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Same here Markyb. My 8 year-old granddaughter was team mascot for the EL meeting against Eastbourne and now she is totally hooked and wants to go to all the EL and NL meetings. This is exactly what we need to be doing to attract the next generation of speedway supporters. Mick & Neil are definately doing all the right things at Brandon and I think it shows with attendances etc. Back to the meeting. Good luck to the Storm on Friday, this should be a good test for the team and looking forward to seeing 16 year-old James Shanes making his debut.

Has he got the same doctor as Prezemy Pawlicki?

I said during the 2010/2011 'winter of discontent' that KL & Brum supporters would regret joining the EL as in my opinion the clubs were doing it for the wrong reasons............ And in doing so they have now helped create a much weaker product and in turn supporters are walking away in protest.

Looking at it from a non-supporters view, I don't think Hans is the type of rider/person who just doesn't turn up for his team or with-hold his services easily so something must be going on. When he wasn't getting paid from Peterborough he did continue to ride for them for quite a while until he realised they were taking him for a ride.

Spot on G - Zengi has been a great signing for Coventry and I hope we can manage to keep him!!

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Another very enjoyable meeting last night with the Storm lads performing very well indeed. I thought it would be a lot closer with the experience of riders such as Smart, Chessel, Reade and Priest. Pretty decent crowd again too.

Yes sorry - hadn't meant to put anyone off, just not checked the weather in the last 24 hours or so.

Hope to be there tomorrow night, weather permitting. Great value speedway racing if previous meetings are anything to go by.

Bo Brhel second on the right.

Just to add the commentary and roving mike interviews was very good too.

Looking forward to this meeting - hope the weather holds out!

Yes, enjoyed the racing last night - there were some good races from the Storm lads against a very strong Mildenhall especially with Adam Ellis guesting for them. As has been mentioned, took a while to get through the heats with the numerous crashes but the track did look tricky to ride particularly early on. Good value speedway racing I reckon - glad we have an NL team this season.

But anything can happen over 4 laps!!!! .......or maybe not!

........or, Middlo is impressed with the Brit's tonight!!!!

I spoke to Adam at the Coventry fans forum on 3 May and he said he expected to be back riding in 2 weeks so I would think any time now.

I played the game last weekend with my son & granddaughter who is 7. She was a bit young to play on her own to fully understand the rules but she really enjoyed it as she loves speedway. We didn't manage to finish the game as we ran out of time but I can see it is going to be very addictive. My son wants to know when we are playing next!!! As has been said previously, I can see it will appeal to the strategy game player who does not know speedway as well as the speedway supporter. I think the thing I was most impressed with is the level of strategy in the game making it very challenging. Well worth the money!

Rosco - More to come: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/speedway/22281924

Ditto. Just received mine today - cheers Neil. Top bloke!!

Yes, definately a statement of intent from KL.

From Swindon Adver: DOUBTS have surfaced over Polish reserve Kacper Gomolski’s position with the Swindon Robins. The youngster had been signed on loan from Peterborough to join Brit Ashley Birks in the Elite League champions’ bottom two for the defence of their title, but the club have yet to receive start permission from his Polish side Tarnow via the BSPA. The Ekstraliga champions have made Gomolski their number one junior for 2013 in a league with a Sunday raceday, but with their Thursday reschedule day clashing with the Robins’ regular race night, Tarnow will only give the rider start permission on a weekly basis during the season. That would mean Swindon would not know if the rider was available for a Thursday meeting until the previous Sunday evening. An international calendar was put in place by the FIM which detailed fixtures in the British, Polish, Swedish and Danish leagues, with those fixtures in place and agreed between the clubs. The FIM stated if any conflicts arise following the completion of the list, the club named in the fixture first, in this case the Robins, should be given priority. The Robins are now considering their options, much to the frustration of co-owner Gary Patchett. “We are disappointed, but Tarnow have history in this respect and they seem to have no regard for what has been put in place by the FIM or by their federation,” he said. “If the club can’t abide by the protocol set-out by their federation then something needs to be done, but we can’t force someone to ride here, even though we know this situation has nothing to do with Kacper.” Gomolski does have start permission for tomorrow’s Elite Shield first-leg with Poole at Blunsdon, as well as the second leg the following day, however Birks is set to miss the away leg due to commitments with Scunthorpe and will be replaced by Somerset’s Kyle Newman. Both Newman and his fellow Rebels rider Nick Morris will then travel straight from Wimborne Road to Somerset after the meeting for the Premier League club’s clash with Plymouth. The Robins have confirmed tomorrow’s meeting has beaten the freezing temperatures and is set to go ahead, with all children under 11 admitted free and the first 100 young fans handed a free air horn.

Football doesn't worry me - much rather see these young lads racing any day but the weather does concern me! Hope I am wrong!

Thanks for the info, MM.

Looking forward to this meeting - hope the weather doesn't get the better of this first fixture for the Storm!

Can anyone tell me if there will be any specific 'Storm' merchandise available in the trackshop this season alongside the normal EL items.