Who needs the actual season? 😃

Only saw him on tv but Ward was different gravy when he had all his ducks in a row. Had 360 vision and knew what was going to happen several seconds ahead of his opponents, and team riding ability par excellence. 

Taken from Facebook, provisional home fixtures for 2026.   The Mildenhall Speedway Supporters Community Trust (MSSCT) has held its first AGM where it was reported that the Trust now has 75 paid up members. Many thanks go to DLL members for their support and to those who attended the AGM. The list of dates and fixtures ratified by the Trust at their AGM is as follows:  25th. April   Spring Triangle [3TT]  Mildenhall vs. Rye House vs. Peterborough   2nd. May  Mildenhall Grand Prix (individual/open)  16th. May  vs. Anglian Select 30th. May  vs. Cradley Heath 13th. June  England vs. Scotland (NORA Home Nations Championship) [provisional] 4th. July  vs. Rye House  11th. July  vs. Thurrock  25th. July  vs. Isle of Wight (NORA League Cup)   1st. August  vs. Peterborough (Simon Barton Memorial)   15th. August  England vs. Australia (NORA International)  [provisional]    22nd. August  Tourists  [provisional]    12th. September Reserved    19th. September Reserved    10th. October Reserved   NB All fixtures subject to change

All I know is various riders have been approached and, as far as I know, all are ex-Diamonds riders.

Yes its like they have an F1 mentality to something that in real terms is more like Banger racing. It feeds down from the GP level, which has become ridiculous as its competitors seek out ever more technological and mechanical enhancements to gain a fractional improvement. Needs a radical change but cant see it happening, sadly

I wasn't going in the early 80's but did see him when he returned to link up with Shawn at Sheffield in the Maurice Ducker years. From videos I have watched I would agree you probably had the best version of him when he was very young and the bad living didn't have so much of an effect due to his youth, when he came back he was still brilliant but probably 10-15% down on what he could have been due to a poor lifestyle. I was fortunate to see lots of brilliant riders but for me my top five natural talents in no particular order have to be Cowboy Cook, Kelly Moran, Mark Loram, Henka Gustaffson and Darcy Ward.