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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.

Maybe speedway is getting like F1 if you have money behind you, you can get a team place 🤔

Lewis Bridger another one that springs to mind.

He’s certainly capable of a significant average jump if he can find some consistency

Roberts? Is he the one who rode for Birmingham upwards of 20 years ago? (Called 'Tubby' I heard)

While I totally agree any criticism of a rider after ONE meeting is ridiculous, fans can't be blamed for expecting big things from Cairns as he was picked over others riders currently stronger than him. Joe T, Harrison & Mulford all had greater Champ aves & may well have been stronger RS options. So for Belle Vue to choose him ahead of them, means they expect Cairns to be stronger than them (at least by the end of the season) so by that logic fans may expect more (but not based on ONE meeting). Also if a young rider wants to progress at their own rate without any pressure, maybe don't join a club like Poole who expect to win everything & don't ride in the Prem at just 16 years old?

Agreed stacks of decent young british riders lost to the sport through being thrown into the deep end to early for every Screen, Loram and Lambert there's another 20-30 who although never hitting the heights could be the next Kings, Lawson's, Hurrys and have decent top league careers which would cut down on the need for flying in overseas riders.

Niels Iverson was another was pretty much an engine room rider for years went to Lynn when they were struggling and most thought he isn't number one material but kicked on and had a great carear.

Looked excellent last night outshone Holder lowering the colors of Brady Kurtz in the process.

Floppy Norris was another, proving that when he put his mind to it he was actually quite a decent rider!