E I Addio Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 23 hours ago, liam said: How much is Hurry owed? I cant find him saying anything about money. He posted that he was unhappy about being dropped to reserve for the Rico meetng, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 On 15/03/2018 at 6:31 PM, marko said: Considering how popular the guy was, I find it hard to believe more riders did not make themselves openly available to ride in this meeting, I would like to think at least some of the money would go towards the Richardson family but that's not our business. Its not helped by the fact that Poole and Glasgow are running meetings the same night, plus the fact that there are other warm up meetings the same week. I think its fair that the 7 home riders are all in, and Cookie has done the right thing in offering a place to Max Clegg but of course there will be those who don't want to see riders of basically NL standard. Personally I would have liked to have seen Jason Edwards being given a place but then even more people would moan. So once Max Clegg is added that only leave 4 places. I don't think anyone could moan about Ed Kennet or Steve Worrall being in the line up. Well see how it works out but given reasonable weather I don't think it will be too bad for a loosener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawks 1975 Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Does anybody know if Press and Practice is going to happen this Thursday, if so what time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 18 minutes ago, hawks 1975 said: Does anybody know if Press and Practice is going to happen this Thursday, if so what time? Could be wrong but I think it said on website it’s going to be before the meeting Friday mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 2 hours ago, liam said: Could be wrong but I think it said on website it’s going to be before the meeting Friday mate. Probably because Swindon have slipped @ meeting in on Thursday and Nick, Zak and Adam will be down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Would have been happy seeing the likes of Jason Edwards in this meeting, having a variety of riders at different levels helps those boys, only one rider can win the meeting after all. Just think having these 12 rider individuals is such a cop out, if your going to do something, do it properly, especially when your honouring the memory of a rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 12 hours ago, marko said: Would have been happy seeing the likes of Jason Edwards in this meeting, having a variety of riders at different levels helps those boys, only one rider can win the meeting after all. Just think having these 12 rider individuals is such a cop out, if your going to do something, do it properly, especially when your honouring the memory of a rider. The reality of modern speedway is that 15 heats is all crowd numbers will usually support, especially in these early season meetings . Very few 20 or 23 heat individual meetings pay their way these days except at the highest level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 12 rider individuals have never pulled in the fans,who basicaly detest them..so why do they not learn from past mistakes are all promoters thick?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted March 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Quite possibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 But its not even 15 heats as normally you have 12 qualifying races, a semi final for riders 3-6 and a final, 14 heats in all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 On 20/3/2018 at 3:06 PM, marko said: But its not even 15 heats as normally you have 12 qualifying races, a semi final for riders 3-6 and a final, 14 heats in all. Format is actually 15 Heats + Final. Riders have 5 Rides each. Top 4 to the Final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Not a bad night really with all the Lakeside riders looking good except Alfie who did struggle. Morris was quality and Ellis really impressed me he looks a totally different rider to the one we had a few years ago. Fingers crossed we can go to Peterborough and give a good performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Adam Ellis absolutely flew tonight, if he keeps that sort of form up Hammers will be contenders, he along with Kyle, Richard and Nick really do provide us with a very strong top four, I also think Ben and Zach will do exceptionally well at home, it will take a very good team to turn us over at Arena this year. It was a very well run meeting tonight, the action was kept moving swiftly, the ref Chris Gay only pulled heats back where a rider got a advantage from any slight movement, which wasn't very often and we had 16 heats all done in just under 90 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, liam said: Not a bad night really with all the Lakeside riders looking good except Alfie who did struggle. Morris was quality and Ellis really impressed me he looks a totally different rider to the one we had a few years ago. Fingers crossed we can go to Peterborough and give a good performance. I thought Alfie put in a good performance all things considered - he was well placed on the two occasions he fell and was, generally, not far off the pace. I think he will do Ok for a two point reserve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolnir Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 An impressive display from most of the Lakeside riders tonight, with Adam looking particularly good. More than anything it was good to see some speedway after a long winter! Any idea if anything is being done with the race jackets? I could be wrong but it looked like they had been signed by the riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolnir Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 minute ago, TonyE said: I thought Alfie put in a good performance all things considered - he was well placed on the two occasions he fell and was, generally, not far off the pace. I think he will do Ok for a two point reserve. Agreed - he gated well in a couple of races and perhaps was just over riding slightly in races that you’d reasonably expect to be difficult for him. Give him a couple of meetings and I think he’ll be picking up a few points here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliv Clav Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Some excellent racing tonight, with lots of passing. Good start to the season and looks like an exciting season ahead at Arena this year. Nice comments by Nick Morris about Lee Richardson and from Adam Ellis about the Hammers fans. Can't wait until next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, Mjolnir said: An impressive display from most of the Lakeside riders tonight, with Adam looking particularly good. More than anything it was good to see some speedway after a long winter! Any idea if anything is being done with the race jackets? I could be wrong but it looked like they had been signed by the riders. There will be an auction I was told in the pits after the meeting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie4388 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 This Lakeside team will take some stopping in meetings over 2 legs. They'll hammer (no pun intended) most teams at home probably by more then they'll lose by away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 A decent crowd and a well run meeting. Our heat leaders are a match for anyone in the division, and our tail end will be very strong at home. Looking forward to a good season for the Hammers.So good to be back at live speedway after the winter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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