TheWellBehavedWorrall

In all honesty, you’re probably right. I was too busy playing with my miniature replica Lars Gunnestad figurine and listening to Dukes’ fans singing ”there’s only one Andy Smith” to notice. What a stadium, though.

The D&A Assessor to Steve Worrall at Plymouth last night.

Petition for these bad boy race jumpers to return. Has anyone got Simon Stead’s number?

Bradford’s Odsal Stadium will never be beaten. Never. The Beatles couldn’t even produce a better track than that.

Yeah, they were joking with each other too.

You’re a kinder soul than me, Lisa. When I’ve forked-out £14.99 to watch the CLRC, no-ones safe. Not even Craig Cook.

Elaborate.

To put my answer into perspective, Exeter and Hull were still active when I last attended speedway regularly. Now, spill the beans. Craig Cook and a photographer. The photographer leaked Cook’s nudes, so Cook had Mike Hunter force the photographer to listen to an interview with Kenny McKinna?

You’ve opened up a can of worms there, Lisa, but I’ll tell you what, I’m up for this game. Charles Wright and Claus Vissing are joined on the naughty step by… Hans Andersen, Nicki Pedersen, Andre Compton, Tomasz Gollob (Craig Boyce likes this), Roman Matousek, Jan Pedersen (it must be the surname) and… Martin Goodwin. No, Dugard. No, both.

What happened with the photographer?

What’s actually happened to Craig Cook? I saw something about a photographer mentioned in the CLRC topic, but couldn’t find anything on it. It’s disappointing because on his day, he’s a tremendous speedway rider.

Thanks mate.

Interesting. I didn’t know that. It’s impressive how far HSE has come. When I first attended speedway meetings at Shawfield, you walked through/past the pits on the way in. Jesper Olsen almost knocked me over about fifty times. Now, correctly, you can’t get near them and the riders aren’t allowed on their bikes. I don’t remember who it was exactly, but I’m sure it was Paul Bentley and James Grieves; in 2004, one of them pulled the others cut-off on the back straight at Ashfield after they secured a 5-1. It was funny at the time.

Really? I didn’t know that. Why not? Is this a recent change? Craig Cook must not have heard the ”in the pits” part at the CLRC.

More guests than a Hilton for Edinburgh.

Ben Duffil, as in Jitendra Duffil, the ex-rider? Wow. I remember watching you ride for Glasgow during their first season at Ashfield in 1999. Thanks for clarifying though. Credit where it’s due; that makes sense and is understandable. I look forward to seeing the platform grow, hopefully with regular commentary from Adam Roynon who was outstanding. Also, while I’ve got an ex-rider here (strike while the irons hot, as they say) why do some riders jump off their bikes and hand them over to their mechanic before they’ve left the track, rather than riding into the pits? Also x2, itchy faces and body parts must be an absolute nightmare for a speedway rider. How do you survive four laps with a world class itch in your eyebrow?

Nothing, I’m in agreement with you. I’ve never heard anyone leave a speedway meeting, saying ”he was on drugs” either. Don’t get me wrong, every time I watch a live meeting from Wolverhampton, I wish I was on drugs, but I get what you’re saying. Safety’s overrated. Post-meeting drug testing at the mascots, sorry referee’s discretion would add to the excitement, anyway. Helmets would stop you seeing whose eyes are bloodshot and whose jaw is swinging, so the old Cluedo skills would have to be refined. ”Alan, is it just me, or is he riding erratically? He’s either excited or high”. Having said that, I’m not sure Charles Wright would appreciate being accused of taking drugs every week.

Right, that’s plenty, Andre Compton.

This is an incredible take. Wow. Where’s the laughing smiley?

Are my eyes playing tricks on me or have I just read that two riders in the one meeting failed drug tests? Jesus Christ.

The Premier League Pairs was on BSN, wasn’t it? Or “watchspeedway”, as is the social media handle. It’s been five days since the meeting and the platform hasn’t posted a single highlight from it. Forgive me if I’m missing something, but why?

It’s incredible. It’s difficult to avoid coming across negative, but at the same time, failing to do so is burying your head in the sand and that has gross consequences for speedway in the UK. There are so many things I’ve noticed, like the volume of heats involving a retirement or the fact that it’s difficult to distinguish between an Elite League line-up and a Premier League line-up (I refuse to acknowledge the Premiership and Championship name change, given the deeper issues), never mind a heat leader and a two or a four. Also, I’m about to start calling the sport “Premier Inn” because of the number of guests. It’s every single meeting.

I saw Dan Bewley at 16 years-old, riding for Edinburgh at Ashfield and if you told me he’d win the British GP six years later, I’d have spat my bovril all over my Rusty Harrison programme board. I’m not an expert, but this young man - Boughen - enters corners with pace, technique and confidence very rarely seen in a teenager, so that’s worth talking about alone.