Mimmo

Whenever I go to Coventry, I sit in the grandstand at the point where the riders are about to enter the first bend, and the speaker has always been inaudible. That was the case again yesterday, until mid-way through the meeting, when a ton full of wax must have fallen out of my ears, and they were perfect. It must be the first time I've ever heard the dulcet tones of David Hammond. As for poor old Peter York mumbling away on his roving mic, he might as well save his breath, because you can not really understand a word of what he's saying, and I'm not being rude to HIM by that, as I know and like the guy. As for the meeting itself, being a King's Lynn supporter, I was extremely disappointed that we were unable to take our place, especially as my wife and I decided to make a weekend of it, and stayed in a motel, and not finding out about our withdrawal until after checking in. However, having said that, we would still have gone, and glad we did. I don't know how long ago the programmes were printed, but I'd have thought it must have been over a week, as it's that long ago that Kyle Hughes broke his collarbone, and he was still listed to ride!! I also felt that an insert could or should have been printed with the inclusion of Buxton, so that we didn't have to try and write the Lords Prayer on the back of a postage stamp, so to speak, when it came to trying to write names in the riders scorechart for the absent King's Lynn. I didn't find the racing very good in either of the semi-finals, and as far as I can remember, there wasn't single overtake, although Jordan Jenkins might have achieved one in his first race, but I'm not sure. I thought Cradley Heath and Rye House deserved to reach the final, although I was hoping Mildenhall would make it, due my East Anglian connections. They put up a splendid fight, and the aforementioned Jordan Jenkins is a little bit special, and is one of many terrific prospects coming through the British Youth Championship scheme. As for Buxton, a club I like a lot, for whatever reason (presumably the late invite to the meeting) just didn't put a competitive enough team out, and missed the likes of Ryan Blacklock, Shelby Rutherford and Ryan Burton. Like Group A, Group B supplied the right finalists in the shape of Belle Vue and Eastbourne. I expected a lot more from Birmingham, and I was a tad disappointed with their showing. Never at any stage did I think Coventry would finish anywhere but last, but I expected a better showing than two points from a reasonable quartet of riders. So to the final, and this was excitement plus, and worth every penny of the entrance money. Congratulations to Rye House who were deserved winners, and commiserations to Dan Bewley, Lee Payne and Matt Williamson who were probably denied a winners trophy through the stupidity of Rob Shuttleworth. Had he not done what he did in Heat 1, he would have been allowed back into the re-run, and was guaranteed (assuming he didn't have an engine failure) 2-points. That alone, would have seen his club finish on 14-points along with Rye House. Then when he took his second ride in Heat 6, if he'd beat Sam Woods, then Belle Vue would have been outright winners, so he's got a lot to answer for. I've just noticed that 'birchfield aces' has made a comment about Ashley Morris riding round on his own, was a waste of time, and that the race should have been awarded to him,. That I don't agree with, because he might have suffered an engine failure early in the re-run, and scored 0-points for his club, so it had to be run the way it was. I do however agree that riders should not be allowed back into the pits after every stoppage, although the exception to the rule is if one rider is on the track receiving medical attention, then I can see no reason why they shouldn't return. Finally, congratulations to the Coventry workforce, who managed to keep the dust to a minimum, and basically produce a safe and decent race track for the riders. Roll-on the 2017 Final, hopefully with King's Lynn in it this time!!

Oh dear, I'very decided to make a weekend of it, and I'm already in my motel room!!

I attend a large amount of British Youth Meetings around the country each season, and there are some excellent prospects currently involved. For those that have never been, at £5 admission (well £10 in Leicester's case), it's fantastic value for money, and the meetings do draw fairly large crowds, especially the one at Leicester, which ironically, probably provides the best racing too..

I'm still keeping everything crossed that those responsible refund my money, especially as two other people have received their money back, but can't understand why it's taking so long. If I don't, then that is victimisation, and I will take the matter up with the Trading Standards Office and a Member of Parliament to start with, and see where we go from there. The clock is now ticking.

My continued correspondence has now been forwarded on to David Hemsley. That worries me even more, as I thought he'd been banned!!!

Thanks again stevethelion and tellboy. Yet again nothing has arrived in the post today, so I'll try the e-mail address you've given, and see what happens. WHAT A CLUB!!! I've just received this from Linda!! Hi Mike Sorry I don't work in the office so I am not sure if your refund has been sent yet but I will ask for you and come back to you as soon as I can. Kind regards, Linda Linda Jones linda.jones@leicester-speedway.com www.leicesterlions.co

Does anybody know the e-mail address for Linda Jones please? I'm a bit of a dim wit at times when it comes to Facebook, and although I've searched, I can't find the comments mentioned by Mr Bump and stevethelion. Thank You. I've just tracked my letter through the Royal Mail, and a Mr, Mrs, Ms Newberry signed and took delivery of it. I can't find this name on the list of the clubs officials, anybody know who he or she is?

I'm afraid whenever the restaging date is, Leicester won't be having mu custom.

So yet another day passes, and I still haven't received a refund from Leicester!!

You're welcome mate.

MDL Averages up to and including the 31 July 2016 (Compiled by Mike Moseley) Jack P Blackburn 12.00 Eryk Borczuch 12.00 Conor Dwyer 12.00 Lee Geary 12.00 Jamie Halder 12.00 Luke Ruddick 12.00 Henry Atkins 10.80 Adam Portwood 10.67 Alex Wilson 10.67 Taylor Hampshire 10.00 Joe Lawlor 10.00 Andy Mellish 9.82 Lewis Whitmore 9.60 Ryan MacDonald 9.33 Lee Springthorpe 9.33 David Holt 9.09 Ben Basford 9.00 Alfie Bowtell 9.00 Ryan Burton 8.73 Bradley Andrews 8.57 Kean Dicken 8.57 Rob Watts 8.57 Niall Strudwick 8.31 Sam Bebee 8.00 Chris Hay 8.00 Robert Parker 7.60 Sam Wright 7.20 Connor King 6.83 Saul Bulley 6.67 Kyle Roberts 6.67 Sam Woods 6.67 Sam Chapman 6.56 Layne Cupitt 6.46 Luke Whitehead 6.21 William O’Keefe 5.88 Josh Embleton 5.87 George Rothery 5.33 Alex Spooner 5.33 Stephen Whitehouse 5.03 Connor Fletcher 5.00 Lewis Austen 4.42 Mitchell Beckett 4.25 Gavin Parr 4.00 Sean Phillips 4.00 Sam Woolley 4.00 Stuart Freeman 3.00 Craig Osborne 2.73 Jake Isherwood 2.35 Arran Butcher 2.19 Lloyd Ditchburn 1.92 Sheldon Davies 1.33 Ollie Rutter 1.20 Danny Wright 0.67 NJL Averages up to and including the 31 July 2016 (Compiled by Mike Moseley) Joe Lawlor 11.50 Kieran Douglas 11.00 Jordan Palin 10.00 Corban Pavitt 10.00 George Rothery 10.00 Mark McIlkenny 9.33 Chris Hay 8.89 Jack Flynn 8.00 Archie Freeman 7.47 Ryan Morris 7.33 Kevin Whelan 7.33 Luke McKenna 6.67 Carl Basford 6.33 Sam McGurk 6.12 Gavin Parr 5.67 Kieran McCoy(ala Taylor) 5.33 Josh Embleton 5.14 Jack Wright 4.44 Luke Harrison 4.33 Lloyd Ditchburn 4.00 Elliot Kelly 4.00 Lewis Millar 4.00 David Morgan 4.00 Dale Pate 3.20 Andrew Blackburn 2.67 Sam Chapman 2.67 Sheldon Davies 2.67 Kris Forster 2.67 Alex Goldsbrough 2.33 William O’Keefe 1.82 Gregor Millar 1.67 Liam Little 0.00

Thanks Mr S1 and Tellboy.

Did you or Mr S1 enclose a S.A.E. with your request or not please, as I want to do exactly the same as you guys?

Extremely pleased to hear you've got your money back. I'll await someone else posting the same news, before I trust them enough to send mine back. As I said in my original posting, it clearly states in the programme that the tickets can be used next season, despite David Darcy saying you can't, an argument he'd lose in a small claims court. I don't think I can get back this year, and if they're not promoting there next year, would I, I wonder, still be able to use them under a new management. I want to trust them, but don't know how at the moment. Have you got anything back yet Tellboy?

If you read my post properly, I did say it's superb value for £10 admission. The point I was making is why should Leicester charge double what any other staging club has, what makes them so special? But hey, not's let fall out over it, I hope that everybody that goes has a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon, which I know they will, and I'm sure you will too.

Lets hope they remember to sign them!! Off to Peterborough shortly for a 2nd Day of top class entertainment.

They really are fools to themselves, they'll soon have no one going through the turnstiles, then where they get their money for flash cars with personalised number plates. Any body received their refunds from the previous meeting yet?

Next Sunday they stage the British Youth Championship which is superb value for the £10 admission, as it's always such a good meeting to watch. That's where the good bit ends, because every club that have already staged a round charged £5 admission, so why are this lot charging double. Another case of biting the hands that feed you, so I shall miss my first round of the season through their greediness.

That's the decision that should have been taken in the first place...fair to everyone.

KING'S LYNN 1. Lewis Whitmore...........3-3-3 = 9 2. Lewis Austen...............X0-R-1* = 1+1 3. William O'Keefe...........R-2*-2* = 4+2 4. Sam Woods.................2-3-2 = 7 CARMARTHEN 1. Russell Barnett...........1*-N-N = 1 2. Danny Wright..............2-1-0-0 = 3 3. Bradley Andrews.........3-R-3-N = 6 4. Connor Fletcher..........1-2-R-1 = 4 1) Whitmore, Wright, Barnett, Austen (X0) 3-3, 3-3 64.87 2) Andrews, Woods, Fletcher, O'Keefe (Ret) 2-4, 5-7 65.88 3) Whitmore, Fletcher, Austen (Ret), Andrews (Ret) 3-2, 8-9 64.57 4) Woods, O'Keefe, Wright (F.Rm), Fletcher (Ret) 5-1, 13-10 68.10 5) Andrews, Woods, Austen (F.Rm), Wright 3-3, 16-13 64.90 6) Whitmore, O'Keefe, Fletcher, Wright 5-1, 21-14 64.62

KING’S Lynn have taken the decision to postpone Friday’s Knockout Cup tie between the Young Stars and Eastbourne. Extensive track work was carried out on Wednesday in a bid to salvage the Elite League match against Swindon following a heavy storm in the build-up to the meeting. Unfortunately the weather forecast for Friday shows the possibility of further downpours in the afternoon and evening, and the club do not wish to risk putting supporters, riders and staff into a potentially similar scenario. An early call has therefore been made and we would like to thank Eastbourne for their understanding.

Meeting postponed due to an adverse weather forecast.

With tongue in cheek of course!! A win yes, but not quite that big. Hopefully it will cool down by tonight, because it's to hot to do or enjoy anything at the moment........almost

BSPA and all regs 14.7.1 say is that the promotor must ensure that “ the BSPA approved Readmission policy notice is appropriately displayed” and that when a meeting abandoned before completion of heat 10 “bring to the attention of spectators arrangements regarding the validity of readmission/ reduced admission tickets. Full details should be available at the entrance” There was no notice at the entrance.

You're right Trees, this isn't a rider issue, because the track was clearly un-raceable. It was the arrogant attitude of a senior official after the call-off, and none of the promotion knowing what we had to do with our tickets if we wanted a refund. I quite believe that King's Lynn didn't want to ride, but I can't honestly believe Leicester wanted to either, so there's little point at pointing the finger at just King's Lynn.