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Kent Kings v Glasgow Tigers 8/6/21 @6.30 pm


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50 minutes ago, MD said:

Thats a good away win, perhaps helped a little by Heeps r/r but a win nonetheless. The downside is two more riders withdrawn through injury, there have been quite a few injuries so far this year despite there being a relatively small number of meetings.

Pleased with that solid right through the team.

See a few riders up in arms with these new tyres seems a few not confident in them at all.

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34 minutes ago, HGould said:

Going to be a long hard season for Kent. 

Big fish in the small pond now in with the bigger fish. 

Scotty must be wondering what he's let himself in for.. 

Scotty will be rubbing his hands,Extra tac sub ride every meeting.:P

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Glasgow made that difficult at first, speedy recovery to Jack Smith and Dan Gilkes, the Tigers came good in the end, thanks to all the Kent fans who were very gracious in defeat, we apologise for using air horn but stopped when we realised it was not allowed. Tidy wee stadium, hope Kent goes on to have a consolidating season.

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Have to say after really looking forward this....came away really disappointed.

Nothing to do with the result...Glasgow by far the better team and deserved the four points.But the track was really tricky at the beginning (for whatever reason/reasons) and that led to losing another two riders injured!!!!

Another meeting that was long and drawn out,riders breaking tapes and it takes so long to get the race on again.Did not help having R/R and replacing the injured riders.Just seemed to be so much hanging around...I left before the end and surprised they beat the curfew?

Have to say Scotty is pure class and his ride to get Hurry 2 points in Heat 6 was a real team player and leader.

Watching Hurry is very nervous thing to do after all his injuries etc....Starke and Bacon showed glimpses of what they are capable of and Ben battled for his 7 points.But not having Heeps and losing Dan early was curtains.

Really need another Heat leader to take pressure off Scott...otherwise can only see bottom place for Kings.

 

 

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34 minutes ago, blueherb777 said:

Have to say after really looking forward this....came away really disappointed.

Nothing to do with the result...Glasgow by far the better team and deserved the four points.But the track was really tricky at the beginning (for whatever reason/reasons) and that led to losing another two riders injured!!!!

Another meeting that was long and drawn out,riders breaking tapes and it takes so long to get the race on again.Did not help having R/R and replacing the injured riders.Just seemed to be so much hanging around...I left before the end and surprised they beat the curfew?

Have to say Scotty is pure class and his ride to get Hurry 2 points in Heat 6 was a real team player and leader.

Watching Hurry is very nervous thing to do after all his injuries etc....Starke and Bacon showed glimpses of what they are capable of and Ben battled for his 7 points.But not having Heeps and losing Dan early was curtains.

Really need another Heat leader to take pressure off Scott...otherwise can only see bottom place for Kings.

 

 

Sad to hear the track was tricky (soaking) at the beginning, unfortunately NL antics just won't wash with higher calibre riders. Tape breaks were probably as much down to the clutch burner in the box as it was riders although most know gating is key at Kent so were keen to get away. There is certainly promise in the Kent team although they could do with a flyer at 2 rather than Hurry who was difficult enough to watch at NL level. 

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No home practise for Kent meant no home advantage at all...Glasgow in the main were sharper from the gate..Nichols excepted,who was the stand out rider all night ..Hopefully after this run out the Kings can show what they are capable of next week against the not so powerfull Plymouth side....How ever we may yet find  that the side falls  a bit short on heat leaders,,remains to be seen when Heeps returns from injury..at this stage we can but hope that is not the case...

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40 minutes ago, Hunters said:

I see Scottie had  7 rides with 2 Tac Subs I thought you could only have  1 Sub per rider?

One tac sub  and one r/r

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44 minutes ago, Hunters said:

I see Scottie had  7 rides with 2 Tac Subs I thought you could only have  1 Sub per rider?

One R/R ride.

One Tac Sub ride.

One Heat 15 nominated race ride.

Four programmed rides.

 

just seen the reply above as I posted this.

 

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My first visit to Kent Kings and I'll certainly be going again - friendly enthusiastic support, great main stand which will be even better after the Covid restrictions are dropped and some enjoyable racing. 

The track was heavy at the start and some riders seemed nervous on the bends in particular, which contributed to the nasty crash in Heat 2. The class of Glasgow told in the end, but if Scott Nicholls had some back-up from Heeps as planned I think the result could have been closer.

I gather the 'Munchkings' are well looked after in normal times which can only bode well for the future. Promotions on the up like this should get all the encouragement they need and deserve, when there are so many stories of doom in British speedway at the moment!

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16 hours ago, glenantony said:

My first visit to Kent Kings and I'll certainly be going again - friendly enthusiastic support, great main stand which will be even better after the Covid restrictions are dropped and some enjoyable racing. 

The track was heavy at the start and some riders seemed nervous on the bends in particular, which contributed to the nasty crash in Heat 2. The class of Glasgow told in the end, but if Scott Nicholls had some back-up from Heeps as planned I think the result could have been closer.

I gather the 'Munchkings' are well looked after in normal times which can only bode well for the future. Promotions on the up like this should get all the encouragement they need and deserve, when there are so many stories of doom in British speedway at the moment!

Very nice comments from glenantony about his first visit to Kent.  Very similar experience which I had when visiting as a Hammers fan a few years back, and the reason

 I have become a Kings follower now that the Hammers are no more. The Kings will suffer while Cameron Heeps is missing, but, as I have said before, this year, the

results are less important.  Just want to get our weekly dose of racing.

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On ‎6‎/‎8‎/‎2021 at 1:35 PM, Normski said:

Can't get my head around this rule . Berwick rode against Scunthorpe the other week,m who had a rider missing through injury Josh Auty and they replaced him with Jake Allen as a guest

Josh Auty is our no1 so a guest is ok, even with the older rule.

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