Shadders

Poor equipment and always lets you down after a decent start. How many chances does he need?

Always gonna be a problem when you share a stadium with stock cars and monster trucks. No way around it I'm afraid. They probably bring in more money for the stadium owners than the speedway.

Sunday's usually

Ellis just signed for Eastbourne hasn't he?

That could be bettered on Scunnys training track

Same applies My knowledge of continental racing is worse than my knowledge of EL reserves, as our friend Lewy just pointed out!

Fixture clashes with Lakeside?

Ideally we'd need someone to come in who'd get Kasper to reserve

Wouldn't Lakeside have first dibs if there was a fixture clash?

How's he doing for you mob?

By my calculations he's crap. Do me a favour!!

Like it or not we've got to accept a 3 pointer at number 7. There aren't enough really good ones to go round, but you're not gonna know unless you give them a chance. It's pretty clear to see that Karger is going to get nowhere near a 5.00 point average, his Danish scores and from what I've seen of him already suggest he's gonna struggle to attain 3.00, but at least he's trying. What really hacks me off is seeing one of your riders putting less than maximum effort in, then seeing them pile up the points for another team

We've had a few that have put in less than 100% over recent years. All I want to see is riders giving it their best efforts. If they're not good enough, well, that's up to the manager & promoters to sort out.

Probably mate, but even trying to pass anyone shows some effort.

At least he's putting the effort in. He fell attempting to go round Danny King in heat 11. Just doesn't look comfortable on the bike

Karger didn't look at all happy on the track walk after the meeting, contrast to last week when he looked full of beans after his points helped to win the match against Somerset.

From the gate Cut back on second bend works, but main passing seems to be on bend 4

We've had the facility at Rye for a few years.

There is a separate entrance for debit/credit cards. Most people carry those. Not having change for paying customers and turning them away seems odd though

Agree with HKP. Rye will have much tougher meetings, starting next week when Peterborough come to town. Ipswich (Covatti apart) were bad. Even Danny King looked below par. The heat 15 gift of a 5-1, when Kennett opted out, made the score look a little more respectable for Ipswich. Peter Karger continues to disappoint. Decent crowd. Karger is averaging exactly 1.00 from 4 meetings

Sun is peeking through the clouds just before 5pm. Can't see any serious rain clouds about

Dunno Waco, I'd bring one just in case. Brightened up considerably over Hoddy.

Steady rain for most of the night in Hoddesdon. Still raining now. Anything decent on TV tonight?

Don't expect the most pessimistic Edinburgh fan or optimistic Berwick fan saw that coming. It's a shame it'll count for nothing as Glasgow will top the group and the Monarchs will surely strengthen by the time the Bandits return in the league

Pretty sure it didn't have a roof on when I sat in it during the late 80's