sussex bulldog Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Defending champions Birmingham come to Sussex on Saturday evening while the next day the IT First Eagles head through the Dartford Crossing to race Lakeside.Action on Saturday begins at 7.30pm at Arlington Stadium where success and three league points would put Eastbourne back on top of the table.They lost first spot during a spell of inaction to the Belle Vue Colts.There has been another shuffle in the Eagles’ riding order as Jake Knight now is the top averaged rider and takes the number one position.Eagles also give a debut to new signing Charlie Saunders at reserve and have named Stephen Whitehouse as No 8 for the match because Charley Powell is absent at an international grasstrack event on the continent. Eastbourne, Belle Vue Colts, Birmingham, Lakeside, Cradley, Mildenhall and Kent are all involved in a struggle to make the top four of the league at the end of the regular season to make the Play Offs which will decide the champions.IT First Eagles team manager Connor Dugard said: “Birmingham is a big match for us. They have a really strong 1 to 7 but then, so have we.“This is set to be a great night of speedway and we all hope the fans turn out in force to cheer the team on to success as we strive for ultimate glory.”Eastbourne: Jake Knight, R/R for Charley Powell, Mark Baseby, Tom Brennan, Georgie Wood, Charlie Saunders, Mattie Bates, Stephen Whitehouse (No 8)Birmingham: Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, Layne Cupitt, David Mason, Tom Bacon, Liam Carr, Macauley Leek, Lewis Whitmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUFC_Brummie Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 What's happened to Taylor Hampshire? Easy home win as per our visit to Lakeside last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunters Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 What's happened to Taylor Hampshire? Easy home win as per our visit to Lakeside last week. Not so sure about that, r/r means one extra for Brennan and three for Bates probably as Saunders has yet to make his debut. He will therefore have to take at least the full 4 scheduled rides. If JPB can do as well as a heat leader as he did last year as a reserve (19pts) then I can see a much closer contest as Carr goes well and Bacon is reasonable. The question is Mason? very poor with Lakeside earlier here but used to get some points if he got out of the gate in front back in 2015. I have a feeling the Brummies will get a point from this unless Saunders proves to be 'a find' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Same Old Eastbourne Easy Home WIn You could almost fashion those words into a song couldn't you? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Leek is back then! I think Saunders will be a relative 'find' but the Brummies should push them close here as R/R hurts Eastbourne and JPB was on fire at Arlington last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummies_Ste Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 team news on Bruumies site has Taylor Hampshire in the line up EASTBOURNE: Jake Knight, Charley Powell R/R, Mark Baseby, Tom Brennan, Georgie Wood, Charlie Saunders, Matt BatesBIRMINGHAM: Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, Layne Cupitt, David Mason, Tom Bacon, Liam Carr, Macauley Leek, Taylor Hampshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummiestormer Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 (edited) Don't care what team Birmingham put out always has been and always will be a home track advantage win! Edited August 4, 2017 by Brummiestormer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrac Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummiestormer Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Hopefully Nothing hopeful about it i'm afraid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunters Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Just had a thunderstorm, only lasted 10 minutes or so but deposited quite a lot. 2 hours for the track to dry out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moleman27 Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Yeah will be fine, they would have put water down anyway otherwise as been so sunny and warm today track was probably bone dry before the rain came down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofers Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Sneaky 50% increase in the price of the programme, up from £2 to £3..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Sneaky 50% increase in the price of the programme, up from £2 to £3.....scandalous if you ask me. £3 for a NL prog is well over the top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander15 Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) scandalous if you ask me. £3 for a NL prog is well over the top.£3 for any league speedway programme is imo. All you really want is the score card. Is this a mid season increase then? Edited August 6, 2017 by Islander15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Believe it or not, the price rise is to help finance medical cover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnTwo Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 In fairness it did win programme of the year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 No mention of the meeting itself? Popped down on a spur of the moment decision and was very pleased to see the meeting went ahead despite the heavy rain in the afternoon and an initially greasy track. What has happened to turns 3&4 though? They looked bumpy as hell on the inside and would drive any rider drifting wider out to the fence or (into it if you were the unlucky mark Baseby). Sadly for the match it wasn't much of a contest with too many Brum riders having off nights & the reserves being well off the pace. However on the flip side Saunders looked like he has definitely got potential to really improve and thing the bigger tracks will suit him even more. Overall a very average evenings entertainment followed by a farcical SDL and did nothing to inspire me to make another trip down for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*JJ Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Overall a very average evenings entertainment followed by a farcical SDL and did nothing to inspire me to make another trip down for a while. What happened with the SDL match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofers Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 No mention of the meeting itself? ........................Overall a very average evenings entertainment ............. Pretty much sums it up. Was impressed by the 3 Brum riders that raced, i.e. Parkinson-Blackburn, Bacon and Carr, but in fairness the heavy track conditions made it very difficult for the less experienced riders to turn the bike. Couldn't understand why Saunders didn't get more rides, instead of bringing in No 8 Whitehouse ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 No mention of the meeting itself? Popped down on a spur of the moment decision and was very pleased to see the meeting went ahead despite the heavy rain in the afternoon and an initially greasy track. What has happened to turns 3&4 though? They looked bumpy as hell on the inside and would drive any rider drifting wider out to the fence or (into it if you were the unlucky mark Baseby). Sadly for the match it wasn't much of a contest with too many Brum riders having off nights & the reserves being well off the pace. However on the flip side Saunders looked like he has definitely got potential to really improve and thing the bigger tracks will suit him even more. Overall a very average evenings entertainment followed by a farcical SDL and did nothing to inspire me to make another trip down for a while. Wasn't the best of meetings but that's sport. If you judge attendance based on the last meeting you see, there is always a chance you will never go again, what ever the sport! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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