The Cheese

Apparently the Exeter side is; Henry Atkins, Jon Armstrong, Ben Morley, Chad Wirtzfeld, Ryan Terry Daley, Saul Bulley and Kai Ward

Was it at Poole by any chance? Might have explained the state of the track in recent years

I don't think Kelvin has ever recovered from them getting rid of Moley

Whoever is in the series it's almost certain there will be 2/3/4 riders who are adrift over the course of the season and don't really look like having a chance of winning a GP. I agree that it would be nice to see some new faces but if the likes of Zagar and Iversen qualify then they deserve to be there. Would be different if they were being given a wildcard year after year but if they are proving themselves as the best of the rest in these meetings then fair enough.

Can't disagree with that. Always been a fan of his but he's not going to be competitive if he makes it back into the series. Can't fault him for having the belief that he can still improve but also needs to be realistic.

Harris' record at Gorican in the GPs was very good, certainly can't rule him out here

You can watch heat 19 from Monday here

Not sure what the options are but being forced into making changes I'd be tempted to move Kurtz on as well, still only leaves about 13 though.

Don't think it helped Atkins that he started off with no NL place so just had Championship meetings, he seemed to be scoring okay until his injury as well. Hopefully he'll regain his confidence with Mildenhall and come back stronger next season.

Is there actually any need for a manager, they seem to have analysts who are surely capable of picking a squad, deciding when best to take a rider out of race etc. Or get rid of the analyst and have a manager who's capable of working things out for himself? Don't mind Rosco myself but it seems as though he has people doing everything for him which is completely pointless, it's hardly a complicated job which requires a tactical genius. On another note we keep hearing about how professional things will be but a quick look at the 'GB Speedway Team' website and it doesn't even have a mention of the weekend. No preview, no result given, you wouldn't even know the meeting had happened!

Missed this last night so watched it earlier today, wish I'd read this first! Sad to see what was a wonderful track producing such dull racing

Good to see this has been cleared up, even though he obviously would have known he'd done nothing wrong it must have been a terrible few days for him. Hopefully he can move on from this and have a good end to the season.

On the Sunday BT Sport 1 is showing St Johnstone vs Ross County live from 14.30 (15.00 kick-off). BT Sport 3 doesn't seem to be showing anything so assume the SON will switch to that.

Just seen that Boris Johnson is on the IOW today.. is he guesting for Kent?

Interesting that the meeting report quotes Garry May as saying they just need to get Grobauer 'going a bit more consistently'. I'd say he's doing okay/as expected so far and that it's Kurtz who needs to show some improvement more than anyone else. Also see from the website that £1,174.50 was collected for Sam Norris, best wishes to him and his family for a full recovery

I'm sure he started off there for St Austell in the Conference League, possibly 1998? Signed for Eastbourne as an asset early on in his career as well I think.

I've always felt that 'guests' is the wrong word to use and they should be classed as something like an 'injury loan' or 'meeting loan'. As long as there's not 3 or 4 riders missing I don't see it as a huge problem, would think that a simple explanation to a new viewer is enough for them to understand why it happens and accept that at times it's necessary

Best wishes to Sam and his family

Congrats to Cook, Lambert and Harris on getting through, hopefully at least 1 will qualify from the challenge.

I would think that after the trouble of a few years ago it's very unlikely that rules on getting a visa will be relaxed.

Cricket is one example, I'm sure there are more

Winter issues usually feature 3 or 4 pages of a look back to a team from a certain year and that includes info on the riders and what they did after/now.

Looks like he came back too early from his injury, could probably do with another week or two off. A shame really because for once he'd made a good start to the season.

Don't think it makes a huge difference whether it's Cook or Bewley tbh. They'll get the 1 ride against the USA in this round and that's it. When it comes to the final in Russia, Cook at least has the experience in Togliatti from when he qualified for the GPs.

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