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My last pic I think I took of him, in the Wimbledon pits, 1983, riding for the Stars

Women race against men all the time in the States, at least in New York. And yes, you can comment on track size but the women I have seen race and have spoken to were not worried in the slightest about racing blokes. It's not a physical one on one combat sport. Bike control and riding ability counts. I admit in the top leagues/GP level, elbows on corner 1 are important. Personally I think it would be great to open up the National league (d3) to women in teams. If they want to race, let 'em.

I am a hard copy subscriber to the Star here in the USA - so very much appreciate the fact that we have a magazine still. Just not a fan of the covers or the results layouts.

Have to say - I am not a fan of teh way the results are set out in the magazine. I was trying to compile some stats from last season and the results are scattered across pages - so, cup finals \or semi finals are separated onto their own page . I do much prefer the old(er) format where they were all together in date order with a succinct report. Also, add to me to the list of 'not a fan of the covers'. And where are the team photos?

1978 - I took a day off work at the local canning factory (which I couldn't really afford to do..) and took the Kings Lynn Supporter's coach to Coventry to see the British Final. When we arrived at the parking lot, the local parking attendant came on the coach and said don't bother getting off, it looks like the meeting is going to be called off. And it was. The only time I ever went to Brandon. Just a miserable day on an old coach.

I am a US based subscriber - who looks forward to my weekly Star. The UK postal disruptions have affected delivery to my Stateside address - and a local dispute here in our State also has had an effect. I had some October issues arrive in early December and a couple of issues never arrive, but the folks at the magazine have sent replacement copies without any questions. I have yet to see teh December 17th turn up - but given the Xmas rush and that the season is over, I am not too bothered, Yet.

I know that Phil Crump appeared for the Stars in Spring Gold Cup matches in March & April 1973 and one BL match up until April 7th when he scored 7 from 4 vs Leicester in the Border Trophy. Then from April 9th for the rest of the season the Stars used Rider Replacement for him at #3 in the lineup - except a few home meetings when they obviously felt they could win without R/R and called in a reserve. There is no year book for 1973 and I didn't start following the Stars until Sept 1 1973 - so don't know the back story. Did he get hurt somewhere or what ?

That's brilliant (not for him)... thanks for clearing that mystery (to me) up.

Hmm.. Well he didn't get injured on April 7th (he had 4 rides winning his last ride) and suddenly didn't appear on April 9th. Maybe he got hurt riding in Europe or in an individual meeting on April 8th somewhere....I checked the records - and he had no Falls in any KL matches in 1973 up to April 7th...

I subscribed. I am in the USA. I streamed the match on my phone using Chrome and cast the stream to my 4k TV and had no buffering and the picture was fine. As for the presentation, I thought it was fine. I did think the bloke doing the pits interviews was a bit overly excited, whereas Haley? was very good. Pity that the Birmingham team was 'not at the races'. Josh Auty was going backwards at one point.... I look forward to watching more meetings and will decide whether or not to cancel or keep once they have broadcast few more meetings. So far so good.

I have Alan's 1991-2006 edition and would also love to get a copy of the 91-2014 edition. In book or pdf form if selling in that format.

Coventry, 1978. Went on the Kings Lynn coach for the British Final, bastard thing was rained off. Took a night off work and all. Never returned to Coventry.

Just PM'd you

Phil - have you decided which edition will be your 2021 Season preview issue? That will be my new subscription start date. Cheers.

Have to say I have enjoyed the Humans of Speedway Podcast series. Ian (who has the voice for radio) has a great simple format but has had great guests, incl of course many who have featured on other podcasts. Check them out here https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/humansofspeedway/

Great news Matt - email sent.

There used to be a web site with the 'Complete A-Z of Post War British League Speedway Riders' and I think they (Matt) also were selling CDs of their volumes. However, the old web site seems to have been hijacked and google searches bring up nothing. Anyone know if they are still undertaking the project and where their on-line home might be now

A few people on here hung out with Kelly in his final years. I got to know him in New York, where he rode his last meetings. He was very engaging but you could see that he'd lived a life. Here he is with Boogaloo in 2003 - Kelly was only 43 when this was taken....

My 1st ever meeting: Sept 1st 1973 Kings Lynn vs Coventry Bees Stars: T Betts A Price B Humphreys E Reeves M Simmons R Bales D Gagen Bees Nigel Boocock Pete Bailey Garry Middleton Alan Jay Frank Smith Jeff Shirley I assume that a few are not with us any more. Simmo I know.

No he came over for this. He is still living in the UK

Yep - the very same. Nice tidy riding. Won some heats, lost some heats. But riding for for fun rather than going all out.

I picked up a copy at Manchester Airport during a flying visit to the UK recently. Have to say - despite there being no UK season - it was a good read and I like the layout. The one thing I didn't see - was averages etc for the Polish and Swedish Leagues - which given there are no UK stats I figured they might be included. Otherwise - I am glad you are still managing to Publish Mr. Rising.

I went to the Speedway in NY the other weekend to watch the Outlaw US National Speedway Championships. Saw Broc Nicol, Billy Janniro and Ronnie Corry. Some good races between Nicol and Janniro. Good size crowds. No social distancing - and I think I was the only person wearing a mask in teh entire place.. Sat at the top of the stands at least 20 feet from people.... who were partying like it was 1999. Listen to a podcast on the weekender here https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/eastcoastdirt/episodes/2020-10-15T15_19_45-07_00

How's everyone doing ? Any revelations? Anyone completed any updates, improvements etc ?

How we all doing? I thought I fixed the clone issue... seems I haven't :-)