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The Islanders have only ridden away twice (belle Vue & Mildenhall) of which one of those included John Resch's heat 2 clash so we had to give young Niall Strudwick 7 rides, who to my knowledge has never been officially higher in a team than number 8. And Newport have only ridden the once. A bit unfair Paul to pick that out without giving all the facts

Is anyone going to the Hackney return match that would be able to text results to the updates site? If so please pm me here or there. Thanks

RIP Jean. I hope things get better for you John

Damon I have to agree with Vog on this one. Take the quarter-final draw: Newport-IOW Dudley-BV Stoke-Buxton Mildenhall-Hackney What's the nearest track to the Isle of Wight? Newport. Nearest track to Mildenhall? Hackney! Then the other 4 are pretty close together anyway. Then we have the above semis. Closest track to Isle of Wight? Mildenhall/Hackney. Closet track to Stoke? Dudley! Now you can't tell me they all came out coincidentally like that

It was supposed to be both, but 'John Resch' is the title because he's the more important of the two imo

Firstly best wishes to John Resch and his family, and I hope you have a full recovery. I've never known anything like it before to lose 3 reserves to injury in 7 meetings . It appears he has a double leg break & fractured pelvis and underwent surgery to plate the bone today. Does anyone know how that went? Down now to replacements. We have 7.88 for both reserves. Dan Blake looked pretty handy last year before his injury, and I think I read around November time that he wouldn't be fit for the start of the season but would be for soon after. Does anyone know if that's the case? Does he want to/able to come back now? Any thoughts on anyone else...

Cool. Aftera other away 5-1, final score was Griparna 41-49 Rospiggarna & AJ looked more like a GP rider in the last heat. Cheers for the links Ghostwalker

Wheni read a 7pm start I forgot Sweden was an hour ahead Im watching the Griparna meeting & it's been 3 5-1s in a row to Rospiggarna. Tornqvist looking very poor, and not as good as I would have thought from AJ either

Will there be live meeting(s) on the internet tonight? If so who?

The thanks are all to you , Shirlmeister. Brilliant texts :) Not as close as I expected but we did the hard work in the 2nd half of the 1st meeting really. Good luck in the semis, it's gonna been very hard to make the final though from (what look likely to be) Stoke, Mildehall or Dudley/Belle Vue

A texter has been found and updates are here

Still looking for a texter for this meeting...

Still looking for a texter. Is anyone going that can text score updates? Please PM me here or on updates. Btw Hornets to win 47-43 on the night

I have posted this twice because there's currently two threads (mods: could you merge the two?). Is anyone going to saturday KO cup 2nd leg that will be able to text updates to the updates site. If you can please PM me here or on the updates site (I know it's a bit early but I'm looking forward to this one ) Thanks

I have posted this twice because there's currently two threads (mods: could you merge the two?). Is anyone going to Newport on saturday for the KO cup 2nd leg that will be able to text updates to the updates site. If you can please PM me here or on the updates site (I know it's a bit early but I'm looking forward to this one ) Thanks Edit: long live the Hornets

Glad to hear Tom's not broken anything. Does that mean he'll be ok for next week?

His last PL average was 5.10. So would that be doubled or use an ancient CL average?

Is Micky Dyer an option? I know he's an aussie but does he fit into dual-nationality so he can do NL?

Stoke's is currently when Proctor was in the PL, yet they're in the NL now

A texter has been found and updates will be from here

Still looking for a texter, anyone... Thanks

Is anyone able to text scores from the Belle Vue-IOW meeting on Wednesday to the updates site. I'm happy to keep you informed of the pairs event (which btw I think is daft them being on the same day). If so can you please pm me here or on the updates site thanks

Wightlink Islanders second meeting of the season takes place at the Wave 105 Smallbrook Stadium on Tuesday evening against a Birmingham Bulls side managed by Great Britain Under-21 boss Phil Morris, Gates open at 6.00pm - Parade at 7.20pm first race at 7:30pm. Following the Islanders success last Tuesday in their opening fixture against Sittingbourne with a solid team performance winning 57-39 expectations are high for more of the same before the Islanders first National league fixture away in Manchester the following day against Belle Vue Colts who have come into the National league this year. The Bulls opened their season almost three weeks ago against the USA Touring Team coming out on top 60-35. Stoke Potters Tim Webster top scored that night with 13+1 while current Islanders Brendan Johnson 4+1 and Paul Starke 13 featured for the Bulls that night. The rest of the Bulls side on Tuesday consist of Webster's Potters team mate Jamie Pickard, Aaron Baseby returns for the second week in a row after signing for Mildenhall Fen Tigers, joining him are two of his new teammates Daniel Halsey and Jack Hargreaves who makes a return to the sport after a break. From Hackney Hawks Morris brings in Shane Hazelden and completing the side is Luke Priest who comes in from last year's champions Buxton Hitmen. Looking ahead to Wednesday, the Colts promotion have put together a strong team who ran out 60-31 winners in their opening home fixture against Sheffield Prowlers. Star of the show was teenager Jason Garrity who proved why he is one of the hottest properties in speedway after posting a 15 point maximum. The Colts have been inactive since that opening fixture a month ago, several of the Colts riders have been taking on guest bookings so the Islanders will face a tough fixture against the likes of Garrity, Byron Bekker, Adam McKinna, Scott Richardson, Kyle Howarth, Chris Widman and Karl Mason. Meanwhile the Islanders take a break from team action the following week [Tuesday 3rd May] when Smallbrook hosts the 'New Holmwood Cup.' Promoter Chris Hunt said; "The New Holmwood Cup will be a best Pairs event, we are hopeful of a good field which we are putting together with good entertainment on track." Promoter Kevin Shepherd added; "We'll be looking for more of the same from the lads, another couple of solid performances will help us see off the Bulls and get a good result in Manchester to get the Islanders some points on the board." Hunt and Shepherd were particularly pleased with the returns from Lee Smethills who top scored with 13 points and reserve John Resch who weighed in with 9+5 with some very intelligent riding against Sittingbourne. Boding well for the season there were good solid points returns from Paul Starke 8, Rob Smith 7+2 and Brendan Johnson 7+3 with skipper Nick Simmons notching 11+1. The only downside was Tom Hill who was restricted to a second place in his first ride before blowing his engine and bending his forks and diamond in his second ride, he played no further part in the meeting. Hunt added; "Tom [Hill] was unlucky, hopefully as he has ridden plenty of laps at Belle Vue his luck will change this week, Nick [simmons] and Lee [smethills] both have good track knowledge of the Kirkmanshulme Lane track and should be able to help out the rest of the team." Tuesday Team line ups: WIGHTLINK ISLANDERS 1 Paul Starke 2 Rob Smith 3 Lee Smethills 4 Brendan Johnson 5 Nick Simmons © 6 Tom Hill 7 John Resch Team managers: Chris Hunt and Kevin Shepherd BIRMINGHAM BULLS 1 Jack Hargreaves 2 Luke Priest 3 Tim Webster 4 Shane Hazelden 5 Daniel Halsey 6 Aaron Baseby 7 Jamie Pickard Team manager: Phil Morris REFEREE: Christina Turnbull Wednesdays Team line ups: (The Islanders remain as above) BELLE VUE COLTS 1 Byron Bekker © 2 Scott Richardson 3 Kyle Howarth 4 Karl Mason 5 Adam McKinna 6 Chris Widman 7 Jason Garrity from here Good luck to the Islanders in these 2. The Bulls definitely look stronger than Sittingbourne last week, and I doubt Belle Vue will lose at home all season

Cheers

Has anybody got any links for live scores of the qualifier today?? Btw good luck to the 'Italians', i'd love to see Covatti at King's Lynn