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Which one cookie or Jonas 😜

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He’s got loads of eggs to prove he dont

Make mine toffee flavour please

Oh, f*ck off.😂 It was an exaggeration; emphasised by the fact I also said Berwick dragged Reid Battye off a beach. Let’s not lose sight of the point though; he obviously has something about him, given his exploits Torun and Pardubice, so it’s somewhat frustrating he’s looked entirely uncomfortable and off the pace in 90% of his rides.

With no brakes

Not sure it was an awful track as the racing was good but the dust levels were insane. I came down from Leicester to watch, and I won't be going back in a hurry after that. can't be good for your health breathing that in. My eyes are still stinging today.

I don't think that means Belle Vue isn't a good track. It's probably an even better known fact that it's one - if not the - best in the country.

As much as I agree it was very good racing, you can't just gloss over the fact the levels of dust were totally unacceptable. I love Oxford and it's not going to stop me going, but any new fans attending that and getting literally covered from head to toe in dirt, isn't going to be coming back. I was standing on the fourth bend and knew it was going to be a long night when the dust was being kicked up in the warm up before the first heat had even started. By about heat 10, I literally couldn't see through the levels of dust to know what was happening on the first and second bends, and spent most of the races looking away as it was bordering on painful to the eyes.

Indeed! but it highlights the unnecessary pressure being put on our younger riders, many of whom don't cope too well with it. CB and PL have a lot to answer for.

No one on here is getting their speedway opinions from a Camikaze comment on a press release, surely!

There's a story in the national news at the moment about somebody not being told information and the person who didn't pass on that information has been sacked 🤔

It's a well known fact that Scott hates the Belle Vue track and never scores well there.

I was only thinking of the bonus against the tigers, it was more about getting another win at Leicester. Brady scored 12 last year and our Tom’s 3 was disappointing despite his best efforts. Like you say, that’s speedway. I think Sheffield is our worst away track. I’d have loved a run of results there similar to what we’ve achieved at Foxhall. I think you’re correct about us having a better chance for the bonus. Since Covid and prior to your fabulous title winning season we managed nine out of the ten aggregate wins on offer. We just need Cook (10+3), Peter (9) or Norick (6+3) to go well, as they have done in the past and hope Brady (3) doesn’t have another early season stinker at Foxhall again.

And where is this level of expectation coming from? Cami Brown in December 2025 “It’s sensational that we can bring in Mario who won a gold medal for Germany in the Speedway of Nations 2 last year. He’s one of the hottest prospects in world speedway."

It isnt the track, Nicholls is usually terrific at Foxhall, he did not trouble the scorers at Belle Vue, are you saying Belle Vue is not a good track!!

Sunday’s matches line-ups Gniezno v Gdansk Gniezno 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Gdansk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Krakow v Landshut Krakow 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Landshut 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Opole v Daugavpils Opole 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Daugavpils 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Tonight

Sunday’s matches line-ups Leszno v Gorzow start time 4pm UK time Leszno 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Gorzow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grudziadz v Wroclaw start time 6.30pm UK time Grudziadz 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Wroclaw 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Sunday’s match line-ups Pila v Ostrow start time 2.15pm UK time Pila 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ostrow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Mario is not even close to one of the hottest prospects on the international stage. He's a decent rider and if he's hitting 5-points regularly at the end of the year, he's doing his job. The level of expectation here is bonkers.

Says an Ipswich fan 😆 Quality racing right up until Heat 15 tonight, when Luke Killeen belted around Danny King. Terrific ride by Nicholls in Heat 13. He'd do that for you too if you gave him a decent track to ride on!

Thanks for the update and for being so open. From that it sounds like you received no explicit guidance about the change in insurance levels, and only as a result of the annual licence application - and because Luke hadn't previously had a specific deduction to cover insurance you didn't know what the difference was between the insurance cost in 2025 and the extra licence cost in 2026 - I've seen a figure of £28 mentioned. On the face of it, and unless Luke has had an uplift in his points money to reflect it, then it seems like the club is making a saving ( if it is no longer making insurance premium payments), and Luke has incurred an extra cost as he has had to take out an additional policy to provide a level of income protection against loss of income if he is unable to do his scaffolding job. I of course do appreciate that you can only comment on Luke's position and not on others, but if we assume a lot of riders are in the same position then it is understandable that Ben Barker is really pushing this. By the same token, were I a rider, I would not ride without taking out a personal policy as Luke has done, because the risk is too great. I very much hope that BSPL / SCB issues a much more transparent statement, with a chronology of events which can be substantiated with evidence - and that this dispute can be brought to a conclusion that sees riders in a comparable position to previous seasons without any significant cost issue. Thanks again for taking the time to provide some clarity, albeit as you rightly say, with the caveat that this is how it applies to Luke

And then his heat 13 ride was a true thing of beauty

Not sure if it's too soon to suggest the water tankers in the car park 😂🫣