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Stabilisers Optional at a Windy ELRC

22/10/2006

SORRY! This page has been removed… A fully revised and updated version of this blog entry now appears in my new paperback book Shifting Shale (Methanol Press £20) published in June 2007. All my blog entries from 2006 are included in this book along with many other accounts from my travels that I withheld from […]

Another Night with the Island People

19/10/2006

When Eagles Dared – New Book!

17/10/2006

A Whimsical Account from the terraces behind Board 51 (and lurking at tracks elsewhere) of a Triumphant Eastbourne Speedway season with ultimate success missed by a merest Cat’s Whisker that features those handlebar heroes: Nicki, Floppy, Mooro, Deano, Watty, Shieldsy plus bosses, Cooky and Geery, and a vital yet innumerable cast of others – the […]

Smallmead EL Play-off Semi Final

16/10/2006

At Owlerton with the Mycenaeans and a voluble contingent from Redcar

15/10/2006

"It’s just another night for us"

14/10/2006

Generous Review by Frank Keating in ‘The Guardian’

03/10/2006

Speed thrills with handlebar Hans and leathered LarsFrom Peterborough to Poole, an obsessive hardcore follows the mud thrown bySwedes, Poles, Danes and Brits as they ride round in circles. Frank KeatingThe Guardian, October 3, 2006 Fasten your earmuffs. Speedway is screeching down to the wire. Last night,at Reading, the first leg of the 2006 Elite […]

"Back with a Bang" at Shaun Tacey’s Testimonial

Scary MK II

Boom! Boom!

Into the svelte Mastodon’s Lair at Ashfield

27/09/2006

Marmite and a Learned Review from ‘Professor’ Barclay

21/09/2006

Last page of the Peterborough programme for the important televised meeting with Swindon featured the most scholarly review of my book so far by Derek ‘Professor’ Barclay. He has kindly sent me the text of his review though this means disappointing that you can’t see the picture of him that adorns the column – apparently […]

Trevor visits Armadale

20/09/2006

Problems with Tyres not Tired

17/09/2006

King’s Lynn Rider’s Cap Off Night of Celebration by Sleeping Together!

How to Run a CL Pairs Championship – The Scunny Way

16/09/2006

Great Races in the Fens

14/09/2006

Kind Letter of Praise in the Speedway Star from a Reader

Good Read May I recommend the book Showered in Shale by Jeff Scott to all your readers. It is a simply fascinating and unique observation of the current speedway scene in Great Britain. Descriptions of the various locales and communities in which the tracks reside add valuable social background. The praise and acknowledgment of the […]

Forecast Of Torrential Rain

10/09/2006

July Photos

07/09/2006

First Bend Action at Arlington The Sun Never Sets on the St. John Ambulance Flag at Eastbourne Dave’ The Rat’ Rattenberry’s hand moves faster than sound towards the legendary Isle of Wight ‘Double Belly Buster Burger’ held by Stephen Davies Karen Hazelden helps Kevin ‘KC’ Coombes and his Assistant with the Draw for Third Place […]

‘Dons Snub Their Place in Speedway History’: Review by John Hyam

29/08/2006

John Hyam, the doyen of the London speedway scene has recently kindly reviewed my book in the South London Press. Despite the decimation of the speedway club scene in London, barely a week goes by without John continuing his one man campaign to grab the attention of his readers with tales of handlebar heroes. I’m […]