IronScorpion
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I hope Phil Griffin is not the referee again as in heat 8 , when I saw the stream & this heat is on the British Speedway site, when it shows the replay & still shot, Mountain's centre of his wheel is on or just over the white line where as Knudsen's centre of his wheel seems to be behind even though the line is blurred, someone tell me different.
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With Wright fit again & Riss in for King, I'll take a 12 point loss as I don't think Edwards will replicate his last meeting against us.
We live in hope.
Rain at the moment down here & set to finish around 3.30 but moving northwards & easterly.
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17 hours ago, Gazc said:Blowing his best engine at Berwick may have something to do with it.
17 hours ago, j2ohh said:what was he doing with his best engine at berwick . most riders take their best lawn mower and a shovel !
It was reported that he burnt out his clutch in a delayed start line heat.
(this could have led to other issues though?)
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14 hours ago, Noelinho said:It's a shame, because his contributions were worthwhile.
4 hours ago, SteelShoe said:It is a shame, he is a miss to speedway in general. Would love to see him and his partner back spectating at Worky.
I am sure I saw his name on the "who's online" list early last week.
It is a shame as he was very knowledgeable & missed.
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Well that looked utter crap from the updates site. 4 heat winners, 2 top scorers with 7 a piece.
Do we not watch races from the pits gate? When Worky didn't gate, they stuck it around the outside of bends 1 & 2 & were gone.
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With all the conspiracy theories going around about Speedway HQ at the EWR, home of "head honcho" Rob Godfrey you would think no other track has issues.(Leicester & ianb have no reason to talk).
Issues with the wiring & starting gate at Poole, issues of soft track at Redcar, starting gate at Berwick, re-laid & re-configured track at Plymouth, issues now at Workington with re-laid(new) material not bedding in leading to 3 falls on bend 4 in 5 races.
Now is it possible our lousy winter/spring weather has had a major part to play?
Not with some posters!
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Reading the reports, Workington is more of a racers track rather than Berwick's "gate & go" so should suit us a bit more even though our heat leader trio are not scoring consistently away from home. The Workington riders are getting more dialled in to their new surroundings, scoring well towards the end of meetings as the track changes. Their top 3 should score about 30-34 & 2nd strings 10-14 so we need to be on our guard & hit them hard.
An interesting meeting to follow.
After last night, I would have thought D Howe would know a bit about Berwick's track & knowing starts are important.
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16 hours ago, Fromafar said:They have both been around a long time experimenting should be done at a practice session.Your missing Douglas who was a real No1 and very reliable everywhere unlike his replacement.
I would think most teams are missing a heat leader having to be replaced by a 2-4 pointer to fit in to the 38 point limit this year.
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9 minutes ago, Fromafar said:MTP and Allen are just unreliable away from Home.Scunny are a good home Team though.
They both could be saving their "Home" engines & trying different ones away although it is not working.
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18 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:I'm sure Berwick fans will be pleased with the contributions of Schlein, Kemp, Hume & Borke, but they only scored 4 when replacing Etheridge. Now imagine the slating Jye would've gotten on here if he only scored 4!
13 minutes ago, scunny1 said:Well done Bandits, sublime from Lawson, but a bit of a gate and go meeting. For us a lack lustre display, heat leaders need a kick up the backside.
The score line suggests a difficult meeting in the return leg on the 17th May. We can & should improve at the EWR & with only Edinburgh v Plymouth racing on the same night, if Kerr is still out, then guests would be aplenty. But, looking at the averages, Kerr has improved but so have most others & with not getting the +5%, Lawson, Harris, Masters can not guest. Nicholls rarely guests in the Championship so it leaves the likes of Stevie Worrall or Craig Cook to guest. C Wright could if fit.
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35 minutes ago, Paulco said:Can understand Jack Smith's frustration there , that was a ridiculous amount of time to hold the tapes
Still not using an automated start similar to issues with the transponders.
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I have just seen it on the Scunny website that our next home meeting on the 10th May will be against Workington in the BSN Series & NOT Oxford in the League.
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15 minutes ago, bloom89 said:How long before the Simon Lambert announcement anyone…
He has not started the season how he finished last plus he has got his managerial duties now with the Stags/Prowlers(some Thursday's).
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Scunfield start on Thursday at Sheffield if that is any consolation.
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Well done the Scorpions. A result I never expected half way through & Redcar to pull away but the injury & resulting withdrawal was pivotal. Danny King went AWOL, Knudson eased up, Edwards was superb all night, Bailey came to the party & both reserves missed out on them 3rd places but was this because of the pressure we put on them finding our feet.
MPT had a great night again having to work for his paid max, Howarth got it together, Allen had an unexpected night going by how his season has started & being an ex Bear but all the others chipped in running only ONE last place after heat 7.
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11 hours ago, geoff100 said:Commitment or choice to be in poland,about time a number 8 should be used to take all rides.
9 hours ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:If Poland want you, you go to Poland. Do you want to work for £10 an hour, or £60 an hour tomorrow?
7 hours ago, Yearbyred said:Well in this case Jonas had already signed for his Polish club and only signed for Redcar after TJ said he wouldn’t be fit to ride.
Probably makes the Bears stronger in this case, hopefully Connor can score some points after a difficult start for the Bears.
I think it is more this year that Poland want you for practice as well as the meetings.
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How the riders & mechanics do this job, I don't know.
From Redcar tonight, they have to fit in washing of bikes & gear, sleeping, eating, traveling, bike set up to arrive at Plymouth for about 5pm.
What track work was done because I thought I had seen it of extending & widening of bends 3 & 4 but someone told me it was bends 1 & 2 as well?
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As others have said, we have some riders that have ridden well at Redcar & similarly not so good. J Smith being brought in could be a M Clegg of last year, too rusty.
Hope for a good safe meeting for all riders but feel we may just lose this 48-42 after Redcar have had a kick up the backside.
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56 minutes ago, torpointfanatic22 said:So the Chairman of the sports governing body is allowing this to happen on his own front door step, what does that tell you about his values and care for the sport in this country. Godfrey is a disgrace.
39 minutes ago, edmon said:Hope you people in the 'Cancel Culture' don't do anything wrong or you might end up with people trying to cancel you.
I wonder how many "amateurs" turn out in meetings having taken medicines, smoked or drunk alcohol days before a meeting.
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I would think that Nathan's average would jump up to about 3.2/3.3 on 1st May due to his 12 from 5 against Redcar in the BSN League meeting. Looking back, he rode in about 15 league meetings in 2023 so unsure if 2023 BSN league meetings count in a rolling average(KO Cup still does not) plus the team average increases by 0.5 in May so a guest up to about 3.2 or a re-declaration up to about 3.7 could take place until Nathan is fit again.
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To be honest, with the team put out by Plymouth, it was a score I expected but the performance of Plymouths riders made it very hard work, non more so of the maximums of Tofty & Allen. First time we have had dust for a while probably due to the warm weather we have had up here these last few days drying the track out too much plus altering the track surface with a couple of grades(something not normally done).
Get well soon Nathan & other riders suffering knocks.
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18 minutes ago, scunny1 said:If they dredge the Humber , like they used to ,there would be no chance of flooding. As it is now, you can virtually walk over to Read's Island at low tide.
The Enviromental Agency should pull their fingers out & dredge the most severe waterways of flooding, notably River Ouse, the River Severn areas & Cambridge areas as they flood every year. Also, where cliff erosion is more prevalent, they could place large rocks, boulders or concrete near to cliff edges to break up the power of the waves.
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Be aware that there has been a couple of tidal flood warnings these last few days in Hull & the south bank from Barton to South Ferriby with the A1077 being closed. The alternative route, if used, would be A15, A18/M180 into Scunthorpe heading right at Morrisons roundabout, having the steelworks on your right following signs for Normanby.
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On 4/3/2024 at 11:47 PM, Bellers101 said:Well if history repeats itself probably not.
On 4/3/2024 at 11:49 PM, Bellers101 said:Well looking at this this clubs recent history I wouldn't bank on it.
The rules were changed last year where a 28 day facility is not extended. Both Wolves & Scunny had to adapt where, from memory, Wolves used guests up to 75% of Beckers average where we used guests for a few meetings then made 2 changes (which I was not happy about at the time)
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Workington v Scunthorpe 28/04/24 BSN 3:30pm.
in SGB Championship League Speedway
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