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Thank you

Will this still be on weather wise?

Yeah, this forum is not looked after anymore, just like British Speedway..

15 - 3 Wow

Got the live stream on, rooting for Vinnie and the Comets..

According to the Kent Eagles match report on their website, Vinnie Foord had been feeling unwell all evening.

That's the main issue, a lot of fans haven't accepted it and thus have walked away from the sport sadly.

Bit picky on spelling, I do apologise most profusely.

Fantastic opportunity for Vinnie, he's not had the meetings he needs this season and although it's a shame he's not riding for the Eagles at Birmingham tomorrow, that what the NDL is about.

Teams: (in alphabetical order) Birmingham Bulls: Arran Butcher, Max James, Sam McGurk, Eli Meadows, Darry Ritchings, Thomas Spencer, Senna Summers Kent Eagles: Jamie Etherington, Nathan Hargrave, Luke Harris, Freddy Hodder (Guest for Nathan Ablitt), Ben Morley, Ashton Vale (Guest for Vinnie Foord),Charlie Wood.

Totally agree Dean, not many really know what is going on so posts like that don't help anybody.

If you want to go and see a speedway meeting again in its purest form, come and watch a meeting with the Kent Eagles at Iwade. If you do, message me on here and I will get you 2 free tickets, you never know, it may rekindle your love for the sport once more.

It should be, but never has

Riders are more interested in earning money, club focus comes second but important.

exactly that, we can strip the cost of racing back to the basics but then riders will start spending again to get an advantige to get ahead. Then the circle starts again, its the nature of motorsport and speedway can't afford it currently.

Agree, but the riders need more and more money to be able to compete, its a no win situation, we can't just change the sport back to the times when you can run an upright and be competitive on it.

You make some good and valid points. This is a major problem in the sport, there are kids coming into the sport now who have really good backing and are sitting on rocket ships. the only way young talented kids will make the grade is to match this and then if and when they do move up a level, they find the established older riders are also on well maintained top quality bikes. So, in essence, every rider is after more money from the promotors to keep up equipment to a level to compete, thus teams are paying more money out to riders that they can't afford and in turn, riders need this money to compete on a level playing platform. Spiralling costs for a rider is a vicious circle that is bringing the sport to its knees.

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Ban the rider then, not cause havoc for 4 teams, doesn't make sense this.

Has he been replaced by both teams now? Thought he was 'injured'

Do you blame them?

Looks dangerous

Power house performance from the Eagles top 3, dropping just 3 points to an opponant in 14 rides.

Kent Eagles = 54 Kent Eagles = 54 1. Nathan Ablitt - 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 = 14 2. Luke Harris - 0, R, 2, 2' = 4+1 3. Vinnie Foord - 3, 3, 2, 3 = 11 4. Jacob Clouting - 1, 0, 1', 2' = 4+2 5. Ben Morley - 3, 3, 2, 2', 2' = 12+2 6. Jamie Etherington - 3, 1, 0, 2', 3 = 9+1 7. Nathan Hargrave - 0, R, 0 = 0 Plymouth Centurions = 36 1. Joe Thompson - 2, 2, 3, 1, FX = 8 2. Mickie Simpson - 1', 2, 1', 3, 1 = 8+2 3. Kai Ward R/R - (MS - 2, RI - 2, CS - 0, RI - 1 = 5) 4. Morgan Williams - F, 0, F = 0 5. Ben Trigger - 1', 3, 3, 0, 1 = 8+1 6. Charlie Southwick - 1', 1, F, 0, F = 2+1 7. Ryan Ingram - 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1 = 10

In alphabetical order nat Ablitt Jacob Clouting Jamie Etherington Vinney Foord Nathan Hargrave Luke Harris Ben Morley Plymouth Ryan Ingram Charlie Southwick Mickie Simpson Joe Thompson Ben Trigger Morgan Williams Kai Ward R/R