Dave Stummings

These promoters think people will go and see a Poole team just because Darcy Ward is riding. They have to realise as much as I and lots of other people, I haven't got a endless pocket of money. The Poole team at best is a premier league team, with a couple of Elite League only riders in it tonight. What's really hit home for me is the quality of the Swedish top speedway league. Quality tracks and quality teams. Can you imagine that Poole team tonight in the top league in Sweden or Poland? British Elite League soeedway is a utter joke. As much as I like Darcy Ward I think I'll watch tele. Shame because I love speedway, Lakeside isn't that far from where I live, but hey we all have choice and I'll stick to PL & NL and regrettably Lakeside won't be getting any £ notes out of me tonight.

See Stefan average is 4.70, let's hope he's not to nervous

Does Ben Morley not want to ride PL????

Why oh why does Silver persevere with Lambert. With a poor crowd as exclusively predicted by Shadders, it will get worse. Bunyan does try but words really fail me...... Currently 18-22 to Sheffield. Why oh why does Silver persevere with Lambert. With a poor crowd as exclusively predicted by Shadders, it will get worse. Bunyan does try but words really fail me...... Currently 18-22 to Sheffield.

What a mess Hinge & Bracket are making of Rye. Have so little good things to say about Rye these days. Fans walking with there feet by not attending. People openly saying on this forum they had enough, surely Silver must realise the error of his ways. I feel sorry for Lambert but Rye House is a business and quite honestly it's going down the pan. Newcastle have made drastic changes. But at Rye, same as. I'd like to see Sheffield win tonight, perhaps they will, but until changes are made I'm expecting Rye to loose every match. The Morley thing is unbelievable but perhaps he dosent want to ride for Rye House? What a mess Hinge & Bracket are making of Rye. Have so little good things to say about Rye these days. Fans walking with there feet by not attending. People openly saying on this forum they had enough, surely Silver must realise the error of his ways. I feel sorry for Lambert but Rye House is a business and quite honestly it's going down the pan. Newcastle have made drastic changes. But at Rye, same as. I'd like to see Sheffield win tonight, perhaps they will, but until changes are made I'm expecting Rye to loose every match. The Morley thing is unbelievable but perhaps he dosent want to ride for Rye House?

See Adam Roynon rode for Plymouth last night. Assume he's signed for them? With the Henry feller free from Newcastle , Morley still free from a perminant PL place still can't work out Len Silvermans logic. Obviously successes is something he don't want! Well I think his paying public do!

I remember at least 5 days before the Rockets had a meeting at Hoddesdon people would be posting their predictions. With two days to tapes up, no one has even bothered to start a post, so Stummo has decided to. With Peterborough’s blip both at home and away to Rye earlier on in the season I can’t really see the Panthers being as poor as they were. I’m amazed that changes haven’t been made. Although Simon Lambert did ride well at Poole on Tuesday according to BBC WM. Well worth a listen to them when either Brum or Wolves are racing. I genuinely feel sorry for Lambert, but with riders out there Nielsen and Morley to name a few why we haven’t had changes is beyond me. Latest press release has the same seven on Sunday which will either bite Dames Hinge [Len Silver] & Bracket [John Sampford] on the bum or have them saying we told you so or the usual lame excuses. When Hinge & Bracket do make changes both of these riders will probably be signed by another PL club. I have to say I was impressed with the Panthers on the Sky on Tuesday. Greenwood who rode well for Rye on a guest appearance last year looked very impressive and can see him scoring a few. We all know on paper Panthers have a very strong look about them. I Think Rye will have a tough meeting on their hands here. If Bunyan, Garrity and Lambert ride as they have done then it has to be a Panthers win. However if the team ride and score points then perhaps Rye can get one over the Panthers.

Only one winner here and that'll be the rain on Saturday.

People who leave meetings, amazing. There were 15 year olds out there. Some were of course more experienced but for gods sake. If you want elite speedway then don't go to NL speedway.

Meeting off

Think the response from the Rye faithfull about the run up to this meeting says it all. No post about this meeting until today.

Sound system. Was crap last year obviousy have no intention of changing it. Track also seems to be the same. Something's never change

All complaining about the standard of racing but has it been ever any different? Even Lakeside is better 😃

Well after Twipzwich getting a bit of a thrashing at home to Peterborough perhaps there's hope yet for the Rockets on Sunday, weather permitting of course 😀

Yes it’s funny how things change. On cloud nine after what we thought was a fantastic win, but reality has soon kicked in here. Look I can’t ride a speedway bike, have tried, but I was frightened to go more than about 15mph [or should that be kilometres?] The guys risk life and limb and hats off to them for that. What we have at Rye House is a team that has obviously showed the win at Peterborough was a fluke. Peterborough are poor, although I can’t see Rye repeating their win in the PL match return at the home of the Panthers. I so hope the current team can prove me wrong, that includes Simon Lambert. But the current team are weak, one outstanding rider in Kennett and as previously stated a team of second strings and reserves. Ipswich has a much more solid look about them. Somerset tore through Rye last Saturday, exposing all the weakness’s we have. A lot of the passing has been done on the inside this year, especially exiting the 4th band and into the 1st bend. The racing has been really good thus far at Rye and long may that continue. But we have a situation here. Can we have good racing with a quality team? If not do we stick to good racing and a poor Rockets team? I want both, but after the shower at Lakeside wiping the board with Birmingham last week, will the shower faithful go and watch that each week at a track I believe to be as poor as Leicester? My want? Good close racing, Rye to win every week and decent fish & chips, but I know I can’t have it all….

Despondent Dave Stummings here can only see one of two winners here, either the rain as Shadders has said or the Twipswich, another disappointing meeting for the Rockets I predict….. The post-match report from Dame Hilder Sampford will be the usual rubbish, Garrity this, Lambert that, Bunyan, you know the rest! God I’m getting like that Chris feller……..

Indeed a taxi is required. Morley in for Lambert, can we bring in Ty Prictor for Garrity? Indeed a taxi is required. Morley in for Lambert, can we bring in Ty Prictor for Garrity?

Press release makes it sound very iffy Quote The Silver Ski Rockets may yet be forced to return to the Rider-Replacement facility for Saturday’s home League Cup fixture against Somerset. Having operated the facility to cover Jason Bunyan’s absence due his Grand Prix Wildcard spot, the Rockets had hoped that the captain’s return would give them a full strength team for the first time in 2014. It has now become evident, however, that Jason Garrity – who returned from injury last night in a Fast-Track Elite League role for Coventry at Birmingham – may well have done so prematurely. Team manager John Sampford is therefore quickly re-formulating his game plan to provisionally employ the Rider-Replacement option should the 20 year old be unfit to take his place against the Rebels. As he himself admits, “It is not ideal by any means, but it is our only option. There are not many riders like Jason, who are capable of producing scores that are radically different to their average, so we are now praying that he will be fit enough to ride.”

After last week’s performance, can’t see anything other than a Rye House loss here, especially as there is no Jason Garrity. Somerset could win by 10 plus after last week’s performance. The Rockets have an outstanding number 1 at this level in Eddie Kennett. But there seems to be little or no back-up as such. Are we continually going to hear the lamb excuses from Hinge & Bracket [silver & Sampford] about this rider had that problem, that rider something else? As for the fish ’n chips, they are awful. I made the mistake of buying some last week and I have to say they were awful. Will be either eating beforehand or taken sandwiches, won’t be eating at Rye House again, think many other people will be thinking the same. It’s been the fish bar I recon that’s kept Rye House going over the years along with alcohol bar. But what a joke, the drinks bars that only sell tins, now an awful fish bar, crappiest PA system ever, stale presentation, do I need go on…….

PA system was awful. The smooth Craig Saul sounded like he was announcing in a tin shed. The roving mike held by Len Silverman at the start was just a distorted mish mash. The fish was dyer and the Rye performance. The excuses, no Garrity & Bunyan, and poor old Simon Lambert getting slated. One rider don't make or break a team. It's the whole team that either win or loose matches. Trouble is Rye have a outstanding number one and quite honestly the rest are second strings/reserves. Fluke in my opinion winning at Peterborough and it's going to be a long hard season for Rye. Crowds will drop unless wholesale changes are made, but that's I unlikely to happen. A cheap team, no traveling to and from Europe hence all English bar the ferry crossing for the Frenchman. Hinge and Bracket (Silverman & Sampford) it's time to move on, but we all know that ain't going to happen.

Typical lakeside meeting with carol racing. Not sure why I bothered. Won't be going back in a hurry.

This isn't Lamberts type of track and most people in speedway will know that. He will score on the larger away tracks in the PL and that's the reason why he's in the team. As we all know Rye have a habit of struggling on the larger tracks. Important that we didn't pick up any injuries and remember Bunyan will be returning in a couple of weeks to!

Charles Ochiltree ran such a professional outfit at Coventry when he ran the club. Look at it now. British Speedway needs people like Ochiltree to run clubs. Not the mish mash we have now!

Well I’ve been reading the comments on here and all the squabbling that’s seems to be going on. I’ve also read on my friends Facebook all the squabbling that’s going on the Kent Speedway Group. Can I be reading about a speedway club here? This is worse than being at school. Grown men behaving like spoilt kids. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but come on, some of the stuff I’m reading here is even more farcical than watching Eastenders! If anyone has issues or they don’t like a set up then move on, its quite simple isn’t it? I was always told in my upbringing that you don’t wash your dirty linen in public, or words to that effect. What’s happened is certain people have issues with other people, wow, that’s the same in any walk of life. But to view these in public is damaging for Kent Speedway. There are so many positives in the return to speedway in Kent. Yet the main focus of attention is the back stabbing that’s going on here. If some of this garbage I’ve read is to be believed [there’s no smoke without fire I guess] then quite frankly I despair. I would urge those who are bitching at each other not to take the bait and reply. I’m looking forward to the season opener, with or without the afore mentioned people to whom I don’t know any of them to talk to. The track should have benefited from the first season’s racing and I expect to see some good meetings at Central Park in 2014. Simon Lambert will have a lot to live up to as a replacement for Rye House bound Steve Boxall, but he has the ability to become a big hitter at this level and sure he’ll be able to fill the departed Boxall’s steel shoe. Let’s hope for a rain free season, a traffic jam free A2 from London and most importantly an injury free season for the Kent Kings and all riders though out the land

Looking at the team, I’m sure it has potential.......... I hope Simon Lambert proves his worth. He is keen to return, so let’s hope it proves a astute move. On the larger away tracks he should prove to be a major asset which is probably why Len has signed him. If he can get 4 or 5 at home will be a trump card. Luke Bowen, well again he can do it around Rye, still struggles a bit away from Rye, let’s hope for an injury free season. Jason Bunyan, for me a key player. Excellent in the pits, that’s potentially worth a couple of points straight away. Again let’s hope for a injury free season and will keep his average or maybe increase by a point. Jason Garrity, can be a big hitter if again he steers clear of injury. Could quite easily average 8 plus average a meeting Tyson Nelson is a make or break season for him. Has all the balance and skill and although I believe he is nursing a nasty leg injury sustained in Aussie, let’s hope he’s fully fit for the start of the 2014 season. A common theme in the 2014 team this riders who are coming back from injuries. Steve Boxall has the ability to do well at this level. He has the skill but machinery has been an issue, generally stays fit, so let’s hope 2014 is no different on the fitness front. Edward Kennett will be good around Rye House, should be good away to, has a heavy average to live up to. If the team has a bit of luck, which has sadly eluded them over the last few seasons then Rye could surprise a few. The worry is ‘what if’ we have injuries and out of form riders but I guess the same can be said for all teams….