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He was a nasty piece of work and so are you.

He was anasty piece of work and so are you.

Quite right: Laurence Rogers has done more for British speedway than just about anyone. I spent five years trying to help a rider make his way in speedway, in the face of massive indifference from the promoters and the BSPL in general. But everyone knows that speedway riders come from Denmark, Poland and Australia, don't they?

So, write in and suggest it. This is how most honours are made.

He did well for the Brummies in the Championship a couple of years ago.

The Birmingham bowser is a tanker towed by a tractor. It is quite big.

Is there a stream forr this meeting?

Which is what I thought at the time; it should have been Zagar, perhaps. And, as usual, Musielak came last ...

I was told that Musielak prefers the track to be dry and slick. Which perhaps is why he always comes last in heat 1! Then wakes up later on.

Yes there is.

It's tradition at the Brummies!

Only too true.

I watched the whole meeting on YouTube yesterday.

To any prospective riders, female OR male.

How can they? How many female riders are there actually in this country?

Harrison looked very brave ... he could be very useful with experience.

Birmingham made the Witches look rather ordinary, except for Dan Thompson, who is getting rather good!

Do Sheffield have a stream for this meeting? Or is it on Quest?

By signing the World Champion for the play offs ... 😖

He didn't ride because his bikes had not arrived.

I was told by a promoter that they can't be bothered to keep the track open for another half hour. Still, everybody knows that speedway riders come from Australia or Poland ...

Very witty ... I tried to crop the photo, but it seems that it is still too big for this forum.

No - I have a photograph of Ellis in the pits at Perry Barr at the time. I wanted to post it here, but it seems that it was too big. And your last sentence is also wrong: I for one certainly knew that Ellis' signing was intended as being temporary.

You are wrong again, he did: I was there. It was only when we saw Ellis in a Birmingham jacket that we knew who the rider was.

Well, if someone could explain where this rumour started. As far as I can see, it is just something which was invented on this forum as a conspiracy story. I may be wrong, of course, but so can you and all of the others. As for Adam Ellis a couple of years ago, his was an emergency signing as the Brummies had been unable to find a number 1 as they had been accepted into the Championship very late; Ellis was signed as a temporary rider at the press and practice day. This was explained at the time and everyne knew this. No such announcement has been made about Jeppesen?