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Chris van Straaten is the guest speaker at the NSSC tonight. Maybe he will be able to answer these questions?

I thought they'd sorted these indoor tracks out. Certainly had plenty of practice, but Cardiff was mighty close to being a non-starter last year. The track at practice was almost un-rideable and certainly not raceable. Only an immense amount of work overnight saved the day. Now it seems something similar could have happened at Parken. Worrying!

Having watched the clip (in which Smolinski was not excluded for, by the way) I cannot see why he is getting tarred with the same brush as Pedersen. The distant camera angle is not conclusive but Smolinski does not appear to move off his line entering the bend. Certainly nothing like Pedersen v Zagar. For me the worse thing about the Pedersen/Zagar incident was Niki's total lack of respect or interest in the rider he had just knocked off (wether intentionally or not). A raised hand of apology or a check to make sure he was OK would have at least maintained his stance that it was a racing incident. His attitude from the moment they crashed to the scenes in the pits was just unacceptable. If you are going to ban riders for what happened in Olching then we may as well pack up and watch curling because there won't be any riders left.

If the track shape can be changed for next year then obviously there was a problem this year. This problem should have been spotted and solved by whoever the experts are months ago. As "mere" fans we knew the track was too narrow as soon as we saw it on Wednesday. The country, city and people have been great, but most of those who travelled this year and the locals, who left in droves before the end, will not be there next year. What a mess! BSI/IMG need to concentrate on the track. Get that right and everything else will follow, however they seem more interested in their bloody fan zone and Monster Energy!!

Has the sale of the stadium actually gone through yet? If so, who to and what are their plans? Until this is clarified and is fact, not gossip, surely nothing can be done yet. When the news broke the "sale was imminent" but I haven't seen anything official since.

Haven't seen anything yet about the total money raised for Ryan and his family yet. Either at Coventry or Peterborough or both. I would have thought only fair to those who contributed to the collection to be told how it went. I know Ryan received £250 from the proceeds of the Brandon 50/50. Totally agree with the other comments about the presentation and also bemused at the need for an interval when rain was imminent. As a speedway fan first and Coventry fan second I felt cheated of a decent heat 15 because of the rain. This could have been avoided with a bit of common sense.

What a load of rubbish from the usual suspects. If you banned every rider who caused a crash they'd be none left. I like Tai but I thought his challenge that ended Gollob's season was much worse, very reckless, but I didn't see any comments from Mr Ford then. As shown in a previous post, Darcy tried exactly the same move in the 2013 NZSGP. Maybe rather than banning riders who cause crashes, we should ban overtaking, then there would be far fewer accidents.........

Perhaps Darcy Ward ought to look at this before taking Smoli to task. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vlqUKJ6SwP0 Same bend, the previous year, heat 14. To be fair he just managed to save it but very very close to a similar outcome.

Whoever reads this from Coventry Speedway/stadium thanks a lot!!!! From the pictures this meeting was never going to happen, why wait until 5:30 to call it off??? I've now had three wasted journeys to Brandon in a week. Who shall I send my diesel bill to ????? What started very badly last Friday is getting worse and worse....may as well give up, looks like they have!

Another sloppy PR exercise by Coventry. What we saw on that night was not 6 heats of "speedway". It was some young lads trying their best on a pudding of a track. To regain any good faith surely it should have been free admission to another Storm meeting. If they are charging £1 for each heat we should claim back £1 for every 5 minutes we were sitting in the freezing cold waiting for something to happen....not to mention the £2 wasted on a pathetic "programme". As others have said it was a shambolic night from start to finish and this paltry gesture sums it up!

Apologies if I've missed something but has the sale of the stadium actually gone through? The original statement said that the sale was imminent, but I've seen nothing since. If it has (or does), do we know for a fact who the new owners are? And once known why is it a foregone conclusion that houses will be built in the next few years. I thought the "use of land" would restrict this. Does anybody know what the Rugby Borough Council thinks of all this? I seem to remember that Sandhu was not allowed to demolish the two grey "sheds" when he wanted to improve the stadium. If that is true how is it going to be so easy to build houses on the site?

Mr Shovlar, why does it bother you so much that in your opinion there were no Coventry fans at Poole on Friday? I am a Coventry fan and went to what turned out to be a shambles of a Storm meeting at Brandon. However if I had gone to Poole how would you know if I was a Coventry fan or not? We don't all wear Wulfsport coats or wear yellow and black from head to toe! Besides if the crowd was that big how would you know the team orientation of everybody there? As you said yourself "Havvy Poole legend"......he is not a Coventry legend. So what's your point? I wonder in years past if Coventry fans would have been so bothered to look to see how many Poole fans attended Nigel Boocock's, Rick Miller's or Ole Olsen's meetings.

Certainly some negative signs tonight! Not sure which are Mick Hortons or Sandhus responsibilities? Presentation...poor (who on earth was the new announcer?) Customer liaison...poor (no mention/explanation about re-admission, or what was going on in the long wait for the tractor) Track work...shambolic (yes it was wet but not a clue what to do about it. Who was in charge?) Stadium...needs attention (lots of bulbs missing from track lights, still got last years team names and pictures in the pits) Riders..... had no chance on that track If that was your first speedway meeting, you would never bother again! A lot of things to put right before Sunday and the rest of the season.

So. They want £25 off us. Any chance of knowing the line-up.........

No matter how much it is dressed up and how much it costs per heat, it is too expensive. Removing the word "league" from the title also removes any kudos this meeting did have. It is now just a pre-season open meeting. There could be a lot of empty seats and acres of concrete steps for the much wanted SKY cameras. Also I haven't noticed any adverts for this meeting ( in Speedway Star) and why is the prize money or prize, never mentioned these days for meetings like this, are they too embarrassed?

Following the success of our Christmas Quiz where we had 19 teams and raised £335, we are running another quiz this next Tuesday, 4th March, 7:30 for a prompt 8:00 start. Teams of 4 at £3 per person. Don't worry if you haven't got a team, just come along, you will be made most welcome. A chance to meet up with your speedway chums before the season starts. It looks like we will have a lot to talk about ! As usual all monies raised will be used to encourage and support young British Riders. For more details on the quiz and what we do, please go to our website; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk/

You should have been there Gemini. The picture round was "Spot the dog". 32 pictures of dogs, cartoons and TV/films e.g. Muttley, Shep, Goofy, Beethoven etc etc

Don't worry about us Cobblers fans we'll be OK. Scrapping for our lives at the foot of the table is what we do most years. I dare say some keen football fans will take in the odd Coventry match on occasion just as keen speedway fans go to matches not involving their team, occasionally. I cannot envisage a mass exodus of Cobblers fans to CCFC no matter what fate befalls the Cobblers this season. Once a Cobbler always a Cobbler!

Thank you to everybody who came to the quiz last night, I hope you enjoyed it. We had 14 teams and raised over £200 which will be used to encourage and support young British riders. We are already one of the main sponsors of the British Under 16 Championships and hope to have some more major sponsorship news soon. Thank you very much for your support.

Right. The quiz is all ready. It will be "lighter" than the Christmas Quiz with rounds on music, films, TV, sport, news, what you should have learnt at school and of course speedway. Together with a couple of picture rounds. Hope you can come along and have a guess, a chat and a laugh with fellow fans.

A big thank you to everyone who attended last nights Quiz at the NSSC. With your help we've added £335 to the kitty to support young British riders. We'd particularly like to thank; Tony Steele, Jim Lawrence, Chris Durno, Jim Lynch, John Clarke (Mr Buildbase), Mick Horton, Blayne Scoggins, Neil Watson, Laurence Rogers, Adam Roynon, Chris Harris and Phil Morris. We really appreciate your support for what we do. Together we are supporting young British riders.

Just heard that Leicester will be represented by David Hemsley and his team. Great to have their support. By the way do not be put off if you do not have a team. You can either join in as an individual or make up a team on the night. There were 25 teams last year so there will be plenty of familiar speedway faces.

There's been plenty of support from within the speedway world. Mick Horton is bringing a Coventry team and Rory Schlein & Adam Roynon complete another formidable outfit. The team to beat appears to be "The Lynch Mob" a fine quartet comprising of Tony Steele, Jim Lawrence and Jim & Sarah Lynch. However the "King of Quizzes" Phil Morris is coming......so you'd better get your thinking caps on!

So does that mean that Gary Havelock remains as team manager? How underwhelming....................

It would be a priceless boost for the sport if Tai was one of the nominations for BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Apparently they are announced on November 26th. Their Twitter address is @BBCSPOTY. I'm sure there must be other ways of getting in touch. Let's keep his name in their minds.