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Well got it right for once. Also agree with the comments about the grading after heat 10. Don't mind the kids race probably more here than the rest of British speedway but lap after lap of grading doesn't help anyone apart from the opposition

From tigers official facebook Dan Bewley has been called up to represent Team GB in the European Under 21 Championship. Well that's us doomed

Well a home match at last and a potential banana skin. We haven't ridden at home for weeks so will bound to be a bit rusty. And we are without young Dan on U-21 duty, the trouble with signing brilliant young riders So we have Ryan Douglas as a guest, good luck Ryan. Otherwise our team is as normal. The witches line up as follows (from official facebook page) 1 Danny King © 8.88 2 Kyle Newman 6.31 3 Cameron Heeps 6.64 4 Justin Sedgmen 7.60 5 Rory Schlein 8.06 6 Connor Mountain 2.67 7 Nathan Greaves 2.26 TM - Ritchie Hawkins. the witches have a strong 1-5, a bit like us so it could come down to the reserves. Think Tigers will get a win but the witches will get a point

Should you not be changing your bsf name to Teresa May fan.

Mitchell will be the key, paid 4 or more from his 3 rides, monarchs tend to only give him 3, and monarch win

Looks as if I'm not going to get one. maybe there away trying to patent the idea

That's why I wondered whether covers attached to the back of the fence and pulled like rollers over the fence to the edge might work - see post 29 below

Something needs to be done. that's Glasgow off again and with blank dates were gonna only have 3 home meetings from May to June, normally the best months for weather in Scotland! This is probably mental and wouldn't work for every track but could a system be developed for the bends that is similar to roller blinds that shops use to protect shoppers? Once the fixings are installed behind the air fence's support fence the covers are pulled over the fence down to the edge of the track, rain runs off and the track also doesn't sweat as air gets in. Maybe wouldn't need so many helpers and would be quicker? The starting gate could have a cover like those used to protect cricket pitch.

No it doesn't It sets a precedent that will prevent teams trying to manipulate situations to stop heat 10 being completed before a curfew. if the referee had awarded the race 5-0 to Glasgow or if Glasgow had agreed to send out both riders and that they both would have an engine failure as the tapes went up he would have declared the heat null and void so a 0-0. The curfew would the have come into play with the same result as actually occurred.

Just hope that having done what was asked of him he doesn't get dumped on

To be fair your being a bit unkind to clowns. For a start clowns can be funny Yes I'm sure Ms Morgan and Mr English would listen to jenga - the voice of raisin

Spot on. I tired to say something similar in an earlier post but this makes it a lot clearer. thanks

Have to agree with you there was nothing funny about what happened on Thursday night. Just for clarification cos you seem to know what happened on Thursday having posted an excellent post earlier in the thread. what was the para medic's initial assessment of coty's injuries? was a second ambulance called because of his injuries? was he taken to the hospital before the curfew time of 10pm? was he taken to hospital after 10pm and if so was he accompanied by the para medic? did he have to stay in hospital overnight? will he be riding for Redcar this week? will he be riding for you for the rest of the season?

Never heard that quote before but certainly we try to be fair and will help other fans and promotions in trying to keep the sport alive. But when we get lied to, conned or sh_t on we treat these people with the contempt they deserve Read the whole thread. The meeting was 'delayed' cos Coty was being seen to by the para medic for over 40 minutes. The other ambulance first aid staff (they do a great job everywhere) weren't deemed able to watch over Coty whilst the medic went back to the centre green. So to prevent this happening you would need 2 medics. So I was just suggesting they get 7 so that they complete the rerun even if tigers riders suddenly suffer from mysterious ailments perhaps after eating dodgy burgers

Not a threat just advice. Wouldn't want a match abandoned if Glasgow riders become ill prior to heat 10.

The grapevine was working overtime last nite and those in the pits on Thursday gave there thoughts on what happened. Better get 7 medics for the rerun and do not be surprised if it takes place in late October

So basically the rules are different depending on the timing of the match. meaning Newcastle could play Workington again and if they draw again provided the 2nd leg was before 1 August the match could be replayed again!!!!!! so we could have 3 semi-finalists known but we would still be waiting for the outcome of the quarter final when Glasgow takes on the winner of Newcastle v Workington. give me strength!!!!!!

Thanks to Berwick for filling in a potentially blank date. Thanks to the weather forecast, it now looks ok having promised rain for most of the week. Welcome back to Nick Morris and it'll be interesting to see Lewis Bridger can't remember ever seeing him at Glasgow before. Think this will be closer than some people think and so hope a reasonable number of bandits fans travel up for this one. Interesting to see the crowd numbers for this - we've had 7pm on Saturday and 3pm on Sunday so this will be another first. Just will be glad to see some speedway.

Glasgow had reserved 6 May for the quarter final but ended up with no meeting and a loss of continuity. We also had 17 June reserved should we have qualified for the semis, it is now listed as tbc so another potentially blank date. Have to agree with Sparks 123, there should be some deadline for matches to be completed, and GazC and Islander15, holding a replay is just daft.

I wasn't there last night but this has to be one of the best posts ever on the Forum. thank you sir

Seems to have been a dramatic night and hope Fernando OK. However from a Glasgow point of view we lost 4 points through no fault of our own. We have seen matches run in really wet conditions to get to heat 10 and a result. Could heat 10 have been started with an agreement both Glasgow riders have engine failures once the tapes go up. So a 0-0,ten heats complete result stands

I hope the Glasgow management act professionally when Redcar offer dates for the re-run. I've checked the fixtures and 26 October 2017 appears to be ok for both clubs.

We may have financial clout but its not a bottomless pit. The facennas have made it clear they want to break even following their initial investment. According to official facebook Gerry was going to speak to the crowd before yesterday meeting. Don't suppose it was to wish them happy holidays 😩

And of course it was won by Richard Lawson

A rider shows a bit of passion, gets the crowd going and some people complain. Riders used to get a bonus for doing this in the past from the promoter 😊