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There was no mechanical issue with Lewis Roses' crash. No chains snapping. He went into the corner very low and slow and his front wheel hit the edge of the hole and stopped and momentum took him over the high side. Lewis went into theatre this afternoon at 3.30pm, so hopefully feeling better once the plate is in.

Lewis had no mechanical issues. He hit a hole with front wheel, and high sided. Sam Masters has now pulled out of Wolves double header battered and bruised.

They were quick. Sorted by end of mtg

Cannot have a guest , only rider replacement. Mat and reserves. Can only sign a rider up to 5.12 as new average not applicable at cut off date which was midnight last night. New rider will do a job for us and is the best option open to Newcastle due to bad timing. Lewis is having op on bank hol Monday to plate his broken collarbone which he has broke in 3 places. Gutted for him as riding so well.

Steve will be number 1 for September

Which Glasgow riders are riding on a Saturday night. Summers has 3 left for Leicester, but I can't see any more.

Think it would have been called off earlier but Ipswich were here anyway so might as well give the weather the chance to defy the forecasters.

Well I am not a fan of Tai nor do I dislike him. I think he does a great job for British Speedway by being World Champ. I am proud to watch the GP as a Brit, whereas in the past I have been embarrassed to see our guy last all the time. I don't give a hoot whether he rides over here or not on a regular basis as no publicity comes from the league meetings anyway. But he does raise the profile by being world champ, especially if he does it for a third time. I hope R.Lambert picks and chooses in the future if it enables him to be world champ. Britain isn't the place to be at the moment, but pls don't think it's rosy in the garden in Poland and Sweden. The next 2 AGM's could pave the way for a changing of the power in the near future as at least we all know we are in the mire, the other two leagues are going to crash spectacularly as they are in denial. Then the guys will need somewhere to race.............

Thursday 5th May

Ullrich is guesting at 1 for Lasse for Redcar. This is crazy and double standards by the BSPA. Godfrey was speaking about Cookie not going to Peterboro due to 4 fixture clashes over the season where Peterboro would need guests, not being in the best interests of british speedway. Newcastle are then forced to go to Redcar with 4 guests in one nght. Redcar need a guest due to Lasse prepping for a Danish meeting on Friday which Ullrich is in but missing practice. Where the hell is the staging of this meeting in the best interests of british speedway ? Redcar had a blank Thursday a few weeks ago and all riders were available, or is that the real issue ?

Good comeback from the guys and gotta say funny to see the sulking clown who drove the victory parade pick up truck as fast as he could round the track and back into the pits with our lads clinging on. Faster than some of the bandits

Anton is not riding in Uk this year. Has already been over in December and taken all his gear back to Sweden.

Well it's this weekend that the rubber stamping takes place. With the 3 point man at reserve this effectively strengthens the teams as most ended the year with no 7's with an higher average. My worry is there will be about 11 rider departures from the league on the green sheets latest issue, so I believe there are not enough riders left for every one to reach 42ish. The money clubs will cough big bucks for joe average to back up top 3, the lesser well off clubs will pick up the scraps, but will not reach 40 points. The riders two years ago got told must have new silencer, they still have them as cannot sell them on as worth nothing. No concern about finances there. How about every track should have a countdown clock, compulsory. After every race clock resets to 5 mins after last rider has left the track from previous heat., 2 min buzzer still goes on after 3 mins, race starts at zero or rider excluded. If rider has 2 on the bounce clock runs down to zero then 2 mins. Interval 15 mins on the clock, but race countdown (5 mins) starts after the 10th min so no dragging out or home team manipulation. Interval after heat 10 or not at all.

Why have Belle Vue done that to the track on a night like this ? First time in years they have made an effort and they forget to tell their riders what they planned. You couldn't make it up. Well done Poole on the treble. Gutted !

A 50% Cookie is enough at Edinburgh

Lambert is going to Sheffield at the start of September.

Your new Czech already belongs to Kings Lynn, so won't be your asset.

Ritchie Worrall on Sunday for Lewi

Raining at track now.

have I missed something is Darcy making a comeback ?

I believe this is the tip of the iceberg, but Richie has had a lot of clubs in his short career, chasing the £'s ? Highest bidder ? I don't think Richie would ride in the elite as a draft rider on draft rates after riding in an elite team for proper rates, and who would blame him. Those who have never had it will see it as a bonus, Richie would rightly see it as a 50 to 70% pay cut. As for riding abroad Poland and Sweden are on a downward spiral. They have less teams than our elite, crowds are falling and they have now got more riders wanting the team places so competition means they can play hard ball with contracts and have a few squad guys ( who never get to ride). Read somewhere of a prem rider who has a £400 per point contract in Poland but has ridden twice in two seasons. Our elite needs some rules that make it better to have a Richie, Auty, Kerr, Cook than a foreigner just like the Poles and the Swedes do in their leagues. Big, big year for the BSPA conference. Wonder how many of the current promoters are absent come March 2016.

Christian is struggling with confidence and hasn't returned from the crash at Scunny the same rider. Anton is playing catch up and has not got dialed in and is suffering from lack of racing, no Tuesday night in Sweden and only 3 Thursday's so far. Simon relies on his gating and isn't making enough starts and very rarely passes anyone. Lewis Kerr lacks consistency, not trapping as well as last year, and his average dropped whilst at no 1 but goes up at number 3, so expect it to pick up now. Ludvig suffering from inconsistent race track and lack of grip on outside. Never a gater so gate and go track for most of season not helping. Good team spirit and always around his team mates in the pits. I believe has found ignition problem with bike on Sunday, so hopefully more speed for next week. Lewis Rose is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He has blown his engines 2 in last week, bent bikes before Monday and was low in confidence. Batch has lent him an engine for big tracks which he is trying to raise money to buy it, difficult when not scoring points, and I believe on Sunday he was using Ludvigs engine which took him a couple of rides to get used to. He looked a different person after the meeting so Monday was a real downer in more ways than one. ( starke never even went over to see how he was by the way ). Stevie was always going to be the better of the twins and he will kick on from here. At number 1 his ave dipped a little , at number 3 it went back up and now I believe he is more ready to stay at one than he was at start of the season. Great trapper and quick when in front. Cannot find anyone who can fill our spare points but would consider 28 days of Hawkins till Rose is back rather than Konopka guesting as every one else is below Lew Rose average.

Official scorecard now on bspa website and clearly shows the score chart with Junes averages. New ones declared on 24th June for July meetings. Redcar gain from redcar mistake. Redcar must have known over the last 2weeks that Kus has gone above Robson especially as they were making changes and looking at averages. 6 point deduction is coming their way. Interesting that Robson having had the crash wouldn't have been ready for the ht8 double ride anyway

If Tommy gun had of been warned for the first excluded for the second he might not have done it the third time. Refs not being firm on starting cheats is the issue. The rules are already there.

Programme has to have correct averages in - redcar responsibility Team manager of your club should and will be aware of their riders averages each month even before they change. - redcar responsibility. Checking of programme - home team responsibility Putting right rider in race - team manager responsibility Giving ref programme with correct averages - redcar responsibility Who gained from mistake - redcar Who has innocently lost out - somerset What happens now 6 points off redcar total. Get over it, stop blaming the ref It was a good meeting to watch. Brady Kurtz is one hell of a rider.