Rob Dyer

3 TT Leg1 Result: Cradley 35 (Bowtell 14, Coles 13, Spencer 6+2, Watts 2) Weymouth 32 (Atkins 13, Congreve 8+3, Trigger 7+1, Clouting 4) IOW 23 (Morley 11, Verge 10, Spooner 1, King 1)

Speedway’s Back With The Wightlink Warriors On A Revenge Mission The 2022 speedway season at Ryde’s Smallbrook Stadium launches this coming Thursday (23rd June) as the Wightlink Warriors prepare to take on the Cradley Heathens and Weymouth Wildcats in the first of a series of three meetings where aggregate scores will decide the destination of the newly created Michael Richardson Trophy. Warriors will warmly welcome back Ben Morley and Connor King as those two former Warriors link up with 2021 homesters Danno Verge and Alex Spooner with team manager Steve Piper on a revenge mission to drive his charges on to improve on their second place in last seasons’ equivalent competition. That ambition will require his quartet to be fully ‘on-point’ as the opposition have been very shrewd with their rider selections with Island experts Alfie Bowtell, Connor Coles and Henry Atkins being supported by several ever-eager young guns such as Ben Trigger and George Congreve. Speaking earlier this week, Warriors co-owner Barry Bishop said, “I can’t wait to get racing underway this Thursday. We have been busy over the winter months with our normal preparations and this time round, in addition to the usual stadium maintenance we have had to deal with the major flood last January and the mindless damage from visiting football ‘fans’ in April, however we have overcome these setbacks with the unceasing dedication of our loyal volunteers. Our Warrior team has been in place for some time now and it will be an exciting and an evenly matched way of getting our summer season under way. With our speedway school ‘My First Skid’ continuing to produce emerging talent we will also parade a second development team (the Wightlink Warlocks) who will tackle the Wightlink Wizards in a series of six heat matches over the course of the season and as always, we will be giving our youth riders track time pre-meeting in front of an appreciative crowd. Their development has been superb and I’m sure our regular supporters will see their improvement.” Expected teams (alphabetically): Warriors: Connor King, Ben Morley, Alex Spooner, Danno Verge. Heathens: Alfie Bowtell, Connor Coles, Tom Spencer, Chris Watts. Wildcats: Henry Atkins, Jacob Clouting, George Congreve, Ben Trigger. Gates at Smallbrook Stadium open at 17.15. Spectators are welcome to visit the pits and listen to the rider briefing at 18.00. The pre-meeting demonstration races will then follow ahead of the main event which will be at 19.00. Full refreshment facilities will be in operation throughout.

Take a look at this: http://3318news.co.uk/?s=Geoff+Gamage

And they will enjoy the NORA British Ladies Championship being staged on the Isle of Wight this summer which is being masterminded by the long time supporter of women’s racing Alan Critcher.

Jason was absent last night as he was with his son at a BSB(?) event. Peter Schroeck was deputising.

Have a look at the Facebook page ‘Bring Back Southampton Speedway’. That seems to be the place where developments are reported and it appears that plans are proceeding.

That would be nice however additional technology and manpower are likely to be required and that will ultimately depend on take up.

This might be worth a try: https://www.cranborne-house.co.uk/

After last night’s abandonment, big job for the Glasgow track staff today. Hope it works out for them.

Which clubs provide a text service to advise of meeting postponement / cancellation and how effective is it? Be interested to hear from you.

Bad news. Is Stefan at 4 or 6 tonight?

From Barry Bishop of the Wightlink Warriors: Message to all the Redcar Bears Speedway Fans on the Southern tour, who have extended it to visit the Isle of Wight. We are all very sorry to hear of the meeting cancellation at Poole, so we wanted to do a small surprise to cheer you all up while you are at Smallbrook Stadium with us. We will organise a centre green visit at least during your visit and if we can extend it to other treats we will. Send me a DM or email speedwayontheisland@yahoo.co.uk and we can go from there.

Message from Barry Bishop of the Wightlink Warriors for Redcar fans coming shortly.

Single ticket release re-timed for 19.00 this evening. Interesting update about procedures for this meeting: https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/19354795.amp/?ref=twtrec&__twitter_impression=true

Could it be http://www.speedwaylive.eu

Andy Hewlett?

Scroll through the 33/18 website for more background on the late Derek Garnett. http://3318news.co.uk/

Followers of cycle speedway are mourning the passing of legendary Mancunian and former national champion Derek Garnett. A true gentleman who succumbed to a long illness last Monday. Condolences to family and friends.

Have a look at the SCB website and in the downloads section go to the 2020 regulations. Section 16 shows race formats. Hope that helps.

Try this for latest update: http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.38600

Try Shaun Lee via Facebook.

Mrs D C-B also was a Cycle Speedway supporter / sponsor as shown. The trophy is currently being restored.

If you are a Facebook user, we are having a weekly speedway quiz on our usual Thursday race night. The questions and instructions are posted on the Wightlink Warriors and Wightlink Wizards Supporter’s Club Fb page at 19.00 with the answers posted the following Sunday. No prizes, just a bit of fun. Why not have a look and try your luck?

Neil Vatcher has arranged a February training camp on the Isle of Wight as reported here: http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.37837 Great to have them back for another development opportunity.

With this innovation due to come in for 2020, be interesting to see if the forthcoming AGM discusses implications and makes public comment.