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If the team are happy to be called "Dads Army" again for 2022, then surely Basso should have the nickname "Pike" due to his young age? Maybe I'll get the missus to knit him a scarf!

So did I Haza, and like you it was my first experience of a live streamed speedway meeting. I was impressed. Not up to mainstream TV standards obviously, but certainly very well presented with decent camera work and some good interviews. I think other Clubs should certainly be looking at this as a way of generating income from fans who are unable to attend a meeting, or choose not to for what ever reason. As a pensioner now, I pick and choose which meetings I attend as the cost of attending every meeting is just too expensive. Living south of Norwich, its a 100 mile round trip to Lynn for us, plus two admissions, programmes, food and drink and fuel which won't leave me much change out of £60 a meeting. Multiply this by four meetings a month and its £240 out of my pension. You can now see the appeal of a live stream at £11-95. Naturally I'd rather be standing on the terraces, something I've done now for 58 years, but if the sport is to survive it must look forward to other ways to not only appeal to new supporters, but those of us who have been loyal for many years.

As a neutral I enjoyed the novelty of watching the meeting live on Glasgows excellent live stream. I thought the presentation and camera work was pretty good. It will be interesting to see if other Clubs use live streaming in the future. Having watched the first leg, its a shame there won't be a similar live stream from Poole for the second leg.

I agree. I much preferred it when Lynn were in the lower league. A much greater selection of clubs and riders, rather than the same old faces week after week. The "Premier" league is anything but, with dozens of riders doubling up, so it makes a mockery of the whole concept. Think back a few years when we had riders like Tony Rickardsson, Jason Crump, Leigh Adams, and Nicki Pedersen in the team, and more recently Robert Lambert. Riders of that quality don't want to ride here now, so we must accept that and move on. What the future holds, I don't know, but with the news of Clubs not running such as Swindon, Eastbourne and now Kent, I fear for the future of the sport. We frequently discuss the merits of "One big League" on this forum, and each year it is put on the back burner, but what happens if another Premier league Club withdraws before the start of next season? What if Buster goes through with his threat of selling Kings Lynn and Peterborough, and the new owners (if there are any) don't or can't afford to run in the top league? Food for thought perhaps.

It will probably be on Freestream on Thursday. Wait until the day, click on the link below, then if its not shown on the Homepage, click on the "Motorsports" tab at the top and there should be a link. They usually don't display matches until the actual day. Its a typical streaming site with lots of pop ups, but I usually get it to work for Swedish and Polish speedway. http://1m.freestreams-live1.com/

Yes, I noticed that. The link to the info is here; https://www.sky.com/help/articles/discovery-plus-v1?DCMP=tva-skycom:ec_discovery_plus&awc=11005_1633102631_7c370f3dad660c4b3e4c5ece1ec8c142

When the contract was signed by Eurosport, can anybody remember how long it was for? Their coverage of our sport so far has been pretty dismal, and I wondered how much longer we have to suffer it for. Fortunately Eurosport is part of my Sky package, as I certainly wouldn't pay to watch it!

What a cracking match that was, really enjoyed it. Huge crowd, fantastic atmosphere, if only British speedway was like that?

"just a little question why do riders lift their leg off the peg coming out of the bend s tonight it seemed to be causing them problems" I suspect their soiled pants are sticking to the seat!

If the first few races are anything to go by, then I think I'll go and watch some paint dry!

Any news on Richard Lawson? Last I heard was "suspected" broken collar bone, but haven't heard anything further.

Can't disagree with that! Aren't there any better Russian tracks than this?

Will it be live on the Speedway GP You Tube web site? I seem to remember I managed to watch a GP once before using a VPN as its not available in countries that have a live feed (eg the UK on BT Sport)

100 mile round trip for me on the wonderful A47.

Then the idiot who did the captions should be sacked! Almost like they have never seen a meeting before and don't know how its normally presented.

Congratulations to Adam Ellis. I enjoyed the meeting with some fast & furious racing. Eurosport need to improve their camera work and drop the stupid idea of showing the line up from the back! What a stupid idea.

Only if you like seeing 4 bums at the start!

What idiot decided to show us the line up at the tapes from the rear?

9 hours return trip plus traffic and 400 miles driving. I'll watch it on TV!

Looking at the rain radar, there is a big lump of rain heading directly for Kings Lynn. Hope its not too heavy, or even better, changes direction! https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

I think Eurosports coverage so far has been dire. Three perfectly good Premier League matches tonight, and no coverage! Fortunately Eurosport is part of my Sky package, I'd certainly be upset if I was paying extra for it.

I managed to watch the last GP on the SGP You Tube channel using a VPN complete with the English commentary. Does anybody know if it will be streamed live on their You Tube channel again this weekend?

I'm rather glad that Eurosport is part of my Sky package, as I'd have been pretty miffed if I had paid extra for it and then only got a few meetings for my money. I was equally upset the SEC wasn't on Eurosport, only the Eurosport player which once again they wanted more money for! Thanks to a link from Racers & Royals I watched it on a website for free. I ditched BT Sport because they lost the coverage for league matches, and now only cover the GP's. The TV coverage seems to be getting worse, not better?

Its tipping it down just south of Norwich, anybody got a weather report for the Ipswich area?

I remember several years ago before the prison fence was erected a big crash on the second bend, where a bike hit the fence with such an impact it cleared the fence and landed several rows up on the terraces! The spectators parted like the biblical parting of the Red Sea, and fortunately nobody was hit by the bike. I think it might have involved Darren Mallet, but can't be sure?