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Glad I waited until I brought a ticket on the website.

Hope the weather a hour (and a bit) East is the same as it is here. Bright blue skies Best place (sat nav postcode) to park (for free)?

Thanks, I assume Miskowiak & Swidnicki (22 Aug 2023) are no longer eligible for reserve berth? Kubera (April), Lidsey (February) & Bewley (may) will all be 24 next year, but remain eligible for the U24 position/#8?

NKI, Klindt, Lawson, Jorgensen, Pickering & Jakobsen = 40.42 so unlikely.

Rumours suggest R Worrall is staying at Leicester with their move to the Premiership it means Stars will need an addition to the current septet. With Worrall gone could Stars fit in both Klindt & NKI. I know Polish Ekstraliga agreed that their riders could ride in two other leagues but NKI wasn't an Ekstraliga rider in 2022 and isn't likely to be next year. Are the other Polish leagues following suit?

You're discounting Lublin, but it does seem a two horse race with the expected line-ups. If Lampart & Cierniak are still eligible for reserve berths I think that gives Lublin the edge.

Jorgensen seems part if the furniture at Saddlebow Rd now, would say Pickering maybe in high demand on that relatively low average but would hope he has some loyalty to the Stars having been made captain this year. Iversen is 40 and is definitely on the decline, but is still a decent heat leader in the UK, not sure he's a #1 anymore though.

Is Brennan always that poor at Kings Lynn (just looking at scores - I wasn't there).

Fricke didn't even ride in the Ekstraliga.

I can't make much sense of it either, but Fricke did miss the last couple of GP's didn't he? Ekstraliga stats would suggest Jack Holder is the 27th best rider in the World.

The Pairs meeting at the NSS has been scheduled for this Thursday since early September I think, but if any team shows up with their "Top Two" I'll be surprised. Let's see who else Kings Lynn sign!

Good to see the Stars have a reliable #1 sorted for 2023.

Why? Due to ride the pairs at Leicester tomorrow & probably at NSS Thursday. I think he's missed one Aces fixture since he signed after a well documented heavy spill at Bydgoszcz.

Better take a packed lunch then.

I'll pass on those!

Sportowefakty have updates. Looks like a thriller. Link

I'm sure Lambert's Instagram story was recorded in a gym when I saw it last night.

Weather forecast better now >5% rain until 21:00, hopefully that means there won't be much in the way of intervals. Any suggested fodder emporium near the stadium? Amazing to be in the vicinity for 18:00.

Sheffield would have been better off moving this meeting to Tuesday at Leicester and hosted the pairs at Owlerton tonight, save the travelling Witches hoard of fans a couple of hours driving.

I hear the Tigers are bringing Margaret Anne Lake in as fixtures secretary.

R/R for Wright @#2 for Aces

Lambert back at Smederna according to his Facebook post.

Half the blinking roads are flooded around here, hope it's not that bad in the East Midlands.

Early days but the weather forecast for Leicester on Tuesday and Manchester on Thursday is very wet.