old bob at herne bay

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 !!!!!!

Oh yawn Zagar and iversen again. Top 16 in the GPs Don’t make me laugh - there are better Polish riders not in the 2020 GP ...... only GB rep might be Woffinden if he gets a wildcard. So only the wildcards will make any difference to the line up in 2020. ( other than Max Fricke. About time they raced these meetings on proper, regularly used Speedway Tracks . Still next weeks GP is on a long track circuit in Germany never used for regular speedway.

The Doctor.... thank you ... so it’s Bellerby and Jordan . So all the “hangers on” getting involved as usual in these incidents instead of minding their business. Sorry to disappoint , but I did see a video posted on here showing Mr M Dugard deliberately knocking Claus Vissing backwards on the Centre green at the first/second bend area. It was a physical assault. The promoters clearly need to ensure better discipline from their staff.

The Doctor .....should you be called Vale ? Tbh I have no idea who the promotion is at Eastbourne in 2019. YOU say it isn’t Martin Dugard. Others have told me that Mr J Cook isn’t a promoter anymore... but a director of something or other. Ian Jordan is another name that maybe a promoter. Paul Dugard seems to be involved.. maybe just a grease monkey in the pits? You missed the Martin Dugard “lunge “ at Claus Vissing on the Centre green filmed by a Glasgow supporter? Vissing banned for 10 days for that ......oh yes he deliberately broke the tapes ... oh yes he rode off and spoiled the parade ! So Doctor pray tell me who YOU think are the promoter(s) ?

woofers said: "As I’ve said before, both Dugard and Cook were probably unwise and unprofessional in making their remarks and were making points directly aimed at Craig Cook. A better response would have been just to acknowledge the concerns and then let the riders prove the point on the track - which they did. " I think we fully agree on this. Sadly typical of the childish 2019 Arlington promotion style. Dont recall seing Ronnie Greene , Fred Mockford , Charles Ochiltree , Charlie Knott involvedi na brawl on the centre green with any riders..... seems the Eastbourne promoters are all too keen to resort to physical assault on riders.......

H Gould, no hatred of the “ Dugard Family “ per se. They are part of the speedway promotion along with others, and they do show a lack of professionalism at Arlington. Whoever saw ANY speedway promoter getting involved “hands (or heads) on “with riders in sight of the paying public? Disgraceful behaviour. Once again they have got off scot free seemingly placing the blame 100% on Craig Cook.

"Crescent Girl" (not sure I like your flag - not a speedway club I recognise ) but I stand corrected it is the SCB in my " dream world" as you so rudely commented.

From the lack of previous bans for worse misdemeanours than that of Craig Cook, seems that the BSPA reaction has been wholly disproportionate, whipped up it seems because the CAPTAIN of the Glasgow Tigers team dared to criticise the Arlington track preparation directly to the referee. This is turn led to a well documented hate campaign towards the Glasgow Team Captain over the P.A. during the meeting "presentations" leading to the rider departing the presentations early ... the rest is captured on video and has been variously interpreted.

Well there you are ... I wished you good luck and you got it. Should avoid the wooden spoon now ;-) ;-) Hope Alf Bowtell isn't badly injured. He's been in a few "racing incidents" recently and come off worse in this one this evening