crescent girl

Absolutely not. Poole is a well-run, successful, speedway club. Probably the envy of some other promotions in all the leagues Sadly, they are blighted by having a very few, but very outspoken, minority of 'fans' who do them a great deal of harm by alienating easily-led contributors on here. Looking forward to tonight's contest, may the best team win!

Careful, Mac. Don't spoil all the petulant ranting. Looking back, it isn't new. 1980 KO Cup Final, Berwick had to race their 'home' leg at Brough Park. The won the Cup. In 1981, they had to do the same, except they lost to Edinburgh (who ran their leg of the Final in November, due to exceptionally-wet weather in late October). This year, like Berwick in '80/81, Leicester cannot stage their home leg of a play-off -- which in 'normal' weather would have taken place weeks ago. So they are staging it at a circuit which is available for hire. Poole will travel a little further, but where the away leg is raced isn't really their business. In conclusion, it is 100% better to have the play-offs completed than any alternative. Good luck to both sides in what looks like an evenly-balanced match tomorrow.

BV (especially) and Peterboro would charge big, big rentals for use of their stadia -- the clubs based there don't have any control over what has to be paid out -- presumably Buster is prepared to donate KL as a venue, to help get the season completed?

There will be a little fine-tuning, to take any remaining Newcastle influence from the final tallies. The currently-published 'final' averages will be pretty close to the actual figures, but must be awaited before we can be absolutely certain of every rider's CMA .

Good God! That's positive, sensible post from SS. I need to go lie down

Not if its after Oct 31, as season/contracts end then. Leicester will be granted a facility, given what's been allowed in the past when seasons have over-run. As a footnote, even the most rabid BSPL-haters must surely admit that this quite exceptionally-wet October is hardly the fault of the speedway authorities ......

Pish. Rules is rules. Run next week, or whenever. Don't change from playoffs at this point in time.

Its no warmer, or drier, in April than it is in October!

Good one. Short and topical. Made me smile.

Oxford was the most-successful club in Britain this year, bar none. You really think that an expensive team is the key to success?

Kyle Bickley and Kieran Douglas will be guesting for Leicester Cubs at Armadale this Friday in what may really be the last-ever meeting there.

At the start of 2016, Dan Bewley was very much outclassed in the Championship, but stuck at it (and Edinburgh stuck with him) as he developed through the year. Ace should be given the same chance.

Will there be an experienced "speedway professional" on board, to work with BSPL and be a safe pair of hands to prevent the inexperieced owners being ripped apart by the sharks?

The first two, yes, very tight -- but referee was consistent. As for the Pole wiping out Kurtz -- he rode right into him, ffs -- there was no doubt.

Plenty of Berwick interest in Farewell To Armadale meeting on Saturday night, with Bomber, Leon and Theo in the field, and Ace Pijper as first reserve. 6.30pm start.....

No, the last meeting of the season will be on Friday week (21st) for the outstanding Devils/Leicester NDL match

Oh, they'd be offered assistance.... But they'd just never get it. Stay where you are, Tigers!

Where's Cookie?

Charles Wright was withdrawn last night after suffering concussion. This puts him on the sidelines for nine days minimum.

Plymouth have Richie Worrall and James Wright as guests tonight, with r/r for BB. Tigers use Paul Starke at reserve, plys r/r for Ostergaard.

He's doing fine, unbeatable in his NJL races last night. However, he's still a year or two away from being able to race at NDL level.

Jamie Courtney's welcome words last night: "The Bandits will be in the Championship next season, the Bullets will be in the NDL. The Academy will continue to give opportunities to the next generation and Duns will continue to go from strength to strength"

I think they would have, had they been able to find one! Ablitt's reluctance to travel was known the previous evening.

It may be cancelled, as a mark of respect to our late Queen. Can hardly 'celebrate' her Jubilee post mortem, surely? Maybe the mistake was not keeping it as the Summer Cup!

Why is it 'ridiculous'? Since lock-down forced the issue, cash has become nearly redundant in many transactions. Once upon a time, you could turn up at a cinema with empty jam-jars or milk bottles instead of cash. Times change, processes move on. I'm sure Oxford won't be the only club -- or business in other fields --requiring only electronic payments as the norm in future -- and that we'll quickly become used to the process.