He'd been on the road from 5am, so can be excused scoring just the 2 points (was also excluded from heat 8 for 'delaying the start'). I think, once he gets dialled in to the place, he'll be fine. He certainly wants to do well.
Tero is not in the re-declared 1-7 until Sunday, so Konopka guests at reserve for Lewis R and Christian remains in 1-7 on Saturday, dropping to reserve for the match against Scunny on Sunday.
Kids go FREE as from this Sunday:
http://www.newcastlediamonds.co/news/article.asp?id=100425
I'm sure there will be an announcement on the team line up soon.