Derwent

42-42 going into Heat 15

Bloody typical, I've backed Zagar e/w in every GP this season. Except last night.

Geoff "Leggy" Powell, now there was someone who would travel anywhere anytime for a ride whatever the conditions. Have bike will travel was Geoff's motto.

Delighted for the Ruskies especially after Batchelor's cheating behaviour. Even more delighted as I backed them at 10/1 to win tonight !

It's rumoured in some places that Sky are going to separate their sports channels and have dedicated channels for football, cricket, golf and F1 with the rest going into a Sports Variety pack. People will be able to choose which channels to subscribe to and not pay for football etc if they don't want to watch it.

It's not a given that Sky will release the broadcast rights to another competitor. When they renewed the contract for Rugby League they paid for the broadcast rights for all 3 leagues but stopped showing Championship games early in the contract. Other broadcasters wanted to pick up those broadcasting rights but Sky said no, even though they had no plans to use them they were not prepared to let go of them to their competitors. So you might find a situation where if Sky don't show anything then nobody does, so be careful what you wish for.

Some of the interested parties want to quit Odsal and play at Horsfall because it's such a huge expense.

The RFL were charging Bradford Bulls an annual rent of £72,000 plus the Bulls were responsible for all maintenance costs and other stadium related costs. The business rates alone are £99,000 per year. So there's £171,000 per year plus maintenance costs for anyone wishing to take on Odsal and use t for speedway.

Has anyone mentioned Ian Thomas yet ? Knew every trick in the book, probably invented most of them....

No chance, Monstrous Joe won't allow that.

Derwent Park is being renovated right now in preparation for hosting the 4 Nations international RL game between Scotland and New Zealand on 11th November.

Unbelievable how fast Doyle's bikes have become. From being an average rider to probable WC, amazing.

When Doyle hit Pawlicki it straightened him up briefly and at that speed he was never going to be able to recover and turn the bike properly. It was inevitable he was going to fall. Completely the correct decision to exclude Doyle.

Rules 078.9.3 and 078.9.4 cover the TS and Joker rules... http://www.fim-live.com/en/library/download/57330/no_cache/1/

I think Holder was just miffed that Lemon was making a mistake, as it should have been a TS joker ride no matter if it was him or Doyle doing it.

If that's what the programme said then it's wrong. The rules are that each rider can have one TS ride so long as you're 6 points behind, it's one per rider not one per team. They can be made at any time in the meeting. The heat 17-20 rule only applies to the joker.

No we couldn't, if a rider has his programmed ride as the joker then he can't also have a TS ride as well. That's why the joker should always be used as a TS. Rosco got it spot on, and the Aussies screwed up by using Doyle as joker in his programmed ride.

Thanks to Robbie B for running the competition. I look forward to defending my title next year !

Are his parents Polish ? Was he born in Poland ? Spot the difference.

Poland - Pawlicki & Zmarzlik Oz - Doyle & Holder Sweden - Lindback & Lindgren GB - Woffinden & Lambert

Janniro for Hancock in my selections please

My picks for the race off :- Aus - Doyle & Holder USA - Hancock & Fisher Russia - Sayfutdinov & G Laguta Denmark - Iversen & Jensen

Event 1 Russia - Sayfutdinov & Laguta Poland - Zmarzlik & Pawlicki Czech - Milik & Kus Denmark - Iversen & Jensen Event 2 Australia - Holder & Doyle USA - Hancock & Wells Germany - Smolinski & Kroner Sweden - Lindback & Lindgren

Zagar 100 less Holder 50 more

Doyle 50 less Kildemand 50 more