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not good news on the stadium being rejected..... its brilliant news . people in so called high places trying to make their mark on cumbria. i wonder who pays the bill for all the track being dug up . or is it just another money making scam to get more cash out of the system Europe aint gonna be happy , paying for something that wont get built ! that news will keep this thread ticking over nicely until xmas .LOL.

At last common sense prevails Shaz , not going to help us Workington Comets fans though . Why couldn't they have just revamped Borough Park and Derwent Park for all 3 sports . I know affordability is the main factor for losing the Comets , but ripping up the track gave no chance of a possible return .I'm really pleased with the result its been rejected as will a lot of others I know

It says an awful lot about the Isle of Wight promotion that they have landed this meeting and not one of the bigger clubs. What is more remarkable is that they were approached by Polish Speedway, not the other way around.

Do some BV fans honestly believe the Poole promotion waited until they were in front before calling the halt ? Its simple really, they could have called it off at heat 8 ( 24-24), but because the fans had waited patiently , They tried to cram in as many heats as possible before the 10-15 curfew . Poole had no way of knowing they'd gain heat advantages from any of the last 4 races ?

He's the centre green presenter in radio contact with the ref and the pits. so YES!

What total rubbish and by the way we got 3 points!

The other weekend in Hull was a 2-day music festival on a local park; first day pop & indie, next was rock and metal (yes!). The sustained noise over the weekend (11am-10pm) was pretty loud and also included a funfair (12pm-8pm) with its own music + an idiot who clearly loved the sound of their own voice rambling constantly over the PA all day long, the fair had been there for the previous week + 2days of monster trucks. I was unable to attend but clearly heard the noise from maybe 1/2 mile away - actually has to be said most of the music, and especially the monster trucks, sounded pretty cool. After prob 10 days of all this activity + a more than generous helping of rain the local park is now a real mess. My point is that, ok, a lot of people had fun and good luck to them all, residents put up with the music fest, Hull Fest actually, but local authorities / NIMBYs won't permit / allow speedway which consists of just 20 mins of noise in short 1minute bursts....

Lynn and Ipswich get Peterborough's heat leaders, Peterborough get a dropped for a reason rider must be overjoyed.

It was the Referee’s decision to impose a 10.15pm deadline. It was discussed and agreed with both teams and the promotion before the paramedic had even begun his return journey. had the paramedic not returned within any reasonable time to allow for any more racing before that deadline it was agreed we would call a halt. The principle consideration by all concerned was for the fans .... (not withstanding the injured riders’ welfare)

Harris must clap his hands everytime his phone rings, just once would be nice to read chris harris doesnt guest tonight.

And reported broken ribs for Covatti, so both out for quite a while, maybe the season I would think and I wish them both a speedy recovery , Had broken ribs a couple of times myself and it is very painful. They were both scoring pretty well too and will be a big loss to the team.

Well what I have seen so far this year proctor, Jorgensen and kerr need to go as well as S lambert. Team needs a major overhaul Riss, Iversen and 2 others needed ASAP

I went into this meeting thinking " The Bears are going to have everyone firing to win this one against a very strong Lions team. Now, I'm telling myself, " Oh Ye Of Little Faith ". Cracking result for the Bears. How good too, the meeting had to be delayed due to huge queues wanting to get on. How often have you head that said ? UTB !!!

It was agreeded by everyone concerned that the meeting would run till 10.15, and Poole won 37 - 35, both teams had the same chance to win it, funny nobody has mentioned that a Poole rider had to come out 3 races on the trot with hardly a break in between

I hear they were drug testing riders tonight. Wonder if anyone failed

In your own strange way , you're actually agreeing with Sharpen Rake . Whether Ruddick made it to the first corner or not is irrelevant, he scored zero and Coles should score at least a couple which puts you favourites to win even forgetting the increased scoring potential of Palovaara and Howarth

Oh dear new stadium rejected... what now... maybe they will beg the speedway to come back...

Does that include chris harris !

If Nico has got through on the inside I felt confident Richie would have got around Berge on the final bend. They spent three laps tripping over themselves trying moves but blocking each other.

Kennett in reserve should get double figures in most matches.

Of course you're stronger , Howarth instead of Wethers !!!!! Howarth could score more on his own than what Wethers , Sedgmen and Ruddick scored together in the Shield match . So the usual downplaying of their chances by the salt and sauce mob won't wash this time . But I'll be there tonight in red and white hoping against hope that our boys can do it again .

Having spoken to someone from Somerset last night, they were not happy with the track and an extended meeting was held after the meeting to make sure this doesn't happen again.

If he was stale at Swindon he must be absolutely gone off at Wolves

Where are you Blobby ? Does nobody care anymore , back in the day we'd have been slagging each other off for about 10 pages by now . Another symptom of the malaise surrounding our sport these days . Nobody is up for a laugh on here these days. Anyway as for the match , we are at full strength , although how young master Bailey negotiates his first foray into technical track speedway is anybodies guess . While the forces of darkness have Howarth for Pickering , drafted in Palovaara for the disappointing Sedgmen and Coles for Ruddick , which makes them a fair bit stronger than the Shield meeting .

Got to love Night Nurse

He is usually 0/4 at most tracks

had a jig saw like that once , 530 pieces in a 500 jig saw and some of the pieces actually fitted into place , even tho it was from another jig saw ..now thats pressure for ya !

In a 7 team mini league when one man own 3 clubs the rider merry go round carries on between all 3 clubs only one conclusion =farce

What a superb gate from Miedzinski there !!!!!

Odd reply to say the least. Anyway, i'm off to work.

This is true , the forum has been rubbish this season . And you might not be a million miles from the truth for one of the reasons

Iversen won’t come and would miss meetings anyway so a waste of time including him.

We are riding well at the moment and have the best away record in the league. As long as we start like we did against Wolves we have a chance of at least a point. The right guests need to be picked for reserve though.

Good to see the track is better, and best wishes to the injured riders I always find the result means nothing in the grand scheme of things as long as the lads are ok that is the main thing safety paramount and all that.

This Forum is just not the same anymore without us pesky Comets , Paulco , we could run into pages and pages

I was on the island last night and the first race did start 10 minutes late. The main match was still completed within two hours.

I know people talk about a racing incident but was last night’s crash caused by Covatti being impatient to get passed Berge?

I watched Lejonen v Vastervik simultaneously as watching Freesports( of course i listened to Dave) Vastervik are a decent side and always had the control of where the points were going.Peter Ljung was at his aggressive best, while Nicki top scored on 12+1. For the home team Kasprzak and Hampel were the reason they lost, both had a poor night and each was subbed in one of their programmed riders and weren`t chosen in heats 14 or 15- i Wouldn`t be surprised if the Lions management weren`t losing patience with both of the Poles.

I thought Zmarzlik was a little beyond "hard riding" with Madson in their semi-final #2 in Warsaw and Madsen still came back and beat him to get into the final. Anyone that doughts Madsens riding ability should review that race. I have always been a fan of Zmarzlik but am I the only one who thinks he's riding a little too hard and at times out of control?

Another excellent night's racing with some stand out entertainment from Danny Verge and Robert Ledwith in particular. Scores were VERY tight for the first 12 heats. The meeting could have been run quicker, we missed last 3 heats of the junior match. Lack of a tactical substitute in heat 14 still puzzles me.

Scuse me ? Personal abuse and name calling The words "black boys in london" that i was going to use would have been reported by someone so chose to use something a little more jovial. Happy now ? I'm 42 not 80 thanks.

Table after tonight 1 Vastervik P 8 W 6 D 1 L 1 B 0 pts 13 + 70 2 Vetlanda P 9 W 6 D 0 L 3 B 0 pts 12 + 48 3 Dackarna P 9 W 5 D 0 L 4 B 2 pts 12 + 2 4 Kumla Indianerna P 7 W 5 D 1 L 1 B 0 pts 11 + 68 5 Lejonen P 8 W 4 D 0 L 4 B 0 Pts 8 + 4 6 Eskilstuna Smederna P 9 W 4 D 0 L 5 B 0 pts 8 - 20 7 Piraterna P 8 W 3 D 0 L 5 B 0 pts 6 - 38 8 Masarna P 8 W 2 D 0 L 6 B 0 pts 4 - 98 9 Rospiggarna P 8 W 1 D 0 L 7 B 0 pts 2 - 36

Great to see such generosity by the crowd for Sam. Not so great a result for the Bears. To be honest, I'm really struggling to understand quite how it can be that teams don't know when the interval will be at a meeting. Is it not part of the referees duties to ensure BOTH teams know after which heat, the interval will be held ??? Ironic we can communicate instantly to far corners of the globe, and yet not communicate from a referees box to yards away ? Anything to make the team managers job harder I suppose. Sheesh !!

whatever, it still makes no sense to me a local businessman supporting a local rider but wont watch him race

Maybe Starman ran off with it saying 'we don't need it, nothing wrong with the track...'

Agree with that and think the first leg at the NSS was one of the best NL matches I've seen with both the racing and the importance of the score contributing. Very surprised with the rather negative comments about Jenkins at Kent, he really rode well at Belle Vue, I'd have him in our team. Would be nice if both legs were put on a video and sent to John Cook.

Naked hot laps, stealing the grading tractor, walking the length of the infield on his hands, handcuffing people to the flagpoles in their pants on their birthdays the list of escapades goes on! Parker was a true character and legend of our sport, get well soon!

And many others, I suspect. Individual meetings have their place during the course of the season, but team speedway is what's it all about.

No, simply a "Good news" story that Scunny continuing to invest in their stadium and thanking the people responsible for that.

You mean like Paul Bentley, Stuey Swales, Martin Dixon, Jesper Olsen, etc.