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  4. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said:

    Genuinely fearful for Kent this year. A lot of good work has been done to get the club where it is and greed could easily undo much of it.

    Same here....I was so looking forward to the Championship but those prices are a real kick in the teeth.Len and Kent have got this so wrong!!!!!!!!

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  5. Posted

    2 hours ago, Old Crusader said:

    Plus 3 pounds for a Championship programe!!! I just want a score card. Are there any templates you can download please? At 19 pounds I will be very choosey as to the meetings I attend. See the NL  has gone down a whole pound. Suppose that's better than going up.

    And if anything like previous seasons will be a very basic programme!
    At those prices I will also be choosy on meetings I attend.

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  8. Posted

    15 minutes ago, teaboy279 said:

    I dont believe they have worked out the admission costs yet, I did ask the commercial manager whether we would sign up. He said they would look at this once that was confirmed and announced. But I certainly dont think they have ruled out joining it.

    Any chance Kent will do the 10 meeting tickets like some other Clubs?
    Think it would be popular....I would invest!

  9. Posted

    23 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

     

     

     

    This is how I rate the "top 3's" in the league:

    1. Belle Vue
    2. Leicester
    3. Plymouth
    4. Mildenhall
    5. Isle of Wight
    6. Kent

    You may be right but Kent’s priority is developing riders for their higher league aspirations.  

     

  10. Posted

    2 hours ago, teaboy279 said:

    Kent side is 

    Gilkes

    Ledwith

    Jenkins

    Spooner

    Clouting

    Mulford

    Hagon

    Six returnees,strong top three and two of the most exciting youngsters around.For myself I am really looking forward to watching the Championship team....but this looks good enough to do well.

  12. Posted

    6 minutes ago, Rebel1 said:

    Bueherb777 I understand your thinking and though the bends have the width it is more a case of the straights being rather on the narrow side that I perceive to be the bigger issue. As for carrying more speed, the more experienced riders know how to set things up to accommodate the track peculiarities. I think that times will not be substantially different and that track record will take some knocking back. Luke has ridden the perfect line around that raceway without worrying it. Personally, when it was announced I disbelieved it and still do today. Whatever, it will remain as the NL track record and for the purists a new one will be accredited to the Championship.

    Time will tell how riders cope with it in the Championship.I can see one of the top boys in the Championship flying around there and doing an unbelievable quick time! 

     

  13. Posted

    8 hours ago, East End Fan said:

    One day last year, I went down onto the track after the meeting. Can't remember why I did it and I watched as one of the track guys drove

    a tractor backwards with spikes ripping up the track. What surprised me though was the width of the track in the corners, so I don't see

    how Blueherb777 can get his wish.

    I say this as so many riders have difficulty when entering the second and fourth bends,I just wonder what it will be like with the extra speed of Championship Speedway? That’s all.

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  14. Posted

    46 minutes ago, Old Crusader said:

    Not a lot of news on anything at the moment but are there any plans to alter the track for Championship racing?

    Liked to know admission prices and other tickets....ST and hopefully ten meetings ticket?
    Cannot see any alteration to track.....I would like to see wider bends which would make for better racing IMHO

  16. Posted

    12 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

    Disaster for Kent!

    A real disaster??????

    Kent have two teams next season,so a full fixture list.Kent will...and have plenty of young talent in their NDL team.

    Personally looking forward to the Championship....top riders to watch and ex kings coming back. :D

    The only disaster is no Lakeside,stoke,workington,buxton,rye house etc etc :(

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  18. Posted

    9 minutes ago, Old Crusader said:

    Due to the latest ruling does this mean he will come in on a 3 point average or have I misunderstood? 

    Also the New name for the NDL side is going to be decided by a school competition. Like Teaboy I think this should stay the same with a New name for the senior side.

    But the Club are the Kent Kings....so the senior team should be the Kings?

    As you say there is a competition to name the NDL team.

  21. Posted

    8 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said:

    That group with Jenkins & Gilkes would leave Kent around 6 points under the limit. Its interesting that Ablitt & Wood did similar things last season but because of averages Wood is on the naughty list an Ablitt is not. 

    Sounds a lot under,but strong top three and ablitt and Mulford would improve no end.

  24. Posted

    16 minutes ago, Chairboy said:

    Good stuff. I've no doubt you will always remember that Gold Cup Final, and the preceding rounds. My family had dogs trained by John Annett (attached to Oxford) and Gary Baggs (Walthamstow) in the late 80s/early 90s. I trained a few myself, racing mainly at Rye House and Milton Keynes.

    I'm guessing not everyone on this forum will appreciate this foray into greyhound reminiscing. I will always see football, speedway and greyhound racing as the 3 great working class sports of the 20th century (not necessarily in that order!).

    I do remember the winner of the Oxford Gold Cup that year (1995) was a local dog.....track knowledge always helps....but cannot remember the dogs name? :blink:

    Early Times also reached the final of a competition at Hall Green (again no luck in final),smashing dog won opens all over the place....hove,hackney,ramsgate and more.

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  25. Posted

    1 hour ago, Chairboy said:

    Hi Blueherb - I'm probably one of a select few on this site that that also has ( or had) an interest in greyhounds. What was your Gold Cup finalist called, and who was your trainer?

    Early Times....trained by Kevin O’Connor (private trainer but did run some dogs at Canterbury)

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