Yearbyred

I emailed the SGP organisers and the reply back I had was:- "The date of September 21st has been confirmed for this event with 17:00 start time."

Cheers boz

No one seems to know - what we need is one of the people from "around the country" making enquiries to tell us.

Good job the much maligned Ben Barker rode well as a guest otherwise it could have been a much bigger defeat.

Well the Comets fan next to me agreed that Proctor had gone down untouched and was very lucky to be in the re-run. We all see things from our own teams perspective but occasionally your own team is in the wrong (whichever team that is).

Bit of everything in that meeting - some excellent racing, a few falls, some mechanical failures, some interesting refereeing decisions and a last heat decider. Comets fans were complaining that the Heat 8 exclusion of Jensen (which lead to the missing point) was a mistake while , as a Bears fan, I think Proctor was very lucky to be allowed back into Heat 13 (and subsequent 5-1 to the Comets) when he went down untouched on the first turn. Bears were inconsistent as usual - Thomas doesn't seem to be able to recreate his KL form (or his visiting rider form) for the Bears and the Andersons blow hot and cold. Excellent debut for Lunna and Berge looked better tonight despite his fall and mechanical issues. Bewley is a class act and Proctor was good generally (but not in Heat 15 fortunately).

Well it’s piddling down where I am and forecast up to 7 doesn’t look good. Typical as it’s been dry all day.

Well the later date works better for me, will be attending my first Cardiff GP with my son. The start time is now saying 2pm local time - is this confirmed? Was hoping for 5pm or later as it's a long trek from the North East. EDIT - Confirmed as a 5pm start now.

You are obviously hard pressed to come up with anything positive to say. You sound In Creasingly frustrated Nice for the Bears not to be the team getting tonked for a change.

MBA fell awkwardly on the first bend and had to push his bike off the track so the race wasn't stopped. Ironically Wallinger was more competitive in his later rides than the race he scored his point in, where he was miles behind.

Can’t agree that Berge is another Kus. Kus would not have come from the back and got past Proctor like Berge did tonight. Battled hard in his last ride for a point too. Enigmatic - yes. Frustrating - yes. Kus mark II - no. Plus I’ve yet to see him look down at his bike when he’s at the back

Well despite yet another home defeat it was actually a pretty entertaining meeting with some excellent racing. Nip and tuck for most of the meeting until the Witches 5 - 1 in Ht15. Bears just incredibly inconsistent which has been the case all season with always 2 or 3 riders (different riders each week) not contributing. All of them are capable of winning races at home but they are "up and down like a brides nightie" Witches top 5 rode the track very well and were too consistent for the Bears.

Richie is fine with the track - won quite a lot of races there when he remembers which way to turn, it’s just the supporters he has issues with. Its a mutual thing

Nice to see a reply that mentions that the Bears actually took part in the meeting. Was beginning to think I’d imagined it

Given the comments pre-meeting on here and on the updates site it would appear the supporters of the “once mighty” Witches might want to adjust their expectations down slightly. Nice to see an improved away performance from the Bears - TJ and JBA improving after last weeks home horror show.