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I think he was bothered and looked to be trying hard but nothing was happening for him. He is usually very good at the OTA but just couldn't get it to work tonight. Made a ridiculous flyer in ht 7 as well (although the updates said it was Wethers) but went backwards on the slick surface. Starke deserved more than his points as well tonight.

I was pleased to read your version so went back to see any other news about Lewis only to find the additional word :-( Hope Lewis is ok?

You missed a vital word of Lewi Kerr's tweet that went before Lewis Rose i'm afraid. The tweet was: 'hope @Rose822 is ok,whatever happened not acceptable to headbut a 15 year old. For the record we was not aloud near Lewi rose on track.'

Sounds like Lewis Rose may have been injured at Saddlebow Road tonight. Said he was taken to hospital after a crash in ht 10. Hope he is ok? If not where do we go for a NL guest? Tom Perry maybe?

Did he score many at that vast arena that is the Plymouth saucer last week????? I believe he gained us a point in ht 15 there. I'm sure he will know that he hasn't produced his required form and be pretty disappointed with himself. It wouldn't surprise me to see him knock in a couple of double figure returns in the next two days. Chin up Alex! Yet again the Rebels score 40 points away from home but end up with nothing. I think they have now scored over 40 pts in every fixture that has been completed by them this year. Impressive stuff I think.

First sample of live speedway this year and thought it was a pretty entertaining match. Track was slick but thats down to the weather but riders still made it work and had some good close racing. Josh was superb against his former club with stunning 4th to 1st ride to complete things in ht15. Alex was solid apart from losing 2nd to Bager in ht 3 when he didn't look at his quickest, Nick was up and down but didn't lack effort. Kyle was unlucky as i am sure he didn't really cause Ringwood to fall in ht 6 to earn the exclusion he received from Mrs Turnbull. The guests at reserve did the job required and Paul Starke got better as the night went on as he sussed the setup needed to get him off the start. Morley did ok when he made the gate and mixed it at times. Shame to see Screeny missing but Kozza did a pretty good job with 11. I was impressed with Anders Thomsen who was probably worth more than his 4 points, looked quick out in front. Probably not a 7pt rider at moment but will be in future. Bager battled hard and i thought he had scored more than the 7 he did. Compton was awful until ht 14 when he was suddenly on the pace for a couple of laps, a shadow of his former self. Grieves was also a shadow of his former self but in the other direction! Was that really him under that crash helmet, the self confessed OTA hater actually looked pretty good in his first 3 rides! Ringwood was average and Jacobs looked impressive in ht 2 but faded somewhat later. All in al a decent meeting to watch especially in shirt sleeves for the first time ever for me at the OTA since it opened!

Didn't see that result coming after reading the updates after heat three! They didn't just win but also got the maximum 3 pts whilst a strong Newcastle team got nought. Well Done to all the Rebels and get well soon Kyle.

Will it be a replacement or guest for Stefan i wonder? Been scoring some useful points of late for the Rebels and will be missed. Have read elsewhere that it is 4-6 weeks out for a broken collarbone. Can't even have Lewis Kerr to guest on Friday can we!!

Mine thanks. Couldn't tell you what his words were to be honest wasn't really listening to the interview. If they were the same then great minds and all that..... :-)

Tabaka hit Nielsen much harder in heat 14 but Nielsen stayed on. Maybe he should have slid off and tried to get a fellow racer excluded. I stand by my opinion that Sneddon gambled and won this time.

In my opinion the referee got the heat 15 call right as Tabaka was certainly not in front of Josh as he thought he was when he collided with him. Heat 11, well what did Josh do wrong other than race? Sneddon rolled the dice took a dive and won. That call was the turning point for me. You win some you lose some so Well Done to the Monarchs on getting the win. Great meeting as always from the Oak Tree Arena which looked superb again but people who only see the PL on TV must think the home team never wins! **edited for correctness**

If they had as good a racetrack then thye might! Sky's trucks have arrived and I locked them in on site for the night at 9pm when I went home. Hope the weather plays ball and the meeting is up to the usual standards from the OTA.

I was teaching last night from 3.30pm until 9pm next door and i can assure you it wasn't wet enough to flood a track as when i left there weren't even any puddles on the ground. I was there this morning again at 10am and the track wasn't under water so surprised to see the reason stated for the mid morning call off as 'track waterlogged' as opposed to the possibly truer line of 'called off due to a lousy weather forecast for later'. I was in Dorset playing a Pro Am this afternoon (and got soaked) and drove back home in steady rain so it was the right call but not the right reason given. If you played golf with me at present you would get wet as i always seem to be getting soaked. Twice now this week i have stayed dry for 16 holes and then it decides to pour down at the end of the round!

and Kyle of course!

Tell me about it Najjer! The break in fixtures has been used to good effect to put a new delivery of shale onto the track i think. Well it was in the car park last week and now it has gone so i hope it has gone in the tracks direction!

Got a Charity Golf Day on at the club tomorrow so may not reply until i'm off the course around 2/3pm i'm afraid. Heavy and localised showers today around the area and maybe more about tomorrow from what i've seen. Track certainly got a good watering about 6pm tonight though as the rain was so heavy/loud my pupil could hardly hear me from about 3 feet away in the Range!

Oh dear! Does Len Silver know so not to order as much food then????

Plenty of things have been going on at the OTA in the last couple of weeks with the main rhyne behind the terracing and clubhouse being piped, the lights finished on the driveway, main entrance tidied up and the new admission booths being constructed. It will all be looking good for the new season.

Thank you Godfrey. Great gesture!

4 if you include Morris!

That is very cruel Blindman ruining Willowman's Christmas like that already! ;-)

Looking good so far. Any ideas for number 7? Stefan Nielsen?

Kyle Newman now shown on the Rebels website!

Wouldn't have landed there this weekend! Car park was flooded and roped off to prevent people attending a Sale in the second car park field from wrecking it completely. Hopefully the cars parked there for the Christmas meeting won't harm the rice that Bill has planted!

1, Jason Doyle 2, Kyle Newman 3, Jesper B Monberg 4, Alex Davies 5, Robin Aspegren 6, Tom Perry 7, Adam Ellis + 8, Lewis Kerr Haven't worked out the averages but reckon that might fit?