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It was a good enough plan for the Post Office..........

Stewart Dickson shaking things up for Friday, with Drew Kemp and Danyon Hume swapping numbers, as do Rory Sclein and Jye Etheridge.

Following two popular home wins (and one away victory) Berwick's Jewson Bandits have made the best-possible start to their season, and will be optimistic that news of their early-season successes will help bring even more local spectators along this Saturday -- although their first two attendances have looked to be more than just OK. Things are looking up! Edinburgh are in town again, bringing their own supporters of course -- the Monarchs are now the closest club to Shielfield -- and, having squeezed a last heat victory out of their last visit, may be in an optimistic frame of mind. Probable teams (not officially confirmed): Jewson Bandits: 1 Lewi Kerr, 2 Danyon Hume, 3 Jye Etheridge, 4 Drew Kemp, 5 Rory Schlein (capt), 6 Freddy Hodder, 7 Bastian Borke Stellar Omada Monarchs: 1 Josh Pickering, 2 Lasse Fredriksen, 3 KyeThomson, 4 Paco Castanga (capt), 5 Justin Sedgmen, 6 Connor Coles, 7 Max James Usual details -- tapes up at 7pm, 10% discount if you buy tickets online before midnight on Friday, cash only at turnstiles on Saturday. Tickets from: www.berwickspeedway.com/tickets

Mystery is, why was this publicised? Many instances of ref's making mistakes (only human) and there was no need to publicly pillory Mr Watters for what may or may not have been the wrong decision on the night. Better to have a quiet word...

Of course it is! £11.99 from website. Why do you ask, a quick glance at the site tells all......

Forecast now has no rain at all from now, which is good news. For once, Bandits are getting their matches on, home and away - - and winning them!

He may have to wait out the 28 days granted for the facility. Which only started last night (the first effective meeting) after so many rain-offs.

Richard Lawson booked in to cover for Lewi Kerr.

No 1 race-jacket at Berwick, over the years, has been a poisoned chalice....

Eeeek! Duly edited. Apologies to Sedgy

The difference this time is that it was a reserve rider who returned the non-negative result. Last year (and the year before, when Ben Barker was snagged) it was riders in their team proper who had their licences temporarily suspended (rightly and properly, rules is rules) on the night, in which case the programmed races could be covered by the team's reserves. Eliminating the problem of a three-rider race, which seems to be the main factor in getting people's knickers twisted. So, if it happens again -- and it will, sure as God made little apples -- if it's a rider in the team's 1-5, no problem, no 3-man races. If it's a reserve, Heat 2 has to go with three riders -- hardly "cheating the public" and certainly a fair price to pay to keep the sport free of banned substances, no?

Looks like it'll be dry, maybe sunny, but breezy! Wrap up well, folks!

First meeting

Website is pretty up to date, and the link to Bandits TV is there, on the drop-down menu?

But you also thought Cookie was a good captain, didn't you?

Well, l disagree, but that's what a forum's for.....

The advantage of buying online, in addition to a discount at some tracks, is that your refund goes straight back to you automatically. No queueing, no fiddling with tickets, no riots.....

Everybody's got a great plan, a superb solution. Until they get punched in the nose. What happens when you have two six-man teams, each using r/r, and there's a four-man pile-up in Heats 1 or 2?

It surely is! Bandits TV (see club website) from 6.50pm....

With their match at Scunthorpe rained off, the Border Trophy leg at Shielfield will be a debut night in British team racing for Workington's three newbies.... Adding interest to what was already an intriguing encounter.... Tapes up 7pm. Free parking.

This is the time! Not a wheel turned as yet, so every follower has their hopes and dreams intact, hoping that this will be "the year"...... By Sunday night, with six of the nine teams having hopefully raced, prospects will be clearer. But right now, the sky's the limit!

How much you willing to wager?

At a risk of attracting howls of disapproval, can I just say that, for an adult who wants to sit, under cover, to watch speedway, Berwick are offering the best deal in the Championship. Especially when you take the 10% early-bird discount. Only £18 -- and you could bring a couple of young teenagers in with you free. I'm not going to list all the other clubs' prices -- that's their business -- but the Jewson Bandits are certainly offering the best deal around this year. Oh, and parking's free, too...........

The cheaper option is to buy online and save £2! Stewart is Jewson Bandits' team manager, by the way. Ian Rae is track curator.

Many, many times. Like a cracked 78rpm disc. Like the Burnley and Sheffield United supporters who currently believe they'd get access to better players and get off the floor of the table if soccer across the nation would only go to ten-man teams.....