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Going to have to remember where all these tweets are I think to quote them when Rebels beat certain sides in 2017? The 2016 Rebels were not very highly thought of on here last December were they........ but they didn't do too badly!

Great to see Jake back too!

Wrighty and Starkey are back!

down the straights and turn left hopefully?

I think you will find the golf range also has restrictions as their lights had to be placed into the ground to shine upwards when it opened. When it was realised that the speedway lights were actually higher than the Range structure they were moved onto the roof (after they got flooded during a heavy downpour one day!).

As a Rebels fan I would say Garry May (or when he couldn't make it to Peterborough earlier in the season someone called Garry Day ). He can certainly motivate any team of 7 riders and has proved that over the last 5 years at Somerset. He knows how each rider operates and the best way to get the best out of them. As others have said Neil Street was very good also. I can class him as a family friend but it didn't matter if you had known Neil for years or 5 minutes he would still share his knowledge with you if you gave him the opportunity.As SCB said he knew more about the sport than most of us!

If it all went to one bigger league with the EL clubs (that are still going!) plus the stronger current PL it might work. As said before the local derbies with Poole and Swindon would be good. If that happens and the averages are the PL ones adopted and converted then hopefully most of the 2016 team can be back, if they want to be. For me, I would love to see Jake back along with BWD, Wrighty and Starkey for starters. Whatever the setup and points limit Gazza and co will have a great team assembled I am sure. With the way Somerset look after their riders I'm also sure there won't be a shortage of riders wanting to come to Cider country in 2017!

and more to come later on i sense........ CHAMPIONS!!

it isn't as it is 0.04 too high!!

Great performance by the Rebels tonight although the Tigers were much poorer than i expected. From the moment Jake and Rohan hit the front in heat there was only going to be one winner. Expected Garcia to be better as in the KO Cup he looked quite useful against the 4 man Rebels. Not sure how Shanes got excluded in heat 8 as surely at worse it had to be first bend bunching and unless my eyes were deceiving me i thought it was Ayres out of control who collected Lunna. It made no difference to the result but very surprised to see heat 15 awarded on lap two as Starke and Lawson were still battling it out and I thought Starke was in front although i was watching Jake pull some interesting shapes on a speedway bike before falling! Maybe Mrs Turnbull had to get home quickly? Hope the guy who collapsed at the end and was taken away in the ambulance is ok?

I think we have beaten them home and away, wet and dry this season anyway! Bring them on!

Well done to the Rebels! Seems 16 points lead was ample as i always thought it would be. 4th final in 5 years is a pretty impressive stat, congrats to the promotional team as much as the riders for that. Lets beat those Tigers now whichever variety we have to face!

i did say IF

no Glasgow will have to do better than that especially if Somerset are back to claim the PL Title later this month. and i wouldn't be surprised if you weren't the 'brains' behind the whole which rider fits and rides tracks well for the Rebels when the need arises??

nah Ippo can have him back if they want! (***** Somerset poster alert ***** add it to the count!)

But weren't Glasgow in the same boat last week as RR for Lunna made them stronger both at OTA and Ashfield for KO Cup. Bach as supposed 7 pointer could take a 4 pointers ride.

Obviously Jake can't improve on a maximum but he can certainly match it whilst Sarjeant definitely has room for improvement!! Don't underestimate Jake the guy is a class act.

Sarjeant really needs a vowel in heat 11 to make a word from his scorechart. An 0 will do nicely for the Rebels!

Never like to miss an opportunity!!

I reckon the correct one would have to probably exclude both of them. Lindman was reckless but Karlsson was just dangerous as he knew exactly what he was doing as he looked twice! If it had been Holta in the middle i reckon he wouldn't have turned left so sharply.

nah she was fine! She will be back for the next meeting i'm sure

if you had flown into Bristol i reckon you could have done it in less than 6 hours!!

Yep there are a few of us although at 90 my grandmother rarely gets there now! She has never been short of a word or ten has my Auntie Brenda! Our whole family love speedway and to have the Oak Tree Arena open when it did was perfect as the 'older generations' (Brenda and my mum and dad) had started to drift away a bit. They are regulars every week now plus all help me out getting the golf day sorted each year for the club.

Well if Garcia had turned left instead of right then i don't think Bradley would have been injured either! How at that point did she know how the evening would unfold? The traffic was bad again on the M5 making it slow progress for many to the OTA. I did comment to the people stood around me last night on the lack of a number 8 for either side when they did the parade last night but i have heard the demands of an eligible NL rider to take up such a position are sometimes quite high and prohibitive. Gone are the days when they saw it as an opportunity to put themselves in the shop window for a team place now all they want is £££'s.

Just looking at the updates and I am wondering why at Swindon last night (when he even won a race!) or in either match tonight Coventry failed to use Henry Atkins for any other/RR rides. Admittedly i am only looking at a computer screen for the updates but I know the kid is keen and will only get better by riding and testing himself at a higher level. I am sure he didn't learn much from sitting in the pits for both meetings, not even getting a chance when the 2nd meeting had slipped away from Storm. Maybe Henry would have been better off going to Somerset tonight for his usual after meeting blast?