old bob at herne bay

Seeing him as an 8 year old on the junior track at Arlington he was a stand out top performer ..... got to Champion on speedway at u21 level, and I expected him to become a regular GP rider. Well I got that one wrong. Let’s see how my next pick Anders Rowe gets on.... I reckoned he would be very good the first time I saw him at Kent.

Didn’t expect Poole to get a point at Arlington against the team Trevor Geer tips to win everything this season. Good on Poole for doing the right thing in heat 15 and giving the home fans something to remember so they come back to EB next week...... good for business. Ed Kennett goes down as one in my book who promised so much as a young lad ... I tipped him as a future champion, but somehow he lost his way.

Wouldn't get too hung up on riders averages in 2021. Anyone with a 2021 starting average of less than 8, is not a heat leader IMO (averaging 4 second places a meeting ) Very few clubs have "heat leaders" such is the diluted product that is now the post pandemic premiership (PPP)

Sadly, I think there is more to this than is being made public.

Great result for Wolves ... their 2 USA riders seem to have hit the fround running and seem great prospects. Never liked seeing riders "give up" when at the back ... especially the home riders. The TM needs to have some short sharp words to stop that straightaway.

Very sad to see another speedway stadium close, especially one of the modern generation of venues. The decline of speedway in the south west looks certain to continue, the loss of the IoW, and with Swindon and now Poole looking decidedly uncertain to continue long term.

and maybe that's why we will never know .... the maximum crowd capaicty of these "stadia" .... how many tickets they have actually sold for each match Keep it a secret and how could anyone possibly dispute the numbers being submitted to local autorities, HMRC etc. etc. ??????

Weather forecast for Kings Lynn on Met Office website show little chance of rain in the next 2 days, so weather should be OK. As for "weather " !! there will be enough riders bothered to turn up, "weather" !! there have been enough tickets sold to persuade Buster to run a meeting ...... that's another matter.

Looks like a 14-15 hour drive Ipswich to Gorzow via either Hook of Holland ferry or eurotunnel .

Thought I would add some balnce to your post as a neutral.

Match postponed .......waterlogged track, from the Kent speedway website.

Guess the 2 car parking attendants (the only staff allegedly still employed) you spoke at length to have ideas on how they could park more cars around the track and on the old football pitch andmaximise their income ? Any plans afoot for the redevelopment of Poole Town centre with luxury apartments and a sprinkling of affordable housing. Surely that will become the financially attractive option to the Poole council as the costs of maintaining their asset keep on rising year on year ??

Where's the lad Holder actually based ? UK ? Poland? If he is living in Poland always going to be an unreliable choice of rider for UK speedway. In the interests of the sport and giving the supporters something to watch I think R/R should be suspended and guests allowed to cover anyone in the main body of the team. If a 6 man team in put out then supporters should be entitled to receive a partial refund of their admission. Say £1 refund per rider missing ... and I for one would put it straight into the speedway riders benevolent fund bucket.

Thank you GAH ...... must keep an eye open for the next meeting highlights

Wasn't there a plan to show edited highlights of the Eurosport coverage on a free to view channel ? Was it Quest ? Anyone heard about this ?

Was it the usual northern ref ... Willie Wishington ?

Bright and sunny here in Herne Bay

Judging by past visits the Eagles dont enjoy Arlington when its wet, and the seagulls and gems would struggle on a wet heavy track ... so sensible decision IMHO This May weather is doing my head in .... cold wet and windy. Was looking forward to at least seeing some speedway action live ....... not sure I will be buying any advance tickets wit he current gloomy forecast which doesn't look like improving anytime soon.

dont forget the fuel taps bruv posted "All stadium capacity figures must be available somewhere and the online ticketing shows how many spaces remain " Wishful thinking. All these figures are a closely guarded secret ...... Somehow speedway attendances in the UK have remained "top secret" - cash only admission for many many years although credit cards are now accepted at some tracks...... (used banknotes only ??) One can only speculate why this should be......

Sorry to rain on your parade , the seagulls might be happy with their webbed feet, but the Eagles??? Met office forecast for Eastbourne shows rain for most of the day, clearing by 1600☹️

just realised the wee Rangers play their Scottish Football inside the speedway track !

Seems sensible .... Berwick already play Scottish football and Scottish Rugby .........

mac 101 posted "the track will make for good racing with no real home track advantage " If I had a ppound for every time I had heard that a home track has no home track advantage I would be a rich man ! Depends how many hundred laps the home riders have had a practice (Behind closed doors of course as Glaswegians dont seem to be too keen on the Covid jab that has laid Paul Hurry low ? ) Stilll looking at the positives from wee Nicola's Nationalists you Glasgow fans will be able to watch Glasgow vs Edinburgh every week soon.........

So co promoter Dan does look at his crowd and knows that they all atend in groups of 6? ? Beggars belief that you can defend the co promoter of the speedway on this ?

As was almost inevitable, little planning for re opening the speedway has taken place. NHS covid testing in the grandstand ( been there for a while ?) some half baked ideas about groups of 6 only due to crowd limits (no surprise crowd limits ?) In fact no planning at all for the possible scenarios has taken place. Trust to luck seems the order of the day. Guess they will be OK if they miss the p. Offs and get KOd from the KO cup in round one. Dan Ford clearly hasn’t ever looked at his crowd and spotted the number of solo supporters that attend, and meet up socially at the stadium . Poor promoting. Matt wouldn’t be impressed .... guess he has his own problems with his Chateau now in deepest France . Sad to see what was once the UK’s best run club in such a mess.