old bob at herne bay 828 Posted May 16, 2021 Saddled with a "rising star" rabbit the Championship clubs have been made deliberately weaker, otherwise no differnece in reserves abilitiy. Not sure too many PL riders who also ride in the championship would agree that there is "a mile" difference nowadays in the standard of rider. The PL "second strings " are all much the same and double up anyhow ..... £2 per person extra to watch them is probably about right given they are saving money on wages of GP sooperstars left (replaced by Batchelor and Kurtz in the above example !!! ) and he tracks have to spend extra money on hand sanitiser this season. Still, with the lower standard of rider comes more mistakes, more incidents and more excitement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706 Posted May 16, 2021 Adam Ellis appears to have had quite a week going by the tweet put up today It appears to suggest he tested positive earlier in the week although a negative test has followed since Must say I'm confused as I thought a positive test meant isolation and certainly not travelling back to the UK regardless of a subsequent test result being negative Good to note he seems well which is most important and welcome Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunner85 603 Posted May 17, 2021 Here’s hoping for a great night tonight.....the start of the moves towards a more normal life. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,784 Posted May 17, 2021 Really looking forward to this, the best two teams clashing on the opening night. Fingers crossed all fourteen riders are present. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InfinitiDiamonds 8 Posted May 17, 2021 Looking forward to this tonight i be watching on Euro sports Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baldyman 6,243 Posted May 17, 2021 Bewley looked good yesterday,, I'm sure he is a far better rider now than in 19 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ray c 2,299 Posted May 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Bagpuss said: Really looking forward to this, the best two teams clashing on the opening night. Fingers crossed all fourteen riders are present. quite agree two evenly matched teams on the best race track in the country .looking forward to the coverage by eurosport happy days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob B 1,257 Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bagpuss said: Really looking forward to this, the best two teams clashing on the opening night. Fingers crossed all fourteen riders are present. Bewley will be, he posted in Katowice airport at 1.53am so no reason the others shouldn’t be be. Edited May 17, 2021 by Rob B 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyke 275 Posted May 17, 2021 Any weather update from local folk, would be greatly appreciated It would be wonderful to have GB Speedway back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob B 1,257 Posted May 17, 2021 12 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Adam Ellis appears to have had quite a week going by the tweet put up today It appears to suggest he tested positive earlier in the week although a negative test has followed since Must say I'm confused as I thought a positive test meant isolation and certainly not travelling back to the UK regardless of a subsequent test result being negative Good to note he seems well which is most important and welcome Sheffield say Ellis wasn’t allowed to board last night due to his positive test so will be R/R 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob B 1,257 Posted May 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, tyke said: Any weather update from local folk, would be greatly appreciated It would be wonderful to have GB Speedway back The worst of any rain now passed through, brightening up. Maybe a chance of a small shower this afternoon but looking good. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706 Posted May 17, 2021 26 minutes ago, Rob B said: Sheffield say Ellis wasn’t allowed to board last night due to his positive test so will be R/R That makes sense - the tweet seemed to indicate he was expecting to ride Best wishes to Adam - hope he has a symptom free time. Will be frustrating for him to get to this point and then be set back just as things start to get going Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShrewsburyWolf 22 Posted May 17, 2021 Can someone just confirm for me that r/r rules are the same as two years ago in that anybody except for Batch can take the r/r rides... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonny the spud 2,281 Posted May 17, 2021 1 minute ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: That makes sense - the tweet seemed to indicate he was expecting to ride Best wishes to Adam - hope he has a symptom free time. Will be frustrating for him to get to this point and then be set back just as things start to get going Not a question of being symptom free... he had Covid in January, it was just a positive test earlier in the week that was followed up by two negative ones. He was kicked off his flight last night and fined as he’s now on a quarantine list. He spent right up until another flight left this morning trying to get the list revised. even driving to the UK would have been a €5,000 fine. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigcatdiary 3,165 Posted May 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, ShrewsburyWolf said: Can someone just confirm for me that r/r rules are the same as two years ago in that anybody except for Batch can take the r/r rides... Regulations for 2021 are the 2020 issue plus the recent 2021 supplementary V2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites