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Oh the irony of this post

I'm not sure why they haven't done one for Stefan, having been out for most of the season I'm sure he needs it more than Harris. Very strange!

I dont get why Bomber is deemed worthy of a collection but Nielsen wasn't. Harris still riding and earning. I suppose though unless you are Darcy Ward at Poole then its out of sight out of mind.

When I was a kid the pre meeting parade was a highlight for me...and the line up of bikes and riders at the tapes being introduced....it's a chance to see the riders and not just as faceless individuals.. It's important for fans to identify riders and to identify them as riders for their team...riders today are seen as guns for hire...riding because it's convenient for them to be at a club but with no affinity to it all...changing rules and points limits don't help but it all creates a lack of bond between riders and fans at club level...don't get too attached because they'll be off next season.. It needs to get back to being a proper team sport..the riders are your team..they are your riders with a proper bond between the two...it's far from that at the moment ..plus when I was young Saturday night at 7 was speedway....I'm only a casual follower now but I don't have a clue when meetings at home are scheduled any more..

A shame a few Poole fans can’t keep their gobs shut at times. Caused problems for the club.

LIKED and admired him. Could have a blazing row and the next minute sit down for a cup of tea with Bob and his wife Margaret. Speedway owes the Dugard family a massive debt, not least because of Bob.

Its a sad day when the truth is an incovenience Also rather crass to blame those fans - any problems were self inflicted by the club. Any responsibility lays solely with the club

Was thinking the same thing. Speedway in the UK is not dying it’s virtually dead. Would never have missed a meeting back in the day, I’ve been to one meeting this season and didn’t enjoy it. Same teams, same riders week in week out. With fewer teams than ever before and a complete lack of riders I can’t see speedway continuing as a professional sport in this country much longer. Sad, but it’s been coming for a long time.

Thanks for travelling up and giving your views. From what I heard, above the noise and general atmosphere, all riders interviewed over the tannoy thought the shape of the track was better but there were a few bumps. Track record was broken with ease by Tai and most races quicker than normal meetings, as you might expect. Cookie showed what could be done when he finally got his set-up right with him getting a standing ovation for his win over holder in Heat 15. Don't think any Glasgow fan could believe that Steve Worrall was in the GB team. I know its good to be loyal but Steve isn't the Steve that rode with style last year. Hes come back from a bad injury and putting him out against Australia can't have done his confidence any good. Finally a well done to everyone that helped get the meeting on plus all the volunteers.

Is a question just an opinion?? are you suggesting that due the above mentioned, teams are knocking Scunthopre riders off? if you are that i think is one of the most stupid posts ive ever read i dont for a minute believe any rider in either league would be ``forcefull`` just because of Scunthorpe riders earn money by scoring points and race hard,accidents happen

I will just be happy for Danny to be able to ride for anyone - even Peterborough

What happens at the track, stays at the track ......

least said the better …. well done Glasgow …….. cook as ever a joy to watch (if only he would ever become a diamond) for us only really lindgren can hold his head up high and as for sarjeant …. what a total arse ……… he knew (or should have) known summers and lindgren were flying up his inside and outside ………. so to throttle off 1st and leave lindgren no space was simply irresponsible and totally unprofessional ……… and then instead of offering a sorry didn't know you were there …. he acted as if he was the wronged party ……… as I say ….. what a total arse …………… probably just as well he 'missed' the gate in heat 9 as im sure luddo would have helped him around

Amazing what a rider can score when he hasn’t got someone trying to take him out. Nico could race without having to look over his shoulder at every turn. Ipswich would’ve won this meeting if they had some reserves. 13+3 against 2+1 was the difference. Some good close racing and our top five was more than a match for Peterborough’s, but 2 points is better than none.

Asking a questions are hardly an opinion.

Aarnio & Kus were outwith the control of Newcastle , from that respect what do you expect them to do ?. As for crowd levels its not just Newcastle they are in decline all over so why single them out, or has something else upset you.

What turnstiles? It was a car-park issue; nothing to do with entrances ("turnstiles" or otherwise). And that, in turn, was a Showground thing and nothing to do with Panthers. Same old, same old.......grab any stick that floats by and give Panthers a little whack, eh?

I would swap him for King , Any NO;1 who takes 5 rides to score 7 on his own track is not worth another season at the showground IMO. I must say it was an excellent meeting and neither side deserved to lose and as I mentioned in a previous post a lot would depend on which Heeps turned up and he certainly made the difference.

Wow how wrong were some if not most of us? Well done witches, and praise to Heeps who it seems made a meeting drawing contribution.

Harris is getting both i think. There is a just giving type page set up, where the min you can donate is £2 and also getting a donation from REF as well. But a few Poole fans on twitter have said they are going to make their own donations to Stef as he should receive something!

RIP Bob Dugard

For me last night at Mildenhall took the biscuit. At the last two meetings at Kent I have been robbed of Eight races with no compensation. On a lovely sunny evening I thought at least there would be zero chance of an abandoned meeting. So heat 13 sees the paramedic struck in the eye by flying shale and unable to continue. Quite why she was watching from the pits I have no idea as I was under the impression the paramedic had to be on the inside of the track. Of course accidents happen but this has now become farcical. No wonder Speedway cannot attract new fans let alone keep the few that remain

Best of luck boys ..gutted to miss this one but will be watching updates from sunny Mykonos . The meeting I want us to win the most !!

Gino was brought in on a 5.4 Pt average at the beginning of the season and when the side were going well he upped his average,it is currently 4.2 average and I believe it will go up roughly to his starting average or more so anyone who suggests Connor Mountain as a replacement are stupid as we would weaken our side even further.Connor is a rider for the future who il like but was dumped by Ipswich because he wasn't scoring pts Anyone who goes to the meet the riders after the home meetings understand the reasons for his dip in form, he got a raw deal off an ex Scunny rider over equipment he was sold from him , he is now living on the site at the track and loads of other things which have contributed to his dip in form The team which was set up by Rob has been desimated by injuries all season long yet we are still in there fighting for silverware on two fronts as I think the league position to qualify for the play offs is beyond us .So my call to supporters is back the team to the hilt hopefully Stefan will be back soon , as in past seasons we have been just seeing the season out from August if we win the cup or shield brilliant if we don't we have still witnessed some great racing on in my opinion the best and fairest race track in our league so come on get behind all 7 of our riders and see we're this journey takes us Up The Scorpions

SWC at Gorzow is a million times better than a glorified pairs event at any track. And SWC at any decent track is a much better event than a glorified pairs event at any track

Unless you don't have a track, that is. I find that people tend to defend their track from attacks by others rather than say how good it is.

Wonderful job done by the Facenna brothers to renovate the old stadium and a very good presentation yesterday but I felt that the track was too narrow and rather bumpy to encourage good, close racing. A real shame as the crowd were enthusiastic and willing the Brits to succeed. I must admit that after three years of watching racing at the NSS each week, it highlights the problems we have with many of our tracks and their preparation. I do, however, applaud the efforts to put such a meeting on and will support future such events. The club and their fans were first class.

To be fair... If Thousands of fans NOT attending each week, every year, for the past 20 or so, and finding something else better to do, hasn't influenced them one iota... Not really sure what else will to be honest....

I agree. Why didn't he pick Grajczonek, Klindt, Jakobsen and Woryna too? Rosco out.

I enjoyed that today.... well done Glasgow. Well deserved win for the boys from down under Just as I thought pre meeting, it was very difficult choosing who to cheer on with 5 X Monarchs split between the teams so I changed my allegiance from race to race Love or loathe Tai Woffinden, I have to say he makes riding a Speedway bike look so easy. He looks like he’s sitting in an old favourite armchair Big crowd, big noise.... nice touch with the free horns and flags Hope the collection for Lewis Kerr went well, get well soon lad

Dunno how many, but stadium seemed pretty full all around, stands were full. back straight area jammed. Well done to local promotion, well done to fans who came and WELL DONE YOU AUSSIES!

We always struggle at home when the track is a dustbowl..can't understand why they didn't water before heat 15 when u got our boys off 2 and 4. Scotty was busting a gut but there was nothing there. A little but worrying heading towards the play offs. Good to see Lunna mucking in in the pits.

Well that was unexpected but very welcome. No more mistakes at home and the play offs are actually looking possible which is amazing considering the early part of the season.

Good work bruv

Seems that, generally speaking, have their best engines in Poland, and it looks like they use UK speedway of making pocket money. Probably cost teams a lot of money in the process. Will all get sorted in the efforts that have to take place to kick British speedway into a better place.

I think you’ll find that Steve Lawson retired a few years ago. Is it his son (Richard) you are talking about? (Who rides for Somerset). Or is it Steve Worrall ?

They should have helped Nielsen when it happened, was quite a while ago now. It doesn't even have to come from the REF. A bucket collection at the track would have been enough?

I think there may well be others with a similar predicament.

Ipswich to get nothing from this apart from a sore rear end. Can see Harvey getting lapped. Hope it's not too embarrassing for witches fans that go.

those angels better watch out now cos' hell be whizzing round on a brand new massey fergusson forever now . bye bob.

Will bruv forget his fueltaps.....

Perhaps hes booked a days holiday seems the norm these days !

Didn't want to seem too critical because the place is light years from the Trashfield we knew, if the track carries on improving it'll be fantastic. Rival to the NSS.

Really enjoyed that meeting , not the result I wanted but hospitality certainly helped ease the pain. The Aussies were sharper at the gate. Tai Woffinden sublime at times and it will be some time before anyone takes the track record from him, heat 15 with Cookie picking off holder and taking the win just about took the roof off. Hopefully we can get some more of these meetings , our boys need to race the best to improve, let's hope it is the start of something for team GB

No he has been pretty poor over here this season, did well in qualifier and now won danish title which i think shows his priorities.

Do you have any numbers to support your statement? I have no idea whether it is true so can't disagree. And yes, something is clearly amiss in British Speedway!

Deary me you take defeat badly, I applaud those who have taken over Team GB for at least doing this meeting in the first place, hopefully it will be something that will happen on a regular bases both here and abroad. I don`t see how going to one league would make this team any better, quite the opposite in fact.

Let’s be honest,tight tracks are boring ,most are gate and go to flag,Allen has done very well on tight tracks in Australia (Ipswich) ,as he showed tonite just needed a team

Am sure Mr Godfrey will try his best for us to use a poor guest !!!

speedwayekstraliga.pl has just announced the draw for the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga Riders Championship on Sunday 5yj August in Gdansk Below is the list of riders according to their CMA (2nd column indicates rider's draw no) Bartosz Smektala is the wild card No Rider surname Rider name Club Country CMA 1 1 PEDERSEN Nicki Tarnow Denmark 10.34 2 8 ZMARZLIK Bartosz Gorzow Poland 10.26 3 3 LINDGREN Fredrik Czestochowa Sweden 9.54 4 10 PAWLICKI Piotr Leszno Poland 9.48 5 2 WOFFINDEN Tai Wroclaw England 9.38 6 15 MADSEN Leon Czestochowa Denmark 9.21 7 11 LAGUTA Artem Grudziadz Russia 9.02 8 14 DRABIK Maksym Wroclaw Poland 8.92 9 5 DUDEK Patryk Zielona Gora Poland 8.83 10 13 KASPRZAK Krzysztof Gorzow Poland 8.69 11 12 SAYFUTDINOV Emil Leszno Russia 8.57 12 4 JANOWSKI Maciej Wroclaw Poland 8.47 13 16 KOLODZIEJ Janusz Leszno Poland 8.37 14 9 DOYLE Jason Torun Australia 8.25 15 7 JEPSEN JENSEN Michael Zelona Gora Denmark 7.92 16 6 SMEKTALA Bartosz Leszno Poland 6.83 The winner will get a cheque for 25 000 PLN / around £5 100 -