Leicester - the council own the land. The site is on a long lease that I think David Hemsley still has an Interest in, and the current Speedway promotion sublet from him.
Still a great occasion though.
Racing was much better on both Friday and Saturday - Janusz bursting thru in the SEC and Chlupac v Blodorn in the Ribbon meeting were way better than Sunday's racing.
Er yes it is. Only one, Doyle, has an official average in excess of 8.41 at present.
And looking at unofficial averages only Doyle has an average in excess of 8.30. Using either measure there are six riders with averages in excess of 8.00.
Although with the exception of Ablitt and Hodder the Colts have pretty appalling away averages. And Sam McGurk got 0 from 5 guesting against Armadale earlier in the season. Their performance at Kent (again bar Ablitt and the reserves) was distinctly underwhelming.
They should get the point they need but I wouldn't take it for granted.
Who was the 'ghost' guest? It can't have been Starke as his GSA is below Brennan's. As Douglas took an R/R ride it must have been some notional rider with an average over 6.88 (but below Douglas - otherwise he'd have been at no 1)
Finishing positions are irrelevant. It's positions at 22 Sept that count. There have been more than one instance of teams finishing in top 4, but not making the play-offs because some of their points were accrued after the cut-off date.
He got personal, he said councillors were in it for themselves. I was a Councillor. Therefore he is implying I was in it for myself.
So who's getting personal?
You'd be surprised. It certainly isn't uncommon for an applicant to present the less savoury comments from the objectors on local community forums and the like in an effort to undermine opposition. And I can assure you that morons wittering on about brown envelopes did not endear me to their point of view when I was considering applications.