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This was a good, tight contest. Those (many) doubters who put Scunny down as definite wooden-spooners must be thinking again. However, the Scorpions were lucky to get their draw -- the astounding Heat 6 decision to exclude Dan T was very, very wrong. A re-run with Dan it it (and Dayle out) would have given Edinburgh a narrow, but deserved, victory.

Both teams at full strength tomorrow, weather set fair -- not too warm, but it's Berwick -- and a pretty good-looking match-up: Berwick Bandits 1. Peter Kildemand 7.78 2. Jye Etheridge 5.67 (C) 3. Victor Palovaara 6.76 4. Lasse Fredriksen 4.69 5. Nick Morris 6.91 6. Jack Smith 3.03 7. Jordan Jenkins 4.57 TM - Stewart Dickson Glasgow Tigers 1. Chris Harris 8.63 (C) 2. Sam Hagon 4.00 3. Leon Flint 7.27 4. Kevin Juhl Pedersen 5.43 5. Kyle Howarth 8.31 6. Mario Hausl 3.58 7. Freddie Hodder 2.99 TM - Cami Brown Berwick Academy 1. Mark Parker 2. 3. Fraser Buckle 4. Oscar Berwick Ashfield Giants 1. Liam Greens 2. Jack Shimelt 3. Douglas Marshall 4. Ella Marshall

Maybe a wee glitch in the BSP log? If -- and l don't think he is -- Mitch Cluff were to be unavailable, it's a fair bet the Monarchs wouldn't be picking Morgan as their guest. Anyway, have a good match. Winners going through to meet Berwick in the Final, eh?

Winner to meet Berwick in the Final?

Nick Morris will guest for Edinburgh on Friday (against Scunny) in place of Paco Castagna

It’s been a while but speedway’s back with a bang in the Borders this Saturday. Typically dreich spring weather means it will be 49 days since the last high-octane racing action at Shielfield Park. But who better to relaunch the season than Glasgow Tigers, a team packed with track specialists against a Bandits side hoping to welcome back Peter Kildemand to the fold after injury and handing a debut to Jordan Jenkins. At 43, Chris “Bomber” Harris shows no sign of slowing down and recently qualified for the World Championship Challenge while Berwick-born-and-based Leon Flint, the ultra-exciting Kyle Howarth and Danish newcomer Kevin Juhl Pedersen all know their way around Britain’s paciest racetrack. But in Nick Morris the Bandits also have an all-out racer in fine form, guesting for a number of clubs and riding with Premiership Leicester during the Bandits’ hiatus, while Victor Palovaara was just two points away from joining Harris in the GP Challenge. Berwick already have an eight-point victory under their belts over their noisy neighbours, in the BSN Series. That went right down to the wire and there’s no reason to think Saturday night will be any different. As always accompanied under-16s go free so make a family night of it at Shielfield Park where there are 1,400 seats in the covered grandstand, terracing and grass banking viewing areas which allow you to get up close and personal to the action. There’s also two licensed bars and a takeaway hot food restaurant. Gates open at 6pm, first race is at 7pm. Buy your tickets online from berwickspeedway.com/tickets or pay cash on the night. Oh, and parking's free.

Maybe time for the Island club to "come home" to ACU speedway, and rejoin the NDL next year?

Time for Pirates to tremble .....

Jordan Jenkins recruited on 28 day contract, standing in for Reid Battye

Not for anyone who watched him at Glasgow last night!

Actually, ten years ago there wasn't a whisker of the technology you can deploy today. The new updates are driven directly from each referee's laptop as it updates within a few seconds if every race, every match. Quite astoundingly quick

The line-ups logged with SCB were posted on Wednesday morning, and both teams will obviously have changes. Speedway Updates will shortly be history, as the new BSP update facility is lightning quick.

Luke Harrison now for Simon Lambert, who was to replace the Dane. Jack Smith will replace Mario Hausl.

Simon Lambert guests

According to BSPL lists, Bandits' off-race night is Wednesday.