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Tweedmouth Rangers playing today although they kick off at 2-30pm

** = t1ts

Abi was a very proficient operator but I found that her delivery grated on me somewhat. Whilst Emma is all white smiles and teapot **, I think she will grow into the role. She’s certainly a bird you wouldn’t kick out of bed n all.

Of course 👍🏻

So they took a crap useless idea and made it worse, only in speedway

Thanks for running again. Dudek 100 more Lindgren 100 less Holder 100 less

I don’t know but I guess we will be in for a bit of a dusty evening if there is.

All on track at the same time doing their own thing.

They're all in it together though... that's the sad truth

The "no facility" rule doesn't mean 2 points NL riders, it means a 75% guest. Maybe they should try it for ONE season for the KOC, advertise.it as a no guests competition, then if crowds are poor, that's there excuse for never getting rid of the guest system?

Patience 😉 Links here for tonight: https://vk.com/video-234681448_456239173 Another one shortly before start time...

Think there might be footy on ?

Good report Steve , glad you remembered Seth was a former Redcar Cub ( as was Cooper Rushen and Ollie Bovingdon and even young Binns for a short time ). There certainly was some scratching of heads on those two decisions and as I was stood with a few Oxford fans I found myself apologising to them ( yet it wasn't my fault ! ) and it did make a mess of my programme. You’re a bit harsh on Jade as he's only mid 30’s and is only helping out due to Triggers retirement. His ‘style’ is different and can look strange to those who haven't seen a ‘leg trailer’ before but he tells me he knows what he’s doing ( having watched him on the grass he can handle a bike ). Oxford would have won but the decisions made it otherwise and its nice to see the Tigers competitive this season .

Didnt watch the qualifying as it’s just crap and has no place in speedway but for the last 4 riders did they race like last year or just a time trial individually

F*%# off 😂 😉

I’m not sure encouraging fans to boycott an away meeting will make the slightest difference to either Dan or the powers at Edinburgh. Neither will even notice. Not attending a home match is more likely to be noticed. I do hope the away fans come down and have a good evening.

This post is sponsored by the c in Mitchell Cluff's christian name. As I left my office in the capital's city centre, I wondered whether I would see speedway last night. Thankfully the sunny Armadale microclimate came into its own, the clouds cleared and it was all systems go. For any away side to victory on the road, they need their top man to be cool, calm and collected in heat one. While we can’t really comment on the first two, Bandits followers certainly thought Bohemian Rhapsody was collected in a calamitous collision. However, they reckoned without Breckon. Michael Breckon that is. The man who was in charge of the 2014 play off final and used the rulebook beautifully to win the league title for the Monarchs. I’m not going to complain about such a wonderful, classy, cheery chap, although it’s fair to say his call caused much chagrin beyond the cow shed. “Coward” they cried, as their team faced the remainder of proceedings minus their leader. That incident apart, there wasn’t much to get excited about. Monarchs built up an early lead and contained their counterparts comfortably. The lack of passing throughout could be construed as a concern though. Hats off to the Thom(p)son non-twins who bagged maximums in both 13 and 15 (it’s been a while!), as well as personally, and took the Monarchs’ lead up to 18 on the night. Can they claim the bonus point? It could be close. Roll on Friday... PS almost completely forgot my concluding chapter: I was at a First Aid course earlier this week. We were doing some drills in pairs. My ‘partner’ was on the floor. I approached and asked, “are you ok?” “Yes”, he replied “Are you a cyclist?” “Yes”, he replied “Oh well. I’m off. See you later” That didn’t go down very well in the room. Tough crowd these days.

Everyone is entitled to be a little grumpy once in a while... especially on here 😂

Any links for tonight? @stewmac @racers and royals You guys are normally all over this 🤷‍♂️

I think everyone appreciates your input, its your occasional manner that they don't 😂

The expectation that your clubs management doesn't arrange a fixture when your number 1 is away? That your number 1 is content to accept a booking with no guarantee of getting a ride 😂, that product? Fine? Come on man... let's see what the crowds are like at the end of the season at Northampton, I was there and I can tell you, that although it was a decent crowd, they were the crowds that were commonplace when I first started attending speedway, so forgive me if I'm not doing a jig of delight.

The product is fine, the expectation of the fans seems to have become that of the prawn sandwich brigade football fan. You're not going to get executive boxes, perfect weather and the same 1-7 every week but I'm perfectly happy with modern day speedway and judging by the size of the crowd for the hastily cobbled together (first ever) Northampton meeting there's still an appetite for the sport.

Not at all, welcomed back with open arms at Leicester, he'll not be missing any of our matches to go and sit in the pits in Poland 😂 This kind of situation sums up why the sport in this country has become the tin pot third rate product it currently is.

If ANY Edinburgh fan attends this meeting, I'm sorry, but they're a mug, plain and simple.

Here's a question: how much Weetabix is Kye eating for breakfast this season? He's been nothing short of fantastic. I noticed this during the latter part of last season and he's been doing everything right - gating, being strong into the first bend, overtaking and taking all the right lanes. And his confidence is sky high. What's changed?