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Flint (6.72) is higher than Brennan (6.62). (Batchelor at 6.65 just scrapes in) So assuming Basso is unavailable there is simply no reason to select a second Glasgow rider.

Not important enough for BSPA site, disgraceful.

It’s speedway your talking about,extremely!!!!

I bet none of them are season ticket holders.

Always liked the aggregate Bonus Point system...nice and simple and easy to establish league table potential placing.

Sad news - a little before my time but any fan with an eye on the history of the sport will recognise him as a main stay of the 'old guard' RIP

Halifax Dukes Captain Eric Boothroyd has passed away in hospital after a heart attack. Ninety five years old a great rider and team captain for the Dukes. R.I.P Eric

Sam started well but as a previous post suggest flagged a bit in his last 2 rides. A courageous performance from the captain on a heavy track. Paco best rider tonight. When he didn’t come round after his last race and headed to pits I thought he was a certainty for heat 15. Poor management IMO. Castagna merited heat 15. Only dropped a point, paid 11. Manager should have put him in last heat.

Big big balls from Michelsen. Pleased for him great riding.

Good start to the meeting....

Believe Pirates may feature on ITV Meridian South tonight in their 6.00 pm news programme.

To be fair to them.. They will need to be factoring in Bomber's availability... As soon as he informs them of his schedule they will release dates... Three teams to represent... And as an added bonus he will be able to jump across the podium to get three medals as they get presented...

Well that won't be the final line-up will it? Due to absences, injuries, other commitments or unavailability etc!!

Is that apart from DSE increasing the prize money considerably. They have given us continual individual pit shots of riders picking their nose and spitting

I would be surprised if Bickley is used in our Championship team, I think that maybe the relationship between club and rider has become strained of late.

The No Development League is now such a poor product, if attendance is not mandatory at any meeting it needs a name change as none of the N,D or L apply now really.

Sad news,was a great Team man and rider in his day.Lucky enough to have seen him ride in the 60’s. RIP. Eric.

A huge figure in the history of Halifax Speedway. RIP Eric.

The questions raised there are is the NDL a professional league? The governing body certainly doesn't think so. The disparity between riders will always be there when teams can be built using riders who double up and are riding 2-3 times a week vs riders who ride twice a month. The only way the standard will get raised now is for more double downers to drop back in from the CL, the journeymen have been pushed out/drifted away already. The youth setup is producing a few riders each year but not many and certainly not enough to fill the reserve slots each season. Most teams started the season tracking at least one 3.00 rider with full seasons experience under their belts. The NDL can survive if its viewed as a long game for developing riders (with the quick rising exceptions shooting through to higher leagues). You can't build teams across any league using 10 pointers and 3 pointers and not expect to see some strung out races. If you want a "closer" product then its cap the averages of the riders allowed in, if you want the NDL to be progression keep allowing the double uppers (but accept the costs). Unfortunately the league as a whole is trying to be too many things and if it carries on is in danger of no longer existing. A glimpse of the future for the NDL is to look at the CL, littered with fading stars earning pay days for the final few years, when the mass retirements come the league will be in tatters, if the trickle of fading stars keep dropping back down to NDL it will become the same.

Last of the Turnip Wine...... hiccups......burp......oh I say officer u r nawty but I like u! ......whoops, hiccups......where's Cleggy, shudn't he be in the line up?

Think it was only a couple of laps and starts for the benefit of local TV cameras, was just over a minute on ITV border look around tonight.

Don't get in a stew Turnip or you'll end up in the soup.

He is beyond dangerous , that move in heat 15 was pure luck not to wipe anyone out

Piotr Pawlicki has got dirtier as the years go by.

Michelsen is definately hurt there. Shoulder took a bashing. Be surprised if he rides again tonight. But these guys are made of strong stuff.

Not now

Some rain today, but not loads. Some tomorrow morning, but again not loads. Should be fairly clear from the afternoon. Plenty of banking will help with drainage. Sun’s currently out. I don’t really see any major issues.

Sad news indeed. A personal favourite from his 1960s Middlesbro' Bears days, along with Eric Boocock, Clive Hitch, Johnny Fitzpatrick, Brian McEown and Kevin Torpie at Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh. Great rider and a bit of an entertainer too - can recall him once doing handstands and walking on his hands on the Centre Green encouraged by Ian Hoskins. Many a great tussle with Dougie Templeton and others. Great memories of Eric Boothroyd.

Maybe more riders available on a Weds than a Sunday?

Just browsed through and cant help but laugh, such idiots who cant see what happened. Clowns the lot of them lee complin too thanking rob lol he was garbage too. Oh he rides the oUtside bend, hahaha when? 10 years ago i miss watching newcastle and still annoyed as hell, probably could post my full feeling but ill be banned from the one place where folk speak the truth about the fall of the club!!

Steve's average is 8.48, Richard's is 8.14 and Danny's is 8.29 atm or are they using averages at start of 2022? Though pretty sure he started at no1, so should have had the highest average then too!

As Worrall was at number one for the Pirates on Wednesday, he surely is the Pirates highest in the current GSAs.

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Do Clubs not have alternative night for cancellations etc.

How difficult can it be to go Poole Wednesday, Glasgow Friday, Leicester Saturday

Unofficially from Middlo on Piratecast live last night, 6-man teams over 18 heat format for each of 3 legs. Final regs still awaited as are the dates to be discussed and agreed by the 3 clubs involved.

Can't imagine Steve wanting to risk his shoulder on Plymouth's tight track?! Richard , Danny or either Cook - no problem. Even Nathan for his mate McGurk if he's still injured.

If the team needed him to win his last ride he would do.

Maybe his Butcher Meat is decent.

And to be honest I'd prefer to see Tom rather than Cook or Batchelor.

Bickley won’t be seen in a Bandits jacket again, that’s for sure, and we all thank god for that on the daily

IMO I think Kelv and Chris are doing an outstanding job they have already started to form a great partnership ( they are not Kelv and Nigel) which under the circumstances is a credit to them .I think Kelv is an excellent choice in that he is extremely articulate and a former rider who had a long and successful career ,Chris too has impessed me with his backup comments and different points of view .I think Scotty is a great addition for multitude of reasons not least as he is still riding and a has a lifetime of experience to backup his input ,i think from a commentary point of view the sport is in very good hands.

Bickley for Stoneman fits in the averages!

that wasour first selection,then someone who knows her ,was sure it wasnt,lets leave it as unknown

There was a great pass near the end when the water tractor overtook the grading tractor. In the Star today" expecting riders to perform to the best of their abilities on that track was like asking the Bake Off finalists to produce a cake without any flour or sugar."A large number of big stones were found on the surface.

Depending what putting on entertainment wise I'd assume about 4 or 5 Confirmed gates open 5pm

Ok.... I got it now. Mini leagues of 6 fixtures? If so they're really making this a drawn out playoffs. Assume Grudziadz & Ostrow seasons are over with the latter relegated or are they having some 7 match relegation playoff series (could be the speedway Stanley Cup!)

I don't necessarily think the commentators need updating. I think what's needed is this need to lie when it's a crap meeting. No other sport does it. Football, Cricket, Rugby etc, if it's a bad game it gets called a bad game. If someone's playing awful, they get called awful. The constant positivity has a negative effect. Take Cardiff yesterday for instance, it was a horrible watch, yet the commentary was bigging it up. If you're new to the sport & they're seeing the commentary bigging it up, why are these people going to give the sport a chance? They'd think "if this is good racing, I'd hate to see bad racing." JUST STOP THE LIES, WE DO HAVE EYES

Listening to Hayley Bromley is like scratching polystyrene. Lee Kilby is head and shoulders above any of the newer Streaming Presenters. Knows the Sport too.

In my eyes performance enhancing is cheating