Garry1603

Really looking forward to this, should be a great meeting. Hope they have got plenty of water for the track! The vast majority of the Witches points will obviously come from their top two, so it should be a great opportunity for the Aces middle order to have a good night. Might be a chance for Jake Mulford to get a few points as well. Can't see anything other than a comfortable home win.

I know Rory Schlein is bobbing on a bit but the programme last night said that he was born in 1684 Explains a lot!

So probably only around four / five points then?

Who can take the R / R rides for Brennan?

It rained for most of the morning (not heavy, but constant light rain). It stopped about 1-00. If the meeting had been scheduled for tonight, it might have had a chance, but not for a lunchtime meeting.

To be fair, Thompson looked pretty good at Belle Vue on Monday.

Sounded like a great meeting, Good to see Bewley starting to come good as well.

So sorry for Wolves fans and the sport in general. A league with potentially five teams just won't happen. At least there will be no doubling up as there won't be enough teams soon to double up with!

Mark Lemon has got work to do with Wright obviously. Seems very childish based on the comments on here.

It's a magnificent book Tony, well done to all who helped with it's creation. Whatever people's views on PC and recent fall outs, it's still a great read and insight into 70s / 80s speedway. Thank you!

That's not good - did anyone see what happened beforehand?

That's got BV's season going then. Good performances all down the order. Special shout out to Anders Rowe who looks a decent addition in the RS position - can he replace Mulford permanenty?

After the first leg display, the home attendance will be badly affected I fear.

An excellent meeting with many great races. Doyle was a worthy winner, as several others could easily have taken it, but his experience of GP finals may have helped when it counted. The 5 rider semi / 6 rider final worked well and the BV staff deserve great credit for the slick presentation. Not sure about the reason to give the two track reserves two 'match races' but that's being picky.

A good meeting with decent racing. Well done the Tigers, they fully deserved their win and as has been said before, they look the team to beat this season. Having said that, there were a lot of positives for Belle Vue as well, with Kurtz, Lidsey, Blodorn and Brennan all having their moments. Undoubtably Bewley will score far heavier in the future, so I'm not that downhearted. Spotted Chris Holder sat in the grandstand behind us as well.

Just started raining here at 4.50. To be fair, the clouds are very grey and it looks like it's in for the night, so well done Met Office (sadly)

Sadly the right decision, although there's still no rain here and hasn't been all day (7 miles from track). Feel for the BV promotion who worked miracles to get such a world class field, there's no doubt that it won't be anywhere as near as good when it's restaged.

Still dull but not raining in South Manchester at 12-15 (7 miles from the track)

A great presenter and years ahead of his time. RIP Dickie

Thank you Ian. Most of us are watching this (sad) story evolve from the outside. Inside information like this is very interesting. .......... and can I reiterate I was a massive PC fan as a rider.

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For Mia's sake, I am pleased that he has apologised and hopefully a line can be drawn under this sad affair. Whether it changes people's opinion of him I'm not sure, I think that the damage has been done. However, I think that bringing up a 35 year feud was a rather petty way to somehow justify his actions, and whether he knew about Steve's cancer or not, the comments were disgraceful. Thank you to Tony Mac for being an intermediary in this, it can't have been an easy conversation.

I loved PC as a rider and he was always approachable to young fans like me. I eagerly awaited his book and read it from cover to cover when it arrived. It was well worth the wait and gave an honest, entertaining review of his life and times. I especially liked the first third of the book when he talked about his childhood and his schoolboy friends. However, I have to say that, following the disgraceful treatment of a true gentleman like Steve Casey has changed my opinion of him completely. He suffered a stroke several years ago and I am sure that he still has medical issues. The 'old' PC wouldn't have stooped as low as this, I'm sure. So sad that he has ended up a bitter old man, his legacy is in tatters for me. I was going to read his book again in a few months, now it will sit on my bookshelf forever.

Sadly, it was announced tonight that Steve Casey has passed away after a battle with cancer. A wonderful man, a wonderful speedway FAN. After his riding career ended after spells at Ellesmere Port and Newport he returned to his spiritual home at Belle Vue where he performed a superb job as a presentation manager. I was proud to know him when he worked with Allied Dunbar (along with Chris Morton) in the 90s, and used to love our chats at the NSS every meeting in recent years. He always had time for people, and there's no greater compliment that I can give him. It's a lovely coincidence that he passed away as his team are finally the champions again. RIP Steve. A speedway legend who will be missed by many. Thoughts are with his family and friends.