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Malcolm Vasey eats Thesaurus for breakfast.

All a bit quiet on the MSDL front isn't it. Eastbourne have said they will have a bit of an old-fashioned 2nd half for NDL / MSDL riders after Championship matches of four races to give them some track time and also to let the crowd filter away, rather than rush out , to help keep people distanced.

Please carry on posting. Your views are always put across in a clear way and never seek to be deliberately annoying. Sometimes I agree with you and sometimes I don't. You are always welcome at Eastbourne where you can see the club is setting out to develop their own riders and to have a 'ladder' within the club for them to progress: MSDL to NDL to Championship. If you are good enough etc It's that same sort of progression ladder you find in many instances in working life...makes sense to me.

Bumper edition of Eastbourne online magazine Flying High now out. Packed with stuff. In fact, so much to read that I haven't had time to get through half of it. What a nice surprise to find Lee Kilby is coming to Eastbourne for 2021...successful clubs need a good team on track and a good team behind the scenes and the Eagles going very much that way. Success breeds success. Some quite wide-ranging stuff in there, as well, that goes beyond Eastbourne. And it's free - what a gift to fans from the club you support. My only complaint is that I've not been asked back to do another column but guess that's good news for everyone else.

NDL teams announced and Eastbourne are in. Looks like plenty of speedway at Arlington once we get going.

Shocked there is no IoW. What went wrong. I thought I hadn't seen much of Barry Bishop recently. Mildenhall will need some help from other clubs to put a meaningful fixture list together. It will need a bit of creative thinking but Sunday afternoons in the summer Mildenhall is pretty good place to be. Speedway and a bit of plane spotting - no variety though with the planes!

Yes, me too. Hopefully here at Eastbourne we will get plenty of racing at Arlington and also the chance to go and re-visit some NDL friends from the recent past, such as Mildenhall, the nouveau riche at Sittingbourne and, of course, that great day out over the Solent to the Isle of Wight. Bring it on.

My guess is things are well advanced and remember we are probably 3 months from when racing starts. In normal times that would be around Christmas and that's when NDL is usually sorted. So my guess, is not long now.

Welsh rules

Eastbourne have published provisional NDL dates. Seems it will be up to the authorities to decide whether they want an Eagles second team in NDL. Kent doing it so cannot see any reason why not.

Why not, if he wishes to ride? He is popular with the fans.

Did you see Flying High 3 - part one of a feature on 2nd leg of KO Cup final in 1985 which Eagles fans fondly remember. You can access it through club website for free.

Nothing been decided as yet...dont think they have had the meeting.

I wouldn't put it past Plymouth springing another surprise with rider No 3.

Plymouth's tack developed brilliantly as their meeting with Eastbourne and IoW went on. Led to some super racing with a grandstand finish. Good as you could ever want (Eastbourne won! but the track evolved)

What you set out is not rocket science and lots of sports clubs have already done that. Football clubs have had fans in and so have stock cars. There are people around who know how to do these things and no doubt they will share it with others who ask.

Eastbourne are encouraging local youngsters, where they can. Makes sense for all sorts of reasons. Wise to express an interest and see what evolves

Eastbourne have expressed an in interest in running an NDL team

One of the worst kept secrets of the winter.

He could be a rising star in Championship

Exactly. App is always there for you - just up to club to provide the content.

Eastbourne announced a few weeks ago that they would be making an evening at speedway more interactive and are looking at developing an app. It gives the club all sorts of options in relation to the scorecard and putting out material during a match. However, they were very clear there would still be a printed programme and announcements / interviews for those who want. It doesn't have to be either/or. People also talk about a big screen - great if you have one like King's Lynn but I suspect that was paid for on the back of stockcar money - they are expensive to instal. App is the way forward and it is not just a young person's thing.

And Peter knows how to tell a story to get it into the paper. He was a top notch Fleet Street man at one time in his career.

Yep, everyone in Sussex and Kent has had their two jabs. Kent Access Permit [the Kermit] extended to now include Sussex. Kings v Eagles second week in February to allow vaccine to fully work. Return the following weekend.