old bob at herne bay

Oh like they do at Poole 🙂

Young Chris must be raking in loads of ££ with all this local derby stuff .... shouldn't think he will be too bothered by a KO Cup exit. Might be more upset if his sesaon is cut short by not making the p off final. Tim Brennan and Adam Ellis well poor tonight. Cost Ippo the tie.

Some of the replies on here make me chuckle. Being an old bob, I recall some of the conversations in 1963 whe nspeedway was in decline. The then old traditional " National " League was running with fewer and fewer sides, with a new "Provincial " league running a bunch of clubs all of whom wanted nothing to do with the "National " League. they all joined one big league in 1964 and rejuvenated speedway in the 60's. So to say it cannot be done - well it can.

What about Northampton ? 🤣 Struggling to find enough support for the ever decreasing number of clubs today. You ould have thought that with the closure of Coventry , Cradley Heath and Wolverhampton that htere woudl be bumper crowds at the one remaining midlands track? Oh no speedway supporters area fickle lot ( and I include myself in that group) Never really could transfer my support bewteen clubs in he London area. As I posted on another thread, the only solution is to close the whole lot down , wind up BSPL Ltd and start again.

Do they have stock cars at Wimborne Road that cause the bumpy track ?

Could Hawkins have gifted the win to KL last night to set up a bumper crowd for Thursdays meeting ? Will make little difference to Ippo's p off qualification ... but boost the crowd at the Foxhole ?

Time for some honesty from the current bunch of Promoters. 🙂 1. How many clubs currently run at break even (or a profit) If they are telling supporters the truth - that they are all making a loss then Close the whole show down in its present form.

28 day ban in sufficient punishment. Weak . Very Weak. If he is medically fit to race then he is medically fit to race anywher. (He would not be insured if he continued to race against medical advice) Should be given 7 days to race again in the UK for his contracted side. If he fails to do so , banned for the rest of the season in UK. This will prevent any other club signing him ( e.g. for the p.offs.) KL should be given a facility fo the rest of the season. If we have professional speedway in he UK they ought to start behaving like a professional governing body.

The secret business world of speedway. Let’s hope this solution lasts longer than the remainder of the season. .

Strange how in the middle of summer so few speedway meetings . Guess clashing with Wimbledon Tennis is the issue this week.

The more I see of the latest riding by Jason Doyle , he reminds me of a Mr N. Pedersen at the tail end of his SGP career. Always making poorly timed lunges into disappearing gaps, and sadly getting himself injured. Knocking off your team mate is inexcusble for a rider of his experience.

Well not far wrong in predicting Billy Cairns a paid max tonight. Great debut. As forecast a comfy home win.

Comfortable home win. Billy Cairns a 4 ride paid maximum . Glasgow turning up with 2 guests unlikely to prove too much of a problem . Thought D Thompson was just back from injury?

Yup Money helps….. but potential crowds of 50000 supporters would also help. Football has little difficulty in rebuilding or building new stadia . UK speedway playing to crowds of several hundred every other week for 6 months a year makes a very difficult business case, especially around London.

Add this to the list of clubs allegedly reopening around London. Rye House, Lakeside/Arena Essex now Wimbledon.

No Poole rider showed any class….. Kerr went backwards … result due to Berwick being a “ bit of a shambles” …… sounds like some of you at least were not happy with only a 20 point victory?? My bad about Ken Middleditch and MAtt Ford your TM and Owner respectively.

Poole fans not happy with only a 20 point win !! OK they were lucky that Ritchings was taken out early doors and they had the benefit of running Starkers (Harbourmaster Champignon) for extra rides. That number 7 slot seems to be a problem for Muddleditch and Foord to fill ..... they have Billy Cairns on standby when he turns 16 I think? Must be better teams this year to beat Poole ?

IMO Doyle needs to look carefully at his future in speedway. He's has a good crack athe GP's ... at the veteran stage now for a speedway rider. Does he really still think he can win the SGP ? Mr N Pedersen showed that you can carry on for one season too many and hurt yourself.

Ah that answers my question I asked on the updates site - but it got deleted 🙂 🙂

Doyle was certainly below par at the SGP and will have to hope he can gate - can't see him taking any chances like he usually does tbh. Still looks like KL have too many passengers to conjure up a win with R/R for the "injured" Cook. Frankly its a disgrace that riders can turn pick and choose when they are injured turn up at one meeting and then feign injury at the next meeting. I dont agree withe 28 day ban rule either - that just prolongs tethe absence of the rider to the paying public. An automatic hefty fine £££ would be more of a deterrent, which should increase for every meeting missed after the first return from injury.

home win and bonus point

Poole ride their luck again, with another side turning up with a guest and a missing reserve. Easy win tonight for Pool - the home fans wll be happy, they dont like close meetings .

Ippo with gusts should have enough to get them over the line against Sheffield. They were outgated at Leicester last night, and expect more of the same - if you miss the gate at Foxhall - nul points. Except Sayfootdinoff and Doyley 🙂

And to avoid any confusion ... I did clearly state the "weather gods have rescued Ipswich" . Ippo must have breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the weather forecast on Wednesday 🙂

The weather gods have rescued the Witches.... the very very early call off showed that Ippo were certainly worried about losing the home leg tonight KL having the momentum going into tonights meeting.