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No! No! No!... I have read it on here many times that they do it "for our entertainment"....

A good match last, some great racing. Lions getting a point was the right result I think. Nick Morris is a true racer, as for his 'chat' with the ref, I see no problem with it, a stern word from the ref should have sufficed as a slap on the wrist. How many remember Geoff Pusey's visits to the refs box, climbing over the fence, stomping through the crowd, certainly got the crowd going. We need riders like Morris, racers who entertain. Both sides raced hard last night to make a great meeting.

Morris added to the entertainment last night. He’s a real racer and can understand why he was upset at the Heat 11 decision. As long as he wasn’t abusive I have no issue with his actions, a pantomime villain always gives a bit of interest.

Only takes a couple to struggle and you've no chance away from home . But to be honest , three away wins will get you in the play offs ( as long as you win your home matches )., so there will be easier tasks than Leicester

Then each club should think about that before allowing such disparate level of capability to be in place in the same league.. And also consider if it is a good idea to allow clubs to choose when to use a guest and when not to... (All the clubs 'amazingly' seem to find a guest for home matches dont they?) More self inflicted nonsense that can only dissaude attendance rather than encourage it, and so easily fixed if as a collective they wanted to do so... As, lets be honest, it isnt like it isnt obvious that certain teams wont be crowd pullers away from home, and that home teams will then pay out loads of points money when these teams visit.. Because the same thing has happened for donkeys years... With these teams often highlighted pre season by fans with even just the slightest knowledge of the sport..

Sure something like that could only happen to you Steve, 'only you'?

You can probably give Etheridge a pass if he's not 100% fit but Bickley has made zero progress. It's sad as he was a brilliant youngster but it just doesn't seem to be working at senior level.

Some tremendous racing tonight ,certainly no lack of effort from the Bandits riders,we were just outridden on the night, very entertaining meeting.Not one re-run or a faller in the 15 heats.The one thing that was proven though is the present Berwick reserves are not the strongest in the league.

After 2 wins the Stars welcome those pesky Witches from Foxhole on Monday In last Thursdays great win over the Panthers everyone chipped in, and it was an enjoyable meeting. I'm hoping for another great one come Monday. Richard didn't look as fast as he has been i'm hoping for more than 14 points from Richard, TJ, and Lewi in this one. We should see 22+ from those 3 at home hopefully, this time around.. Ones to watch for me will be Erik, Doyle and Batch to a lesser extent. Those 3 could score 30+. I'm going for a 46-44 Stars win if the above three score well. Unless we get agent Erik Thoughts?

Lol you been on sauce Lisa? Turning into shovlar

Was a cracking meeting. Thought Glasgow could get a point but lions pulled away. Basso is some rider . Thought heat 14 was amazing . Joe n Dan out witted basso and he moaned but was just fair racing.

Been some excellent meetings at Berwick this season and that topped the lot so far Little to think what was to come in opening two heats but it just took off So many plusses but Harris in Heat 13 was simply Bomber Special.mention for Nathan Stoneman who was for my money top Cheetah

I presume that view doesnt have a fence blocking the finish line, like some fences do at tracks...? With sometimes the wheels not visible depending on how near they are to the fence as they cross the line, meaning the refs give their "best guess" result based on the riders crossing the line, not their bikes.. Sometimes being directly opposite the finish line with nothing blocking the view can be far more accurate..

From a bandits point of view a great win. I expected it to be a lot closer but not to be. Some great performances from Jy Theo and of course the Bomber. Heat 13 was unreal from him. If anyone says theirs no passing at Berwick get a look at this meeting. Gonna take some beating at home this year. Got to mention Nathan stoneman who gave his all tonight.

You shud know by now Cammie knickers is not a very good team manager

Only possible way the referee can justify that decision is to say the race was stopped due to an unsatisfactory start and not due to anything that happened on the third bend.

Let's be honest,,,, rr for Heeps is probably a massive bonus

Speedway is the home of daft rules

Three when you count the decision that sparked the incident.

It’s not strict rules though it’s more of a “ get out” clause.IMO.Discrection has to be used in this case.I fear for them.

Problem is, like with any business, customer confidence and a good reputation needs to be built up over weeks, months, years, its lost and gone over night. Birmingham`s management need to work on the first bit to stop the second part happening.

And they will enjoy the NORA British Ladies Championship being staged on the Isle of Wight this summer which is being masterminded by the long time supporter of women’s racing Alan Critcher.

I’d agree. Berwick were better than the score suggests. Craig didn’t gate well last night, but conditions were different to a week ago. Ulle still needs a few weeks to be 100% I think and he looked frustrated in a couple of heats last night. But he’ll get there, and he did get a paid max last week, put with 8 from 4 rides last night, so he’s not doing badly. You can just see there is a bit more to come . He pulled an important block on Chris Harris in heat 9 even though he finished last in the race. I think having Tom at 5 and Ulle at 3 is working nicely. Broc is a bit of a weak link at the moment but he got better as the meeting went on and was practicing afterwards, along with Ulle. Seemed to be getting a bit of help from Tom and Craig. Connor’s been phenomenal. 9+1 last week, 9+2 this week. Fabulous passing in heats 8 and 12. We knew he was better than his average but he’s killing it right now.

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/watch/speedway/ Looks like the GP will be on Eurosport 2 with qualifying and 15 minutes extra coverage at the end available on Discovery+

CAnt TyPE MUCh my FINers R sTILl FrOzEN fROM laT NIght, Well done to both teams for the nights entertainment.

It seemed like it had taken a week to get there what a trek, a great day though really friendly people.My last visit was in 1984 when the Diamonds had there year in the BL Eddie Ingels rode.I also went to Newcastle for a weekend what a time that was stayed in Whitley Bay brilliant remember the geordies taking the p… out of our accent.Calling us Southern softees and carrot crunchers , all in good jest though they were really friendly down to earth jovial people.

TBH, I'd rather we did what we did, and use a rider from our own junior team. Only way riders will progress unless they are a super talent is to get track time against riders of a higher standard. Better to train our own riders than someone else's Maybe a lesson for the British Authorities as our leagues trained up plenty of Foreign talent instead of using British riders who ended up drifting away from the sport. Luckily there now seems to be a good crop of younger riders coming through who will kick on

Reflecting on this now having absorbed all the tributes and comments, it's clear that speedway, in the modern age, has lost its greatest ever promoter. I can't recall such an outpouring of grief and admiration for someone involved in speedway who wasn't a rider. Nigel spent years promoting nothing but positivity in so many aspects of speedway that his contributions were quite extraordinary and surely without precedent. Crikey, he even ghost wrote Kelvin's recent book(s)! This really is a case of you don't know what you've got until its gone. A truly tragic loss.

Can’t help but post after a meeting of that quality!

Welcome back haven't seen you post for a while, well the wait to Tapes up at seven seventeen was well worth it,even if it was freezing.One of the best matches I've seen for a while,some great races, with plenty Passing, Bandits very much up for it,as mentioned thought Nathan Stoneman rode very well.Going to be hard to beat at home, anyone know when the new averages are out and how it affects the team?

Bloody hell if a member of the BSPA can’t get it right then there’s no hope for the rest of us is there? Why do these bloody rules have to be so complex and confusing? It’s like all this 25% fixtures b0llocks before a change can be made, nobody is entirely sure what it means exactly. I give up!

We will have better nights on the road (Friday hopefully) but was never a meeting we usually win down there , well done to the Lions and not so much to our team manager.

That’s round 2. Updates for that and round 1 on Tuesday will be via Sportowefakty and i will put the links up on Tuesday.

Absolutely but getting it up Dickson would be sweet after his starring role in getting the Ashfield meeting called off last year.

Yes - an opinion based on my own eyes (from a perfect position to see who crossed the line first). Saying it as I saw it, as I always do and try to be fair to both teams. Everyone around me actually laughed when the result was announced.

I'm gonna pay to watch the stream on Wednesday night to support the Brummies, will be updating from that to the site, hope it's a good one for the lads.

Brilliant racing at Lodz as always would love to see a GP, it warrants for such a brilliant track and stadium

And I even waited til after I finished work as I was sure someone would have started it by then! I even checked on the Leicester twitter page that it was definitely happening today! lol

What an excellent night's entertainment. Berwick riders never gave up and the Tigers didn't have any weak links. And as for young Connor Bailey simply brilliant.

Quite a bit poor from the Leicester & Glasgow posters when a Poole supporter has to start your meeting topic!

I wonder if a video of heat 15 will pop up on the website and social media pages?

I seem to think through the mist of time, for all teams, that whatever night you ride on at home, it always seems easier to find a guest than when you are away... Unless of course you are in the running for the play offs or title...

Easier to find a guest on a Sunday (providing they aren't riding abroad) than on a Friday when 8 out of 11 teams are riding, though.

Completely disagree, this is what's missing at meetings, a bit of interaction with the crowd, I was stood right on the line and i never heard any foul language from the rider, just him gesturing to the reff. Indeed from the childrens reactions nr me , they seemed to enjoy it. Certainly everyone I spoke to afterwards thought it added to the entertainment. Riders get paid per point as no doubt you are aware, so last night Morris lost 2 points through his machinery stopping, hopefully it wasn't an expensive fix. Then he loses another point because of what he sees is a wrong decision by the ref. Money taken out of his pocket. Wouldn't you be mad if it was your money? As for being sent off and a lengthy ban, your having a laugh aren't you? That would only end up as the retirement of another rider.

I agree

Yep pretty big tragedy at a coal mine this week quite a few speedway riders in past time from Rybnik team worked in that industry before speedway became professional sport and they still remember those times in the teams name Row in English means Rybnik Coal District

You'll have to forgive Ray as he seems to prefer the Prem to the Champ!

When have you ever known the BSPL rule book to be clear and precise as to how things work.

Proper speedway transport!