Kent vs Plymouth

[Guest GiveusaB]

Boxall's words when he signed for Kent, when talking about Bowen's injury ? (off the clubs website)

What a 'LOSER' ! Hero to Zero in the blink of an eye !

Both riders have been very good friends since they rode together at Rye House and Boxall had very mixed feelings,
"I am delighted to be back at Kent, my own local club - but devastated that it has happened in this way. Of course, like us all, I wish my mate a speedy recovery. Meanwhile I will try to live up to the high standards that he has set."

 

Edited August 7, 2018 by GiveusaB

[East End Fan]

GWC seems to have a very distorted view of our sport.  Unless the promoter ( in this case Silver) is complicit with the rider using drugs, how on earth

can he be blamed if a rider is caught ?  But I note that GWC is a Rye House fan, so maybe he knows more about Silver than the rest of us ?

My own observ

[East End Fan]

Previous post git cut short...sorry....My own observations about the incident at Kent are that Plymouth should have wiped the floor with the

home team who also had Stoneman out. Instead it was an astonishing result with a big home win, and no Number One rider in 4 races.

[Lord Skid]

Boxall living up to Bowen's high standards, that's the funniest thing I've heard.

[Sings4Speedway]

Kent got away with it last night and held on to progress to the next round due to the determination of the remaining riders which says much to their credit. Plymouth were always in trouble with RR for RTD and lightweight reserves added to by Laker falling bizarrely during a stopped race and subsequently taking no further part although no reason given as to why/if he was actually withdrawn but fair play to Sheppard for grinding out his 7 rides.

As for Boxall what a tool. Brings the curtain down on a career surrounded by poor decisions, plunging his home town club into the mire and turning himself into a speedway & grasstrack outcast.

[GWC]

2 hours ago, East End Fan said:

GWC seems to have a very distorted view of our sport.  Unless the promoter ( in this case Silver) is complicit with the rider using drugs, how on earth

can he be blamed if a rider is caught ?  But I note that GWC is a Rye House fan, so maybe he knows more about Silver than the rest of us ?

My own observ

I do and many years of following Rye has probably brought about that distortion!!

 

[ancient mariner]

3 hours ago, East End Fan said:

Previous post git cut short...sorry....My own observations about the incident at Kent are that Plymouth should have wiped the floor with the

home team who also had Stoneman out. Instead it was an astonishing result with a big home win, and no Number One rider in 4 races.

What? With the 5 riders available to them?

[Pinny]

3 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said:

Kent got away with it last night and held on to progress to the next round due to the determination of the remaining riders which says much to their credit. Plymouth were always in trouble with RR for RTD and lightweight reserves added to by Laker falling bizarrely during a stopped race and subsequently taking no further part although no reason given as to why/if he was actually withdrawn but fair play to Sheppard for grinding out his 7 rides.

As for Boxall what a tool. Brings the curtain down on a career surrounded by poor decisions, plunging his home town club into the mire and turning himself into a speedway & grasstrack outcast.

Huge waste of talent. With the right commitment and attitude, he could of gone very far. 

[teaboy279]

9 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said:

Kent got away with it last night and held on to progress to the next round due to the determination of the remaining riders which says much to their credit. Plymouth were always in trouble with RR for RTD and lightweight reserves added to by Laker falling bizarrely during a stopped race and subsequently taking no further part although no reason given as to why/if he was actually withdrawn but fair play to Sheppard for grinding out his 7 rides.

As for Boxall what a tool. Brings the curtain down on a career surrounded by poor decisions, plunging his home town club into the mire and turning himself into a speedway & grasstrack outcast.

Laker came out for the ReRun and struggled, subsequently he went to the hospital with a suspected broken wrist. Not sure if that's been confirmed.

[East End Fan]

13 hours ago, teaboy279 said:

Laker came out for the ReRun and struggled, subsequently he went to the hospital with a suspected broken wrist. Not sure if that's been confirmed.

Very short lived performance. Hope he did not break his wrist.

13 hours ago, teaboy279 said:

 

 

[Sings4Speedway]

5 minutes ago, East End Fan said:

Very short lived performance. Hope he did not break his wrist.

 

Unfortunately now confirmed as fractured wrist.

[East End Fan]

What has now happened to Rye House, GWC ?  For all the years you "suffered", at least you had something to suffer for. I remember in the 

early 70's  when Rye House took over the Rayleigh team and joined the professional league, no one gave them half a chance of survival. I 

think Colin Pratt was also involved at the time but eventually Ronnie Russell took over and it closed when he was in charge. Looks like history 

has repeated itself.  

[GWC]

2 hours ago, East End Fan said:

What has now happened to Rye House, GWC ?  For all the years you "suffered", at least you had something to suffer for. I remember in the 

early 70's  when Rye House took over the Rayleigh team and joined the professional league, no one gave them half a chance of survival. I 

think Colin Pratt was also involved at the time but eventually Ronnie Russell took over and it closed when he was in charge. Looks like history 

has repeated itself.  

Yes I was there in the 70’s and witnessed probably one of the finest teams to win the old NL in 1980 virtually all home grown.

Nobody would have predicted what has now happened but mistakes were made.