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Rugby union is still on on Sat.

The tour of Britain cycle race has been abandoned ,partly because police assistance could not be guaranteed.

As usual,as clear as mud.If Redcar or Edinburgh get knocked out,they are no longer in the play offs,or are they according to regulation e ,as above.

So is Oxford,and same promotion as Berwick.

Anybody who has been to Odsal recently will realise that it is falling apart.There is no chance the council could issue a safety certificate for anything like the number of people needed to make a G P financially viable.

As well as riding speedway,Eric had a Greengrocers shop in Halifax.He and Bonnie were a real double act,and I won't forget when Eric was promoting at Odsal,the bacon sandwiches Bonnie used to sell at the Monday night practice sessions.

Think it was Plymouth where they set fire to the straw while trying to dry the track.

After having a go at Workington,this Shovlar fellow now seems to be calling Edinburgh out.Hope he gets the same response as he got from Workington.

Think Bruce did some laps on his ice bike round the IOW track last year.

Could you not just sign a rider on a week to week contract,or even day to day.In most occupations that would seem immoral,but this is speedway,and needs must.

Really,you only need an A4 sheet with the scorecard on one side,and fixtures and announcements on the other,given free with your admission,or 50p to cover the printing..Everything else you should be able to find on your clubs website.

You dont even get rewarded for coming first in the super heat,you get rewarded for not coming last.How woke is that.

Brian Brett was my abiding memory of the Diamonds.He used to come up from London,with his bike,on the train,and I had the pleasure of accompanying him on part of one return journey,as far as York.He was happy to share the sandwiches he had been given,and we had a great talk about all things speedway.He would have got back to London about 2-30,where his van was waiting.He would have a few hours kip,then off to work as an industrial window cleaner.He said he would finish mid afternoon,then drive up to Long Eaton,for another meeting.This was a top rider,English international,but riding speedway full time was not an option.How times have changed.

Halifax had a concrete starting grid in the fifties,and I don't remember it being dug up when they reopened in 65,so maybe they laid the granite over it.When the tractor came round on the track grade,they always lifted the grader when they past over the starting grid,so could have been something still there.I also remember a concrete starting grid at the old Stoke stadium at Sun street.I am sure a material could be found that would put an end to all the ridiculous gardening that goes on,and would make all gates equal .

Yes,I would also.Wonder if it could be an option.

If everybody used an adblocker,there would be no free forums.A football forum I am on charges £10 a year for add free viewing,would you pay that on here?.

They should tarmac all starting grids,would speed the meeting up no end.

I thought he was very good.Sounded like someone who enjoyed his night at the speedway.

It was a six team league that killed the National league in the early sixties,and paved the way for an amalgamation with the Provincial league in 1965 to form the British league,which brought about a golden era in British speedway.As I see it,the only way to save speedway in Britain is for the same to happen again.Some will say there are not enough quality riders for one league,but many of the Provincial league riders were hardly household names,yet many developed into top riders.I know that in the sixties and seventies,most riders had other jobs,but maybe that's the way it will have to be again.

Thanks for the correction,but if the Monarchs can do it,why not Glasgow. I think Plymouth and Poole use the same production company to reduce costs,but I don't know how many people tune in to their streams.

I thought the streaming they did last year could only be viewed outside a 25 mile radius of Glasgow,so aimed more at opponents supporters than home fans.

We just used to put some sawdust down,and got on with it.

Why not let other team members take more than one r/r ride.Say if your number one was missing,let your numbers 3and5 take two of his rides each.

That was over 18 months ago.The rugby are back at Odsal,but not happy as the track has reduced the width of thier pitch to less than 60 metres.

I live a few miles from Odsal,and although the track should provide good racing,it's such a depressing stadium,and I just can't see there being enough interest to sustain a team,even in the NDL.It's a strange situation,when Bradford closed at Greenfield,which was a nice little stadium,due to poor crowds,that looked like the end of speedway in West Yorkshire,yet just a couple of year's later,Halifax reopened with huge crowds.There was just something about Halifax that was never repeated when the Dukes moved to Odsal.Sad to say,I don't see speedway returning to West Yorkshire any time soon.