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Not selective hearing at all - Pearson clearly focused on Hancock and his injury (and the incident certainly looked horrible) as opposed to Iversen, and even after Hancock walked away to the ambulance, albeit in severe pain from hand/arm injuries, there seemed to be less comment (even concern) over the rider who was lying on a stretcher and being put into the ambulance, whose injuries were not clear to define instantly Poor show, Mr Pearson

It is your apostrophes that baffle me! How is the soggy girlfriend in Leicester by the way?

Is that really your question, or do you mean "Is it procedure to take a blood sample if riders fail a BREATH test, a subsequent properly taken blood test would quickly either clear or determine a riders intoxication" If so, maybe that's why you haven't had an answer?

I struggle to sympathise too much with Mr Ore, as I cannot believe that anyone in this country would lay out a substantial sum of money on accommodation based on, in particular, speedway or cricket, which are at the mercy of our weather probably more than any other sport or outside event I realise this particular scenario is not due to the weather causing a postponement - but it certainly could have been so and the o p would have been in just the same situation A similar scenario can exist in Barclays Premier League football, where match day tickets and hotel and travel bookings made, only for the game to be moved to accommodate live televising It is a gamble when booking in advance in these areas, and it's perhaps worth checking the nearest Premier Inn, for example, which can be cancelled up to the day in question

That must be correct, because it was underlined!

Bridger's not the only one sick - Bomber too, but he's riding tonight

Bit of a fiasco then? Unlike the entertainment at Brandon on Monday!

Just shut up!! You don't say how it is, you say how you want it to be, in your apparent parallel universe! Go away and learn the fact that the word is "HAVE" and not "OF", will you? - "COULD HAVE", not "COULD OF" - simple English

How we miss Gary Snooks, one of the best in the business!

Absolutely spot on, m'am!

100% guilty???? Either you are guilty, or you are not - there are no degrees of guilt, or innocence - it's one or t'other It would appear he was guilty of failing a breath test for alcohol - nothing to do with being drunk, rat-arsed, falling over or anything else If his guilt is confirmed, he should receive the due sentence - I doubt that a slap on the wrist is in the FIM rule book!!! And remember, there is a reason for there being these regulations about drugs and alcohol - you'd do we'll to be glad that there is!

What has he said?

There is also a thread with the same title on the Elite League section

I will treat that comment with the contempt it deserves

Conclusions from last night: 1. I've said all along that live televising of league matches is not good for the sport - there are necessary (and a lot of unnecessary) gaps during meetings which are difficult to fill/explain - new customers will not be attracted by that. However, a highlights "Match of the Day" programme would be much more likely to appeal to potential supporters - imagine seeing Harris, Howarth and Garrity in action for the first time in a highlights show, and realising that just along the A428 at Brandon they could be seen live - that would be more likely to attract new fans 2. Whatever, Sky, in whatever form (Russell or not), should be nowhere near track preparation - there is no reason to doubt what FTM posted, and clearly there was interference/influence yesterday towards the end of a programme of track prep started late on Saturday night! 3. Similarly, there was also interference/influence on the track maintenance during the meeting, so that grading was not as it should have been and watering was not permitted - if this is down to programme scheduling, then it again supports my case against live televising 4. Clearly there was a poor attendance, which is not unusual for a televised meeting (another support to my argument), but also Monday night is not a good night for Coventry speedway fans, brought up on, firstly, Saturday night racing, and latterly Fridays (after an experiment with Thursdays), and therefore the idea of a single night for EL racing, the most common suggestion for which seems to be Monday, would not suit, for example, Coventry - and of course, this would limit home meetings to every other week when fans have, over the years (postponements aside), enjoyed regularly weekly home meetings 5. The absence of a guest to replace Swindon's no.1 highlights the fact that Monday night racing is not ideal when other teams are racing and foreign-based riders are not interested in, or available for, flying to the UK for a guest appearance 6. There appeared to have been a lack of communication prior to the meeting about the use of the clock introduced for this meeting, and this clearly caught riders and managers unaware early on, resulting in perhaps harsh exclusions - however, if the use of a clock, with clear rules for its use, can be introduced throughout the league(s), then this will aid a reduction in the amount of gardening/hole digging/clutch adjustment which has grown out of all proportion in recent times, and is a big turn-off to many supporters - if implemented thoughtfully, it will be of benefit to the fans 7. This forum quite regularly calls into question the level of ability of a number of referees, and, even apart from the time exclusions last night, there appeared to be several cases where exclusion lights were not shown for some considerable time after the race stoppage light had come on - whether this highlights a failure in decision making or an inability to use the controls provided, it does suggest that referees need to be assessed on a regular basis in order to either withdraw those who fail to reach the correct standard or to enable them to improve - there also appeared to be a lack of good communication between referee and starting marshal at times, which only added to unnecessary delays 8. Overall, it appeared that Coventry riders "wanted it more" than many of Swindon's, although it was unfortunate that their no.1 was absent and a reserve had so many machinery problems - perhaps the visiting team manager failed to generate sufficient enthusiasm amongst his whole squad to raise their game when it was necessary 9. Apart from speedway in general, the big losers last night were the Coventry promotion - they set out before their two-home-meetings-in-four-days situation by making an admission price offer to those attending both, and when the first meeting was rained off, they made sure that the price reduction was maintained for those who had paid to enter the stadium for the postponed meeting last Friday - none of the points 1. to 8. made above can be blamed on Mick Horton and his promotion, and if the the meeting which turned into, at times, a fiasco, even leaving Kelvin Tatum speechless, results in a loss of existing supporters or potential new ones, that is very bad news as all of the issues were out of the control of Coventry Speedway - had television just shown a highlights package - and there was in the event some excellent racing - then, as mentioned in 1. above, perhaps the promotion could be looking forward to increased levels of support

Luis Suarez was NOT charged or found guilty of racism, but of using insulting words to Patrice Evra, who in evidence said that Suarez was not racistLFC made it very clear that they are totally against racism Please ensure facts are stated correctly

Goalposts haven't moved Originally it was going to be £10 tonight for those who attended last Friday With the rain off, those who paid to enter on Friday attending tonight can use the readmission tickets and will get a voucher to get admission to a future meeting for £10 As there is only one meeting over the four days, instead of the intended two, tonight's meeting will be full admission prices except those with the readmission tickets from Friday OK?

Thanks for that! The link is http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw035972?search=leicester%20sutton&ref=2 Also top left at http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw035968?search=leicester%20sutton&ref=7

Pardon?????? Not defending the alleged antics of Uncle Bob and his track staff for one moment, but didn't the tractor always used to grade the track at Brandon after each heat in the distant past (Phil Storey's days) - when there was also a gang of rakers on all four corners, and the starting gate staff also had rakes?

Three, actually - but I got told it didn't need translating! I still can't understand that post

So, what does "If that was true then I would say then one race night say Monday would easier than it is now where teams ride there normal race nights then some Mondays . Swindon asking to ride every Monday is the same as asking to ride every Thursday .All teams have being able ride home matches on Mondays before" mean???

It is great news indeed - there hasn't been much good speedway news this year, but this certainly is All the best, Ricky!

Any chance of a translation into English, please?

That's exactly what I've been banging on about for ages - well in, mick, spot on!

Has Hansen RIDDEN at Belle Vue before?