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That was a very enjoyable meeting especially as I got to see speedway with my brother who is no longer the regular he used to be. He'd not been to Arlington since the Elite days there and was very impressed as was I with the whole show. Some decent racing on a well prepared track, plenty of passing with Kennett and Lawson especially impressive. Bukhave deserved more points for Diamonds and looks worth persevering with. The announcer and meeting presentation there is top notch and I was told by locals the Cardiff GP guy Kevin Coombes. Parade at 7.25 sharp and first race at 7.30, some over fussy referring and a few falls delayed things but no tractor races and they go on with it pretty well. A big crowd by modern standards it looked like as big if not bigger than their Elite days my brother reckoned; and on a par with crowds there when I've been with brummies this season especially after the rain and it was cold. Decent grub and the only minor quibble is the 1950's toilets but you can't have everything. The best thing there though is their Community work, looked like 100 + kids there tonight being shown round and then having pictures taken before the meeting, mascots. which I had not seen in earlier visits and the impression this is a Club that is grasping the Championship and trying to make speedway popular and accessible to new fans. Well done to the promotion there and lessons others could learn. "We'll be back"

Well done Lambo, Cookie and NKI. I add him because of his loyalty to the Stars Always next year Holder

Congrats to Cook, Lambert and Harris on getting through, hopefully at least 1 will qualify from the challenge.

Shame not to see Holder get through imo ....

Great too to have Kevin Coombes back on the microphone tonight - missed him over the last few matches - the man is quality and the whole product and experience steps up a notch or three when he is presenting

To be fair to chunky, I'm sure we've all seen crashes look a lot worse where the riders just walk away. The fences also aren't as hard as they used to be. They now have to have more give in them. It would have been worse the a few years ago. It seemed to me like Laguta expected his team mate to let the bike run rather than continuing to turn to keep a low line off the corner, scrubbing a bit of speed in the process. A minor misjudgment and misunderstanding that obviously had terrible consequences, but Laguta wasn't doing anything that doesn't happen regularly in top level speedway.

Obvious, you'd miss out on the usual fixture pileup at the end of the season instead of running on what would hopefully be a nice June evening unlike today , can't have that.

Lofty, Chunk, Gripper, Basher..........Oh the joys of getting old and not understanding what the hell is going on.

You are forgetting though that Speedway (in Britain) is the only sport that has ever existed since the dawn of time, where competitors can actually get injured... My 'final, final straw' (after several other just 'final' ones).. Was a couple of years ago, when Max Fricke rode against Poole for the Aces in the morning then rode for Poole against Leicester the same day, just a few hours later... Poole suffered an injury during the Aces meeting so Max was asked to go along and represent them.. I decided finally that Mickey Mouse had indeed completely taken over and that any organising body that decides such nonsense is 100% acceptable, (and actively encourages it), simply isn't worth your hard earned in following it.. Any competition ran that allows such a ridiculous state of affairs is rendered contrived and worthless.. Therefore why go an watch it? Those that allow such nonsense are truly asking a lot for people to take it seriously and follow it with any emotional attachment to their team... Which is so fundamental to the success of any team sport.. Thankfully Poland and Sweden still run the sport properly and get beamed into my TV each week via the wonders of modern science... And this year the SoN, the U21 World Cup and Cardiff are either on my doorstep or just a car ride away... A shame as is it is a great sporting spectacle when done well, and properly..

Sadly, you seem to find the bad far too often. Try and find some good.

Interesting however after probably 25 years or longer of cost cutting there cannot be much left to cut? I am always amazed the one area never looked at is rider equipment. Surely if we go down the one big league route and Doyle and Lambert do quit the league then that's the time to introduce standard equipment? To save on the one major cost that has never been looked at. Not cost cutting but something else that massively affected my decision to stop attending is the wonderful guest rule. That along with the transfer system really needs a massive overhaul. The two combined saw Scott Nicholls ride 3 weeks running at Ipswich for 3 different teams....... But hey this is speedway as the phrase goes.

You don’t get this forum thing do you

I think Ian Thomas' own tape measure was used at the initial SCB track inspection at Hull, Boulevard in 1971 by Bill KIichen. The area of interest would have been the back straight which did appear a tad narrow by about a foot, apparently. When John Berry & his 'tape measure crew' went to work at Hull (v Ipswich) in 1977, which also included investigating the height of the tapes & safety fence, he may well have been helpfully provided with Thomas' own trusty tape measure. Further, it could be argued that Thomas' objections in regard to the Paisley circuit (v Newcastle) and alledged width issues were possibly a bit rich, all things considered, though somehow he managed to have the home promotion forced into immediately widening the track. During the actual meeting . No doubt St Mirren FC queried this unexpected narrowing of their pitch afterwards. Still, it was all good fun I'm sure ....

You've lost me there, sorry.

We are very friendly. But do not forget your coat. And only £10 next Saturday.

As soon as it becomes obvious, just don’t respond at all. These freaks thrive on wound up response - but hate the silence. Don’t respond. ‘There’s nowt so queer as folk’.

Britain sets its own rules on immigration from Australia and all non EU countries. It's nothing to do with the EU whether Australians can come here or not.

I also enjoying watching R Lambert race, and British speedway will be all he poorer as a spectacle without him.

looking at me and the crowd around me in the old grandstand it would be almost impossible not to be "younger and prettier" !!

Trying to appeal to a younger, prettier audience??

How can extensive work be done the track needs completely relaying its a joke, how many times have they come out with this plop extensive work don't make us all laugh!

But what a location. A stunning beach situated a stones throw from the track. No venue could replicate that.

Please please don’t bother ya fkn reptile

I couldnt agree more, good to see a positive post about the management for a change.

Usual rubbishe from Philips again time to go I think!