GeneralMelchett

No chance of a rain off today - the in out issue will be how much to water the track! gloriously sunny - hope for a good match tonight

Welcome back!

To be fair its very unlikely that he/she will have been - Timpsons on the other hand are well known for their rehabilitation efforts for ex offenders etc so the next man to cut you a key may well have been an ex offender! I saw Garrity ride for Sheffield in what was is 2015 or 2016 - he certainly had talent. You either believe in the concept of restoratative justice or not - he deserves a chance to prove he can move on and be the better person, other wise he will just languish on the dole and potentiually slip back into a life of crime etc. Did you know that when you leave prison you used to be given a payment that was about £50 or so and that was supposed to help you start again, I have no idea if thats still the case or if that payment is more now (I have never been inside etc so only know this used to be true from others telling me), however in todays world that will last about 5 minutes and if you are denied any chance to work again then i cant see how you are ever going to be able to contribute to society etc. However if that one chance is not taken then well you are on your own!

Scottish football is probably a better example right now - excluding the big 3-4 clubs the rest are largely staffed by UK home nation players - we could argue in my time watching speedway never has produced enough the old NL tried with the no foreigners rule but by 1989 that had been challenged and gone. the R/s aint perfect but its produced for me two riders of real potential note in the last 3-4 seasons one being Tom and other is DanT right now. I actually had this debate with a few people a few years back i said at the time there were too many clubs and we'd have to lose a few for the sport to keep going and the old speedway any night of the week would be a thing of the past.

I would suggest that whilst 'rely on' maybe the wrong phrase take out the non UK players even down to League 1 and some teams would be struggling to field their best sides for sure! However it would be fun to see Harlaand in the Prem for City on a saturday and then flying out to France for PSG on a sunday night match! However back to the 2 from 67 i'd say you can add 3-4 more which makes it nearer 10%

yes it was a nasty crash on a tricky track - dislocated shoulder i seem to recall which can cause all sorts of problems for riders I imagine

Higher % than footballers that make it! flippant i know but you can add others to the made it list its just those 2 are the best examples i can think of right now

I did worry his injury last season would hamper his progress, seems not to have which is great - He and Brennan and great examples of the R/S working really well.

It's probably under the 'totting up' rule (like in football when a player finally gets a yellow after comtting a lot of minor fouls) - You shouldn't be able to just postpone a scheduled meeting however!

don't we all eventually - to my mind this is a simple fix really have a start time and a tapes up time - maybe the BSPA site which to my mind IS wrong on this will make some tweaks!

Unless you are dining at MacDonalds most restaurants are pay after you have eaten - maybe speedway should be pay on exit

Gate three isn't known as the 'graveyard gate' for nothing even when the track is perfect ypou never have a chance! Hope to be there for this and expect a home win by maybe up to 10pts

yes it could and clearly did confuse some non regulars

It states 'tapes up' as what I would call the parade or meeting time for all meetings on the BSPA website!

I’ve looked and the the meeting preview for Sheffield V Belle Vue it does say 7.30 - however in the lower down part of the page page it does say tapes up I feel that should say meeting start time! That’s the BSPA to my mind

It’s fairly standard for the start time to be before the first race normally due to the parade of riders - I will be at Owlerton (weather permitting) on Thursday the meeting starts at 7.30 and I know the first race is about 10-15 minutes after that!

I am sure you’d be right but you confuse me with someone who really cares that much to check it - let’s just hope it’s not raining Thursday!

There has been this year for sure - as we say all the bad stuff comes from the west!

Yeah not so convinced about that I live on the right side of the Pennines tho!

Will declare now wasn't there - isn’t it the Refs job to run the meeting to time or quicker if needed? I bet old Frank Edben would have got through the meeting ok

Apparently the (council) ruling is that racing can’t start until half past two!

some promotions have in the past made the next meeting cheaper if you produce your ticket from the reduced meeting, or have i imainged that? Anyhoo who would think BV would get through 15 heats on and Monday BH Meeting and Ipswich not given that Ipswich is in the driest part of the country and BV probably the wettest!

you did eventually have a Jan Pedersen riding for you tho! Seems that Birmingham started well, or maybe BV started slowly _ checked the scores after about 6 heats and saw they were competitive and doing well then it all seemed to go wrong for them!

Tempted to treat myself to the stream as Can’t get to any live meetings today - home win but Masters will be lively for sure - 47/43 or something like that!

Time for Milik and others who have underperformed to perform today - still think a fairly decent home win 51-39 ish