Mimmo

Sun is back out now, but my thoughts are the same as Star Lady, is it really safe for four riders to be out on track in such strong winds. I can see a lot of the track shop merchandise distributing itself round the stadium tonight.

Rain and Hailstones coming down by the bucket load in Heacham at this very moment.

If this wind keeps up as strong as it is, we could be on track blown around with the two teams, as it's difficult to keep on your feet at the moment. It's bin collection day here today, and at the moment, the road and gardens look like a recycling centre with rubbish everywhere. Despite all that, still very much looking forward to watching the meeting tonight, but must confess that with it being shown live on SKY, added to the fact that the Italy v England footie match is being shown live, I get a feeling there won't be to many of us there. Good luck to both sets of riders tonight, I'm sure it will be a great night of racing.

Thoroughly enjoyed last nights meeting, but why oh why do we have to watch such a lot of the tractor doing lap after lap when there is curfew in place. Race times weren't getting any slower, and riders weren't getting into trouble, so why the need for all this waste of time? Hope Olly finds his injuries aren't so bad as feared, and now look forward to the next time I can visit the EOSG.

Obviously delays following accidents can't be avoided, but I thought the plan this season was to speed up proceedings, and last night took far to long. It was one of the coldest nights I can remember.......well, so was the Rory Schlein Testimonial........and as you say, why have an interval too. Sadly, quite a few people left long before the end, with at least three saying "We won't be returning". To those people I would say not to judge things by this one meeting, because they don't always take that long to reach a conclusion. As 'Trees' said, thank goodness we've got a proper programme this year, and yep, I also thought Matt did a good job out on the centre. Hopefully we'll soon get some warmer evenings, and meetings that finish by no later than 9.30pm

Fantastic news Kenneth, like everybody else, I'm delighted for you. My wife has both breast and lung cancer, so I fully appreciate what you and your family have gone through in terms of worry. Enjoy your life, which I'm sure you will, you must be walking 10 feet tall today.

Quite right norbold, the dirt-track as they were then called, was constructed at the City Way Stadium in 1931, and some trial meetings were staged in December of that year. The first actual meeting took place in August 1932 being an open meeting entitled 'The Chatham Scratch', and was won by Clapton rider Alf Foulds. It was in 1969 that the late Martyn Piddock won a demonstration race and as a result, the City Council granted permission for racing to be re-introduced to the stadium, only to learn later that Kent County Council had refused the planning application. I can remember a home meeting being advertised, but against whom I can't remember, and I made the journey from my then Motspur Park home, only to find an empty stadium on arrival. As someone else has said, they did ride a few meetings as Rochester 'Bombers' before moving to Romford, and like Bryn, I have the programmes hidden away somewhere in the loft or garage. I think the stadium was going to be demolished in the late 70's or early 80's, and can only assume that happened, and that there is either a housing estate now on the site, or another dreaded supermarket.

Although I'm yet to see confirmation, I understand that the NJL will run with six teams in 2015, those being Berwick, Castleford, Newcastle, Northside, Redcar and Workington. The Midland Development League has already published it's full 2015 fixture list on this site, and I'm sure all followers of the NJL are now eagerly awaiting the same thing to happen for this league. It certainly promises to be an exciting year for this level of racing again, and I for one can't wait for it to start.

Should be in the running for challenging for honours.

Cheers pal.

Laurence, You've shown the Castleford v Stoke meeting as taking place on both the 21st & 23rd August, which should it be please mate? Thanks Mike Sorry mate, not picking holes, just trying to get my own records correct. You've got Coventry v Belle Vue listed for both the 14th & 24th April. I would imagine the latter is correct, but would you be kind enough to confirm please? Ta much. Mike The list also shows Stoke v Belle Vue on both the 27th May & 27th June. Is Wolverhampton v Belle Vue a TBA meeting, as its not on the list? Thanks again. Mike I assume Buxton v Milton Keynes shouldn't be on the list for the 23rd August, as it's scheduled for the 24th May. Mike Probably a typing error here mate, but I assume the Long Eaton v Coventry meeting on the 9th May should be at Leicester, and not Mildenhall as shown. I know it's not easy trying to sort out fixtures, as I have to do the same for a bowls league, and it's a thankless task isn't it? All the Best Mike

Bloody disgusting when you look at the amount of people that are in this country sponging off everything and everyone they can, with no intentions of ever doing anything. Just hope that Sheffield can find an adequate replacement for Taylor, and that he's able to return in 2016, and the same goes for all the guys stuck in the middle of this situation.

GROUP A 1. Mitch Godden 3-3-3-2-3 = 14 2. Jack Kingston 1-1-2-3-F = 7 3. Jay Pearce 2-1-3-1-2 = 9 4. Kyle Doy 0-2-1.5-1-2 = 6.5 5. Aaron Vale 2-X-1-1-0 = 4 6. Ricky Pay 1-0-2-0-1 = 4 7. Chris Neame 0-0-1-0-R = 1 8. Lee Bassett 3-2-1.5-2-1 = 9.5 9. Ash Walters 0-1-0-0-1 = 2 10. Dan Berwick 3-3-3-3-3 = 15 11. Kelsey Dugard 2-3-R-3-3 = 11 12. Matt Saul 1-2-0-2-2 = 7 1) Godden, Pearce, Kingston, Doy 2) Bassett, Vale, Pay, Neame 3) Berwick, Dugard, Saul, Walters 4) Godden, Doy, Walters, Vale (Exc) 5) Berwick, Bassett, Kingston, Pay 6) Dugard, Saul, Pearce, Neame 7) Berwick, Kingston, Vale, Walters 8) Godden, Pay, Neame, Dugard (Ret) 9) Pearce, Doy & Bassett (Dead Heat), Saul 10) Berwick, Godden, Pearce, Pay 11) Kingston, Saul, Vale, Neame 12) Dugard, Bassett, Doy, Walters 13) Berwick, Pearce, Bassett, Neame (Ret) 14) Godden, Saul, Walters, Kingston (Fell) 15) Dugard, Doy, Pay, Vale GROUP B 1. Connor Dugard 2-1-3-3-2 = 11 2. Chris Shallcross 0-0-0-0-0 = 0 3. Russell Little 1-3-2-0-3 = 9 4. Rob Mear 3-2-3-3-3 = 14 5. Edward Kennett 3-3-3-3-2 = 14 6. Charley Powell R-3-2-2-1 = 8 7. Marc Owen 1-2-1-1-1 = 6 8. Sam Heath 2-1-1-1-R = 5 9. Tom Brennan 3-0-2-2-3 = 10 10. Nick Laurence 2-2-1-1-2 = 8 11. Chris Stanton 1-0-F-F-0 = 1 12. Dan Smith 0-1-0-2-1 = 4 1) Mear, Dugard, Little, Shallcross 2) Kennett, Heath, Owen, Powell (Ret) 3) Brennan, Laurence, Stanton, Smith 4) Kennett, Mear, Dugard, Brennan 5) Powell, Laurence, Heath, Shallcross 6) Little, Owen, Smith, Stanton 7) Kennett, Brennan, Laurence, Shallcross 8) Dugard, Powell, Owen, Stanton (Fell) 9) Mear, Little, Heath, Smith 10) Dugard, Powell, Laurence, Little 11) Kennett, Smith, Owen, Shallcross 12) Mear, Brennan, Heath, Stanton (Fell) 13) Little, Laurence, Owen, Heath (Ret) 14) Brennan, Dugard, Smith, Shallcross 15) Mear, Kennett, Powell, Stanton F FINAL: Chris Stanton, Chris Shallcross, Ash Walters, Chris Neame E FINAL: Ricky Pay, Sam Heath, Aaron Vale, Chris Stanton, Dan Smith D FINAL: Ricky Pay, Nick Laurence, Marc Owen, Kyle Doy, Matt Saul C FINAL: Jay Pearce, Charley Powell, Russell Little, Nick Laurence, Ricky Pay, Jack Kingston (Fell) B FINAL: Tom Brennan, Connor Dugard, Kelsey Dugard, Lee Bassett, Charley Powell, Jay Pearce A FINAL: Rob Mear, Edward Kennett, Connor Dugard, Dan Berwick, Tom Brennan, Mitch Godden (Exc) LADIES RACES 1. Ruth Smith 3-3-3-3 = 12 2. Leah Westwood 2-2-3-2 = 9 3. Holly Knell 3-2-R-2 = 7 1) Smith, Westwood 2) Knell, Westwood 3) Smith, Knell 4) Westwood, Knell (Ret) 5) Smith, Westwood 6) Smith, Knell

Sounds like it's going to be a great season of MDL action again, and I very much look forward to it. I've already noted in my diary to go to Scunthorpe on the 31st August for the MDL Riders' Championship.....bring it all on.

With a lot of 2014 MDL & NJL riders moving up to the National League this season, which is fantastic, I just hope there are enough riders left so that we don't see Arthur Scratching riding for Milton Keynes at Castleford one week, then King's Lynn at Castleford the next week, then only to ride for Castleford against one of those teams the next match. I hope also this year, that clubs programmes leave space in their main programme to accommodate these fixtures, and to leave enough space to make team changes and the like. Some of last years race-charts were so small, it was difficult to write in the spaces.

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the action you see, I certainly hope so anyway. Undoubtedly the league has been watered down a little this year, something the Elite League has been doing for years, but give those new kids a few weeks, and they'll wow you. I just hope the good folk of Sunny Sussex will still give the club their support. The crowds at King's Lynn at times, like some of the other tracks, are quite abysmal for National League meetings, and being a regular around the country for this level of racing, it's impossible for me to understand. Obviously you get crap meetings at times, but then you do at any level in any sport. But as admission costs are lower, which is a hugely important factor to people in this day and age of expensive living, the quality of what is served up, is generally good value for money. So good luck to you all at Eastbourne (except for when you meet King's Lynn ) along with all other clubs in the National League.

I agree with you 'Parsloes', I think Marc will be a top rider in this league during 2015. He was a tremendous asset to King's Lynn last year, and as a supporter of National League racing, and King's Lynn in particular, our loss is very much 'Eagles' gain, and I wish him nothing but the best.

Like you guys, I'm desperate for the NL fixtures too. We all have things in our lives to organise apart from just speedway, and it really is unfair that they are so late being published. Over the years, I've always tried to put speedway first, and build the rest of my many commitments around that, but unless they are out within the next fortnight, speedway will have to go to the back of the queue, which will be sad, because that's not I want. Not only will I miss the meetings I would so dearly like to attend, but the tracks involved with miss out on my families admission and programme money.

Take a look at the Premier League, where you will find the Worrall twins scored identical points, eerie or what? ELITE LEAGUE RIDERS’ POINTS 2014 (Includes points scored for and against Birmingham) (Includes Guest Rides & Tactical Rides) Rory Schlein 418 Scott Nicholls 411 Chris Harris 340 Hans N Andersen 334 Bjarne Pedersen 317 Niels-Kristian Iversen 314 Kyle Newman 314 Matej Žagar 299 Steven Worrall 293 Maciej Janowski 287 Jason Doyle 285 Troy Batchelor 270 Lewis Bridger 267 Lewis Kerr 264 Davey Watt 262 Craig Cook 256 Richard Lawson 247 Nick Morris 238 Jason Garrity 237 Cameron Woodward 234 Tai Woffinden 232 Simon Gustafsson 231 Josh Grajczonek 229 Peter Kildemand 229 Piotr Pawlicki 229 Kenneth Bjerre 222 Joonas Kylmakorpi 222 Dakota North 218 Timo Lahti 215 Daniel King 205 Peter Karlsson 204 Vaclav Milik 202 Richie Worrall 200 Simon Stead 200 Jacob Thorssell 199 Kenneth Hansen 196 Mads Korneliussen 195 Darcy Ward 193 Ricky Wells 190 Przemyslaw Pawlicki 189 Nicklas Porsing 184 Robert Lambert 182 Michael Palm Toft 182 Adam Ellis 178 Lewis Blackbird 172 Mikkel Bech 162 Joe Jacobs 154 Stefan Nielsen 152 Mikkel Michelsen 149 Tom Perry 147 Nicolai Klindt 147 James Sarjeant 142 Ben Morley 138 Benjamin Barker 122 Kyle Howarth 117 Tyron Proctor 113 Max Clegg 102 Daniel Nermark 101 Simon Lambert 100 Lewis Rose 100 Lasse Bjerre 92 Paul Starke 92 Daniel Halsey 91 Adam Skornicki 81 Ryan Fisher 77 Ashley Morris 70 Chris Holder 66 Sam Masters 66 Kim Nilsson 65 Max Fricke 61 Josh Bates 59 Stuart Robson 55 Krzysztof Buczkowski 51 Nathan Greaves 50 Aaron Summers 50 Michael Jepsen Jensen 50 Peter Ljung 50 Charles Wright 50 Nicolas Covatti 47 Lee Payne 47 Edward Kennett 45 Rohan Tungate 28 Benji Compton 25 Ben Hopwood 25 Patrick Hougaard 24 Josh Auty 18 Gino Manzares 15 Daniel Greenwood 12 Oliver Greenwood 12 Ben Reade 11 Brendan Johnson 9 Lee Smart 8 Justin Sedgmen 6 Pontus Aspgren 5 Claus Vissing 5 Bartosz Zmarzlik 5 Kevin Doolan 4 Thomas Jorgensen 4 Matt Williamson 4 Mark Lemon 3 Darryl Ritchings 3 Tom Stokes 3 Ashley Birks 1 Liam Carr 1 Luke Crang 1 Jan Graversen 1 Darren Mallett 1 Adam Roynon 1 Tim Webster 1 David Bellego 0 Cameron Heeps 0 Marc Owen 0 ELITE LEAGUE RIDERS’ POINTS 2014 (Excluding points scored for and against Birmingham) (Includes Guest Rides & Tactical Rides) Rory Schlein 394 Scott Nicholls 377 Chris Harris 322 Hans N Andersen 314 Kyle Newman 301 Niels-Kristian Iversen 296 Bjarne Pedersen 293 Steven Worrall 289 Jason Doyle 285 Matej Žagar 272 Troy Batchelor 270 Maciej Janowski 266 Lewis Bridger 252 Lewis Kerr 232 Craig Cook 232 Simon Gustafsson 231 Peter Kildemand 229 Richard Lawson 229 Jason Garrity 226 Nick Morris 226 Davey Watt 224 Dakota North 218 Joonas Kylmakorpi 216 Tai Woffinden 211 Josh Grajczonek 210 Cameron Woodward 210 Piotr Pawlicki 208 Timo Lahti 201 Simon Stead 200 Kenneth Bjerre 200 Mads Korneliussen 195 Kenneth Hansen 193 Peter Karlsson 189 Jacob Thorssell 187 Darcy Ward 186 Vaclav Milik 184 Richie Worrall 177 Ricky Wells 173 Przemyslaw Pawlicki 171 Michael Palm Toft 168 Nicklas Porsing 164 Adam Ellis 162 Robert Lambert 162 Lewis Blackbird 148 Nicolai Klindt 147 Tom Perry 147 Joe Jacobs 140 Mikkel Bech 138 Mikkel Michelsen 135 Stefan Nielsen 135 James Sarjeant 135 Ben Morley 125 Kyle Howarth 103 Tyron Proctor 102 Max Clegg 101 Lewis Rose 90 Daniel Halsey 86 Lasse Bjerre 82 Daniel King 82 Ryan Fisher 69 Sam Masters 66 Kim Nilsson 65 Ashley Morris 64 Max Fricke 58 Stuart Robson 55 Chris Holder 54 Josh Bates 53 Krzysztof Buczkowski 51 Nathan Greaves 50 Michael Jepsen Jensen 50 Peter Ljung 50 Aaron Summers 50 Simon Lambert 49 Lee Payne 42 Charles Wright 40 Edward Kennett 29 Benjamin Barker 27 Paul Starke 26 Rohan Tungate 26 Benji Compton 24 Ben Hopwood 24 Patrick Hougaard 24 Gino Manzares 15 Josh Auty 13 Daniel Greenwood 12 Ben Reade 11 Oliver Greenwood 10 Brendan Johnson 9 Adam Skornicki 6 Lee Smart 6 Justin Sedgmen 6 Claus Vissing 5 Pontus Aspgren 5 Kevin Doolan 4 Matt Williamson 4 Mark Lemon 3 Darryl Ritchings 3 Tom Stokes 3 Ashley Birks 1 Liam Carr 1 Luke Crang 1 Jan Graversen 1 Darren Mallett 1 Daniel Nermark 1 Adam Roynon 1 David Bellego 0 Cameron Heeps 0 Marc Owen 0 PREMIER LEAGUE RIDERS’ POINTS 2014 (Includes Guest Rides & Tactical Rides) Edward Kennett 336 Craig Cook 334 Aaron Summers 306 Richard Lawson 299 Simon Stead 297 Stuart Robson 286 Sam Masters 281 Ulrich Østergaard 278 Max Fricke 274 Rohan Tungate 268 Thomas Jørgensen 260 Oliver Allen 258 Theo Pijper 251 Benjamin Barker 250 David Howe 246 Morten Risager 245 Matěj Kůs 242 Claus Vissing 242 Todd Kurtz 240 Kevin Wölbert 239 Jason Garrity 237 Josh Grajczonek 237 Daniel King 234 Ludvig Lindgren 230 Zdenek Simota 230 Ryan Douglas 229 Steven Worrall 229 Richie Worrall 229 Kevin Doolan 228 Nick Morris 227 Lasse Bjerre 226 Justin Sedgmen 225 Hugh Skidmore 225 René Bach 217 Lewis Kerr 212 Charles Wright 210 Ricky Wells 208 Taylor Poole 201 Russell Harrison 198 Steen Jensen 198 Brady Kurtz 197 Kyle Newman 197 Steve Boxall 192 Kasper Lykke 192 Josh Auty 1861Pontus Aspgren 184 David Bellego 181 Ashley Birks 180 Ritchie Hawkins 176 Aleš Dryml 172 Cameron Heeps 170 Mason Campton 168 Rasmus Jensen 168 Carl Wilkinson 162 Kyle Howarth 156 Gino Manzares 156 Derek Sneddon 151 Nicolai Klindt 150 Jan Graversen 139 Paul Starke 138 Joe Jacobs 129 Jason Bunyan 128 Anders Thomsen 124 Adam Ellis 121 Ben Wilson 119 Nicki Barrett 112 Leigh Lanham 112 Mark Lemon 108 Matthew Wethers 108 Simon Lambert 106 Adam Roynon 104 Luke Bowen 103 Aaron Fox 99 Lewis Blackbird 95 Chris Mills 95 Lewis Rose 95 Josef Franc 94 Simon Nielsen 87 Andre Compton 80 Josh Bates 78 Oliver Greenwood 75 Rafal Konopka 74 James Wright 72 Alex Edberg 71 Kalle Katajisto 60 Tyron Proctor 56 Ryan Fisher 48 Nicolas Covatti 45 Mathieu Trésarrieu 44 Roland Benko 41 Max Dilger 38 Tero Aarnio 38 Christian Henry 37 Dimitri Berge 36 Anders Mellgren 36 Matt Williamson 31 Liam Carr 31 Richard Hall 30 Michael Palm Toft 24 Ashley Morris 23 Luke Crang 20 James Sarjeant 17 Victor Palovaara 15 Tom Perry 12 Benji Compton 11 Stefan Nielsen 11 Chris Schramm 10 Anton Rosen 8 Ben Morley 7 Sam Chapman 6 Daniel Greenwood 4 Tim Webster 4 Max Clegg 3 Nathan Greaves 3 Arron Mogridge 3 Marc Owen 3 James Shanes 3 Matt Bates 2 Ben Hopwood 2 Tyler Govier 1 Daniel Halsey 1 Ryan MacDonald 1 Daniel Phillips 1 Luke Chessell 0 Steven Jones 0 Lee Payne 0 Ben Reade 0 Chris Widman 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE RIDERS’ POINTS 2014 (Includes Guest Rides & Tactical Rides) Tony Atkin 218 Ben Morley 215 Paul Starke 173 Max Clegg 162 Daniel Halsey 158 Jon Armstrong 152 Steven Worrall 149 Nathan Greaves 146 Oliver Greenwood 145 James Sarjeant 145 Ben Hopwood 142 Brendan Johnson 142 James Cockle 139 Simon Lambert 139 Marc Owen 135 Luke Chessell 134 Daniel Greenwood 132 Connor Coles 123 Tom Perry 122 David Mason 118 Lee Payne 112 Matt Williamson 111 Matt Bates 110 Adam Extance 110 Sam Chapman 108 Liam Carr 101 Scott Campos 101 Connor Mountain 97 Chris Widman 95 Lewis Rose 92 Stefan Nielsen 90 Benji Compton 85 Darren Mallett 84 Ryan Terry-Daley 83 Joe Jacobs 82 Steven Jones 80 Martin Knuckey 80 Aaron Baseby 79 Tom Stokes 78 Tom Woolley 78 Ryan Blacklock 77 Luke Priest 72 Danny Ayres 71 Daniel Phillips 71 James Shanes 70 Arron Mogridge 67 Richard Andrews 65 Tim Webster 61 Rob Shuttleworth 60 Jack Kingston 60 Josh Bailey 57 Ben Wilson 57 Danno Verge 52 Adam Kirby 48 Josh Bates 36 Luke Crang 35 Jason Garrad 35 Reece Downes 34 Tyler Govier 33 Ryan MacDonald 33 Luke Harris 29 Ellis Perks 29 Stefan Farnaby 25 Kyle Hughes 24 Danny Stoneman 21 Michael Neale 16 Ben Reade 16 Paul Bowen 13 Daniel Blake 13 Liam Sanderson 11 Sam Woods 11 Tom Bacon 9 Cameron Hoskins 9 David Holt 9 Adam Sheppard 9 James McBain 8 Harvie Banks 5 Layne Cupitt 5 Conor Dwyer 5 Jack Hall 4 Jeremy Pestell 2 Sean Phillips 2 Luke Whitehead 2 Kelsey Dugard 1 Niall Strudwick 1 Brandon Freemantle 0 Sam Ward 0 MIDLAND DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE RIDERS' POINTS 2014 (Includes Guest Rides) Layne Cupitt 156 Tom Bacon 130 Sam Chapman 128 David Holt 117 Danny Ayres 116 Adam Portwood 112 Adam Kirby 91 Shaun Tedham 87 Lee Geary 85 Sam Ward 75 Alex Wilson 74 Ryan Terry-Daley 72 Scooter Webster 72 Rob Shuttleworth 71 Adam Sheppard 70 Jeremy Pestell 67 Michael Neale 66 Josh Bailey 66 Tom Woolley 64 Sam Darroch 60 Ben Hewitt 60 Rob Watts 58 Ryan Kinsley 56 Andrew Blackburn 48 Andy Mellish 47 Niall Strudwick 47 Connor Mountain 44 Alec Wright 43 Cameron Hoskins 42 Ben Holloway 41 Reece Downes 39 Conor Dwyer 35 Luke Harris 34 Danno Verge 32 Paul Bowen 30 Jason Garrad 29 Luke Whitehead 27 Daniel Phillips 24 John Markham 23 Dan Miles 21 Lee Payne 21 Liam Sanderson 21 Ellis Perks 19 Lawrence Fielding 17 Bradley Seal 17 Lee Springthorpe 16 Martin Pearce 12 Robert Parker 11 Sam Woods 11 Sean Phillips 10 Connor Fletcher 9 Arron Mogridge 9 Danyon Hume 8 Tom Sipos 7 Adam Extance 6 Jack Hall 6 Martin Knuckey 6 Rikki Mullins 6 Ben Basford 5 Joe Exley 5 Stefan Farnaby 5 Ryan MacDonald 5 Jamie Couzins 4 Ronan Atkinson 2 Lewis Griggs 2 Chris Neame 1 NORTHERN JUNIOR LEAGUE RIDERS' POINTS 2014 (Includes Guest Rides) Kyle Bickley 63 Kean Dicken 60 Ben Basford 49 Daniel Phillips 45 Leon Flint 43 Paul Bowen 41 Harry McGurk 39 James Hitchen 38 Luke Ruddick 37 Sam Darroch 32 Kieran Douglas 31 Stefan Farnaby 28 George Rothery 28 Jamie Halder 21 Kev Whelan 18 Lloyd Ditchburn 17 Kieran McCoy 16 Dale Lamb 15 Luke McKenna 14 Carl Basford 11 Tommy Fenwick 8 Ryan MacDonald 8 Jack Hall 5 Jack Flynn 4 Josh Embleton 3 Ryan Morris 3 Archie Freeman 1 Jack Wright 1 Jordan Palin 0 Lewis Winthrop 0 N.B. Kieran McCoy sometimes rode under the name of Kieran Taylor, but as his SCB Registration is as McCoy, his scores have been recorded under that name. Compiled by Mike Moseley.

Chris Widman became a far more accomplished rider as result of bring given a season long run by Stoke, and would be the perfect answer for a middle order man. Not only will the Leicester based rider give his all, but he'll always be there when required. No tantrums with this young man, ultra professional in every sense of the word. Yes, if it was down to me, then I'd be looking in his direction for one of the septet.

What a hell of a good looking side, it will certainly get me appearing on a more regular basis.

It appears to have been a good sensible AGM, and I agree with peoples comments about the 'Gold Cup' being pointless. It's great to see a league deciding that whoever tops the table will be crowned champions instead of all this play-off nonsense. I just can't wait for the season to get underway, and start my visits to places like Buxton again, in support of the 'Young Stars'.

Fully agree with those comments. Rob Lyon had no speedway background, yet went on to become the England manager. Mr Hilton might not get to that level, but I think we can rest easy that he will the job 100%.

DRAGONS INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE 1. Martin Pearce 1-2-2-2 = 7 2. Paul Stone 0-1-1-0 = 2 3. Tom Rowlett 3-2-3-3 = 11 4. Robert Parker 2-1-2-3 = 8 5. Ryan Kinsley 3-3-2-3 = 11 6. Lewis Griggs N-0-0-1 = 1 7. Neal Richmond 1-1-1-0 = 3 8. Mick Skinner 2-2-1-1 = 6 9. Eryk Borczuch 3-3-3-2 = 11 10. Dave Perkins 0-0-0-0 = 0 1) Rowlett, Parker, Pearce, Stone 71.7 2) Kinsley, Skinner, Richmond, Griggs (NS) 68.6 3) Borczuch, Pearce, Stone, Perkins 68.5 4) Kinsley, Rowlett, Parker, Griggs 68.7 5) Borczuch, Skinner, Richmond, Perkins 66.9 6) Borczuch, Kinsley, Stone, Griggs 67.2 7) Rowlett, Parker, Richmond, Perkins 69.4 8) Rowlett, Borczuch, Griggs, Perkins 71.8 9) Parker, Pearce, Skinner, Richmond 69.3 10) Kinsley, Pearce, Skinner, Stone 69.7 C FINAL: 1st Lewis Griggs 2nd Dave Perkins 77.1 B FINAL: 1st Martin Pearce 2nd Mick Skinner 3rd Paul Stone 4th Neal Richmond 69.5 A FINAL: 1st Eryk Borczuch 2nd Ryan Kinsley 3rd Tom Rowlett 4th Robert Parker 67.2 JUNIOR 125cc CHALLENGE 1. Joe Bown 3-3-3-3-3 = 15 2. Danny Curl 2-2-1-1-1 = 7 3. Mickey Simpson 1-1-2-2-2 = 8 1) Bown, Curl, Simpson 87.9 2) Bown, Curl, Simpson 85.8 3) Bown, Simpson, Curl 85.7 4) Bown, Simpson, Curl 84.3 5) Bown, Simpson, Curl 85.2 DRAGONS TEAM CHALLENGE ROMFORD 46 1. Mike Osborne 3-3-3-3-3-3 = 18 2. Pat Doyle E-N-N-N = 0 3. Steve Bundy 2-3-2*-3-1-1 = 12+1 4. Rider Replacement 5. Graham Unwin N-2-3-N-N-N = 5 6. Chris Neame 2-0-2-1-3-1-2 = 11 NORWICH 51 1. Damon Hall 3-2-2-R-2*-1*-3-2 = 15+2 2. Duane Wuerzburger 1*-1*-3-3-N = 8+2 3. Rider Replacement 4. Jake Rose 1-2-1-2-2*-2* = 10+2 5. Steve Lockyer 3-3-N-N-N = 6 6. Liam Worton DNR 7. Dave Smith 3-1-1-2-2-3 = 12 1) Osborne, Hall Wuerzburger, Doyle (E) 3-3, 3-3 RACE AWARDED 2) Smith, Neame 2-3, 5-6 85.2 3) Lockyer, Bundy, Rose, Unwin (NS) 2-4, 7-10 79.3 4) Lockyer, Unwin, Smith, Neame 2-4, 9-14 73.2 5) Bundy, Hall, Wuerzburger 3-3, 12-17 80.9 6) Osborne, Rose, Doyle (NS) 3-2, 15-19 76.2 7) Unwin, Hall(EF), Lockyer (NS) 3-0, 18-19 83.3 8) Wuerzburger, Neame, Smith, Doyle (NS) 2-4, 20-23 81.1 9) Osborne, Bundy, Rose 5-1, 25-24 75.0 10) Osborne, Rose, Doyle (NS), Lockyer (NS) 3-2 28-26 74.8 11) Wuerzburger, Hall, Unwin (NS) 0-5, 28-31 82.4 12) Bundy, Smith, Neame 4-2, 32-33 83.8 13) Osborne, Smith, Hall, Unwin (NS) 3-3, 35-36 78.7 14) Hall, Rose, Bundy, Lockyer (NS) 1-5, 36-41 83.3 15) Neame, Doyle (NS), Wuerzburger (NS) 3-0, 39-41 79.8 16) Osborne, Hall, Bundy, Lockyer (NS) 4-2, 43-43 75.8 17) Hall, Rose, Neame, Unwin (NS) 1-5, 44-48 85.7 18) Smith, Neame 2-3, 46-51 84.9

MIDLAND DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE RIDERS' POINTS 2014 (Includes Guest Rides) Layne Cupitt 156 Tom Bacon 130 Sam Chapman 128 David Holt 117 Danny Ayres 116 Adam Portwood 112 Adam Kirby 91 Shaun Tedham 87 Lee Geary 85 Sam Ward 75 Alex Wilson 74 Ryan Terry-Daley 72 Scooter Webster 72 Rob Shuttleworth 71 Adam Sheppard 70 Jeremy Pestell 67 Michael Neale 66 Josh Bailey 66 Tom Woolley 64 Sam Darroch 60 Ben Hewitt 60 Rob Watts 58 Ryan Kinsley 56 Andrew Blackburn 48 Andy Mellish 47 Niall Strudwick 47 Connor Mountain 44 Alec Wright 43 Cameron Hoskins 42 Ben Holloway 41 Reece Downes 39 Conor Dwyer 35 Luke Harris 34 Danno Verge 32 Paul Bowen 30 Jason Garrad 29 Luke Whitehead 27 Daniel Phillips 24 John Markham 23 Dan Miles 21 Lee Payne 21 Liam Sanderson 21 Ellis Perks 19 Lawrence Fielding 17 Bradley Seal 17 Lee Springthorpe 16 Martin Pearce 12 Robert Parker 11 Sam Woods 11 Sean Phillips 10 Connor Fletcher 9 Arron Mogridge 9 Danyon Hume 8 Tom Sipos 7 Adam Extance 6 Jack Hall 6 Martin Knuckey 6 Rikki Mullins 6 Ben Basford 5 Joe Exley 5 Stefan Farnaby 5 Ryan MacDonald 5 Jamie Couzins 4 Ronan Atkinson 2 Lewis Griggs 2 Chris Neame 1