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Thanks! Very encouraging. JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

In what way? What is wrong in pointing out that there has previously been another book with a similar title, written as it happens by a well-respected person in the sport i.e Martin Rogers? So far, I have not made any criticism of the new book - but I won't be doing that anyway as I have better things to spend £27plus on. And apart from pointing out the similarity in book titles the now departed from this thread speedyguy hasn't made any criticism of the book either. The puzzle is why did he delete his original posts - that would seem to be out of character for him. JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

Well all I can see in regard to a speedyguy quote is that Martin Rogers wrote a book with a similar title years ago. Seems a reasonable comment to me. He didn't seem to be criticising the new book in any way. JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

I can't see any posts by speedguy only answers to him and what exactly does your last sentence mean? JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

I believe a GP in Auckland will attract a large crowd - probably about 30,000. However, many of them will not be speedway fans but going there to watch 'something new.' How many of them will subsequently attend future speedway meetings is open to conjecture. At the most, there are four tracks in New Zealand staging speedway-only meetings, and these are virtually once a month meetings. Other speedway races go on as filler events at car race meetings. I wonder what percentage of the theoretical 30,000 crowd will be interested enough to watch more bike speedway races after the GP and how they will react when they see difference in standard between New Zealand speedway, at best akin to National League racing, compared to the world class stars of the GP? JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

I believe a GP in Auckland will attract a large crowd - probably about 30,000. However, many of them will not be speedway fans but going there to watch 'something new.' How many of them will subsequently attend future speedway meetings is open to conjecture. At the most, there are four tracks in New Zealand staging speedway-only meetings, and these are virtually once a month meetings. Other speedway races go on as filler events at car race meetings. I wonder what percentage of the theoretical 30,000 crowd will be interested enough to watch more bike speedway races after the GP and how they will react when they see difference in standard between New Zealand speedway, at best akin to National League racing, compared to the world class stars of the GP? JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT I believe a GP in Auckland will attract a large crowd - probably about 30,000. However, many of them will not be speedway fans but going there to watch 'something new.' How many of them will subsequently attend future speedway meetings is open to conjecture. At the most, there are four tracks in New Zealand staging speedway-only meetings, and these are virtually once a month meetings. Other speedway races go on as filler events at car race meetings. I wonder what percentage of the theoretical 30,000 crowd will be interested enough to watch more bike speedway races after the GP and how they will react when they see difference in standard between New Zealand speedway, at best akin to National League racing, compared to the world class stars of the GP? JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

I believe a GP in Auckland will attract a large crowd - probably about 30,000. However, many of them will not be speedway fans but going there to watch 'something new.' How many of them will subsequently attend future speedway meetings is open to conjecture. At the most, there are four tracks in New Zealand staging speedway-only meetings, and these are virtually once a month meetings. Other speedway races go on as filler events at car race meetings. I wonder what percentage of the theoretical 30,000 crowd will be interested enough to watch more bike speedway races after the GP and how they will react when they see difference in standard between New Zealand speedway, at best akin to National League racing, compared to the world class stars of the GP? JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

Thank you very much indeed. JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

I have searched everywhere for a composite Hackney Hawks fixture list - for home and away matches, and which of the home matches are at either Rye House or Lakeside Hammers. I did find a Hackney Reunion link via google - several in fact - but they all seem to be inactive! JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

There's not much mystery about the speedway career of Brian Craven, a very well known rider over the 1950s and 1960s. Take a look on the A-Z of speedway CD, monitor Speedway Star for write-ups and photos, and also the speedawy annuals of that period. Just do a little delving. Take a look on the Newcastle website, my favourite, as another place to find more about Brian Craven, certainly not an unknown in any way in speedway history. JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT

Much has been made of this competition and its value in developing young riders since it inception, originally as the Conference then the National League. I pose just one query in regards to its value - has it yet produced a rider of Grand Prix standard? That would be real development for the competition - not just the pretence that it's there to develop young riders for better things in the sport when in my view it has abysmally failed to do so. JACK KEEN, ERITH, KENT