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  1. Posted

    On 5/4/2021 at 11:49 AM, Sings4Speedway said:

    Quicker announcement than expected but Royals have made a change for the better by replacing Bursill with Jamie Couzins. Very surprised and unlucky that Jamie didn't feature in the initial line up given he looks good value on his average in this years league standard. Late changes to this Kent side look likely to force a change in my league predictions. One more change to go and i see this as a side with chances of sneaking silverware 

    Still gutted there was no place for Alex Spooner.. damn those averages!

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  2. Posted

    Interesting article. It was actually sent to me by a long time friend who had previously no interest in speedway however knew that I was a fan. he found it really interesting and is now talking to me about attending a meeting when we can....

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  3. Posted

    16 hours ago, East End Fan said:

    If that had been the case, I am sure we would have had some sort of reports by now.  Leicester sounds likely, but could it be Scunny ?

    I guess you are right... I do think it was definitely due to be at Leicester though...

  6. Posted

    9 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said:

    Talking of Eastbourne, I seem to remember some un sportmanslike behaviour from their NL team manager to delay a meeting at Kent and invoke the curfew, and prevent 15 heats being run. 

    Seems there nothing in the rules to prevent "time wasting" .....

     

    Well if referees were quicker with the 2 mins and riders had to be at the gate and ready to start in that time, start marshal's were 'empowered' to be more strict with riders ignoring them when called in to start and riders anticipating that start did not lead to a re-start with re-fuelling, etc.. then curfews would become academic as a meeting would be run in the vast majority of cases well within the two hours...

    Also hi Bob haven't seen you for years!

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  8. Posted

    Looks like he scored 8 points in a 'Stars of Tomorrow' at Canterbury on 24th May which was won by Neville Brice with 11pts - incidentally Barry Thomas was also in the meeting and scored 9 and came 7th. I actually remember this meeting as Charlie Coleman scored 11 and came 3rd after a run-off.. Charlie was a good sidecar driver on the grass tracks but pretty sure this was his first appearance on a speedway bike so pretty impressive. He made a few appearances at reserve for the Crusaders after that however there was a lot of competition for the reserve slots with riders like Graham Banks, Alan Kite and Jake Rennison amongst others looking for the team place...

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  9. Posted

    19 minutes ago, iris123 said:

    The Pat Flanagan thread got me thinking, as I had a couple of unknown Canterbury riders pics in my collection. One I think on here was identified as Gerald Reardon, but my poor memory I thought it was Flanagan until I just looked. Now it got me on a search about Reardon who I also had never really heard of and I came across this, which from my old pic and from the d.o.b could well be the same person......but no mention he was a former speedway rider, so might not be

    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/201771/Lying-pilot-exposed-by-Sunday-Express-is-jailed

    Well if he was 61 in 2010 the date of birth of 1950 would just about add up... if it is him he must have done pretty well business wise after speedway... at least until the tax man caught up with him!

  11. Posted

    Just wanted to note the recent passing of Pat. Whilst never a star he was riding for Canterbury when I attended my first ever meeting as a 10 year old in 1968 and even then to me he looked like someone from the past with his WW2 goggles and his long scarf over his face, pretty sure he had white boots at the time also. Always had time for the kids and was usually smiling broadly..

    Its riders like Pat that make speedway and he left a lasting impression on me at the time. R.I.P.

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  12. Posted

    14 hours ago, steve roberts said:

    My first 'hero' Garry Middleton always used to make a great deal digging his heels into the track as he prepared himself for each race. His favourite trick was once the green light came on was to roll into the tapes and often the rider next to him would charge thru' the tapes and being excluded for his troubles!

    All part of the game in my view, have to say if I were a ref I would take a certain amount of pleasure in letting the tapes go just as the rollers were pulling back from the tapes!

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  13. Posted

    That would make sense I guess... have to say that the faffing around before each race is probably the single most annoying thing for me. Personally I didn't mind the riders pushing the tapes and trying to get a roller as it adds something but the re-starts because someone moves fractionally or manages to anticipate the start are really frustrating..

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  14. Posted

    Apologies as I suspect that this has been brought up before however I am aware that 'hard surface' starting grids have been used in the past which would seem to get around the interminable 'gardening' before each race - anyone know why they did not catch on?

  16. Posted

    Exactly my thoughts too

     

    Why didn't they make it a decent meeting bringing back old favourites like Ayres, Shanes, Simon Lambert, Boxhall even Benji Compton Arron Baseby etc

     

    8 sides, 10 heats - 2 semis and a final

     

    would have been great and I would have been there like a shot

     

    will stay at home instead

    Agreed, plenty of scope to make this a really interesting meeting, however just a practice session unfortunately...

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