Dave Jones

He didn't say which Friday though. If Garrity was kept in hospital they obviously knew that he was unavailable. What was wrong with telling everyone what the situation was? I'm certain it would have been accepted by the fans rather than having the "no news " approach, which upset many.

I looked on the bees website at 5.30 for the line ups for tonight, and realised they weren't going to bother. So I didn't either. Cost them 2 admissions. Horton's attitude stinks.

But he finds"excellent guests to replace Robbo" while he is out injured we are told.

The important thing to remember is that our No1 has slipped to second string. Not only that he looks a spent force in every country he rides. I wouldn't expect to see any improvement even allowing for the fact he is no longer a heat leader. Add to that the fact that Robbo openly questioned his desire to continue in the sport due to his many knocks to his head recently. We have been held together by some excellent efforts from the rest of the team , in particular Garrity who has covered for a lot of our shortcomings. When it comes to the play off we will need all seven riders on form as it will be a new competition and league positions will count for very little. The team as it stands now, hasn't got a chance of winning the play off matches, sad to say.

Perhaps they are more selective now that they are Elite . In the early days they used to get Tigers & Panthers on the terraces.

Mind you, they often struggled to get to the track much before 7.30.

And we all know that we can trust Mr Russell's words.......................Don't we?

Well I reckon that the OP only put this topic up so that he could increase his database of car owning fans who would be prepared to offer lifts around the Kent area, so that he could try them out when he was stuck for a lift.

Someone trying to gain brownie points here I suspect So now the emotional approach takes over.

If you want more info you need to buy the programme.

Just to stop the speculation I expect, we have an early announcement on the bees website. Thurs Summers for Robbo. Friday R/R for Hans & Ludvig Lindgren for Robbo. Weather forecast not looking good fortunately.

Bomber, Gerhard's new factory sponsored rider I understand.

Rather than a brick, perhaps a dense block would be more appropriate,

That one has been quashed by the local councillor, along with a few other bits of speculation including the supposed preservation order on parts of the stadium..Mick Horton's curfews were described as "self imposed" I believe. It's all in Speedybee's excellent report, a link to which is in the post above yours.

If that is so, what's the point of people calling when the guy at the other end of the phone isn't at the stadium and is probably in no better position to comment on track and weather conditions than I am from 160 miles away.

Do you mean that there is someone at the stadium answering phone calls before Bryn turns up ? Well I never!!

Just another example of the officials shooting themselves in the foot, which has happened quite regularly since they took over the promotion. The most important aspect of it all for me is the way that they have wrecked the reputation of what was once the most well respected speedway club in the country.

It's all well and good quoting the rules to us. Everyone knows they are abused left right and centre every week and rarely applied in the same manner from one meeting to the next.

I think that I will have to poo-poo that idea.

It happens regularly these days. Workington have done it just today. The only difference really is that the Cov - Poole match was on sky, and GSI lied about trying to contact the bees beforehand IMO.

I have no doubt that Phil Rising has much better information sources than the average speedway fan, so I wouldn't discount the fact that something has gone on between Bomber and Gerhard myself. In true speedway style it will probably all be swept under the carpet in order to protect the reputations of all concerned.

Just out of interest, Bomber was using the Gerhard engine again last night at Brandon. As was PK.

Ah, but you are logical.

Strewth!!! Two teams listed in riding order on a bees topic. That's a few less programme sales tonight. Mr H won't be happy.

I know we have only heard one side of the story, but Bomber's actions sound completely out of order to me.