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Ok so just to be cynical here. What if he did it on purpose because he was fully expecting to win the title last night? Then every photo on the Polish websites and newspapers would show him with his sponsor displayed front and centre. And from an FIM point of view of the only punishment was financial - even say they increased it to €10,000. Then what would stop the sponsor paying the fine for him - because that kind of exposure would be well worth the money to them…

Who was the wrestler? I couldn't make out his name when Roy was saying it?

George English spoke on the microphone at tonight's home meeting. He was adamant that we will not be riding this coming Friday as Richie has committed to ride for Kings Lynn and he is not prepared to ride this match without Richie there. (He also seemed to suggest that the meeting should not have been called off when it was - and that it possibly could have been run)

Yes, Tully did not move a muscle before the tapes went up, either time, but just made two perfect starts. But it seems to be a common theme this year and its happening time and time again. The other thing that I found odd and potentially dangerous was Alex Edberg crawling around at the back. In all three of his races he failed to finish but kept moving, very very slowly around the track. In the second of his races he was on the track in the middle of the third and fourth bends when the other three riders lapped him. Surely riders have to get off the track if they are moving slowly and everyone else is still racing? I understand the theory of keeping going while there is a slim chance of picking up a point, but once it becomes clear you will be lapped you have to get off the track!

That's not legally correct. To commit an assault you don't have to physically hit someone. You just have to make them genuinely believe there is an imminent harmful or offensive contact. At common law, an assault is an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. The term is often confused with battery, which involves physical contact. Therefore the situation as described does seem to be an assault. But not battery.

Yes I've just read the tweet again and edited my post. Maybe wishful thinking when I read it the first time!

Surely the meeting referee wouldn't have jurisdiction over him in a meeting he wasn't riding in?

What on earth happened? Lewis Kerr just tweeted that ' Hope Lewis Rose is ok, whatever happened not acceptable to head but a 15 year old. For the record we were not allowed near Lewi Rose on track'

Anton's laps were really the highlight of a very very dull meeting last night. I've never said this before but I wished I'd stayed home rather than going to the speedway.

Total waste of money going to watch this. No entertainment at all. I was praying for cook or auty to miss the gate just so there would be some passing. I was excited when they announced a test match at brough but having paid for last night I wouldn't bother going another time. It was really only the Aussie reserves that seemed to be trying. I expected more from Doolan and Summers at least.

It's not the first time Glasgow have made an official announcement that they probably shouldn't have. Anyone remember a certain court case last year where one of the defendants was supposed to be anonymous yet the Glasgow press release gave away exactly who it was (without directly naming him).

If we were all watching last nights world cup 'live' on sky how did Greg Hancock post the result on twitter 30 minutes before sky showed the last heat?

Any idea if he is a Plymouth asset or not?

Did Complin pick up an injury at Sheffield? Both him and Rene pulled out of George Stancl's meeting tonight due to injuries from the PLRC. Obviously we all saw what happened to Rene but I didn't realise anything had happened to Complin. Hope they are both OK and racing again soon.

Well the scoring got a bit random at the end of the meeting. For some reason in heat 16 three of the riders (Kenni, Schlein and Suchanek) were all on tactical rides. Basically Kenni won his first 3 rides. In his last programmed ride he was second behind Bjerre - but was on a tactical so got 4 points. They were both in the final but Kenni came down on the second bend after a close first bend with Bjerre. The race was allowed to continue and Bjerre won, with Kenni getting back on the bike to keep going.