crescent girl

Absolutely spot on! We have a bright new promotion with bright new ideas. It would be great if everyone could get behind them as they take the Bandits forward into a 51st season......

Yes, but don't the leagues try to balance the MC? Neil's the big-league reserve, George for the good guys.

He was, but if no longer a promoter will automatically stand down. George English of Newcastle is the reserve who will presumably be called up.

Leave me out of it!

Obviously. It is a new inside line, so a new record.

This rule does actually disadvantage very short riders. Lasse Bjerre is one, plus MPT, Rohan Tungate. These guys simply don't have long enough legs to dig up, or pack down dirt without dismounting!

Paulco is correct in saying novelty value helped, but Berwick had Sky there four times in the last four years of their contract (before BT came in) and there was a bumper attendance every time. It didn't drop off. But the Bandits promotion did issue special posters (in addition to their regular poster campaigns) and laid on face-painting, etc. When did one of the Elite League clubs make any kind of effort for a televised meeting? And they were the ones, not the PL clubs, getting their pockets lined with Sky money!

But don't farmers specialise in ploughed fields?

Other than Berwick, I presume you mean?

Website or Facebook?

Not a chance of qualifiers ever coming back, the cost factor kills the concept stone dead.

Absolutely correct. Media coverage is impossible for a Saturday night practice. Back in the day when Bandits were at Berrington (and could run bikes any day, any time) the P&P sessions were on a weekday morning preceding the opening night, with two TV channels and a dozen journalists in attendance. The coverage from the joint (weekday morning) P&P sessions at Brough Park in recent seasons bears this out. They even had Per Jonsson up for local TV on a Tuesday morning as the newly-crowned world champion to advertise an end-of-season individual meeting.

Qualifier will start early. Maybe 6pm. The whole meeting will run through, then be followed by the U16 event. They won't be alternating - it will be one event, then the other. 42 races!

And if Joe agrees to travel from Blackpool every week to race for a Scottish club....

Not watching the live stream organised by MA? Wednesday's viewers were up 50% on Saturday. Friday starts around 8.15am, from Mildura...

And how was it? Worth the investment? Next episode is on Wednesday.

Seen the recent British Championship line-ups?

But will he be allowed Championship rides, as he didn't race there last year? Isn't David in the same situation as Scott Nicholls?

This is one we haven't heard about. Any further information?

Shouldn't Coventry discussions be moved to the NL section now?

Absolutely vital this is recovered. If only to be -- for instance -- given to Ian Paterson.

Let's be realistic. Berwick Bandits have survived a full fifty seasons without winning their Championship-level division. Putting on cheerful entertainment on a Saturday night, and winning the home meetings satisfies 95% of their public, year on year. The other 5% seem to post on here! That rule hasn't been accepted at SCB level yet. They control the rule-book for the actual staging of races. BSPA conference can make requests and even recommendations -- but this won't be the first suggested change we might see quietly dropped. As GP will continue with yellow-card warnings, it becomes awkward and confusing to run races to differing sets of rules.

Eh? Is this the same Nick Morris who finished last season with a higher average than Thorssell, Cook, Bjerre, Andersen, Harris, Fricke, Kurtz, Batchelor or Holder that you're talking about? Only riders higher were Lindgren and Doyle. What part of a No 1 don't you understand? On a different note, what a marvellous accolade for the Somerset promotion to have the club handed the first-ever "Community Club" award by the SWRA trustees. Fully deserved, and ahead of the expectations of clubs such as Glasgow and the Isle of Wight.

Can any of our friends Down Under reveal when the line-up for the Titles will be announced? Would be interesting to know who will (and who won't) be entering.

Wasn't there a season-long BSPA pass offered as a raffle prize (or auction, maybe) at the BenFund Bonanza at King's Lynn in 2016?