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Riders dictate the sport in GB.We let it happen, so we just have to sit and bare it.

I thought the track held up well. I can't remember the last time I saw a meeting and the track maintenance didn't happen until after heat 7. The speed the meeting played out at was the best I've been to in a long time. Racing was good and if it's all better than that in the evening then I'll come all season. I was going to be a regular at Lynn as I'm about an hour from each of you. Great value for money with a basic race card. You have a new fan.

I'm sure that plans to build a new mosque would be approved by BCC!!

Just don’t get how people think? Lewi’s first meeting got to the pairs final and unlucky to not win it, bad luck with an EF at Oxford so should have been 8 points and it’s not a great start to his pirates career and a worrying signing. At least let them all get some meetings under there belt first. He deserves an injury free season and he will be scoring some big points.

Well in the two cup matches against Birmingham he scored 1+1 in each match, beating his fellow co worker at Hagon Shocks! Jason Edwards. In his three league matches. Against Belle Vue He scored 4, but after a third in heat two. His other two races there were only three finishers. Against Kings Lynn he had four rides scoring 3+3, but he was gifted every point he scored. Boughen pulled up in heat 2, he retired in heat 4, he fell in heat 8. As we know he failed to score tonight. It's been a tough start to the season for Sam. Not being nasty, but I think he is out of his depth in this league. He's not the only one. Hume, Killeen, Mulford. Possible Boughen. They have all struggled to score points. I did suggest Gilkes, but he didn't exactly set the world on fire yesterday at Oxford. In all reality the top league should not be having rising stars. Thompson, Brennan are the two successes. To a lesser extent Flint, but how long have him and Jenkins been rising stars? If your good enough that should be the only criteria needed.

Very enjoyable first trip Scunthorpe. Great racing, 100x better than what I've been watching at Leicester and the meeting was run superbly well. I will be back. 👍

Or.. Rule that riders from Heat 15 are not eligible for the Super Heat.

Driving an ever shrinking fan base where the sport has to be propped up financially by a number of generously well healed individuals.

Managed it for years

That’s what they said about Oxford.

£25 for 30 heats, I don’t think that’s outrageous and it’s not ‘juniors’ it’s NDL some of which have been riding for several years and a few are even championship riders !

I did go in the end as the BSN meeting was called off and I'm pretty glad I did tbh. Like @Mr Bee said the meeting was run at decent pace, which was refreshing. Can't help but think that Redcar threw this away with all their mechanical shenanigans. What on earth Mulford was doing changing his bike for a 2nd time with the clock at about 10 seconds was a bit of a head scratcher. The junior match was pretty decent too, certainly better than some of the crap I've seen at Leicester! Although there was quite a disparity in the quality of riders. Correct me if I'm wrong but are Ablitt and McGurk not riding CL at the moment? Ideal candidates for a CL rising star berth... if it existed. Cooper Rushen was impressive, especially considering it was his 2nd meeting of the day... he certainly has the name to be a top star in Speedway!

In most sports you have to be good enough, irrespective of age... except in British Speedway where it doesn't matter how good you are as long as you meet the Rising Star age criteria. These "protected" age/performance related team spots should be in the CL and not the PL imo. The whole progression system in British Speedway needs a re-write. There are a lot of decent kids out there but they just seem to get put through the meat grinder.

Declan Kennedy scoring 8 points is a great home debut.

Just sent in my comments using parts of the templates that IanB posted above which was very helpful, the more of us that comment the better.

And people wonder why there is no 2h+2a.

Of course it’s a challenge and can go either way but there is hope. Rugby BC are backing the return of motorsports. There is a consortium with the relevant funds and expertise to manage the project And we have Cecil up the bees

If you are going to have a deciding heat to determine a win, then one nominated rider from each side, one wins, one loses would suffice, the stupid 4-3-2-1 points fiasco where one side can win the meeting by finishing 2nd/3rd is a daft idea, even if you put 4 riders out on track, then the winning side should be the side whose rider wins the decider .

Don’t forget Anders Rowe was a RS. Struggled for a long time then came to Lynn got his mojo back, and now looks very comfortable at no.2 for Sheffield

Masterful performance in 13 from Ippo's top two. All about the numbers very clever management. What a team Louis and co have assembled.

Unlike you I do enjoy my speedway, even though it is run by buffoons

What a fantastic ride from Dan Thompson in heat 12. Passed by Douglas and lost ground but then battled back superbly to re-pass for a 5-1 that killed the meeting off. Superb.

Not getting involved in how good or bad the comets team is, I've been following the comets since 1970, through good 2018 and very bad 1980 +81 , I'm just going to enjoy the speedway home and away to support the team, and hope the fans turn up to support Andrew Bain and the rest of the backroom team. Hope all have a successful season UTC 😉

Personally I'd have kept the 3-2-1-0-1-2-3-4 scoring system which awarded the away team two points for a draw anyway. One of the best ideas British Speedway has come up with in recent years and they scrapped it!

Cant believe we have still got to put up with a stupid heat its a draw,both teams deserve to score a league point,get rid oft he stupid heat no wonder speedway is not taken serious by people

It's certainly a test of commitment isn't it... can't be easy for any southern based (younger) riders with only 2 Southern clubs in the CL to make it pay or not suffer substantial losses.

The progression of the likes of Brennan and Dan Thompson is down to their ability and not down to the RS system. The system doesn’t even have an age restriction? We’re talking about the top flight of the sport in this country and we’re throwing riders into the lion’s den and then coming up with race formulas in matches to ‘protect’ them. It’s a professional sport with paying customers and the participants have to be good enough. That’s the real world. You can’t say the RS riders need to be given a chance because they are all riding in the second tier. As/when/if they are ready, they can step up.

Seems strange that Berwick in the CL is too far but Scuntfield in the NL isn't. Maybe he's waiting to pick up a CL team spot later when somebody inevitably gets injured?

Hume is not a Rising Star, although at 28 (29 in July) he would fit the Rising Journeyman category that has been suggested.

Only 1 meeting so far this season & already murmurings of fixture congestion ahead. Meetings again in October & bare weeks in July & August again. Rinse & repeat every year.

Highly entertained fixture in what turned out to be the Cooper Rushden show, what a magnificent performance. Colts over riding at times but it’s all a learning curve and if they do it in this engaging manner I’m happy with my season ticket. It’s disappointing that we can’t get more people along as the price for adults and a load of kids is peanuts and at only a quarter of a second per lap slower than the top lads it’s baffling that so few attend, especially with it being so entertaining.

And, as we know. Since I can remember, although every team starts "roughly equal", at least one, and usually more, end up, very early in the season, miles adrift of the team at the top... The make up of the teams impacts a result more than averages... Teams with "big hitters" in HT 13 and 15 are the ones who will always have an advantage v those with six or seven point riders up against them..

And it also serves as World Championship qualifying round with top 5(?) receiving GP Qualification round places.

Yeah, that would be my suggestion too.

The race in question. Once Douglas got past you’d probably think that was that. Great effort.

For all of the uptick in social media activity by clubs, which is to be applauded, it seems to have come at the expense of website updates for many.

Might have just got away with it

Just hope he gets there on time.

3 hours i believe

I don't think they did but I don't know on this. The car parks were full and a good crowd, loads of Eastbourne and Kent fans in attendance, a good few fans from Leicester too which was good to see and fair play to them..

Agree it should be a 2 man run off.But that’s Speedway,nothing is simple.

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In a sport that is seriously short on riders they should be running a "Rising Journeyman" scheme not a Rising Star scheme... cream will always rise to the top.

I was thinking during the meeting about the only positive for Hagon is that he does tend to complete 4 laps so can pick up any scraps that are on offer. Other than that if he does make any kind of half decent start he's soon passed. "Rising Star" was just about okay immediately post Covid but the league is a lot stronger than that these days and even if these kids are sat next to their heroes in the pits barely scoring any points every match can't be good for their confidence or bank balance.

Fast losing interest in the gps turning into a pantomime

They need to get some more empty apartment blocks up... to store all the bin bags in!

Well, that one fell at the first fence...😂

I'm not sure anybody really cares anymore...

Not sure...

Chill out mate. You don't have to have ridden a speedway bike to express your opinions/thoughts. I think he's right in saying that about Jye because last year he fell off a lot. I hope a new track and new equipment can help him out. I'm sure he can put a point on his average this season.