Shadders

My weekend starts at Swindon on Thursday for the EL match with Poole. Giving the pairs a miss, but back from Cardiff in time for the Leicester meeting. Pleased that Rye House aren't having a Sunday meeting. I remember 2 or 3 years ago having to rush back for a 2pm meeting with Glasgow after a "busy" night on the town... Not ideal!

I forgot to mention the track. Two or three were having problems with the second bend, including Kasper who locked up, span around and fell, but on the whole the track held up well despite baking conditions. Well done to all involved. There was a little panic just before the parade with the ref seen talking to the clerk of the course. It seems they were a paramedic short. I gather regulations state there must be four before any racing can commence. There was a nurse on standby in the Tempstand if needed

Some hope the weather may be at last turning. Been a shocking year for weather and injuries.

Really hope you're right. Unlike some of our Glaswegian football friends I don't want to see any club go to the wall.

Exactly... Coincidence

Anyone who chose to miss this meeting to stay in and watch X Factor needs a slap. What sane person would give up the opportunity to see Barker, Doyle, Mellgren and Lykke in action? To top a marvellous evenings entertainment we had an epic heat 15 with three riders all going for it. Brilliant stuff! According to the Rye website Jason Garrity was suffering from clutch problems, which may explain his below par performance. He was certainly giving it 100%, it just wasn't happening. Always a pleasure to welcome Jason Doyle to Rye House and in Kasper Lykke it looks like we have a future superstar on our hands IF he can learn to gate!

Cheers Paulco and Paulco's daughter for showing him how to set it up! Updates are now available http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Rye&action=display&thread=10623

Smug git!! No updater as yet. If nobody comes forward i'll put heat by heat details up on my twitter page @shadders5

Funny that, I'm of the same opinion. I may not be the tallest, but watching from the first bend all I can see are tbe riders helmets as they race around the first and second turns

Another reason why I'll be making my Plymouth debut in September

Ken, do you have a link for the website please. The link I tried sends to a T2TV website that hasn't been updated since 2008!!

It'd be madness if he wasn't... I know it's gonna sound like sour grapes and honestly it's not, but could you really see Simon being an improvement on Ritchie Hawkins?

That's the recommended rate... Doesn't the NL have a flat rate, or have has that changed? Simon has kept his word and chosen to stay with Stoke. Good luck to him.

Nah! Isn't that the going rate in the National League?

What, that he's happy to earn a tenner a point at Stoke (plus 10p a mile travel cost) or fill his boots in the Premier League?

I couldn't give a toss what he does, where he does it, or who he does it with. I would like to know why we've been strung along all season. Oh and WHB, I've Tweeted Nelson a couple of time and received no reply.

Time for the Rye House promotion to come clean as to the real reason why Nelson is still in Australia.

No doubt about that. A terrible own goal by the Rye House promotion. Simon possibly had the thought in the back of his mind that Rye House could've ditched him within a month If he didn't score and preferred the easier rides in the National League. Strange that Adam Roynon can still ride in 3 different leagues whilst scoring a hatfull of points in all... You gotta love the BSPA

Let me get this straight. Simon is happy to earn a tenner a point at Stoke when he could be filling his boots in the Premier League? I'm amazed that the Stoke management didn't release Simon to have another shot at the PL, rather than stagnate in the third division... Unbelievable!

How did Simons average drop by 0.03 during the month of July when he rode his last meeting for Leicester on 30th June? I had to think hard about where he had been this year, so you're not alone. He's never struck me as a Rye House sort of signing. I'm willing to stick my neck out and say he'll not be around to see October. More in the Jason King/Ray Morton/Robbie Kessler mould than a long term prospect.

He had 17 official meetings for Leicester, one of them at Rye House where he scored 6 points. The BSPA greensheets for the end of June, when he left Leicester, show him on an average of 5.22; Ritchies current average is shown as 5.38

Could Simon be used as a guest on Saturday as we already have rr for Luke Bowen?

Both Saturday tracks, so would assume so

My wish has been granted http://www.ryehouse.co/post/2012/08/15/Doyle-Named-as-Saturday-Guest.aspx

SCB seems to have given up with the stats site. Perhaps Ritchie just wanted a break, so a mutual decision was reached. I'm sure he'll have no trouble finding another club, especially on that average. I always thought of Simon as a big track specialist.