cityrebel 2,960 Posted August 20, 2019 47 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said: Good close meeting with two evenly matched sides although the weather did its best to spoil things and did leave the track every one lined until the interval. Plenty on show from both sides top heat leaders who handled the conditions better. Mulford took a lot of rides and was rewarded with a fine win which was richly deserved, nice to see Woods back on track but expected a lot more from Bailey as a Championship rider to get only 4 points is a bit concerning. I thought the track held up well considering the late afternoon downpour. The racing definitely improved after the interval. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruckerroo 792 Posted August 20, 2019 i agree with cityreb, Mulford was v brave in ht 12, my tractor would have beat the scrap Jenkins was limping round on last night,gilkes rode very well and just got pinched in to the bend in ht 15. Kent with ablitt and ledwith back will win this league Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Crusader 135 Posted August 20, 2019 46 minutes ago, ruckerroo said: i agree with cityreb, Mulford was v brave in ht 12, my tractor would have beat the scrap Jenkins was limping round on last night,gilkes rode very well and just got pinched in to the bend in ht 15. Kent with ablitt and ledwith back will win this league We have been told that Ablitt won't be riding again this season so more of Mulford who seems to fit the bill. Thank goodness Gilkes rose to the challenge and covered Jenkins performance last night. With Ledwith back and up to speed and if the rest of the team can stay free of injuries they have a good chance of winning the league Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,247 Posted August 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, Old Crusader said: We have been told that Ablitt won't be riding again this season so more of Mulford who seems to fit the bill. Thank goodness Gilkes rose to the challenge and covered Jenkins performance last night. With Ledwith back and up to speed and if the rest of the team can stay free of injuries they have a good chance of winning the league Kent look a very strong side when Ledwith returns. If the averages move Kemp back to number 1 that would be another boost and could mean that steady but not spectacular Jenkins could become the best number 2 in the league. Mulford looks certain to continue at reserve now as averages are in play. Clouting has been doing a job but is only injury cover so if Spooner can get fit i can't see any side with a more complete 1-7. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East End Fan 426 Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Old Crusader said: We have been told that Ablitt won't be riding again this season so more of Mulford who seems to fit the bill. Thank goodness Gilkes rose to the challenge and covered Jenkins performance last night. With Ledwith back and up to speed and if the rest of the team can stay free of injuries they have a good chance of winning the league Shame if Ablitt will not ride again, he looked very good in those matches that I saw. But the Mulford boy looks even better. Spectacular in the extreme and was certainly the reason for Kent's win over Belle Vue IMO. I am told he is very good on Grass which brings to mind the bad news I head this morning that James Shanes has had a very bad Grass accident with some very serious injuries. Whatever our allegiances, everyone on this forum will wish him a full and speedy recovery.. That's for sure. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigACE 91 Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) Must have been good stuff from the Kent Kings to win that last night. Big well done to all the lads. Edited August 20, 2019 by craigACE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil The Ace 2,860 Posted August 21, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 7:53 AM, Sings4Speedway said: Good close meeting with two evenly matched sides although the weather did its best to spoil things and did leave the track every one lined until the interval. Plenty on show from both sides top heat leaders who handled the conditions better. Mulford took a lot of rides and was rewarded with a fine win which was richly deserved, nice to see Woods back on track but expected a lot more from Bailey as a Championship rider to get only 4 points is a bit concerning. Bailey had his no1 bike taken of him by the machine examiner because he found a crack in the frame so struggled on his second bike. Hes alot better than his score suggested 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,247 Posted August 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Phil The Ace said: Bailey had his no1 bike taken of him by the machine examiner because he found a crack in the frame so struggled on his second bike. Hes alot better than his score suggested Examiners didn't notice it on IOW then 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adonis 1,454 Posted August 24, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 4:23 PM, Sings4Speedway said: Examiners didn't notice it on IOW then cracks have to start somewhere . amybe the crack got started during the IOW match ? It's not unusual for examiners to turn up with their jobsworth heads on , we once had a bike rejected at peterborough because there was no bolt to stop the chain whipping if it broke , there was no bolt because the latest JHR frames at the time incorporated it into the rear loop ther next day as soon as we wheeled it in to Mildenhall the examiner went straight to it and said you can't use it , Then Tommy Nicholls (Scotts dad ) pointed out the error of his ways . machine examiners have no qualification whatsoever , at an MDL meeting at Scunny a bloke asked me how to adjust ther chain on his sons bike . 4 weeks later he was waltzing around the pits at my local track ,proudly displaying his machine examiners tags Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
