Happy Hunter

Does anyone know if any research has been done comparing injuries before and after the introduction of air fences? For example how many injuries have been caused by a rider bouncing off an air bag into the path of another rider.

Everybody seems to have forgotten that for several years Milton Keynes, which is only 20 miles from Northampton, had a team. Thats a lot nearer than Coventry, Peterborough and Wolverhampton!

https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/other-sport/top-flight-speedway-is-coming-to-northampton-and-the-season-starts-next-month-5621934

Isn't there a refs box there already for the car racing?

Have they got short arms as well as deep pockets though?

Even hot water bottles have a use by date!

He says this week in an article in the Speedway Star that he has signed for a Premier League club.

Isn't it about time the Lions put details of next seasons riders on their website instead of last seasons team?

Its Warfarin as well where grapefruit juice is a no, no!

The announcement was still on the website when I just looked. Sometimes I have to wait a minute or two for the website to wake up!

I suspect Ian wrote that tongue in cheek?

You are right, but Berwick is a lot nearer to Scotland than Leicester!

I think its too early to say. There's too many ifs, buts, and maybes at the moment. If we finish up with one league who will Dickson manage?

A recipe for disaster!

That would be a laugh!

Cobblers?

As an alternative you could award the extra point to the team that has the least number of last places (including non finishers and disqualified riders). Admittedly you would still need to toss a coin or draw lots if that results in a tie but you would with the present system.

LEICESTER star Ryan Douglas makes a second attempt to stage his Testimonial meeting at the Hydroscand Arena, Beaumont Park on Saturday (4pm). All involved were devastated back in March when torrential rain moved in just as the riders were walking out on parade, to put paid to the meeting. However, there is another excellent line-up in place for Saturday for what should be an entertaining meeting without quite the pressure of play-off encounters! Important information for supporters is that for those present at the first staging, your re-admission ticket is valid for Saturday. For those paying on the day, normal Leicester Premiership prices apply. If you also have a programme from the original staging, inserts will be available free of charge. The changes on Saturday compared to March are largely due to the fact that it is Ekstraliga Finals weekend in Poland, with Watling JCB Lions skipper Max Fricke for example racing for Grudziadz at home to Wroclaw on Saturday evening. The line-up is as follows: 1 Ryan Douglas, 2 Matias Nielsen, 3 Bartosz Smektala, 4 Sam Masters, 5 Jason Doyle, 6 Scott Nicholls, 7 Kyle Howarth, 8 Tobiasz Musielak, 9 Luke Becker, 10 Niels-Kristian Iversen, 11 Kye Thomson, 12 Lewi Kerr, 13 Rohan Tungate, 14 Zach Cook, 15 Josh Pickering, 16 Leon Flint. There will also be 250cc Support races from the Young Lions featuring Seth Norman, Demi Blu Harris, Emerson Betty and Kane Newby.

I wonder if Josh and Ryan are still speaking to each other after heat 15 last night.

Is this still on? I can't find anything about whose riding, if it's being streamed etc. There's still nothing on the Lions website.

Doesn't TNT stream the same as BSN?

I can't say if it's a good decision or not. I'm not a track curator and conditions at the track might be different to where I am. All I can say is that my garden was dry at 2.30 pm yesterday when it started to rain. It wasn't heavy rain and it had left off by about 8.00 p.m. What I will query is why the decision was taken so early, especially as Sheffield is only 70 miles away up the M1.

I'm four miles from the track. Its been very windy but no rain so far today. It was sunny this morning but very overcast now.

Brilliant!