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  3. Posted

    On 4/25/2024 at 12:05 PM, piston197 said:

    I have just come back from HJ Pugh's auction house in Ledbury, they have a sale on the 5th July from one collection which features over 100+ museum quality speedway/grasstrack bikes including 2 James V twins, 2 Alloy Pinfolds Pinfold Alloy Special Speedway (cybermotorcycle.com), OEC, Norton ,Erskine, Rotrax, Cotton ,Excelsior, Rudge Indian etc etc as well as over 100 speedway bibs,  push bikes and speedway memorabillia, the stuff is already at their auction house ,but will not be on line for a while

     

    OLD TIME SPEEDWAY | Sad to read that Ian Paterson's Speedway Collection | Facebook

    Without doubt one of the Worlds finest Collections,sad to read that Ian is not in good health these days wish him well.

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    10 minutes ago, Normski said:

    Berwick take on an inform Scunthorpe side managed by former Bandit David Howe. hoping for a good lead to take down to Scunthorpe for the 2nd Leg. Berwick TM has again changed things around from last Friday with Danyon back at number 2 Drew 4 Rory 5 and Jye3. Richard Lawson once again guests for the sidelined Lewi Kerr. For Scunny Jack Smith guests for Nathan Ablitt. Scunthorpe have a number of riders who can ride Shielfield well but i think with Berwick a little bit stronger at reserve we wil get a result. 1989 was the last time we won the KO Cup so we are hopefully due a good cup run. Prediction 52-38.

    Hard to predict this one,you never know what your going to get from MTP or Jake Allen.All 7 Bandits will have to be on their game though if we are too progress.

  8. Posted

    3 minutes ago, TTT said:

    Struggling to get his machinery to adapt to British tracks apparently.

    He’s doing ok in Poland,but it’s totally different game over here.Tracks are prepared to a standard in Poland and are pretty consistent ,over here they  have no idea what the track will be like from one week to another.Various excuses accepted.

  12. Posted

    This banning is getting interesting.

    Example:

    Chris Harris well published episode last week when a 4 hour delay on a British Motorway  almost caused him to miss Glasgow’s meeting would that have led to 7 day ban if he had not made it.Does any rider that misses a meeting get an automatic 7 day ban now.Or is it only if your stuck on the Continent.?

  16. Posted · Edited by Fromafar

    7 minutes ago, mikebv said:

    Some of our lads do appear to have a bigger expectation of them than maybe their capability level would currently warrant...

    Messrs Screen, Loram, Woffinden, Lambert and Bewley were, whilst well under 21, beating world level heat leaders regularly...

    Wouldn't be a bad thing to lower expectation, and therefore pressure, on these lads..

    If they reach HL level in Div 2 and No6/SS level in Div 1, it will be an achievement...

    None of the current crop could hold a candle to the names you have mentioned.Like I said we do not have a great deal of international level youngsters at present.

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  17. Posted · Edited by Fromafar

    4 hours ago, secsy1 said:

    What an utter shambles and disgrace TEAM GB are!

    Brennan leaving before the last ride is disgraceful.

    To represent your country is the ultimate aim of any sports person and to let the country down is disgraceful to say the least.

    Inept management in every respect of team selection and the reasons behind selection.

    Pitiful display by who some regard as our future super star rising stars :rofl:

    You have take in the fact that the meeting was postponed from Sat.Brennan could have pulled out altogether.We don’t have a lot of rising super stars these days.

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  19. Posted

    1 hour ago, Binman said:

    Are some of the riders ready for NDL 2 meetings today

    It’s not really a case of are they ready,it’s the business model for the Clubs ,can they afford the expense of running meetings given that most of them are just keeping their head above water at Championship level IMO.Think it’s fair to say they don’t get the crowds level’s anywhere near Championship level.Whether they make money you would have to ask the Promotions.

  21. Posted

    On 4/16/2024 at 9:05 AM, Sings4Speedway said:

    The NDL product today is much poorer than it has been for as many years as i care to remember and the admission price is the highest....its simply not a sustainable business model for standalone clubs and relies on top ups from clubs running multiple sides which can't last forever. The writings been on the wall since IOW left

    Would Agree

  22. Posted

    3 minutes ago, screm said:

    Birmingham fans will be delighted to know that their No1 Vaclav Milik is in fine form in Poland this afternoon, scoring 14pts in his sides 48-42 home win, that included being the winner of the last heat decider.

    We all know Polish tracks are not nearly as technical as the majority of GB track.

  25. Posted

    14 minutes ago, Shaleshifter said:

    Weather permitting, this Wednesday Pirates take on the Monarchs in the K.o.c cup quarter9 final 1st Leg.

    Due to rain offs this is only our second meeting of the season since the big home win over Oxford on Good-Friday.

    Looking at both teams 1-7 I feel that  Poole have the edge.

    Edinburgh have Josh Picketing back leading the team backed up by Justin Sedgmen, a good top two. Kye Thomsom being the third heat leader. I feel that Poole have a stronger top three with Richard, Ben and Tom.

    The Monarchs have Paco Castagna and Lasse Fredriksen as second strings and the Pirates have Zach Cook and Tobias Thomsen.

    If Tobias has a good meeting to back up  Zach than hopefully they Wiil out point the two Monarchs.

    This leaves the reserve pairings.

    Sam Hagon and Max Perry  for Poole against Connor Coles and Max James for the Monarchs.

    Personally I think Sam has the beating of both of them and Max Perry should at least see off Max James.

    Home win for Poole not sure by how many points but enough for us to take up to Armadale for the second leg.

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    Big 1st leg for Poole and they will go through.

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