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You really are a t*t.

I do, Kasprzak was dropped as he could hardly score a point for Poole, came back with Rye House and scored a paid maximum…..totally taking the pee!!!

Hope that's the case Lewy. I've developed quite a soft spot for both Plymouth and Berwick in the Championship. I've watched maybe three or four streams from Plymouth this year and always watch out for their results as well. Good luck for next year!

Very impressed with Luke Harrison last night, he has come on so much from watching him in his early NJL days. Would be great to see him full time with the Bullets next year, build the side around him, Ace Pijper and Mason Watson. Greg Blair for entertainment and a Kyle Bickley / Luke Crang to score top end points and pass on advice for various tracks. Been another entertaining year for the Bullets. One of the best things to happen to Berwick speedway in a long time.

Every thread on this Forum has got something to do with them.

Jamie Courtney's welcome words last night: "The Bandits will be in the Championship next season, the Bullets will be in the NDL. The Academy will continue to give opportunities to the next generation and Duns will continue to go from strength to strength"

what or who are you hiding from ? you dont need 2 moaners in your team . the current one is enough !

Whilst you have the overriding clause in the regulations which states The BSPL directors have the sole right to approve or not approve a declaration then it matters not a jot what’s in the rules.

Already signed him

Who would be cheating? If Plymouth win we would go down on record as finishing 4th instead of 6th that would be the only difference, Leicester and Glasgow have proved over the season they were the best 2 teams in the league.

Brain cell mate as in singular. Im surprised he can put a sentence together.

Who's been tapped up then? Anyway Ford has done plenty of that over the years so I'd probably keep quiet. Glass houses etc.

1) to make it cheaper so the likes of Eastbourne or Workington would join? 2) to spread the top riders around so the likes of Birmingham & Newcastle being far weaker doesn't happen again? 3) to help the best NL riders step up? 4) to have a bigger gap between Prem & Champ and a smaller gap between Champ & NL? 5) to encourage clubs like Leicester, Poole & Glasgow to step up? Tbh a lower points limit isn't needed so much for next season if the Champ are missing 2 more teams, meaning the top riders could get spread round more evenly!

As soon as Brits clinched 3rd in heat 18, I was hoping Edwards would get a shot in heat 19 at least!

T*t like you is singular last time I checked a team was not singular. So that just confirms that you are indeed a prize A t*t

Haha. Just giving other teams a chance to win the Prem!

Have to agree on that, think that once it comes to play offs an unattached rider has to take a bookings for 1 side only and if they go out its no further bookings until the next season.

It’s a bit of a joke if the play-offs are decided by who can book the best 3.00 unattached reserve and then hope they honour the booking!

Don't bite and be a capture of the Troll.

When the RS was introduced I did an extensive article in the Star examining past schemes to encourage young talent. They came along about once every seven years and apart from the odd vestigial trace all had disappeared within two years.

I think most of us want Sheff to win due to how Belle Vue cheated this year ,

Always sad when a track closes down but what went on at Swindon was despicable with lies upon lies and false promises.

Trouble is the good folk of Swindon have been fobbed off with lies and inaccuracies for years now...a public relations disaster!

Hi mate unfortunately due to 250cc commitments for the period of time after he turned 15 until after the cut off date it was impossible to sign for any club as he would of been unavailable to much

Were you though? Luke Harrison was a lot quicker than Ace Pijper in heat 15 before he fell, so would Ace have won heat 12? Ifs, buts and maybes, we will never know. Foe me Luke Harrison was the most impressive rider on show last night, even finishing comfortably ahead of Jason Edwards in heat 11. It could also be said Berwick could have added a few points to their lead by staying on their bikes / Greg Blair's bike troubles.

Lawson approached Poole not the other way around.

You know very well Basso was tapped up at the ko cup semi final last season

I can remember visiting Swindon on the Birmingham Supporters' Club coach one Saturday night in 1957. and watching the Brummies battered to the tune of 77-19 and just to compound our embarrassment, the Birmingham Team Manager didn't get to the stadium until the second half scratch races were underway, and had the team's race jackets with him, so our team had to race without wearing any body colours! Monday's Daily Express carried the back page story that the Referee Cecil Telling had sent a report to the Speedway Control Board suggesting that Birmingham should be thrown out of the league. Ironically, in the return match at Perry Barr on July 31st 1957, the Brummies became the first team to defeat Swindon in a league fixture in what was to be the Robins Championship winning season - only for the Brummies Promoter Les Marshall to come to the microphone immediately after the last heat to inform supporters that he was shutting down the Perry Barr track and withdrawing the team from the league. This was the last league match to be staged at this particular Perry Barr track for the next 50 years (although there was of course, racing at the other Perry Barr Stadium between 1971 and 1984, and at also at the Bordesley Green track.I vowed to never set foot into Perry Barr Stadium until speedway was restored there, and I stuck to that until it did come back in 2007. My condolences to all Swindon supporters on the loss of their team and track. I wish you all every success in your efforts to get both of them back.

The reason speedway in Swindon has closed is because Gi do not want to build a new stadium. As has been said before The directors and below have been paid off simple.

Kenneth who ? Garry May is the only one to take Plymouth to the top .

Not surprised it's a waste of time really. The competition has been a joke. Lions and pirates again it is then !

I'd probably say they're trying to discourage teams from signing guys with averages of over 8.5 and forcing them up into the premiership, which I know is what a lot of people have called for on here. But if money in the prem doesn't make up for the loss of earnings in the champ and they can't get rides abroad will they just chuck it? Sure sedgy that said it wasn't worthwhile in UK unless ride both leagues.

Yeah, just checked. Exactly 5 for October. Bargain average if you can get him going! Will be interesting what Glasgow do if no Basso or Cook, they have a higher average than any of Poole's top 3!

The others I understand the reasoning - although I’d ask what you think Craig would do, given I reckon Glasgow would like him back based on his average - but why wouldn’t Hume be back? No one seemed disappointed in him?

That is the first rule that MUST be removed from the rule book in my opinion.

My own club is far from secure so I know that sinking feeling, hopefully we can survive another season or two but developers are always there ready to pounce.

"17.4 Substitute Riders The substitute rider may take the place of any programmed rider at any time, within the maximum number of permitted heats (five heats) when decided by the Team Manager. There will be no tactical substitute rider or Joker rule for this championship." Think substitute rider is definitely the number 5

Reading the piece in the "star" rising costs are giving as the main reason to close,that applys to every track in the country,could the directors not have dipped there hands in there pockets?

I think it is wrong to say it is all for a few cups that mean nowt. At the time it means everything, you have the lows so you can enjoy the highs. I am sure most Swindon fans enjoyed winning the trophies and now it is very sad and upsetting to lose another track, if you saw Lee Kilby on TV you could see the pain written all over his face. I hope Belle Vue fans enjoy their victory without any fears that their club could close at a time when so many clubs are under threat of closure or have already closed.

Have Belle Vue got one ?

The rolling aves are from the last 3 seasons, 19,21,22. So anyone with an average from 2018 wouldn't use those figures for a rolling ave, would need to race 3 home & 3 away to gain a new ave.

Shame Greg had a night to forget luke and Kyle wer excellent shame heat 13 ended Kyle's night

Yet it's been Bates that been complaining the most last week but he did 3 transfers yet nothing was said.

Yep defo,,, gotta be worth the risk. As a reserve or second string would be a no brainer

I’d take Cook on an average under 5. No brainer. (Sorry Taps)

In all honesty the time is right for him to retire

Yep. The minutes from the meeting contained that letter from him saying the dogs were closing. GI saying they aren't. So someone is lying. If Gaming are blagging and making TR look a liar then why doesn't he come out and call them out. The only person who has shown any sort of aggression towards the GI BS is Tomlinson in that statement he released after the news broke but time will tell if SBC stick to their guns so I won't get too hung up on that. The whole thing stinks and no one has done any sort of proper investigation into it. Its just accepted that we have folded and they will expect it to go away. This is where the adver or the local news need to step up and ask some proper questions to the club, Gaming and Tommo and get to the bottom of what exactly has gone on. It's very clear the only people suffering are the fans. It all seems to have worked out perfectly for everyone else involved.

If only they'd called it the Late Autumn Cup

I would have disagreed on the basis that I thought he could best Kowalski, but having seen the Pole in Pardubice I am no longer of that view.

Sad news, BOBBATH. I saw him when he rode for West Ham in 1964, when Dave Lanning described him as "the droll leathery-faced slick-gating Aussie" practically every time he mentioned him in his programme notes! He was a valuable member of the team and was, indeed, a fast gater. Although he only had one year at West Ham he was a top rider for about 10 years or so with Ipswich, Poole and, as you say, Long Eaton amongst other teams. I believe he made one world final, in 1961 in Malmo.