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Panthers woes continue...and how is this format any good for these "rising stars"..all this way to ride in 1 race cold against 2 top guys who have been dialed in all night...who's brainchild was that?

Are you not always moaning about clubs raining meetings off based on a weather forecast?!

If they were really serious about making this competition something you "must attend" then the third rider (injury cover), would be another one of the top five in the team... Instead we have the RIsing Stars doing the third rider role... And one is a guest just to take away any credibility the new competition may have had.... They just can't help themselves can they?

Carry out for the train . Red Lion ( good Rangers pub ) , Brewers Arms , Leaping Salmon and the Black and Gold club . Yes it's Berwick away , an outing not to be missed . Let's hope for decent weather and none of our riders are away in some god forsaken Eastern European country for the Under 23 tiddlywinks championship or something equally ridiculous this week

One ride for Rising Star rule is so stupid. Perfect example how good idea can be turned into farce. Probably 6 out of 15 heats affected.

Max Clegg is a rising star?

Absolutely ludicrous Panthers use a guest for a pairs event.

Holder needs to stop the finger wagging when he crosses the line first or else someone's going to aim for his bad toe!!

Olly Allen said that with the weather threat he would keep his RS ride till the final round of races... So if it doesnt go past Ht 12 you would have used your best two riders all the time... Mark Lemon had a better idea....

Great ride by MPT.... Or was it Bomber?...

No he just likes to moan full stop

Parking is probably £1.50 then

Is Bomber guesting for the other 5 teams?

Had a lovely afternoon chatting to people and seeing old riders, loved Reg Luckhursts short but sweet sing song, perhaps we should have all joined in. The model of Custom House Stadium was excellent but it wasn't until I got home and looked closely at the photos I had taken of it ( I was busy trying to pinpoint exactly where I stood) that I realised that the names of those who lost their lives at Lokeren were shown at the starting tapes, lovely touch to a great piece of work. We'll done to the organisers of the event can we have a few more similar events please especially when the sun is shining.

To me the the sensible solution would be the teams no 6 or either of the rising stars (7 or 8)

Its been announced its at Oxford august 12th, the night before the GP So if you want to plan ahead So a heads up for anyone wanting to book accomodation, Premier Inn Cowley a 10 minute walk from stadium Holiday Inn Express and Hampton by Hilton both by the Kasstad and 20 minute walk from stadium There are newly opened Premier Inns in the Citycentre and Botley which is just off the A34 Both on very regular bus routes which will get you to a couple of minutes walk from the stadium , you'll have to change in the Citycentre if going from Botley. From Citycentre all you need is a return ticket from Botley a daypass to cover all bus operators, currently £3.80 return or £4.30 for a day pass Theres a Travelodge on the Abingdon rd, and a Jury's hotel in Wolvercote Obviously lots of other hotels and BnB's around from very expensive to very cheap, ive just chosen big chain hotels that are normally not a rip off price to let anyone who wants to book well in advance know about

Exactly, and particularly Mr Doyle. Danny King was in a decent position at least a couple of times and with a bit of team riding would have scored more than 2 points!

Up the Stars! Well done boys.

Lisa, Lawson along with Pickering won the opening round of the Prem Pairs

Is it any different to last year?Apart from Peterborough are losing.

Lemon is absolutely clueless...

I wish they could find a way that it doesn't take 10 races for the track to generate a racing line...

But we usually finish top!

Don't look like many,but maybe some were put off like me with the weather forecast.

Flint

I've put my money where my mouth is Lisa... I'm sat in the stand among the meagre crowd

1966 World champion Barry Briggs chats with 2nd Sverre Harrfeldt- Yes that happened 56 years ago !!!!! Rider in the colourful shirt is Mick Handley.

Nope, would've been off by lunchtime if that was the case surely

Always look forward to the visit of Glasgow, usually a very good crowd and normally a very good meeting.

Top 4 from each of the 3 qualifying rounds automatically qualified. They then picked 3 permanent wildcards and reserves. Benjamin was picked as a permanent wildcard and Tom as a reserve.

A guest in a pairs meeting who's name isn't Chris Harris.

Depends on the weather forecast.

Is he representing Cradley?

YES! It does become a bit of an obsession but its fun doing it most of the time at long as it doesn't get out of control.

No genius, but according to my figuring, it's one chance in 720.

Fear this event has all the ingredients of backfiring big time. To my mind hardly an inspiring event, screwed season tick holders again. Claiming how wonderful they are by keeping keeping entry fees the same despite more races. As a season ticket holders(going against my better judgement) I am hoping to be escorted by Securicor in view of cash I will need to carry. Suspect programme will be dearer than usual and they will also charge for parking.

Not sure what forecast you checking but BBC and met office are saying 50% chance of light rain at 9pm

Thing to remember is that the team has selected what they deem to be the best two riders, so any changes are effectively weakening them- therefore it isn't an option to choose to give them an advantage. It is to ensure the team (and the public) are not being penalised

Oh no! I had to cancel Backtrack for economic reasons but still subscribe to Classic, which I thoroughly enjoy - so professionally produced, full of my best era with our wonderful sport. I would miss it if it disappeared!

Well done Newcastle!

If they were serious about this competition they would incorporate a Lucky Loser element somewhere

What an excellent watch. It would be good if Discovery+ showed this as part of their speedway coverage and maybe also on the big screen at Cardiff during the racing interval or before the meeting starts.

Don’t know why they didn’t call it off after the heavy shower as most people around me ( and myself) said it was going to be abandoned. Unless it was to give the juniors a chance after waiting patiently I and others couldn’t understand why they wanted to run heat 15 as Redcar had the 3 points and it was only Edinburgh who should lose out if they conceded a 4-2 or a 5-1.. How would Redcar fans of felt if Lewis Kerr or Erik Riss been injured in the re run?

Don't think season tickets count...anyway more to the point why call it pairs when there are 3 riders!?

Wednesday`s line-ups Holsted v Esbjerg- Premier Sports 1 Holsted 1. Rohan Tungate 2. Rasmus Jensen 3. Lasse Bjerre 4. Michael Palm Toft 5. Marius Nielsen Esbjerg 1. Matias Nielsen 2. Tai Woffinden 3. Jonas Jeppesen 4. Emil Breum 5. Esben Hjerrild Brovst v Region Varde Brovst 1. Leon Madsen (A) 2. Thomas Jørgensen (B) 3. Hubert Legowik (B) 4. Sam Jensen (C) 5. Tobias V. Thomsen Region Varde Lahti Sorensen Rew Lindback Heiselberg Grindsted v Slangerup Grindsted K Bjerre P Hansen Gusts Portner Juhl Pedersen Slangerup Lyager MJJ Seifert-Salk Drejer Salonen Fjelsted v Vojens Fjelsted Lebedevs Jakobsen H Andersen K Andersen B Pedersen Vojens Thomsen M Hansen Klindt Basso Jonas Knudsen

That's the interesting part! Top heavy vs strength in depth! Be interesting to see how it pans out. At least this season we don't have to worry about each others track

Is that rounded up to the nearest 10k?

you have already said too much keep it zipped .

Would anyone like a return to the days when, if two equal riders of both teams (say each team number 1) was missing, both teams promoted a number 8 to the team, and adjusted the riding order?

A women commentating on football is as bad, it just don't sound right to me, im not sexist and diversity is fine but for me it's a no no, I'd rather watch to match with the mute button on