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Kyle Howarth broken collarbone, massive blow for the Colts as he is on 6.61 average but been averaging 10.88 this season. What are the NL rules, R/R or guests? With Kyle in team think Colts would have overturned the 6 points in the 2nd leg no problem but could be a struggle now.

I said can buy them on the day, plenty available.

Yes that is correct but there is no chance Darcy will be wildcard for Cardiff that goes to winner of British Final (or 2nd if Harris win it) to make sure 2 British riders at Cardiff. Think Darcy will get one somewhere, possibly Torun?

There isn't standing anymore, all seating now but yes you can buy them on the day.

Good news is Jason Crump apparentyl dislocated shoulder and had it popped back in. Hopefully no ligament damage.

From someone at the stadium, track very wet, still raining.

Still nothing on the sky EPG for tonight, not going to subscribe quite yet, wait for others to say whether it was on tonight or not.

The Top 8 shown on tv are quite often wrong when there are ties.

This is an old thread from last year! People were only pointing out that if at any time in the future sky show a GP on red button like they have done in past red button is now available on virgin.

Decent crowd, at a guess about 500-600?

From Belle Vue Aces Fans Site : BELLE VUE COLTS 60 1. Byron Bekker 3 2* 1 3 = 9+1 2. Scott Richardson 2* 3 F F = 5+1 3. Kyle Howarth 2* 3 2 2* 2* = 11+3 4. Karl Mason 3 1 1* 1* = 6+2 5. Adam Mckinna 2* 1 2* 2* = 7+3 6. Chris Widman 2* 0 3 2 = 7+1 7. Jason Garrity 3 3 3 3 3 = 15 max SHEFFIELD PROWLERS 31 1. Paul Cooper X 0^ 1 F = 1 2. Adam Wrathall R/R 3. Steve Worrall 0 2*3 1 1 = 7 4. Ashley Birks 1 2 3 2* 6^ F = 14+1 5. Gary Irving X 1 3 X = 4 6. Richie Worrall X X 1 0 1* 0 0 = 2+1 7. Stefan Nielsen 1 M 2 F X = 3 Referee : Craig Ackroyd Weather : Mild and dry Track : Looks ok, bit dry Gates : Sheffield going off gates 2 & 4 Heat 1 : rerun x2 bekker richardson r.worrall fexc cooper fexc 5-0 5-0 Heat 2 : awarded Garrity widman nielsen frem r.worrall fexc 5-1 10-1 Heat 3 : mason howarth birks s.worrall 5-1 15-2 Heat 4 : garrity Mckinna r.worrall irving fexc nielsen exc 2 mins5-1 20-3 Heat 5 : howarth birks mason COOPER 4-2 24-5 Heat 6 : richardson bekker frem irving frem r.worrall frem 5-1 29-6 Heat 7 : birks s.worrall Mckinna widman 1-5 30-11 Heat 8 : rerun garrity nielsen r.worrall richardson fell 3-3 33-14 Heat 9 : irving howarth mason r.worrall 3-3 36-17 Heat 10 : s.worrall birks bekker frem richardson f 1-5 37-22 Heat 11 : widman Mckinna cooper nielsen fell 5-1 42-23 Heat 12 : garrity howarth s.worrall r.worrall 5-1 47-24 Heat 13 : bekker mckinna iving exc cooper fret 5-0 52-24 Heat 14 : rerun BIRKS widman mason nielsen fexc 3-6 55-30 Heat 15 : rerun garrity howarth s.worrall briks fell 5-1 60-31 Bronze helmet Birks beat Garrity Fell exc

Live results also at : http://www.belle-vue-speedway.co.uk

Belle Vue Colts Byron Bekker 7.70 Kyle Howarth 6.61 Adam McKinna 6.15 Karl Mason 5.85 Scott Richardon 5.16 Jason Garrity 4.94 Chris Widman 3.00 =39.41

Next time I suggest you use http://www.skyscanner.net

Haven't really followed National League much, can anyone help with averages?

Colts team announced tonight at Belle Vue : Jason Garrity Kyle Howarth Adam Mckinna Karl Mason Chris Widman Scott Richardson Byron Becker

Done something badly wrong then!

Unless there are big delays they always try to finish in 3 hours, so that's 8pm for Cardiff as that's when all the broadcast's finish and they get big penalties for running over having to extend satellite time.

No, stock cars use up all the bank holidays apart from Good Friday when Aces ride against Wolves. Colts are going to mainly be on the Mondays Aces haven't got home meetings.

BELLE Vue have confirmed that they will be running a Colts team in the grassroots National League next season. They were accepted at last week’s annual meeting of the league and then the Aces were given until Monday of this week to make a final decision pending rent talks with their Greyhound Racing Association landlords at Kirkmanshulme Lane. Bosses David Gordon and Chris Morton, already buoyed by the signings of top stars Chris Harris and Rory Schlein for the senior team, continued a good week by reaching agreement with the GRA. Operations Director Morton said: “We are very grateful to the GRA because they were very helpful and supportive in what we are trying to do with the launch of a Colts team. “We need to keep a tight grip on the costs of this team. We have been very keen to promote grassroots speedway, especially as we want to run a youth academy if and when we get the green light for a new stadium. “We are delighted with the co-operation of the GRA because it would not have been possible to have this team without it. “Now we can look forward to seeing the youngsters in action and it will be good to have derby matches with Buxton and Stoke who have also joined the league. “What we need now is for our fans to give the team the right kind of support to make it work.” The National League programme will be for about ten home matches. They will be run on Mondays when the Aces have no fixture but will switch to Wednesdays on the occasions when there are two meetings in a week. Official Press Release Richard Frost

Best to get hire car I'd say, that's what we always do, Vojens in middle of nowhere really. Had a quick look, looks like you can get combination of bus & train there but not really going back as isn't any till early sunday morning.

Official Press Release - Richard Frost BELLE Vue are negotiating to run a Colts team in the National League next season It would mean around an extra ten meetings at the Kirkmanshulme Lane greyhound stadium in the third flight of the British speedway pyramid which is designed to provide racing for up and coming riders. Local whizzkid Jason Garrity, who has just signed a full contract with the Aces, will be a pivotal member of the team. The club have signalled their interest to the National League management and will attend their annual meeting later this month while negotiations with their Greyhound Racing Association landlords to use the stadium are at an advanced stage. The surprise move is fuelled partly by a frustration in being unable to help young British riders but the possibility of the club having their own stadium is also a major factor. Chris Morton, the Aces’ Operations Director, said: “Nothing has been finalised because the National League haven’t had their annual meeting yet but we will be going with the intention of joining. “We envisage a minimum of ten home meetings and these will be stand alone matches, either on a Monday if there isn’t a senior fixture, or on a Wednesday. “This will only work if we get the right support from fans. That is the risk we would be taking. Running in the Elite League is very tough financially and a National League team would have to be capable of looking after itself. The fans have to want this if it is to succeed.”

They use to always do the draw about 1-2 weeks before the GP then some riders started getting suspicious so it was done at practise in front of the riders. You don't have to fill in 20 heats of names, its only the 16 names you have to write in the programme grid similar to what they put in the speedway star, and they provide a seperate sheet in the programme with the riding order.

Forecast I'm looking at says still lot of rain today but may stop about 4.00 and looks ok for this evening.

20mm of rain forecast for Saturday, Sunday looks bit better but still some rain.