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Belle vue -V- Rye House 23.04.18


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7 hours ago, Col said:

Really?  I remember a 16 year old Joe Screen visiting Dudley Wood & Monmore a few weeks after his 16th Birthday.  The sport has moved on from then admittedly, in terms of professionalism and I haven't seen much of Bewley.  Then again, what ultimately became of Joe Screen?

What ultimately happened to Joe Screen - he retired after an excellent career where he entertained 1000s of people here and abroad. 

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35 minutes ago, SharpenRake said:
What ultimately happened to Joe Screen - he retired after an excellent career where he entertained 1000s of people here and abroad. 

Not knocking Joe Screen, but he never reached the heights I expected when I first saw him ride.

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30 minutes ago, Col said:

Not knocking Joe Screen, but he never reached the heights I expected when I first saw him ride.

ok, but he did become world u-21 champion in 1993 and appeared in the Grand Prix from 1996-2001 finishing 6th in 1999. Not many Englishmen have achieve that, particularly in recent years.

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8 hours ago, Col said:

Really?  I remember a 16 year old Joe Screen visiting Dudley Wood & Monmore a few weeks after his 16th Birthday.  The sport has moved on from then admittedly, in terms of professionalism and I haven't seen much of Bewley.  Then again, what ultimately became of Joe Screen?

The key word is professionalism with Joe, he always struggled with his weight for example and I don't think he applied himself in a way off track with lifestyle choices that were detrimental to making the most of his talent. Don't get me wrong, im not saying Dan is going to be another PC or Mort, that's a big comparison, im saying he is the best natural talent we have had (BV) since those two. Promising riders in the past have failed to progress as expected but the one thing Dan has behind him is a good team with the knowledge and ability to keep his feet on the ground, hes a level headed lad. Steve Lawson is a good mentor. 

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Bewley said: “It was an excellent meeting. I’d like to thank Mark Lemon and Max Fricke for talking me into Heat 15. Initially I didn’t really want to do it and risk my maximum.

“But I’m really glad I did it and I got to race against, and beat, Krzysztof Kasprzak. It was quite a special experience to pass him on the line, like he did Darcy Ward to win a GP some years ago.”

From speedwaygb website, definitely supports the idea of him being level headed. 

Nice to see from Max Fricke too,  he has been brilliant so far both home and away. 

 

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Watched Woffinden for 2 seasons at Rye and he was the finished article at a very young age.

Dan I believe arrived later to Speedway but he has improved each year and it’s now just confidence that’s needed to go to higher level.

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I thought the rain before the meeting was going to spoil it last night and it took a few races to start to turn over and move out the top dirt. Not one of the best meetings at the NSS but some very good races.

KK was the only rider to impress for Rye and they were certainly weakened by the absence of Kennett and Robson. Nicholls and Harris were disappointing. They both had one good race, so showed they had the speed and I hope it was just a bad night. If not, Rye are going to struggle away from home unless changes are made.

A solid team performance from all of the Aces, everyone did their job, there were no weak links and it was good to see Tungate back to form and Fricke shepherding Etheridge for a 5-1 after Jye had passed Harris. 

Dan Bewley, what can you say. You can't compare him to Collins, Morton, Woffinden, Screen or even Lambert because, unlike them, he had no experience of riding speedway from a young age. He had his first competitive race just two years ago and in that time his progress has been exceptional.

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I find all this embarrassing. Rye House have always been a second tier club running on weekends and have done pretty well too. Now we are running again on an unfamiliar night and given the side we are putting out the crowds will dwindle. Harris Robson and Nicholls have hardly set the Second tier alight and at this level are the basis of a side that will get mauled every time away from home. We didn’t make the playoffs last year, we have learned nothing from team building last season and  the current side would struggle against Championsip teams. Even down to no team Kevlar we look a second rate club going nowhere and have a stadium that has gone backwards since the BMR mob moved in. Fans wanted Silver out and now they have what they wished for

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3 minutes ago, westhamboy66 said:

I find all this embarrassing. Rye House have always been a second tier club running on weekends and have done pretty well too. Now we are running again on an unfamiliar night and given the side we are putting out the crowds will dwindle. Harris Robson and Nicholls have hardly set the Second tier alight and at this level are the basis of a side that will get mauled every time away from home. We didn’t make the playoffs last year, we have learned nothing from team building last season and  the current side would struggle against Championsip teams. Even down to no team Kevlar we look a second rate club going nowhere and have a stadium that has gone backwards since the BMR mob moved in. Fans wanted Silver out and now they have what they wished for

Agree with majority of the post.

The old PL league was getting very stale at Rye. There wasn't much motivation to watch poor sides like Scunthorpe, Berwick, Plymouth and Redcar turn up year after year. Also Silver built dreadful sides for many years, so I had no problem with him going. His time was well up. Crowds were down to a few hundred in his final seasons.

The problem is Jenson, who is running the show for BMR, has no idea about the sport. Has come in as a complete outsider and looks like he doesn't know what he's doing and has no knowledge of riders etc. Having someone like Schroeck alongside who was away from the sport for years doesn't help.

The size of the crowds last year proved the decision to move up was correct, but they will ruin it all this year with such a crap side put out. Lose at home to Wolves on Wednesday and that should be it for some of these riders and will show how badly they got the team building wrong.

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3 hours ago, Chris said:

Agree with majority of the post.

The old PL league was getting very stale at Rye. There wasn't much motivation to watch poor sides like Scunthorpe, Berwick, Plymouth and Redcar turn up year after year. Also Silver built dreadful sides for many years, so I had no problem with him going. His time was well up. Crowds were down to a few hundred in his final seasons.

The problem is Jenson, who is running the show for BMR, has no idea about the sport. Has come in as a complete outsider and looks like he doesn't know what he's doing and has no knowledge of riders etc. Having someone like Schroeck alongside who was away from the sport for years doesn't help.

The size of the crowds last year proved the decision to move up was correct, but they will ruin it all this year with such a crap side put out. Lose at home to Wolves on Wednesday and that should be it for some of these riders and will show how badly they got the team building wrong.

I don't know why Ricky Wells wasn't re-signed. He was probably their best rider from August onwards. He certainly won more heats than any other Rocket during this period. Still available as is Richie Worrall.

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3 hours ago, geoff58 said:

concentrate on your own super league winning unbeatable team :lol:

What are you on about it was a poole poster who said it .I happen to like craig cook 100% british and belle vue speedway i replied to someone who was knocking craig !!!

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