Rob B

Not quite, its steel rope with steel plate in front of it.

There is the minimum distance required but will need some big pads on the supports.

It's been over 23 years now, the last season in 1997 they won the league and the crowds were poor then, I cant see there being an appetite now. Maybe for one off bigger meetings.

Yep that was my point, they haven't released a date so will hopefully reconsider.

BSI already announced its going to be October next year too.

Hopefully this will convince BSI not to have it in October again next year as planned. May too early though, needs to be July/August.

I really don’t know why they bothering in these damp conditions, just run it tomorrow.

That’s the trophy

Forecast has improved, now 50% chance of rain from 15.00

Manchester is completely dry this weekend and warmer!

So wet, tonight won’t go ahead and tomorrow will be worst. Sunday looks ok can see it being run then

With the poor weather for Saturday too wouldn’t surprise me if this becomes a one day meeting now tomorrow in front of fans.

What is the point of taking Harris, he would only be having 1 ride each day as Bewley will be taking the majority so might as well take Kemp.

Peter Craven Memorial announced for 22nd October.

Yes that’s what I meant it was always a strange choice with a reduced capacity but always the risk it could be limited more.

Which makes the choice of Lublin with one of the lowest capacity strange.

I presume Bewley will move up, Kemp will be the U21 reserve and Palin would be on standby to ride in day 2 if there was an injury.

in 2019 NL Palin averaged 8.82, Rowe averaged 8.37.

I'm not sure where you have got that about initial costs, Belle Vue were using an external company who are being paid. I didn't see the Edinburgh and Plymouth streams but I would guess they didn't have a setup like this with multiple people working those computers, plus at least 5 cameras with 4 camera operators etc, not cheap.

Why is all the discussion about tv deals. From what I understand this announcement was that Eurosport EVENTS have taking over the running and promoting of SGP/SoN etc from BSI in 2022. I presume Eurosport will take over the tv deal aswell eventually but that is secondary and the big debate should be how Eurosport Events will promote these series in future.

On a slightly different note, I was surprised Freddie performed so well at weekend knowing his wife had gone into labour on Friday in a foreign country on her own.

I don’t understand all these calls for more younger new faces. The GP series is suppose to be the best 15 riders in the world, some of these older riders are still up there. In reality it’s the top 10 who retain their place each year and if a rider finishes in top 10 they deserve it IMO. The only reason they have the number lower is to create some drama. Liking the look of next years series, the only disappointment is Kasprzak but he qualified in dodgy circumstances. I’d personally prefer it if only 2 qualified from GP challenge (not that it would have helped this year).

I think the indoor tracks have got a lot better in recent years. I read somewhere in past, think it was Ole Olsen saying that the old practise sessions they did on the Friday involved more wear on the track then a GP.

Jaimon is 21 too.

Thomsen wins, Klindt 2nd, Birkemose 3rd.