AN EXCLUSIVE LIGHT-HEARTED BLOG FROM RYE HOUSE'S SPEEDWAY STAR WRITER, PETE HILL
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS PART1
Thursday October 23, 2014
Ok first things first lets get one thing out of the way well two words actually, wooden spoon. Painful as it is all 2014's hopes and dreams ended up in a heap behind the pits for the first time since 1987. Read More...
As you can imagine there were a few glum faces in the pits on Saturday night. Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: EVERY SILVER LINING HAS A CLOUD
Thursday May 08, 2014
Watching the World Champion in town and the revival against the Panthers should have made for a happy week....... Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: IT'S A FUNNY OLD GAME
Tuesday April 22, 2014
There was I about to descend into an early season pit of despair as the lads contemplated their third straight home defeat and suddenly things look a whole lot brighter. Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: IT'S THAT MAN AGAIN!
Wednesday April 09, 2014
This season is already looking like the annual roller coaster ride. The joy of a rare win at Peterborough tempered by another devil of a time (ouch!) against Plymouth. Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: THE RIGHT TROUSERS!
Monday March 31, 2014
Apart from a complete traffic nightmare trying desperately to get back from Cambridge to Hoddesdon by 7pm I don’t think I’ve had such a good time at a season opener in ages. Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Wednesday March 19, 2014
21 years is a long time but this week I finally laid the ghost of 1993 to rest! Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: VISA, THAT WON'T DO NICELY
Tuesday February 04, 2014
As we wave goodbye to The Admiral stuck home in Australia for another year I can’t help wonder why speedway poses such a threat to national security. Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Thursday January 09, 2014
Once January rolls around I always feel I’ve turned the corner, maybe its only psychological but until the year changes the new season seems an age away. Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS PART 4
Saturday December 21, 2013
Complete this sequence, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2005 and..................2013. Yes all years when The Rockets reached the KO Cup Final, each having its own story. Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS PART 3
Saturday November 23, 2013
God bless Tim Berners Lee and his wonderful invention because without it I’d have had no chance of keeping in touch with events in Hoddesdon from the other side of the Atlantic. Read More...
THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS, Part 2
Tuesday November 05, 2013
Sometimes being a Rockets fan has been like watching the opening minutes of Casualty. I’m sure you’ve all done it the “I wonder what’s going to happen to them?†game. Read More...
THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS, Part 1
Tuesday October 22, 2013
Another season has drawn to a close and with the prospect of 6 months of Saturday night TV on the horizon there’s nothing for it but to fire up the Apple Mac and get writing. Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI?: SEXY MUSIC
Friday September 06, 2013
Yes guilty as charged views from the world of Vesprini have been rarer than glimpses of Webby’s union jack trousers or Jason Garrity minus his plaster. There are a number of reasons for this which I won’t bore you with suffice to say I’ve been shamed into putting a few words down as the season enters the final straight so here they are. Read More...
WHERE'S VESPRINI: UP FOR THE CUP
Wednesday July 24, 2013
Cup fever hits Hoddesdon on Saturday night can the Rockets tame the Bears and can I break my KO Cup curse? Read More...
