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Wonder if Sheffield have to call it off by xx:xx time as to not get charged by their landlords at Owlerton Stadium and with this one the forecast was saying they might get the meeting on so took the risk of not postponing it? If that’s the case just more cash out of the Bates’ pockets and with the rumours of them wanting out that won’t help Sheffield speedway moving forwards into 2026

Thought the self names National Speedway Stadium had fantastic drainage? Forecast less than 25% rain maximum from early afternoon. Either Lemon worried about crowd with no Kurtz, that Birmingham could have a chance of turning them over, or wants zero damage to the track ahead of next weekend. Not just Belle Vue but postponements need to be looked at as meetings getting called off with less than 50% chance of rain then ends up dry all evening, meaning meetings/play offs end up being later in the season.

Know Zach has signed recently for Wroclaw, they are riding Friday, could they have put him into their squad for Fridays meeting and that have precedence over UK meeting?

SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Anders Rowe, Josh Pickering, Lewi Kerr, Chris Holder, Justin Sedgmen, Leon Flint. LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Luke Becker, Ryan Douglas, Kyle Howarth, Sam Masters, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson. Can Sheffield pull back 18 points to reach their 4th KO Cup Final in a row? In their home matches so far they’ve had 61, 3 x 57 and 46 points so it’s not like they’ve not scored that amount before, this Leicester side pretty solid at 1-5 at Owlerton but will be carrying their reserves. Should be a Sheffield win on the night as can’t see Jack Holder or Pickering dropping many points and should receive back up from Chris Holder but don’t think it’ll be enough for the aggregate win, the drop form of Rowe over the last few away matches and Sedgmen not being prolific around Owlerton might be too much to get the points needed. Leicester have riders who are capable of good scores around Owlerton in Howarth whose scored double figures around there regularly, Douglas and Masters whose guested a bit over the years there, Fricke and Becker very much hit and miss though. Going for a 51-39 scoreline with Leicester going through 93-87 on aggregate.

A couple of races with passes after 2nd turn last night but vast majority was 1&3 gated and set off into the sunset

See Ashton Boughen has been named in the King’s Lynn 1-7 for tonight’s meeting on the British Speedway website and in both teams socials posts, so looks like no 28 day ban incoming for him

Has Boughen thrown his toys out of the pram, or have the Glasgow promotion had enough of him?

Hopefully Częstochowa aren’t putting the pressure on Doyle to ride and it’s his decision, we’ve seen the Polish teams force unfit riders to ride before. Last thing Doyle of Ipswich need is a 60% fit Doyle riding having another off and being out for a lengthy period

He’ll have had a 7 day ban from missing Monday, he won’t be back until Tuesday 27th now if SCB stuck to their own rules

He’ll have had a 7 day ban from missing Monday, he won’t be back until Tuesday 27th now if SCB stuck to their own rules

Should be nobody missing, no Polish meetings on Bank Holiday Monday

Think you’re spot on with that. Kileen had advantage of an experienced mechanic who knows the setups around Glasgow (mechanics for one of the Glasgow team) but he just seemed to be going backward heat by heat. Not sure what the answer is as you don’t want to say bring in likes of Jody Scott before he’s had a chance to dip his toes with Redcar. Only one that I think could do the job is Luke Harrison but like a lot of the available rising star riders that would mean him having 4 teams in UK (already has Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe/Sheffield & Kings Lynn Young Stars)

For Sheffield to have any chance in this back up is needed for the Holder brothers. Pickering the epitome of inconsistency this season averaging 10 at home and 4 away, he’s now a heat leader and needs the consistency of one. Rowe had a very poor night at his former track so will need to bounce back and hopefully Sedgmen continues to pick up a few points in the engine room also. Not sure how Flint goes around Oxford but if there isn’t a wide line he’ll struggle, although don’t expect 16 points from Kerr again at reserve he’ll need to put in a shift to pick up some of the slack from others. Oxford should be stronger with Kildemand at reserve, you’d imagine at least 5 rides for him, Cook at 2 should get points especially against the Sheffield engine room/lower order, the Riss/Tungate partnership has potential for big points if they both show up, with Wrighy at 5 it does leave them possibly vulnerable in Ht13, but they’ll be hoping to have it seen up by then. Another close one going for a 47-43 home win

Believe when new averages issued end of May Dan should move to 8.30 (8.71 for home matches) will mean can get anyone in the league as it stands now with exception of Masters, Lawson and Wright. With Flint and Boughen being let’s just say inconsistent R/R not really the first choice option

You’d have thought after watching both Rowe and Pickering that it was their first visits there, both were awful! Good job Lewi Kerr picked up the slack and Sedgmen came to the party after a poor start in Sheffield colours

Why did ‘tactical genius’ Stead leave Flint in Ht14 when Kerr was available for his 7th ride? Unless man/bike couldn’t do another one

Wonder if Mr Tolley will follow his pal Mr Mole to Sheffield and buy out the Bates’ who are seemingly wanting out?

Dislocated hip usually takes 2-3 months healing for a ‘normal’ person but we know that speedway riders are far from that when it comes to recovery time. Wonder how long it’ll be before Doyle is back 1-2 months or will Częstochowa be pushing him to come back sooner, we know they don’t run guest over in Poland so will want him back asap, whereas sure Ipswich will be able to cover for him through R/R or a guest depending on track and opposition

Sheffield as usual reliant on the top 3, Jack usually goes great around King’s Lynn, Chris was paid for at least double digits on his three visits last season, but Pickering majorly inconsistent in his three visits scoring as low as 2 from 4. Sheffield will need a performance from the ex Lynn riders in Rowe and Kerr (hopefully finding that plastic tab in his tank will cut out the engine issues) to back up the heat leaders as can’t see many points from Sedgmen or Flint. Harris will need to perform as a number 1 and be backed up by Lawson, Kvech and NKI and you’d expect Klindt to be in double digits with the 7 rides he’s more than likely to take. This should be really close and can see a home win just 47-43

Both teams to run R/R then for MJJ and Doyle?

Heat 6 was a belter, hopefully a video of that’s posted on either Sheffield speedway or British Speedway. Ipswich unlucky when on 5-1 until last bend when Thompson binned it as that was the difference between a win and a loss in the end. Emil and Doyle both looked slow (all race times shockingly slow tonight for all) in majority of their races, Doyle rising like a road block in most of his heats. Ipswich solid but with room for improvement from a few on their next visit definitely. As for Sheffield Holder snr is a worry, no real pace again and looks like he’s coming back from injury rather than a helluva 2024 season, Sedgmen very poor again, you’d think they can’t persevere with him too long before making a change, noticed as well again tonight Flint never ever checks during all 4 laps where his partner is, baulked them in more than one race tonight you’d hope Stead sees that and tries to improve that within his riding Good meeting all in all with a couple of stand out races

Should get hold of Jon Howarth to do his motors seems to do a good job on Pickering’s stuff froM when he started doing them mid last season onwards

Aka ‘The Belle Vue hosepipe’

Will Kurtz and Bewley have one eye on the Warsaw SGP? Which Craig Cook will turn up for Oxford? Can Riss continue his good form at home? Wright should be buzzing from British Final Could go either way this one, Belle Vue need middle order of Z.Cook, Lidsey and Blodorn to fire, don’t expect much from their reserves. If C.Cook on song could get at least 5 rides and easily outscore his counterparts.

He got a paid max riding at number 2 against a poor Kings Lynn side, think it’ll be a bit different riding at number 5, no easy heats in that race number