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I guess that's one less happy meal that's been sold tonight

Personally I felt Steve Boxall going straight into the pits without finishing the heat was far more disrespectful than a showman celebrating in front of his own supporters but I guess you're probably one of those people who doesn't like football players who celebrate scoring goals against their old clubs

Col and his band of trolls are best ignored

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Yup , I traveled through to Glasgow last Sunday on the train to watch the cycling and it cost me less than the admission price for last weekends double header and that was before you take into account the cost of fuel to get to Berwick and back , money is tight for a lot of people these days and I'm sure Bandit fans aren't the only ones feeling the pinch

I'd say that the majority of people aren't really that fussy about what happens away from home as these days not that many will travel to those matches, but they do want to see Berwick win at home or at least be competitive, turning up most weeks to see your team lose meekly is pretty demoralising no matter what sport you're watching. I have at times this season seriously debated weather or not to buy a ticket for meetings . I've bought one for tonight's meeting because I've nothing else on and tonight's TV ilooks poor , but I'd imagine this will probably be my last match this year

Spot on , I said much the same to a friend at the Poole meeting, there's no way Peter would have produced a track like that against a team who are used to ridding on tracks with very little dirt on them

I thought Tweedmouth Rangers played on Old Shielfield

With the changes made to the Bandits septet this should be a decent meeting, hopefully the weather will play ball and there'll be a decent turn out and obviously a home win , 51-39 Berwick

Hans has always been a favourite of mine , looking forward to seeing him in Black and Gold

Hopefully he can , but it's changed days from when a British final has the likes of Havelock, Loram , Screen , Dugard & Louis or going back further Collins , Lee & Simmonds . Used to be a great event and a fantastic day out its a very poor shadow of itself nowadays, but it is what it's and we just have to make the best of it things aren't going to change any time soon

The line up is just another example of how far the general standard of speedway in the UK had fallen , the days of star studded British finals are long gone unfortunately,. Back in the day this was a rung on the ladder towards qualification for the World Final , I can’t see anyone in the lineup who would challenge for a world title

Rory withdrew from tonights meeting after two of his programmed heats

Despite taking the lead, I never really believed we could win this one. We don't have the necessary firepower to win the big heats , too many points thrown away tonight

I can't say I'm ver optimistic about seeing any speedway at Berwick on Saturday night, all the forecasts I have looked at look pretty awful

If they can scan e- ticket QR codes at the gate , why can't they have card readers at the turnstiles ?

Berwick's very own Chuckle Brothers

Close but no cigar again for The Bandits I fear, 51-39

Doyle moving at the start .... wow that's a shock

It will probably be tight up until about ht 10 , then I'd expect the Cheetahs to pull away in the second half of the meeting

Doyle takes a dive again

Doesn't seem to make him any quicker

Why was he allowed to leave the pits without one ? Surely that's something that the machine examiner should be looking for

What about his other heats , were he looked about as slow as the wee red tractor?

Final heat 5-1 slightly distorts the score line IMHO . Berwick looked second best most of the night , another long break until the next Bandits home meeting , it's hard to build up any kind of momentum for the riders and the fans with do many gaps in the season