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What a cracking meeting last night . Cracking atmosphere too with the good away support in attendance, really enjoyed meeting up with my Cumbrian friends again . A big away support really makes it a better occasion. Anyway as for the meeting . Going by the new rules all this riders messing about at the start is obviously being cracked down on . I watched Pearson roll back with 10 seconds on the clock , but he went forward with about 5 seconds left , at that point Cook rolled back and wasn't at the tapes when the clock went to zero , the ref immediately put the white exclusion light on . We got gifted a 5-1 in that heat due to young Zischke's misfortune with the bike stopping just yards from the finish line . But what a prospect he looks , won't be long before Premiership teams come calling . And what an improvement in Dan Thompson too , he also is looking a rider with real promise . For us , Harris was his usual dominant self , backed up by Flint , Pearson and Smith . But Worrall was dreadful and Starke needs to ride a better lawn mower . But young Hodder done his bit by backing Smith for the heat 2 , 5-1 . The heat 1 disasters came back to bite the Comets on the arse , but they are an exciting team and it was an enthralling contest.

Thats the second time its happened at Ashfield this season, the other being Schlien. Refs have possibly been told to apply it to the letter and hopefully it changes riders culture as the tapes fannying about has been needing dealt with for years. If there is no sanction it wont stop.

Well done the Tigers, thought you might nick it being at home. Got to say I felt aggrieved at the disqualification of Cookie in heat 1 especially has he had been at the gate in good time and far sooner than Bomber, poor decision by the ref for me . Just to compound the decision Tate had a mechanical (looked like another chain failure for him) coming off turn 4 lap 4 while in the lead turning a 3-3 into a 1-5. Bomber untouchable following his good fortune in heat 1 was ably supported by Leon Flint, James Pearson and Jack Smith who was a different rider from the one who raced at Northside for Scunny on Sunday. Solid performance from Comets top 5, but probably expected Claus to be a bit more dominant. The home reserves outscored Sam and Celina 11 to 2 which proved crucial , two or three points more between them would have gone a long way . Can't help thinking this was a missed opportunity . Thank you Dan Thompson for guesting and putting in a strong performance, much appreciated. Hope we can produce a stronger team performance tomorrow and overturn the 13 point deficit against Redcar and make it to the next round of the KO Cup. Enjoyed the trip as usual, the Facennas have done a great job with the stadium which is improving all the time, so well done them.

Loving all the expert track people on here, keep knocking us but we don't care. We beat Oxford fair and square over 2 legs with 6 riders

If I had paid to get in I would have been a bit cheesed off... Two of the best riders in the league now not going head to head in heat one.. With the ref actually delaying the start of the meeting more than Cook did...!! Still, they risk their lives reffing for our entertainment dont they?

He has a point though, if you keep diluting the product but charge the same or more for it then eventually fans will see it as not value for money. The way it will be viewed and rightly is paying less 2 years ago for a better product. Nearly all sports look to improve there product but in Speedway it is the opposite.

Well today is the day we say goodbye to JL, Tiger. Ride high my friend xx

Couldn't disagree with the two of you more, I thought it was an excellent meeting. Don`t mind losing meetings when the racing is as good as that, value for my £18. Credit to Poole on their win and their match winner in Sam Hagon who really came up with the goods, especially after his side went down to six riders.

There will be a large travelling support next week , looking forward to it my first visit to Northside. It is good to see Workington back and the feel good factor surrounding them.

Rider wages are not the only cost in running a speedway team! If only........

Not a single mention on Jack Smith ?? 10 points last week 8 this week, Had the beating of batchlor heat 4, pushed hard in 14 against Claus and was unlucky to get swallowed up in heat 8. As a speedway fan heat 1 exclusion of cook was a joke, yes we can say it was by the letter of the law, however refereeing consistency in our sport is a joke.

Don’t be fooled by the final score line (two late Bears 5-1’s made it look closer), this was a comfortable win for the Scorpions. A much better team performance than when they won by 6 points a few weeks ago. Very solid performance from the main body of the team and a superb showing from their guest, Boughen at reserve. Seems to have been struggling so far but he was brilliant tonight. So much speed for a 16 year old and he was a joy to watch. Definitely a star in the making. Bears benefited from a fantastic performance from Riss and the usual good show from Wright but the rest of the main body of the team scored 11 from 12 rides, which isn’t good enough to win at home. If Riss had been at 1 and out first race and Bailey not fallen off when 3rd on Heat 9 then Bears might have got something out of the meeting, but the better team won.

We'll change all that once we get a hold of him!

Deserved win for Pirates if the home riders can’t figure out the track conditions what chance do they have.Terrific riding from Sam Hagon a 3 pt reserve on paper.

Did the clock stand at Plymouth come with the clock?

Terrible track like a motorway.Only Borke got the B#lls to ride the fence,taking big chances though.

Does the start Marshall not make sure they’re all in line at Plymouth. Bowtell about a meter away from the tapes there giving himself a longer run into the corner. Also pretty crap meeting so far.

In such a tiny sport where the result wont resonate past a few thousand at best, the entertainment factor is paramount.. "He pulled away from fhe tapes, he should be excluded, hooray he is!! Great! That's that race knackered"...

Going by interviews last few years they have both been trying to get a Polish place which would mean it would be harder to do Championship.

I think it’s naive to blame the referee here. I too would have preferred to see Harris and Cook going toe-to-toe in the opening heat, but what’s the referee guilty of? Implementing the rule book? In response to your first sentence, I paid to get in and was cheesed-off that Cook withdrew from the tapes as the other three were poised to begin. An entirely correct exclusion.

Who realistically would/could race here?? You'd obviously take Lambert/Vaculik/Lindgren but seems unrealistic. Michelson? Thompson? Pr Pawlicki? Would be a massive missed opportunity not to use the points available.

Totally agree. Fans have been complaining about the starts for years and also the different interpretation of the rules by referees. The new rule is simple, can be understood by fans old and new, and even refs should be able to implement it consistently and fairly. It works in Poland and the Grand Prix. As an aside, I thought the meeting ran quickly finishing at c9pm and we still managed track gradings and the kids race. Finally a wins a win and prior to the meeting I would have accepted any sort of win. Good to see and hear a good number of Comets fans, hope you all enjoyed the racing.

…and some come in cars. My first visit, really enjoyed it, apart from the result. Great meeting with good racing.

My guess is Picko.

You have as much credibility as Starmer ...

That might be fine on that occasion but there are riders, and experienced ones at that who will rip the p!ss at the start gate if they can get away with it. They're not getting away with it any more from the meetings I've seen.

Werent we interested in Tate before his massive crash? Give it time on Brennan, its still the early part of the season. I doubt he'd be the same if we retained him, he seemed quite lethargic last season and plateaud on his average. I've not heard a dissenting voice about him moving on this year, that seems reserved for Vissing. It is what it is now, we've got to get on with it and get more out of Worrall and our middle pairing.

He's had 10 years practice doing this, probably why he rarely get a full time team place

Another lamb to the slaughter... We can perhaps try Mulford after we've destroyed another riders confidence

Friday 3 May 2024 West Lothian Wildcats Armadale Angels Mark Parker 1 2 2 = 5 Dayle Wood 3 3 3 = 9 Lee Harrison 0 d 0 = 0 Owen Booth 2' 1 1 = 4+1 Rocco Webb 3 0 2 = 5 Lewis Hague fd 3 3 = 6 Liam Morris ns 2 1'= 3+1 Callum Hague 2 1 0 = 3 1. Wood, Booth, Parker, Harrison 61.00 1:5 1:5 2. (rerun0 Webb, C Hague, L Hague fd, Morris ns 79.00 3:2 4:7 3. (rerun) Wood, Parker, Booth, Harrison d 60.97 2:4 6:11 4. L Hague, Morris, C Hague, Webb 71.79 2:4 8:15 5 Wood, Parker, Booth, Harrison 61.00 2:4 10:19 6. L Hague, Webb, Morris, C Hague 70.84 3:3 13:22

Pretty sure they would have been consulted, with an original fixture list given to clubs for them to look at and agree/disagree with. They would have had to agree to it before it became official.

The race in Question? Looking at that still picture Mountains front wheel is over the white line, Knudsen's isnt. Poor Refereeing,

For all the track experts,the track will only get better 6weeks ago it was a quagmire it's bedding in nicely and guess what our riders love it

Fantastic ride by Borke in heat 8, but deserved win for Poole in the end. Pickering very hit and miss unfortunately, we’ve been lucky with Lawson recently, and he proved that tonight. Well done Sam Hagon, brilliant meeting from him. Track seemed awful, and completely different to other meetings this season. Kemp let us down, but could see he wasn’t interested after a shove from his teammate in heat 5. Hume inconsistent, Jye average, Schlein lacked speed. Well done Poole on the win.

I heard that he already had the collarbone in question plated and as part of the crash dislodged it. Don’t know if that complicates the surgery/recovery time…

Surprised me that not many even wanted to try the big line on 3 and 4 using the banking in favour of sticking to the line

Looks like Plymouth have built a mini Leicester with their track... once the track has bedded in (in around 15 years) there'll be some great racing

Listening to DT on BSN just now and it sounds like maybe the rest of the Leicester riders weren't perhaps offering as much help to JT as the riders do with DT at Ippo.

Look on the bright side, you could have been there and paid to get in!

As far as I know the clubs had to declare their line ups at least 3 days before the fixture on a separate website that only officials and clubs had access too, I am not sure if this system is still running,

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What a ridiculous comment. By saying you are "sure he could have saved that", you are implying that if it had been you in that race, you believe you could have avoided falling. You're also suggesting he made a conscious decision not to save himself from falling, again which is nonsensical. It happened in a split second. Kołodziej has decades of experience. No sane rider on earth would make a decision to fall at the end of the straight when travelling at the highest speed of anywhere on the track. Do you see how silly you sound?

He did enough wrong to be disqualified, on the other hand the ref did more than enough wrong not to disqualify Lambert.

I've never been convinced about the Rising Star concept as it currently operates. For a rider to be "accepted" as a member of such a scheme, they should first attain some benchmarks - for example minimum number of completed rides at CL level, minimum number of points scored, and minimum average established at that level. Shouldn't be allowed to be anywhere near a PL team place without having these basic qualifications. Having set this bar, a PL club that decides to employ such a rider within its team, should be granted attractive concessions as an incentive. However, such concessions should have conditions attached, one of which is to guarantee the rider a minimum number of matches before being replaced. This will of course have the effect of restricting the supply of "Rising Stars" - so be it. Clubs which don't employ such a rider would just build a team without one. Hopefully that would prevent riders such as Joe, Boughen and Hagon from having their careers derailed.

Poole Keith obviously means other stronger leagues abroad. Boils down to ambition at the end of the day.

Wouldn’t be difficult to deal with. Probably a couple of Hamburgers from his favourite Airport restaurant.

Did they ? No second heat leader was always going to make it hard for them.and even more so away from home...Bookies had them.as outsiders with only Brum below them

Hi So much for winning 2 years on the trott good luck to all the survivors and thanks Tim for organising again this year johnbolly

Whilst Sundays and Poland is a nightmare i still think its a more positive race day for Mildenhall than a mid week race night, that would a sizeable shift in routine of regular spectators. As a surprising optimist it would be lovely to see all NDL & CL level meetings taking place on Fri/Sat/Sundays and then the Prem can continue with the midweek set days. Yes short term it is likely to cause a rider availability problem but a considered longer approach might actually attract a few more riders into the sport. Either way its great to see positive news coming out of Mildenhall.

I mean each to their own.....I actually found it quite interesting and I'm pretty sure he's not the first rider I've heard talk about cold conditions being a challenge. Generally speaking he's a great podcast guest as he is very articulate and knowledgeable about the sport.