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Agreed, the Plymouth riders attacked the track a lot more, none more so than Dan Gilkes who had a tremendous meeting up until the unfortunate accident, we were having good banter with a Plymouth supporter in front of us who turned out to be Dan Gilkes grandad who was with 2 lasses, obviously they were visibly upset rushing to the pits so not only best wishes to Dan Gilkes for a speedy recovery but to his family as well.

Well It’s hard and I am proud of Kelvin for stepping up to the plate. The show must go on and all that. It’s going to take a bit of time to get going. Well done to Chris Louis stepping into Kelvins shoes and Kelvin for stepping into Scoops. Not easy and I commend their efforts. I hope there’s no moaning about commentary. If there is they deserve any crap aimed at them.

Russian nor Belarus tennis players will not be at Wimbledon tennis this year. I have said it on here before, there is a strong link between Polish and Ukraine citizens, a lot stronger then you may think. And the hatred for Russia now is quite strong. Likely to continue until the population in Russia open their eyes and realise they have a one man government.

As proved in other sports Russians are still competing, its virtue signalling and history will not be kind to speedway, whoever the decision is is irrelevant, it’s wrong and quite frankly I’m disgusted in the other riders to not speaking out about it

Maybe it's been erased

You just stick to looking at the updates and don’t bother giving an opinion on a meeting you didn’t attend, was plenty of passing, but it rained for 5 hours straight, so of course it’s not going to be normal track conditions, but that doesn’t suit your agenda does it

Yes, all very enjoyable. Zmarzlik will take some beating though, to state the obvious. Can’t wait to go to one live again but meanwhile the tv coverage was indeed excellent. Kelvin and Chris are a good team, especially tonight under the circumstances, hope Chris continues in the role as he provides some interesting insights. And a big thank you to everyone whose first language isn’t English. We take it for granted but I wish I could be so fluent in a foreign tongue.

Kelvin I feel for you. Very hard night. Thoughts are with you. Very brave to do this.

Broken arm, 5 busted ribs and a collapsed lung for young Gilkes!! Get well soon young man.

That's not how two ambulances work. If the paramedic is busy/has to go with the rider racing can't continue. The only solution is an extra paramedic but you're talking a lot of money

I think we should have more than enough to cover for him at home whilst he gets to grips with it but he is more important away as that is where the twin’s generally struggle at the moment.

"Regulation is the controlling of an activity or process, usually by means of rules."

You really are some kind of special stupid, your hatred of Godfrey won't cloud an inaccurate statement eh. There is medical cover at Scunthorpe but like all tracks they have to wait for a county ambulance, stabilise the patient etc... So Gilkes was put in the Scunthorpe ambulance with medical cover until he could be transferred, whilst waiting for the transfer there is no other medical cover and the racing has to wait.

As I said listen to both sides and make your own judgment, when your informed from one side and the other is banned, that should raise your curiosity at least, I’m not defending Russia or Putin or Ukraine but I will say all is not what we are being told to think (again)

Yes he was mentioned and spoken about by Kelvin during the buildup, and also a period of Silence and applause after the national anthem.

Well that was impressive all round…Discovery certainly took the sport forward with that production..and Kelvin Tatum and Chris Louis were excellent Everything looked very professional and a great advert for speedway its up to the other riders to compete with Zmarzlik and I for one never tire of watching him ride and he is probably the most exciting rider I have watched since my time of starting watching in the mid 70s

Our friends in the East appear to have got a march on us in at least a couple of areas recently: streaming and investment in local youth.

Zmarzlik will win every round of the GP series this season imo. I thought the new presentation of the series was top notch.

I personally think both Tatum and Louis are excellent, but as sidekick summarisers. Neither is right for the lead commentary role and they’re gonna have to find someone to fill that particular role I think. Tatum is trying, but struggling to generate his usual enthusiasm and that’s totally understandable. Seems a bit flat today bless him.

It’s is disgusting that laguta and sayfutinov are not on the series, history will not be kind to speedway over this

Welcome back Matej, no doubt the lower deck lawyers will soon find another cause.

Practice pics: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/2215/fotoreportage-kwalificatie-training-speedway-gp-in-gorican

See the racecard thread

Draw after qualification: 1. Jason Doyle 2. Robert Lambert 3. Jack Holder 4. Patryk Dudek 5. Bartosz Zmarzlik 6. Paweł Przedpelski 7. Matej Zagar 8. Martin Vaculik 9. Mikkel Michelsen 10. Fredrik Lindgren 11. Anders Thomsen 12. Leon Madsen 13. Dan Bewley 14. Max Fricke 15. Tai Woffinden 16. Maciej Janowski

Perhaps Roger has not been following the thread? Otherwise, I'm sure he'll have noted the irony of Mike's entire post.

Anyway back to last night's slaughter in the sunshine . It was as impressive performance as I've seen from the Tigers at Armadale , solid from 1 to 7 . The highlight being Danyon's win over Masters . Praise to the track too , it was as good and fair as I've seen it there 51-39 is normally quite a comprehensive away win , and it was , though it does actually flatter the Monarchs as they got the majority of their race wins once the meeting was over as a contest . None more so than Kye Thomsen's heat 14 win . He was well off the pace all night before popping out to win that race easily . Edinburgh's choice of waiting till heat 11 before putting a t/s in against Cook was quite baffling . But all in all it was a brilliant night for us on the third bend

Firstly, its not nice to see a mate get hurt like that, speedy recovery Dan mate - that was an awful crash. Fair play to the Gladiators, better team on the night won.. Great choice of guests by Plymouth management. Also, a quick thankyou to Ben Barker who came into Scorpions TV Media Center and had our first ever live on the spot interview

Our commentators do a brilliant job considering the budget we work to. They don't have abundance of data or someone keeping them informed. Just the track in front of them and a TV with the stream before it's transmitted.

Edinburgh if you’re wanting to be factually correct!

Rotten luck Plymouth losing Gilkes with a suspected broken arm. He has been excellent this season and I for one wish him a speedy recovery. Plymouth will certainly miss him on Tuesday and he will be irreplaceable. Get well soon.

He's well beyond stupid.... Every post he makes is designed to damage the credability of Scunthorpe Speedway.

Russian athletes are banned. You can go online and see the rubbish that they are spewing on Russian tv. as for the coverage. I enjoyed tonight. Thought it was an all round good production.

What about you arrrggh... speaking as a pirate?

Any reason? Not doing it strikes me as one of the few things Glasgow get wrong.

Important to have someone Kelvin has worked alongside before I guess given how difficult this commentary will be for him to get through. Louis has filled in a couple of times in the past. Impressed with the build up and the way they've explained the sport.

History will not be kind to speedway for excluding Russian riders ? Doubt it’ll take up many inches in newspapers or historical books mate.

Of the Poole team only Richard Lawson really has any consistent form around ashfield. Worral and king are up and down. Famous last words

Kelvin and Chris doing a great job considering everything that sadly happened , Scott good doing the pit work but not enjoying Marcelina....bless her! Hopefully she will settle its a very difficult job presenting

That's because it was a complete waste of time

Haha You can tell your a fan by the name @Bandits4eva To be fair and if I remember correctly you even converted a Rye House Fan... @Shadders All I can suggest is if you like to hold a grudge just drink Murphy's because as the advert always said you will never be bitter if you drink Murphy's... a grudge is good just dont be bitter about it... Nowt wrong with supporting your team through thick and thin as it takes all sorts... Keep up the good work... Nowt wrong with being a "Totally Biased Fan". . Been there done that and got the tee shirt... Regards THJ

It was on TV. You need to click down the left side once you are into Discovery+ for the sports section. It was in there.

We do seem to be just short a little short of being a good team. Bears deservedly go through, we benefited from having Gilkes guesting on Wednesday. Very good meeting and a very nice track. Good luck in the next round to the Bears.

Phil!! lol (on Leicester 2022 thread)

You are on - always bets to be placed before 6pm UK time(or start time if different)

Amen to that, nasty injuries and a shame as he was going so well.

Stunning result for the Gladiators and one I didn't expect. Gutted for Dan, hopefully not out too long. An unsung hero tonight for me was young Ablitt guesting at reserve. A couple of really important points from him made a real difference, heat 14 especially was unexpected. Two new reserves needed for Plymouth by the sounds of things.

Oh ye of little faith!!

Looks fantastic here in Gorican. Some pics from the stadium today: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/2214/fotoreportage-voorbereidingen-speedway-gp-in-gorican

Won’t be that bad i imagine something like 55-35! Lee is coming “home”.. if the track was like it was last week then he may thrive in it!

Change the record, always post a negative comment and then "act" surprised when Edinburgh do well.