old bob at herne bay

Seems like another club "tucked up" by the fixed race nights for the PL ? It completely finished Rye House and appears to have driven Poole out of the PL. As for saving money it remains to be seen how much riders who need to "double up" to make UK speedway viable will demand to race if there is only one league.

Track Covers ...... with no disrespect to the poster this oldchestnut is resurrected season after season after meetings are rained off. Where does the labour come from to lay the covers , weight them down to stop them blowing away , and then removing them and the weights? What do you do with all the water that runs off the track covers ? Can tracks leave their covers on when they have stadia that stage stock cars ? Having said that I believe Berwick use track covers so they must have cracked the problems. As for the BSPA owning 2 sets of covers .... ..... nice idea , but whne have the BSPA shown any interest in SUPPORTING the sport in the UK ?

Before blaming the riders, let’s remember WHY this is a “pointless” meeting .... the failure of the Poole promotion to run the meeting in a timely manner.

Didn’t look fit in Saturdays Toruń GP ....IMO

Are there really going to be hundreds of Poole supporters keen to visit monmer ( seems how the toffs say it) green to see the p.off ? If they are really Poole supporters I would think they would want to see their final meeting, hear all the end of season speeches from their riders, promotion team, and see the mechanics races, and the grand firework display? I could understand a few would want to go to Blunsdon to cheer the Wolves .. but that’s on the Thursday.

Met Office Forecast for Wolverhampton ......... Monday Time 01:00 04:00 07:00 10:00 13:00 16:00 19:00 22:00 Weather symbol Chance of precipitation 10% 10% 10% 60% 90% 90% 80% 50% Temperature (°C) 10° 9° 9° 10° 11° 12° 12° 12°

Well done Ipswich. I sincerely hope Holder isnt too badly hurt and makes a swift recovery.

2 tier speedway next season poses a huge problem for Kent ( a MONDAY only track in the NL) as thats a PL only reserved night? Any thoughts teaboy 279?

Bunce : Just had my 91 year old father on the phone saying the "speedway isn't on the BT schedule for Saturday" so he cannot put it on his record schedule !! I will give him a call tonight to put him striaght - if Natalie Quirk says its on it must be on !

Despite all the good intentions re fixture "planning" in 2019 , seems that collectivley the clubs and the BSPA cannot manage to complete the few league fixtures that are now run in the UK in a timely manner. We have the Suporters Cup final, Championship shields., KO CUp , p offs all taking place in the same month . Not to mention every league's "championship" , pairs etc etc EB failing to run their league fixtures before the cut off has contributed to the problem. No rain offs ... just lack of regular Saturday action with 2 or 3 meetings a month from April. No surprise Premiership p. off postponement causes such a headache. BT Sport will call the shots on scheduling .... the BSPA can say yes sir, yes sir, or not have any TV coverage next season ?

Eastbourne booking Craig Cook as a guest for Lawson apparently

MMmmm I did remember correctly. So the "89p" sandwich and the "17p" bottle of water that DSC67 purchased had to be consumed before entering ! I can understnad bags being checked but banning food and non alcoholic drinks still sounds to me nothing more than profiteering.

DSC67, Out of interest are you allowed to take your won food and drink into the stadium ? I did remember that you wer not allowed to take plastic bottles of water into the Cardiff rugby stadium? (forsecurity resons) a few years ago.

Sad state of affairs that the only Grand Prix allocated to the UK is held on an artificial track around a rugby pitch, when we have 3 divisions of league speedway operating regularly on proper speedway tracks. Nothing new of course, as the later Wembley World Finals were run on a track that was only used for the world final and had to modify the corners of the football pitch to accommodate it. Now we have a National Speedway Stadium - seems ironic that it isn’t deemed suitable to host a GP.

gazzac - Lakeside had one in the last few seasons of their existence - run originally by George Barclay, then taken over by Paul Hurry. Iwade near Sittingbourne is still running. Kingsl Lynn used to have a junior track inside thier existing circuit run by Olle Nygren. (don't think that's still there)

Of course I meant Eastbourne running a National League team alongside their Championship team in 2020 .....

Granted the NL 2020 looks very shaky. Maybe Eastbourne will run a CL team in 2020 alongside their PL team if the academy gets off the ground ? They certainly have enough CL standard riders they could use. Cannot see Len taking a club into the PL on Monday nights starting at 6.30pm with thier current planning constraints.Not sure I can see Len running a team in the PL ...period. He runs the speedway at Sittingbourne as regular weekly entertainment with a full fixture list throughout the season. Don't see how that is remotely possible in either the PL or the CL? Travelling support would be non existent outside of the local Kent area with a 6.30pm start. Championship is currently a no go on a Monday night .... maybe 2020 might be very different ??

Interesting that Mr J Cook slagged off the NL and it's riders in his programme notes earlier in the season ... now there's rumour of a junior academy re appearing at Arlington. Does he think the academy will provide riders for his Eatbourne team ? or to be loaned out the NL he clearly dislikes ?

For those who hadnt seen this on the "Glasgow 2019 onwards" thread ....... On Wednesday 11th September a SCB Court of Appeal was convened at the ACU Offices in Rugby.This related to an appeal brought by Craig Cook against a 12 day suspension imposed following events that took place at Eastbourne on the 3rd August 2019.After considering all the information from all parties, the 12 day suspension was recinded and replaced with a financial penalty So despite the Arlington possee demanding Craig Cook be hung drawn and quartered , the SCB court have revistied the evidence and reblanced their verdict. A fine for Craig and a suspension for Kennett for his pre mediated assault and a suspension for Vissing for deliberately breaking the tapes seems to be the end of this sorry saga.

Allegedly Kennett “picked up a knock” in his long track outing ... requiring a last minute gust booking . Credit to Doolan for stepping in at no notice . Seems Eastbourne have some issues with rider commitment - with Woods absence from his IOW fixtures leading to a 28 day ban, and Kennett’s behaviour not what would be expected of a rider who started his career as a young lad at Eastbourne’s junior track .

"did Cook bother to go " waco .. that's a good question. another good question might be......why did Schlein not line up for the Eagles at number 1 ?

Well well .... all a bit of an anti climax. According to the excellent "speedway updates" site I counted 8 heats listed as from the gate, and Eastbourne failed to deliver a home win. After the "heady" heights of the rousing Glasgow home win of a month ago , the Eastbourne team have faded badly on their little home track at Arlington. Maybe just maybe the can deliver at Leicester tomorrow ?????? I wonder whether their Director of Speedway Operations Mr J. Cook will manage to get to Beaumont Park ?

Your response quoted my post viz a viz denominations of cash and Scottish currency ..... thought it reasonable to assume that’s what YOU found irrelevant. Saving people with the incorrect denomination of cash from being turned away from Eastbourne Speedway seemed relevant to me. Clearly you have another opinion. Oh one more thing..... it may surprise you to know that I don’t frequently follow Eastbourne Speedway forum postings. Enjoy your Speedway

Quoted from the Eagles OFFICIAL website for the attention of “ the doctor” Payment at the Turnstiles: There will be Card and Cash Turnstiles open at all Meetings. We are able to accept all major Mastercard and Visa Debit and Credit Cards. We are NOT able to accept American Express (Amex Cards) We can accept all denominations of Cash and Notes up to £20.00. Under no circumstances will £50 Notes or Scottish Bank Notes be accepted due to the frequency of Fraud in these denominations. Click here for ADMISSION PRICES and DETAILS

Cash in denominations of £20 or less (no £50 notes) and certanly no Scottish Currency !!!!!!