stevethelion
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- Birthday 01/07/1965
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Leicester vs Ipswich KOC 30th March
stevethelion replied to Arch Stanton's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Wet n damp set in about a month ago, have we had a dry day since the end of Feb? -
Jubilee championship league
stevethelion replied to westlakejawa's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
That'll be Leicester then, as then won the league. -
Poole v Leicester v Poole play off final 21/22 October
stevethelion replied to Skidder1's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Your first sentence sums the situation up perfectly. Since last Thursday I don't think we've gone through a 24 hour period without any rain. The heavy rain we had for more or less 48 hours that started last Thursday & didn't really stop until after dark on Friday was I suspect the main cause of the problem, although Saturday was dry, at this time of year no way was that going to dry out. Then it started again Saturday evening & Sunday I woke up to absolutely torrential rain. And this week the pattern has been the same, we've had a couple of dry days, but not together, then it has rained most nights or early mornings & it's been steady rain over a number of hours each time. -
If you're getting there at 6pm , you should easily get on the stadium car park, which is behind the shopping centre, no charge & you won't have to worry about the 4 hour limit you have if you park at the shopping centre. Sat nav LE4 1DS.
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Might be a wise move.
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Not too much in the way of food nearby, there's a McDonald's, Subway & chip shop all next to each other in the shopping centre next to the stadium.
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It's been shocking since Thursday, we had heavy rain most of Thursday, even heavier rain all day Friday & then people wonder why Saturday was called off. It was dry on Saturday, but then started raining again at 11 on Saturday evening. When I got up on Sunday it was absolutely torrential rain for a couple of hours. It's been dry this afternoon, but it will take some drying out
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Poole v Leicester 08/06/22
stevethelion replied to Bald Bloke's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
This got me puzzled because I thought my memory was playing tricks, but I was certain I was there in the 80's when Lions beat Poole. On holiday at the time in what was the old Leicester holiday fortnight. So I checked & the memory wasn't playing tricks 7th July 1982, Poole 38 Leicester 40. Wasn't a last heat decider though Poole got a 5-1 in heat 13 to narrow the scoreline. Neil Collins top -scored with 11 , brother Les 10, Lions were using R/R for Colin Cook & lost Steve Regeling after 2 races, so effectively won with 5 riders. -
Poole v Leicester 08/06/22
stevethelion replied to Bald Bloke's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Hopefully whilst down on the coast, has taken a long walk off a short pier! -
Leicester Lions 2022 Line up
stevethelion replied to FishersGate's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
That 4.16 does include the dropping of 2 more meetings , Leicester always update the rolling averages after each meeting on their website . The rolling averages on there now show 16 meetings , which is the figure that will be used for the July averages, obviously Rowe won't ride for them again so his average will remain unchanged. -
Leicester Lions 2022 Line up
stevethelion replied to FishersGate's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Can't do that at the moment, because his average is, I think 4.06, Rowe's is only 3.95, which is why as i mentioned earlier i'll think they'll use guests until July's averages come into effect , when Rowe's rolling average jumps to 4.16, thus allowing Keleher to fit. -
Leicester Lions 2022 Line up
stevethelion replied to FishersGate's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
This is how I see this panning out. Lions & Rowe part company on the 2nd of June, after a few weeks of rumours. Lions apply for 28 day facility which conviently takes us to 30th June, in the mean time use the facility to pick suitable guests. On the 1st of July the new averages come into effect, now it just so happens that Rowe now as a rolling average of 4.16 ( see lions statistics page on their website). Because the rolling average is losing 2 matches a month, so started at 20, then 18 for May, 16 for June, so when the June averages are annouced on the 23rd of June it seems Rowe must have lost 3 lowish scores & will be replaced with the 9 he scored at Birmingham, hence the jump from 3.95 to 4.16. This will give them more scope to find a replacement, possibly Zane Keleher, who looks like he finished last season on 4.06 or maybe an untried Aussie on a 4.00. -
leicester lions already lost it ?
stevethelion replied to davieb1's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Said when the team was announced it had 3 heat leaders, 1 average 2nd string & 3 reserves. The twins can only ride Leicester, this means unless the 3 heat leaders all get double figures, they're not going to get many points on the road. You can't carry 2 riders & expect to win on your travels. Admire the loyalty shown to them & not saying they should be dropped, but for this year there's no way Leicester will beat the likes of Poole & Glasgow over 2 legs. Might scrape into the play-offs, but that's about it. -
Leicester Lions 2022 Line up
stevethelion replied to FishersGate's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
The simple answer is at present Joe isn't quite as good as Dan yet. The answer to why Dan's scoring tailed off is obvious, he moved into the main team, that's why he shouldn't be given that burden from the start next season. -
Leicester Lions 2022 Line up
stevethelion replied to FishersGate's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
Agree with you that Mountain is a concern as senior 2nd, but I think he can step up. As for Sargent it would have to be no thanks, he's had enough chances over the years, at least a youngster like Rowe has got room for improvement. But I'd still have concerns over the makeup of any team with Dan in the main body, although like you say he would probably swap during the season.