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8 hours ago, speedy bill said:

Disgusted to see this championship meeting only had one British rider taking part.all four reserves foreign,no wonder we   are struggling to bring on young Britts  

Northern clubs, with Berwick, Edinburgh and Glasgow in particular, have had problems in the past persuading British riders to sign, as they don't fancy the travelling. This is probably why these clubs also have a history of recruiting, especially from Australia, for young riders to come over and live locally. Berwick currently have Gappmaier, Etheridge, Pijper and Summers who all live locally, cutting down on travel costs.  

As for struggling to bring on young British riders, all three clubs have teams in the NJL and Berwick currently have Luke Ruddick, Leon Flint and Keiron Douglas, all riders who have came through their after meeting rides, riding in the National League.  

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9 hours ago, Bandits4eva said:

I don't get it. 8 down after 9 and we go on to lose by 24. A shambles is being kind in description. A miracle is the only thing that will get us through on aggregate now! 

Was looking good when we were 4 down after heat 8.

Not so good after losing the last 7 heats 31-11.

 

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3 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Has it just been from this season that the finish line is beyond the start line.? Bit confusing IMO .

No. It's been like that for several years now.

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9 hours ago, speedy bill said:

Disgusted to see this championship meeting only had one British rider taking part.all four reserves foreign,no wonder we   are struggling to bring on young Britts  

What nonsense. If British riders were good enough they’d get in. Clubs aren’t going to put a Brit at reserve for the good of British Speedway. As has been pointed out many clubs have teams in the NJL. 

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37 minutes ago, sparks123 said:

Was looking good when we were 4 down after heat 8.

Not so good after losing the last 7 heats 31-11.

 

Abysmal! quite gutting as well actually! To think of the hard work they'd done to keep it that close and then poof... :sad: 

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Finally a team performance, first time this season. The boys all rode fantastic. 

Berwick weren’t as bad as the score line suggests we were actually very good for once. 

Speaking to a few of the boys the seem to feel with Victor coming in they all feel like an actual team now and that really helped. So hopefully we’ll kick on now from that 

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12 hours ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

Disgusting performance when it mattered, hope all 7 get absolutely torn into in preperation for tomorrow to somehow try and turn that shambles around.

Is that likely, either all seven getting absolutely torn into, or turning the shambles around.

 

10 hours ago, speedy bill said:

Disgusted to see this championship meeting only had one British rider taking part.all four reserves foreign,no wonder we   are struggling to bring on young Britts  

Don`t worry you will get over it.

 

10 hours ago, Normski said:

Back in the day once we got past the first round we would make the final last few seasons have been a joke  Going to be a quick season 

Going to be another quick season.

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For Berwick to turn this round tonight is going to take everything to go their way, Edinburgh engine failures, referees decisions and more importantly all the Berwick riders need to have their best meeting and hope Edinburgh dont. Can it happen yes, will it happen, probably not, Berwick will win the meeting IMO but not by enough.

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Think that result just emphasises whats wrong with Berwick. A lackadaisical effort when they really needed to turn up. That Berwick team has riders that have been going to Armadale for years so to go and perform like that is extremely poor. If this had been an Edinburgh side that performed like that I’m sure their promotion would have got torn into them, the Berwick lot probs took them down the pub for a laugh and carry on whilst writing the match preview for saturday night telling everyone how the Bandits are ready to thrill the fans with every turn of the wheel. Bring it on. 

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Is there anyone going to this meeting who would be able to text updates to the Updates site? If so, could you please send me a private message which includes your mobile phone number.

Thanks

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5 hours ago, Fromafar said:

Has it just been from this season that the finish line is beyond the start line.? Bit confusing IMO .

As has been already stated, this arrangement has been in place for a few years now.

The finish line is still in it's original position, but the starting gate was moved back, the reason being that the distance from the tapes to the first bend was considered too short, resulting in a greater likelihood of first bend pileups. 

I would add that all teams & riders are made aware of the this, and as most teams do a pre-meeting track walk, they should also recognise the set up.

Wimbledon was the first stadium that I visited in the 1970's that had the starting gate located several yards behind the finishing line, but there may  also have been other tracks who had a similar layout.

 

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47 minutes ago, cyclone said:

As has been already stated, this arrangement has been in place for a few years now.

The finish line is still in it's original position, but the starting gate was moved back, the reason being that the distance from the tapes to the first bend was considered too short, resulting in a greater likelihood of first bend pileups. 

I would add that all teams & riders are made aware of the this, and as most teams do a pre-meeting track walk, they should also recognise the set up.

Wimbledon was the first stadium that I visited in the 1970's that had the starting gate located several yards behind the finishing line, but there may  also have been other tracks who had a similar layout.

 

The guy standing on the finish line with a flag, should be a big enough clue as to where the finish line is

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Berwick have a surplus of white flags after last night.

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