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You mean Matt punched him in the face

hi guys could we leave this alone my son took quite a knock in this incident . he and cooper who are good mates have discussed it and are ok with it. its racing it happens lets move on.

The Gniezno club have set up a fundraiser to raise money to help Patryk and his family and so far has raised over ( equivalent) of £40,000

Especially when he has said he hates riding at Oxford.

Sorry that's too complicated. How about making RR available to two riders above the replaced rider and two below, rather than one above and three below

Well said.

That decision alone pretty much summed up UK Speedway.... A team found a "sweet spot" night to ride on, so were getting better crowds, and then got stopped from doing so as it wasnt their "official night" meaning there were not enough "guests" now available on Fridays... FFS!!!!

With the amount of injuries we've seen this season, along with other issues such as riders missing, away riding on the continent and 6 or 8 CL teams riding on the same day the guest and R/R situation needs reformed IMO. It's something that never seems to get looked at. R/R should be made more appealing, as it stands it more often that not, makes the side instantly much weaker and racks up the zero's for the reserves, especially if those reserves are NL guests. Something like if a 5.50 average rider is missing, the team manager gets 22 points (5.50x4) from the team's averages to replace that rider. It can be any combination, i.e an 8.5 could take a ride, but that one ride uses up most of the points, and technically have to use 'weaker' riders for the other 3 rides. It would bring more strategy to the meeting for team managers. If it's deemed too strong at a vote, a 5% reduction to the 22 points figure (20.9) could be in place for R/R used at an away meeting. The 8 day guest rule should be abolished IMO, with a lack of riders, I see no need for this rule anymore. Guests should be able to be brought in from anywhere on previous or assessed averages, i.e not declared in a PL or CL team, this would probably be very rare, but if clubs want to do it let them. The 28 day rule replacement rule is nonsense.

Sedgemen as a replacement that's like having to decide to cut off your left or right foot with a rusty breadknife he won't be any better than paco, he's 7 point man in the championship and purely a trapper very rarely overtakes.

Don't be a wally, be graceful. You fully deserved it last night but were incredibly fortunate last year. Because Sedgmen isn't very good and didn't really want Prem. McDairmid would have fitted and looks a better option right now in light of how well the reserves have started (would have been a very young bottom end with him at 2). If Castagna and Cook were replaced before Thursday/Monday I wouldn't be disappointed, neither were anywhere good enough last night. They shouldn't be that uncompetitive on their own track. Next Monday is a must win, its effectively season over if we lose another home meeting as its difficult to see us clawing those defeats back at BV, Sheff, Leicester or Ipswich at the moment. I dont think the score last night really reflected how much better BV were, there was a bit of a chasm between the sides in reality. Cooper just gets better each week, phenomenal stuff from him last night.

Will Mr Godfrey make a team change their fixtures so Workington have a better choice of guests like he did a few seasons ago? NO, he only did that for his teams benefit, all in the best interests of the sport (his team).

Lots of the old "Humble Pie" being eaten on here......

Poole can carry Bowes with no issues, they might be scuppered if a reserve gets injured but apart from that they will walk the league no problem

DT-TV great insight 👍🏻

Think Harris is working on getting his average down under 8 to guarantee a Team place next year.🤔

Think this deserves it own page, sadly Jenga has recently passed away, but love him or loath him on here, he was certainly a character. RIP fellow worky fan this was previously posted on the Workington thread Hi all, I hope this is okay to post as a comment in here. I know many of you may have known my father as Jenga / j20hh. He sadly passed away recently after battling with various illnesses the last couple of months, but I know he was fairly active on here, and I thought it would be fitting to log into this account to announce it. I'm aware he was a bit of a marmite character on these forums, but he was on here exactly how he was in real life, a windup merchant with bad grammar. It's been fascinating to look back through his posts and comments, and more so the replies from other people. I can only apologise if he aggravated any of you with his comments, but know that they've brought a grieving son a great deal of joy, to have an online archive of my Dad just trying his best to wind people up over a sport he loved. Speedway and Workington Comets were a huge part of my Dad's life, and a huge part of my childhood, I'm sure I'll have to get down to Northside to honour his memory soon. If any of you happened to know him in real life, I'd be more than happy to pass on funeral details over a PM. Thanks

Cookie spinning today at northside

Seen that he's taking over from Bomber 😂

Is a "workshop" injury, a Speedway related injury?

....and Lewis Kerr!!

Famous last words, but... I have seen some fantastic racing from this track, when it has "peed down".... Here's hoping..

“Our” meaning a British. No relation of mine I am just a fan of him and have been for many of years.

I'm rolling in the aisles sadly but 100% spot on.

I wasn't keen on Cook either tbh, although he eventually came back at the end of last season, and did ok. I questioned his commitment to the team/club. And Paco was a worry from the start. Big hitter or no big hitter, so far it seems the same old theme.

Can't stop him doing his stuff though! I don't think they are putting any pressure on him.

Given the Aces away win last nibght this could be a tricky match - my first 'live' of the season (I hope) - Kurtz if he gates will be tough to beat. Key battle at reserves - hopefully a close home win

Nicholls seems to have got things together in the Championship, now need to start seeing some of that translate on a track he knows better than anyone.

Have you listened to Sedgmen's interview on 360 speedway podcast? Not that into doing the top league by the sounds of it, similar to Kerr? Wants to concentrate on Edinburgh but did seem to say if deal is right he'll do top league.

He’s just won Ducatis first off road world championship round! That’s including all off road motorsports ie mx enduro ect. Ducati don’t just pick any one to represent them they obviously see Ashtons potential with his mx background. He won the meeting, set fastest times of the day, give Ducati motorcycles there first ever off road world win and has made history for both Ducati & his team.

You will not make the playoffs imo . Don’t worry about it though. It’s all pointless really.

Belle Vue are more top heavy than Katie Price! Kings Lynn win.

It's Bollox like this that put people off your posts. 😁

But, if you look at the video from behind, although Cooper's front wheel is turning left, his bike is still moving straight or to the right. He never comes in beyond mid track. If you look at the first lap Kye Thomson rides a similar line, albeit that he doesn't scrub off speed by over locking. Maybe Cooper was just following the line Kye took on the previous lap, thinking that was the racing line When people say 'what else could Luke have done' then look at the line Jody Scott took at the end of lap one to go inside Luke and much closer to the white line. I doubt anyone is going to change their mind about what happened and who caused it. Of course, these incidents happen in the blink of an eye. Given injuries to riders elsewhere over the last few days I am just glad that the injuries here appear relatively minor (although any concussion is not to be treated lightly)

Harris is miles better than Thomson? Clashes went 1-1 at Glasgow before a Harris ef, Thomson beat Harris 2-0 at Northampton, which is virtually a neutral track, Thomson currently averaging 9.54 in the Champ vs Harris 7.67! Can't compare Prem aves, as the KOC didn't count.

The white trail line is the biggest evidence you need regardless of the front wheel movement. Rushen doesn't deviate. I'm still waiting for an explanation as to what Cooper should have done??

I suspect there weren't a long queue of tracks willing to take it on. It's not the greatest circuit granted but its well supported and were presumably keen to host.

Apart from NKI... I presume he takes the ferry to Poland?.. Sadly, no ferries now run direct to Denmark, but there is a route via Germany and Holland...

Still sticking with 51-39. Fricke - 12/5 Castagna - 5/4 Harris - 9/5 B Cook - 9/4 Kvech - 7/4 Rushen - 7/5 Mulford - 2/3 Total - 51 Kurtz - 13/6 Blodorn - 3/4 Thomson - 2/4 Z Cook - 7/4 Bewley - 11/5 Zischke - 2/4 Cairns - 1/3 Total - 39

"The man has undergone complicated spinal surgery. He is currently in the intensive care unit and will undergo further CT scans today for further diagnosis. I can say that his condition is serious. The young player's surgery was completed after 3 a.m. ," Zuzanna Pankros, spokesperson for the Poznań hospital, told us. "We can't provide too much detailed information, and at this point we can't even talk about any prognosis. Every hour is precious . Today's CT scan will show whether we know everything, or whether other ailments have surfaced. The situation is truly grave, and we're all keeping our fingers crossed for the young man," concludes Zuzanna Pankros. https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/1250038/zawodnik-po-fatalnym-wypadku-juz-po-operacji-mamy-nowe-informacje-stan-jest-ciez Truly awful. The main thing is that he pulls through obviously, but this isn't good at all.

That is possibly the worst crash I have ever seen in over 60 years of watching Speedway, lets hope Patryk makes a full recovery.

Start Gniezno official info: Patryk Budniak is in stable condition and in a medically induced coma. He is currently undergoing surgery. Tests conducted have not revealed any injuries to his internal organs.

Mulford is better than Cairns at Lynn, Ben is better than Zach at Lynn, Harris is miles better than Thomson… you know it’s at the Adrian Flux Arena and not the NSS don’t you? 🙈😂

...says the Plymouth stalker on the Poole thread.🤣🤣

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Have a read of the first post etc.

Hi all, I hope this is okay to post as a comment in here. I know many of you may have known my father as Jenga / j20hh. He sadly passed away recently after battling with various illnesses the last couple of months, but I know he was fairly active on here, and I thought it would be fitting to log into this account to announce it. I'm aware he was a bit of a marmite character on these forums, but he was on here exactly how he was in real life, a windup merchant with bad grammar. It's been fascinating to look back through his posts and comments, and more so the replies from other people. I can only apologise if he aggravated any of you with his comments, but know that they've brought a grieving son a great deal of joy, to have an online archive of my Dad just trying his best to wind people up over a sport he loved. Speedway and Workington Comets were a huge part of my Dad's life, and a huge part of my childhood, I'm sure I'll have to get down to Northside to honour his memory soon. If any of you happened to know him in real life, I'd be more than happy to pass on funeral details over a PM. Thanks

It wouldn't be an upgrade. It would be a facepalm.

Will Simon Lambert replace the young German??

Loving lamberts neck scarf, how very once a jolly swagman

Other meetings planned for this season: 3rd Sept vs Long Eaton Invaders @ Leicester 22nd Sept vs Team Viking @ Sheffield Richard