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Believe it or not the Bournemouth Echo have also covered the MPT signing in today's edition!!! Although not in the online version as yet!

The article in this week's SS confirms DB can only get a mechanic to do one UK league not both - so BV suits his racing calendar better.

So the much-maligned KL publicity machine manages to get the MPT announcement in the sports pages of today's top selling national tabloid!! Good job.

Isn't Robert Scott Warren Scott's son?!

Maybe they didn't consider one of them to be that 'big' or unexpected??

How do you think non-KL fans find out this news??? Try checking social media, local news sites and websites - and sometimes even the Speedy Star?!

Pratt's interview in the SS this week confirms that Buster has bought the club but that he will have nothing to do with the day-to-day running of it other than the initial team-building budget. In fact Pratt states that despite his long time friendship with Chapman, nothing will give him greater pleasure than coming out on top of Buster's 2 other teams!!

Lets hope the referees keep an eye on all the rolling starts with Cook and Andersen in the team!!! Unless the new guidance to refs is to let all starts go unless the tapes are touched, in which case the Panthers will be virtually unbeatable at the Showground?!

It was only snippets of various sports - including speedway - when she was a young 'cub' reporter (pre-Sun and Mail) still learning her trade and being required to cover most sports especially the 'minor' ones.

..and a new sponsor - according to Speedway Star!!

Look under 'Club Officials'!!

Apologies for the incorrect Speedway Star reference!

The Panthers website has clearly been updated with the addition of Colin Pratt as co-promoter - alongside Rathbone and Watson!!

Many will have read about the sad passing of Vikki Orvice (56), most recently a senior sports reporter of Athletics and Football for The Sun. In her early days as a junior reporter (and when the National Press used to at least give Speedway a passing mention) it was often Vikki's name that headed up the report. I believe she was also a contributor to Speedway Star for several of the Northern and Midland clubs. R.I.P.

What as a number 8???

Considering the current family-run No.1 UK Carpet Cleaners in Christchurch wasn't incorporated til 2014, I find that difficult to believe!! Maybe you should delete your post as at the very least its defamatory!!

They'll really struggle against Poole on 8th and 11th April then!!!!

Its more likely to be a 'minimum' standard rate for each league. Clubs will plan a budget and will pay (directly or indirectly via sponsors) what they think they will be able to afford based on projected income from what ever sources are at their disposal - which will be very different at each club. Most riders want guaranteed regular payment rather than loads of 'promises', contracted or otherwise. Obviously, the 'better' the rider is, the better deal can be negotiable.

Great to see Mark Lemon in attendance at Darcy Ward's wedding in Brisbane on Friday - plus loads of other speedway friends and family from around the World.

Great to see Mark Lemon at Darcy Ward's wedding in Oz on Friday.

So good to see Darcy Ward getting wed to the lovely Lizzie on Friday. Congratulations to them both. So many speedway friends in attendance in Oz, including Middlo, the Holders and the Kurtzs, Leigh Adams plus Aussie Team Manager Mark Lemon and many more..

So it looks like Poole Stadium is to host one of the BSPA's 'shared' events eg a round of the British Youth Championshiups maybe?! It depends how you read the press release on www.speedwaygb.co

Probably something to do with the name of his company - Kent Sweepers.

I guess it might depend on what the ongoing relationship between the club and the various media outlets is?

Cheers. I'd missed that.