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@BBCcovsport: Mick Horton tells @BBCcovsport that Coventry Bees could pull out of Elite League at the end of the season. More in Tapes Up from 6 Horton on Poole meeting row: "We're very disillusioned. It was a huge meeting. Financially it was a huge loss for the club. It's not right" If he doesn't want to run it anymore, I wonder if anybody else would step in?

I think £15 for 24 heats is great value. The racing in the NL is often as good as the EL as the riders really go for it. The line up looks very competitive.

😞 sad to hear.

It's hard to judge really as Coventry have only had one home fixture against Kent without Greenwood so hard to know how most teams ride the track. I think Cradley & Kent look strong from group B, I think group A is harder to call as Coventry, Birmingham & Eastbourne all look good.

Sounding like a paying fan that was robbed. Easy for people to judge when they weren't there. That was early on before the track was ripped back up and the heavy rain came

Should be a good meeting as the league looks very open this year and a competitive line up. Group A looks a tough one

Then why were Coventry not allowed on Monday? It's been confirmed that they couldn't even by Pearsen who said it was due to weather forecast by yet making the track the way they did and still trying to sort it 5mins before start time didn't help.

It says Garrity has had to withdraw due to injury. Does anybody know what he did as didn't he complete Thursday's meeting after crash and got heat 15?

Madness isn't it.

Extra pressure in Event 2 to make the final as nobody will want to face Poland in the race off

Great spirit being shown by Poland. Gonna be tough having no rider in races

The track is looking very greasy & hard to pass. Gutted for Hampel, wonder who they will use in final/race off with Piotr injured & KK struggling.

Not a good night for Russia. There riders can't stay on the bike. Sundstrom should have been excluded there Fingers crossed Hampel is okay 🙏🙏

Good news for Coventry as that means we can use Greenwood, Crang & Ritchings. Have any teams official announced their line ups yet?

If it's anything like the interview on sky then he might as well not bother.

👍🏻 good post. It will be a shame if this meeting has a say in who finishes top of the table by the end of the season. However unlike other sports, the league isn't won by who finishes top of the table.

Sadly I agree but it's good to see somebody standing up to them and not just rolling over and letting them do what they like. Without clubs taking a stand, this sort of mess will keep happening again. Who knows, Poole may have won this meeting if it had been held in better weather but at least that would have been fairly done without Coventry having no say in track prep and the fans being robbed of a good meeting. It's unfair that Horton has lost so much money due to circumstances beyond his control.

Good statement by Coventry and good to see them taking action. The GSI statement is so full of holes and lots of blame passing.

👍🏻😂😂😂😂😂 Just when you thought the GSI couldn't come across anymore of an idiot, they release that piece of crap statement. Be interesting to see what happens if the weather is shocking again on a sky night now they are no longer allowed to call it off less than 48 hours in advance. Must be a very new rule as we had lots of on the day rain offs last year. if I remember rightly, king's Lynn & Poole's final was postponed on the night when it had rained and made the track tricky but without the strong wind.

Lol. If it wasn't so tragic it might be funny. Shame Mr MD didn't decide to call back Sat afternoon, evening or night. Sun was shining in Coventry on Saturday and the forecast was ever changing so I'm sure all promoters would have called off the meeting 48hours just incase. shame however they are no longer allowed to call off a meeting on the actual morning of the meeting when the rain falls. Imagine what a mess promoters will now be in if God forbid the weather forecasts might actually change within a 48 hour time frame. 😁

Yes I was there thanks. Please can you tell me where I said the whole of the dirt was taken off. What I said is the track was then changed after 6.30 and yes I was there watching it with my own eyes.

Looking forward to this meeting. Should be very competitive with not a lot between some of the sides this year. Group A looks a tough one. Track has been good this season since Terry returned. Confirmed as £15

Holder has stated on Twitter that the meeting shouldn't have started. The Coventry riders didn't want to go out and Magic didn't look up for it so what makes you believe more riders felt safe & wanted to continue to heat 10 than not? I guess from now on then ALL sky meetings will be on regardless of the conditions on the day if they can now only be called off 48 hours in advance. Guess that means we never have to worry about sky cancelling a meeting on the day again and showing repeats of something else

What's the point of consulting them when If they aren't willing to do out and race when dangerous then they get fined. It's like saying race regardless of conditions and the risks. What qualifies the officials to be able to judge if it's safe or not more than the riders when they haven't ever been out there on a bike in those conditions?

Last time I look Arya, it wasn't the officials going out there risking their lives! I think the riders should always have a say in if they ride or not once weather conditions make visability poor and track conditions dangerous. The last thing I want to read about is a rider being seriously injured or worse because an official made a wrong call. How can it be deemed safe to race in heat 10 otherwise your fined but then one minute later it's deemed unsafe and meeting is awarded in exactly the same conditions? Easy to judge when not there. Speedway shouldn't just be about points and win at all costs, riders are human beings and their views & safety should matter.