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Well if the weather is anything like it is 60 miles South it's turned into quite a nice day, so my Monday afternoon pilgrimage will commence shortly.

Arrival due at 13:30 flight from Katowice? Or 15:40 from Krakow? Guessing, can't see anything else due into Manchester airport today from Poland.

No cancellation as yet.

Weather forecast for today is rather wet.

WTF was Janowski doing in the semi.... idiot! Cost me big time.

Lokomotiv are tier 3 now, I thought.

I'd like to play DYM please. Janowski £175 more Michelsen £66 more Vaculik £125 less Doyle £34 less

Looking forward to the first evening of league action at the NSS when the Kings Lynn Stars visit, Aces finished bottom of the Northern League Cup while the visitors topped the Southern section but Belle Vue have made changes and have started the league with home and away wins v/s the Panthers, whereas the Stars league campaign got off to a spluttering start at Monmore Green live on Eurosport. Assume NKI is still @#1 for Kings Lynn or has that changed now Eliteserien is underway (I'm sure I saw his name on a scorecard from Tuesday).

Yep! They're all younger than me! b**$***$! But seriously? I really have no objection to any Panthers, Harris gave me one of my most memorable moments as a fan in a stadium in Cardiff. Fair play Boro won the league last year but they were always unlikely to replicate that success.

Watched it. Dull as dishwater for first 8 heats. Panthers really are one year too long in the tooth. Aces could have won without Fricke & Zagar! Kurtz was excellent, not just his maximum but his team riding.

It is down to two thing I believe. Most likely the cameraperson has never watched speedway before so doesn't know where to pint the camera. Or less likely the camera is getting everything but the producer (possibly director, I don't know) is choosing the wrong camera to show. Could be both!

Do the riders are on bargain averages for other clubs?

Batchelor a Monmore specialist I think he was less disappointing at Monmore for Sheffield last year than some other tracks. I do remember seeing him employing the typical Monmore tactics for riders that don't really know how to ride it last year: Locking up on the white line on the apex of turns 1 & 2 to stop any riders nipping up the inside as they start the back straight. Somewhat effective but far from quick or pleasant on the eye.

Haven't watched anything yet but disappointing results for Czestochowa & Leszno considering Gorzow & Lublin were without key riders. Lublin maybe the team to beat this year. Mikkel Michelsen might be a good outside bet for a SGP podium overall judging by his Ekstraliga form - behind Zmarzlik & Janowski obviously!

Could cost Gorzow, do they have a U24 number 8 that is an Ace in the hole? I suspect not!

Woźniak injured?

Good job Basso found Owlerton to his liking.

Poor from Fricke. Hopefully Blodorn will be better on his next visit to Foxhall. Thanks to Hawkins, Kurtz & Zagar for the league point. And hats of to Brennan.

12+1 from 8 rides in 2019 19+2 from 9 rides in 2014 11+2 from 13 rides in 2013

Zagar last visited Foxhall in 2010 I think, 22 points from 10 rides.

I hope for all concerned that the Panthers are less feeble than they were on Monday, I'm pretty sure I saw them win at a canter at Owlerton last season.

Why wouldn't he be? From https://www.bellevue-speedway.com/news/preview-aces-ipswich

I said that time & again last year. At least he booked Howarth as guest (or did he) which won the Brummies the meeting.

Not that it counts for too much 20 odd miles away but sunny now in Wolverhampton.

I would have said Kings Lynn were poor had I not witnessed the abject display by the Panthers yesterday. Poor meeting, only Jorgensen & Thomas turned up for Stars. Iversen as should be doing better at a track he called home for a year.