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Is there a problem with BSN at the moment? I wanted to watch the Ben Fund that I bought but didn't get to watch fully at the time, but it won't let me sign in. The instruction said "if using the new site for the first time, press 'forgot password' & re set it. I did that and got the email link but Im just getting auth/invalid-action-code I'm probably being dumb, but any advice would be appreciated 🙂

I'm sure you'll be fine. I think the bumper bank holiday crowd on Friday caught me out. We arrived at 5:30 and just missed out. I'm assuming the school was full too, as we weren't directed there. Worst case scenario, the Dolphin centre multi storey is only half mile away. It's £2:60 after 6pm for all night.

I guess it was pretty full. I was looking forward to going, but we were running a bit late. We got to the stadium about 5:30 only to find that the carpark was already full, and still a big queue of cars behind us trying to get in. We went home, which is probably just as well. I don't think my grandson would have had the patience to sit through the delay. Hope Tobi is okay, that's the main thing. Top guy who always engaged with the fans.

It's certainly a strange thing to say. I re read it a few times, but am still wondering what he means by that! The other part of the article that struck me, was the explanation of why they were so desperate to invent the 6th team. In a 5 team league where the top team goes straight to the playoff final, riders may find it preferable to finish second or third in order to get 2 extra meetings. If that's the ethos of professional sportsmen that represent their teams, how can you expect fans to invest in it? I know I'll be accused of being negative or moaning, but while I sincerely hope that Northampton and the season as a whole is a success, it does smack of desperation.

Fair play if they can work it, but I wonder what pretext is used to justify these visits. Are these visits during normal school time or as part of an after school activity? As I said, I can understand a football team because that might encourage kids to play football, which is a school activity. I understand visits to schools by prominent people that might encourage pupils to study a certain subject in order to emulate their accomplishments, but in what capacity does speedway enhance their education? My point was though, that you can't mandate visits to schools, when it is dependant on whether the head teacher wants to endorse Speedway.

I can't help feeling that may be beyond the remit of the BSPL. It would depend hugely on the willingness of the schools to participate, and I'm struggling to see why they would. A football, Hockey, tennis, rugby club etc. maybe, because it may encourage the kids to participate in these sports at school and promote physical education. Speedway though has no relevance other than being a form of entertainment. Why would schools allow someone to come in, just to promote their business to children while they are susceptible to influence? It would be like inviting the local cinema owner in to drum up trade. A stall at a fete is not a bad idea though.

Are the waters getting muddied here? YeOldPitGates post that has been quoted, is a reply to Orion's post about potential development of Poole Stadium, not the Abbey hub development.

Wasn't it a similar situation with Bristol in the 70's? As I remember, didn't Newport just relocate to Eastville?

My favourite quote from the article.... "Living out here is a lot easier than I thought. Obviously, as a stereotype, you associate Argentina with just eating cows and stuff like that" 🤣🤣

BCP council are morally & financially bankrupt. Unfortunately I believe that you are correct in your assessment of the situation.

Don't worry, I'll cover for you. Friday works for me, I work on Wednesday nights so this will be my first meeting of the season. I'm up for a bit of glory hunting 😁 The wife is away for the weekend so Speedway on Friday, Hamworthy-Utd on Saturday & AFCB on Sunday... Sorted 👍

The problem is, 'a lot' of speedway fans isn't very many these days unfortunately. I would suggest though, that there's a significant number of football fans that are casual Speedway fans and boost the attendances at big meetings like playoffs & finals, so It's probably best to avoid clashes if possible. I still maintain that the death knell of Cardiff was pitching it against the opening day of the football season.

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/25393543.local-fight-starts-swindon-speedway-stadium-plans/ The sound of an aircraft landing that can be heard 10 miles away. It sounds awful!! Who wrote the leaflet? Clark Osborne?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vd0xv7nw2o Apologies if it's been posted elsewhere, but this was on the BBC news page today, in case anyone missed it.

My thinking is that by awarding 20, 18, 16 for the podium & points scored over 5 rides for the rest, is this. In my opinion, the LCQ should be just that. A last chance to prove that you can beat the guys who finished in front of you in qualifying. That chance is the reward for winning the LCQ. If you give 16 points for trailing in last in the final, there's the potential to enhance a 6 point total by a further 10 points for winning just one race in 7 when a 15 point max in qualifying can only be enhanced by 5 by winning the final. Going back to risk versus reward, I think that the the final would be much more competitive when there's potentially more points to gain by finishing 3rd, rather than one point difference to finishing last. I think the problem that the FIM and others had, was when the guys who were holding the trophies & spraying champagne were outscored. I don't think many would have a problem with the last place rider getting only his qualifying score.