”

 

Which leaves one remaining question, but perhaps also the biggest: what is the planned make-up of the BMR Rockets team for 2017?

 

Steve is delighted to say that “Everything is quickly falling into place, and the riders we have signed should work together really well as a Team, which as you know is what the ethos is here at the club, but also have some quiet competition for the No.1 spot.

 

“Without saying any more, I really think that the supporters will be pleased with the squad we are putting together.

 

“We already have the top five in place, and we plan to unveil the first name at 9.30 on Monday morning.”

 

Watch this space.