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Someone needs to get onto Thames Water and check if the pressure in the area can be increased. It may be a supply issue or just a pipe size issue that is restricting the pressure and volume coming through. Ironically there is a reservoir on the top of Blunsdon Hill about half a mile from the stadium, but that may supply North Blunsdon.

Cheeky s#d

Blog on the day and track preparation now available "A close run thing" Many thanks for the insight and track preparation report.

Not surprised pensioners are notorious for sneaking in booze or bombs.

There were loads at Swindon yesterday.

No next GP is on 11th, but there must be something on the 3,4 or 5 of June.

Na they needed that for the tea.

There is a brief comment about the issue of water supply pressure in the Blunsdon Blog Mad dogs and Englishmen on the Swindon Speedway website, and I think I recall comments before about the water pressure issue at the stadium. Since they have been building the houses, recently the water pressure in the area of the track is sometimes down and the speed at which the water tanker etc can be filled is slow, so there does seem to be a water supply problem. They do have water tanks at the stadium but once they have been emptied, again there would be a supply speed issue. I am not sure if this is a local issue that can be resolved easily or if it is a result of the building of thousands of houses in Swindon without increasing the water supply to the town. There may be a blog being prepared about the meeting which may give more details about the track. Edit - Blog about the meeting and the day now available " A close run thing"

In which case the prospective UK team riders need to get up there and practice.

Plus the fact that Charles had a crap engine which was the reason for his performance.

What are they checking bags for, someone bringing in a bomb or an elicit bag of crisps ?

Not a good meeting for Swindon, Charles had massive bike problems and needs to get something sorted for the rest of the week. As I suggested our heat leaders Justin and Rohan struggled and along with a few exclusions all of which cost us the win. Impressed with Stefan with two good wins. Hope Adam is ok after his big off and check up on his way home. So congratulations to Poole and hope we can sort out the heat leader problem asap.

It is not if, we do have Rohan and Justin as heat leaders, this is down to the stupidity of this new system. Luckily we have a strong 2 and 4 which makes up for it. As DunRobin says a clever club will try to work it that they have a good rider ready to become a reserve for the play offs, but not sure if this is the cause of C Holders form as it is too early in the season to work the reserve averages.

Agreed, it would make sense to reduce the pre booked price in order to reduce the need for ticket selling staff and queues. The club are not having to count up and bank the money plus they have an indication of numbers of fans coming so there is a saving.

Weather still overcast but dry, but the wind is getting up a little bit so it is worth bringing a light jacket.

It seems the road works on the A419 have been cancelled over the bank holiday.

The new line up of the Roobins with Rohan and Justin as heat leaders will be testing but this has given us very strong second strings in Josh and Nick. It will be interesting to see how they cope, but expect a win.

Weather dry, slightly overcast but getting brighter later on, as usual when Poole visit it should be a big crowd. COYR we need lots of noise tonight.

I wonder if Killer is available for most of those 28 days ? Anyway in the 28days after the 4th we only have 4 meetings, 2 against Lakeside and 2 against Coventry. So that is at least 3 wins even without a number 1, Lakeside at home and Coventry home and away.

Ha ha

Is that because he lives in Wales?

Should not be a problem as we do not have a home meeting the following week, but the crowd will be down because its Leicester.

Nicolai Klindt will be a heat leader come July.

Maybe he should have stayed away then?

We should have got more than two points and looking at the scores it seems that Jason was not fully fit, which was a pity but good of him for riding, Rohan got dialled in half way through the meeting and Justin had some bad luck with bike trouble, so not too bad a night for Roscos Roobins. We are now unbeaten for six meetings and need to continue that on monday, but we need to possibly be a bit wary about the change in riders positions within the team.