Mimmo

I agree. It's a tough one to call, but like you, I think Ipswich will just edge it.

Fair enough.

Give the poor lad a chance. Nobody knows until he starts racing for the club.

Oh Sir Sidney, you're letting the side down. What does the 'R' stand for?

Does anybody know, if the thousands of older people in the UK, that don't have access to phone etc, or understand modern technology, can purchase a package in the same way we currently do with BT Sport.so as to be able watch the Grand Prix on their TV sets from 2022 onwards please. It's a serious question, and one that will affect me if you can't, as families want to sit and watch it together in their living room, not individually on mobile devices. Thank you, if anybody can provide the answer.

The public have never supported speedway at NDL at King's Lynn, so with money being so tight for people in general at the moment, I'd be surprised if that happened.

Lets keep everything crossed that Mildenhall can be a part of the NDL this coming season. Ryan Kinsley, Arran Butcher, Ben Trigger along with some of the 2022 line-up, would be a good side.

10th & 17th arrived for me too.

Count your blessings, I'm nearly 80.

100% with you on EVERY point you make.

I appreciate we are living in a modern world, but it's often been said, so many of the older generation don't have modern mobile phones that can download Apps, I'm one of them. It's not just a case of cost, but the older you get, the harder it becomes to learn and understand many things in life, and modern technology is one.

I'm with you, my programme collection goes back to the late 1950's

I think it's nice for collectors to still be able to have a programme, but if clubs are only selling about a third in comparison to the attendance, then they should do what Scunthorpe do, which is a basic programme for £1.

I stand right by the programme sales table, and more people come up and buy than not. If they are a couple or family, then yes they normally buy one to share between them, generally speaking.

I'll be amazed if he's still in the team come the latter stages of the season.

Greg Blair is Berwick captain.

Just been in touch with them, and it was on the 16 July

Just one thing I've spotted mate. Berwick didn't have a home meeting on the 2 July, it was postponed due to an inclement weather forecast;

I'd be grateful if you could find the time. I'm much obliged for the above so. Thank You.

Where did you get all the results from please, as I'd like to bring my records up to date. The referee's don't haven't forwarded every meeting result to the SCB. Thanks for you help, if you can.

I agree with you about intervals. I take particular notice at King's Lynn which is my nearest track, and people use the bars and eating outlets throughout the meeting, and don't make a rush for it in the interval, so an interval isn't needed from that point of view. Generally speaking, the track is graded on and off throughout the evening, so we don't need an interval for that. I often wonder why there is a need to grade the track, weather situation conditions apart of course. I know that speed doesn't make a good race, but I've noticed particularly at Peterborough, races tend to be a bit slower after a track grade. Obviously, I'm not a rider, so there might be benefits from having it graded after every four heats, but unless a rider or ex-rider comments on that, we can only guess. Going back to Mildenhall, I so hope they can find a way round the financial shortfall, and it was noticeable that the crowds were lower last season, and it's just unfortunate that due to stadium unavailability, they went for weeks on end right in the middle of summer, with not a single meeting, and during that time, the public found other things to do, that maybe they liked better or as much as speedway, so didn't return. The length of time it takes to stage a meeting in the afternoon, doesn't unduly worry me personally (it does in the evening) , within reason of course, but would of course if I had a 3-hour drive home at the conclusion of the meeting. I wasn't aware of that many people complaining last season at Mildenhall, but I certainly was in the previous season (2021), when many walked out before the end, and said they would never return, and unfortunately didn't. I was lucky enough to visit the Isle of Wight for a meeting last season, and I say lucky, because the variation of things they did, not just on track, but off too, mainly for youngsters, made the entire evening a real pleasure to experience. Riders were happy to greet and talk to you prior to the meeting and in some cases afterwards, dependent on their ferry time. Promoters Barry Bishop and Martin Widman were happy to wonder round talking and laughing with their paying public, intermingled with any duties they needed to tend to. You were made to feel a part of the event, and not just somebody sitting watching, without anybody even knowing you were there. The announcer was probably the most clearly spoken, taking breaths between a few words, that I've heard for a long time, anywhere. At no time giving race results, times etc; over bike noise, which is certainly a problem at my local tracks. On the occasion I visited, the infamous Christina Turnbull was the referee, and I found her most pleasant to talk with, and a lady with a great sense of humour (please don't come back with Belle Vue v Sheffield..LOL), and offered you time to converse with her . Yes, a really great evening out. Would it work in say the National Development League, then I have to say I don't see why not, because the IOW stage 15-heats of speedway, plus a nice variety that changes from week to week of other events, such as speedway riders racing on grass track machines or the upright engine bikes, which attracts riders that have been long retired, returning to race. If you are a sidecar racing lover, they provide that from time to time. Ladies races, kids races. I made my way back to the ferry wishing I could be there the next week, because I'd felt part of proceedings all evening, rather than just somebody that has handed over his entrance money, with nobody caring or knowing I was there. So I think the NDL could maybe try something similar for a season, and if it doesn't work, then knock it on the head the next year.

I feel so sorry for Mildenhall as I enjoy my Sunday afternoons at West Row. I agree with your comment about taking 2-hours plus for roughly 15-minutes racing, but that applies at almost every track. But on the flip side of the coin mate, would the public be prepared to pay their money to travel goodness knows how many miles and hours to be at a venue for around an hour. Buxton were a class act at getting meetings done and dusted in a reasonable time. I really don't know what the answer is, but I just hope somebody comes up with one for the sport in general, because it's dying in front of our eyes.

I would rather have kept Lawson & Worrall personally.

King's Lynn's loss Leicester's gain. An excellent side being built there.

I often have that problem myself.