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Can I say that you are all entitled to your opinion of dogs and their owners treatment of them? All I would say about my attendance at speedway meetings with my faithful friend is this. I am a responsible owner. Lenny remains on a lead at all times at meetings. Should he disgrace himself (God forbid) I always (N.B. ALWAYS) pick up. And he doesn't bark or detract from the entertainment in any way. The only time that other fans take note of his presence is to come and say hello and enjoy his happy response to their attention. He, therefore, in my opinion, only adds to the occasion and in no way upsets anyone or imposes his attentions on anyone. If it were in any way different I would not bring him. I make no apology for wanting to bring Lenny to meetings and we both enjoy each other's company. The way our adopted team is going this season, if I choose to stay away I think Lenny would leave me at home. Lenny's a nicer bloke than some so called fans that I've met and he is certainly better behaved than a small minority of children at meetings I've been to. Lenny is a light brown Greyhound cross. I'm conspicuous by my Bees coat and hat. Feel free to come and meet us at meetings at any time and debate the wisdom of my bringing him with me.

Worst possible advert for British speedway so far absolute dross

Happy enough with that - shame we couldnt squeeze out another point to send the Stars home empty handed but you cant have everything This team is built to do just what it did today - every week you are likely to have 1 or 2 not score so well but another will step up This week take a bow Barry

If you can’t tell the difference between a dog and a horse, you shouldn’t leave the house.

At least Doyley seems to be in good spirits.

I'm guessing you never saw the replay showing it from behind. Zagar rode straight into Doyle and caused the accident. Just because something happens on the first bend it doesn't always mean nobody has caused it,

Yes they were terrible lost by so many

Pleased with this nice tight scoreline, stops the cheats fudging the averages and making 17 changes.

Good day for Barry,,,, let's keep it going. A typical daytime meeting with the track drying very quick. A win is a win.

Sorry I thought it was always the best prepared race track in the UK?! Can't have been Poole riders asking for it to be watered as they never like track watering once the meeting is well underway!!

Jedd List looking very fast after the meeting, albeit racing alone. I would try and fit him in if we can.

My Border Collie Lucy doesn't need dragging as she actually waits by the door when I'm going to Beaumont Park and before that Coventry since she was 9 weeks old. To answer your question ~ in my case company on the journey to Brandon and I would feel safer with a dog with me if the car broke down. Same reason for Leicester, also it's quite a trek back to the shopping centre car park in the dark. I really don't know why you find it such a problem if people have a dog with them as owners obviously wouldn't if they were distressed or annoying to other fans. Everyone knows Lucy and she gets lots of fuss, then when the match starts she just goes to sleep.

Ht 2 Heeps definitely took Andersen's front wheel as he attempted the pass. Unbiased view from a youth parent. Stood by the gate on to the track near the first bend.

Very much so - one where you see what you want to see at the time on both sides Would be an interesting one to see a replay of in the cold light of day

I'd like to turn you off as well.

Fantastic day, the atmosphere in the city was amazing. Wondered why they had two buses, soon became apparent

Neigh lad, Neigh.

grateful for BT coverage but the view of race starts from a camera 200 feet above the ground is awful.

I'm sure it will all come to light when the official attendance figures are released anyway

That's correct long way but getting all important track time,Kieran Douglas was riding no 8 for Plymouth at Mildenhall another long journey

It is, but how many laps have the Panthers riders done on the new track.

Harris needs to swallow his pride and take a break to get his hand stronger, letting us down at the moment. everyone did well enough, well done bellego much more confident performance on a different engine. king looked considerably quicker on Heeps bike practising briefly after the meeting - his practise start on back straight seemed to drive a lot better than those during the meeting on his own bike. Hopefully can get his gear going better sooner rather than later! Heeps shouldn’t of been excluded in reserve race imo - he’d passed Andersen who then turned onto him causing his own fall

Said in the pre season predictions that this Aces line up didn’t convince me and I’m still of that opinion. They are going to be in a scrap for fourth without changes.

Possibly a perfect result for Buster all round? An attendance of around 4000 with a home win to keep more of them coming back and the Stars still getting a point.....

Hey, you've got nothing to feel bad about; you asked a legitimate question. Steve

After 8 heats and 16 pts in front, I truly expected a score similar to the match at Poole, Poole had different ideas and found their gating boots. Great comeback so well done to Poole, but for me the real winner was speedway, racing like that is what it's all about, yes they did water too much, but that goes for both teams.Totally agree with others about Wells and Berge, problem is who could we replace them with.

It’s funny how there are more injuries on the so called better tracks!

Could of, and should of, benefitted from both. Could have had Cook instead of Summers AND should replace underperforming Bjerre once he went 6+

Wasn't there so hard to comment on specifics but have seen a few clips of the racing and also some of the comments on social media about the size of the crowd at Arlington (again) and the number of kids attending. Coming from NL with Brummies as Eastbourne have, I think most hardcore speedway fans want close competitive racing and last heat deciders and not runaway wins and nothing brings newcomers back more than excitement; incidents and dare I say crashes. Winning 60 points every week like Eastbourne have for years must get boring and this loss will come as a shock to some. Enjoy it embrace it we used to say "happiness is 40-38" well 45 - 44 sounds as good as it gets to me and if a big crowd there to enjoy it so much the better. I wish we could have some of the commercial and marketing excellence that Eastbourne seem to have found at Perry Barr, no disrespect to anyone at PB but we need more supporters coming in and more enthusiasm and innovation. Well done Leicester though I can't see anyone else winning there and they are also losing riders but finding a way round it and no doubt down to the outstanding man manager they have bought in from Glasgow.

I felt Zagar was particularly tough, he was looking at Doyle too, knew exactly what he was doing and must've known he would come down, guess he didn't realise the other rider was there but it was always a possibility. Maybe Doyle and him have had some previous .....

Honestly I hoped you mopped it up... or if that's all it takes to get you an George canned it was a cheap night... good craic and enjoyed the company... apart from George coming back wid a cider instead of a bitter... yuk... nice to chat with wee Dorothy as well... good meeting although we lost and how costly were Stevie Worrall's engine gremlins in Heat 13.... never mind could have been oh so different... Oh and just to add I find it hard to believe when you told me that Gazc has such gender issues as he comes across so manly in his posts... he must have been the first publican ever in Glasgow to wear a frock... brave man... xxx Regards THJ

Guide and other working dogs are certainly not pointless, the pet ones to me are. I haven't a problem with people who like dogs, that isn't what I said. It was a genuine question as to why the need to drag them along to speedway?

Weather looking good for the Warsaw GP Weekend, High's of 18'c on the Saturday, with highs of 20'c on the Sunday, both days bright and sunny.

Well said... Nice to see someone with some common sense.. You do have to laugh at some of the content on each teams threads by fans bemoaning why their team is 'poor'... Every year the SS does a bumper edition where you read absolute garbage from promoters of tracks saying things like "we have picked a team who can all increase their averages' or 'he has shown glimpses in the past of the level of rider we think he can be'... All absolute nonsense... Riders run similar averages year in year out because, guess what? That is their level... Several will be four and five point men the whole of their careers.. Always were, are now, and always will be... To expect them to do any better is folly, especially as they ride against pretty much the same riders every season who are doing exactly the same thing to their averages (ie pretty much standing still).. If you have ridden for five years or so then usually that is pretty much as good as you will get.. After ten years or so then there is usually a tipping point where you go backwards.. "Let's bring Woffy and Bartosz in"...

Surprised Ellis didn't get heat 15. That was probably the best and quickest I've seen him ride at home. Impressive.

Yes

they are during the race but not at the start. you need a close up to see who is dropping the clutch first or hitting the tapes.

How can you award that

Cam defo made the pass and the Lynn rider turn back into him from my view,,, but it will always look different from different places

I'd say Ty's 3 from 4 rides wasn't average Well may be this season, but he's Lynn 2nd highest ave rider. Bit of a worry along with Lewis for me.

I get your point,it’s just Mr Barrie telling us that that he is right with everything,and if you want to disagree it’s our fault.Cleary there is no point of having a column for result if you have look elsewhere for it though

The former record holder!!

Berwick won 21-15 (it was announced as 20-16, but later corrected). Some spirited races for minor places between Blair Smith and the Millar boys, while Freddie Fox-Baron had a paid maximum from the young lads' races. As ever, good entertainment for those who stayed back to watch. The future's bright!

Doesn't it just,,, should be tricky like you say.

I have referred to my view on this before and apologise for repeating it again. The thing is having a budget team can, in the end, result in a worse financial position than spending too much. Many speedway fans are horrendously fickle and want to see the team win, especially at home. If you start with a budget team, fans will see it and think hard about coming. If you hit the ground running with that team, you'll be OK. If not, the floating supporter won't come and you will lose some that gave the club the chance in the first place. You then have a most difficult job to get them back. The best example is Sheffield 2011/12. In 2011, the Tigers finished second in the PL with a heat leader trio of Parker, Auty & Ashworth but lost money. To try to remedy that, for 2012 they started with Franc, Hall & Wells as heat leaders. They ended up second bottom and losses at least doubled. A budget team doesn't necessarily mean survival. On the contrary, it can mean financial disaster. I very much respect your optimism here. The reality of the situation, however, is made for me by Brummie Kev's honest post above and given that he has stated his continuing loyalty despite being critical it would be most foolish to ignore him.

Thanks brandonmole for your intelligent input. I asked a genuine question and a couple have had the decency to explain why. If not being a fan of dogs and failing to understand why so many fawn over the creatures makes me a twit then fair enough. As someone with obvious cerebral capacity perhaps you can enlighten me further as to what I'm missing out on.

I believe I read Zagar was excluded which personally looked harsh. Just a racing incident IMO. Speedy recovery JD.

Don’t see an awful lot wrong with that to be honest.

I have Barry's autograph Robbie when he rode for King's Lynn, Anders Michanek was the hardest autograph to get in my memory i remember asking him when he was walking the track and he said after the meeting Anders did oblige later.

Workington was never a trick track , big wide and fast yes but tricky never .