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Jason Doyle was magnificent tonight even by his standards Passing lynn riders. Team riding and slowing down races and taking a tax sub ride all before the biggest GP in 48 hours time. whatever he gets paid he is worth every penny. Love the celebratory wheelies around the bends of the stock car track. Mr entertainment

What is he planning to watch?

Story of the season unfortunately, just too inconsistent and not quite good enough, well done Witches. In the interests of consistency I'll say for the umpteenth time tac subs shouldn't be permitted for home teams.

Some people don’t believe the moon landings happened.. There’ll always be fantasists and idiots. Still, nice that people care so much about us now. Wasn’t long ago nobody bothered with little old Plymouth.

He also started this season on Godden engines which he couldnt get off the statrt with and picked up the shoulder injury in his second meeting I think. his form did pick up when he switched back to GM's but the injury was too much and he needed a break from racing, good to see him back on a track he goes well at.

And word is the council will be there, so let's show them speedway can't be lost to the town ☠️☠️

The difference being people don't believe Kennett is still injured.

I could not disagree more, if Holder want's to return to the GPs & qualifies, there's no reason he shouldn't be there. As for having accepted a wildcard in that final year, not sure what that means, as almost half of this year's field got wild card / reserve picks. Finally if the "new generation" want their chance, they need to beat the "old generation" and qualify for the GPs. Otherwise why should they be in there?

No. But he was in a van not a Carr.

Well bearing in mind his position at Peterborough and the fact he put last years title winning team together, I think it fair he celebrated after playing a part in the clubs success. I do see that it’s not nice to see other teams officials celebrating especially when you haven’t won anything of note for a quarter of a century.

Is the local vicar going to be there Steve?

They’ve been using guests for Kennett all season, most who’d have scored more than he would. Clearly he wasn’t going to return, just playing the numbers game and had no intention of signing anyone to replace him. Should count themselves lucky

A very enjoyable meeting this evening. For Lynn, Jakobsen impressed early doors but didn’t quite carry it through to win the meeting. Pickering was a huge disappointment compared to when I’ve watched him previously. Thought Worrall rode well. Similarly, Jason Edwards also rode well. He’s definitely coming on well and improving all the time. One to watch. For the Witches, what a pleasure it is to watch Jason Doyle ride. Team rode brilliantly and is just generally a class above. As mentioned previously by another poster, worth every penny! I was impressed by Tungate, rode some good lines. It was also pleasing to see Summers come good in his last race. Couldn’t fault the effort of Starke but just couldn’t put the points on the board tonight. Understand the disappointment of the King’s Lynn promotion but they only have themselves to blame for losing that meeting tonight.

Not the first time this season riders have felt Lawson went over the line shutting off trying to slow down a race, there was some afters earlier in the years in one of the pairs meetings, remember Simon stead saying on the podcast he felt Lawson was a bit too naughty on that occasion. Must say I was surprised how angrily Rohan reacted today, didn’t think he was too naughty but I guess in the heat of battle tempers run high! Like the afters tbh adds to the entertainment, also enjoyed Doyle coming and saying to Rohan who cares we won let’s do some wheeelies haha excellent ride from Rohan to secure third and the win tho!

Tungates intelligence swung that meeting big time

King's Lynn robbed by the referee again, the speedway board needs to do something about it! No wonder why our sport is dying on it's arse!!

The last time he was in this league he was bang average

Morley, McGurk, Pearson all reserves. Etheridge started the season there. Lambert (?) and Hume have been there. Shocking.

I have often wondered tbf

Well done to the Promotion. If Newman can get back to his 2019 Eastbourne form, can be an astute signing. KO Cup imo is our best chance of Silverware. Lets hope Erik is back in the near future.

If my auntie had balls she'd be my uncle

Don't really have much choice! Fingers crossed they are on board.

Leicester won the Championship and Shield in 2019 using a guest for the injured Richie Worrall for a large part of the season. I don't recall there being a huge amount of "flak" being fired towards us for that (there was some, inevitably) but I don't think anywhere near the amount Plymouth are getting over Kennett. Clubs cannot control the timings of their riders' injuries, can they.

As could the fact that he's an entertaining racer who excells around Plymouth

Extremely good signing , unlucky with things the last couple seasons, could be the catalyst for redcar

Firstly what do you know about Peterborough finances, clearly nothing so this kind of throwaway comment does little credit to you, it’s not helpful to Peterborough and does not help the image of your own club either. The Showground management postponed the meeting because they wanted to use the Showground for something else, nothing to do with Peterborough Speedway and as tenants we had little or no say, the fact that they have re arranged it promptly for BHD Monday at the end of August shows they clearly were trying to help re arrange it as August meetings at the EOES in recent years have been as rare as rocking horse poo.

We are protecting Knudsens average for Glasgow for 2023. Fixed that for you.

Excellent move by the Bears management, I was very worried that they were going to stick with Bickley for the rest of the season, and realistically couldn't think of one rider he might actually beat !! Welcome to Kyle N ,as has been said this may just kick start his career again

Kyle (Newman) struggled at Brummies in early 2019 in a struggling team when asked to be a heat leader. I always felt he was unfairly jocked out of the team when others were delivering less at the time but it was an averages game. He then seemed to find a whole new lease of life and best form in ages at Eastbourne in 2019 when he replaced Brennan and where he said he was enjoying racing again and again in 2021 before they closed. He struggled with fitness at Oxford it seems in a difficult No 2 role and seemed rusty race fitness wise when I saw him earlier in the season. If he can have a spell at reserve at Redcar and get the enjoyment back he could be a massive weapon for them. As for Bickley, flash websites and social media and stickers on your van doesn't mean anything on the Track. He's been passed and left behind now by 3-4 years worth of newcomers. Never going to be better than a good NDL Heat Leader, a big fish in a little pond.

When JK signed for Berwick they had 9 matches (that count) left. But Jonas would have been absent for two of them (last night and clash with Wroclaw GP2) so barring rearrangements would never have ridden 8 matches.

In those years gone bye it was the British Promoters that called the shots. The British were the ones that introduced demands upon riders one way or another, An off shore rider had to commit to the British club & if they should decide to race in their homeland then the British club would only be able to cover with a minimum average rider in their position. So really it's a case of the boot is on the other foot & someone else has the pot of gold & built their own empire.

So riders have to attend practice? In the last riders missed out when Poland had Friday fixtures! Have to disagree about Brennan being "very unlucky" not to get a wild card pick. The 3 wild cards all finished higher up in the qualifiers! Not sure why they'd have to take part in timed practices, these are to decide riding order for the top 16, not reserves!

Should we read anything into Richard Andrews not getting a r/r ride (in heat 6)? If he beats Kieran Douglas (as you'd expect) Plymouth would have won by a point! Personally I think it's a big mistake using a reserve when a top 5 rider can get the r/r ride. If Abraham gets the extra ride but Andrews is the better rider on the day, it's a lost race for Andrews. However if Andrews gets the extra ride but it turns out Abraham is the better rider on the day, he can replace Andrews later on (twice if necessary) so no harm done!

Why did the management state that the were waiting to see if his Visa arrived in time or Joe Thompson would take his place if it didn’t,if he was not going to be there anyway .?

Perhaps Peterborough have put back the meeting against Sheffield so that they can sign someone who is no longer required in Poland after Aug 15th and before the 75% mark for completed Peterborough league fixtures

Normally u wud be twiddling yer thumbs when out injured but alas poor laddie can't even do that! Is thumbs cockney rhyming slang for a type of fruit me ponders?

No point in a double change as would need to drop the averages back down to 42 or whatever we started with. Had a suspicion a certain Mr vissing might be used for ulle but not sure his status, 28 day must be up now?

You will need something stronger than Irn Bru to imagine that happening.

Maybe I should add a p.s to the sign.... p.s But only if you save Poole speedway!

I think that record belongs to joe Haines. Either 6 or 7 teams in one season !!!!!

Are alcohol/drug limits in speedway lower than those for driving?

I did look and on looking again I see theres 3 prem matches but not looking closely enough to see it's a Wolves v BV H&A for 2 matches ,

if council bods are going to be present understand completely the logic of getting as many families as possible in the stadium,but really, giving hundreds of kids whistles ,bad thinking shocking idea.if theyre keen on families why didnt they have accompanied under16s free allsummer holidays??

010.2 MATCH AVERAGES (MAs) 010.2.1 Established MA’s Are calculated, up to and including the cut-off date for a specified number of applicable meetings. Taking account of the number of heats and points (excluding bonus points) that a rider has scored. The applicable meetings are: - • Premiership League Table meetings • Championship League Table meetings • National Development League League Table meetings Semi-Finals, Finals and Play Offs are not included. Speedway Control Bureau Regulations 91 Riders appearing as a Guest or as a #8 are ignored (Premiership & Championship only). The BSPA are responsible for the calculation, production and circulation of rider’s MA’s. At the end of each season the BSPA will produce a listing of all riders who have completed in British Speedway during that season and following approval and/or amendment at their AGM. The MA’s, excluding bonus points but including other allowances will be the riders MA for the following season. These MA’s will remain affective for team building, team positioning, facilities, rider eligibility for heat 15 until new MA’s become effective. Updated MA’s will be calculated monthly on a rolling basis on all eligible meetings, up to and including 23rd of the month, to become effective from the 1st of the following month. A Premiership Assessed League rider will establish an MA after completing 3 home and 3 away qualifying fixtures. A Championship Assessed League rider will establish an MA after completing 8 qualifying fixtures. Should an Established MA not be achieved to be effective from 1st May, then the BSPA Directors may issue a revised MA, based upon actual rides if the team re-declares. The most recently established MA will be used. If a rider has an established MA in both the Premiership and Championship Leagues, established in the same season, that leagues MA will apply to that league. NDL established MA’s are issued when a rider completes 4 NDL meetings, irrespective of whether home or away. To be effective 7 days after the last qualifying meeting. A NDL rider, who is not in a NDL, ‘League’ Team Declaration will be given an Established MA after completing 4 meetings, irrespective of being home or away in any official team competition. Speedway Control Bureau Regulations 92 010.2.2 Assessed MA’s Given to riders who: - a) are new to British Speedway or are without an established MA b) fails to achieve an established (or converted) MA below the 2.00 minimum c) have to apply for a new CoS due to transferring from the Premiership to Championship if the riders established MA is below the minimum required as a new entrant Assessed rider gradings are calculated as follows: - Riders new to Premiership League racing are categorised as follows: - a) a rider riding in a professional league in the previous or current season will be assessed on a Grading List. Based upon results obtained in all other professional Speedway leagues and given an Assessed MA accordingly Riders new to Championship League racing are categorised as follows: - a) a rider riding in Danish, Swedish or Polish Leagues in a previous or current season will enter on a 5.00 MA b) a rider who has never ridden in a Danish, Swedish or Polish league will enter on a 4.00 MA c) a new rider who is eligible to participate in the NDL will enter on a 2.00 MA No rider with a current or previously assessed MA, other than a rider who has never achieved an MA in a professional league, can drop below 4.00 at any time during the season. 010.2.3 Amended MA’s With the approval of the BSPA GC or Directors for: - a) riders who have been absent from British Speedway racing for more than 3 seasons (The MA may be increased or decreased) b) riders who have been absent for more than 1 full season due to injury c) any rider who has been or is eligible to compete in the NDL (and has not represented another FMN, other than the ACU) will receive 2.5% reduction on their MA Speedway Control Bureau Regulations 93 d) a rider who moves between the Premiership and Championship leagues and requires a converted MA. The conversion factor will be 1.5

Are you a child?? You can't have one. If they are giving kids whistles next week, does that mean the adults get some cotton wool for our poor ears!

They picked a team full of EoES experience and many of whom had an affinity with the Peterborough public, I don't imagine they expected to win the league but the side was assembled to be strong at home and being fortunate with injuries meant it snowballed. You need a bit of luck of course but if you pick seven riders and they romp to the title without changes that's good team building whichever way you slice it.

Probably down to the cost.

I would be surprised, having read several things over the last couple of weeks it seems that more are surprised that he hadn’t been caught sooner. If other riders are aware and rumours have followed him around (as suggested) for years how can you not be aware?

I thought he opened his van door and fell out amongst a load of beer tins... if you believe some of the things you read on here