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It needs to be one big league. It should have happened this year but it didn`t ! British speedway needs to be run on days that are best for each particular track and not to suit Poland. We need to get back to the British League era. Its a fallacy that we need the big names we don`t ! we need good racing. The big names are riding in Sweden and I`ve watched a few on telly and the racing is no better than we have here...Let the so called big names ride in Poland if they want to but I think you will find a lot of them will eventually come back home with their tail between their legs when they`re dropped in a squad system...

All is forgiven. Josh has made amends !

If I remember rightly they carried Nigel out from the pits as if he was still sat in an armchair and placed him on his bike. I think it was a British semi final.

How come you never spoke up for him before then if you thought so much about him ?

Didn`t see him. I would have thought that if he had a clear conscience he would have been there supporting the team.

He was sitting in Brocs pit space

Josh was at Sheffield today. he looked quite jovial as he walked round the pits telling various riders of his exploits. His right arm around the elbow looked black and blue and swollen and some bad grazes/burns.

Josh Bates was in attendance. His right arm looked pretty bruised and swollen around the elbow. but he looked happy enough telling various riders of his exploits.

Statement on Tigers website

I see he`s back ! he didn`t stay away too long its been great without him !

Its just started raining here where I am half hour from track.

It all depends what Lofty does !

I agree. Personally think Bomber would have gone on to win that race because you could tell he was in that mode to win at all costs. Fricke knew it would be Bombers tactic to sweep round the outside and therefore closed the door before he had passed him.

Dont think it helps selling tickets in advance on line as it makes it impossible to drop the price at the drop of a hat ! People who had bought tickets way in advance would be up in arms if the price dropped on race day. And if tickets were sold way in advance at £10. because it was on telly THEN B.T. changed there planned televised meeting the Aces would lose out so they`re a bit stuck with it.

Go to Aces website. prices on show there. I`ve looked at a future televised match and the prices are full price.

Special mention for the Panthers race suits they look a professional team ! Its how it should be done.

Yes I was suprised to see that as well

Just had a cloud burst at four o clock and its steady rain now up here in Yorkshire. Dont worry cloud bursts dont last all day.

Thanks to Gambo for keeping us updated its much appreciated. Heres hoping for some even better news in the near future.!

Perhaps halifaxtiger will have a word with Colin Meredith

With regard to the Belle Vue meeting my original post stated that I thought two and a half hours was too long for a meeting to run it was then that halifaxtiger popped his head up to say that it was two hour fifteen minutes and he thought it was acceptable as the track was watered regularly which meant there was NO dust. In actual fact I looked at my watch as I stood up to go as the last rider crossed the line it was two twenty five. I never said there was clouds of dust but to say there was NO dust at all is totally incorrect. anybody stood on bend one would have needed a bath when they got home. there was one race near the end where the riders who were in close contention to the leader on bend four were unable to see for a millisecond. Hope that clears it up.

You need to go to specsavers

There was plenty of dust at Belle Vue it blew down towards the pits exactly as it did last year and in one race the riders couldn`t see coming out of bend four. The referee was to blame for it running so long he was prompted several times by the announcer to put the two minutes on. my arguement is that two and a half hours to run a meeting is unacceptable.

For the record the Scunthorpe v Sheffield meeting was run in similar circumstances and was done and dusted in one hour twenty five minutes. they got on with the racing before the track had time to dry out. Don`t think they watered at Sheffield because the home riders weren`t delivering the goods on the watered track. the racing improved when the track became dusty.