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I'd pencil Josh Auty in straight away, so far he has put some of the other riders to shame.

Totally agree. Thats why I tend to watch the recorded version after the event, and keep my finger on the "fast forward" button! I also get very tired of the analysis directly after the race, where we are shown the same race over and over again, when I have just watched the ruddy thing. I SAW what happened, I don't need to be shown it again and again.

Lots of stoppages, bike failures and a heavy track after lots of rain rather spoilt the meeting, but hats off to all the riders for giving it 100%. I thought Doyles actions were uncalled for, I seem to remember several lunatic moves by him that ended in tears. At least THJ was giving it all, which I suspect wouldn't have happened from two other ex Lynn riders. I'm not sure why Robert Lambert and Kai Huckenbech had such poor meetings, if they had scored well, this could have been a lot closer.

Thanks DWP for sharing that with us. I'm sure we all wish Nicklas a speedy recovery and hope there is nothing seriously wrong. I know he doesn't want to let anybody down but its obvious he should stop riding straight away and get himself well. Lets hope all goes well for him on friday.

What a great meeting! A shame rain brought an early end to the meeting as Heat 15 would have been a cracker. A fair result in the end as neither team deserved to loose. Sorry not impressed with Jim Lynch, nice guy but should have used the B&W while he had the opportunity.

Great display by Robert. But I've seen more spectators in a farmers field on a sunday afternoon!

Amazingly if the Stars had got a 5-1 in the last race, they would have won this meeting! Well done to all the riders who gave it a go in what I understand to be tricky conditions. As DJ said, commitment is a leveller. Pleased that Porsing had a much better meeting, after coming back from injury. Not a win, but a well earned point.

Totally agree with your observations GRW. He falls in to the category of a frustrating rider to watch, we know its in there somewhere, but never know whether it will come out. As you said, on his day he can be a match winner, I wondered if the fact that Rob Lyon who was a great team manager and always seemed to bring out the best in some riders, had any bearing on his form, now Rob is not here?

Fabulous, I couldn't stop laughing! Don't forget the only way is up....

I agree the forecast was bad, it was raining hard where I live near Norwich, so couldn't risk travelling to Lynn for the expected rain off. Much to my amazement it went ahead, but from all accounts, I didn't miss much. I emailed the stadium a week ago asking if I could subscribe to the text service which updates fans if a meeting is cancelled, I'm told by several people on this forum it is still in operation, but did I get a reply to my request....Nope. Once again, total lack of communication to a fans enquiry, and it just sums up what everbody else has been saying on this forum about this Club.

It seems Buster has listened to the fans, and taken action. Good for you Buster! I stood on the terraces at THAT meeting, and vowed that was the last meeting I was going to this year, I was that disgusted. Now Holder & Batchelor are gone, I shall end my self inflicted exile, and be back to support the team. We may not win anything this year, but as long as the guys give 100% and we see some decent racing, that will do me.

A meeting was advertised in my Radio Times as being on BT Sport 2 at 7-30pm (didn't say which one) but its now vanished from my Sky planner, and also vanished from BT Sports online planner. Thats a bit of a blow, as I thought the weather forecast was OK for today for both PL meetings? Poor show by BT if they have pulled the plug that early?

There's plenty of people work at the club.... Are they the ones in blue jackets that are frequently seen walking around stuffing chips or with fags hanging out of their mouths? Just another thing that looks so unprofessional when they are "supposed" to be working. I could accept it perhaps during the interval, but this is during the racing. No doubt somebody will say they are volunteers, and not paid members of staff, but that doesn't excuse it in my book. Rant over.

Thanks for the info about the text messages Steve. I wonder why I no longer receive them? I've had the same mobile number for years. I have looked on the Stars web site, and the most recent programme, but can find nothing about the weather service text messages, any idea how I re-subscribe? I seem to remember sending a message saying "subscribe" to a certain number. If you don't know, I'll have to email the stadium. Thanks again.

Don't forget Danny, some of us have a long way to travel to home meetings, in my case, I live 6 miles south of Norwich. If a meeting is in doubt, I'd rather not risk a wasted 100 mile round trip. I've done it many times in the past, and sat in the car park, only to have to turn round and drive back to Norwich again! Once upon a time we were able to subscribe to a Stars text service, that sent a text message to your mobile if a meeting was called off. Excellent idea, and it did save me some wasted trips, may be some thing to do with JC? That no longer happens, so as I said, far from being a "fair weather" fan, I just don't want to waste my time and money, especially with the current situation. A good explanation DWP, which sounds perfectly plausible. What I can't get my head around, is the race times. After Buster spread tons of sawdust on the track, and graded it, the riders were blasting round in times well under 60 seconds, which is quick for a perfect track, so if it was that unrideable, why weren't the times 64 seconds of something like that? Apart from the clouds of sawdust being kicked up, nobody looked to be having an issue that I could see. Very strange?

An interesting and honest article in the EDP, but surely Rob is a Promoter at Lynn, so why did Buster say “I’m sure it’s not the end of his time with the club and we are sure to see him again very soon.” That leaves some unanswered questions, and although I'm a great fan of Rob's, how can you be a Promoter of a Speedway Club, and yet not take any active part in its running? Is he a "silent partner"? Also if Buster is going to call meetings off every time we have a shower of rain, the fans are going to soon get pretty fed up with that. Seems like the tail is wagging the dog at the moment! Well at least he is to be congratulated for keeping us up to date, but in the long term there are still lots of issues to be addressed, is there any support on this forum for a drop back in to the Championship again?

I've always rated Michael Palm-Toft as a rider, and after his performance at Leicester last night, we would be silly not to consider him if he is let go by Somerset, as some suggest?

Sadly, you are spot on with this post. However I suspect Jonathan has his own life and business to lead, and seeing the sorry state the whole sport is in, he is probably happy to keep well out of it. There is nothing better I would like to see than JC back at the helm, we might at least get some communication and honesty back in to the club, but unfortunately I can't see it happening.

Totally agree. Buster worked his socks off to get the track rideable, and it was. I've seen far worse tracks over the years, and his efforts were rewarded by "normal" speed racing and some very fast times. No rider had any hairy moments after the track work, and nobody crashed or fell off. However by that time, like you, I was totally gutted. It was a mixture of disbelief and anger at what I had just witnessed. I made my mind up as I left the stadium that I wouldn't be wasting my time and money any more here this season. I shall still follow the Stars, I always have and probably always will, but the sour taste that was left in my mouth will take a long time to go away. Since then, as usual, we have had almost no information. No updates. A very poor excuse of an apology and just the usual waffle. Where was Rob Lyon on the night? Why didn't one of the promoters come on to the centre green and explain to the fans what was happening? To rub salt in to the wound, "injured" Troy Batchelor who was unable to ride for his own team that night, guests twice this week to help our rivals score points against us! Beggars belief! As was previously said, Troy Batchelor hasn't broken any rules, but he also appears to have no morals and not a care in the World for the Lynn supporters, its just how much money he can pack in to his wallet. Well I can assure him, none of it will be my money.

Batchelor crashed in his last race at Leicester tonight, so may now have a real hand injury!

Who took over as Team Manager after he was taken to hospital? I think it was Lieutenant Fletcher Christian !

I thought he clipped the back wheel of the rider in front of him?

You had better ask Kings Lynn speedway. It was their web site that posted the video, not me. They obviously wanted you to see it at its best. I was at the meeting, so I know what happened in the previous races, and did see the whole picture, but I don't control what they put on their web site.

But then made a miracle recovery to guest at Swindon tonight!

An excellent and accurate assessment of last night. None of us there deserved to be treated like that, and not a word of apology from the management until today, when the damage had been done. Many fans around me on the terraces said they won't be coming to the next meeting, and can you wonder at it. In all my years of watching the sport, I don't think I have ever been so hacked off, as last night.