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Just seen a clip from the last race tonight at Scunny on the late Points West news bulletin, Jesper won by a mile! Not the result i wanted to hear them report but great to get some coverage! Thank you.

Heat 14 was the turning point at the Oak Tree Arena last Friday. A 5-1 from Wrighty and Kyle and we would have been 13 ahead and comfortable but i certainly didn't expect Birks and Toft to do what they did to reduce it back to 5 points. I'm afraid to say the Rebels have missed their number one much more than Scunny did in the Final(ok Howe wasn't at number one tonight but he was when he was injured). I would have thought they discussed it and maybe Hall was up for it more than Alex, Claus or Wrighty? Difficult to say whether it was right or wrong as we weren't in the pits when it was decided though. Ok it turned out wrong in the end but i can't believe from Bish and Garry it would have been a decision without major thought.

Well Done Scunny on the win tonight. Didn't think you would make it that close but you did! Thank you to the management, sponsors and promotion at Somerset for an enjoyable year in 2012. To Doyley, Alex, Jesper, Wrighty, Claus, Kyle, Tom, Craig Cook, Richard Hall,Lewis Kerr and any other guests who have donned the Rebels racejacket in 2012 thank you for your efforts and entertainment. Roll on 2013 when hopefully the Cases Rebels can go one better.

Just about the right result i think tonight but Scunny did have a few engine issues that cost them valuable points. The track seemed to catch the home boys out early on more than the visitors. Obviously the double points from Auty (about all he did all night) probably made up for the EF's as without them they wouldn't have been using the 'magic hat'. Mellgren's EF in ht5 impeded Jesper big time and potentially stopped a possible 5-1 for us so about honours even. Kerr tried hard but couldn't get out of the gate whilst Cookie rode through illness to do a good job. Heat 14 was crucial as i felt that was a potential 5-1 for Somerset which would have given them a 13pt lead with one to go but as it was that score was reversed and the lead squashed. Scunny are favourites now but suppose they were anyway as they finished above us in the League! Whatever happens thank you to the Somerset management and riders for a great season of speedway in 2012.

As poole are through does that now mean Mellgren or Masters tomorrow night? Both are ex Rebels so will be a tough proposition.

Well done to Cookie but he only did what the man he was replacing has done at Ippo twice (i think) already this season. Congrats to all the Rebels plus our injured men of Jason and Tom (who i reckon wouldn't have had three lasts either if fit). Lets hope we can build a decent lead against Scunny tomorrow night at the OTA. Bad Luck to Ipswich as well as they staged a spirited comeback in tonights meeting.

And I hope they get a mention tomorrow as they are now the Premier League Cup Champions!

They announced that they hoped it would be the League Cup Final next Friday.

Wouldn't say he didn't look fit it was more his bike wouldn't do 4 laps that was the problem for Jari. Leicester made a real scrap of it tonight and congratulations to them on a solid season in 2012. The Rebels made hard work of it to start with with missed gates on a wet but perfectly rideable track albeit a bit on the slick side due to the rain possibly due to fall. Ez had a nice easy day i reckon (!!) and didn't even make a grading appearance all night. I had been at the track a couple of times during the day and at 9 o'clock it was fine except a large puddle on the inside of the back straight which was being pumped off onto the centre green and at around 3pm it looked perfect. The car park was probably a bigger issue than the track ever was today. Doyely lost his unbeaten run but still put in a captain's performance with his partnership with Alex looking very useful at present. Jesper rode with his head making sure he scored steady points all night whilst Wrighty despite a couple of twitches at the gate rode pretty well especially alongside Kyle in ht14. I sense Claus's engine issues in ht 13 were fairly serious from his reaction but another solid showing. Kyle was another to suffer the mechanical isues but still paid for 6 wasn't bad. For me Tom was the matchwinner scoring points in every ride despite not bringing his gating gloves. I thought he was going to get by Eklof in ht 12 but just ran out of room in a clever ride by the Swede but paid 6 was a good effort again. Leicester were somewhat unlucky at times i felt and probably the final scoreline doesn't do them justice. Nieminen was good value except in the last race, Eklof was steady but Graversen always was in the thick of the action and although i don't think he would have passed Kyle in ht 14 when his bike gave up the ghost causing him to fall he was giving it 110%. Nice little 'Basil Fawlty' moment when he stood up and kicked his bike though! Karlsson was another to suffer a fall due to a chain going and did well to get up for the point and he scored steadily all night long. Makinen as i said had many bike troubles whilst i was mightily impressed with Lewis Kerr. I wasn't expecting him to do much but he was mixing it well all night and got a great cheer for his 3/4 lap push home in ht 14 for a point. He could do a useful job in the PL next year on that showing. So the Rebels secure their place in their second Final of the season and lets hope some silverware can find its way to Highbridge for the Winter months.

The track was pretty wet tonight but didn't look too bad with only small puddles around the kerb. If tomorrow is dry with the breeze then that will be ok but not too sure about the car park though!!

If the roles had been reversed would we have heard a Danish voice saying he put the bike down too easily ya know?? Remember AJ in Mallila.

Well done a whole post without any numbers!

Willowman, when are you having the op to remove the ingrowing calculator? You should be at Bridgwater Fair selling things on a stall with all those figures to baffle people!! I think i see where you are coming from eventually after reading it a few times.

Weather updates are available mate if you need them!!

Not sure there is too much wrong with rider moral in the Rebels camp from the amount of banter they were throwing at each other and at one of the promoters this afternoon in the golf range! Good result for the boys tonight although i only managed to see 3 races. Shouldn't moan at having paying customers though should i?

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Congratulations to Chris Holder on an awesome display tonight. First interview after a GP i can remember when he hasn't been 'stoked' though!! I think that is now 6 out of 12 stagings at Cardiff that have been won by an Aussie, Crump 3, Holder 2 and Sullivan. Is that also the first GP at Cardiff when a Brit hasn't won a single race? Plymouth fans must be chuffed with Barker for choosing a non riding appearance at Cardiff ahead of the PL Pairs on Friday when the other reserve Josh Auty did both. Couldn't justify the costs of tickets and travel myself again this year whenever it was going to be staged so made do with SKY again. Looked a good meeting with the usual excellent Cardiff atomosphere. Might go next year finances and ticket prices allowing.

Is Hans doubtful now as well as he tweeted that the Paramedic thinks he may have broken his elbow in his crash in Denmark on Wednesday. Who is next after KK?

If they had the foresight to fit a brush to Aspegren's dirt deflector in the last race he could have cleaned the kickboards at the same time. Awesome ride but i think he wanted a bigger track! I actually missed Wrighty getting by Robson as I was watching the front two. Considering the rain that hit the track on Thursday and Friday morning Ez and his team produced a great track for racing. Wrighty is getting that motor he used serviced for next Friday so i hope it comes back just as good if not better as he looked superb last night. Doyley was that good I hardly noticed he was there as he came within half a wheel of a paid max. Jesper was solid as was Alex, as he always seems to be lately. Sarjeant and Wilko gave full effort for which they should be applauded but we did miss Kyle and Tom at reserve and their scoring power. R/R for Sam didn't bring us as many points as he would have had i reckon either. Another 3 points though for the Rebels and back to the top of the League. For Berwick Robson, Bellego and Alden may have only scored 5 each but if effort was rewarded that tally would have been doubled for each of them. Dyer's score flattered him as he only beat reserves and his team mates but if that was the first meeting back then he will be a good signing. Aspegren was excellent after his first ride blip and is spectacular to watch. I guess he will be a man in demand next season. Jakobsen looked woeful and i can't see him being in the team much longer, not the rider he was. The only downside to Berwick is Dick Barrie. I pity the Berwick fans who have to put up with that each week, 2 minutes of him last night was too much for me!

Thanks. It is just i am on the Island for a week at the end of May and upon checking the IOW fixtures i see that week i venture over there they don't have a fixture ! Maybe this one might be re-arranged for that week? Stoke are quite an attractive NL side from the look of things so wouldn't be adverse to going along.

Do they have a new date for this meeting yet?

Still reckon any 3 of Somerset's top 4 of Masters, Doyle, Vissing and Wright top that trio. Not forgetting also that the Rebels have Alex and Kyle as soild back up both home and away whilst Tom finds his feet in the PL.

And a fair bit around it!!