Star Lady

I'm not familiar with any of the photographers involved, but surely if the 17 year olds pictures are as good as or better than those of the old established photographers, they will be the ones sought after by the media and eventually by fans. Just because someone has done the same job for many years it doesn't follow that they are better than anyone else.

Kings Lynn used to but then stopped it. No idea of the current situation.

Never been impressed with NKIs team riding when at Lynn but that was a different level

I assume they have a new toy (a drone?) and having spent money on it want their money's worth. I agree tho it's awful

I excel at being petty So I'm told

I've never had a problem with dogs at speedway. Met quite a few over the years and without exception they were well behaved, friendly when approached and the owners had them completely uinder control Some parents could do well to take lessons on their charges behaviour from the dog owners.

Do you know something? it is what it is how many more times is Woffinden going to say that

I'm sure it is but I've got along without them for some time now so in the words of the song I'll get along without them now Instead of the blue and gold hued version given out by the club I prefer to read the likes of Trees thro to G13Webb and all shades in between and make my own mind up. I tend to be swayed by the likes of Speedball and Bagpuss whose opinions I totally respect as they tend to call a spade a spade and in the main are unbiased.

Exactly that. As I recall the majority of the bans were as a result of disagreements with an individual. Not saying they were correct or incorrect but If that's a sound business reason to continue the ban they obviously don't want to increase crowd numbers.

Snap. Haven't seen any posts that suggest a decent amount of RACING nor any posts suggesting any added value. As for updates, since Starsupates gave up I don't get any as I'm still banned by the club on social media. To be fair there are a few signs of added value but they all come courtesy of the hard working Supporters Club, who AFAIK are completely independent of the promotion. I'm sure if anything changes it will be trumpeted on here cos I sure as heck won't find out from the promotion (see above)

I wondered cos of all the negativity around the team. Given last nights result all the local derbies might be needed to counteract poor crowds for the other fixtures.

how big was the crowd?

Wow, how things change. Ten years ago neither of us would have dreamt of missing a meeting. Hope you see some good racing, a few and maybe even a win ( no idea how likely that is )

I thought I'd read that too but don't take too much notice nowadays

Just had a dim memory from a few years back a team wanted a facility for a rider they had signed but hadn't actually ridden and it was denied. Im not bothered really just wondered, thanks for replying

I thought you could not have a facility for anyone that has not ridden for you so far this season. I could be totally wrong cos I don't follow things closely anymore. Could some kind person put me right please.

Bit in bold.....I am far from that! My comment was very tongue in cheek but he has put money in the sport and is trying to standardise it, which I assume is what all the Hearne wishers want If you think anyone would step into the sport a la Hearne and not tell riders what they can and can't do, frankly you are living in cloud cuckoo land

For years speedway fans have yearned for a Barry Hearne type figure to grab the sport by the short and curlies and sort it out. Now Buster has sort of half done it (or what he believes is a more professional image) some fans are up in arms and shouting riders should rule the roost. You can''t have it both ways so make your mind up before the door finally smacks you on the bum! The above is only half jesting BTW

A rider brilliantly blessed with riding talent but sadly deficient in human compassion and common sense.

Of course they knew BUT they had probably given Cook until yesterday to agree to the contract. In that case they were perfectly correct to say nothing on Friday. To have even hinted at it would have been totally unfair to Craig Cook. In the same way Cook was correct not to mention it in public.

Correct me if I'm wrong but haven't all GP riders had the same fork covers for yonks, advertising the company that sponsors the GP not the individual rider. Craig Cook seemed to accept that. I'm not too sure quite how this fundamentally differs

Whatever you think about Buster, and Im far from his biggest fan, he is not the only one in this. Craig Cook, a rider I admire, obviously wants more than Buster thinks the club can afford. Responsibility rests with both sides.

On the plus side, I did see a van with Live Speedway in large letters and a pic of bikes on the side going thro Lynn today. Was going a bit swift to read anything else and quite frankly need a trip thro the car wash but I suppose every little helps

the point g13webb was trying to make was you have to LOOK for any news. You are only going to do that if you are interested. Promoters need to get out there and put speedway in the face of the unconverted if the sport is to survive.

And until more notice is taken of those that no longer attend than the happy clappers,the downward slope will continue.