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And so British Speedway trundles on in it's minimal existence.

As much as I admire Bomber, and yes he is having a stellar season in the UK, I feel comparison with Zmarzlik is a tad ambitious.

Facts are- Brennan and Flint are official Meeting Reserves for SGP on Saturday so contractually obligated to be at Friday Practice 3 pm Impossible therefore to be at Oxford Also Brennan is wild card for SGP 2 on Sunday. Very unlucky to miss out on SGP2 Series pick in his last chance year. A good display either Event will be seen and noted in all the right places for his career. Puts the CL Pairs into perspective. Lay off both lads, key part of British Speedway future and deserve this chance at Cardiff. Both done thousands of miles in age groups round Europe for peanuts.

Peterborough last season... Peterborough this season...

Ok, lets look at probably the daftest fixture ever ridden in British Speedway, and that takes some beating... Pretend Plymouth vs Pretend Birmingham, both teams made up of riders pretending to replace a rider pretending to ride for a pretend club: Pretend Plymouth: 1. Richie Worral: Kings Lynn & Leicester pretending to be Ben Barker: Plymouth & Ipswich (+Wetherspoons) 2. R/R for Alfie Bowtell: Plymouth & Kent 3. Lewis Kerr: Kings Lynn (at the time) & Redcar pretending to be Ed Kennett, who was pretending to be a Speedway rider 4. Danyon Hume: Ippo (at the time?) & Glasgow pretending to be MPT: Plymouth & Peterborough 5. Josh Pickering: Kings Lynn & Edinburgh pretending to be Hans Andersen: Plymouth & Peterborough 6. Ben Morley: Plymouth & Kent 7. Harry McGurk: Plymouth & Belle Vue Pretend Birmingham: 1. Kye Thomson: Edinburgh pretending to be Claus Vissing, who was pretending to be a Birmingham rider 2. Jacob Hook: Edinburgh pretending to be Josh Auty? 3. R/R for Stefan Nielsen: Birmingham... but wasn't there 4. Broc Nicol: Glasgow pretending to be Ashley Morris? 5. Justin Sedgmen: Birmingham & Sheffield 6. Lee Complin: Armadale pretending to be James Shanes: Birmingham & Mildenhall 7. James Pearson: Birmingham! Woo Hoo! an actual Birmingham rider! ... I'm going for a lie down

No but perhaps Plymouth should/could have arranged some level of cover even if it was an unattached 3 pointer

I'd take a stab Blobby was talking about masters as don't think has any concern how cook does in rest of league season

What a load of crap.

Girlfriend ? Another piece of fiction.

Sad to see our long time Barry ( in the box ) Wallace on look north tonight talking about the end of a era at Newcastle..

2 out of the Top 3. Is the criteria.

So 3 days before the event no lineups announced. I have a ticket but am now having serious doubts whether to bother. Meant to be top two from each club.

I think if Flint had been riding, Berwick would have been red hot favourites!

If Gary May wants to beat Poole may be he should pay for his select Team for the night. Nothing in it for Plymouth, been there twice, best to save man and machine for far more important matches ahead. Nice night out for the Centurions

That's the plan, just got to make sure no injuries tonight .

Surprised no one’s mentioned bin gate. Doyle getting abused by a drunk all night and after heat 15 chucked a bin at him lol

SGP practice is on Friday at 3pm, I'd imagine they both want to get as much time as possible on the track at Cardiff, especially for Brennan who is riding in the main SGP2 meeting on the Sunday. They'll both get much more out of being at Cardiff for 3 days than riding in a Championship pairs meeting...

His test was non negative. Which is a diplomatic way of saying it was positive. If it was inconclusive he would have been asked to take another test. Nobody can come on here & defend Ben , he broke the rules (knowingly or unknowingly) so now must serve his punishment.

No different in other speedway countries even Poland - some teams get regularly thumped!

He did claim at Glasgow last Sunday that he was hoping to ride in the pairs depending on how much movement he had in it. Personally I’d rather be left it till the leagues are back in action.

What a ridiculous situation. Here we have probably the most entertaining rider left in British Speedway, which everyone knows is" scraping along the bottom",who's future is being questioned because he scores too many points.

Think if Flint had been riding Berwick would have been dark horses

Pretty sure his chain coming off was his on doing to as he leaned on Fricke,,, as that is when it seemed to come off,,,,, As for Cols comment about not being breath taking,,,,, I'm pretty sure any Ipswich fan would give an arm and leg to Watch speedway like that every week,,,, I thought it was pretty awesome with that speed and noise and watching riders swapping lines for fun.Credit to Tungate,,, he tried his best and raced the track as its meant to be raced,,,,

Too many guests? Surely, one rider from another side is too many. But when it guests to three or four... That's why speedway now is ruined, as too many riders are now trumped up guests and have more than one side. The doubling up/down rule is surely just a wheeze to operate guests for a lack of advanced planning. Watching speedway with guests is like those Top of the Pops albums in the 70s, sold as the proper thing but in which the songs weren't even covered by the proper artists.

Lack of a Brit to support didn't help matters.

Christ that's some tractor grading break after heat 10 seems to have went on for 20 minutes.

You means you get a spark with Flint?

They were announced yesterday (Monday) mate.

Didn’t realise practice was the Friday. I’ll just shut up next time haha.

Sad to observe that Peterborough's team this his season "is the worst that the club has ever put out." when this time last year, Peterborough were team of the century, Just illustrates how quickly the "loyal" supporters choose to desert! As a neutral, last night's Wolverhampton/Peterborough was off to an inauspicious start with Wolves well on top in the early stages, but there were several very good races later on and I'd certainly say that definitely wasn't the poorest meeting i've seen this year. Harris began with two uncertain rides but was magnificent thereafter, and his efforts were much appreciated by a sporting crowd.

Flint also 2nd reserve for SGP2 on the Sunday

Well you did say we lost, when we didn't so...

The crowd, I would say, slightly less than usual, but not dramatically so.

‘Pre-arranged family gathering’ even though both fixtures have been in the fixture list all season.

I saw the CWG Closing ceremony and one of the speakers stated that the games legacy should be that all sports in Birmingham and West Midlands should benefit from the publicity and positivity the Games has brought to the City and wider area. Must be worth Brummies at least asking the question of the City Council/Games Federation if any benefit could be heading Perry Bar way.? However unlikely that may seem - if you don't ask, you don't get!

I understand the thinking was that as we progressed in other competitions these open dates would be filled, but at present its being delayed as other clubs complete their fixtures.

dont treat me as stupid i know what a draw is its the rules of speedway which changes year in and year out in which people dont understand

Add them both together and you need to be Inspector Morse to actually determine who is guesting for who and from which club! At the moment there just seems to be a pool of riders that clubs are picking to get a match on... with the fat kid stood by himself as the last pick!

Guests \ Double uppers, almost as bad as each other

I stand corrected. The second team to finish their league fixtures.

Poole could drop any of their top 3 & it wouldn't be a bad choice! 3 strong riders, so one has to miss out!

Does the ice cream lady still walk down the aisle when the B movie finishes?.

The sign of a really good rider is the fact they can ride any shape of track , tonight shows Basso still has work to do to be classed as such , Only Harris and Andersen finished a race in front of a Wolves rider, Harris scores 17 of the teams total of 28 dear oh dear enoughs enough now god help the promotion next monday the gate will be horrendous and in truth they deserve all they get now .

I think its because we are major cities, its very rare that we get things like Beach Volleyball, world class swimming, world class athletics, its something new for the locals and it carries a lot of memories to look back on, I think Speedway as long become a sport that you will only attend if you know what its about, Speedway will never be a massive spectator sport in the UK ever again

Ben failed a drugs test & will be banned so he is not losing earnings nor can he have any claim to compensation. The B sample taken is merely to dictate what illegal substance was in his system to then decide what form of punishment will be handed to Ben. If its recreational or performance enhancing drugs then his ban will be much longer then if it was an excess or banned painkillers. Some painkillers are banned in sport on safety grounds due to side effects such as drowsiness which is far from safe & endangering the other 3 riders on the track at the time so it’s reckless to sign into a meeting as safe to ride if you have taken such strong painkillers which won’t go in Ben’s favour.

hi, You can take your own i do every week, the start straight terrace you would be fine with a stool unless by the wall but I would say the 3rd/4th bend would be much better for a deck chair as the steps are much wider enjoy :)

Actually, all former Berwick riders are welcomed at Shielfield Park, and have a lifetime pass to meetings.

Poor professionalism?? If I got sacked from work but they asked me could I help them out and work a day I would tell them bollocks. He’s one of the most professional riders out there. If you had won on Thursday it wouldn’t of even bothered you about lewi not being there.

Maybe one day the bspa or l or whatever they call themselves these days will wonder where all the riders have gone and wonder if they had any part in it, if they solve that they can then start on finding the missing fans and wonder if they had any part in their disappearance

I think the result answers your question. The doubters were proved right. in other news, congratulations to Redcar’s Archie Freeman on his paid max. First ever in the NDL?