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Just wanted to note the recent passing of Pat. Whilst never a star he was riding for Canterbury when I attended my first ever meeting as a 10 year old in 1968 and even then to me he looked like someone from the past with his WW2 goggles and his long scarf over his face, pretty sure he had white boots at the time also. Always had time for the kids and was usually smiling broadly.. Its riders like Pat that make speedway and he left a lasting impression on me at the time. R.I.P.

Sunday 18th both matches on Freesports

And a Championship winning team in final season 1997.

Having moved to Cornwall in the last few years, I’m looking forward to watching Plymouth this season. Season ticket sorted. I’m going to miss my first love, the Swindon Robins, and my second love the Rebs at Somerset, but going to put my Gladiators hat on now. With Crumpie leading the attack, what’s not to like?!!! Well done Plymouth for putting together such an attractive team for this season.

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Well done to the Plymouth management they have assembled a very attractive looking team - Crump and Pedersen will be box office at this level. Used to follow Reading up until they folded and then moved to Devon and have watched Somerset since 2014. I’ll definitely get down to Plymouth this season with the Rebels not running and I suspect a fair few Rebels fans will. It will just be great to see some live racing and the smell of methonal again. Hopefully all of the clubs that run make a success of it.

Don't rise to the bait of the forum troll. As for you losses today. Onwards and upwards tomorrow is a different day.

Oh yeah, I forgot about the wife!!

Hi A meeting better forgotten about loses all round Susans1

If you're married seems like the wife doesn't make the top 2, and maybe not on the podium with Crump and Plymouth after this year then??!!

JC had some decent ideas, not all necessarily, but in the process i think it upset people because he wanted to change things. the theme nights at Kings Lynn seemed to work, and the super seven events under one banner was a good idea

Thats quite difficult (not to mention expensive) given the Visa process and its costs and commitments

Looks like Gzyl is replacing NKI and Kurtz in for Borodulin for the home side

If he gets exactly 14, gonna get my money back that I bet on him finishing below 14 anyway, so no risk there... Just better not score more than 14!! Which surely is a big ask even on 6 rides with a maximum of 18 points? Hmmm Still fancy Lodz overall too... Gonna log off the betting website now before I regret too much haha, good luck everyone

If my information and my arithmetic is correct he must have been about 97 or 98 years old. I hope he was in good health to the dead. I never saw Len Silver ride but from photographs I think Len started the white boot craze, and Pat was, of course at Exeter with him. I think Alan Cowland may also have been a white booter and Norman Hunter certainly was for a while. Sad to hear of his passing . Riders like him were the backbone of the sport.

Yes. Gil was about a 5 at our level but had flitted between Wimbledon and the Southern League. Pat was probably a 2 and held his own riding in Southern teams/leagues.

Yes supporters often get somewhat engrossed with the 'star' riders but it's often the bread and butter riders who made the sport what it was/is. RIP

Pat came up to Newcastle with my favourite Gil Goldfinch in 1961 to strengthen us and gave us a much better team. I think that used to come up on the train, and we had to take vehicles to get them and their gear to the track. They stayed overnight and did the return the following morning. RIP Pat

Think also people on here who think they know what's going on with the sport but are so wrong on a lot thing's they post.

Those early BLRC meetings truly were magnificent occasions. I saw four of them '68 to '71 and can honestly say that no other speedway meetings out of the hundreds I have seen ever made such an impression. It wasn't just the racing, it was the whole Belle Vue experience, mainly the funfair before and after. I was a Halifax fan and in '68, Eric Boocock almost won. Very exciting! The unique nature of the formula, one rider from each club guaranteeing all teams were represented, may have been frustrating for those with higher averages, but the nature of that formula meant that we saw fans from every single club on the terraces and the capacity crowds are testimony to the huge success of the event. Maybe you could see an assortment of fans at World Finals and now GP's, but the BLCR was a domestic event and that made it different and a bit special. For most of us it was also the final meeting of the season and so represented a farewell to speedway until the following year. I don't have a clear memory as to why I didn't go to any more BLRC's but I was 17/18, it was on a Saturday night, and other interests were tugging away at my loyalties. Nevertheless, speedway memories don't get any more magical than the BLRC!

yes- Bookies could be waiting for confirmation of Tarnow team.

Nothing to elaborate on until Local Authorities have finally made their minds up on permissible spectator numbers, there appears to be a lack of consistency which may have an impact on some clubs ability to run, it's still relatively early days in some areas.

if i remember correctly Tungate rode for Lodz last season so should know the track pretty well

The government issue the guidlines, but the local councils will make the final decisions. This is how it was with non league football, before the latest lockdown. Every stadium is different, in design and capacity.

All part of the game in my view, have to say if I were a ref I would take a certain amount of pleasure in letting the tapes go just as the rollers were pulling back from the tapes!

Wroclaw v Torun Friday April 9th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgXxH-e_J2E

I think its high time the management ended all this guessing game. Josh Mac seems the one reading between the lines. But agree Zaine Kennedy would be my choice. Either way I think both are capable of adding a couple of points to their start average. But now with heading into 4 weeks before tapes up I would expect riders to be arriving in the UK all being well. So I dont see the point of dragging this out ? We know its not going to be a 7+ rider so we may as well just make an announcement so we all know where we stand ?

Not sure that's correct. He may only have been used after Penhall retired, but not as a replacement for Penhall...pretty sure they used R/R to cover Bruce and Wiggy at reserve in their final match at hyde rd (not certain if that was in the BL or the KO cup)

I remember when King's Lynn had the man to sort out all their commercial requirements & transform U.K. speedway Jonathan Chapman where would Speedway G.B. be now if he'd been given a free reign? P.S. Good luck Richard "spike" Knight.

'Amateur' means that they don't get paid - but pay to enter instead.

I thought the official H&S limit was almost 4000?

"ONE OF...."?!!!!... There's never been anything even remotely as embarrassingly weak as this!

Looking at that bunch of poor excuses for top tier teams. Sheffield will romp it, only resistance on the other side of the Peninnes. I might have a lower age than the Panthers average age!

Seem to remember long while ago that the capacity was 5,500, but don't quote me . '

Sheffield (or Swinfield ) to win it - in their first season in the top flight

had the best gate as well, Kurtz was all over him until Tungate slammed the door shut last lap

No idea like but what would skornicki or Ryan fisher come in at,..clutching straws here after a few sherbats it is allowed isn’t it