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Polish speedway fans can be very violent indeed.

Thursday’s matches line-ups Poznan v Pila start time 5pm UK time Poznan 9 Berge 10 Smektala 11 NKI 12 Pludra 13 Douglas 14 Witkowski 15 Mencel 16 Pila 1 Basso 2 Maroszek 3 Cyfer 4 B Lewandowski 5 Jasinski 6 Teska 7 TJ Musielak 8 Lodz v Ostrow start time 7.30pm UK time Lodz 9 M Nowak 10 Berntzon 11 Szlauderbach 12 Z Cook 13 Nagel 14 Halkiewicz 15 K Lewandowski 16 Ostrow 1 Chugunov 2 Seifert-Salk 3 Jakobsen 4 Krawczyk 5 Gapinski 6 G Szostak 7 Sitek 8

1981 ... what a rift

looking at that lineup even finishing 7/8 might guarantee someone a place in the series next year.

Met office now has it dry both Friday and Saturday.

Given the amount of injuries to "top, top riders" currently, I can see Poland going down that route... TV companies, National businesses who sponsor the league and teams, and even companies who use riders to advertise their products on national TV, will all be feeling frustrated that some of the worlds best are missing due to being injured elsewhere, meaning the product quality has dropped... With the clubs and their fans the most frustrated of all... There will surely soon be a clamor from all the stakeholders to ensure "their riders" only ride one league.. I don't knows what the top riders get collectively for their other two leagues, (£200k?), but I can see a day, soon, when all the stakeholders get together and pay that differential to ensure "exclusivity"... You wouldn't need to ensure everyone is tied down to these contracts either, just the "box office elite" that RR doesn't cover adequately... Similar to the way central contracts work in cricket, you only "play" for us...

I think his heart is in the right place its his methods that are questionable, he's saved a few tracks over the years and would love to be out of Lynn but can't even give it away with the sport as it currently is, he must have poured hundreds of thousands into the game over the years. I don't know him personally but having been to a few talk in's with him over the years my impression is if in the wrong mood he's blunt and can rub people up the wrong way in uber quick time and he's stubborn.

A fantastic £1819.49 was raised for the Ben Fund on Saturday. Well done to everyone who contributed

Nathan Ablitt William Cairns Jason Edwards Jamie Etherington Leon Flint Vinnie Foord Luke Killeen Dan Gilkes Sam Hagon Luke Harrison Freddy Hodder Ryan Ingram Jordan Jenkins Connor Mountain Jake Mulford Ace Pijper Anders Rowe Cooper Rushen Jody Scott Jack Smith Tom Spencer Dan Thompson Joe Thompson All under 30 and have ridden at some point this season. Not far off 40% of the total number of riders in the Championship.

Stoney's visit to Workington on Saturday raised a fantastic £1819.49 for the Ben Fund.

The problem with the Bears is that they don't have the firepower in the latter heats like they did last season with Wright and King, thanks to that stupid ruling of only one 8 point man which benefited Poole and Glasgow more than anyone else, particularly the former with the reserves they brought in. Too inconsistent too, how can Jason Edwards go from beating Josh Pickering to getting bear off Ryan Ingram on his home track. Agree Lambert battled hard but his size makes it really awkward to glide / blast round people on the outside.

Yet perversely the sport needs in some ways to be more like what he offers ie the club owner is also the stadium owner It would make the sport infinitely more stable if that was the case 85% of the time rather rather than the current 15%

Absolutely bang on.

Forecast deffo wrong

Belle Vue have said the Fan Zone is on both days and will i suspect open for several hours before the turnstiles open. I also know they have emailed Friday ticket holders to let them know they can attend Friday’s qualifying and Sprint race(2 pm start). They have to apply for a free ticket.

The sooner Buster does one permanently the better off the Sport will be in this country. He's had a number of riders walk out on him, He's also rubbed a number of Clubs up the wrong way with his shenanigans and sadly he's dragging the entire Premiership down with him. It's due to cowboys like him why the Sport doesn't get taken seriously in this country anymore.

I think the ref may well have made an error. I wasn't far from the start line when the start marshall pointed the helmet colour error out to MPT who went straight back to the pits. I remember looking at the countdown clock when the error was pointed out and thinking that there was plenty of time left. When MPT came back out I checked the time again and thought he would make it. Then an announcement came over the PA system stating that MPT had been disqualified for leaving the track.

oops

Hopefully the fanzone will be better this year with more outlets for food , drink merchandise etc Last years fanzine was poor to say the least.

Unsure on that one

They are on there mobiles or tablets that’s why there is a shortage

Availability of young riders, if you look at the riders in the league and take away the older guys late 30s up take away the Aussie's and danes then you don't have many UK riders left

It’s the British tracks that are the issue

That pit gate has been nothing but trouble these last couple of years. Now we are going to get an air fence that is being shared and gonna get punctured in transit

Precisely. He must be blind if not daft