winstoncigar Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 Rumour in the Sandmartin last night was the Hammers will be at Rye House before the season ends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badge Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 47 minutes ago, winstoncigar said: Rumour in the Sandmartin last night was the Hammers will be at Rye House before the season ends Sensible solution imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singy13 Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 1 hour ago, MANSE said: Would love being a Peterborough fan every week seems to be different night and Workington was always a Saturday night.Been their about a dozen times and always a Saturday [Lou Sansom, Malky Mckay and Stonehewer some riders I can remember ]  Workington Comets of the Lou Sansom, Mal McKay, Taffy Owen, Reg Wilson, Bob Valentine era were a Friday track, with some Sundays - so 1970 to 1981...........only changed to Saturdays when Mole/Thomas re-opened track in 1999. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 1 hour ago, singy13 said: Workington Comets of the Lou Sansom, Mal McKay, Taffy Owen, Reg Wilson, Bob Valentine era were a Friday track, with some Sundays - so 1970 to 1981...........only changed to Saturdays when Mole/Thomas re-opened track in 1999. yer bang on there marra . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 Probably contractually have to stay at Thurrock for te rest of the season, but suspect something along the lines of Lakeside Hammers "temporarily" moving to Hoddesdon next season (2019) whilst Mr Cook and Mr Douglas pursue other locatins for speedway in Essex ??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANSE Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 2 hours ago, singy13 said: Workington Comets of the Lou Sansom, Mal McKay, Taffy Owen, Reg Wilson, Bob Valentine era were a Friday track, with some Sundays - so 1970 to 1981...........only changed to Saturdays when Mole/Thomas re-opened track in 1999. Only visited from the year 2000 the names i quoted were ones i had read  about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 3 hours ago, winstoncigar said: Rumour in the Sandmartin last night was the Hammers will be at Rye House before the season ends Would not surprise me, in fact a poster on the Lakeside forum, called this way back on the 26th July, and I have to agree, I can't see how we are going to get our fixtures in with limited Fridays, we are likely to be in the play offs, we are still in the koc and that early season competition which we won our group in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singy13 Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 45 minutes ago, MANSE said: Only visited from the year 2000 the names i quoted were ones i had read  about Ok....................you will have probably seen the Comets legend Carl Stonehewer riding on one of your visits tho..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barraider Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 I think lakeside will end up racing at rye house this season or next imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winstoncigar Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 23 minutes ago, barraider said: I think lakeside will end up racing at rye house this season or next imo Pub rumour was that they'd have been racing at Rye this weekend if it hadn't been for the BSPA management committee being awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 16 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: Probably contractually have to stay at Thurrock for te rest of the season, but suspect something along the lines of Lakeside Hammers "temporarily" moving to Hoddesdon next season (2019) whilst Mr Cook and Mr Douglas pursue other locatins for speedway in Essex ??? Might change their name to Riverside Hammers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Seeing as there appears to be no connection to the late great West Ham, why keep the Hammers name. Nomads seems more appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Most speedway fans are probably not aware that Arena Essex is the home of TWO stock car/hot rod/banger promotions. Having been a lifelong follower of both sports and having worked for Chick Woodroffe please let me explain. Chick opened the track under his Promotasport banner as part of the then thriving P. R. I. organisation. He then started the Speedway. The Promotasport racing is held on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday afternoons. For the last few years there has also been the Rolling Thunder Show events run by Vincent O'Connor on Saturday evenings. RTS do not run Bangers but Vince is a former Promotasport driver in both Stock Cars and Hot Rods and I think still races in Sprint Cars. Promotasport may be finished and the Woodroffe family moving out but I suspect RTS would be as keen as Lakeside Hammers to continue and they might want to move to Sunday afternoons although I have no way of knowing if that is true. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted August 13, 2018 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 Can anyone actually be sure that we are to move into Rye House ?  To me it sounds like one of those rumours that start because someone suggests over a pint in the pub that it might be a good idea. A few Chinese Whispers and it's quoted as a fact. I can't see Jon Cook taking such a gamble.  Mind you, from a personal point of view, there are a few seats at Rye House. Car park is a bit off putting with all the potholes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted August 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 9 hours ago, East End Fan said: Can anyone actually be sure that we are to move into Rye House ?  To me it sounds like one of those rumours that start because someone suggests over a pint in the pub that it might be a good idea. A few Chinese Whispers and it's quoted as a fact. I can't see Jon Cook taking such a gamble.  Mind you, from a personal point of view, there are a few seats at Rye House. Car park is a bit off putting with all the potholes. Of course not! I suggested earlier in the thread that "Kent" may be a viable option, and there could be a good argument made for a switch to Oxford. Whatever transpires, you can be sure it won't be Jon Cook's gamble, it will be Stuart Douglas calling the tune........and he was introduced to the sport at Rayleigh. The Rockets that captured Stuart's imagination as a kid, eventually moved into Rye House and made that their permanent home for many years........history could repeat itself, but in my opinion the move to the other side of The Thames would be a much better business decision. I guess we'll all have to play the waiting game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barraider Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 Don't think its good business decision sending fans through the tolls/traffic, to a stadium that has a very limited availabillity/ poor curfew time? I think rye house would be the better option imo, the racing is closer too the crowd aswell than kent and lakeside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 Most of the support I suspect comes from north of the river, I would certainly not follow the club if it moved into Kent because of the travelling plus the Kent track is a joke, there is more dirt on the M20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted August 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 23 hours ago, marko said: Most of the support I suspect comes from north of the river, I would certainly not follow the club if it moved into Kent because of the travelling plus the Kent track is a joke, there is more dirt on the M20. The track is like that as that is the way Len Silver prepares it. With some investment, Kent could house a track on par with the best in Poland if it was laid outside of the current circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Weather permitting, this time next week, lakeside's third home meeting in two months could have been staged. With Godfrey's gladiators riding on the 31st and Edinburgh away on the 7th, a congested end to the season is looking likely at arena. Why have no attempts been made to run the odd meeting on an off night, to help ease the congestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisperer Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 minute ago, cityrebel said: Weather permitting, this time next week, lakeside's third home meeting in two months could have been staged. With Godfrey's gladiators riding on the 31st and Edinburgh away on the 7th, a congested end to the season is looking likely at arena. Why have no attempts been made to run the odd meeting on an off night, to help ease the congestion. 'cos nobody actually gives 5hit any more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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