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It will be almost July and we will just be starting the league season, bascially becoming a 2 month league season. Needs a big rethink in the winter. Fraser Bowes will be missing the Comets next 2 fixtures too because of Polish commitments

Zagar 😆need more of him on the mic

Shocking indeed, but think Tate will get a wildcard into the series?

Must be the worst ever visiting performance by a team at Armadale this. What a spectacle 😂

Could see that coming from Vinnie, basically could have just coasted round. Inexperience costing us already

I believe Tate will be missing on Saturday against Edinburgh at home, as he’s riding in the SGP2 qualifier at Glasgow

A 6pm start is due to be trialled in June, Andrew was telling people of this during the meet the riders night in the Waverley 👍 Let's see how it goes.

Can you do a deal 😂

Would snap your hands off 😂

It was at that Scott Nicholls night in the Waverley and he was cheekily asked about one day riding for the club, he was very complimentary about the set-up and promotion etc. and loves coming up here to walk the fells. He said something along the lines of he loves it at Oxford but never say never if the opportunity came up. Probably just being nice, but not one to rule out. Shame he might not be back until July or so.

Right now, Sam McGurk will do

I get that, probably should have stayed clear of both. Not many number 1’s available now though, a few of them have dropped the league in the past few seasons to go onto bigger and better things. As it stands who is available?, Palm Toft? Schlein? New 5 point rider? Someone in the 3.liga? Nicholls seemed keen on the idea at the Waverley night in March, guessing he’s no where near fit yet though. Names please 😆

Bowes doesn’t need replaced, there’s a good rider in there with time. Only Batchelor does, get him replaced now before the Edinburgh meeting. Bring in a scoring number 1 and we will slowly become quite competitive this season, i’m sure of it. Decent racing, and wins at home is least we ask for, not every season can be a play off team. Antti was unfortunate today with 2 tumbles but rode very well, Tate likewise seems to have the speed but can’t get out of the gate. There was a decent number 1 in attendance today, same he was shipped off to Berwick 🫣

Redcar probably have the best top 3 in league and the worst bottom 3, so probably more of this to come.

Yeah the radar looks grim now, but there’s still an easterly wind hopefully blowing it back over to the west. Can’t see a Friday night gap in the calendar for a while if it is to be rerun as the 2nd leg

I think Fraser will surprise a few, he likes the technical tracks. Tate will probably struggle. I’m sure Antti got the hang of the track after a few rides last time and won a heat, hopefully we won’t have too much to claw back on Saturday.

Well Cookie turned up then 👍

On the Cook subject, it's all just speculation. Nobody who I spoke to on Saturday at the Pairs had any clue what's happening with him, and these are people who would usually know. Last I saw of him on social media he was out in the lakes in February time with Dan Bewley and others on BMX bikes. Hope the guy is okay.

I read he has nerve damage in his back. I'm guessing he will be back at somepoint, but if that's not for the start of the season, I'm guessing Berwick will be relying on having a guest facility for Cook and 75% facility replacement for Kildemand?

It’s unique for sure, must be the bumpiest track in the league. Have a bad back just from watching it. It’s motocross like surface and shape probably just create the close racing. Never been my favourite track to watch racing at to be honest.

I think it's probably a case of Berwick can't communicate what they don't know. They probably don't want throw him under a bus and come out and say "we haven't actually been able to speak to Craig, he won't respond" Like SteelShoe says Worky had the exact same problems last year prior to the season and later on during the season. Fortunately for Workington he did turn up to 70% of meetings, performed when there and we could get a decent guest when he wasn't there. He was never going to return in 2025

The Tigers will be the team to beat, Dan Thompson is going to be one of the best riders in the league in my opinion. He's on an upward curve like Tom Brennan onto bigger things. Shame he isn't in the Championship pairs next week! Freddie Hodder may struggle away but will go well around Ashfield to up his average. Max Perry will struggle, not that it'll matter, he could score zero from 3 rides every week and the Tigers could still win the league.

The winter improvements at the GT tyres arena are fantastic, fans visiting for the Championship pairs next week will notice some major improvements from last season including dedicated toliet blocks, food huts, 1st/2nd bend disabled ramps, Cafe on the 1st bend including an extended balcony, a permanent referees box, the viewing area that now spans across the whole 3rd and 4th bend and a brand new FIM A+ rated air fence to name a few. It's remarkable what's been done in a short space of time from nothing! 👏 Also you can now walk around the whole arena because of the work to create a new viewing area on bends 3 and 4.

The discrepancy between the seating and standing tickets is what surprises me, having been to BV many times and viewed from both the North and South stand, I actually prefer the South standing. So £69 is borderline just about acceptable to go on the Friday night. Is it a case of profiteering or is this the hard facts of the prices how expensive the sport is to run, who knows?! But it will most likely sell out first time around. Not sure about the longevity of the event at those prices however. The one positive for me is if you just do one meeting I can travel there and back in a day, which isn't possible with Cardiff. Loads of cheap hotels outside the city though.

There was a reason why the Workington promotion choose Batchelor over Cook, and was always going to be the right call. Was hundreds of social media comments at the time questioning why he wasn't going to be back at the Comets, but Andrew and Steve knew best. Don't think Leicester will be affected too much, but for Berwick it will be a disaster