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I guess the Sport should at least be grateful that you didn't have to resort to Lawson ramming opposition amidships this week to win....

Apparently they have Nadine Dorres lined up as Minister for Culture and Sport to present the Prizes on Finals Day. She'll no doubt recall buying a Car off Danny Ford, seeing Mark Phillips ride at Badminton Horse Trials, thank John Campbell for his Soups, and praise Mr (Damian) Bates and Mr Dickson for being in many of her saucy novels.....oh not forgetting the picture of Barry Sheene that she had in her bedroom as a teenager.

Since they tried to fill the ruts in with half of Sandbamks Beach the ruts just soak up the water

Probably waiting to hear confirmation of our Guests and their own. Most Clubs do a preview the day before and some on the day especially when Guests are involved and most of the riders report in safe and sound from the PL matches the night before. Speedway GB only preview on the day. They seem to be generating a lot of excitement down there and so they must be doing plenty right. Poole seem to be a bit jittery of their small neighbours all of a sudden

Are you related to Nadine Dorres....certainly Comedy value So you are suggesting Athletes who have arrived in to a very secure environment with an itiery based around their Sporting Events should leave the Secure village en masse and go to a Speedwat Match?. Would you expect them to pay or to get a free Pass. I'm sure that they would be flocking back to Birmingham or even extending their visits after the Commonwealth Games to stay on and watch some Speedway??.. Where also are the top Class riders going to come from to take part in the Commonwealth Event, a few Aussies?, the usual Home Contingent, maybe BW-D ? Parallel Universe time.....

A Festival of Sports all laid on across the City with integrated ticketing and supporter zones and you seriously expect anyone to think about speedway? I'd hazard an educated guess that 90% of anyone who has been to Brummies in past 5 years will either attend at least one Event at Commonwealth Games or even be involved in helping it run. Traffic will be a mare before and after. You head must be well past your backside and in your colon let alone deep in the long jump sandpit if you can't see the blatantly obvious. A 2 week orgy of sport that speedway has no part in or place in, would have no medics nor Stewards and probably attract 100 if they were lucky. Clever clubs avoid clashes with big soccer matches. Are you seriously suggesting going up against 100 mrtres finals within earshot of the starting pistol or t20 possibly including England or one of the subcontinent nations. I'd lay 50 quid Laurence Rogers will be attending one of them and having a well deserved night off.

The night of the men's and womens 100 metre semi finals and finals. Also 2x T20 Cricket matches at Edgbaston Anyone trying to run Speedway that night would deserve certifying. Right decision by Brummies.

What average is Connor Coles on on CL??

He's missing Tuesday because he has a 28 day ban. He has a 28 day ban as he didn't ride last Wednesday I'm led to believe, so don't shoot the messenger if not correct, that he had a Danish commitment on Wednesday that was called off. Hans Anderson rode on Wednesday having only been declared the night before. He however had a booking for PL on the Thursday. Vissing only has Brummies so at very short notice didn't make himself available for a match he wasn't available for until very late on Tues night. If that's the case his ban in my opinion is incredibly harsh. Two sides to every story.

We shall see and I hope that your confidence is correct.

My research is up to date which is why I said it's not a joke e.g it's not funny it's possible and would please no one.including me.

Seems a lot of woffle and conspiracy theories about Danny King and Guests in general to me. He's a self employed Speedway rider who has a limited career and wants to earn money. He'll ride where he can when he can surely. I'm told by a friend that he was at Plymouth on Tuesday night. Who knows maybe he's swapping with Kennett (joke BTW) Or maybe he's hedging his bets in case Poole don't run next season if their Stadium is closed (not a joke} Que sera

Sat up in Bar for first few heats and then ventured down. Id' say if as Nigel has indicated one of recent ones was 350 that last night was around 400-450 mark.

I arrive between 6pm and 6.30pm. I put an old programme on the dSbiard and a note saying "Speedway arrived 6.30pm will be back by 10.30pm. Never had a ticket nor notified a fine. If I did I'd send a copy of my note and match programme. It's not rocket science.

Also where the guy from Teng Tools was killed at a Banger meeting I believe. I personally hated the place. OK it kept us operational for a while but was a cold bleak filthy place and wrong part of he City for me. The City Council are very sport minded. Sadly many initiatives over the years have been blocked by national governments and we have a complete wazzicj in the elected Mayoal role.

It might be interesting to know if refs are allowed to check any reputable TV or Streaming evidence in certain scenarios

She'd probably have declared Bowtell the winner of heat 14..lol

Kemps a lad with very brittle confidence. Remember when he started at Sheffield like a house on fire but then regressed quicky once he went to no2 He then sat out the rest of the CL season and turned down offers as he wanted to ride at reserve. No 2 and No 4 are tough slots and it'll be interesting to see ho he fares. Having said that either Cook can and will fill their boots at reserve at home and some away tracks. Ablitt is obviously suffering a confidence issue and not getting enough NDL meetings at the moment to keep his pecker up.

Is that the one that was heavily featured in an episode of Vera on ITV?

It can be used to prevent a DDoS attack, more usually though by financial services and key services. DDoS is when a rogue site hits your site with millions of simultaneous hits trying to blow your servers. The most logical explanation is that Sgb are using a server provider who runs some big companies and corporations. It's a safety net to check your browser is genuine.

So you'd have waited til the morning of the match? What time 2am, 4am,6am,8am,10am, 11.58am. Then you'd announce the blindingly obvious. It's going to hammer down from early afternoon, so the match we could have called off last night, so that you coukd plan your day accordingly.plus riders officials medics etc plan there's, we're going to call off now instead just to wind up to 1000 people up. Not to mention those at work, at school, preparing bikes, preparing medical kits, getting food in etc etc. Strikes me that rather than admit Plymouth we're right and you were wrong, you want to carry on against the blindingly obvious facts.

Wasn't there talk of a track at Southampton? Would IOW be an option for a season? Could Wimborne be an option as it supports a big Grass Meeting.

Yep I checked Redcar is 271 Eastbourne 275

I remember going to a Scunthorpe track that was an athletics track in the 70s a d one with a double decker bus as a stand with Paul Evitts in the 80s...or is my mind truly gone?

Track sizes can be deceptive. As an example if you asked 100 people which was the biggest Redcar or Eastbourne I'd wager 90% would say Redcar. It's actually 4 yards smaller. Lost a speedway quiz due to that a few years ago for a nice old Brummies race jacket.. Lol I agree wider straights and sweeping turns best for modern bikes which is why Ashfield is my favourite to visit. New Workington tracks looks stunning too..