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I would say that he's a rider of similar ability to those riders, against a group of riders who aren't.

I don't follow all things Speedway as closely as I used to. Interesting that they are new. There is a definite downgrade in race coverage. It seems harder to follow how the meeting placings are going this year too, although that might be down to TNT going to adverts every 4 races.

Not sure who they are, but they could do with some coverage training.

Who is responsible for this coverage? Zmarzlik stalking Holder and they are showing the 2 riders at the back!

Yeah. That was the point of saying they'd get a bonus point for winning all their races. Although, thinking about it, there are no points for the LCQs and if you scored 15 you wouldn't be in one so you'd only get 18. I think leave the points scoring as it is. It's fine.

I actually don't have too much of a problem with the scoring as you need to look beyond Program Board nerds to attract a wider audience. If they did do that, though, I would go for 20 points for the winner, with a bonus point awarded for going the whole meeting unbeaten,

A good meeting. So, why was Madsen put through to the final instead of Holder? As someone who has become something of a casual follower of the sport, I don't know. But how on earth can you have 2 commentators, neither of whom know the rules on qualification for the final. that is seriously shocking. They really need to be doing their homework, or get someone in who has. Too often, situations arise and they quite happily admit to having no idea what is going on. Not good enough. With Bewley out, I'm struggling to retain interest this year. I really thought he was in with a shout this year, and with Zmarzlik still not 100% I think he may have gone into the lead last night. Zmarzlik, however. What can you say? The guy is well below his best so far, yet still top of the score chart. At least Kurtz looked more on the case yesterday, so could still challenge.

I've never heard of her either, but all you have to do is look on Youtube and there is plenty of stuff on there. It looks like she has done mainly football coverage before, and she looks like a good presenter - a proper professional with a very natural delivery style. Abi did well, but this does look like a bit of an upgrade for a change.

Thanks Rob.

For God's sake! I give up with this bloody sport. I decided to go and watch this. Waited until this evening to buy tickets - and it's cancelled. Do I get a refund then? That part seems to be missing from the statement. I don't particularly want to go to a rearranged fixture. I'm off work this week. My payment is still pending at the moment. Let's see if they still take it!

Double post

I'm not seeing anything on this on here, but it keeps popping up on my Facebook page. Swindon have a team and it looks very interesting. So far we have Jason Doyle, Rasmus Jensen and Peter Kildemand. Mad Korneliusen is given as a possible fourth member. I might even have been tempted to go if it wasn't being held on the other side of the World (ie Saddlebow Road). Looks like a good meeting anyway.

Should have re-run heat 15 just to give it a more satisfactory finish.

I'm not one to knock Kelvin unnecessarily, but good grief! There really needs to be someone who understands the scoring in the commentary box.

It wasn't the sprint race that cost Kurtz the title. It was having a poor round in Prague.