HenryW Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Hayley Perrault apparently finished 3rd in the recent meeting at Ventura in California. Admittedly, Greg Hancock's older brother finished second in his first meeting in over 30 years, so I'm not entirely sure what the standard was like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 Alice Hart rode Speedway and was in charge of Belle Vue Speedway in the 50's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 London links to women riders: http://londonspeedwa...riders-all-eras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferjudy225 Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 For many years I rode around on the backs of motorcycles. This was primarily because I couldn't convince anyone to teach me. I was seen as "not a very good driver" mostly. I had given up asking after a while. It is represented as a very hard thing to do and quite dangerous. To me, the risk of learning was pretty scary. Late in life, I broke down and took a class to learn to ride (best move in a long time, although for weird reasons). I haven't managed to kill myself yet. Do My Essays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) IMO it is shameful the way that the development (if there ever has ever been any in a serious vein) of women in speedway has been handled. Indeed, could it POSSIBLY be discriminatory that the BSPA have not dedicated more resources to helping women's speedway in the UK evolve? I don't advocate women competing in the same races as men but a specific class of speedway devoted to them in much the same way as they have separate participation as happens in athletics, football, cricket and rugby union for example. May be a Development League style competition would give women's speedway a much needed boost. Edited July 28, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 Why would the bspa be expected to fund this? Surely this would fall more under the remit of a national governing body? Do you have a link to the development policy forcwomen drivers for say banger racing? Out of interest, how many teams do you think a women's development league would contain? And how much do you think each rider would need to pay to race to cover the track hirage etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) Alice Hart rode Speedway and was in charge of Belle Vue Speedway in the 50's That's interesting about Alice Hart - thanks for mentioning it KIRKYLANE. When and where did Alic Hart ride speedway? The only riders with the Hart surname I can find with Belle Vue Links are pre-war brothers Oliver and Stan Hart. I remember Alice Hart in a much respected managerial role at Belle Vue in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Edited July 29, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 The sport is too brutal for women to ever do any real good, we are the gentle, fairer sex 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted July 29, 2017 Report Share Posted July 29, 2017 That's interesting about Alice Hart - thanks for mentioning it KIRKYLANE. When and where did Alic Hart ride speedway? The only riders with the Hart surname I can find with Belle Vue Links are pre-war brothers Oliver and Stan Hart. I remember Alice Hart in a much respected managerial role at Belle Vue in the late 1940s and early 1950s. I cannot back this up with evidence but my memory says she rode. I will check with a Belle Vue guru friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Newport vs Somerset in the BLC in 2003. Maik Groen didnt turn up for Somerset so they needed a rider, Brendon MacKay was their number 7 so they used his mechanic/girlfriends Jessica Lamb. She could slide to be fair but certianly rtode within her self, to the point that in heat 8 Chris Schramm fell off, got back on and passed her for 3rd! Im sure she had a spin at Oxford one week and looked ok, far better than me TBH but she clipped the fence just coming out of the 4th bend and flew like a ragdoll toward the centre Green just narrowly missed hitting her head on the armco barrier that had been fitted for the gokarts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) I cannot back this up with evidence but my memory says she rode. I will check with a Belle Vue guru friend Hello Gustix Alice Hart took over from E O Spence and ran Belle Vue Speedway and was the first woman to be in Charge of a British Speedway team She did not ride.... her previous involvement was simply working with E O Spence.. apologies for the error. However I did find out two names of women who who did ride at Belle Vue,,, Eva Asquith ( Leeds) and Dot Cowley ( Stockport ) ,, apart from Fay Taylour who is well known as a Speedway rider. Edited August 1, 2017 by KIRKYLANE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Has she not had the operation though. To get that bloody monkey removed ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin297 Posted August 16, 2017 Report Share Posted August 16, 2017 Iwade are running another ladies day on sept 9th as far as i know. Those of you with facebook will have to check. Last one was a success. I will be going along to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted August 17, 2017 Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 I've read some crap on here in my time but this one is up there with the best. At NO time in my years watching NL/2nd division racing did I see any rider who was incapable of sliding the bike hold down a team place. Convenient that you can't remember the year...or the track...or the rider. Total dung. Maybe it was just that meeting Dave?....why so angry, can't we discuss like adults? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 (edited) Iwade are running another ladies day on sept 9th as far as i know. Those of you with facebook will have to check. Last one was a success. I will be going along to help out. Forwarded message === sent by Alan Critcher We will be at Sittingbourne Speedway (Iwade, Kent ME9 8SN) on Saturday 9th September, for the 2nd Ladies /Junior Training/Practice Day`. We will be joined by Georgie Wood & Steve Cook, as well as the Track Instructors, Paul & Kenny, to help, advise & coach all of the Ladies, Girls & Boys, who are coming along, to either Practice or Learn to ride a Speedway Bike. In addition, we will also be joined by 500cc Sidecar Riders, Dan Berwick & Chris Neame, who will be taking most of the attendees out on Track, to experience the thrill of riding in a sidecar. Spectators are very welcome to attend & Entry is FREE!!! With the Track Cafe open all day for Hot & Cold refreshments & a BBQ planned at the end of the riding sessions, a great day is expected. Gates will be open from 9.30am, with bikes out on both Tracks from 12.00pm to 16.00pm, with a half hour break for lunch at 14.00pm. If anyone is interested in joining us on Track, who has NOT received their Invitation, then please contact Alan Critcher by sending a Message through FACEBOOK. We hope to see you there. Entries are coming in nicely Any other Ladies or Juniors want to ride at Iwade on the 9th September? Edited September 3, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 German girl Celina Liebmann rode in the FIM 250cc Youth Speedway World Final this week in Prague,and she had a couple of heat wins ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 For me,Celina was the most exciting rider in the meeting for her 7 points.Don't forget the Silver medal in the European final a short while ago.The first FIM medal for a woman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) Jessica Lamb rode at Wimbledon in the 2004-2005 season. She is regarded as the best woman rider of the post-war era. Edited September 10, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) I've read some crap on here in my time but this one is up there with the best. At NO time in my years watching NL/2nd division racing did I see any rider who was incapable of sliding the bike hold down a team place. Convenient that you can't remember the year...or the track...or the rider. Total dung. The IOW had a Frenchman around about 2001 who couldn't slide the bike at Newport. It might have been Jeremy Bauraex (so?) who was a rider who rode for them around that time but tbh, it may have been a different French rider. He genuinely two wheels around all 12 laps he did at Newport. It was shambic. He lasted about 2 meeting with them. Edit - He was Christophe Cayre, he had 3 meetings in 2001 scoring 0. Barraud rode 7 meeting in '99 averaging just under 3. Jessica Lamb rode at Wimbledon in the 2004-2005 season. She is regarded as the best woman rider of the post-war era. If you ignore Sabrina Bogh Edited September 10, 2017 by SCB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) Jessica Lamb rode at Wimbledon in the 2004-2005 season. She is regarded as the best woman rider of the post-war era. If you ignore Sabrina Bogh I was going to mention 'Fabulous' Fay Taylor, a pioneer woman rider of the late 1920s-early 1930s. In 1946, West Ham team manager gave Fay a successful trial and then sought Control Board permission to use her as a reserve rider. But the Control Board insisted a ban on woman riders made in the early 1930s was still effective. As it happened, Fay was by then again involved with midget car racing and went off to drive in the USA, Australia and New Zealand for a couple of years. Sabrina Bogh is a new name to me SCB. Can you please give some background on her? Edited September 10, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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