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Agree the Star is good value and i too kept reading the magazine even when Workington closed for about 15 years.

Phoned the subs dept today and they are sending a copy out.......todays post arrives at 11:00am with this weeks and last weeks copies.

Still no Star today

I recently went to a Ice Hockey match in Dumfries and enjoyed it but i thought it dragged on a bit too long (over 2 hours)...mainly because there was a bit of a punch up (blood had to be cleaned from the ice!) which would have put the Nicki/Masters tiff in the school boy bracket!! Oh the crowd at the Ice Hockey was very small . If any new ideas are brought in in the future all clubs must buy in to them and that might prove to be a sticking point. So the BSPA must insisit that clubs do activley promote, improve or change the way the club is run which may prove to be the un doing of some tracks

Looking at some of the threads on here it looks as if the BSF is in a worse state than than British Speedway!!

What average would Mason come in at?

Campton/Kus, not sure averages would allow.... Kus/Stichauer?

IN the Speedway Star "election special" the out going chairman said there was not much wrong with the state of British Speedway yet the new chairman said many changes need implementing. I feel i must apologise to the out going chairman for my negativity..........

Rusty Harrison has retired as far as i,m aware.

Sounds like a step in the right direction, as he said in the Star major changes will not happen over night but the man is probably the only one with right attitude to make the changes required.....hopefully. As was said, getting rid of the TR would be a start, not ground breaking but a good change for the better! Rob Lyon for GB manager too.

I have read this article......and says much about the situation the sport is in. All is rosy in the garden, just tinker with draft riders,tinker with the averages. For months/years the "fans" have been telling the promoters their thoughts and what they dont like about the way Speedway is heading in the Speedway Star and in this forum, even in the last few months in the Speedway star Phil Rising and other contributors have been voicing their opinions. Reading between the lines in the EL sections in the last few weeks there has been gossip about one or two night a week Speedway and other rumours such as squad systems but nothing concrete from the recent AGM. Supporters want a value for money sport , well presented, efficient and colourful! Personally i amnot bothered about losing the "superstar " riders if they were lost to the Eurpoean Leagues if it meant a more cost efficient and susttained sport in Britain.

Chris Harris qualifies to the GPs on merit within the rules, he probably loses money on every GP he rides in but one cannot knock his effort and ambition to do better. Good luck in 2016 Chris and up yours to the people who knock him for trying his best!!

Still seething with the Bomber exclusion, would Tai have been excluded in a similar situation if the World Championship was going down to the wire.....

I went to Rome this year too.....got back three months ago.

Yes he called Sam Masters Rocky B..... Thought the commentary was very good.

Question for Philip Rising , do you know if the ref has apologised yet for excluding Chris Harris?

Sure i read somewhere it was already decided and he was only doing EL and Poland

Job losses at TATA steel at Redcar , Scunthorpe, Lanarkshire....possibly Workington too?

I thought this finally going to be the year for radical changes that there would be planning for the future, that the TR rule would be ditched, there would be many cost cutting suggestions, more promoting of the sport....... As far as im aware there are still many Northern clubs in financial troubles and nothing is going to change that next season, och well.

Over two legs to win.........the head says Edinburgh, the heart says Glasgow....good luck Tigers.

Stop mugging fans at rained off meetings, if its not on dont open the turnstiles.

So as the 2015 season comes to a close i would just like to say a big thank you to all the texters and updaters who have given their time and money to keep us all informed. Cheers.

Great decision by the ref to pull back AJ when he made a great gate!!

I was hoping to come up for this if it was on a Sunday afternoon but cant see me making it now, would mean two days off work. Good luck Glasgow.

Hampel Kildemand Lindback ???