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Love BSN streaming its better coverage than Eurosport do and with good commentary. I couldn't pay for the season pass so I just buy a one match pass for the meetings I want, especially Ipswich away meetings that i can't travel to, and with 2 of us in the household it's definitely good value. I didn't realise they had been doing a monthly pass or I might have considered that for some months.

Hope so !!

Please tell me he's only watching tonight and not riding as things can't get much worse for Ippo tonight surely

I might not go on Thursday just incase they are asking for volunteer riders at the gate (joke before anyone thinks I'm being serious). I suppose all Chris and Ritchie can do now is grin and bear it. By the way are all the flights from Poland on time today?

I think I have a better solution - Chris and Ritchie can get their kevlars on after all they are with the team at all the meetings

OMG get well soon Dan, we're now 4 down with 3 to go, this is getting ridiculous Chris and Ritchie will need some massive headache pills before the end of the week. What's the isolation rules, just hope the rest of the team aren't affected.

All this Rising Star stuff is very confusing

On the BSPA website Jason Edwards is listed as a 2024 Rising Star

Dan is out, now we have Jason Edwards, this meeting really shouldn't go ahead the only Ipswich team members now riding are Emil, Kenyan and Jordan. Presumably this might mean Dan will be out on Thursday as well, can things get any worse?

Perhaps someone who knows how to contact or can contact Richie Hawkins ie Facebook etc, could advise him of this info if it is correct, as our team situation is getting more precarious by the day. Any news on how long Adam might be out? Did he need an op? There's very little info coming from the club.

Got commentary back - for all of 10 words - now it's gone again, Discovery+ sort it out - spoke to soon its now back while I'm writing this !

Was having same problem as everyone else, Tatum out of sinc, now I've got no commentary at all

Best wishes to Doyley hope to see him riding for us next season. I hope Chris can come up with a replacement that doesn't end up with Lindgren type visa issues, on saying that, to me Doyley is irreplaceable as a team member in the pits. If Adam is out for a few more weeks perhaps we could persuade Scottie to sign on a 28 day injury replacement. As for Laguta I hope we steer clear, he might be a good rider but he didn't appear to be much of a team player at Peterborough or Kings Lynn.

I'll never forget, West Ham Tuesdays 7.45, can't remember the meeting but pretty sure we needed the point, Martin Piddock fell off but needed to finish he got up and pushed his bike from the 3rd bend with Johnny Hoskins next to him giving him encouragement, but obviously not touching bike or Martyn which would have meant disqualification, he made it across the line and all us fans went wild, happy days, a young life taken tragically at Lokeren. RIP Martin.

Should Woffinden get a pick next year - No - he finished 11th in 2023, apart from injuries he doesn't seem up to GP standard any more, perhaps he'll save face and announce he doesn't want to be in next year's GPs anyway. Should the Russians be allowed back in - Yes - they are participating in other sports ie Tennis, the GPs would be better for having Emil Sayfutdinov participating and Laguta should also have a place. How are GP riders picked, let the top 6 automatically qualify, look at 7 and 8 and see if extenuating circumstances apply ie injury that stopped them being in top 6. As for the rest have some form of Country qualifying rounds, perhaps 3 rounds in each Country and then allocate the places accordingly.

How's the weather looking in Ipswich, I'm still 50/50 as to whether come up from London

How's the weather looking, hope this meeting doesn't turn into another Bellevue type fiasco

Unfortunately we are back there next Monday in KO cup I believe and Freddies first meeting, and if we're still depleted we might need the gods on our side.

No official updates yet but he is listed as riding in the British Final at Belle Vue on 8th June

Quite agree, hope its not the end for KL but they need someone to run it who wants to be there, feeling really sorry for the fans of KL at the moment and in the bigger picture the whole of speedway we don't want to lose another team.

The SCB have spoken! Well that told Kings Lynn, 2 point deduction where does that put them in the league now - Bottom of course - no change there then (and its not even April fools day)

Wednesday we had a statement re Lee Complin, yesterday we had a statement re Glasgow v Edinburgh but still no statement re Kings Lynn, I'm wondering if this is going to be brushed under the carpet

It was going to be shown on live BSN tonight.

One week now since the SCB announced they were setting up an enquiry and so far the silence is deafening

So the SCB are disappointed and have set up an enquiry. Let's hope they reach some proper conclusions and Kings Lynn ie Buster Chapman are sanctioned properly. I've lost count of the times I've seen teams fielding 2, 3 and sometimes even 4 guests, that's not right either or fair on the promotions or fans but at least the meetings went ahead, this meeting should also have gone ahead. I'll await their conclusions with interest because if they come down on the side of Mr Chapman that surely opens the flood gates for any team in the future who are a rider or two short due to injury/having to ride in Poland/family matters and various other excuses to cancel their meeting and short notice.