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This was only my 11th meeting(s) of the current season, and the best by a country mile, that includes anything I've seen in both the Elite & Premier Leagues. I'm not going to knock or praise anyone in particular, because for varying reasons, the supporters of Dudley (loads of them), King's Lynn (I counted 4 in total) and Scunthorpe should be pleased and proud of their teams efforts, on a blisterring hot afternoon (unless you were in the enclosed area on the home straight!!). It was good to catch up with Lucifer for a chat (think twice about wearing those shorts again though mate) and of course Roy (Laurence) Rogers, who looked if he'd come come direct from the baftas......well.....neck upwards anyway I felt proud to display my King's Lynn colours, as I'm sure the people from the other two clubs were too. Great afternoon, and thanks to everyone involved in it.

Has anybody got the heat details from last nights Rye House v Lakeside fixture please?

Fortunately I can

Phil, Yes you are correct, due to the weather problems, there have been some fixture changes, and this is one of them. I don't know a date for the meeting against the IOW yet. All the Best Mike

I'll see what I can find out, and come back to you when I'm given the answers.

Phil, Heat 1: Bates, Mountain, Williams (15 metres), Graver 65.10 3-3 Heat 2: Laurence, Strudwick, Rose, Govier. 67.50 4-2 (7-5) Heat 3: Laurence, Mountain, Graver, Strudwick 5-1 (12-6) Heat 4: Govier, Rose, Williams, Bates (NS) 3-3 (15-9) Heat 5: Mountain, Graver, Williams, Strudwick 4-2 (19-11) Heat 6: Laurence, Rose (Fell), Govier (Fell), Bates (NS) 3-0 (22-11) Unfortunately the tannoy in the main stand was abysmal to say the least, and trying to hear Edwin Overland was almost impossible, and couldn't hear the race winning times for Heats 3-6 inclusive. It would have helped a bit if someone turned the music off whilst he's talking. I believe our next home fixture is against Lakeside on the 30th May following the Young Stars v Isle of Wight fixture, so hopefully we'll see another evening where the majority of the public remain to see the AJL match. Do you by any chance know whether it was a league or challenge match last night? Cheers mate, and have a good one on Sunday. Mike

I'll add my best wishes to Chris too, from myself and I'm sure everyone connected with King's Lynn Speedway.

Ah, but I don't know Pete Simmons dob!!

Hi Speedball, Do you have the heat winning times for all six races please? Thanks Mike I can help with the dates of birth: Niall Strudwick = 29th May 1990 Joe Graver = 22nd October 1996 Martin Knuckey = 4th September 1992 Adam Portwood = 1st July 1995 Tom Stokes = 23rd April 1994 Jake Williams = 23rd March 1995 Lewis Rose = 3rd September 1989 Liam Rumsey = 10th July 1989 Cheers Mike

Very pleased to hear that all is well with Dylan, it was certainly a nasty looking accident. Good to see Ben Morley walk back to the pits too. Phew, what a cold night though, more like winter than spring. What a crazy situation with the hospital not sending an ambulance to the track until one of THEIR paramedics had checked to see if the Rye House medical people had assessed the injured party correctly. What an insult to the fully trained staff in attendance!! Must say I was full of admiration for the way Len Silver handled the decision as to whether to abandon the meeting or not, I don't think I've ever seen anything like that put to the public vote before. Haha, another first was sending the track staff around on a pre-meeting truck parade, merrily waving away as if that's what we'd all come to see. Nice also to see Laurence (Long John Silver) Rogers hobbling about on his crutches, I've never seen him move around so quickly in his life before. Finally, good luck at Buxton this afternoon (I might still come up to the meeting if the guvnor fancies it....the meeting of course!!!!), and thanks to all involved with the USA party, for once again coming to these shores to entertain the few people that bother to go along and watch you, you deserve more.

If my wife feels well enough, we're hoping to travel down to this meeting, and shall be leaving home at around 1.30pm. Any up to date weather reports would be greatly appreciated, especially if you are in close proximity to the stadium. It should be a very good nights racing, so let's hope the weather holds out. Thank You.

I don't think Robert will be 14 until the 5th April this year, but I'll stand to be corrected.

Done, and the very best of luck in trying to get the Wildcats back on track, they are sorely missed.

Really looking forward to this, and despite poor weather around large parts of the UK today, 'Lucy' on Daybreak says it is going to remain cloudy but dry and warm in this little corner of East Anglia. Support for the Young Guns meeting was mysteriously low last week, and with news that next weeks Pride of the East has been cancelled, tonight becomes the penultimate night of track action at the Norfolk Arena. I know that the majority of 'Stars' fans for some bizzare reason, seem to boycott the third tier of racing, but at the end of the day, this is YOUR CLUB, and they NEED YOUR SUPPORT. Of course you're not going to see the so called top riders, but at the end of the day, there are still two teams of seven guys, committed to providing high-class entertainment, at only less than a second a lap slower than Grand Prix riders. One disappointment for many young ladies is the fact that Jaybea won't be putting in an appearance in the Track Shop tonight, but he assures me that plans are in place for merchandise to be sold as normal. Start time is 7.30pm.........will you be there?

I think we've all aired our views on this topic now, and we will have to agree to disagree with each other, as there are to many important things in life to concern ourselves with as and when they come along other than handbags at speedway. I'm thankful that all four riders in that race are safe, albeit maybe a bit bruised, and will be fit to race in their next scheduled meetings. As for next Sunday, I just hope that EVERYONE on both sides of the fence, are adult enough to realise that these things happen sometimes, and that lessons have been learned from them. The verbal behaviour of certain people in front of the bar on the 1st bend does need addressing by the management. We try to preach to the unconverted what a good family sport we have, and a fair amount of families sit in that area, and should not be subjected to such treatment. As for you Jack, and you know who you are, please, for the good name of the majority of Mildenhall fans, stop deliberately winding people up week in week out, in an attempt to entice trouble. You're a grown man for goodness sake who cares about his team, and you're stepping to far over the line with your biased attitude. As I said in one of my earlier postings, I don't support either club, so I'll be happy at the end of the day if one team wins one trophy, and the other, the other. So this is my last posting on this meeting and its events, and I'll close by hoping that the same minority of idiots don't spoil it for all and sundry again this coming Sunday. If you don't goad the riders, they'll have no need to retaliate, and everyone will go home safe and happy.

As he's been riding in the Premier League all season with Sheffield, I'd have thought a place in the PL next season would be a formality. With regards Daniel Halsey I'm in full agreement, and was my Man of the Match too.

I don't know if you are including me as one that doesn't offer a balanced view. If you are, then I can assure you that as a neutral (don't support either team), that was very much my intention to do so. But as you say, it is interesting to read the differing views, and the world would be very boring if we all shared those same views.

As I said in my posting rossimania, we are all entitled to our own opinions, and as far as I'm concerned it is you that is wrong not me. Quite how you can say Simon Lambert threw his dummy out beggars belief, and would seem to be another example of a biased supporter. If you think he was lucky to be in the re-run, then thank goodness you weren't the referee, as that decision would have been unjust.....in my opinion. It WAS around 10-minutes before trouble ignited, because Simon Lambert was receiving medical assitance for approximately that length of time before returning to the pits. With regards to your explanation to what happened in the pits, then I will bow to your knowledge on that one, because I wasn't in that particular area, whereas you obviously were. So as that's where you were physically located, you couldn't possibly have got a clear view of the on-track incident from that angle, as the riders were too closely bunched together, which in reality is what caused the accident. As for asking the persons concerned to moderate their language, you've got to be joking. Morons like that don't take any notice of angelic people like me, so get real.

Hi Phil, I'm certainly not going to fall out with you over this because you're a friend, but I can't completely agree with your posting, but of course recognise we are ALL entitled to our own opinions. With regards to the Heat 13 incident, I was stood right in front of where it all happened, and it was no more than four very dedicated riders eager to come out of the 2nd bend in front, as Mildenhall is such a difficult track to pass on, due to its size. Simon Lambert was no more to blame for the incident than anyone else, as they were all jostling for important track position, and the referee without question, called it right by allowing all four back in. Certainly a nasty coming together though, and thankfully everybody was okay. If a rider feels he's been roughed up by another, generally speaking they start showing their displeasure on the track, irrespective of the medical condition of the suspected culprit, yet this was not the case. Nothing happened for around 10-minutes until all had returned to what should be the safety of their pit area. Although I can't answer for what happened between riders in the pits, what was evident, and I'm sorry but this is where we disagree, was the trouble brought about by a substantial amount of so called Mildenhall fans. Forgetting about yesterday, but there is a guy that stands at the back by the fish bar, who every meeting is loud mouthing and swearing about everybody in the visitors camp. There's another chap who is always first in the queue to get in, and sits at the back close to the track shop with his wife, who is a major trouble maker with his verbal outbursts. Then there's the gang who stand in front of the bar, who always seem to be looking for trouble....not nice. So all in all, some very nasty scenes yesterday, right under the noses of the dignatories in attendance. Lets hope lessons have been learned, and there won't be a repeat when the two teams lock horns again next Sunday, but unless the morons that I've mentioned grow up in the course of the next seven days, I fear they will be out to verbally entice trouble again. ATB/Mike

According to the Sheffield v IOW and Sheffield v Belle Vue double-header programme, they are the 'Prowlers' and sponsored by the Window Centre when racing at Owlerton. Not sure id that clears anything up or not.

Congratulations to all and sundry for this afternoon's excellent British Youth Championhship. When it's considered that the stadium doesn't get used for official competitions any more, the whole area was immaculately clean and tidy. The presentation was first class, even though Bryn was half asleep early doors. Track conditions were virtually faultless, although it blew up dusty from time to time, but after a few minutes watering, all was well again. The racing was very good, and wow what a prospect Max Clegg looks, and so the list goes on. My only complaint is that this club (Sittingbourne) is not in the National League, because they should be. Just hope it won't be to long before I'm afforded an oportunity to visit this lovely little of Kent again.

I'm surprised it's not already been done by a Mildenhall fan, so I'll step forward and commend the Fen Tigers management team on providing a more than raceable track in extreme conditions. I can think of a club a couple of hours away, that would have called this meeting off long before it had started, but not Messrs Jolly, Lee, Henry etc. I doubt there were many people on the terraces, if in fact any, thought this meeting had a cat in hells chance of taking place, but take place it did, and congratulations to both sets of riders for giving of their best. Good luck in your quest to reach the KO Cup Final, you and your fans deserve to have what will be another profitable day at the turnstiles. I must also mention the flags that Jaybea39 going on 50 mentioned this morning. They are a joy to behold if you're a Mildenhall fan, and priced at just £20, it's little wonder folk were biting his hand off to purchase one. I'm off for a tuna fish sandwich now...bye bye.

I reckon you're probably right about Jaybea. As for Robert Henry, I doubt he'll have that worry this afternoon.

Thanks for the info Damon. It's the same here, with the odd spot or two already having fallen. I intend leaving home at about 1.45pm, so if the conditions should worsen, would you or someone please be kind enough to post on here. Can't wait to see Jaybea39's super duper state of the art flags. Incidentally Jaybea, now that you've had your 42nd Birthday and have entered your 43rd year of life on this planet, then isn't is time to rename yourself 'Jaybea (edging ever nearer to half a century)42'?

What's the latest weather situation in Fen Tigers land please, as it's looking not so good in my part of Norfolk at the moment?