Chris116

One thing for certain, Barry Lee was a lot quicker around an oval in a car than Bellego.

Thank you, I have corrected the original post. Trouble with these fat fingers on a phone!

Further to the above, remember that the Romford area has previous in getting injunctions against speedway!

Sadly the local residents are less than friendly when it comes to anything taking place at the stadium. I fear there would be no chance of getting planning permission and having been to one dog meeting I also have to say the lines of sight are not good in many parts of the stadium.

I would agree with those who say the promotion should have told the truth but BSPA rules mean the truth gets you a fine and lying does not. Now work out what is best for the promotion!

I would love to know why the international committee do not consider this an official meeting and why the BSPA and SCB are not protesting very loudly. If they can't get things changed for next season the answer is to drop any competition that is not recognised and expand the number of fixtures in the league and tell the international committee to stick that in their pipes and smoke it.

Thank you, it is me who needs to read more carefully!

Can I ask why they say they are ending their weekend with a trip to Workington? Has no one told Scunthorpe that Workington are not racing this year. Looks like a bad case of copy and paste with no proof reading!

Meeting is on 10th not 9th!

Why does the Premiership meeting being on TV stop the Development League match taking place? Maybe a short break would be needed to allow the TV people to finish their comments but then there is no reason to change things.

I hate to say this but I was planning to visit Kent for the first time next Bank Holiday Monday but havng seen the number of meetings that have suffered from the curfew I am very much thinking that I will find some other entertainment for that afternoon as I am not keen on incomplete meetings.

We all suffer from that! I still think in terms of Speedway being at Wimbledon, West Ham, New Cross, Hackney, Crayford and Wembley only to stop dreaming and have to come back to the present and the total lack of tracks in London.

I thought that idea had been dropped last year! Surely we are back to Tac Sub and not Tac Ride?

As Poole took a 5-1 in the heat it looks like the T/S was not needed!

Race was not metioned on the Updates site. Thanks for the infomation.

The photo on the BSPA site with the results from this meeting show a race with the riders lined up Red, Blue, White, Yellow at the gate. Did this happen or is the photo from another meeting?

When Race Video did the filming at Hackney and Arena Essex, I did the commentary for Russell Williams as I knew him through doing Stock Car commentating around the country. I always did the Speedway commentary live and I have to say it was far harder than doing Stock Cars! With my experience from back then I would be only too happy to do more for the cars but I think I would avoid the job when the bikes are racing!

Rye House took cash And cards, look how well it worked for them!

The late Chick Woodroffe, owner and builder of Arena Essex always said that you never delay the start of a meeting (stox or speedway) due to a queue outside BUT you make sure the introductions take long enough that all who were at the turnstyles three minutes before start time get to see the first race in full. You need a good presenter on the PA to make it work but with care it is a tight rope that promotions can balance on. That way those who arrive early do not feel they have been left waiting for people who arrive at the last minute. The nearly late comers still see all the racing and hopefully arrive a bit earlier for the next meeting. By doing things like that all the customers are kept happy and hopefully come back again as well as telling their friends what a good afternoon/evening they had at whichever track they have been to. If you get the reputation of starting late for a queue then you get more late comers as they feel they will not miss anything but if they only just make it and get to know that meetings start on time then they start to get to the stadium a bit earlier.

They tried that in Beach Volleyball, and without the high heels it works!

Too simple, this is speedway we are talking about.

A bit like the start of the cricket season!

If you get a better covering and it freezes properly then they could put spikes in the tyres and have ice speedway!

Can you even remember last week?

Sounded as though it was not Ged bailing out, more a case of being shown the exit door and being given a push to ensure he went through it.