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    The meetings that I have done for scunny have been brilliant especially for me as it gives me an opportunity to race at the Norfolk arena , a track that I never got to race on in my first career .. They never seem to be short of riders and due to the fact that we pay to ride I can't see it being a financial risk for any promoters.. Bring it on I'd say..

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    hey mate ,thank you

    i think some people think older riders are creaming money from riding in the nl ,i can say speedway at all levels has cost me thousands of pounds over 18 years , last year i brought 3 GMs and a jrm , i blew 2 of them , i had a huge crash at newport which totaly wrecked a bike and what earned last year didnt even cover that cost of them , and i can tell you that 60% of youngsters were on more money than me and the others were on the same money , did you notice how i seemed to be in a lot of challenge/individual meetings the last few years ?, thats cause when the phone rang to ask if i wanted to do them my first responce wasnt "how much money am i getting" ,i just wanted to ride , i can understand if a team wants to track a team of up and coming youngsters, thats up to them its their choice but if a team wants to track an older team or a team with a mix of older riders then surely thats their choice aswell , a rider shouldnt be descriminated against because of his age , i know len silver agrees with that and so do some other promoters but unfortunatly some dont and they seem to have the most say, restricting riders cause of age will not make a new british world champion ,there are a couple of riders who could do something big in the sport currently riding NL and they got there with older riders in the league , but its when they go into prem/elite the bubble bursts, maybe the bspa should be looking at that and not blaming the likes of me for halting their progress , unfortunatly for me i care about speedway especially at NL level and decisions like this 30+ rule are doing nothing for the sport

    well said dean, i think that this rule is probably illegal .. im not interested in racing in the nl.. but age shouldnt be an issue. you stick in there mate..

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    Posted by Billy Hamill on the US Speedwaybikes forum;

     

    Hey; I just wanted to let everybody know I have been granted a Farewell Meeting in England! The date will be March 22 at Wolverhampton Speedway. I feel very lucky to have been granted this race at Wolverhampton as Coventry still own me. A big thank you must go to Chris Van Straatten and Colin Pratt for helping me make this happen! Steve Evans has already offered his help which will be very valuable as he grew up on the Wolves terraces, so thanks Steve! Hope to see you all there! #104

     

    More details will be posted as myself or others involved in the organisation of this event have them. Most likely the main feature will be a 20 heat individual with some GP riders hopefully on show. The support event will be featuring retired riders and will be very special for the local Black Country fans.

    about time bullet, glad we aint seen the last of yer.hope you get the best that you deserve.

     

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    Good to hear from you Gary, you were a great assett to LE all the time you rode. Deon Prinsloo, now there's a name from the past. Whatever happened to him, does anyone know if he carried on racing?

    hello, seen his name a few times but speedway in south africa isn't what it was.

  20. Posted · Edited by gary o'hare

    Gary rode most of 1990 for the invaders .but was warned by Eric Boocock that if he did not lose some weight he would be sacked .he did not lose any weight and eric carried out his threat to fire him about two thirds of the way through that season .i dont recall him riding in the premier league after that but he may have i just can't remember it

    hello i feel i must point out two things here just to put things straight, firstly eric boocock wasn't in charge at long eaton untill 1991, secondly i was never given a lose weight ultimatum .it became obvious that a change was going to be made when mark lemon appeared on the scene and i was the one to miss out even though myself,martin dixon an deon prinsloo were all on about 6 point averages i drew the short straw although iff i am honest i wasn't enjoying my racing for some reason and eric probably made the right decision. as for my career details frigbo is spot on and no i am not irish! cheers gary.

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