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I visited REDCAR for the first time on their opener. Not often would I wax lyrical about a promotion, its stadium and the way they do their business, but this was an eye opener and an example of how to PROMOTE. Redcar offer a great product, a neat,clean, stadium and racing surface. All officials smartly attired in quality uniforms. A stadium with great viewing, well signposted and extremely supporter friendly. They plainly give Sponsors great value for money and run their show to a high standard. Well done to the promotion, the fans and an excellently balanced team Thank you for making me most welcome, and I hope to return again James Easter

On the subject of the Stream… Can I pay a huge tribute to Andy Hague and his brother Paul of Speedway Portal. I can’t begin to tell you of the hours and hours of dedication and commitment from these guys. They have put so much planning, preparation and thought into the project setting the highest goals for quality. They have overcome countless technical obstacles and spent,literally, days on the infrastructure and studio set up. The result is a product that is highly professional and should shine amongst it’s rivals. WELL DONE GUYS. you have an equally committed team alongside you, going forward, and you should ALL be proud heading into Pirates TV’s inaugural season. Wishing you every success, much deserved!

But lets be fair it is easy to make a typing mistske now isn't it? Regards THJ

There is one thing having a personal gripe but to take it onto a speedway track is disgusting. Speedway bikes are dangerous enough without any other motive and I have neither side to take in this but I hope it’s dealt with appropriately.

Is that meant to make 29 look half decent?

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Plenty of footballers having signed for new clubs are injured during pre-season and miss the first (few) fixtures. In the case of Adam, he was signed with the full knowledge that he would be unavailable for the Lions leg, but this is hardly a reason not to have signed him at all is it?

Peterborough signed Summers on a short term contract whilst we looked for a heat leader. One was never found, Summers stayed all season & it was a disaster.

I wonder how many more matches Ellis will be missing for Brummies?

Plus football is a squad game speedway isn't so any comparison with football is irrelevant

That’s as low as I could go unfortunately .

Still no need to possibly injure Adam . Might be old fashioned but keep your off-track problems off the track.

My first meeting was in 1972 as an 8 year old.We had no car back then and used to walk the 8 mile round trip and get a bag of chips on the way home.

Brooklyn Nets NBA team paid Kevin Durant $30 million knowing he was going to miss a whole season. Cleveland Browns NFL team have signed DeShawn Watson knowing he will be facing a big suspension this year. It happens.

This is a consequence of Brum building their side a long while after fixtures were compiled but it's a kick on the nuts for the most important people, the paying public.

First meeting Thursday at the Foxhole. Just a bit irritating we have to find out about our riders from their other teams.

And even some of the posh Cradley gals had them as well

I’m in the area but what a joke, will find something else to do

I have no idea why no drawn matches isn't good for "TV"? What's wrong with a draw?

No wonder speedway is a mess. Here's our great signing you've been waiting all winter for and by the way he won't be riding in our opening meeting

The late eighties and early to mid nineties were my golden era at Lynn as I'm a little too young to remember the seventies and early eighties. Henka, Loramski, Brhel, Richard Knight, Bobby Ott, Lofqvist, Emerson Fairweather etc. Always seemed to be last heat deciders and the racing was awesome with proper shale. And on Satuday nights!

Not all that absurd, plenty of cases in football where a new player signs plays a.match or two and then goes missing for something like a month for the Africa Cup of Nations. However, the teams can normally call on an adequate replacement, unlike being unnecessarily penalised as in speedway. Liverpool don't have to call up a player from their under 16 squad. Everyone lost tonight, but the sport of speedway was the biggest loser.

So a got to the semi final of the "egg dump" WTF... me first ever... an what do you know "egg dump" abandoned... competitors "seven shades to the wind"... and there has been the accusation.that someone is using a pot egg rather than a paste egg... apparently a big scandal... ave seen nowt like this in all my nacho... these underpants will never dry... what a laugh... Regards THJ

Worse case scenario I'll HDMI it!

Cheers man. I'll probably get over it by the time Chris Allen get's his first maximum for the Bandits.

RIP Jim. Such sad news, did so much for the diamonds over the years. Thoughts to Julie and the family

http://www.birmingham-speedway.com/news.php?extend.3123 See the bit which says "However, due to a prior league commitment in France this weekend, Birmingham have named Ben Morley as a member of their team for Saturday's (March 26, 7pm) Knockout Cup clash at Leicester."

He's in declared 7 on BSPL website.

Apparently BWD had asked Adam to take his wife? back, Adam told him to stuff it. LOL

In the case of Roynon I think it is form a queue... Unfortunately there is a lot of baggage and a back story that could keep a soap running for quite a few episodes... not quite on the Ken and Deidre scale with Mike Baldwin but up there Regards THJ

Aye but mine was deliberate to prove a point.... and so you didn't feel self conscious.... That's my excuse an am sticking to it... Regards THJ

I think chrome is meant for other android devices, apparently it can be installed but not in a standard way. I've looked at Puffin TV browser but i think there maybe a limit on free usage to 1 hour a day. It'd be good if somebody could recommend something

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TV should not be allowed to dictate the outcome/final result of a meeting they should only be streaming it they should not be allowed to change the rule book. Speedway is in a bad enough state at the moment without interference from outside bodies who just happen to be able to show money talks. No wonder speedway fans are walking away from rather than to meetings.

Very sad when you think of all the great Riders who have proudly worn the number 1 race jacket for the Diamonds.

If any sport should be getting rid of draws, it should be cricket rather than speedway!

Is there a recommended browser to watch this on Smart TV's?

Strange that all the negatives were Redcar related ……Oh well. I would have thought the “obvious” should be more of a concern to Diamonds supporters.

If you look at the previous article on the website about Kyle Newman it describes Kyle as a heat leader so Im not reading too much into this..

Positives from last night - 6 Diamonds riders got some laps in. Negatives from last night (apart from the obvious) - 2 min warning light off bend 4 needs a bulb in it. The Programme was full of mistakes (eg Peter Complin, Stewart Robson, but there was many others). Not a fan of having an interval, just as the temperature starts to drop, especially for those who like to stay behind to watch the Juniors. Fine in the middle of summer, but not while still in March! Still have to give riders (especially Brad, Matty and Lee who are all coming back from injury/retirement) time to settle in. George hasn't seen, let alone rode, any of the tracks (apart from Leicester), so must be given a little leeway, but it will be interesting to see how he does when he starts making the gate. A race win will give his confidence a massive boost. Get well soon Paul Starke.

After last night's performance, I'm guessing Plymouth could beat Newcastle without a 7th rider!

Rules should be applied uniformly across the board, not dependent on who is asking!

Only surprise was that the Redcar heatleaders dropped 4 points (3 due to an engine fail). I'm sure Wilson Dean, Complin and Congreve will get better and Starke might have got more than the R/R five but it's a team which is never going to take points from a team with three strong heat leaders. Home or Away. So if your opposition is guaranteed nigh on 41 points from three riders plus another guaranteed 3 from heat 2, 8 and 12 or 14. The other four riders only need to add another 2 between them to win. This is what happens when the teams aren't evenly matched. Hopefully the on track action was better than the scoreline suggests.

Well I suppose it won't be long before we find out if that confidence is misplaced or not. I personally would have put Morris at 5, although he increased his average last year, I somehow felt it was a disappointing season. Time for him to step up and take responsibility and become a genuine heat leader again (if he has it in him). Becker at no 2 not being used to our best advantage I feel.

It's a shame Newcastle couldn't see fit to host Robbo's meeting with him being a Diamonds legend. He only had 1 stunted season at Redcar (and a short spell at Middlesbrough) but he has been a great servant to the sport and deserves his farewell meeting regardless.

BWD sleeping with roynons wife and then purposely knocking him off after the race. BwD should receive a ban for his actions after race 1. Although I wasn't there, was it as bad as the updates say????

I think what Cam is is the newer but more entertaing version of morten Risager,, and every team needs one,,, I'm a very harsh critic of his,,, but on those days at Foxhall when he is on form,, he is one of the best to watch. And that's what does my swede in about him the most,,,, he should have more days like those.

Berwick will be the dark horse imo

Don’t think Newcastle will be above Plymouth.IMO