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Blimey Badge,, if they can't beat that team, then they need to give up and do something else.

It’s a 5% added for home guests not away I thought!?

With James Shanes unfortunately out for the rest of the season & Jordan Jenkins taking a break from the sport, could the Brummies possibly look into making 2 changes by bringing in Ben Morley ( 3.81 ) & Danyon Hume ( 3.27 ) in the reserve berths with Nick Agertoft reverting back to the number 2 position. Bearing in mind that Morley had well over a 4.5 point average whilst riding at number 2 for Lakeside last season and at Eastbourne for the first 3 months of this season before being let go & Hume is getting his confidence back after injuries last season with excellent performances for Leicester Cubs in the NDL. A run in a reserve berth along side Hume would give the Brummies a strong looking reserve pairing compared to other Championship teams instead of having a 2.00 rider with little experience in this league.

Wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole! Over rated!

H Gould, no hatred of the “ Dugard Family “ per se. They are part of the speedway promotion along with others, and they do show a lack of professionalism at Arlington. Whoever saw ANY speedway promoter getting involved “hands (or heads) on “with riders in sight of the paying public? Disgraceful behaviour. Once again they have got off scot free seemingly placing the blame 100% on Craig Cook.

So if the existing penalty is upheld or increased and KL have no meetings then the penalty should apply next season.

I'm sure that many fans and many officials of many Clubs would tell you that Craig Cook can be a very naughty boy when the mood takes him. Bit of a split personality and obviously 3rd August was a very dark day. Your obvious hatred of the Dugard family (for whatever reason justified or not) clearly clouds any serious judgement that you may have.

Any rule that stops a team having two riders in every race is ridiculous,,,,,and also cheats the fans who have paid good money to see four riders in a race

fecking massive away win coming here

I'd agree with that. Swindon need Ellis Perks to chip in with 3 or 4 at home, otherwise it could be tight. Although Perks only scored 1 at Poole, he was giving 100%.

Who knows, but the panthers fsns blame him for everything, so I thought I would,, but as you can see, I did back track and say no he isn't. I could have deleted it, but I didn't.

Now Agertoft has got an official average, I'm not sure it's worth keeping him in the side for the rest of the year if there is a better option.

Have to applaud Buster Chapman for services to speedway yet again. What that man won't do to get Chris Harris confidence up for the play offs is superb. #busterbacksthebomber

Never mind - I think it will be a great meeting

At the risk of being chastised by another forum member for my previous reply to you, where on earth have you got this notion about a hate campaign. The PA guy said nothing. They had two interviews. One with Jon Cook who said about riders with the surname as him not being happy to ride the track. Martin Dugard was interviewed aswell and said that two juniors had been practising during the day and if they were fine, then supposed gp class riders should be able to. How the hell is that a hate campaign ? The PA guy was totally fine, his guests were a tad immature, but that certainly wasn't a hate campaign.

Examiners didn't notice it on IOW then

Is Arlington an inappropriate manor?

Reading a biography, Benny Hill was a speedway fan. He moved to a new home as a child that was around 100 yards away from the Banister Court stadium in Southampton and followed the sport until his death in 1992.

interesting that among the stellar names quoted there are some more modest talents - especially from those of us who only ever watched D2 racing. I myself have always admired triers, regardless of success

Or could the points scored by the rider in the period when the ban could have taken place be annulled ?

I still have one and in reality they offered very little protection but they did give much better perifheral vision which many riders prefered against full face helmets of the day .Mauger used to modify his mask as did Joe Owen in that he put in the biggest piece of lense material( came on a roll like clingfiim only thicker and you used the old lense as a pattern cut out with sissors ) that would fit ,you can see this on many of his action shots .

As both clubs are under the same ownership I would suggest Lynn fans have a greater knowledge of the workings of your new owner.

Fricke has the highest home average in the league, 1.5 points higher than Lambert, which makes it more difficult to cover for his absence at home than it is for any other number 1. Yes, some of our riders are not in form but prior to the defeat to Wolves we were still good enough to be in a relatively safe position for the play offs. Just be grateful, if Worrall and Bewley were on form we would probably win the play offs.

An unattached 2 pointer could have been drafted into the team but there were none already on the island and by the time it was known that Phillips would not make the meeting it was too late for any mainland rider to get to the track.

Kenny Carter

Yeah, could be a couple of suspensions for Cradley here. Never understood why a speedway rider or any sportsperson (pro or amateur) would book a holiday during the season (the exception being family weddings or similar) , shows complete disrespect to your team mates and club fans. (Unless you do an Armo and fly back from your Holiday to ride...)

Love that saying is it exclusive to us East Anglians?

Corrupt assholes the lot of them. Pathetic guests, getting the clubs friends in who will be cheap and awful to guest. 65-25

Oh thats good then - from what was said I thought he was the man in the blue t-shirt

So anyway Tai and Rosco...

I see Thomas H Johnasson looking to ride over here for the rest of the season

It's documented on the Speedway Museun Online, tracks beginning with F.

Bailey had his no1 bike taken of him by the machine examiner because he found a crack in the frame so struggled on his second bike. Hes alot better than his score suggested

Also known as Ferndown this track was located between Ringwood and Matchams, I visited there a couple of times and had a few goes round, 53 years ago. It wasn't far off the main rd. (St Ives Rd.?) , set amongst trees and a little overgrown, sandy surface with a bungalow fairly close by is the best I can offer.

It is very much one of the curses that comes hand in hand with the current obsession of tracking younger and younger riders. We now have youngsters who are trying to figure out who they are as people as they are edging into adulthood whilst contending with 1 or more full time speedway team places that comes with all the pressure and critique that accompanies the privileged position. Throughout every aspect of life there are those confident in their own abilities (rightly or wrongly) and those not so confident in what they are doing (again rightly or wrongly). There never has and never will be enough support for those who suffer with self doubt. The difference between a rider who drifts in and out because the going gets tough occasionally and a rider who is genuinely in a rut and feels standing down is the only way is huge. All i will say is that i hope Jordan feels the pressure lifting now and can get himself back to a position where he enjoys himself and riding his bike then take it one step at a time from there.

That was Matcham`s ?

No gloating Sean mind, if they turn us over

Injuries and way too much pressure put on young riders these days not to mention the expense and travelling involved.

Testing it out for the Challenge meeting on Saturday no doubt.

Im sure he will be keen to ride - the last few meetings are a great opportunity to make him an attractive proposition in 2020......

Looking back through a load of Stars from late 1971 it is obvious that there were just a few riders using Classic Monkey Masks that season. The majority were using a variety of chin/nose masks, possibly a lot homemade, along with the old fashioned 'gas goggles'. Going forward It is clear that the use of Monkey Masks increased exponentially through the early 1972 season. By August 1972 the great majority of action photos shows the guys using them. That was the turning point. Interestingly in early 72 there is a half page advert in some editions for Lewis Leathers that shows, alongside their traditional suits, a Monkey mask available for £2.99, although it is not called that by name, the photo is clear. I don't think they produced them but were stockists so I assume others started selling them at that time as well - and in big numbers it would seem.

Wasn't having a pop. You picked it up wrong. I think Max has been tremendous this season

To be fair, FB, I think there are very few teams that could cope with using R/R for their No 1. As for Belle Vue, Fricke rides, Belle Vue win. Normal Wolves performances at the NSS can be best described using a 4 letter word. I'll leave you to work out what that is is.

I think you will at the AFA. But I read we have Rory. I hope he has made up with Buster and not going to stuff him with a poor display. This is Lynn you are talking about visiting the NSS. Not a good away record this season, but I feel they are starting to find a bit of form. It's going to be a close one at your place, either way.

As the riders average go down it makes riders harder to find too. I'm gonna guess all the riders averages will be going down apart from Danny I honestly don't think there are any riders you could tempt over from abroad with the money offered here.

I've only followed the sport since 1990 but i always remember alan grahame wearing a weird old mask and per jonsson and armando wearing very distinctive half face kinda mask helmet things in the 90 world final.. i know diddly about this kinda stuff, but was that a modern angle on the monkey masks ?

Track was a little bumpy but many are not just Poole. There were plenty of passes, I think you must have dozed off.

Shame he does, because if I remember correctly nicki was front and centre raising money for him after his accident. Short memory Mr ward has.

Didn't a League winning team fail to attract a decent crowd so it closed down? 500 to 1000 people rattling around in a bowl that big would generate no atmosphere at all I am afraid, (even if they only used the Grandstand), as that holds about 5000 doesn't it?.. As has been said. Someone with a few million to burn is needed.. No consortium looking to invest to make money would go anywhere near it unfortunately... British Speedway missed a chance with the old Hyde Rd track to buy it and make the required improvements and use it as a National Stadium and did the same with Brandon. Maybe seeing the costs (even shared amongst themselves) to bring them up to scratch too prohibitive?.. The Sport in Britain has fell unbelievably lucky thanks to Dave Gordon and Chris Morton to have such a World Class track and facility at the NSS.. To bring Odsal up to standard just to race would cost plenty.. And much, much more than any returns I would think..

I had a chat with Buster earlier,, and he said that Debbs is a lying xxxx. What he did say though is, if he could get all of Mr Greens alias to turn up to meetings, he would have to double the size of the stand.