SuperStarsFan91 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 2 minutes ago, SuperStarsFan91 said: And his third š¤·š»āāļøš Ooh heās just come 2nd in his 4th rideā¦ maybe that arm is starting to play up šš¤£ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted July 6 Author Report Share Posted July 6 (edited) 9 minutes ago, SuperStarsFan91 said: Ooh heās just come 2nd in his 4th rideā¦ maybe that arm is starting to play up šš¤£ Yeah 3,3,3,2. His arm must be nearly falling offš.Ā Ā Edited July 6 by Bald Bloke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperStarsFan91 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 8 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said: Yeah 3,3,3,2. His arm must be nearly falling offš.Ā Ā Canāt use the arm excuse if you get a 15 max can you? šš¤£ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperStarsFan91 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 Ben Cook 3,3,3,2,1 = 12 not a bad score for him today over in Poland, considering his arm must be hanging on by a thread šš» good job the Lynn meeting is off tomorrow because he must be in excruciating pain to only score 12 š 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarBoy Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 41 minutes ago, SuperStarsFan91 said: Ben Cook 3,3,3,2,1 = 12 not a bad score for him today over in Poland, considering his arm must be hanging on by a thread šš» good job the Lynn meeting is off tomorrow because he must be in excruciating pain to only score 12 š Has he been binned off by Smerdena or just not getting picked in there 1-7ās? Itās interesting that heās not racing for them, but if Lynn got rid of him if that would changeā¦ Also, he now fits in the averages for BV as a replacement for Blodorn. Again, if Lynn did part ways with him, I wonder how quickly BV would redeclare with him in their lineup and how committed to them heād beā¦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperStarsFan91 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 8 minutes ago, StarBoy said: Has he been binned off by Smerdena or just not getting picked in there 1-7ās? Itās interesting that heās not racing for them, but if Lynn got rid of him if that would changeā¦ Also, he now fits in the averages for BV as a replacement for Blodorn. Again, if Lynn did part ways with him, I wonder how quickly BV would redeclare with him in their lineup and how committed to them heād beā¦ No idea mate, maybe theyāre not picking him because heās being a bit of a twit š¤·š»āāļø I think if we let him go and Aces snapped him up heād be magically okay again then šš» 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 2 hours ago, StarBoy said: Also, he now fits in the averages for BV as a replacement for Blodorn. Again, if Lynn did part ways with him, I wonder how quickly BV would redeclare with him in their lineup and how committed to them heād beā¦ Ā 2 hours ago, SuperStarsFan91 said: No idea mate, maybe theyāre not picking him because heās being a bit of a twit š¤·š»āāļø I think if we let him go and Aces snapped him up heād be magically okay again then šš» Sounds childish, but if I thought he'd go to Belle Vue, I'd keep him just to stop that happening. Really hate how some riders treat British Speedway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperStarsFan91 Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 22 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: Ā Sounds childish, but if I thought he'd go to Belle Vue, I'd keep him just to stop that happening. Really hate how some riders treat British Speedway. I just canāt see Lynn getting rid of him because there is literally no one else to go forā¦ and as much as 4th place is pretty much a no hope, they really donāt want to make the team any weaker unless thereās no other option š¤·š»āāļø as sometimes R/R is better than signing a weaker riderĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldPitGate Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Morning all , I was watching some old 1980's Youtube videos on speedway last night, and it brought back memories of when I was in late teens and used to watch Loram and Gustaffson at Lynn both masters of balance. I stopped going probably 1990 ish. I wonder if anyone has any stories of what went wrong between Bill Barker and Malcolm Simmons they took over Lynn in 1988 from memory put together a power house team that for what ever reason didn't work out then they then had a falling out. Bill Barker should have been in stand up I used to go to the winter talk in's and he was pure comedy and was on the terraces selling raffle tickets but it was clear he wasn't happy with Simmo for some reason. The terrace charecters I remember were Wild Wayne who used to do the war chant and a fella me and one of my best friends christianed Nutter who used to spend all his time in the bar on the second bend downing pints he looked hard as nails and wouldn't watch any of the racing but would come out and go mental whenever Richard Knight circled round from memory nutter later did the same for Amando Dalle Chelle. Any stories would be appreciated from anyone who remembers the charecters and can throw a bit of light on what went wrong with Barker and Simmo, seem to remember there was a hu ha with Barker and someone burgling his house. Does Wild Wayne still go , would imagine Nutter is now pushing up daisies given the amount of pints and fags he would smoke during the meeting he was pure north lynn hard as but he was a proper character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaddlebowRoad Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 On 7/6/2025 at 10:49 PM, szkocjasid said: Ā Sounds childish, but if I thought he'd go to Belle Vue, I'd keep him just to stop that happening. Really hate how some riders treat British Speedway. the most likely outcome is a 28 day ban and facility id have thoughtĀ in fairness to him he rode at bv and tried to at brum but you cant have him riding in poland and not uk whatever the practicalitiesĀ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINYS Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 35 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said: Morning all , I was watching some old 1980's Youtube videos on speedway last night, and it brought back memories of when I was in late teens and used to watch Loram and Gustaffson at Lynn both masters of balance. I stopped going probably 1990 ish. I wonder if anyone has any stories of what went wrong between Bill Barker and Malcolm Simmons they took over Lynn in 1988 from memory put together a power house team that for what ever reason didn't work out then they then had a falling out. Bill Barker should have been in stand up I used to go to the winter talk in's and he was pure comedy and was on the terraces selling raffle tickets but it was clear he wasn't happy with Simmo for some reason. The terrace charecters I remember were Wild Wayne who used to do the war chant and a fella me and one of my best friends christianed Nutter who used to spend all his time in the bar on the second bend downing pints he looked hard as nails and wouldn't watch any of the racing but would come out and go mental whenever Richard Knight circled round from memory nutter later did the same for Amando Dalle Chelle. Any stories would be appreciated from anyone who remembers the charecters and can throw a bit of light on what went wrong with Barker and Simmo, seem to remember there was a hu ha with Barker and someone burgling his house. Does Wild Wayne still go , would imagine Nutter is now pushing up daisies given the amount of pints and fags he would smoke during the meeting he was pure north lynn hard as but he was a proper character. Not sure if this was 80's or 70's but i remember a character called soldier boy who was a big Peter Collins fan and when he came to Lynn everyone could hear him as he was quite loud when telling everyone how good Peter was. I remember that when Peter retired soldier boy then was a big Neil Evitts fan. Not seen soldier boy for many years now unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 4 minutes ago, TINYS said: Not sure if this was 80's or 70's but i remember a character called soldier boy who was a big Peter Collins fan and when he came to Lynn everyone could hear him as he was quite loud when telling everyone how good Peter was. I remember that when Peter retired soldier boy then was a big Neil Evitts fan. Not seen soldier boy for many years now unfortunately. I remember Soldier Boy at Blackbird Road when he was a big Ray Wilson fan. He stood right by the starting gate and was a well known character. He later supported Ole Olsen before Ole came to Coventry. It was about that time that I last saw him, sadly.Ā Replaying those memories reminds of the trumpet player from Ipswich who seemed to be on the terraces everywhere the Witches were riding. Those were the days when Ipswich was a British club. No foreign riders. Oh how times have changed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted July 8 Author Report Share Posted July 8 (edited) 1 hour ago, YeOldPitGate said: Morning all , I was watching some old 1980's Youtube videos on speedway last night, and it brought back memories of when I was in late teens and used to watch Loram and Gustaffson at Lynn both masters of balance. I stopped going probably 1990 ish. I wonder if anyone has any stories of what went wrong between Bill Barker and Malcolm Simmons they took over Lynn in 1988 from memory put together a power house team that for what ever reason didn't work out then they then had a falling out. Bill Barker should have been in stand up I used to go to the winter talk in's and he was pure comedy and was on the terraces selling raffle tickets but it was clear he wasn't happy with Simmo for some reason. The terrace charecters I remember were Wild Wayne who used to do the war chant and a fella me and one of my best friends christianed Nutter who used to spend all his time in the bar on the second bend downing pints he looked hard as nails and wouldn't watch any of the racing but would come out and go mental whenever Richard Knight circled round from memory nutter later did the same for Amando Dalle Chelle. Any stories would be appreciated from anyone who remembers the charecters and can throw a bit of light on what went wrong with Barker and Simmo, seem to remember there was a hu ha with Barker and someone burgling his house. Does Wild Wayne still go , would imagine Nutter is now pushing up daisies given the amount of pints and fags he would smoke during the meeting he was pure north lynn hard as but he was a proper character. There used to be a few of us, who used to stand on the 2nd bend at that time. Right next to the bar. Some of us used to drink like a fish. After the meeting some of us would go to the bar on the home straight. Back then a lot of riders used to go in for a pint after the meeting. From there you could get in Champs night blub free. Was great times.Ā I though i saw wild Wayne there about 3 years ago, but i might of been mistaken. Can't recall, the "Nutter" character. Although 2 of us was from North Lynn. Edited July 8 by Bald Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 YeOldPitGate,Wild Wayne doesn't really go anymore,he has been though on a very rare occasion.I was one of the posse and was always up for one of Wayne's war cry's.God,those were the days.You do those things though when you are young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 11 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said: There used to be a few of us, who used to stand on the 2nd bend at that time. Right next to the bar. Some of us used to drink like a fish. After the meeting some of us would go to the bar on the home straight. Back then a lot of riders used to go in for a pint after the meeting. From there you could get in Champs night blub free. Was great times.Ā I though i saw wild Wayne there about 3 years ago, but i might of been mistaken. Can't recall, the "Nutter" character. Although 2 of us was from North Lynn. Use to go into Champs after the meetings on a Saturday night,then into town early in the morning for a pizza.Can you remember a whip round for Nigel Leavers girlfriend to take all her top half clothes off,she did it and the money went towards the Leaver's equipment that went bang that night.We had some great nights with all the riders back in the dayšŗš» Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted July 8 Author Report Share Posted July 8 (edited) 31 minutes ago, tellboy said: Use to go into Champs after the meetings on a Saturday night,then into town early in the morning for a pizza.Can you remember a whip round for Nigel Leavers girlfriend to take all her top half clothes off,she did it and the money went towards the Leaver's equipment that went bang that night.We had some great nights with all the riders back in the dayšŗš» No i can't Tel, but there's a lot i can't remember from those days Edited July 8 by Bald Bloke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie456 Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 N K Iversen suspected broken ribs in Sweden tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBelle Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 9 hours ago, TINYS said: Not sure if this was 80's or 70's but i remember a character called soldier boy who was a big Peter Collins fan and when he came to Lynn everyone could hear him as he was quite loud when telling everyone how good Peter was. I remember that when Peter retired soldier boy then was a big Neil Evitts fan. Not seen soldier boy for many years now unfortunately. His real name was Tony Ganley lived in London I've done many a trip with him when he was a Pete Collins fanĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBelle Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 9 hours ago, TINYS said: Not sure if this was 80's or 70's but i remember a character called soldier boy who was a big Peter Collins fan and when he came to Lynn everyone could hear him as he was quite loud when telling everyone how good Peter was. I remember that when Peter retired soldier boy then was a big Neil Evitts fan. Not seen soldier boy for many years now unfortunately. Tony Ganley he was called he had a flat in Wimbledon area of London i did many a trip with him when he was following pete Collins sadly passed away nowĀ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted July 8 Author Report Share Posted July 8 1 hour ago, Wolfie456 said: N K Iversen suspected broken ribs in Sweden tonight. Lets hope it's not as bad as first thoughtĀ š Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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