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3 hours ago, teaboy279 said:Well the team suits looked very smart in the pictures from today's practice at Leicester. Hopefully the boys had a productive afternoon.
Team may well look smart but the official photo on Speedwaygb is a shocker - dark and the riders not looking at the camera. How on earth did the Kent PR man let that one out?
It portrays a poor image of the club (pun intended!)
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4 hours ago, edmon said:Top 4 in all leagues as per regulations which can be found on the SCB website REGULATIONS / Downloads - Speedway Control Bureau (scbgb.co.uk).
No play offs in ndl
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Jake Allen - not a very well kept secret
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Allen it is.
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1 hour ago, StevePark said:I don't do Silverstone at all....... but.....
https://www.silverstone.co.uk/events/formula-1-british-grand-prix/tickets
Yes, I know but you need to be their early to get a view with a £99 ticket and you face being on your feet all day or carrying a portable chair.
For a mid-point ticket you are likely to pay around £300 and then there is car park - £60 last time I went.
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1 hour ago, StevePark said:Could be worse. You could be paying £100, just like the F1 GP at Silverstone, to watch follow the leader there.
£100, blimey you do Silverstone on the cheap.
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Eastbourne Speedway's free magazine Flying High had a feature in the last edition on the SRBF and there was a mention of a hope to have a BEN fund meeting later in the year.
You can see the magazine at Eastbourne Speedway's website...good read all round and all for free.
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15 minutes ago, hagonshocker said:Surely no-one becomes a co-promoter for one year? Swindon continuously tweeting 'on loan' is wearing a bit thin...meanwhile the Rose Tints keep banging on about travelling the country to support 'our riders'....jeez wake up & smell the latte
Eastbourne only had one Promoter (Trevor Geer) after Mike Bellerby stepped down and the BSPL says you need two. So Lee fits the bill, perfectly having had a licence at Swindon.
It's good news for Eastbourne and I know no more than I read about Swindon.
Like any genuine speedway fan, I hope Swindon come back in 2022 even if it meant the Eagles losing Lee who appears to have made a cracking start down here on the Sunshine Coast.
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43 minutes ago, cityrebel said:I see that Lee Kilby is now co promoter at Eastbourne.
for this year
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22 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said:Te complete lack of information coming from most clubs on their plans to restart the season in less than 4 weeks time fully supports my opinion that they have their heads in the sand and are hoping that this all goes away by May 16th, and it will "business as usual. "
All pretty shabby, certainly doesn't inspire confidence that the speedway stadia will be low Covid 19 risk environments. Frankly I would be amazed if half the stadia were allowed to open as planned in May.
Only Eastbourne appear to have grasped the nettle, and set out their plans to their supporters.
Eastbourne sold lots of tickets already for the opening matches. They have well and truly grasped the nettle. Buying process is really easy. Eastbourne have got it sorted.
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22 hours ago, East End Fan said:If that had been the case, I am sure we would have had some sort of reports by now.
Perhaps the PR man couldn't go.
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10 hours ago, uk_martin said:I can just imagine the process...
Speedway Star Reporter: Hello Mr Hancock, can I ask you some questions please?
Bill Hancock: No.
Speedway Star Reporter: Oh, OK then...Bye.
Unlikely the reporter, a professional trained journalist, would give up so easily.
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17 minutes ago, uk_martin said:Or at the very least some further investigative reporting by the Speedway Star to find the answers that their readership want to hear???
The facts were well set out by the Star. Seems Hancocks are not talking to media. They don’t have to but by staying silent they give oxygen to all sorts of theories.
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Eastbourne have been selling tickets online for a while now for their opening matches.
It is clear, there will be no "walk-ups".
As for maximum attendances, the 25% of maximum capacity is one yardstick. Local authorities seem to have a much more complicated and convoluted formula that takes the numbers way down.
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9 minutes ago, tellboy said:Personally i think some need to be held back to be sold on the night.Many of the crowds at speedway are made up of the older generation and not all of those like to buy things online.This could put those people off going,something speedway doesn't need.
You can bet in this first phase there will be no on-the-door (night) sales. I'm certain BCKLWN and NCC Public Health will not allow for all sorts of reasons, including the club capturing track and trace info and the possibility of crowding at the turnstiles. Yes, it does mean some people who want to go may miss out, unless they can find someone to buy them tickets online.
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Speedwaygb website doesn’t cover amateur racing ..nothin ever about Lydd.
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40 minutes ago, HGould said:Big thumbs up to Laurence and the other 2 Clubs who are keeping this League alive.
The issue of "dormant Clubs" is not the fault of Laurence and we are lucky at Perry Barr to at least have some junior racing to watch.
And we're lucky to see the youngsters at Eastbourne too. Love spotting the next 'big name'. Who will it be with the present crop of juniors at Eastbourne?
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3 minutes ago, blueherb777 said:So your argument is ....it was ok for Eagles to cheat!
But not alright to try and do something to stop
the cheating?????
You say it was cheating. I call it gamesmanship.
Kent broke planning law that could have jeopardised the whole operation.
Huge difference.
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Just now, Richard Weston said:So the curfew applies when Kent want it to, or not if they want. And it wasn’t me who brought up the curfew question in the first place.
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6 minutes ago, flipper11 said:Since speedway started at Central Park there has only been one occasion where the curfew was broken, against your team Eastbourne. You must be so proud of the rediculous display by the Eastbourne Management and team to try every trick in the book to delay the meeting to stop Kent winning that you are prepared to bring the subject back up years later.
It wound Len up that much he was prepared to face a back lash from the planners by going over the curfew limit.
Obviously the Eastbourne supporters must like that type of pathetic behaviour but I don't believe the new Eastbourne management & riders will stoop that low again.
So the curfew applies when Kent want it to, or not if they want.
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3 hours ago, blueherb777 said:So how long after the curfew was this?
I have only been to meetings that stopped on time or just a few minutes over!
Cant remember but it was significant. I can accept allowing a race which is under way to finish but this started after curfew time.
You can bet the anti residents 'clocked' it.
Dangerous precedent set.
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8 hours ago, arnieg said:So your complaint is what? That the council didn't close down the speedway? Is that what you want?
My complaint is Kent Speedway picking and choosing when to implement the curfew.
Seems to me that the word curfew needs no room for interpretation, no latitude.
Actually, by going over the 8.30pm deadline, Kent Speedway put themselves at risk and probably gave ammunition to the people who oppose the operation.
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2 hours ago, AndyO said:Wow... always up for a reasoned and rational debate however when you get comments like this it's difficult to know where to start!
Match continued after curfew time.
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But in practice, a curfew when it suits Len to get the result he wants
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It is all very strange indeed. The more I look at the photograph, the worse it becomes. Riders faces in shadow, a large chunk of the Leicester track above their heads and, of course, not looking at the camera.
Your theory may well be right but there is no photograph on the club website.