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"What a terrible crowd at Belle Vue tonight. A couple of hundred at best?" Just curious Steve, how did you know what the crowd was like at Belle Vue last night? If it was as low as you said, then that really is a worry for the BV Management. Even with a new stadium and a top of the table team, you still have to market your product in any business. Unfortunately this seems to be the downfall of our sport in general these days. Lets hope the Stars can do the same to the Wolves tonight as they did to the Aces last night. Weather forecast for West Norfolk tonight suggests the risk of thundery showers though.

I don't suppose this meeting is being covered by Radio WM ? I do know they cover some Midlands matches, but not sure if they only do the Elite League with Wolves? Anybody know, as I can't see anything on their web site schedule.

I'm surprised so many of you arrived at the track early and then paid to enter the stadium when the weather was so suspect. When I've been in a similar situation at Lynn, I arrive at the last minute and sit in the car listening to the tannoy for any announcements. If I hear bikes warming up, thats a promising sign, but I still don't head for the turnstiles until I hear the riders are on track for the first race. I also have a look at the Met Office rainfall radar to see if more rain is in its way! None of this is a perfect solution, but it does reduce the chances of having to fight for a refund as some on the forum have had to do. Kings Lynn used to offer a text message service to alert you to a called off meeting if you subscribed, probably another good idea from JC but that doesn't happen now. My final solution, if in doubt, stay at home. Its a 100 mile return trip from Norwich for me, and I aint risking my money for nobody! I'm surprised so many of you arrived at the track early and then paid to enter the stadium when the weather was so suspect. When I've been in a similar situation at Lynn, I arrive at the last minute and sit in the car listening to the tannoy for any announcements. If I hear bikes warming up, thats a promising sign, but I still don't head for the turnstiles until I hear the riders are on track for the first race. I also have a look at the Met Office rainfall radar to see if more rain is in its way! None of this is a perfect solution, but it does reduce the chances of having to fight for a refund as some on the forum have had to do. Kings Lynn used to offer a text message service to alert you to a called off meeting if you subscribed, probably another good idea from JC but that doesn't happen now. My final solution, if in doubt, stay at home. Its a 100 mile return trip from Norwich for me, and I aint risking my money for nobody! I'm surprised so many of you arrived at the track early and then paid to enter the stadium when the weather was so suspect. When I've been in a similar situation at Lynn, I arrive at the last minute and sit in the car listening to the tannoy for any announcements. If I hear bikes warming up, thats a promising sign, but I still don't head for the turnstiles until I hear the riders are on track for the first race. I also have a look at the Met Office rainfall radar to see if more rain is in its way! None of this is a perfect solution, but it does reduce the chances of having to fight for a refund as some on the forum have had to do. Kings Lynn used to offer a text message service to alert you to a called off meeting if you subscribed, probably another good idea from JC but that doesn't happen now. My final solution, if in doubt, stay at home. Its a 100 mile return trip from Norwich for me, and I aint risking my money for nobody! Sorry all if my last post arrived in triplicate, not sure what happened there. Technology...doh!

With the greatest respect to Nathan Greaves, losing Josh Bates tonight as a guest is a rather big blow. Hopefully if there has been some rain, the track will be grippy which will suit the Stars. I think this will be too close to call, as others have posted I think the key may be how the reserves score.

If the Stars could get their gating gloves on tonight and sneak a win, their rise up the League table would have another big boost. Its surprising how a couple of wins can make all the difference!

Woofy has disgraced himself and the sport by his appalling swearing and messing about on the podium. We always push speedway as a family sport, and yet in front of all the families at Cardiff and all those watching on live TV he uses a four letter word and thinks its funny. Grow up for goodness sake and behave like a world champion. Take your example from Greg Hancock.

I thought tonights broadcast was an excellent idea, well executed, and the way to go if the BSPA want to involve the fans more. Its a pity the questions could only be asked via Twitter, as I don't "tweet" I'm sorry I think Twitter is a daft concept, but thats just my view! Why not have a temporary email address for us "normal" people to ask a question? There weren't any sensational revelations, but for a first attempt at the idea, I thought it was very good. Well done to all concerned.

I thought Natalie Quirk was a superb presenter, and I don't think Scotty said "you know" once! Well done Scott a very professional peformance and the two of you made a great studio team.

I think you will find Darcy Ward rode for Kings Lynn in 2009, before signing for Poole in 2010. I suspect wanting to ride alongside his best mate Chris Holder may have also had something to do with the move? I do agree with your post though, Matt Ford has always had an eye for exceptional talent, and that has been proved by all the names on that list. Like him or not, he has set the bar very high, and most other teams just can't reach it. As Steve S said, its up to the other teams to raise their standards, not Poole to lower theirs. He has made the right descision by signing Bjarne, and lets hope Davey can sort out his problems and come back a stronger rider.

As an existing customer you should be able to get the full sports for £3 month extra atm. Thanks Danny, I'll investigate that. There are so many permutations of Sky/ Eurosport / BT and in the past Bet 365, however you can't beat watching it live. Oh....I can't do that tomorrow as its cancelled!

A lot of people have sky for the speedway, can see a few cancelled subs at this rate. I was one of those people who subscribed to Skysport purely to watch speedway. However, I found with so many cancelled matches, and those that got half way through, only to get rained off, it just wasn't worth it. For the last year or two, I've used the Now TV Day pass. Its not cheap at £6-99 for the one day, but at least I can pick and choose which match I watch, and check the weather before I part with my money. I only watch the occasional match by this method now, but also get some speedway on Eurosport as part of my basic Sky Entertainment package. I'm curious to see what BT do, as I get BT Sport 1 as a BT Broadband customer, but I suspect they will put any speedway on one of the other BT sport channels that I have to pay for!

With regards to the camping, which may be of interest to fans coming from away tracks, I contacted the Peterborough Speedway office with a few questions, and received the following reply which may be of interest? Campers are allowed in from Friday 22nd from 5pm There is plenty of space and you enter Showground at gate 14, it will be signposted Electric hook up is an extra £50 payable to Showground on the day, this is a separate charge from us unfortunately There is sufficient space for awnings etc and you would be able to book on the day We also have security booked 24/7 throughout the weekend. I believe the Camping/caravanning charge is £10 per night with loo's and showers available. However I don't think I'd bother with the electric hook up at an eye watering £50. I can always run my fridge on gas to keep the beer cold! Certainly worth considering as a weekend away with 72 heats of Speedway on offer.

I watched Kai Huckenbeck in the Best Pairs, and was very impressed. He wasn't phased by the opposition and was up against the likes of Iversen, Nicki Pedersen, the Laguta brothers and Chris Holder. He was right up Lagutas exhaust pipe for four laps, beat Chris Holder and Dakota North, and even got past Iversen from the back (briefly!) so don't write him off before he has ridden, as we may be in for a surprise. I wondered if he was a mate of Robert Lamberts, as the two have been practicing at Saddlebow Rd together, and of course Robert rode a lot in Germany before his British career started. I'm looking forward to seeing the two "young guns" together in a race, as I think they will make a great partnership. Roll on the start of the League campaign!

Has anybody camped at the Showground before? I'm tempted to take my caravan and stay for the whole weekend, as the price seems very reasonable, but I have no idea what facilities are on offer, or where I would be situated on the showground. I believe electric hook ups are possibly on offer, but I can manage without as I'm self contained. It sounds as if it could be a fun weekend, but very few details have been released so far. If anybody has any tips on camping there, I'd be grateful.

Emil in Norfolk this week !!! Could you elaborate on this please?

A bit off topic, but what happened to the guy down the road from West Row, who was objecting to the noise and trying to get the speedway closed? Have I missed something, or did he drop his objections? I've not seen or heard anything about it lately. Can any Mildenhall supporters enlighten me? Good looking team for 2016. I'll be there when I have some Sundays free.

THE big battle between BT Sport and Sky is for your broadband business. That's where long term the battle will be won or lost. Very true Philip, that's why BT are running so many promotions and deals at the moment. You only have to look in any magazine or on your TV screen to see the efforts (and expense) they are going to, to attract new customers. I've been a BT Broadband customer for some while, which is why I suspect I'm not getting such a good deal as some of you guys who have signed up recently. So if the GP's are going to be on BT Sport 2, then I'm going to have to pay even more to watch them!

Why can you not get BT Sport 2? I just switched to BT and get all the sport channels included. Hi Grachan, I have BT Infinity Fibre Optic Broadband and my phone line with BT. They include BT Sport "Lite" Free on my Sky Box, but that is only BT Sport1. I can upgrade the package to include the whole BT Sport package for an extra £5 a month, but I'm curious how you get all the BT sport channels, unless that was a special promotion for new customers? When the GP's were on Eurosport, that was part of my Sky package, so no extra cost. Therefore to watch them this year is going to cost me more money than last year. I've just double checked all this on the "My BT" part of their web site, so I know its correct in my case. I'll wait until I definitely know which channel the GP's will be on then decide if its worth the extra £5 a month. I know its not a lot, but the cost of TV just keeps going up and up, not ideal when I'm a pensioner!

Does anybody have any idea what coverage we can expect on TV in 2016? It looks as if the GP World Championship and World Cup has been signed up by BT Sport in a 3 year deal with BSI, but no mention of which BT channel it will be on? I have free basic BT Sport 1 as part of my package with BT Broadband, so I'm hoping its on that channel. No mention yet of Eurosport continuing with Swedish Speedway on Tuesday nights, and I've heard nothing from Sky about League coverage for this year. If you have heard anything, then a post here would be most welcome. I don't subscribe to Skysport as its too expensive, but I did use the "pay as you go" NOW TV for some matches last year. Expensive at £6-99 a match, but nice when my team are on the box when riding away.

I seem to remember some time ago, signing up for the Clubs "regular" Newsletter, to be received by email. I think I received one, then.......nothing.

Is anybody else having a problem with the official Kings Lynn web site? Home page seems very reluctant, and some links don't work. Its normally OK, even if it still doesn't mention Troy is injured. If this is what we have to look forward to in 2016, then Lord help us. Maybe the info is on twitter, but I don't tweet, too old for all that stuff. Happy New Year to all Stars supporters and Forum members. Dave

I would love to see Antonio Lindback at No;1 and how about Simon Lambert at No;6 Happy Christmas to everybody on the forum, and may all your wishes come true for 2016

Any news from tonights meeting at Saddlebow Road yet?

Thank you David for all the entertainment you have given us fans over many years. I well remember your short time with the Kings Lynn Team, you had a storming start, sadly cut short by injury. What ever you decide to do in the future, may I wish you health and happiness, and if you are in the Kings Lynn area, don't forget to pop in and see us on a Wednesday night!

For me, it has to be "Cowboy" John Cook, what a great entertainer, and such a spectacular rider to watch.