old bob at herne bay

What a load of bs. For all you know Ulrich might have continued to improve in PL that is substantially weaker this season? The team selection by Peterborough , rubbished by many at the start of the season proved to be ideal in a league with no sooperstars.. and always ensured that at least one reserve was an experienced rider. BV went for the build the team around Bewdley which has got them to the p-offs

Is Robert Lambert available ? .... he's part of the Chapman stable. Assume he will be over here by Thursday to ride in the SON.

Remarkable performance from Peterborough last night with just 5 fit riders and a duff gust (from a very limited choice) Belle Vue must be kicking themselves that they could not gain more that a 2 point advantage after the P'boro early loss of H. Andersen It's Belle Vue's to lose now against a severely depleted P'boro. Lady Luck has smiled on Belle Vue and surely someone other than Bewdlay and Worrall will turn up and score some points for the Aces to win the p-off.

Discovery are only interested in viewing figures. So if their potential big audience is in Poland - they will have the meeting start to suit the Polish viewers. Stuff the punters at the track, they will see it at whatever time suits the TV audience.

Oops yes of course ..... Great Britain ... or as they seem to call us now "Team GB" :-(

Wow ! indeed Hagon shocker. Yes I have seen the line up :-) Woffinden and Lambert , England's 2 Grand Prix sooperstars surely must be amongst the strongest PAIR on current form. The track will be prepped by some clowns from the FIM no doubt completely differently to normal ......... and even your weak nations will look like champions once they get out of the gate in front and will nigh on impossible to pass. Thought the idea was to win the SON and thus beat the likes of Zmarslik Doyle Madsen Janowski ????? Or should the selectors just pick a local home favourite who can beat anyone in the "UK Premier League" at the NSS ! ! Just look at the regular opposition he faces in the Premier League. :-( :-( No Bewdley isn't good enough YET. His time will come .... I would not be naming him in preference to our 2 GP riders.

It was ever thus ! You have to go with experience at this level of racing . IMHO the selectors have got it right. Nice gesture to name Tim Brennan at reserve.

Sorry Bewdley is not good enough yet at this level. These riders are GP sooperstars, whilst young Bewdley is just beating everyone in the very poor UK "Premier League"

Never trust a speedway promoter. I don’t and never will.

Buxton Tiger, Only if Kent can do 2 meetings in 2 hours. Their planning restrictions allow only 2 hours racing per week 6.30 - 8.30pm

Give it to Poole for polishing until next season. tbh as far as I am concerned speedway finished after Laguta was crowned world champignon at Toruń. Pay money to BT sport to watch that. All this amateur hour stuff here in the UK … it’s just for fun isn’t it ? Cannot be taken seriously. I certainly won’t be paying to watch.

Come on "Fromafar" keep up :-) :-) :-) ........ latest on the Kent speedway website REMAINING FIXTURES: Tuesday 12th. Oct. Kent Iwade Garage Royals vs. Leicester Lion Cubs [NL] Tuesday 19th. Oct. Kent Iwade Garage Royals vs. Mildenhall Fen Tigers [NL] Tuesday 26th. Oct. Kent Iwade Garage Royals vs. Belle Vue Colts [NL] To be arranged (at a neutral venue) Kent Iwade Garage Royals vs. Armadale Devils [NL]

Just finished reading the comedy story on the Kent Royals thread, and how they think they might complete their fixtures swapping Armadale for Leicester cubs next Tuesday. :-) :-) . After drying my eyes, I have just finished reading this comedy story about 3 gusts, R/R and the broken down ambulance. :-) :-) :-) The rearranged fixture date that means the Leicester cubs will have their top two missing at Kent. :-) :-) :-) Drying my eyes again, before awaiting the next chapter of the Kent Royals fixture planning. Must be due for another "sob story" from a promoter about how crowds have dropped unexpectedly forcing them to close.

Iwade would be a neutral track for the Armadale fixture. Surely Iwade offers scope to run a stand alone feeder NDL club on Sunday afternoons to support the CL Kings in 2022 ? The constraints around running in 2 leagues at Central Park Sittingbourne seem too onerous and unmanageable, given the poor record of running meetings in less than perfect conditions, driven I assume by the limited access to prepare the track due to greyhound meetings. Cannot imagine dogs being keen on tractor racing Kent must now be praying for 3 dry Tuesdays in the rest of October.

Sounds like the show ground track of old ……. Hug the kerb ( front wheel on the grass ) was always the quickest way round. Passing for home riders only was on second bend when you rode both wheels on the grass and hoped the ref didn’t see .

Sad but inevitable news . Even Rosco doubts whether the Robins can afford to take 3 years out.

Oh and just to balance the part 3 article citing "poor support" as the reason for closure, let's remind Mr Joordan of his contribution to that situation ......... start gate failures , poor track prep using a new track prep team with little experience and hence dusty tracks, tractors demolishing the safety fence, endless delays to meetings leading to complaints about the length of double header meetings. ALL "beyond his control" I am sure he will say, but it wasn't the fault of the paying spectators who had to endure the unfolding fiascos.

Surely all the top riders have already fled the UK and are riding in Poland in 2021? Realistically, did anyone honestly expect to ever see Woffinden Lambert etc etc ride in UK speedway again ? As soon as Bewdly gets an offer he will be offski. Brennon won't be far behind. And Chris von Strasse at Wolves still wants more team in the PLin 2022. he he he funny chap. Where's your riders coming from Chris ? - and please don't say the NDL..... last time I looked there were just 6 teams left standing there.

Frankly, I am amazed that anyone has had a refund from any speedway promoter. I have lost count of the number of worthless rain off tickets I have never used for frustrated away trips where I could not make the revised date (or the next 3 meetings at that track). NO REFUNDS was always the key clause in any ticket sold even when bought on the gate and the meeting subsequently being rained off before heat 6. This attitude to refunds appears to have been a recent development since the COVID pandemic. Any new promoter at EB will surely now go into the venture with "due diligence" already carried out by the experiences of Mr Jordan.

Interesting if not random fixture change. Armadale 3rd in the NDL, Leicester at the bottom. NDL title chasers Mildenhall also to visit Kent in the last match of the season. Maybe Len will bill the Leicester meeting as a wooden spoon decider ? Maybe my sparring partner East End Fan has a positive spin on this move?

With so much doubling up/down, between PL and CL surely there is very little room for manoeuvre? Although Chris van stratos wants more clubs in the PL ..... they need to think about how they might fit in their few fixtures next season. Far too many call offs due to clashes with football on the telly, clashes with Cardiff SGP, clashes with SON promoters thinking the weather might be dodgy, and next year we have the Commonwealth games in Birmingham. Speedway UK shuts down in the summer ( usually to coincide with kids summer holidays) Every year we end up with the p offs run on bogs of tracks in poor conditions. They either need to run EVERY week during the summer , or reduce the number of official fixtures and fill the rest of the season with challenge meetings. Poole in the PL . Think Fordie has more sense

Ref clearly disagreed with your opinion of Ellis falling on his own and then all 4 back unsatisfactory start is decision what occurs subsequent to the original incident is irrelevant.

Well well it’s pouring down hard here, and I would have no difficulty accepting a call off decision if it were made this morning….but maintain my position (applicable to ALL clubs) that there are far too many premature call offs - dependent on the mythical “100% accurate” weather forecast.

Well, well, tomorrow's scheduled meeting versus Leicester Lion Cubs has already been called off (on the Kent Speedway website) over 24 hours before the scheduled start time. Met office forecast tomorrow is for rain first thing then clearing to sunny intervals. Seemed the Berwick meeting had to be run "at all costs"., and once was enough for the young lads in the team. Will the Royals step leave their Palace to race again this season ?

Are there any alternative dates left without disrupting TV coverage of the "showpiece" p.off final ? Seems to me its a must run meeting whatever the weather and however poor the entertainment is for the hardy spectators. At least they have some covered accommodation at Owlerton.