Bagpuss

ok not just the PL pairs but all of them. Anyway the reasons why JC has quit are within shooting star's post in the EL pairs section. It seems Jonathan may have quit because he can't get his own way, but can you blame him after being promised all of the decision making? There are obviously some deep problems with the governing body of our sport as JC is the third person to quit a high profile job this season already and we are only in the second week of April. The sooner an independant body who actually have a clue takes over British speedway the better.

Sorry chief you are contradicting yourself. Either JC made the PL Pairs qualifying criteria call on his own, or he is part of a comittee and has quit because he can't get his own way. Which is it to be?

Which might well be the case if JC had made all the decisions by himself, which I find hard to believe. There must have been a comittee working with him as part of the decision making process.

razzer you obviously had an agenda before posting so how can your opinions be taken seriously? As I have already said on this thread the watering of the track took place when the sun was still shining and the breeze strong, and it was a fairly brisk lap which certainly didn't soak the circuit. The damage was done by the twenty five minutes of steady rain / sleet which started just before the parade was due to commence. As for the 'boy wonder' it appears that he won't be in control of anything super seven related any more which should make you happy! Can't blame him for chucking it in if all the stick he gets on here is anything to go by.

In my opinion the right decision was made, to be honest I was suprised that they were prepared to give it a go after the first lot of rain which was fairly heavy and lasted for a good twenty minutes. I wouldn't take too much notice of Buster's rant, he always speaks from the heart rather than with his head and I expect his opinion will be much less damning once he has calmed down. We have seen it many times before when he has worked hard to make a wet track raceable to no avail. And at the end of the day the referee has the final say regardless of what pressure he is or isn't put under I too was at Poole for the ELRC a couple of years ago and for me last night's track looked a lot wetter. And I don't think the watering of the track last night made much difference, at that time the sun and wind were both strong and the tractor only did one fairly swift lap anyhow. Feel sorry for those people who travelled long distances but unfortunately that is the risk of being a speedway fan. As SS says heavy showers were forecast and we got one. Hopefully a new date can be sorted when all the big boys can be there

See post 177

I am indeed so will follow ajh's lead for the day

I believe Stephen Lambert posted on here earlier in the week that there were some pretty big roadworks on the A17 at Sutton Bridge, don't know if they are still in place though. Might be an idea to allow a bit more time just in case. Any forum members who haven't met me and wish to, I will be on the first bend furiously texting the updates through to Iffoid! Will be nice to put some faces to names

KOPIOWANIE TYLKO ZA ZGOD¥ ADMINISTRATORA Please remember that these updates cost the texter and updater money, please don't ruin it for others by posting the score up before the updater has had a chance to update this screen All Updates will appear in this window, please feel free to post any comments below. Texter: Bagpuss Updater: Fozzie LINE-UP 1. Oliver Rayson (Boston) 1, 0, 1, 0, 0 = 2 2. Byron Bekker (Scunthorpe) 3, 0, 1, 2, 3 = 9 3. Scott Whittingham (Unattached) F, R, 0, 1, 2 = 3 4. Sam Martin (Sheffield and Scunthorpe) 2, 3, 3, 3, 0 = 11 5. Joe Haines (Workington) 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 14 6. Andrew Tully (Edinburgh) 3, 3, 3, 2, 3 = 14 7. Guy Kendrew (Redcar) 1, 2, 0, 1, 2 = 6 8. Jerran Hart (Newport and Sittingbourne) F, 2, 3, 1, 3 = 9 9. Kieran Morris (Unattached) 1, 1, 1, 0, 1 = 4 10. Adam Lowe (Boston) 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 = 7 11. Sean Stoddart (Newcastle) 3, 3, 2, 3, 1 = 12 12. Scott Richardson (Scunthorpe) Fx, 1, 0, 2, X = 3 13. Scott Campos (Unattached) R, 2, 2, 0, R = 4 14. Charles Wright (Workington) 2, 2, 2, 3, 2 = 11 15. Simon Lambert (Kings Lynn and Boston) 3, R, 2, 1, 2 = 8 16. Ben Hannon (Unattached) F, R, 0, X, N = 0 Reserve Richard Franklin (Rye House) 0 = 0 Heat Results Heat 01: Bekker, Martin, Rayson, Whittington Aw Sponsored by Clean Cut Sports @ www.cleancutsports.com Heat 02: Tully, Haines, Kendrew, Hart 62.10 Sponsored by Steve Dixon www.stevedixonphotography.co.uk Heat 03: Re-run Stoddart, Lowe, Morris 64.6 Sponsored by Boxer123 Stamps bought & sold. Pm me here or via the Witches forum Heat 04: Lambert, Wright, Hannon fell, Campos ret 63.9 Sponsored by Friends of Edinburgh Speedway http://www.foes.info/ Heat 05: Haines, Campos, Morris, Rayson 62.8 Sponsored by Richard and Anne Hollingsworth www.scunthorpespeedway.com Heat 06: Tully, Wright, Lowe, Bekker 63.2 Sponsored by Ian (BSF Member) Heat 07: Stoddart, Kendrew, Whittington ret, Lambert ret 65.0 Sponsored by Merlin Heat 08: Martin, Hart, Richardson, Hannon ret 63.6 Sponsored by Speedway Souvenirs available at www.enjaydesigns.net Heat 09: Tully, Stoddart, Rayson, Hannon 63.4 Sponsored by www.inthedirt.co.uk - 01.04.08 Heat 10: Haines, Lambert, Bekker, Richardson 62.8 Sponsored by KanDysoft Speedway spreadsheets www.kandysoft.com Heat 11: Hart, Wright, Morris, Whittington 63.3 Sponsored by Peter Hopkins Heat 12: Martin, Campos, Lowe, Kendrew 63.9 Sponsored by http://www.cablestar.co.uk - computer cables & accessories. Save 10% using promo code SPEEDWAY Heat 13: Wright, Richardson, Kendrew, Rayson 64.4 Sponsored by www.rpm.org.uk Heat 14: Stoddart, Bekker, Hart, Campos 64.1 Sponsored by http://www.ebuyitnow.co.uk/ 10% discount coupon code SPEEDWAY Heat 15: Re-run Haines, Lowe, Whittington 63.1 Sponsored by www.msj.edu.pl www.msjspeedway.com Heat 16: Martin, Tully, Lambert, Morris 64.3 Sponsored by Heat 17: Hart, Lambert, Lowe, Rayson 64.3 Sponsored by Heat 18: Bekker, Kendrew, Morris, Franklin 64.8 Sponsored by Heat 19: Tully, Whittington, Campos ret, Richardson ex Aw Sponsored by Heat 20: Haines, Wright, Stoddart, Martin 64.6 Sponsored by LAST CHANCE: Stoddart, Wright, Martin ret, Bekker fell 64.3 Sponsored by GRAND FINAL: Haines, Stoddart, Wright, Tully Fx AW Sponsored by ************************* Comments: Line-up confirmed. Top 2 scorers make final with next 4 having a last chance race top 2 in last chance go to final in which the top 3 in Final Qualifying for the Under 21s final at Lakeside 25th April. Weather: Warm and Cloudy Track looks good Heat 1: Whittington fell on 1st bend but remounted then fell again on lap 3. Good Battle by the Scunny Saints duo. Heat 2: Hart passed Haines on 2nd lap but fell on final bend while 2nd. Great race! Heat 3: Richardson fell on 3rd bend while 2nd, Now walking back to pits. Re-run with 3 only. From Gate, Stoddart by a mile. Heat 4: From the gate, Hannon fell on 2nd bend lap 2 and Campos retired at same time. Heat 5: From Gate. Haines won by quarter of a lap. Heat 6: Tully last to 1st on opening 2 laps. Bekker fell and remounted on 3rd bend of 1st lap when 2nd. Tully looks very quick. Heat 7: Lambert retired 1st lap while leading. Whittington retired 2nd lap. Heat 8: From Gate Heat 9: Stoddart passed Rayson on 1st lap. Heat 10: From Gate. Lambert seized engine in his last ride and on his 2nd bike. Haines looking good. Heat 11: From Gate, Bagpuss very impessed by Jerran Hart. Heat 12: From Gate. Heat 13: From Gate, Richardson not far behind Wright at end. Heat 14: Race of night so far, Great first corner from Stoddart who swept round field to lead. Blanket could have covered first three until Bekker went round the boards to grab 2nd on line. Great stuff! Heat 15: Big crash involing Hannon and Whittington on 2nd lap. Ambulance was on track but both up and ok Hannon excluded from re-run. From Gate well spread out. Heat 16: Tully passed Lambert at end of 2nd lap. Heat 17: Good battle up front, Hart just too quick, Heat 18: Franklin for Hannon From Gate Heat 19: Great race between Richardson and Tully, Richardson had led all way but his chain snapped on 2nd bend last lap. Tully went into him but both up and ok. Heat 20: Another great race, Haines 3rd to 1st and Stoddart all over Wright too. Last Chance: Martin, Stoddart, Wright, Bekker Bekker fell on 3rd lap when Wright locked up infront of him texter says race should have been stopped with exclusion of Wright Final Line-up: Tully, Haines, Stoddart, Wright Race awarded Tully and Wright battled for 3rd when Tully slid off and Wright came off trying to avoid him. Bith walking back to pits . Wright to be checked out by Paramedics Haines, Stoddart and Wright Qualify Tully will be meeting reserve Thanks and goodnight

Absolutely gutted

If that was yet another dig at the Lynn promotion it has failed, seeing as the event is being run by Boston I would assume the extra cost is for the extra races, 23 rathewr than the usual 15

On a similar theme Hampel & Swiderski would be a formidable pairing.

Andrew Tully, Joe Haines and Ritchie Dennis were mentioned in last nights programme.

Courtesy of the BSPA website yesterday Belle Vue: Crump & Gjedde Coventry: Harris & Schlein Eastbourne: Nicholls & Richardson Ipswich: Louis & Miskowiak Lakeside: Jonsson & Shields Peterborough: Andersen & Bjerre Poole: Pedersen & Watt Swindon: Adams & Batchelor Wolves: Lindgren & Iversen No mention of a wild card pairing

Or failing that change the format so it caters for 9 pairs instead of 10 I think Nermark and Niemenen will do fairly well but its not ideal having a PL team competing in an EL event.

Can't believe anyone can be critical of any rider on the first day of the season! Riders ease themselves back in at difference rates any some will probably have done very few laps since October. The best way to assess a rider properly is to look at their average at the end of the season. Glad it all went well today and that the weather stayed fine. But for the distance would definitley have gone along to see such a great field. Looking forward to seeing many of them in the ELRC.

Pot and kettle!

£6 for a programme? Would go without I think. Whatever anyone says on here about the booking system its still one hell of a line up.

Good news. No one wants a repeat of the ELRC a couple of seasons ago!

Why was Mitcell Davey not in the field?

In actual fact Trees Chris is talking out of his rectum as usual. The track for the ELRC was overwatered as admitted to on the night by Buster whereas for the Sheffield match it was 'over shaled'. Yep can't wait either, should be a top night. Although obviously not as good as it would have been at Hoddesdon

Another tremendous contribution Christopher. You mother must be so proud! Missed the EL pairs last season so looking forward to being there this time. If its anywhere near as good as the ELRC post heat five it will be worth seeing.

Neutral venue presumably. Also a good racetrack appreciated by most top EL riders (when not overwatered )

Can't wait to see AJ round Lynn again. During our last season in the EL in 2002 he rode in three matches for Coventry at the NA and scored three full maximums. Nobody got anywhere near him, not even his team mates!

Go Kozza!