sidewinder

Great meeting tonight. Keenly contested by 2 teams who " went for it" from start to finish. Track was great tonight. Only blip on the night, Ronnie Allens decision to exclude Crangy in ht2. It beggared belief, he was so blatantly knocked off.

Definately have to agree with that. Carrying a few passengers and Rich, takes a lot of weight on his shoulders. Should be close though.

What is reliable is that it was Richard Hall on the bike, who flattened a Scunthorpe rider, stood at the gate. I am not a scunny supporter, in fact I am a bears fan.

I wonder, if anyone remembers an incident, in a Scunthorpe/Sheffield match, on August bank holiday Monday 2010. A bitterly fought contest, with many incidents. One which stands out in my memory, concerned Richard Hall. He had been involved in a crash, with another rider and I believe (if memory serves), he was excluded. On the way through the pits gate, was Viktor Bergstrom, (I think it was him), as RH came through he ran into Viktor, hitting him in the legs and he went down in a heap. From my view point directly behind, he changed direction, to deliberately make contact. On the evidence of what I saw, nothing would convince me otherwise. I could not believe more was not made of this at the time, it was one of the most cynical actions I have seen in 50 years of speedway. That is probably to the credit of the victim who did not make a big deal of the incident. Safe to say, I have never been a fan of RH ever since. I'd be amazed if nobody else saw it or remembered it.

Got to say Abbott, the sight of Graham Trollope, riding around topless on a tractor, would not be a vista of beauty. Sorry forgot to add this

This is not the team, that Havelock chose, (that included Kozza Smith), but after other targets, did not come to fruition, this is the side that has been dealt to him. As far as Kozza goes, I for one do not blame him, for not wanting to come all that way, ( with his family), for such limited opportunities. He would have been massively out of pocket.

I think it might be an issue for Wilko or Grav, I would like to scrap you off this forum, but its not gonna happen. Lets give this team a chance and play with what has been dealt. Like poker, if it isn't working you get a chance, to change a couple of cards.

With the finals on a neutral RACE track aswell. OMG this was a borefest.

Jorgensen was way out of it, certainly struggled at that level. Jan Graversen revelled in the conditions. His pass on Schlien in the final was awesome. A deserved winner.

Well done Ricky Ashworth. The 2 most entertaining riders on the day, Ricky and Darcy Ward. Would Ricky have won it anywhere other than Sheffield, probably not, but he really rocked today and was full value for the win. Sheffield should always be the home of the PLRC, great venue. ps I am not a Sheffield fan.

Quite right Paulco, last year good racing, but no winner off gate 4 till ht 20 (Jason Doyle) and first 4 races, won off gate 1.

I see on the Bears site. The injured Adrian Rymel, to be replaced by Stuart Robson.A very jnteresting choice.

He was Matty. Believe invitations, have also gone out to, Tomas Topinka and Jason Lyons.