Beirao

Our season has barely started and already we've got fixture problems following this cancellation. We've got a blank Friday on May 2 but Berwick are at Edinburgh that night. May 30 is reserved for the KO Cup - at home if v Workington; away if against Edinburgh. If the latter we have two meeting Berwick (BSN) and Edinburgh (KO Cup) to arrange in June - and no blank dates! Trouble ahead.

Really?

Presumably the riders get paid at their normal points rate for riding in this heat sonas a ball park it cost an extra £1k last night. Worth it?

Cami Brown rarely picks a rider who has ridden in heat 14 for the nominated heat. Wrong but that's what he often does. Claus Vissing rode at 4 and rarely got the nod regardless of how well he had ridden.

Get a grip and stop panicking. Riding at four and paired with the mercurial Thompson is a hard gig for Flint and scoring up to hide GSA may prove to be a big ask. Perry and Hodder need time but the wisdom of having two 2.00 reserves was always questionable. Boughen is carrying an injury and will be a better rider once he is back to full fitness

What do you remember of the first meetings in the BL? https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/april-2025/the-bl-s-first-season-april

Didn't he knock Wayne off in a second half heat with the younger Briggo breaking both wrists? He also had a bad crash with George Hunter in the Scottish Pairs at Old Meadow Bank in 1965

https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/april-2025/personal-profiles-from-the-past-no-4

https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/april-2025/charlie-monk-part-2-uk-career

This month's edition feature Russ Dent Obituary Charle Monk Part 2 Fifty Years Ago - Paisley Lions life and times 60 years ago - the BLs first season Personal Profile from the past - Doug Templeton https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/april-2025

Have you tried the Motherwell pages of the Speedway Researcher. They frequently have details of second half races featuring junior riders.

https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/march-2025/personal-profiles-from-the-past-no-3

Probably not. We had the same with Greg Hancock a few years ago and we bought him kevlars too!

Hi Neil Will set up a "Previous Editions" sub head and load 2024/25 back numbers on to it. I'm not very "techie" so it could burst file sizes etc.

Should be The Man! You'll not be surprised to know I'm waiting for a cataract operation. Duly amended.

https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/march-2025/charlie-monk-part-1-the-man An enigmatic character but a great rider in his prime. What do you remember about him

This months edition will feature The Nearly Tracks - what might have been Charlie Monk - the first of a three part series looking at Glasgows enigmatic star of the 60s Glasgow's Amazing Start to the BL - a look Tigers rise to the top of the BL Personal Profiles from the Past No 3 - Barry Briggs https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/

Read about this and other unusual "forefathers" in https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/february-2025/who-do-you-think-you-are

Read all about Olle. https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/february-2025/personal-profiles-from-the-past-no-2

https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/february-2025/bo-josefsson Bo Jo Glasgow's most successful Swede was never the same after the crash in Glasgow

Did British promoters miss a unique opportunity for a sweeping one off levelling for all teams. Probably and it led to the annual rider allocation. https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/february-2025/the-nl-pl-amalgamation

Did British promoters miss a unique opportunity for a sweeping one off levelling for all teams. Probably and it led to the annual rider allocation. https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/february-2025/the-nl-pl-amalgamation

This edition will feature The NL/PL amalgamation - when the two leagues came together to form the British Leagur Bo Josefsson - remembering Glasgow's most successful Swede Who Do You Think You Are - a look at teams "forefathers Personal Profiles from the Past No 2 - Olle Nygren https://classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/february-2025

It has the added benefit of giving Grahn and Polis a free go at Ashfield ahead of the BSN meeting there in May.

Away wins look to be at a premium and Glasgow look weak at reserve away from home.