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Little point in that. It would mean Fricke could only take a RR outing in heat 8.

Exactly, but having 7 clubs riding each other twice home and away is no different to 14 clubs riding once and then all squeezed into two days of the week not six.

Correct. Back in the 70's the first division ran over 6 days (I don't recall Sundays ever being used). Therefore, 7 clubs being fitted into 2 days of the week is the equivalent of 21 clubs having 6 available. Also, they rode only once home and away in the league although there were more open meetings and international fixtures and those of other categories fitted in.

As far as I can see, the earliest re-staging of this fixture is Monday 9th September. I wonder if this was taken into account.

If you check the weather map rather then the summary it shows no rain at all until 21.30. Too late now though.

Getting spoilt for choice now, Thomsen? Lebedevs?

Russia under the banner of the Russian Olympics Committee have won medals at team events in past Olympics including 2020 (2021). It was created due to widescale and uncontrolled doping throughout in Russia over recent years. Of course, Russia hadn't invaded Ukraine until 2022. Russian athletes plus those from Belarus will not compete as the ROC in Paris this year but Instead under the Individual Neutral Athletes organisation (AIN). The number of participants permitted to compete is expected to be significantly less than in previous championships.

Kai Huckenbeck?

Open the Discovery+ app. Select 'sports' then 'all sports.' Scroll down to 'Speedway,' which will take you to upcoming live fixtures including all four SON events this week.

You would think so but this is Mark Lemon after all.

No, it isn't. A guest replacement for a rising star has to be selected from the list and he cannot be already in an existing 1 - 7. The only exception is if the rising star has moved up to a team's 1 - 5 which is not the case here.

Except you can't now: 010.3.1 Transfer Window No team changes will be allowed once that club has completed 75% of their League Competition fixtures. Except riders returning to the team after injury who can only replace their original replacement.

Joined Eastbourne during the 2013 on a 5 point assessed average. Finished the following season on 6.02. After Eastbourne dropped out of the elite league he had a spell with Leicester in 2015. I don't think he has ridden over here since.

Of the names being bandied about, I think Madsen is one of the more likely