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Am I the only Lynn fan who is getting totally hacked off at the Stars fielding an "All Stars" team at most matches? (pardon the pun) We hardly ever get the team we were promised at the start of the season, there is always somebody, riding in Denmark, or riding for their Championship Club or R/R I can accept having a rider injured, its unfortunate and can't be planned for, but there really is no excuse for what has been happening lately with riders missing. I started this season full of enthusiasm, but that soon went down the toilet!

Pretty hacked off about the team line up tonight. R/R and two guests, so much for all the team bonding before the start of the season, we only have half the team there!

Isn't Manzerez injured? Had his arm in a sling on TV.

Wasn't it an Anglia TV production showing local motor sport with Steve Rider? I know he did "Midweek Sport Special" maybe it was that programme.

The early morning rain has passed through, and there is no sign on the rainfall radar of anything nasty heading our way from the continent. Cloudy and murky, but hopefully dry for tonight. Stars to win by 10.

Well if you look at the rainfall radar, its not looking good. https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

This is an excellent rainfall radar, updated every 5 minutes, for those wanting to keep an eye on the showers. Hopefully there won't be any. If you hit the "anim on" tab at the top, you can see which way they are travelling. https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

That's excellent news if true. Hopefully we will see Lewis back sooner than later. I'm sure he is just as frustrated picking up an injury so soon in to the season.

The Aces held their own up to the interval, but come the second half the Stars upped their game and stretched the lead. Heat 11 was a disaster for the Aces, with Max Fricke appearing to blow an engine, and then Craig Cooke slipping off when not under any pressure, to gift the Stars a 5-1. Most impressive rider for the Aces was Dan Bewley, a great young rider who must have a terriffic future in the sport. He was really on the pace all night, and was brilliant in Heat 15 to finish second behind Robert Lambert, and heading home Niels Kristian Iversen. Yes the future for Team GB is looking good, but having watched some Polish speedway on TV recently, there are some superb young Poles coming through the system as well.

It better not be! I expect we will get a sun delay anyway. We had this discussion before. They should start on time, otherwise the whole thing becomes a farce again. If I can get there on time from Norwich, then others should also turn up on time. I appreciate that some people work late and such like, but to be brutal that's not my problem. Image if football started late because Joe Bloggs was working overtime, or trains waited at platforms for late arrivals, or planes sat on runways.......etc....etc.

Very sad news. Like many others on here, I had the privilege to watch Ivan race in his prime. Nobody wins all those titles without being something special, and Ivan WAS something special. World class in every respect, he will be missed by all true fans who love this sport of ours. Thanks for the memories Ivan, may you rest in peace.

OK. Thanks for that. Didn't seem much of a penalty really?

Perhaps you would be kind enough to enlighten me then?

I thought he was serving a ban, due to "Holdergate" at Kings Lynn last year, or have I missed something?

Me too. Great to see the system works, even if it isn't the outcome I was hoping for.

Great news, well pleased. I'm more than happy with the whole set up, nice to see Suzi Perry involved again. BT did have us sweating for a while there, but top marks to all involved for a two year deal, at least we know we are guaranteed viewing for that period. Its now up to British Speedway to show BT they have made the right decision by giving them and us fans an excellent product with slick presentation and good racing. Bring it on!

Absolutely correct. Somewhere in my archives I have a letter from the Police Chief that was in charge that day, it gave the exact attendance figure and as a footnote he put "there was not a single arrest, and I just wish it was so for every event held there" We used this letter as evidence at a planning application for Speedway in Norwich, to show that you could get over 90,000+ fans from every track in the country together in one stadium without any trouble. I was really proud of that fact, but sadly it did nothing for the planners, and the application like many before and since.....was refused!

I've just agreed to continue my BT Broadband for another 12 months, and as part of the deal I can continue my BT Sports package (on the SKY box platform) for another 12 months, with the first 6 months free, then the second 6 months at £10 per month. That averages out at £5 per month over the year. I thought it was a good deal, as I do watch some other sports apart from Speedway. I should now get all the GP's, hopefully Premiership speedway (if a deal is signed) and Swedish and Polish speedway on Freesports which should go HD in May. Just need to get that deal signed for the Premiership, and I'll be sorted for the year.

Totally agree with you Semion, I also jacked it in after "Holdergate" but I'm prepared to give it a go again this year and hope that lessons have been learnt. I think the team looks competitive, and with the right attitude and given a decent track, could renew my enthusiasm. We also need prompt starts, slick presentation and a huge reduction in tractor racing, gardening and bike fiddling! If it all comes together, then I'm sure the "oldies" like me will return to the terraces, but if it doesn't, then I'm sorry but like you I'll be saving my money and the two hours driving for other things. My glass is half full at the moment, lets just hope it doesn't spring a leak!

I'm very pleased to say, I received a quick reply from Robin Brundle to my email query, so that's a positive in my book already. Robin went on to explain that the Club are in the process of reactivating the scheme for 2018, so hopefully that will work well this year.

I emailed Robin Brundle yesterday, with the suggestion about the rain-off texting service as a positive suggestion to help fans from having a wasted journey. I will let this forum know when (and IF) I receive a reply from him. Oh, and I wasn't bitching, simply stating a fact. I received no reply.

Living south of Norwich, with a 100 mile round trip for home meetings, I'm one of those who won't risk it if the weather looks dodgy. I emailed the AFA last year, and asked if they were still doing the rain-off texting service. (I was told on this forum it was still in operation) I was subscribed years ago, but suddenly the texts stopped coming? Did I get a reply to my query....Nope, totally ignored. So this season, if it looks like rain, or there are strong winds or any other possible reason the meeting may be off, I'll stay at home. So if you are reading this Mr Brundle, get the texting service back in operation, advertise it on the Club web site, make sure it works properly and once you have a database of fans mobile numbers, if they approve, use those numbers for match day updates and such like. Not rocket science is it?

I had a call tonight from BT asking if I wanted to renew my BT Sport contract (on my Sky box) for the next 12 months. Because I have a BT phone line, and BT Broadband I had a special deal last year, with 6 months free before I was billed. I explained to the rep, I had only taken BT Sport last year because of their coverage of Speedway, and at this moment in time, I had not heard if BT were covering it again in 2018, and therefore didn't want to commit, if they were not going to screen Speedway in 2018. The rep said he would go and speak to his Manager. A couple of minutes later he came back, and told me the BT Sport contract covered Speedway until the 7th February 2019. I still have until 27th of February to make up my mind, and get a further discount, but haven't heard anything officially via the BSPA web site, so I'm going to hold on for now, just in case it was a sales ploy to get me to renew! Any thoughts on this guys? Has anybody else had a similar call from BT?

For those of us not in the Central TV area, if there is any way of posting a link to the piece Dave, that would be much appreciated.

Well it made the local Evening News, a nice little article here for you all to read. http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/new-homes-homage-to-norwich-speedway-stars-1-5359439