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And have a league of eight teams who would still only have Monday & Thursdays as race nights.

Yes, it’s interesting that the Stars are the common denominator in these instances. Maybe just a matter of fate that Lions were able to quickly rearrange the fixture with the Witches but not the case with the Stars for either of the two postponed fixtures, at KL or Leicester. The former which (as it turned out) was not affected by inclement weather. Maybe having to share their fence with Northampton is playing its part.

You are absolutely spot on with teams historically having alternative race nights. These were used in order to catch up on the fixture list at a time when there were far more teams in the league too. Thus Lions had Tuesday as their regular race night with Friday being the “back-up”.Now they seem to race the majority of the time on Thursdays leaving Monday as their “spare”. Unless I am mistaken only the Lions, Aces, Stars & Witches have this flexibility generally available. Meanwhile, fair play to Lions & Witches for promptly sorting out the revised date.

Very laudable, but also consider in the event of a rain off, a stated free week for the home team is not always the case for the away team who may have a home meeting themselves or away at another club. Fair to say most weeks where a meeting is not scheduled is a free week for rearranging rained off meetings aka Lions v Witches. Done. Very strange to punish a team for them having to postpone meetings due to factors beyond their control I.e the weather.

But, if the answer to meetings being postponed is to award a point to each team rather than rearranging the fixture, then this would result in even less meetings and larger gaps between those that do take place. In this instance Lions & Ipswich have promptly rearranged the fixture so no real issue.

Ok, so whilst your post is made up of generalised assumptions & accusations the plain fact is that in this instance come the intended start time the track at Leicester will be unavoidably unridable.

You maybe right but not quite. 6500 is the maximum capacity for the NSS. Find a facility with a larger capacity and the fans will come.

But sadly only two of the clubs listed now remain!

Sufficiently enough to have caused the meeting to be abandoned had it gone ahead?

So, is it raining yet and if so, heavy enough to justify the meeting being postponed?

Agreed. However at the time of the stoppage Kemp was well clear and was on his way out of bend two last lap sufficiently clear that there was little chance of him being passed. By rerunning the heat he reset circumstances which is his right to do but on this occasion was wrong to do so.

Agreed. However at the time of the stoppage Kemp was well clear and was on his way out of bend two last lap sufficiently clear that there was little chance of him being passed. By rerunning the heat he reset circumstances which is his right to do but on this occasion was wrong to do so.

He fell, quickly picked his bike up and got to the infield wth the leaders more than half a lap away. Then the ref put the red lights on! Absolutely no need to do so. As it turned out it was the only bit of luck that went the Lions way. Congrats Foxes on your first win. Well deserved .

Yes. Next two meetings to prove he’s capable otherwise & subject to JT or similar being available, he’s gone.

Great episode. Dan comes across very well indeed. Though surprised he didn’t get his collar boned plated in UK. There is a very good consultant surgeon based in Leicester (private) who would have done the work inside a week.

The riders?

Have a read of the first post etc.

Whilst I understand the points you make they are not actually correct. The concept of arriving at a final was to provide a winner takes all climatic last race rather than trip up “the favourites”. Consequently, as you say today’s system means those riders not making finals face a mountain to climb. Which of course is what happens with the leading (minority) riders more often than not making the finals, leaving the majority to scrabble up the mountain.

Whilst I understand the points you make they are not actually correct. The concept of arriving at a final was to provide a winner takes all final race rather than trip up “the favourites”. Consequently, as you say today’s system means those riders not making finals face a mountain to climb. Which of course actually happens with the leading minority of riders more often than not making the finals leaving the majority to scrabble up the mountain.

Which currently means a rider finishing tenth after heat 20 could actually win the GP. A bit like having a main course taken from the freezer warmed up in a microwave and falsely served up as a freshly prepared dish. But for now - the GP format is what it is. I for one hope it is revised for the better next year if for no other reason than to remove the opportunity for Tatum to keep abbreviating Last Chance Qualifier. LCQ’s sounds like something he should take medication for. “Here comes the LCQ’s” - pass the medicine.

Which currently means a rider finishing tenth after heat 20 could actually win the GP. A bit like having a main course taken from the freezer warmed up in a microwave and falsely served up as a freshly prepared dish. But for now - the GP format is what it is. I for one hope it is revised for the better next year if for no other reason than to remove the opportunity for Tatum to keep abbreviating Last Chance Qualifier. LCQ’s sounds like something he should take medication for. “Here comes the LCQ’s” - pass the medicine.

Of course the rules are known before the season kicks off. But that doesn’t make the current/latest format a fair reflection of the overall performance of riders during the first 20 heats.

As somebody who attended many “one off” world finals can’t ever recall being bored after the winner was known. I agree a final does add excitement to the meeting at its conclusion, but it’s just not fair on the rider who has performed the best over the preceding 20 heats or have a winner of the GP who may not have actually scored the most points on the night.

Just do away with LCQ (stupidity) and indeed a “final” and go with the finishing places after 20 heats when all riders have raced each other once during the meeting. Qualifying could still take place to provide an incentive for riders to give it a go as early choice of gate positions could make a difference to the outcome of the main event.

Such a ridiculous post. Best stop kids going to football & rugby matches just in case the wee things get exposed to some occasional pushing/thumping/brawling between professional sportsman who give a dam. As the saying goes “show me a good looser and I’ll show you a loser”.