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Credit where it's due, I thought Tatum and Louis and Scotty were excellent last night. Kelvin in commentary, Chris in his analysis and comments and Scotty getting riders to open up and not just to inane questions. As good as it's ever been and that's not dissing Nigel at all but praising those now in the chairs.

Jack Holder limping after his crash in the GP in Poland expect this now gives him an excuse to miss the match at foxhall with a recurrence of his infamous toe injury

Please don’t talk about the gate and go meetings,it’s not allowed.!!!!

Not the greatest of spectacles as far as the racing goes and the Bears could be counted as a touch fortunate to race against a five man side but overall I think they deserved the win. The Bandits riders did seem a little disconcerted with the track which may have been drier than they expected meaning only three ‘ overtakes ‘ all meeting and two of them by the Bears ( Andersen and Jenkins ). The over worked Bandits battled hard right through till the end and Morris’s last race efforts denied the Bears the extra point. All the Bandits had the odd poor ride due to missing the gate but the main body scored well and kept it close throughout. Complin a little wild but entertaining although Roynon may not agree. Bickley hot and cold but old man Pijper impressed. Bears we’re reasonably solid , heat leaders , particularly Riss, did their job, Andersen rode as was expected at Berwick , Roynon did his role and the reserves were competitive . Berwick understandably had plenty of track breaks to give their riders breathing space but there was also medical treatment handed out to both Etheridge and Roynon and the riders bikes were being weighed before and during the meeting by officials so yes, it did takes its toll. Berwick is still a club to be admired the way it’s run, on a budget but professionally and with very friendly staff and supporters. Always an enjoyable club to visit .

The only loyalty that exists in speedway is by the fans full stop.

In a nutshell if you have a changeable track you would like too think they would have the know how to do likewise with set up. if it’s not working don’t persist with it . anyway a week off from Speedway. Seville bound for a minor football match this week then im on to Tenerife on Friday. You heading over yourself ?.

I hate it when people just write cr&p- ZG this season 45-45 draw at home to Gniezno Away win 48-42 at Landshut home win 47-43 against Gdansk That is not struggling badly.

So Brennan got dragged all the way over to not get a spin with Harris scoring just 4 from 5 on his ‘home track’ and Ellis having a stinker All about the youth this set up!

Completely agree, no excuses on track prep just now as there is no football so the track will be open all week. Maybe someone could point out a weather forecast or two and necessary preparations made.

Cost us the meeting, no point in getting Complin as a guest and then having that track

I've been reading the Poole topics it seems very popular among their fans

Whoever is in charge of getting things right at any club needs to get them right on the night. Whether that's the track, programme, presentation, stewarding, medical cover etc..... The fans, like myself, can make valid opinions whether they are educated ones or not. Wot we see on the night is wot we see & determines whether we are attracted to go back again or not no matter what explanation is given when things go wrong. All these wishy washy reasons given, valid or not, are not good enough especially when trying to attract new fans. Oxford was so bad, extremely bad with the dust vs Poole it was like desert storm. Do you think new fans wud want to put up with that each week. Never had shale dust & chips before. I've been going to speedway for 43 years & that was shocking at Oxford, I don't care even if they said something like we put x amount of gallons of water down blah blah blah.... It's all about getting the product right on the night, nothing else matters not even valid reasons!!!!

As someone who is obviously close to Rob you are certainly not helping with the reputation of the club with posts like this. In any line of business where customers pay their money then they are entitled to their opinions and I am sure Rob is big enough to accept that his position will no doubt bring criticism when things go wrong. The former promotion certain had regular criticism over the years. As someone who works for the club maybe a bit of professionalism should be shown by you, especially at a time when the club needs more supporter not less. As a forum for opinions then if you don’t like people having their own then maybe best to avoid reading it!

Sounds like the Sky/Virgin business model... I wonder if you can negotiate at the turnstile and get the same deal that the others are getting?

It's tomorrow and can't see a thread for this one. Is there anyone interested in this meeting? The Witches coming off a good win over BV and currently sitting 2nd in the league. Seems strange

And as Max Fricke said when interviewed on Saturday - the track was changing all night so he had to be able to read the change. Sounds like maybe other riders can't do that.

Think Dan has his own polish crew these days, I am in Warsaw now, did not see Steve with Dan at the gp, and some comets fans were at the team event at poznan today and no word of Steve being with Dan, up the comets we can travel to see the sport

SR 012.4.4 a) is permitted on only one occasion in heat 5 – 14, excluding heat 8, when a team is 6 or more points in arrears The rule is applicable to both PL & CL

That's a given,,, but more than likely the racing won't be brilliant. Having said that,, it hasn't been very good on the other 2 TV meetings so far.

Hhhhmmmm something's iffy. Zielona Gora are struggling badly this season and they get handed a 40-0 walkover in the blink of an eye. Has money been exchanged for a track sabotage?

https://newcastle-speedway.co.uk/2022/05/09/track-update/

Ill see you there, dont forget ya darts.... btw no dogs allowed

He pulled out of Scunthorpe meeting after 3. Rides and he diddnt ride in Poland today so I’m guessing he won’t be fit.

2nd in the league, with 2 good wins and no Ippo fan can be arsed , Have you all given up on them already I am a speedway fan who is sitting here bored. Just twiddling my fingers.. Not much to do here in compost corner at 6.30 on a Sunday

What's the world coming to,,, a stars fan starting a witches thread Shall be watching on TV in a fellow supporters man cave,,along with a few other witches fans. Its gonna look like one dog and his man.

The official scorecard shows Chris Gay was the referee with Gary Allen as his trainee.

Half decent meeting this so far at Bydgoszcz

I no Plymouth are my club but if that’s the best we can put out don’t bother a team with 5 riders is beating us by 21 points after 7 heats not good enough mr Bates not good enough at all Plymouth speedway are on the up a seven like that put out today is not good enough I’ve never even heard of colley you’d have been better off riding yourself I excuse young Ben from this rant. I never expected a victory but not this arse whipping.

That’s all the riders seem to blame these days.Can’t they work it out after 1 race,and get on with it.After all the opposition have too.

He said Lambo is not good enough to be there. I think 15 points from 2 GP's says he is. Nothing to do with if he is good to watch or not. It's opinions at the end of the day, everyone has one. It would be boring if we all thought the same. He does look a bit down on power to me. We will have see how the series pans out.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C&ref=watch_permalink&v=701996137710730

Just checked on the May averages and Proctor is 4.92 and Nicol is 4.94!! Phew!

I think you where being harsh on Robert myself. He's got plenty of time, and is not being shown up at all. He has 15 points from the first 2 GP's. There a lot of riders in the 16 that have less at this stage, including Dan. I think he's good enough to be there myself, his points tally seem to back that up so far.. As i said, i think you where a bit harsh, but we all have our opinions, and we will have to agree to disagree on that one.

Not sure we've gone as far ahead as October yet!

Least enjoyable meeting of the season so due to the stop start nature, understandable with the Jye Etheridge crash in Ht1, but the incessant tractor, water breaks meant the meeting took well over two hours to run. Berwick had very little luck and after losing Etheridge their task was virtually impossible but they did make a decent fist of things.

No one going to talk about how poor the track was compared to the rest of the season?

I don't know all the ins and outs but it's easy to say 3 team taking the Mickey this season, lets not refer to the countless teams who have done this season after season. Put simply, there aren't enough riders to go around and while I don't know the stat of Brum and Newcastle, I do know that Plymouth have tried very hard to secure replacements from two nasty injury incidents and a rider withholding. It doesn't help when the the Chairman blocks moves for his own gains either. This is far bigger than 3 clubs, yet again it goes straight to the source and the complete farce that is the BSPA and existing promoters making decisions. As for Brum, I hope they resolve the issue and bring in a replacement if required.

Im guessing the facility is in place whilst the 28 day ban is running, if JPB's witholding started later the cover still applies Im pretty sure the fire was pre season. Certainly a knock to any rider though and must have eaten into key funds. Id like to think that other promotions won't waste another chance on him but more likely he will pop up again somewhere in the future.

Surely we use rr if Jye is not available

Warsaw GP Saturday May 14th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdsxVQ_IgU

https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/pge-ekstraliga/statystyki

https://www.svemo.se/Sporter/Resultat/Speedway/Serier/BAUHAUSLigan2022/Snittlista/

GP points for positions 9th to 16th 9th 8 points Lambert 10th 7 points Holder 11th 6 points Doyle 12th 5 points Dudek 13th 4 points Drabik 14th 3 points Bewley 15th 2 points Vaculik 16th 1 point Thomsen

I have contacted the club and sent the following message. Perhaps if enough did so we could sway them into providing a stream. Hi there, there are plenty of Poole and neutral fans who would love to watch this meeting on a live stream. I can understand under normal circumstances not offering a live feed but this is a top clash between the best two teams in the league, in a time when travelling the length of the county is prohibitive due to fuel costs. I would be happy to pay for a stream even if it is a single camera setup to save costs. Pretty sure it would be well subscribed to. Please consider it. Kind regards Steve Shovlar

How come Turnip can post stupid posts one minute and then post sensible comments the next?

My brother told me about this last night, it looks much worse than I thought it was. I’m absolutely mortified that in this day and age companies can get away with it, but that’s the way this country is these days . There’s zero real policing, this government don’t give a monkies about proper planning or what real people want. If you can afford it you can get away with anything these days. It’s the destruction of my teens and early twenties, it is sacrilege.

Easily solved then. Just ring the brummies number , ask for retentions & tell them you will be leaving if you don't get your discount.

Let's go back to 2018 when The CHAIRMAN lost a rider to injury so gave himself a Guest ALL season and even cancelled others Clubs Fixtures so he could get a suitable Guest. Let's look at the failure post Brexit to be prepared for Visa delays that were clearly going to happen Let's look at the failure to put some sort of limit on the combined average of top 3 heat leaders. Let's look at the closed shop that is the PL meaning not enough riders to stock 11 CL Clubs to a more level playing field. It's far deeper than Newcastle, Birmingham and Plymouth. They are victims of the system as opposed to them being the perpetrators. The sport is run by a cartel, for the cartel full of their own agendas. Start with an inpedendent Governing body, separate the SCB which the BSPL have effectively taken over and neutered.

Looked out of sorts in his first two rides but very much improved in his last two. Involved in race of the night in Ht9 while leading for the most part.

This is true. As I stated before the facility at the Abbey was a recent convenience, a modern 'Toilette De Stade' if you like, built as it was in 1947 compared to the more tue historical 'back straight cess trenches' circa 1895 at the Boulevard in Hull , which I visited once - and only once. Ironic that Hull Angels, Hedon finished up at the Abbey in 1949. But historical interest (sarcasm ?) aside, as a self-confessed track anorak I watch the developments in Swindon with interest, the shortened and re-shaped track was great & better than I thought it would be if I'm being honest, just needs a stadium around it.....