Same ^^ , tho my Star arrived today - w/e 6th December, Josh Pickering cover (!), also bought additional copy in supermarkets / newsagents tho often not on shelves.  Curiously a big no.4 was written on the white wrapping: no. of batches it will be delivered, issues I'm owed.  Actually I'm owed 3.  Shame but I'm also looking at cancelling my subscription....

A very tidy looking team being put together by the Gladiators. Hope Barker is one of the final pieces of the puzzle. Probably the only guest who got pass marks for us last season and I find his interviews refreshingly honest.

Chris Louis is 56…. He is married and has 2 daughters one of whom is married with children and lives in Denmark  Chris and his wife Julie work tirelessly all season and the off season not only running the club but promoting it and actually doing an awful lot on race nights … they both spend a lot of days at the stadium it was their passion and livelihood …. Add on Chris’s tv commitments to this as well  Yes Chris is not impressed with the way the sport is heading  But do you not think at his age with a family that the time has come for him to perhaps take a rest and enjoy his personal life a bit more ? The loss of John obviously hit Chris hard and now his dad isn’t around probably sees it as the right time to make sure he is there more for his family  I don’t think for one second his decision was solely based on speedway  Seeing the team win the league finally …. In a year when he lost John … possibly would be the right time to just step back  Sure he is annoyed at the sport and the authorities but I feel that was the final straw over something he has thought about for a while   

Indeed.  Not exactly a secret that Louis said from an early stage that he wouldn't join a single league set-up, and that he didn't want a 5 team Premiership.

No Dayle Wood then 

Ultimate top heavy side , the ritchings signing looks ok , cant see the other fella doing owt .