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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.

If the producers of Speedway Star magazine read this please can you look at reverting the cover of the magazine to what it used to be. What I mean by that is reflecting the events of the day. Have the latest grand prix winner etc on the cover and make it relevant to the news of the week. The front page format you have been using over the last few years is boring and uninspiring. I used to buy the magazine every week religiously but now only buy it periodically. Please change the front cover back. It used to be like a souvenir back in the day following a World Final or Grand Prix. P.S This weeks cover should have been Nigel Pearson rather than just a small pic of him. Just Saying.

Yes away from he’s never going to do well..but whilst he’s chipping in at home matches which is what this team is about winning at home..he’s doing ok

Think we could all have seen that was what should have happened. Would be better with Mrs Brown as manager.

Omg that was an absolutely shocking decision by TM (I won't use his name)

Yes that’s the one. Directly in line with the start and finish line. 72.18 yards away according to google maps.

Said when the team was announced it had 3 heat leaders, 1 average 2nd string & 3 reserves. The twins can only ride Leicester, this means unless the 3 heat leaders all get double figures, they're not going to get many points on the road. You can't carry 2 riders & expect to win on your travels. Admire the loyalty shown to them & not saying they should be dropped, but for this year there's no way Leicester will beat the likes of Poole & Glasgow over 2 legs. Might scrape into the play-offs, but that's about it.

No point having Hume as a no8 if not using him to take 3 r/r rides, Riss takes other in either heat 1 or heat 8

Tom Brennan will guest for Paul Starke on Sunday: https://newcastle-speedway.co.uk/news/

Chris Harris has been selected to ride in the SEC Qualifier in Nagyhalasz on Saturday May 21st. As things stand there is no meeting on that date for the Berwick Championship team, there is a stand alone Berwick Bullets meeting with Kent Royals.

Glasgow away win I’d say!

I’d think close to that as well.. Batch and Nicholls scored paid 30 points between them with Kent! We are clearly performing much better at home than away so far! Oxford to get close but no cigar for them!

Yes, but it’s cash only. You can buy your food with a card, but not the admission ticket.

Showing on my Virgin TV planner as live on Eurosport 2 from 5.30pm to 9.15pm

A very enjoyable evening , 56-34 doesn't reflect on how good a meeting it actually was . I'm getting more and more impressed with Connor Bailey . We knew this was a huge season for him as he has to break out of the reserve position to continue his progress , and he's certainly started off with that aim in mind . He looks much more aggressive in his riding , though its a controlled aggression even if Mr Etheridge disagreed . But as has been said , round Ashfield we don't look to be having a weak link , but the standard of the racing is the most important thing and the track is producing some spectacular stuff. Any race with Harris in it last night was brilliant . Berwick are a decent side and I can certainly see them as play off contenders this season .

If this is the way the Birmingham promotion want to run then they've got absolutely no place in the sport. The absolute cheek to charge fans £10 for 2 races. When promotions run like this doing the absolute bare minimum and then genuinely rip off fans they don't just damage their own club, they damage the sports image and reputation or what little it has left. I fully understand that "beggars can't be choosers" but there must be some sort of standard set for promotions looking to run? Because regardless if this consortium "saved" Birmingham speedway with these sort of practices they won't last more than 5 minutes. Laurence Rogers in particular should be absolutely ashamed of himself. He's not a newbie, he knows how the sports run and knows how vital it is to keep fans loyal. Unfortunately I think this will turn anyone with any sense away...

and eurosport

Yes Congreve was announced to replace him but was then disqualified for failing to beat 2 minutes

Well yeah we the diamonds got beat... But for god's sake I know the team are struggling at the present time but if fans want speedway at Newcastle keep turning up if we win or not coz if the fans don't turn up & the club promotion can't afford to run it & it closes.. that's the end of the diamonds so let's get behind Rob & his hard working staff & keep speedway alive at Newcastle

TBF, The Sarg isn't too bad of a rider,,, his naivety may let him down tho?

The double tap option isn't available but you should be able to scroll through the timeline? We also have been cutting highlights of just the races to save people who don't want the faff in between. I'd say the handover Comms to pits was much slicker for the Oxford meeting as we knew that was an issue. It gets better as it gets darker as they have a light to tell them they're live it's just hard to see in daylight On your first point, do you mean a little like the Polish coverage where two cameras are visible at once? We can clip up replays fairly easily, from different camera angles and different speeds too. The hard part is we don't control the meeting pace like Eurosport do so getting the replays in between races can be tricky. As a whole we just want to bring a product that makes most people happy. We understand not everyone likes the same thing so finding the balance will be key. We want to push ourselves as much as we can, the more signups means the more we can add onto our production for equipment/staff etc. My messages are always open if anyone has any ideas they'd like to put forward.

And when he was alive he had the right of reply. When someone's died people should just pay their respects or say nothing at all, the only people who might be reading negative comments are his family who are left behind and I just hope if they are reading this forum they ignore the ignorant posts and focus on the overwhelming ones from people who realise he will be missed and also a great loss to Speedway.