It is sometimes difficult to put into words what one is feeling in sad situations but I will try my best with respect to the news of Paul Fry’s death.

I joined Newport as a raw recruit in 1997 and Fryer was the club captain.

He was so supportive of me as a rider in that first season and way beyond.

If I had guest bookings he would often accompany me and help out. Nothing was too much trouble.

In his career he rode for several clubs and everywhere he was popular with fans.

He was very well liked by everybody. We will always remember him at Newport Speedway that’s for sure.

As Paul would have wanted - the show must go on. Last week we enjoyed an excellent victory over Kings Lynn who are one of the best teams in our division.

Again matters went well for Leigh Lanham and myself as a pairing on track.

We do communicate before we go out for a race and work safely and well together as we try to put our strategy into action.

I have great respect for Leigh as a rider but we also get on well as people and that is important too.

Meanwhile several members of the younger Wasps were doing well too.

Anders Mellgren was probably a little rusty and when he started the season but is beginning to settle very well.

Kim Nilsson and he came with excellent recommendations from Sweden and are going to progress very well in the sport to the benefit of Newport.

Some regarded having riders on assessed averages as a gamble but believe me the club did its homework on our Swedish youngsters. Another youngster who did so well on Sunday was Alex Davies.

A double whammy when he passed the legendary Tomas Topinka of Kings Lynn as Tomas was on a double tactical and when Alex reduced the visiting skipper to last place in heat eleven he stopped any chance of the Czech connecting with his team partner and earning double points.

Of course Alex had no idea of the reputation of his opponent and that is the great thing about being so young.

He was just another opponent to hunt down in a race. I can remember those days when I first came over from Australia and big names didn’t register.

So it’s looking very encouraging on the results front and we are on for more Premier League points against the Rye House Rockets from Hertfordshire this weekend.