cityrebel Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 20 minutes ago, HGould said: Not sure what it says about Kent, or in fairness to them the attitude of young riders / amateur riders, if they can't find anyone willing to ride at number 7 in an NDL match? Why were they not inundated with options from SDL level riders? young or a bit older? It was announced they'd been on the phone since monday morning, but couldn't find anyone willing or able to ride. No one loses a home match on purpose. Some promoters would have conveniently left a hose pipe on, or said there was emergency electrical work going on in the area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 12 minutes ago, cityrebel said: It was announced they'd been on the phone since monday morning, but couldn't find anyone willing or able to ride. No one loses a home match on purpose. Some promoters would have conveniently left a hose pipe on, or said there was emergency electrical work going on in the area. Cityrebel makes a very good point. We were told that the track had been under floods of water on Sunday, easily an excuse for cancelling a difficult fixture I would guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crusader Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said: Out of curiosity why is the silly 2 point rule to blame? I would argue that not lining up a number 8 when running RR and knowing that Gilkes had taken a knock was issue 1, then Gilkes declaring he was unfit to ride on the Monday morning rather than the Sunday issue 2. The other question that remains is will Kent get into trouble for fielding an under strength side or does that not apply to home teams? S4s you have made a very good point. I've not taken much notice of number 8's as they never seem to be included /declared in team line ups these days. But thinking ahead and covering the possible scenarios it would have been good to have made the arrangements you suggested. I would just like reserves to be replaced by guests according to average as with others in the team. But then I'm from a simpler time speedway in the 70's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crusader Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, cityrebel said: As a neutral, i still enjoyed it. With so few options now in the south east, beggars can't be choosers. Good for you if you can afford it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 20 minutes ago, Old Crusader said: S4s you have made a very good point. I've not taken much notice of number 8's as they never seem to be included /declared in team line ups these days. But thinking ahead and covering the possible scenarios it would have been good to have made the arrangements you suggested. I would just like reserves to be replaced by guests according to average as with others in the team. But then I'm from a simpler time speedway in the 70's. The problem on this occasion is that both absent reserves are still on 2.00 averages. Kent were in a very difficult position as usual number 8 Mulford is still suffering from the spill the previous week at Kent, previous stand in James Laker had already been booked when the late news that Gilkes wasn't available came through. That left the phone calls being made on Monday but late notice and lack of available locals plus Kent being an outpost for some made it a thankless & fruitless task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigACE Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 Got my programme today from this meeting. Now i want the badge that is advertised on the back cover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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