CrystalCastles

Go & show all the EL teams how its done Good luck to Birmingham in 2011

I think like everybody else does, that stoke will build a great team next year. I think from a supporters perspective, its regarded to be a brilliant racetrack, Mr Vasey knows the NL inside out, & he will definitely build a promising team. Id imagine most NL riders would want to go their. Wouldn't be surprised if the phone does not stop ringing. Good luck in the NL next year, hope all you potters fans get behind them next year. For me having watched CL/NL speedway since speedway returned to Newport, IMO last season was the best & most competitive league we have ever had from a viewing perspective. The amount of improvement shown by a number of riders is the best in years & next year should be even better

Just like to echo everyones comments, well done to buxton...best NL team this year deserve their success well done to everybody involved

for a match that had nothing on it and looked like being an easy home win..this was a very entertaining meeting...luke priest was superb...so glad for him after last week

Fri 29th Oct Hornets v Buxton NL Play-Off Final 1st Leg Sun 31st Oct Buxton away Final 2nd leg Also NLRC is at Rye House Sat 30th Oct

BFD agree 100% with you..... promotion of the club is a neccesity and something that has been put in place over the past few months i.e. getting in for a tenner, the promotion of the club at local supermarkets with the riders who gave their free time to promote the club....& having a website again is going to be crucial. The promotion showed willingness to try new things and i think they have done a brilliant job so far for example...Ideas to look at if possible are making links with newports other sports clubs ie the dragons & county & the fans who attend their rugby & football matches, promotion amongst the students of newport. Kester you make some valid points......but Its all very well saying that wev built a promising team for the last two seasons but last years team didnt do anything and no matter how good you look on paper they didnt do a lot and they wernt very good to watch, given the potential This year we tried a totally different and far more riskier approach 4 newcomers(or 5 if you include Anders) and two riders coming back from major injuries And for the last two months have had a fantastic team performance wise, as well as IMO overall the most entertaining team we have ever had from a viewing perspective. We have a hardcore of loyal suppport who are true speedway fans, but we have been one of the best supported clubs in PL history for a number of years, sadly that support dwindled because of things like poor teams, no promotion, lack of investment and closure of the steelworks For me the simple reasons we no longer have the great support we used too are the costs...every track is faced with the major problems of cost for supporters. Im a student currently & i think ive probably missed about 6 meetings at home this year for both hornets & wasps and thats been generally £18 per week ive been spending which for me has been worth spending...its recaptured my interest in speedway since lastyear after losing interest when we closed down Anything is possible though with the right promotion ....only have to look at newport county's season last year to see the difference in a winning team, having attended matches when i can as a student (£8 to get in last year....havent been over yet this year as speedway have had a longer season so dont know the ticket prices this season )at the start of the season they were ave between 800-1000 which they have averaged for a number of seasons, but they got attendances of over 4000 for the match that secured the promotion, & the title presentation last year....and this season their home crowds have been over 2000 i think every home game (or thereabouts) Another sport but that is generally what fans in newport are like, a succesful side & fans will come back..... The potential for this too happen is their.....whether it will is another question, but we as fans and as a club need to have a positive outlook on the prospects, with the effort that has gone in from the riders, promotion & management team,in the past few months they have made a huge effort to try to push things in a different direction Hopefully this will go in the right direction and progress over the winter & into next season, & lead to us getting the fans back..

Interesting choice of guest

I agree if you couldnt afford to go to both then it makes no difference when they are staged if your forced to choose you'd choose what you want to go to delaying it makes no difference imo.

Would have to agree 100% the least interesting match i have ever seen

No surprise in the result tonight, considering our performance earlier in the season...going to make for a great second leg

100% racer, 100% tryer true entertainer wherever he has been, such a shame that his career was plighted with injuries, all the best for the future

clearly what we should have done is gone rider replacement for two riders in the main body of the side..... such a shame that two young british riders are given more oppurtunities to ride this season, two riders crash out of the meeting for the buccs and all that comes out of it is that people protest & moan about the rules. All the best to Jay & James

Congratulations buxton

I didnt think you went over the top....i think most sensible newport fans would know that buxton deserve some success & have a far stronger side at this level

track was good, great too watch under floodlights. well done to the hitmen a far stronger side at this level than the hornets, easy win as i expected, all the hitmen were good, highlights were kurtz's & newmans wins over cook full credit to the hitmen though great side theyv put together, treble will easily be won

clearly we should have gone with r/r for two riders in the top five , oh wait your not allowed to do that

would like to say a big thankyou to rhidassa & rusty lastnight for the updates , done a super job all year hope both tim & tom are ok are injury list at the moment is looking rather lengthy well done too baseby lastnight put a shift in as a guest for us Luke Priest has continued his improvement too, getting better with every meeting

Whos Jay Herne riding for mind.......... lol, easy win for the buccs 2 legs against you should be interesting

Welll done to mighty hitmen cleen sweep is on the cards now IMO, nice home win on the cards now Cant see no one touching you 2bh

cheers dickiemint

Any news on the guest for hot toddy tonight?????? Good luck to timbo on his return a decent score would be warmly welcome & cheered by the hornets faithful Glad that your back tim Hope luke can continue his upturn in racing seems to have done alright this week guesting & away at monmore, so keep it up Special mention to tom young hope he has a good meeting on his birthday

well done to the heathens was always going to be a struggle with the majority of our riders having not seen the track coupled with the fact that perry franklin & morris have come so far this season. Expected a little bit better showing from the hornets, however cant take anything away from the dudley riders did a fantastic job. Think that the result will count for nothing as i cant see anyone getting near buxton 2bh in either the play offs or KOC.

should be a cracker of a meeting, glad to see you will be supporting the MIGHTY HORNETS

Yep hope Jonesy has a great last meeting, thanks for all the entertainment this year

Lets be honest if you dont win by enough to take the 3 points id be a severely dissapointed heathens fan, your a far better side than you were when you visited QM. Lee Smart should go through the card, cant see Newman or Kurtz troubling him & if he doesnt id be highly surprised. Think with decent scores from your middle order & reserves that you should win fairly comfortably too take 3 match points. Having said that i cant see the match having much in it until the last 4 heats where i expect you to do enough to pull out a 3 point win advantage of more than 7 Il go 49-41heathens