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I think Nige and Kelvin do a really good job. They're enthusiastic and entertaining and if they were replaced by someone else you'd really then appreciate how good they actually are. Just my opinion.

AIN'T going to happen ... neither should it

No surprise to see Rowe start well, I've said it before but it's impressive how every time he steps up a level he makes it look easy. Not by hitting big eye-catching scores every week but just quietly going about his business even when on paper you might say it's possibly too early for him. His NL average wasn't great when he signed for Somerset in the Championship but he did well enough to move up to number 2 within a few months. Pretty much everyone expected him to struggle there but a couple of meetings in he was beating Craig Cook in Heat 1 and finished that season with an excellent debut for GB in the test match against Denmark. Seemed to make a steady start to his Polish career last year too. For some reason he doesn't get talked about as often as others in his age group but maybe going under the radar slightly without the hype is a good thing.

Watching Speedway without 'Hinge and Bracket' just wouldn't be the same... Great to have them and the Speedway back... Excellent meeting as a starter for Eurosport, let's hope Monmore Green can deliver a similar standard of racing next week... Very good overall presentation from Eurosport too, with quite a few various camera angles... Took a while to get the levels of commentary right given the noise of the bikes when passing the commentary position, (never thought I would think that with Nigel and Kelvin)!! Maybe get Abi and Scott off the centre green sat in front of some sponsors boards? Like they do in Poland.. Three hours of coverage for some company wanting it? The only sponsor boards were behind Steve Brandon who was on screen much less than Abi and Scott... Lots to be optimistic about regarding the Eurosport coverage of the sport I would say.. And with only six teams the NSS should be shown quite a few times which is never a bad thing to promote the sport..

Watches one match and is now an expert on the Belle Vue track. It’s nothing like any other UK track , which, if you had bothered to watch any other matches from there, you would have known . But at least now you won’t bother watching any more matches so you won’t be giving us another deep insight into track layouts.

Thank you for your kind words regarding Anders, I am so pleased to be helping him out with a couple of new engines this year. He and his dad Del are working tirelessly to move forward, I honestly believe he will be in the Ewinner league in Poland next year.

I thought the coverage last night was great! The Pearson and Tatum combination works well for me, good banter and so what if there is the odd mistake! Scott Nicholls is so at ease and professional at his job, whilst Abi is no Natalie Quirk give her a bit of time to settle into the role. Good to see the housewives favourite David Rowe updating from Kings Lynn as well. Overall, a very encouraging start to Eurosport's coverage - I hope they got decent viewing figures.

I don’t think it’s a speedway problem. I’m currently on holiday at a British leisure park (quite an upmarket one) They have gone above and beyond with all the guidelines and protocols but last night there were loads of people breaking the rules despite the staff politely asking them not to. Sadly 100%of those doing so we’re of pension age. I really feel for younger people who have been locked down to protect them and then have to watch the oldies flout the guidelines. Rant over

I've always thought it was a broadside "with the side turned in a particular direction. "the yacht was drifting broadside to the wind" They also showed the score at one point as something like 62-32, this was about half way through the meeting directly after a heat, or were they giving heat times? I only noticed it once.

Cricket has plenty of stats thrown at the viewer so maybe Speedway could do overall rider averages, home and away averages, their averages at individual tracks, % of race wins to races competed in etc etc. It could add another dimension to the viewer watching.. And provide discussion points in the breaks between races.. Poland now show how far and how fast the riders have rode and their reaction times... Anything that pricks interest has to be considered I would say..

Where did you get all that?Guess you weren't there. Tickets weren't available at the gate afaik,there were signs saying so.Track and trace were on the QR code weren't they. Thought capacity at Lynn was over 8000,so well within the Government guidelines. Plenty of marshalls there telling people to pull their masks up and distance.Although some chose delaying tactics.It was hard to distance with some obviously not seeing people for 20 months.All in all on that one well done Lynn.Shame about the team performance.

Very concerned about the alleged contravention covid 19 crowd limits at KingsLynn. Were tickets available for purchase at the gate? Were track and trace details taken? What is the crowd limit at Kings Lynn ? How is the attendance verified ? Sounds like a lack of marshalling to maintain social distancing. None of which encourages me to attend ANY speedway meeting just yet. ☹️

“I feel like they went away with nothing in the end, even though they got the win”

Anders Rowe you little diamond!

With only six teams every match won't be far off being a top of the table clash...

Don’t like the ticketing method at all. Means I have little chance of attending, unless I buy 6 or 4 tickets. Doubt single or double tickets will go on sale meaning many fans could miss out.

Hope I'm wrong but I doubt there will be wholesale dropping of "Covid Mitigation's in the stadium" as you put it any time soon; I think there will still be restrictions and protocols to be adhered to right up until Christmas and maybe even beyond that; such as masks and spacing etc hopefully all less intrusive than the current regulations... Your last line is spot on and I think as everyone is tired and fed up with the current situation; hopefully the streaming works for Glasgow and that all these "Stricter Measures" are temporary but I don't think we are out of the Covid woods by any stretch of the imagination yet... Also if Buffoon Boris lifts certain restrictions Nippy Sturgeon will probably not follow suit just to be awkward... Regards THJ

Dismiss the Gladiators at your peril. The promoter Mark Phillips and his helpers have worked tirelessly to improve the track and grounds and have made a splendid job of it. There two fixtures in 2020 under Covid restrictions were faultless. Getting a late call up to the Championship hasn’t helped putting a team together but to tempt Crump and Pedersen is quite a coup - albeit probably costly. The rest may take time to settle but their reserves are good and the smallest track in the country can be a good leveller so an exciting meeting is in prospect which could go either way. It is now possible to park within the stadium confines for £2 or you can use the adjacent park and ride parking for free and enjoy ‘the walk down the country path’ to the track which is about 300 yards.

It's definitely broadside

Schroeck used to come out with the same nonsense when he was TM at Rye House. Awful TM who is afraid to take reserves out of rides and completely miss T/S opportunities.

Yeah! A Norfolk Rocker and we saw off those namby pamby mods at Yarmouth, that's for sure! I remember the enormous great cheer as a scooter was thrown into the sea, best place for it - some say.

One thing I would like to see, is they get some younger people to sit together,,, and show them when showing the crowd,,, instead of always a load of oldies with blankets and ovaltine

It's because they'd had the vaccination first, old folk have turned in to Marvel characters

One hour programme on Quest tonight at 2300 hrs...freeview

Where is he getting slagged off.All i did was answer all his concerns as i see it last night.You get more problems going into a supermarket or petrol station with people not wearing masks or social distancing than you did last night,and most of the stadium is in the open air where it's meant to be better according to the Government.

KL Management did their best as far as I could tell to comply with rules imposed by local council. Regrettably in the grandstand where it was quite clear the first row was not in use, a few decided to ignore this and remove the ropes and barriers. Despite what individual views on social distancing may be, I do not thing that sort of behaviour is acceptable.

An excellent standard of coverage from Eurosport I thought. One positive thing which struck me and which I hope carries on, was the welcome absence of the pointless interviews with the riders during the course of the meeting - "Yeah, I'm taking each race as it comes and we'll see how it goes", type of thing which I always find quite irksome.

As far as I am aware stadiums can hold 50% of capacity. I was there and if that is the case no problems with braking covid rules as although a good crowd it definitely was not more than half full. some just want to slag off promoters

I've just got back from lynn and what an excellent performance that was. Yes we were a bit leggy towards the end but the hard work was done in the first 10 heats. Since 2019 we seemed to have got that hunger and desire back to want to win again. And lets be honest most of us probably predicted a defeat with a weakened team. For me this bodes well for another good season and hopefully back to full strength on Thursday. Let's keep the faith and well done to Richie and Chris.

Not a bad meeting in the end,some good racing and bend 4 seemed to have some super grip if you hit it right that would propel you forward an extra 20 yards. Anders Rowe,brilliant.What can you say he won Ipswich the match.Roll on the SON in a couple of years. Kinsley will struggle like most of us thought,whilst there were better riders to choose.But he is one of Allitts boys Proctor was very poor.Ok he needs more than one match,but he has to be more professional and turn up before 19:30.That was disgraceful and should be fined for that.If the match had started on time he wouldn't have And with a bit of luck we could have won with Kerr's e/f being critical. Let's not forget our poor management too,do they really know our riders.Heat 7 6pts down tac sub time,of course not.Jorgensen flying at the time,loves a wet track stick him in,no we don't want to do that.Ipswich used their noddle,i even called itDanny King ht1 R/R again loves wet track get out there get 3pts.Well done Hawkins. So a culmination of a few things and we could get better,but i do feel these will be the bottom 2 in the league.I hope they would be the top 2 and get in the final,that would be something else. Was the crowd really restricted to 1000.That's the biggest crowd of seen in a while 2,000-2,500 maybe,what do others think?

I thought the coverage by Eurosport was as good as any I have seen, if every meeting is covered like this it will only be good for speedway. That Belle Vue stadium and track is superb. I do not know if it was my imagination but there appeared to be far less gardening and general messing about at the tapes and the meeting was more fluent than many I have seen.

........... and for those wanting to see team kevlars this season although not on Eurosport but probably YouTube at some point in the next few days, you will see Kings Lynn v Ipswich resplendent in matching kevlars with Ipswich using r/r & a guest wearing Peterborough kevlars.

Really looking forward to this and that first meeting 'smell' from the bike fuel. Unfortunately CL meeting looks rather lopsided, It was 59-31 in 2019 and whilst I think Eagles are stronger primarily with Brennan and Kemp for Morley and Bowtell Newcastle are much weaker losing all three heat leaders and only recruiting Ben Barker at that level. They have done the right thing to try and ensure survival and I hope they can spring some surprises. The NL should be a much better match with three clashes between Clegg and Knight very much the juiciest. I also fancy Kelsey Dugard to put on a bit of a show with a certain amount of 'feeling' and something to prove.. I am particularly looking forward to seeing that tiny tot who used to hesitantly ride round on a small machine for years before the Elite League matches. I have not seen him since he turned 15 but I understand Nathan Ablett is now quite a prospect and this will be his home debut. The weather forecast is sunny with showers so looks promising.

Many fans go on their own and meet up with the same bunch every year. Have done for many years. Regulars are going to crap out because they are the only ones in their household who go. Not a fair method at all. How about offering single tickets to fans who wish to stand on the first bend? I had no issues buying at ticket for next weeks Plymouth v Poole meeting in the main stand.

Wolves v Belle Vue next Monday

The behind closed doors is temporary, hopefully. By waiting another month or whenever the next batch of restrictions are finally lifted they wont need to spend unnecessary amounts of money on Covid mitigations in the stadium. Setting up the streaming service is a gamble but hopefully it pays off. I'm sure the owners are pretty tired of the restrictions like everyone else.

Bit of honesty from Cook

To be fair to kent. With restricted Stadium access and the dreaded 20.30 curfew, there is no chance of delaying the start. I have a 100 mile round trip to Central park, so I'm glad a decision has been made.

Ha! I was trying to be a bit more polite than that! lol

It does look a bit like a SAGA or Darby and Joan outing when they pan around the crowd doesnt it? And lets be honest, no self respecting late teenager/twenty something would be seen dead going somewhere where not even your dad, but your grandad, attends, so looking at so many "crustys" as my lad describes anyone my age and over (53), wont mean too many under 40 I would say would look on thinking "I might go there".. And the sub 30 somethings definitely wont be racing to attend.. Let's hope post Covid the clubs on TV plan in a few organised trips for local schools, kids sports leagues, scouts, guides etc etc etc.. If it looks worth visiting it might inspire more of the same peer group to mither their parents to attend.. It is really noticable when you see the demographic of the crowd in Poland, that Speedway over there must be seen as "much cooler" than it is seen as over here.. It's exactly the same sport, therefore, UK Speedway needs to find a way to make it "much cooler" over here..

I know it not plymouth fault all to do with covid

NO sure the casual TV viewer would be interested or understand points limits and averages. Keep it simple ...

Good on you Bob at Herne Bay. Seems you wanting to go to see Speedway, but concerned about safeguards of your own health. Nothing wrong with that. You asking questions because comments had been made by some in attendance that made you concerned, now your going to get slagged off. That’s a pity.

The Manager might be pleased but I bet the man that pays his wages isn’t. A home defeat always costs bums on seats for the next meeting. How can anyone be pleased in getting beat at home by the team you will be fighting with to avoid the wooden spoon.?

A good effort from Eurosport spoiled only by the constant inane drivel from Pearson snd Tatum, riddled with the same sad cliches snd inept mistakes such as calling Bewley an Aussie and, Tatum SCREAMING down the Mike about a brilliant overtake that never happened etc etc Sack them and bring in Dave Goddard

Spot on... They risk their lives commentating for our entertainment....

He's done well that young Rowe,,, he would make a fantastic rising star for someone

Eurosport coverage looks really good a good little feature for people not familiar with speedway explaining the rules, bikes, clothing. Also regular live updates from the other matches. Bodes well for the rest of the season

There will be an updated poster probably tomorrow now we have some p/p images in.. in honesty, I got bored and fancied making a new one

Well I enjoyed it. I think it’s possible to articulate that a track isn’t to your taste without using the word rubbish, as it clearly wasn’t.