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Still need a texter for this meeting, is anyone able to help please? Thanks

Still looking for a texter for this meeting, is anyone able to help please? Thanks

Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the Updates site? If so, could you please send me a private message which includes your mobile number. Many thanks

Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the Updates site? If so, could you please send me a private message which includes your mobile number. Thanks

Last ditch effort...still need a texter for this meeting, is anyone able to help please? Thanks

My son absolutely loved it and got into the swing of things in making lots of noise...oh and getting me cups of tea. Glad I had him with me last night to be honest, if he hadn't been there I would have had to turn around and come back home again as there was no space in the area marked out for disabled parking (usually lots and lots of space at the time I arrive) and ended up having to park way way back in the car park and too far for me to walk to the entrance. Mustn't complain though as it shows what a good crowd showed up last night which can only be a good thing, I just need to arrive even earlier than usual if that rate of attendance keeps up. Thankfully I had already planned to swallow my pride and take my wheelchair to Foxhall for the first time, so no walking needed. The speakers were a pain, I must admit to getting just a tiny bit stressed about not being able to hear what was going on, especially as I am a bit of a perfectionist/OCD when it comes to giving times, changes etc but I relaxed towards the end and made some fun out of it and eventually enjoyed it. Really not sure how often I will get over to the back straight this season as I can't pay for someone/find someone each week to push me in the chair (and the technical issues of getting the chair into and out of the car properly) but last night certainly gave me enough feel good factor to last me a while. As for the scoreboard, it was in operation last night, middle son was gleaning the missing information off it for me which allowed me to relax and enjoy it a little more. Not that I or anyone else could see that it was working but apparently it was....young eyes!

Still looking for a texter for this meeting, is anyone able to help please? Thanks

Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the Updates site? If so, could you please send me a private message which includes your mobile number. Many thanks

Still looking for a texter for this meeting, is anyone able to help please? Thanks

Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the Updates site? If so, could you please send me a private message which includes your mobile number. Many thanks

I'll have middle son with me, his first time back since he turned 16...he's 21 this year. Not sure if it is willingly, he's just been told he has to come as I need someone to push my wheelchair over to the back straight otherwise I would never make it and would have to do the Billy no mates impression on the home straight.

Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the Updates site? If so, could you please send me a private message remembering to include your mobile number. Many thanks

First time this season! Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the Updates site? If so, could you please send me a private message remembering to include your mobile number. Many thanks Edit - Now sorted.

I'm hoping that youngest will not mind me not being around for his birthday on the 25th. He generally doesn't but he is a teenager and they change their minds/get moody at the drop of a hat!

It was the television coverage that got me interested in Speedway again after a 10 year absence and for my eldest son, made him nag me to take him.

Rest in peace Bryn, a wonderful man and an amazing friend.

Sorry I couldn't make it guys, a determination to go to 2 gigs over the weekend (a very silly idea but I can be a stubborn begger) on top of the midnight showing of Rogue One last Wednesday night, put paid to my being able to go. Sounds like it was a load of fun though.

Unaffordable. I used to pay £3 prior to them being 16, afterwards it would have been £15 (I think, they are 23 and 20 now!), not something I could afford, nor they bearing in mind they were full time students studying for their GCSEs. And no they don't apart from basic living, both are students at university and with prices for accommodation, transport and course costs, it doesn't actually leave a lot left over for nice things and certainly not a weekly speedway fix....not that there is a track within easy distance for either of them. James managed to come to the track a couple of times this year, one was my treat the other was where he got some money left over from his part time whilst at home during the holidays job. Josh couldn't afford it at all as any money he managed to get, went straight away to paying half rent during the summer for his student house. They don't like other sports, only speedway.

For 2 of my sons all it would have taken was a more sensible pricing strategy. They didn't mind the gaps between heats, they didn't mind the older stadiums, they didn't mind the outdated music....they just couldn't afford to go once they hit 16 and had to pay adult entrance despite still being in school full time studying for GCSES (they had the bad luck of being born early in the school year) as they were too young to get a student card (have to be in 6th form) and too old for child price. At one point there was 5 of us in our group, youngest dropped out pretty quickly as although he loved speedway, he found it difficult to cope at the track, the other two dropped out as they hit 16 and finally, the family friend who used to come with us dropped out last year as it had become unaffordable.

Mojo is def back, unfortunately my body is still beggered!

I wasn't able to get to a few meetings this season due to my health and I had to make the decision on whether to risk going and not being able to do anything else for days after or stay at home, (one was admittedly because I had a car accident) but I don't think I could be classed as anything less than a real supporter bearing in mind what I do. I also stopped going when I started to have my children, the pennies were just not there to be able to afford it sadly and then working evenings to fit around the children/husband but I kept up to date as much as I could via other means (newspapers, teletext, this site) for almost 10 years before I could return. Funnily enough, one of the prime reasons Updates is around is for those supporters who are unable to get to the track, be that because they have to work, have caring responsibilities, can't afford it, have small children to ferry around or they live too far away. It doesn't make them any less of a fan, it just means they are unable to go due to circumstances.

Not a bad looking team, think Chris has done well bearing in mind the points limit. I've just got to remember to try not to panic Rory's mum (or Sandie, or ML) whilst texting, think that makes me more nervous than anything else!

No need to change on my account, sods law would say that something would come up or my health would not be great on the day and you would have gone to all the trouble for nothing. I'll just keep an eye out and if one is held that is doable for me (health and distance wise), then I'll toddle along.

Blimey, they are even further out than Ipswich! Blooming long way to go for an orange squash....

Doubt I will be there guys, don't like driving in Ipswich and especially at night in the winter plus I am still trying to get over the uni visit to Lincoln I did with youngest son last weekend, so I am completely cream crackered.