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Distance of opposition? Berwick were at Plymouth last night, hardly a mammoth journey!

Why should anyone have no interest in watching their future Lions?

So was Connor Bailey (described as 'guest' in their pre-publicity) while Austria's Dany Gappmaier was a guest for Germany. I dont think it was an official meeting in any stretch of the imagination.

And your nomination would be........?

Everyone except Nick Morris.

Club has been waiting for latest medical reports, but neither will be available this Saturday against Redcar. Rider-replacement will cover for Leon, and Lee Complin comes in at reserve for Ty. Chris Harris has been selected (along with Lambert, Bewley and Ellis, Tom Brennan the reserve) for the British team to ride in the European Team Championship event at Poznan at the weekend, and Nick Morris will guest at #1 for the FTS Bandits. Luke Crang will be #8.

Some weekend for speedway! Moans from Leicester about poor racing on a dodgy surface -- and l'll draw a veil over Newcastle's misfortunes.... Meanwhile, Berwick staged a near-perfect meeting. It CAN be done.....

Quite a remarkable jump -- Ace goes from an assessed average of 3.00 to 7.58 in one fell swoop! Mason Watson has also improved impressively, up from 3.91 to 5.75 -- and his sterling performance at Oxford will increase him again. The new averages kick in after tonight's meeting -- Ben and Kieran will be reserves against Kent on May 21st.

What a prat! Another child to be blocked.

These are the declared line-ups.

With the GHT Bullets currently sitting proud at the top of the NDL table, the team most-predicted to win the league arrive at Shielfield on Saturday. The Berwick public have been spoiled by their last two CL meetings -- with the ever-present uncertainty of the NDL lads, this could be a barn-stormer! Adults: £10, Concessions/OAPs/Students: £10, Juniors (12-15 years): £3, Children (under 12): £1 Car parking: Free GHT Bullets: 1 Kyle Bickley, 2 Kieran Douglas, 3 Greg Blair, 4 Ben Rathbone, 5 Luke Crang, 6 Mason Watson, 7 Ace Pijper Cool Running Colts: 1 Jack Smith, 2 Sam McGurk, 3 Nathan Ablitt, 4 Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, 5 Harry McGurk, 6 Archie Freeman, 7 Freddy Hodder Predictions, folks?

The silencer was ruled illegal when examined after the race, so the complaint was valid. However although the referee agreed it was illegal when he visited the pits, it couldnt be proved the damage occurred before or during the race, so no case could be answered. Even if it had been thrown out, Berwick would still lose 45-44, so no point in taking it further

I think everyone in the stadium was looking forward to Bomber and Lee crossing swords in Ht 15. A lesson to the team managers who like to have their reserves swapping programmed rides?

I think they were saving Lee for ht 15. For which he didnt qualify, since they'd taken him out of two programmed rides!

It's the same thing in that his average cannot "roll" without previous matches in the same league.

Correct. No 5% added to an assessed average.

Good God! A Shovlar post I agree with!

Team will change for Tigers. Broc Nicol to reserve, Danyon Hume goes up?

Another visit from Berwick's nearest and dearest rivals, who usually find something extra for the derbies. Jye Etheridge's last match as reserve, and Diamonds bring in the Glasgow captain to ride at #1. First NJL mini-match to follow main event - Berwick Academy v JCM Sapphires. No extra charge! FTS Bandits: 1 Chris Harris, 2 Ty Proctor, 3 Theo Pijper, 4 Leon Flint, 5 Ricky Wells, 6 Jye Etheridge, 7 Kyle Bickley AFS Diamonds: 1 Ulrich Ostergaard, 2 Matty Wethers, 3 James Wright, 4 Max Clegg, 5 Paul Starke, 6 Lee Complin, 7 George Congreve

Do they race in the afternoons? Or is it a public holday?

Doesnt count if he's not riding as a guest. If you mean can he race within 8 days.

The rule hasn't changed in at least a dozen years. 012.4.2(c): A rider may ride as a guest at a track (regardless of team) only once in an 8-day period, unless he is replacing the home team's No 1. Thus, Richard Lawson (to pick a name at random) can ride at No 1 for Plymouth at home every week for as long as Eddie Kennett is out (unless Eddie's CMA is overtaken by another Gladiator) and again in every away match unless he had been a guest at that track the previous week.

Richard Lawson will guest for Plymouth in both matches against Scunny

One of a number of great races on Saturday -- I don't even think that was the best! Heat 5 was superb. As for the commentary, I've heard an awful lot worse -- on "real TV" even -- and having two enthusiasts putting words to pictures is no bad thing.

If there is anything positive to be taken from this truly unfortunate occurrence, it is that people in power at the remaining clubs which currently do not employ two paramedic professionals in addition to two ambulances (or one plus an equipped medical room) have been given a very clear heads-up that the next disaster could be at their track. There are private organisations all over the country providing paramedic services . In Central Scotland alone, there are half a dozen! These companies are in business competition with each other, they offer competitive rates (considerably lower than some of the wild guesstimates quoted by previous posters) and I can only imagine several club bosses have been busy over the past few days, obtaining quotations and weighing up options. At least half a dozen circuits I know of (I'm sure there are more) have two-plus-two medical cover, and while other factors can delay or even cancel meetings, at least these clubs can be confident of sparing their customers the avoidable aggravation suffered already this year at Birmingham and Mildenhall. Nigel Tolley and his consortium at Perry Barr (who have already got so much right) have learned a hard lesson -- and I really, really hope they can get their show back on the rails, and push onwards and upwards after last Wednesday's fiasco.