Rye House 2018

[stevebrum]

48 minutes ago, rocket007 said:

Where does it say Rye have signed NBJ, and in place of who.

http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.34724

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

On ‎6‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 7:59 AM, screm said:

Matej Kus on that average is indeed a bargain but would he be available for all of Rye`s Wednesday meeting as I think the Czech league runs on that night and Kus is part of the Marketa Prague squad.

Re Kus on a 3.80 see below

16.2.5 The Assessed MA's for new Riders to the SGB Premiership & Championship League racing is: Cat 1 as per the grading List Cat 2  as per grading list Cat 3  2.00 16.2.6 No rider with a current or previously assessed MA, other than a category 3 rider, can drop below 4.00 at any time during the season. 

[rocket007]

19 hours ago, stevebrum said:

http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.34724

OK, Thanks. I missed seeing that.

[westhamboy66]

Charles Wright now gone from Somerset. The sort of rider we could do with. Our top five so inconsistent away from home and for example our new No1 picks up 2 points away at Lynn. But you get what you pay for I suppose and in our case over the last three years not very much

[bigred]

28 minutes ago, westhamboy66 said:

Charles Wright now gone from Somerset. The sort of rider we could do with. Our top five so inconsistent away from home and for example our new No1 picks up 2 points away at Lynn. But you get what you pay for I suppose and in our case over the last three years not very much

“Get what you pay for” ...ask any of the team who’s getting paid  at all.!!!?? 

[cityrebel]

To be honest, with the awful crowd levels at rye this season. I'm surprised the plug wasn't pulled after the Lynn TV meeting.

[waytogo28]

On 6/14/2018 at 2:34 PM, szkocjasid said:

Simon Lambert, Carl Wilkinson & James Shanes are the best names I can come up with to replace Clegg!

Of those three I feel confident that only Shanes will do the job for you, if he is available.

And after last night KK needs to be put over someone's knee and given 50 hard ones for being a big kid! I know in the world of today we can't do that but perhaps being sacked would do for cheating all then fans who paid hoping to see him race.

Edited June 19, 2018 by waytogo28

[NickH114]

5 hours ago, cityrebel said:

To be honest, with the awful crowd levels at rye this season. I'm surprised the plug wasn't pulled after the Lynn TV meeting.

Going back in to the championship with saturday night racing must be a strong possibility.

[Shadders]

We were warned about KK when he signed. His inconsistency drives you mad. Most of the Rockets side have been up and down all season. In fact the only consistent  rider had been Max Clegg. 

[SteveLyric2]

KK now at number 1!!  Now you know what most Poole fans felt like last year!!

[Ben91]

5 hours ago, waytogo28 said:

Of those three I feel confident that only Shanes will do the job for you, if he is available.

And after last night KK needs to be put over someone's knee and given 50 hard ones for being a big kid! I know in the world of today we can't do that but perhaps being sacked would do for cheating all then fans who paid hoping to see him race.

Shanes and Rye is not a good fit. He’s not a point and a half better than Clegg’s 2 point average so to sign him would be stupid. 

19 minutes ago, Skidder1 said:

KK now at number 1!!  Now you know what most Poole fans felt like last year!!

At least we didn’t sign him on an 11 odd average!

Edited June 19, 2018 by Ben91

[cityrebel]

3 hours ago, NickH114 said:

Going back in to the championship with saturday night racing must be a strong possibility.

It's the only option.

[barraider]

Crowd levels were poor on saturday nights for years in lens days (In old prem league days), same teams coming to rye yr after yr .

The solution last yr was to go top flight on a sat night was met with great crowds, best levels since the 70s

Then the fixed race night has ruined it and the bspa, i dont know the solution now prob too much damage has been done to british speedway now.

[mikebv]

5 minutes ago, barraider said:

Crowd levels were poor on saturday nights for years in lens days (In old prem league days), same teams coming to rye yr after yr .

The solution last yr was to go top flight on a sat night was met with great crowds, best levels since the 70s

Then the fixed race night has ruined it and the bspa, i dont know the solution now prob too much damage has been done to british speedway now.

You run a business in the entertainment industry and are having some success by opening on a Saturday night...

Therefore, to grow the business further, you choose to close your doors on a Saturday and instead open them on a Wednesday night....?

Who would have thought that this could possibly fail?

Wow!..

[E I Addio]

11 hours ago, cityrebel said:

To be honest, with the awful crowd levels at rye this season. I'm surprised the plug wasn't pulled after the Lynn TV meeting.

I think they have about a £30,000 bond which a promotion forfeits if they pull out. I understand there is at least one other PL club. Looking seriously at CL next year .

[ReadingRacer2017]

I’d actually have Max Clegg at Swindon over Jack Smith.

[cityrebel]

12 minutes ago, E I Addio said:

I think they have about a £30,000 bond which a promotion forfeits if they pull out. I understand there is at least one other PL club. Looking seriously at CL next year .

I reckon the losses will be a lot more than 30k at numerous tracks by the end of the season.

[RobMcCaffery]

On 6/13/2018 at 2:08 PM, RobMcCaffery said:

A world without Mudlark? No thanks. The first rider to show a desire and commitment to the Rockets, apart from Brian  Foote. What an inspiration! 

This kid turned up from Lynn and the back of his helmet long before Silver and Crane had resolved 

their latest spat "Rye House Rockets

 

(EDIT: Since I posted the above rather fractured comments I have been hospitalised with a massive chest infection and a sky-high temperature. Looking back at things I was up to immediately before it was just in time too! Apologies for the more than usually confused gibberish - the following is what I really wanted to post. 

A world without Mudlark? No thanks. Kelvin was the first rider apart from opening 1974 number one Brian Foote to show a genuine desire and commitment to the Rockets. We'd lost Rayleigh in early 1974, struggled into our new home with a scratch team then saw most of the old Rayleigh Rockets turning out for Crayford when they reopened in 1975.  These were dark times for the loyal teeth-kicked Rayleigh fans.

Then this kid turned up from King's Lynn. He couldn't sign for us straight away  due to a typical spat between Cyril Crane and Len Silver but there on the back of his helmet it was for all to see. It read simply "Rye House Rockets".

At last somebody cared!

Kelvin's signing was the beginning of the golden years. As 1975 progressed so Karl Fiala came through, then Bob Garrad to join Kelvin as heatleaders. What a side!.  It was easy to lose Mudlark in that sea of stars. Well, we didn't - nobody else had a Kelvin Mullarkey!

We had been so proud of our Rayleigh Rockets, now we could say with equal pride "We are the Rye House Rockets"

[RobMcCaffery]

Turning to the current scene, sadly my planned trips back to Rye House have been scuppered so far by health so my chance to comment on actual sightings hasn't happened.

But I've watched TV and video clips, read carefully the reports of others and yes, I'm worried. Knowing a little about losing money at Rye House (thankfully as an onlooker only) I suspect it's haemmorrhaging again. 

Like it or not, Rye House's history lies in weekend racing and has since Dicky Case ran it as Wembley's training track prewar. It grieves me to think of the place dead at weekends just so the promoters can run in the 'big time', or at least as 'big' as Britain can get these days. It was ambitious of BMR to take the Rockets up. It might have been more sensible to mix the ambition with knowledge and experience. I suspect it might have been cheaper.

I've heard of last years figures and they were frightening enough without running without the TV money this year. Have there been demoralising pay cuts? Something's wrong. I will not speculate on reliability of payment - I have no evidence and that would be wrong. 

I want to see a stable Rye House running at weekends and whatever league it takes to achieve that then go for it. Steve Ribbons evokes the days of the Infradex team. Is what we've got now really better than a thrilling team of home-developed talent who were always free for a chat after racing? 

No it's not about 'rosy glasses', it's knowing what does or doesn't work at Rye House. 

Edited June 19, 2018 by RobMcCaffery

[Speedwaycrazy]

7 minutes ago, RobMcCaffery said:

Turning to the current scene, sadly my planned trips back to Rye House have been scuppered so far by health so my chance to comment on actual sightings hasn't happened.

But I've watched TV and video clips, read carefully the reports of others and yes, I'm worried. Knowing a little about losing money at Rye House (thankfully as an onlooker only) I suspect it's haemmorrhaging again. 

Like it or not, Rye House's history lies in weekend racing and has since Dicky Case ran it as Wembley's training track prewar. It grieves me to think of the place dead at weekends just so the promoters can run in the 'big time', or at least as 'big' as Britain can get these days. It was ambitious of BMR to take the Rockets up. It might have been more sensible to mix the ambition with knowledge and experience. I suspect it might have been cheaper.

I've heard of last years figures and they were frightening enough without running without the TV money this year. Have there been demoralising pay cuts? Something's wrong. I will not speculate on reliability of payment - I have no evidence and that would be wrong. 

I want to see a stable Rye House running at weekends and whatever league it takes to achieve that then go for it. Steve Ribbons evokes the days of the Infradex team. Is what we've got now really better than a thrilling team of home-developed talent who were always free for a chat after racing? 

No it's not about 'rosy glasses', it's knowing what does or doesn't work at Rye House. 

Hi Rob,

I wish you  well mate!

let's hope Rye get through this season and join the' weekend club' whatever that league is.!

Rye need to be racing when customers want, which is probably a Saturday night.

I am a old Hackney fan that emigrated to Arena upon closure but loved following the rockets as my second team as far back as the late seventies!

Last year/this year I have attended both Lakeside/Rye matches...and long may it continue.

PS Rob I have about a thousand  KM Video/Screensport video productions transferred to DVD .....in my eyes you up there with the great Dave Lanning (well nearly!!!!)