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Jordan’s FB post I have been informed by the SCB today that I have been issued with a seven-day suspension, commencing from last Friday, which means I am unable to ride until this coming Friday. As people will be aware, I recently had to take some urgent time away from racing to undergo medical scans following concerns over an injury. Thankfully, those scans returned positive results, and I was cleared to resume racing. Since then, I have provided the SCB with the hospital sickness note issued to me on Friday morning, along with a fit-to-ride letter from the hospital dated yesterday, confirming that I am medically fit to race. Despite supplying all the relevant medical documentation, I was informed that I would not be permitted to guest for Poole tonight. I have since been told that, in order to avoid the suspension, I was required to have withdrawn from Wednesday’s meeting at Poole. However, I don’t understand how I could have withdrawn when, at the time, I had no reason to believe there was anything wrong. It wasn’t until I received a phone call the following day from the hospital that I became aware there was an issue that required further medical investigation. What I find most disappointing is that I was never formally informed that a seven-day suspension had been imposed. I have received no direct communication from the SCB regarding the decision, and my attempts to contact them by phone and message to discuss the matter have gone unanswered. I believe I have provided all of the necessary information to demonstrate that I am fit to race, and I am disappointed that I have been prevented from riding despite this. I would like to apologise to Poole and their supporters for being unable to take my place in the team as a guest this evening. 🚀 #JJ85

To me that sounds like they have options for signings, but are happy to use guests as they feel they are stronger (perhaps not for long) and want to find the best rider available (obviously). So I don't see why the BSPL should grant am extension of the guest facility for Bowes in this instance. For a heat leader, I can understand clubs struggling for a replacement, but for a reserve, when there's options (Fredriksen, Bowtell, Morley) 28 days is long enough. But this should be for all teams, not just Poole.

Oxford meeting last week. Heard it from two different people who never get stuff wrong.

If you go back years ago, British League Teams would always have an up and coming National League rider as a number 8 who would drop in when British League riders were missing. Robert Hollingworth was No 8 for Lynn for quite a while, I seem to remember Chris Turner for Belle Vue, Might of been Nigel Flatman at Ipswich. In my opinion this worked well but it was reliant on the senior club having a good working relationship with the junior club who essentially were feeder clubs, and of course no doubling up (other than as a number 8 ) and very limited guests.

chances are there will be a junior knocking around the pits anyway. maybe this is a good reason to have second halfs again, at least that way there is a reason for them to be there.

Just thinking....... If the hospital hadn't called JJ back for what (fortunately) proved an unnecessary alarm, and he had continued racing over the past weekend, I'm pretty sure Berwick would have won at both Redcar and Workington. Rider replacement got 3 points and 5 points in these meetings -- I submit that the JJ we have seen since joining Berwick would have achieved considerably higher returns, and the whole picture in terms of Championship standing would be brighter.. But it is what it is, and although the hospital has been overly cautious in this instance, he was correct in not resuming until they gave the all-clear. Hey-ho.

Ellis has the same average as Flint in the Polish National League, but is above Masters, Lawson and Jeppesen.

Just when the team starts coming good they change it for the worse.

He is fit He is not testing his fitness, he has taken a guest booking to earn money. It is a short season and not much of it left so why shouldn't he. Jason Edwards was saying about not having enough racing on tv the other day. He said ideally would like at least 3 meetings a week.

I think you must have missed the point made in a previous post. He was released on licence with strict conditions. He knew what they were but still breached them and was returned to prison. He was then released again, and once more knew the conditions of his release yet still ignored them. And it wasn’t just being a little late for a curfew it was not being where he was permitted to be. There are many apologists on here for him but then there are those that were aware of his actions long before he committed the crimes for which he was jailed for a total of seven years and four months. And that is not a trivial sentence. It seems to me that he lacks all appreciation of right and wrong and, in my view, that is unlikely to change. Ever.

So has Eddie fully recovered from his wrist injury and is fully fit? Asking for a friend......😂

Don’t know what they are expecting from Ellis, didn’t hardly pull up any trees for Ipswich last year when at reserve, can’t see that improving when in main body of the team

There should be a minimum standard for state of tracks, that there was god awful. 4 guys looking to ride within 1 yard of the white line or you’d go backwards. Weather hasn’t been that Hot for it to be in that state. If there was a minimum standard you’d hardly see a meeting round that place.

Why on earth did they not put Anders Rowe in heat 15, he’d scored 11 from 4 and is the in form rider. Possibly cost them the bonus point?

Heat 8 delayed due to cat on the greyhound track,,,,waiting for you to say its faster than Tofty..

A group of us used to sponsor Ben Howe when he first started riding at Ipswich, i actually bumped on Shaun Tacey a few wks back at a Mildenhall meeting and he still does grass track now and then.

I have seen and spoken to him probably a couple of times in the last few years.He certainly isn't a regular like he was in the days of Wild Wayne and his posse,of which i was one😁.Did we have some great times back then.

Especially for Poole's benefit! You would be the first to moan if it was the opposing team

Why are you so rattled about a pre-season prediction?

I’m sure we would have been able to self destruct as usual.🤔

Unfortunate for Jordan but rules are crystal clear on this one.

I always use the builders merchant car park at the end of Oxford Road. Its free!

Co-Pilots?

Next week will be Indianerna v Smederna.

Stop putting this nightmare up please 😜. I was just getting over being there to watch 😀

That recovery time is not to be sniffed at.

I was just trying to out Blobby Blobby. He’s Edinburgh’s (negative) answer to Steve Shovlar, saying the opposite of what he really feels

Back in the day if a team ran R/R they nearly always had a junior rider named at No8, but then again what rider these days is gonna travel for a meeting on the off chance he gets a ride, and like been said in those days the majority of the teams had a junior team who rode in a fixture after the main match had finished, so the riders were already trackside.

He put on his racing page, he is resuming racing, with a guest ride for Poole tonight

According to the local Echo, 'the Poole Management will not be rushed into making a signing just to make up the numbers'! "The search continues......"

I say let's see how they go. We're going to finish bottom, so let's have a look towards next season. If there is one. Batch has done better the last 2 home meetings, but to be fair, he only top the scoring against KL, because he had 7 rides! Think it's timely whether he's injured or not. Don't think he had come to terms with the track. There was always at least one race a meeting where he seemed to get caught out by it. Shame about Matej, but just not on it enough. NK should relinquish the captaincy (NKI?). concentrate on himself to get back to form. We know it's there somewhere by the scores he' s been putting up for other teams. Don't think he'll be a Fox next year.

Polish Ben Cook would be best 🤣

Tbf even Doyle has upped his form round Belle Vue coz he wasnt always scoring heavily when he rode for Ipswich round there, but then again i suppose he aint got Kurtz/Bewley to contend with saying that.

It is a huge challenge and it might still fail but it’s worth fighting for. Earlier this year people were saying nobody would travel to Northampton from Coventry now they are apparently. Stock cars are a bit alien to me but don’t the fans follow the drivers around the country wherever geographically the meetings are .I assume there wouldn’t be a fixture clash between brafield and Brandon. BE have to agree to sell I get that and there’s the Rub, but at the moment all the planning arguments are with the campaign group. And there’s is the money allocated for refurbishment of the site. Up the Bees

But British Speedway still hasn't worked out how to encourage those watching the Semis and the Final to return for the standard league matches ...

You always say this but if it such an advantage how have they not won the league every year? Truth is that they have built the best all round team this year and for once the reserves are scoring consistently.

Didn't know pilots fans had friends 😜😀. Sorry couldn't resist 😀

I think compulsory R/R needs to happen too, and unattached riders from the Championship for reserves or a second rider missing from the tip five eg Kerr, Castagna, Wright, Barker, Palovaara, Mountain, Allen etc.

Thomsen and Kvech ride replacing Bewley and Holder. Lindgren rides.

I haven't said he has tried to kill anyone,but his recklessness could hurt someone.As I said I thought the Kubera incident could have been so different for him.Same for Madsen in Manchester, the reckless riding of Woryna could have had a different outcome for Madsen.Luckily both Madsen and Kubera walked away from two avoidable incidents.

The sport is dangerous enough without unnecessary reckless actions being taken ,I was glad to see the back of NP and his ilk ,I genuinely cannot comprehend anyone wanting to watch a rider deliberately fence another ,the consequences of these actions often lead to significant and often career ending injury .I have no issue with robust riding or if a mistake is made but to substitute skill and ability with fear that you don't care for your's or fellow riders safety has no place in this sport .

He's the master of Leszno

Fantastic action Kolodziez is still some rider.

I'm all for hard riding,it's his reckless and out of control riding from him I don't like.There's riders like Zmarzlik,Doyle,Lindgren who ride hard but 95% of the time they are in control of what they are doing. If there were 16 riders like Woryna in the GP's,you would probably only end up with half of them at the end of the series.

Is this before he kills somebody?

With Woryna there is definitely a middle ground, none of us like gaters and and he's worth ten Kuberas for example who bores me to tears, but at times he's reckless and dangerous and I dont want to be watching him wondering who he is going to have off next. He has a responsibility to the other riders to be safe and a little less unhinged. That said he rides lines that others dont and is a great watch when he's not out of control.

They signed a young German world champion well SON 2 champion, but has not done very well

Do you think this would have been better for their business? "Well, that's it! After this weekend we clearly have bugger all chance of making the play offs, so it is hardly worth even bothering coming to watch us now"... If so, the BSP could use you... Plymouth are one of the "good news" stories this season and have made loads of positive moves, not least moving from the "graveyard night" for the entertainment sector, (Tuesday), and moving to Saturday's, which is the biggest night for it... They are obviously trying to maintain that positive message, which, in this social media era is absolutely paramount to engage punters to attend... The "truth" is often largely irrelevant these days in communication to those watching, and putting a positive spin in everything you put out into the public domain, is 100% the way to go...

So thats twice hes breached his license and twice being returned to prison? And people think this thick idiot has learnt his lesson ha!