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So no team for Garrity at the moment. Has he been practicing anywhere ?

Its not just one meeting though is it? What did he average for Poole from reserve last year, wasn't it under 4? As for crescent girl saying someone has lost their mind, dear oh dear. You lost your mind a long time ago mr barrie. its time the rising star program was removed from the top tier , it does more harm than good for young riders.

Can beat that back in the 90's drove from Workington to Oxford found out it was rained off when we got there, no mobile phones back in the day , spent a dry afternoon in Oxford went to Swindon massive storm 1 hour before the meeting and called off returned back home 600 miles and no speedway 😧

Spot on I remember when I went down to Foxhole one bank hol following Lynn was either late 80's or early 90's and over 5k were there for the afternoon meeting the weather was brilliant for once also. Might have been around the time Ippo had Donkey and Castanga

Link for the meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/live/sxC2hu-c9v8?si=mFAxcpj5pJ_jEU1j

Line up: 1. Eryk Kamiński - Wybrzeże Gdańsk SA 2. Patryk Budniak - GTM Start Gniezno 3. Radosław Kowalski - Wilki Krosno SA 4. Kacper Halkiewicz - Włókniarz Częstochowa SA 5. Oskar Stępień - TS Kolejarz Opole 6. Filip Bęczkowski - Speedway Kraków Sp. z o.o. 7. Kacper Andrzejewski - ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz SA 8. Mikołaj Duchiński - KS Toruń SA 9. Bartosz Jaworski - Speedway Lublin SA 10. Jakub Breński - Śląsk Świętochłowice Sp. z o.o. 11. Nikodem Mikołajczak - WTS Wrocław SA 12. Oskar Kręglicki - Wilki Krosno SA 13. Kacper Witrykus - ZKŻ SSA Zielona Góra 14. Szymon Ludwiczak - Włókniarz Częstochowa SA 15. Nikodem Łuczak - TŻ Ostrovia SA Ostrów Wlkp. 16. Oskar Chatłas - Stal Gorzów Wlkp. SA R1. Jakub Malina - Wybrzeże Gdańsk SA R2. Jakub Redzimski - Wybrzeże Gdańsk SA

Good scoring by both PK and Jye for their premiership teams last night. Hopefully the bandits will hit the ground running this weekend. Fingers crossed the weather stays nice.

But Luke has been improving steadily, and goes about his racing quietly and has not been hyped up as much as others . Hopefully the young kids will kick on and be medal winners for team GB in the future

And one bad meeting and there would be loads of moaning on here about him....

Not thrilled with the team but it's decent enough considering they were fishing for scraps. I'd have liked a new name to UK speedway in there but it'll do. Just happy to have speedway 5 miles away!

So with this being a FIM/GB meeting I expect he will be missing on the Friday night due to practice etc as per FIM meetings?

Jake Mulford has been selected to take part in the U23 World Longtrack Championship alongside Max Perry and Ashton Vale for Great Britain . This will be taking place on Saturday 9th May at Roden, Netherlands the day after Bears v Poole Friday 8th May.

Yeah Cookie is out on the track today practising He's shared it on social media

Its equally often the case that the uber naturally talented riders are surpassed by slightly less talented but more dedicated riders. Three examples I can think of off the bat over the years Penhall was world champ v Kelly Moran who wasn't, T Rick multiple world champ v Henka who wasn't and Hancock four times v Hamill only once. In my view Moran, Henka and Hamill were three more naturally talented riders than the other three mentioned but just lacked that extra 10% grit that the other three had to really scale the heights and become multiple world champions. And just for the record I'm not implying Penhall, Rickardson and Hancock were slouches they were obviously far from it.

My parents used to take me to Rayleigh on Bank Holiday Mondays for the morning speedway meeting. We would then stay for the Bangers and Mini Rods in the afternoon before rushing back to the station to get to Wimbledon for the evening Speedway. A great days entertainment when you love oval racing on two and four wheels.

With the standard of the League dropping every season he should consolidated heat leader status.

Hearing bikes going round this morning, maybe Craig having a spin or one of the Danes have arrived ready for p+p

Who is "hammering" him?

Sorry, but hammering a 16 year old after one meeting, and only one completed race, is completely nuts. Some people have lost their minds...

He also has to get past Kyle

He only finished one race. Must admit after that one race I immediately decided he was rubbish and should be sacked. Norick wasn’t much better, scoring only one point and even that was when finishing last. He has to go as well. I think that’s reasonable.

And, ultimately, it won't make any difference to the popularity of the sport if these lads do come through to ever become World Champions... The demise of which has actually accelerated during the time Havelock, Loram and Woffinden won their World Championships.. Should any UK lad become "World Class" they will be "owned" by Poland in their mid 20's, and quite possibly not even be riding over here... Tom Brennan should be someone they see as a role model to follow... Consistent, steady, improvement, as he has gained more experience....

should look to be challenging Harris for the number 1 race jacket at this point

Meeting starts at 3pm UK time line-up and link to follow.

It's odd to be hammering a young lad one meeting into the season IMO but there we are. I'd far rather see our own youngsters at reserve than foreign tripe and at Lynn the most exciting element of this year's team is Scott and Rushen for me, can't wait to see them develop. You are right about the hype bit but thats not the riders fault as far as I can see, I'm sure he'd rather be left alone to develop at his own pace. It's us as fans who hype them up because very good ones seldom come around and we get all excited when it looks like one or two hit the scene.