Star Lady

At a guess either BSI or FIM. Neither of which give a flying f@&t for British speedway

Prob part of the rules & regs of the SWC. Makes no sense really as you say they race several times a week normally.

Lewis Bridger has just tweeted that he had to pay to be at KL last night. Begs the question -why? There seemed to be dozens of non riding and non working "personalities" in the pits last night. Did the likes of Ermolenko and Louis pay? Bridger is a Team GB squad member, maybe if he had to pay it explains why there was little or no evidence of any of the other squad members in evidence. I doubt I'd pay if I were one of them. Well done to Bridger at least he was there to support Team GB.

Well done Rosco, you managed what Middlo couldn't and with more or less the same pool of riders. There was some luck but we all need that. Can't see Team GB doing much in the final so I''d put one of the youngsters in.

Can anyone explain WHY the ref stopped the race?

And to think someone was amazed that I wouldn't pay to go and watch this telling me it was one of the best meetings of the year!! Mind you he is a Poole fan

Trouble is if fans boycott a couple of meetings, the promoters of those couple of meetings could quite possibly go to the wall without the cash flow. How will that benefit anyone?

Hope you enjoy it foreverblue. Stick to the speed limit on the back roads, quite a few have rivers or deep ditches beside them and are quite twisty(that applies to everyone not just fb ) No excuses from me for multiple postings , if it helps folk avoid sitting in queues it's worth it Worth remembering it will take an absolute age to get out after the meeting as well.

You are welcome to use those roads. I'm just not telling you which ones are the best to use some of those roads are little more than single track so if everyone used the same route you wouldn't go very fast. I was simply trying to be helpful as many people don't see the local news, I wonder why I bothered! However for the majority of nice folk on the forum there is a protest scheduled for the A17 tomorrow morning which will involve lots of tractors. Hopefully it will be over before the majority of fans arrive but anyone who uses that A17 knows how much chaos one tractor causes let alone a convoy of them. None of this will bother me, my seat on my comfy sofa is already booked

and look how that turned out

I haven't seen this anywhere else, apologies if it has been posted. There are major roadworks on the A47 around King's Lynn which will probably have a big impact on people coming to the Norfolk Arena, which is accessed via one of the slip roads involved. The A47 itself is down to single carriageway contraflow at that point and with the start of the school hols, extra caravans being towed as it's the main road to the east coast and the SWC that road is gonna be very busy. I went that way this morning and the queues were bad. I'm not going into how to get round it as it would be unfair to the people who live in the villages nearby BUT folks leave plenty of time and use a fair bit of patience. Alternatively use your map to find a way round and not your sat navs.

Given the ongoing traffic diversions around Lynn due to road works and the predicted large crowd, I'd suggest a helicopter. Sorry to be negative but seriously cannot see them getting there for the start leaving Heathrow at 3.

Much as it goes against the grain to congratulate that mob of puddy tats up the A47, I have to say a massive well done to everyone involved today. British 125cc Youth Championship was given full honours - parades/track grading/full build up etc and the lads repaid that in spades with a great display of racing which bodes well for British Speedway in 5-8 years time (hopefully the BSPA will maintain their interests that long). That was followed by the Men in Black , not my cup of tea to be honest, but it provoked some memories of long gone racing and characters if not spectacular racing. The return of the Peterboro old boys was probably great for Panthers fans, to be fair I only ever liked Flying Ryan Sullivan and it's not bloody fair he doesn't look a day older than he did in the mid 90s!!! There was a break for necessary track prep, but that only lasted about 45 mins, just time for me to scoff a couple of sarnies and read a chapter of my book. Then it was swiftly on with the presentations for the 125s and the parade for the PL. The match I think started dead on time -well done The weather threatened from the start and altho it didn't always seem like it they did keep things moving at a fair lick. I was a neutral not being a particular fan of any of the riders on show, so I had no idea what the score was most of the time but I was still thoroughly entertained. I'll let others go into details but special mention has to go to Ales Dryml who provided some spectacular passing and also to Derek Sneddon, who rode his heart out for the Edinburgh cause. Think it was heat 14 that has to go down as one of the best I've seen in years. During the whole of the PL match we were spell bound by the Son et Lumiere show (which sadly cannot be attributed to Peterboro Speedway lol) provided by the rolling thuderstorms. So that was it entertainment from 2.30 pm to nearly 6.30 pm. Four hours and all for a tenner. Now if all speedway was like todays offering this forum be boring cos no one would be asking what needed to be done to pull fans in. Well done Mr Horton and everyone involved today.

My positivity was rewarded. I really enjoyed the 125 Championship. Young lads, and boy were some of them tiny, giving it their all and so professional with it. They acknowledged the fans, even if there were just a handful of fans on the back straight on parade. The meeting was run efficiently - 4 riders into the pits, four riders out onto the track ready to race. Straight to the tapes, no gardening, no pushing the tapes, no flyers just honest gating. The racing was pretty good too. Probably more genuine post bend 2 passes than in most EL Matches. Was great that they all scored at least one point too. I really shouldn't single any one lad out but the rider who made the biggest impression on me was young Harry McGurk, can't gate for toffee but boy did he make up for it with his passing. Conrats to the defending champion Kyle Bickley. So a big well done to all the lads. Also to Neil Vatcher and everyone involved with organising this comp.

What more could anyone want? Warm weather, league leaders visiting (is there the possibility of a kilt or two?), 2 meetings for the price of one, a chance to see youngsters at the start of their hopefully successful career, scheduled break to eat the picnic I've packed, kindle at the ready in case of delays/boredom. The chance to say farewell to Ryan Sullivan (not to mention all the reminisces that will trigger). Only thing that can't be guaranteed is the weather. Now if all speedway was like this, I might have managed to get my backside into gear for more than one meeting this year.

Yes

Was thinking of coming to this combined with the visit of the Monarchs. Any chance of a rough time schedule please Neil? Is entrance same price as normal?

If the BSPA had the best interests of the sport at heart they would publicise WHY this has been turned down. Like just about everyone else I have no idea. I can hazard a guess (or three conspiracy theories) which certainly don't have the interests of the BRITISH aspect of the sport at heart. Surely that's what is is about. After all it is the BRITISH Speedway Promoters Association isn't it? Presumably Peterboro now have to either use guests (not ideal), R/R (less so) or import yet another foreigner who will miss meetings and cost the earth. Come on BSPA or Neil tell us why, then we might just understand.

Agreed. To be honest track looks like a gaters paradise tonight so it's not really telling us anything.

Oh dear Stead beaten by Robert Lambert

Is this the Polish league that folk keep telling us is nigh on perfect?

Probably the strongest team we could have put out so absolutely no excuses if they don't get thro. Totally uninspiring tho

The occasion might be great but give me the racing from the Pairs last night. Far Superior.

Personally I prefer a link to a picture. That way if I want to see it I can chose to do so, as can anyone else. It's not exactly difficult to click on a link, even my cat can do it