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  1. Can I say that you are all entitled to your opinion of dogs and their owners treatment of them? All I would say about my attendance at speedway meetings with my faithful friend is this. I am a responsible owner. Lenny remains on a lead at all times at meetings. Should he disgrace himself (God forbid) I always (N.B. ALWAYS) pick up. And he doesn't bark or detract from the entertainment in any way. The only time that other fans take note of his presence is to come and say hello and enjoy his happy response to their attention. He, therefore, in my opinion, only adds to the occasion and in no way upsets anyone or imposes his attentions on anyone. If it were in any way different I would not bring him. I make no apology for wanting to bring Lenny to meetings and we both enjoy each other's company. The way our adopted team is going this season, if I choose to stay away I think Lenny would leave me at home. Lenny's a nicer bloke than some so called fans that I've met and he is certainly better behaved than a small minority of children at meetings I've been to. Lenny is a light brown Greyhound cross. I'm conspicuous by my Bees coat and hat. Feel free to come and meet us at meetings at any time and debate the wisdom of my bringing him with me.
    5 points
  2. Let's just go and win at Armadale and let others worry about the maths
    4 points
  3. 2 hours is not enough for young riders to learn their trade. There are always going to be crashes and mishaps. I can't relax and enjoy the meeting with the curfew hanging over me. A second ambulance would reduce some of the delays and should be looked at by the management. You have to give the punters what they have paid for. You wouldn't go for a three course meal and miss out on the dessert!
    3 points
  4. so Adams average will revert to a rolling average so presumably his average will go down by about a point and a bit . This Double change should improve us by around 5 points a meeting and a real chance of winning heats 1,13 and 15. Kyle and tobias had averaged 5 and 1.6 per meeting so 6.6 combined. Adam and Nathan should average between 11-12 points combined . Enough now to nick a few home meetings hopefully.
    3 points
  5. The build up of deep shale on the second bend exit coupled to the narrow straight is a problem to mainly the inexsperienced young riders,of which there are several at kent ,,this needs to be addressed now before there is a considerable exit of fans due to the crazy short curfew ,,15 pound as well ,,,is too much for national league speedway with no senior citizen consessions...You can hardly understand the announcer in the stand,,the presentation should be much slicker ...The ref Cris Gay holds the tapes to long and always causes lots of starting problems that also eat up the time.....It all needs sorting,,this is of course only my opinion.......
    3 points
  6. The bank holiday afternoon curfew is a new one on me. It has never been enforced prior to this season. The farcical events of two weeks ago stopped me going today, i took up Swindon's offer of £9 admission instead. Far too many meetings at Kent don't go the full distance and fans should be compensated when they don't.
    3 points
  7. Well I'm back on the track Staff now and am not at all impressed by having to re build the back straight fence every other heat. Almost entirely due to the track cambers which take the riders into the fence, totally wrong. If this is not rectified many more meetings will be cut short without a doubt and paying the extra pound this season to spectate is asking too much, thank god the club never moved up to the Championship, laughing stock would be an understatement.
    2 points
  8. When you have only 2 hours to complete the meeting every minute counts and you need to keep on top of this from the start to the finish. Yesterday the riders had been introduced and paraded and the first race could have started bang on 4pm. Instead someone sent out 3 juniors to trundle around the track waisting valuable racing time. Keep this for during the interval of after the meeting if you find you have the time, it's just a little bonus If you can afford to include it.
    2 points
  9. Don’t think fans would grudge any rider “ good money” but the reality for a lot of clubs is that attendances don’t see to be getting any better,and Birmingham seem to be one of these clubs,so the poster has a point IMO.Speedway riders don’t disclose their earnings( fair enough) so fans can only speculate.
    2 points
  10. Great comeback by Poole. Top of the league!
    2 points
  11. Me and my wife watching on tv was amazed at rosco comment what a prat he is sometimes
    2 points
  12. It wasn’t just a poor decision it was diabolical and quite rightly the BT panel condemned it unanimously, Rosco of course as usual saw it to his advantage so didn’t find anything wrong with it but from a racing point it of view it was ridiculous. It really is about time that the TV matches are refereed by the best referees, what made it worse was I thought I saw Tony Steele in the pits who I assumed was the second SCB official, if it was he should have been on the button.
    2 points
  13. I've attended well over 70 meetings at kent, so I'm a paying customer and entitled to an opinion. Why during the enforced breaks isn't the track graded and watered. Surely this would benefit the younger riders to have a consistant surface to race on. You only have to listen to the sarcastic cheers in the main stand every time the tractor makes a rare appearance. With so few venues in the South East, it's not so easy to take it or leave it.
    2 points
  14. Very poor decision by the referee .strange that rosco thought it was right .just think if it went against rosco he would have lost his rag
    2 points
  15. Somebody plz shoot down that drone awful to watch from the sky, not a good advert for the sport delays gardening more delays a poor decision by the ref to award a race all in all a poor first meeting for " bt".
    2 points
  16. Almost on a par with Paulco then.....!!!!.....
    2 points
  17. If Harris and KP rode to their averages Ipswich would have won by more Its all ifs buts and maybes
    2 points
  18. Considering that the glass was full and people were having good time on Dec 20 compared to now when running at all seems to be the usual plus point and the regular closure threat is used to counteract dissent then I'd say that it's a half measure in a pint glass however you want to cut it
    2 points
  19. The club needs to survive ....
    2 points
  20. Another way of looking at it is that the Edinburgh v tigers rain off could delay the rest of the competition. We all know what happened last year.its not Glasgow fault that the Edinburgh match was rained off so Glasgow should not suffer if the bspa bring in a deadline for the match to be completed. Somerset average 2.25 from there 4 meetings and Glasgow are averaging 2.4 from there 5 meetings. So if Edinburgh can't fit the match in or it gets rained off again Glasgow should be included as the best runner up
    2 points
  21. If he replaced Lambert it would be a miracle as Lambert is the U21 rider
    2 points
  22. Central Park has far too many meetings that are curtailed.This is one of the reasons I do not like NL....young riders making mistakes,maybe track not too good etc etc.It all adds up to delay after delay.And the fact that Kent increased admission prices for people just to stand around with nothing happening is just wrong.There was a lot of delays last season and this hardly encourages people to go.
    2 points
  23. Well after yesterday he won't be getting my little help as often. If you're going to charge top dollar you need to at least give the customer all 15 heats!
    2 points
  24. You are well aware, I am sure, that at none of Buster's tracks such foul language as "official attendance figures" is permitted. £10 in the swear box please.
    2 points
  25. Do you know? I don't care what we're talking about. Those 2 sentences are more telling than anything I've read on here in a long time, maybe since I joined the forum in 2001. Yes 2001. When we debated sensibly about tracks, riders even Norbold's Hole. I'm heartened by your contribution. There's hope.
    2 points
  26. Maybe I'm getting old (no maybe about it David) but I can't differentiate between the white and yellow helmets this year
    2 points
  27. Ryan Fisher for me would be a good signing. Gives it his all in every race.
    2 points
  28. grateful for BT coverage but the view of race starts from a camera 200 feet above the ground is awful.
    2 points
  29. Wow,,, Harris is erm,,,,,,, let's put it politely,,,,,, under performing. And I don't care if he isn't fit,,,, if not fit don't ride,, simple
    2 points
  30. Was nice to meet you too THJ , I take back my slagging you off on the Worky page last season, you're not a bad bloke really
    2 points
  31. I did say on here yesterday Taps when I first entered the stadium, I posted that the track looked overly watered, heavy and grippy and I thought it would catch a few riders out early doors. Slick with no dirt, was certainly not what entered my mind whatsoever
    1 point
  32. Cook has a CL ave of 10.51. Divide that by 1.5 you get 7.00. Even if he had a CL average of 12.00 he'd still fit.
    1 point
  33. been told , they will let you in for free next week Col
    1 point
  34. Some young riders having problems turning into the straight on the 2nd bend,deep shale at that point on the outside and a narrow track at that point with little banking,,probably the problem..it needs working on for sure..A number of crashes at that point responsible for another failure to beat the ridiculous curfew which can only drive away fans,,,Some good races though involving Alfie Bowtell,,the best I have seen him ride,,track definitely suits his style and as yet he does not have a national league place.He would do a great job here,that's for sure...A much slicker presentation is needed here to beat the dreaded curfew or the excellent support here paying top whack to get In May start to deminish
    1 point
  35. Riders do not critasize those that pay the wages in case they get quoted publicly .But the track needs sorting to assist some younger riders to avoid injury and to prevent delays affecting the dreaded curfew
    1 point
  36. Yes it is often left to be an in/out track but only ever a blue groove on afternoon meetings Also a high clay content so often when it looks slick it isnt quite so as it looks....
    1 point
  37. Absolutely spot on
    1 point
  38. Happy with both signings, hats off to David and Laurence for making changes as I wasn't sure they would yet to be honest. Thanks to Kyle and Tobias, I wish them both well for the future. Adam Ellis is great signing, I was over the moon when I was told the other day we were signing him. Hes the number 1 we should have signed in the winter but Im glad hes here now, he has a high average but hes worthy of that for sure. You only have to look how good he was for Swindon last night to show what a good signing this is. Its important he gets back up and hopefully it takes the pressure off Ulrich not being at number 1. It was probably between Newman and Morris of who went with Thomsen, Ashley has struggled this season so I hope now it can kick start his season as I definatley think there's more to come from him. Nathan Stoneman is good signing, hes a rider in very good early season form in the NL with 30 points in his first 2 meetings, he fully deserves a chance in the championship. As hes only on a 2 point average I dont really see it as a risk. He will always be along side a strong reserve so at least its not like last season with two really weak reserves. I'm confident he can do well, he rides Perry Barr well when Ive seen him in NL. Overall the side has a much better balance to it, its okay having a strength in depth side but you still need a rider scoring double figure point hauls, that's what we lacked but not now. I'm not expecting playoffs, just a competitive side that can hold its own at home and importantly we can start winning meetings. I much more confident now with these two changes.
    1 point
  39. Exactly. It’s like watching the traffic from an aeroplane!
    1 point
  40. Most recent established average unless a rider has averages for both leagues in the same season.
    1 point
  41. Less Ippo fans moaning already, crowds good. A few Panthers fans still on it, but they could of won with a few more points from Hans and Tungate. I think Buster is doing a reasonable job, given it can't be easy. That said Ty is a worry on a 6.65
    1 point
  42. Ian Barney. Wayne Bridgeford. Roy Carter. Paul Tapp Jon Stokes
    1 point
  43. Worst possible advert for British speedway so far absolute dross
    1 point
  44. Pearson : That i am told is a new track record Tatum : wowwwwwww Pearson: It is only the tracks 3rd meeting hahahahaha
    1 point
  45. 1 point
  46. Has a throttle ever stuck open ? Has a rider ever looped it doing a start ? i rest my case !!!!
    1 point
  47. Possibly a perfect result for Buster all round? An attendance of around 4000 with a home win to keep more of them coming back and the Stars still getting a point.....
    1 point
  48. so do I understand that in return, all Belle Vue promotion + up to 100 friends will get free wedding cars.
    1 point
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