Pirate Nick

Just had a quick look on Twitter and there is no @skysportsspeedway that I can see. There's boxing, golf, darts, F1, statto and news. So the question is if Sky can't be bothered why aren't the BSPA approaching them for permission to put heats that are not Sky live meetings on social media? Assuming Sky are the actual problem.

Just a quick update, this weekend Kyle is not being ambitious in Pila for testing and practice.

I saw those, apparently everybody called Brian living in the Manchester area are now banned from speedway. To enforce this spectators will be required to provide proof of name and address at all turnstiles

Just a shame none of it will be available on You Tube or any other social media.

Heres a link giving details of diversion. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/traffic/14401591.Two_weeks_of_overnight_closures_on_A31/

Plymouth are back in the LC as I understand it.

That's you on a ban then. 😂

Swindons twitter feed has annouced that the 14/04 date is off due to an unexpected clash with the international fixture list. Don't ask I've no idea

Would that be Max Fricke the Belle Vue rider? He's hardly likely to publicly announce that the track was no good is he?

Not a great crowd, but then it was a challenge match and Bombers testimonial is on Sunday.

Could have a knock on effect on Sargent as well. He's likely to move into main team if Garrity drops down. Probably won't score much and that will affect his confidence.

TBF Coventry haven't done it because they wanted to do it properly, they've done because Garrity forced the issue by refusing to enter the draft. I'm sure if he hadn't they'd have lined him up at reserve. As it stands I think Cov have made a decision that they may regret in the coming months.

Slightly damp up north Lisa https://twitter.com/SpeedwayScunny/status/707888256277413888

The Wulfsport jacket is a bit of a give away.

Steve is correct, that is exactly what he said in reply to some good natured ribbing from Matt Ford over Bjarnes' sacking. Wether he should have said it is another matter though, but that's the nature of these evenings, great banter mixed with some serious discussion.

IMO Nicki is being a bit shrewd here. Getting in the press pre season crying about how hard done by he's been. Trying to get into the heads of the referees to maybe be a bit more lenient with him. Team managers do it all the time. I don't know of a manager who gets on the phone to the ref that actually believes the ref will change his mind. It's more about trying to make the ref aware and think about that rider next time he commits an offence.

If you guys can't get a crowd with the entertaining team you've assembled we'd just as well all pack up and go home.

Seriously? Surely nobody would be daft enough to pay that?

Oops. Identifying coats of arms is always hazardous with dukes 😉

They Have. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=duke+of+monmouth+arms&client=tablet-android-samsung&biw=1280&bih=800&prmd=ismvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVt9W1187KAhWL7RQKHTdhB44Q_AUIBigB#imgrc=HXP1qxC2DkD3LM%3A

The flag in question is actually not the Confederate flag. Its the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. It was created to avoid any potential confusion on the battle field as the actual Confederate flag was very similar in design to the Stars & Stripes flag of the Northern armies. Personally it doesn't bother me at all (obviously i'm not racist, I hate everybody equally ) but its probably best to change it given the current political climate. I do think however that all this political correctness associated with minority groups is getting a bit ridiculous. Book burning next

https://twitter.com/speedwaygb/status/692264221082566657 Good value I think.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Paye Sort of Piratey link to Poole. Heroes to the English but Pirates to the French & Spanish.

I think he's a Somerset asset.

Responsible parenting if you ask me 😉