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Yes congratulations. But is pages after pages of the smug " I know something you don't know " really that interesting ?

Yea but dome riders have a high opinion of themselves and want more money than offered, then feel hard done by not having a team place !!

My season ticket arrived this morning. Due to working away a lot, I'll be lucky if I get to 3 or 4 meetings. However that has been the case for many seasons and that hasn't stopped me in the past buying tickets via trybooking for speedway meetings even though I knew I won't be attending. Some may think that is mad, but it's just my way of giving back to a sport that gave me so much joy during my childhood and teenage years. And I'm happy to be called mad, rather than some sad poster who has little to nothing good to say. Chill out people enjoy your favorite rider, enjoy your favorite team or just enjoy the speedway. Bring on season 2024 Karma. "Go Hawks"

just because the thread is titeld workington 2024 does not mean its not of interest to genuine speedway fans all around the country and world theres some user names i recognise and respect and others i just know will disagre with anything others post but anyone can post on a open forum and they might even have a connection to 1 off the riders personaly so it might concern them

i reckon at least 20 pages are the dross Supersteady84 writes in here

I want to draw a line under this discussion. The facts seem to be, that you were told the team IS sorted and has been since before Xmas. But only the other day, I was told that the final rider has NOT been signed, although options were under discussion between around 3 other riders. You arent gonna name your informant, and I am not gonna name mine. Its also possible that maybe a signing has given back word since signing, meaning they are now looking for a replacement for them ? Lets leave it it that. We will find out before March 16th !

Nail hit firmly on the head,couldn't agree more.

Interesting to hear the assessments made good and bad of the Oxford Spires. Can Magic recapture his form (When JD signed for Ippo there were a few of their fans who said he was finished would they say that now),how long will it take Bomber get dialled in (I don’t remember him struggling around sandy lane across the last 2 seasons) and so on . While they’re maybe a few doubts I know that we are in for an exciting season across all three leagues and I can’t wait.

ironic

Mason Watson announced - - very good signing, will improve his average this year. Good young lad, too......

its okay wanting to draw a line under it . but my view of it is if you had inside information you should have kept it yo yourself ond not posted it on here . i pay at the gate every time i go and have done for many years , thats the way i like it . ( K C and the sunshine band ) keep any info to yourself from now on and we wont get drawn into another 97 pages .

Although they finished 2nd in the League, KO Cup, League Cup and Premiership I enjoyed 1984 at Hyde Road too. Although we hammered most teams, the team was an exciting one, the racing was great and we had the uniquely brilliant moment when PC and Mort won the World Pairs, plus Mort also won the BLRC. Down in Devon, I enjoyed following the 1989 Exeter Falcons. Steve Regeling became a class no1, Richard Green was thrill a minute, they actually won some matches on the road and had an epic cup tie with Berwick.

Edinburgh, Redcar, Scunfield, and Belle Vue are all long treks from Essex

The Greenfield track was usually described as "having a bit of dirt on it" which could be why it was referred to as rough.You are right about the team,mostly old stagers like Reg Duval,Wal Morton,Geoff Pymar and Jack Winstanley,but it did include a young lad on his way up,Tommy Roper,who went on to have a good career in the sport.Towards the end of the 62 season,they did strengthen by bringing in a couple of riders from Belle Vue,but by then it was too late,and the track closed at the end of the season.Ironic that just a few years later,Halifax,which is only about 6 miles from Bradford, re-opened to huge crowds.

Reasoning is bike time is key to success the additional 10 meetings will be invaluable to him .

Wright has come back from worse, he is an exciting rider and with that comes a lot of risk. Overall they will be do well I think. Definitely worth watching, Magic, Wright, Harris, Tungate plenty of exciting racing with that lot.

Yes exactly this, the world we live in prices continue to rise and I’m sure most clubs will be hiking there prices up again this coming season. Lowering the product but increasing the price same old British speedway.

I never said hundreds and hundreds but their will be some… id certainly rather watch her than some of the others mentioned on here if they had been named instead:. likes of Cook and Batch i wouldnt open my curtains if they were riding in my back garden but Liebman (and Tate and The Finn) will get me along to watch

In Sussex the local press reported in early February 1960 that a new second division of the National League was being formed, comprising northern and southern sections. 10 teams were listed as possible starters in the southern section (Aldershot, Bristol, Eastbourne, Exeter, Ipswich, Plymouth, Rayleigh, Rye House, St Austell, Yarmouth). Doubts were expressed about Aldershot and Rye House because of low attendances in previous seasons. A comment was made that there were also doubts regarding the inclusion of Keighley in a northern section. When the league commenced with the Provincial title it did not include Aldershot, Eastbourne, Exeter, Ipswich, Plymouth, Rye House or St Austell. The local press in Liverpool had an article in mid-February commenting that the new Provincial League would be formed as a single competition, with the proposed northern and southern sections having agreed to combine. There were 13 teams listed (Aldershot, Bristol, Eastbourne, Exeter, Poole, Rayleigh and Yarmouth from the southern section, Bradford, Cradley Heath, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Sheffield and Stoke from the northern section). By 16th February there was no mention of a new track at Keighley being a possibility. The proposed opening date for Bradford was 4th June. This was because the Odsal stadium had a reserved date in May for a replay in the event of a draw in the Rugby League Cup Final at Wembley. Keighley and Bradford are only 10 miles apart and it was never likely that two tracks so close would enter the same new league in 1960. A possibility is that the Keighley rugby league ground at Lawkholme Lane was contemplated as an alternative to Bradford, or even as a temporary base until Odsal became available. Three years earlier the Keighley board had bought the site, covering 13 acres, which included the adjacent cricket ground, bowling green and cottages. Part of the site was subsequently sold when road improvements were carried out nearby. Edited to add: A Birmingham Mail newspaper article on 19th December 1959 indicated that the composition of the new Provincial League would include a northern section of 6 teams and a southern section of 8 teams. Bradford was included in the northern section and the article stated that Keighley was another possibility. It did not say if this was in addition to, or instead of, Bradford. Aldershot and Rye House were also mentioned as possibles for the southern section.

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