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Why Burnham on Sea when they are based in Highbridge??

Confirmed at Somerset this evening that Doyle and Lambert are there but Covatti is at Glasgow for Ipswich so will have a guest for him (Gazza has it lined up already!!). No NKI for Kings Lynn I understand.

Despite the scoreline this was a pretty decent meeting with plenty of passing, no re-runs and no fallers! JD and Jack may have maxed out but it wasn't easy as Doyley came from the back at least twice and i reckon you will see Jack's stunning chase and pass on Kyle in heat 13 on Speedway GB website very soon! Both Rebels had so much speed to pass as they wanted/needed, inside or outside. All the Rebels were solid with the three guests putting in a good shift. NBJ sussed the track quickly on what is possibly his first visit there and Todd was very good all night. Adam started well but think had a bike issue in heat 14. Nico and Aaron had solid if not spectacular nights and were both well on the pace. For Wolves Thorsell was awful for first two races but got better and had some good tussles with Doyley. Howarth tried his heart out for not much reward, Andersen was poor but might have had bike problems too. Masters for a former Somerset rider wasn't as good as i had expected him to be. Morris looked good when he gated and Sarjeant had a good ride as well. Only 3 points coming from Rory's R/R was the downfall.

If Somerset are, in the unlikely case, 6 points down then surely Gazza would look to cover a R/R ride with JD rather than Jack? Not sure if you have found Jake's CL scores for Scunny but he has plenty of double figure scores there! NBJ is currently a CL reserve too!!

We are staying down there for a few days so thought I would take the opportunity to remind myself of how spoilt we are for racing at Somerset!

Making my first visit to Wimborne Road for many a season on Monday with the whole family in tow! It will be the first live speedway for my 4 year old Logan too so we will see what he makes of it all. Come on you Rebels!!

Thanks mate and the answer to my previous question was that yes Jake's team did beat Aaron's....... just! Absolutely gutted that the rain spoilt the evenings entertainment for the golf players but i suppose we have had 5 perfect days for the golf day previously so the law of averages must have meant we were due a rain off! Still I think all who played enjoyed the day and helped raise some funds to help the club.

More importantly will Jake's team beat Aaron's team in the Rebels Golf Day tomorrow?

Jake certainly prefers a larger track but is good enough to get around the tighter ones now,. Sounds like he held his end up tonight for the team on an otherwise difficult night.

Wondered where you went to!! I thought Nigel was excellent on the mic too last night, even let me have a go too!

Said the same to my Dad that I would mind if he was announced as a Rebel. (as long as he isn't another Suchanek!)

Sounds good to me Najjer!!

Surely that should be rub of the dust Steve???

Says out for a couple of weeks on Rebels site now. Missing Kings Lynn away and Swindon at home so I assume Gazza will have already called BV and Max Fricke to book him as a guest as think they are the only Prem team not riding on the Monday and one of the three not riding on the Wednesday night either.

I doubt anyone was more disappointed with the points return than Jake himself. I know he loves the Showground track but he is only human after all and I doubt the points return was from a lack of effort from him.

I see where you are coming from, fair point.

If Rye House are no longer riding then maybe Scott Nicholls might be an option Somerset could explore as his average must be around the points we have available. Seems to ride the OTA well whenever I have seen him there plus has plenty of experience to share with/help the others.

What flown overhead around it from Bristol International towards Germany?? I know what you mean and yes he would be good Najjer I agree if he is available. Still not sure he would be a second heatleader though.

Well Done Somerset! Just thinking but was this the meeting that Gazza said they had to win for the team kevlars to be purchased back at the P&P evening?? Might still be on Speedway Portal somewhere?

I think he might be best moved away from number five at present as like you said he hasn't quite got it together at the OTA yet this season. Has had a couple of 'Ted Rogers' scores in last two weeks! #DustyBin I would move Jack or Wrighty to 5 at home for next meeting to give him a chance to sort it out. Rode well at number 4 last season.

I think you will find that was AGAINST Swindon!! He is back as a Rebel this season and a very good one at that! On the subject of this match I reckon Jake will finally get a maximum for Scunny.

Not the only one tonight he made either! Only he saw that Kyle Newman finished third in heat 6........ when Jake actually beat him easily with a hard but fair pass on bends 3/4. Kyle seemed happy to dish it out in heat one with a hefty shoulder charge to knock Jake off but didn't take it when the boot was on the other foot in heat 6.

I can't repeat the words used by Brad as to what happened when i asked him after he got off the parade truck!! Let's just say he wasn't lying on the track for nothing!

He even pole axed our New Zealand (World??) Champion as well!!

So is the consensus that KL look great and professional in team suits?? I am not convinced. On closer inspection it looks like to me that Lewis Kerr's set is different to the rest. Would you see Manchester United players have 10 players in say Nike kit and one in Under Armour?? Going back to the Rebels suits (or lack of them) the cost was quoted at £6K for the whole team which is a considerable amount of money in almost any business. If the promotion hiked the admission price up to cover the cost and pay for those then no one would be happy would they? Mind you Gazza did say if they won at Poole this morning he would buy them!! In all honesty I am looking for the red and blue helmet covers rather than the kevlars when i'm at the OTA. If it is race jackets this year then fine by me, I am sure a few of our friends from Devon would love to have a team to support each Monday wearing anything let alone worrying about team kevlars!