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Not all of us... I may be the Terrace Grumbler but I always had time for Ludde and wish we had him at no. 5 now. There's no hiding from the fact we took a pasting yesterday but those of us who remember the season with Rene Knudsen will know that this sort of situation hurts but generally things do improve... Also, remember the season when the promotion took the season ticket money and then withdrew from the league without a wheel being turned - compare that to the very honourable way our present promoter has behaved and be thankful we have a team at BP at all. Back to yesterday... I enjoyed watching Charles Wright, Kyle Howarth and BB, and it was a decent way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon. (Doug, is that positive enough for you?)

TBH your Team Manager (aka "Calamity Clown" ) lost you this match. Instead of trusting messrs Cook, Jensen, Nicol & Wells to cover Ostergaard's programmed rides, in comes a highly dubious choice of guest which spectacularly backfires! Hard to imagine Stewart Dickson would have made such a blunder in a derby match when he was at the helm

Nuts... People wonder why I don't like this "Scheme" its Nuts absolutely Nuts... cheers for clearing that one up... Regards THJ

£2,500 raised in a collection for Ulrich today at Glasgow. In his short time at Glasgow we have really taken to him speedy recovery hopefully, both teams could be doing with him back sooner rather than later.

Surely the track curator should prepare the track how the home team wants it not how he wants to do it…..

Statement from Newcastle Speedway: https://newcastle-speedway.co.uk/2021/07/26/an-apology-from-the-promotion/

So club hope the number 2 position will be resolved for the away meeting at Edinburgh on the 6th August.

You can replace like for like you don't have to align with team building average if like for like

Well, that's what am asking,,, providing Archie has a doctor's note, or letter off his mum, and providing Leon Flint doesn't hurt his fingers and Berwick get in first?

So we can use Dan on Sunday for example instead of Archie who hurt his fingers in the workshop a few days earlier.

Newcastle could always appeal to the SCB, as they don’t mind arranging re-runs when Redcar are involved.

Top 6.

Only just watched Sunday’s meeting, having been away all week. What a pleasure the standard of commentary was throughout. If Nigel Pearson wants any tips, listen to the way Kelvin and Chris went about it. He’s supposed to be the “pro” at the job, they’re just sat-alongside-experts adding comments. They came across so much more “pro” than Nigel. Well done, Kelvin and Chris, I for one will be sorry when Nigel’s back behind the microphone.

I'd paid my £18 online to watch the Scunny match expecting Adam Ellis to be there, still went and enjoyed 2 cracking meetings for £18. If that's not value, I don't know what is?

While I can see there's a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to the home defeat, the criticism of Justin Sedgmen seems a bit unfair. Although at reserve, he has continued to increase his rolling average month-on-month -- what more can be expected of him?

Can you conjure one up with the right average and necessary permissions plus a guarantee that their Government won't move the goalposts (sic), then please send your suggestions to the Poole Speedway Office.

Glasgow promotion put in £1000 that puts Buster under pressure to match that haha I think hes been rider of the year in both leagues in 2021 so far now the flymos have been updated

If they are having issues with tyres it was only one side struggling with them... IMHO it had nothing to do with tyres On the track... not sure where it was Grippy Charlie Wright put in the fastest time of the season passing Ben Barker up the back straight... also the James Grieves line was 2/3rds of the way out on the 1st and 2nd bends unless my memory is failing and no one goes out where Ludvig used to do his passing in the dirt on bends 3 and 4 as there is nothing there for anyone... no grip whatsoever... and everyone tries the Lemmo cut back on 4 hugging the inside line which can make it rather processional at times... 3 or 4 passes up the back straight which is unusual for Brough and Dickie Juul's advice in the pits must have been invaluable to Redcar... the dust was an issue for sure and the problem with a new track man for me is he potentially won't listen to the home riders and will prepare the track how he likes to see it not how the home riders want to see it... the issue may settle once the guys get dialled back in... and the dust will settle with more water on the track... Newcastle were just not good enough in every department... Redcar were better and stronger right through... it was a good old fashioned stuffing without a doubt... gating was an issue all night for the Diamonds with the exception of heat 15 when James Wright got a massive roller and still couldn't keep the lead... Also what's up with Max Clegg... his body language didn't seem right and on the track the effort just didn't seem there... has his head been turned? He seems to have gone right off the boil... The team is ripe for changes however is there anyone out there who can come in and significanty strengthen the team... some big decisions to be made... Finally I am not surprised any newbie liked what they saw as it was a master class of Speedway... passing with thrills and spills... good entertainment... only problem was it was all coming from the away side... Newcastle were just not at the races unfortunately... Regards THJ

Looked on the pace just seemed to drift too wide towards the end off his heats and losing momentum, also rode well on Friday still has talent.

Berwick allow under 16s in free. As a result you get a lot of younger fans going as part of a family. But that side of promotion very seldom gets the praise it deserves. Far easier to be negative.

It's been in place since 2020 to stop teams having to field a NL rider if their no.1 is missing

It's not hard to grasp is it,,, he is on the Rising Star list at the start of the season,, and still on it,,, ipswich don't use him as a rising star,, as only one rising star per team this season in the Prem,,, Kemp is ipswich rising star. So Rowe gets an average, but because he is on the list still,, he can guest for other 4 rising stars.

I think he will be at Peterborough next year if he wants to be, I also think he will be racing again this year as he should be back for our September matches if not some of the later August meetings. Ulrichs very popular, with his team mates, sponsors and most importantly the fans and it’s noticeable he is very fit this year and a fit Ulrich on good equipment is a match for mostly anyone. You don’t put over 3 points on your starting average by fluke or accident.

So you weren’t there, didn’t know anything about the meeting, track, opposition, conditions, refs decisions? In fact you knew nothing at all except what you read on the internet? Well they say opinions are like ar$eholes because everyone has one. I think all you did is prove the point. as to hitting a nerve ? Don’t flatter yourself mate, any real fan laughs at people who spout off with no knowledge of what they’re talking about. yeah, my boy did ride. He also top scored. Embarrassing…? Nope. I’m proud as hell.

You take ages to realise Josh's potential, now you want all our riders.

Italian is my guess- Guiseppe Grandi FIME Referee: GRANDI Giuseppe FMN: FMI License No: 14472

Whilst it might seem a crazy rule for the other team, all these rising stars are young lads that need as much track time as possible. Someone like Dan now on a 6pt ave probably wouldn't get many guest bookings as you'd have any 6pt AVE rider to choose from

Dan Thompson will move up into the main body of the team. Zane Kennedy will drop to reserve. Nothing in this one, either way.

So basically,,, a rising star could rise to no.1 for his club and then guest for a same value rising star at say no.7 for another team. Ye just couldn't make it up, now a know where the government get they're ideas from.

He’s a rising star, doesn’t matter if he’s selected as one for a team or not, he’s a 1*, for what it’s worth, same as Sheffield using Bickley as a guest for Bates as rising star, Bickley isn’t anyones rising star, but on the list

Got to agree with Uk_martin on his point re quality of product. As an example T20 cricket down here in Kent - all the remaining matches have sold out ....... its £25 a ticket and £7 for 5-15 year olds. Party atmosphere, flames leap int othe air every time someone hits a boundary. Day night games add to the atmosphere. Cricket officianados scoff at the crash, bang, wallop, limited overs white ball game , but it has saved cricket from the abyss. Watching a 3 or 4 day county match is not everyones cup of tea . Someone has gone in and sorted out Cricket with choices of format, whilst speedway is stuck with 15 heats every match 4 riders 4 laps per race .............. yawn. IF the product was moved into the 21st century, interst woudl be increased , crowds would increase , and maybe prices would reflect better value for money?

Don't forget your mate Hans

Many aspects of the sport have simply not moved with the times, they have tinkered with the number of heats over the years but it is still four laps clutch start and that is it. Team racing is rare and most ‘teamsters’ race firstly for themselves and the income with the club a secondary factor in the equation which is why I never understand why so many dislike individual meetings apart from the GP. The admission price is seemingly determined by the riders and not the paying punter. Rarely do tracks actively promote themselves or the sport either individually or collectively (some decent advertising deals are available on a number of commercial radio stations) and most could learn a thing or two from the banger racing promoters and the IOW. Despite claims from many who run the sport, it is not family friendly night out given the cost and no need to go on about the odd summer promotion re kids admission , how many regular weekly meetings are being held at all top tier tracks this year and covid is not an excuse for not thinking outside the box and putting on a motor cycle show with various two wheeled disciplines not just the gate and go merchants. Sadly with few exceptions it is boring, living in the past, over priced and going nowhere in a hurry as no one has any vision and the balls to turn it around and make it an evening spectacular and leave behind the dead wood of 15 heat league racing. First and foremost give the punter value for money as no clubs needs to chase ratings, the sport is not big enough to think like that so play to a new audience and drag the oldies screaming into the current day but do something different before it is too late for the sport and it ends up as an amateur outing for a few enthusiasts.

Cook must go

Increase it by more

Isn't this a case for all sports though, other than football maybe? I know going back to my own experience, I was speedway daft when I was a teenager, Then I started to go out, alcohol and girls took over. Then you settle down and lose interest in the "chase". Then you go back to what you used to enjoy. I would bet that the only sports which attract teenagers in any amounts are one which also have alcohol nearby? Football (because it is media wall to wall), T20 cricket, darts nights out (sold as a night out rather than a purely sporting attraction). So if you want to attract teenagers, maybe you need to turn speedway meetings into a stag party atmosphere?

For last weeks match you had the choice of buying a ticket in advance or paying on the door, in either cash or card. I paid on the door. Same for this week.

Methanol is a bio fuel so any thoughts of using petrol instead should be binned straight away.

Difference was the Glasgow riders passed him.

Poor machinery as usual as he has been told so often. For his talent he should be a heatleader.

They have put a lot off work into the track over the last few seasons, Steve Lawson was up during the winter getting the dip on the 3rd bend resolved and you can see that the riders can attack the track with confidence. we have witnessed some fantastic racing at Ashfield this season and previously.

My mate had a bike that ran on Calor Gas First time he rode it he did a wheely for 4 laps because of the weight of the bottle on the rear mudguard.

Hindsight is Great thing,but really Glasgow should have went with R/R.Sedgmen and Wells are not really doing the job they were brought in for.Don’t thinkSedgmen was brought in to Win Ht 2,and Wells not winning heats at Home.Edinburgh deserved their win.Decent matchIMO.

Saw a young lad wearing one last night funnily enough... he was with his dad, I thought to myself I wonder if you realise you're dad is a cheapskate lol

F**king Berwick, three measly points and third in the only 5-1 of the meeting.

And built with no thought as to where the sun would be setting lol

Line up for Brokstedt Denmark J.Jeppesen M.Hansen Seifert-Selk T.Sorsensen B.Basso Germany M.Härtel L.Fienhage S.Wasserman M.Hildebrand N.Blödorn Finland T.Salonen A.Vuolas N.Sayrio T.Hyyrlainen GB T.Brennan J.Palin D.Gilkes L.Flint D.Kemp

From what I can see the first meeting at the Isle of Wight went very well and an admission cost of £12 bring it on.

I think Oxford may also be taking part with Gordon Kennett as Team Manager?

So much more enjoyable without all that screaming.