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My names David.

Having been looking forward to a Dad and his 2 lads weekend at the Grand Prix Round 2 in Warsaw we had brilliant day watching some excellent racing and the whole day went smoothly and as planned. Our flight home Sunday morning was an early one , we met and had photographs taken with Chris and Jack Holder , we met Jason Doyle and his pit crew all at the Airport which was a good start to our trip home. We had unallocated seats on the plane back to the UK and expected to be separated which was fine ….. the boys boarded as I followed on after only to go and find my youngest lad sitting next to the current leader , the one and only Jason Doyle with Simon Lambert sitting in front. As you can imagine my lad had the biggest cheesiest grin ever to be seen ! Both Jason and Simon chatted pretty much most of the flight home sharing stories and offering some banter. Jason also took a keen interest in my lads Kart racing and was more than willing to look at some photos and ask about the sport which made my lads days. To think Jason had been to work only a few hours before and come away winning the Grand Prix and still take time to talk and show interest in my lad is a day we will never forget. We now look forward to our next trip to watch Round 8 in Wroclaw only this time we’ll be joined by her indoors so I’m guessing they’ll be a bit of shopping and sight seeing involved !

Feel for any team that is affected by any rider’s ban. Anybody advise why in some cases the used banned substance is disclosed and in other cases not. Surely supporters, especially the Tiger’s fans have a right to know.

Mind you no doubt we'll have Laguta Racing Fan along in a minute tho to tell us his w*#k piece Artem is just waiting for his phone to ring

No, no, no!

some would have come on here and said he doesnt know what he is doing putting Matt Perry in the race. I wouldn't put Matt Perry in any race ! David Scwimmer might be a better bet, at least he is still alive

Those quotes are from the bloke who is trying to get Jason garrity back into british speedway, you can draw your own conclusions.

Good to see cami has got over this crying still in the speedway star. Going to put a formal complaint in. Also comping he got a fine for swearing and shouting at the ref. Really didn’t help himself but does make you laugh.

Speedway meetings never used to be cancelled with such small amounts of rain - the meeting against Lynn last week being a case in point. This is hurting not only the hosting tracks but also the sport in general and the riders themselves, because venues will continue to disappear. Some people might say the bikes these days can't be ridden but if that's the case then it's not the tracks at fault but the bikes and it's really disappointing that it's got to this state. I used to enjoy meetings on wet tracks as results were a little more unpredictable. Rant over.

Pay Up.

I think that's great he's getting help, but would suggest getting his 4th ride & gating tuition would be more valuable?

What is the matter with some of you, you should be ashamed. i have supported Brum since 1971, never moaned about them, had a few tears ( a bit like my footy team ), but i will still go and watch them , stop piggin moaning. Rumour from the Speedway Tavern show that there is something bigger in the air.

Is that you Amy?

The time when he would get to the track at 5am to prepare it after the banger racing the night before, or bad weather, are long gone. At 66 (August) It's time for himself and Cheryl to enjoy their retirement fund.. And not dwindle it away running Lynn for another year or so.

So can I, I can also recall more than once riders kicking up a stink and not wanting to ride on the re- layed track,and Buster getting really p1ssed off

A contentious decision but there aren’t many matches where there isn’t something that sparks debate. The proverbial ‘first bend bunching’ when a rider is knocked off. Different referees interpretation of when a rider is ready at the tapes to name but two. Bottom line is the match should have finished at heat 15, a draw. Super heat is plain silly. Mr Brown not doing himself any favours labouring the point.

Agreed the taresenko transfer was crazy on a 5, but if a rider has set foot in the u24's he's now a 5 which is madness. The under 24's is just a test pot for Ekstraliga teams to find their next 6 and 7. Having seen the quality of racing in Poland the Ekstraliga 2 is somewhere between championship and premiership. But tarring them all with 6's and 8.5's is madness. I completely agree that there has to be some conversion, but do it based on their actual average not on under or over a 6 points average. That would be the same as saying Leon flint and bomber Harris should have the same converted average.

Tolley's quote about money not being the problem is going to haunt him

No guarantee he would have beaten Liebmann which would have done him no good at all but no surprise an old Swindon fan slating Poole or their fans.

And another one happy to see a club fold, you won't have anyone to race against soon

Ok I'll bite: you missed one and we don't!

Celina has got the speed she’s shown that. She just needs to improve her gating and be a bit more forceful into the first bend

I'm suggesting they could've put Perry in heat 14, once they were well clear & given both reserves 4 rides.

But Tolley had 7 to "choose" from. You're right of course (just waiting for @LagutaRacingFan to pipe up )

Isn't it Brexit that has dammed the flow of new riders, rather than the SCB?

If you class the drone footage from Ashfield as absolute then I wish I had your xray vision, it certainly shows how close all 3 behind Worrall were going over the line but it in no way is it ‘absolute’ in showing who got it either way

I remember years ago Lee had a massive crash that he was lucky to get out of in a very nice Subaru Impreza. Very silly boy, he's let everyone down when he'd got back to being a crowd favourite and had lots of good sponsors. All thrown away now possibly because of the need for a quick fix, wonder if he's thinking was it worth it. Back to building sites and body building again. Good luck with whatever you do lee, your second time around in speedway looks like it's done.

There is a commer after his dad to separate Martin Dugard from that relationship. I do realise that Martin Dugard is his uncle. Lisa it would be more appropriate of you to comment on my post as a whole rather than one possible grammar error. Lisa is the forum English teacher (said tongue in cheek)

100% luck. Repeating myself, but forecasts change regularly. As you say the forecast this morning is now worse for Lynn today than it was yesterday, but it could easily have gone the other way and improved significantly. There’s just no way of knowing. Another example, our meeting at Foxhall this evening was under no threat yesterday whatsoever, a little rain about but nothing that would even slightly threaten the meeting. This morning, the forecast now for Ipswich is horrendous! This has to be in serious doubt now too. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/u12b4ht3f#?date=2024-05-16 Should always wait until the day of meetings for a more accurate forecast before calling meetings imo.

Yeah I really don't understand why they didn't give Perry a 4th ride. Do people honestly think Poole are worried about losing by 30 points in the return leg?

As frustrating as it was to have the wrong result, amending results later is a can of worms best avoided. If you think speedway looks amateur now, introduce that and it'll be an order of magnitude worse.

All riders have this week been sent a memo showing how to adjust the position of the transponder. It no longer sits on top of the h frame at the top of the forks. it has to face downwards. How the hell did we get to May, at least 2 wrong results, one at Sheffield and one at Glasgow, and not know they are fitted wrong. There is even a pouch behind the fork covers, which is further forward than the h frame, but the memo does not say you cannot use the pouch. With the knowledge of the inconsistent fitting and the resulting false readings , surely the video evidence which is absolute, should be used and the results amended of the two matches affected.

Well for a start we need to know were Lambert will be! Lots will happen between now and the playoffs we can be sure of that!

it was very strong aspirin for toothache (apparently) Wonder if his wife will now issue a new statement

I believe that Dan & Joe Thompson will be in the Terenzano QR.

Edwards won't be racing he said last night on BSN his plan return is at Sheffield next Thursday night

That’s it hind behind the fact that Muddlo has always done this & try to justify it. Not an old Swindon fan as I always will be one & I hope the same doesn’t happen to your club as what’s happened to us. Sad really that you have to even mention it. Hope Max keeps his confidence & belief in himself as it’s clear Muddlo & his teams fans don’t care either way. I’m a speedway fan & without these young lads being given a FAIR CHANCE then the sport is gone then who will you have to race then!!!!!!

https://x.com/ipswichspeedway/status/1791111696171332070?s=46

Well he joked pre-season that if Plymouth were to offer him a contract he'd retire from Speedway. Keep on supporting your Hillbilly club, because it won't be there for much longer. Ben Barker couldn't be more suited to the place.

It's on the Ipswich Website that it's been postponed. Seems a bit premature though as the forecast is that the rain will clear by 4 p.m. I was actually planning to go tonight as well.....

We weren't 30 points up at H8 when it happened though!

Tom Brennan and Richard Lawson were out on track after the meeting helping Max with his gating. Getting one to one tuition, or in this case two to one, is far better for his confidence.

For reference there were 11 heat wins of 60.0o secs or quicker, 58.65 in heat 5 by Tom Brennan the fastest. Great track prep by Terry the Track (Happy Birthday BTW Terry).

It is very disappointing he has been around a long time given a great chance with the Tigers and he’s blew it big time.

Give him a chance he's not even ridden a match yet lol!

Edwards and Gilkes were announced on 20/11/23, completing the Tigers line-up. Gilkes was named as the Rising Star because he had an established Premier Green Sheet of 3.67 (as per the RS list). Edwards is also a Rising Star, but has a 3.00 Green Sheet. Gilkes average would not have fat in the Tigers line-up if he had been named at #6. Even though Gilkes' averages was higher than Edwards, he was named at #7 because the Regs state that the named Rising Star only moves from #7 if his average takes him into the top five. PS: The 2024 Regs are available for download at scbgb.co.uk

This in a nutshell. It seems as if all the stars have to align perfectly for a meeting to go ahead. Perfect weather, every single rider available etc. all just looks a very tired set up to me.

Never rated Milik - couldn't understand why they signed him other than the fact that there was no one else available.