Mimmo

For all those folk who like to know the full details, as Main Man has been out of the country, I'll post what I know for you. CASTLEFORD 16 1. Daniel Phillips 3-2-2* = 7+1 2. Tom Bacon 0-0-2 = 2 3. Michael Neale FD-3-3 = 6 4. Liam Sanderson FD-1-FD = 1 MILTON KEYNES 19 1. Sam Chapman 2-FD-3-F = 5 2. Rider Replacement 3. Jeremy Pestell 2*-1-2-1 = 6+1 4. Shaun Tedham 1*-3-3-1 = 8+1 1) Phillips, Chapman, Tedham, Bacon 3-3, 3-3 2) Tedham, Pestell, Neale (FD), Sanderson (FD) 0-5, 3-8 3) Tedham, Phillips, Pestell, Bacon 2-4, 5-12 4) Neale, Pestell, Sanderson, Chapman (FD) 4-2, 9-14 5) Chapman, Bacon, Tedham, Sanderson (FD) 2-4, 11-18 6) Neale, Phillips, Pestell, Chapman 5-1, 16-19 RYE HOUSE 20 1. Danno Verge 2-3-1* = 6+1 2. Danny Ayres F-FD-3 = 3 3. Niall Strudwick 3-1*-2 = 6+1 4. Rob Watts 1-2-2* = 5+1 SHEFFIELD 15 1. Adam Kirby 3-3-3 = 9 2. Dan Miles N-0-0 = 0 3. Ben Holloway 2-2-0 = 4 4. Ben Hewitt 0-1*-1 = 2+1 1) Kirby, Verge, Ayres (Fell), Miles (NS) 2-3, 2-3 2) Strudwick, Holloway, Watts, Hewitt 4-2, 6-5 3) Verge, Holloway, Hewitt, Ayres (FD) 3-3, 9-8 4) Kirby, Watts, Strudwick, Miles 3-3, 12-11 5) Ayres, Watts, Hewitt, Miles 5-1, 17-12 6) Kirby, Strudwick, Verge, Holloway 3-3, 20-15

Should the topic not be Rye House v Sheffield, I don't remember Stoke being advertised anywhere??

I went to the British Youth Championship at Leicester last night, and the crowd levels were higher than those that I've seen at Ipswich, Rye House & Scunthorpe in the Premier League. The folk up there really got behind the kids big time, and programmes were sold out long before the start. Absolutely great to see.

You're more than welcome, I will ALWAYS Publicise any form of junior meetings when possible, as the majority of the riders are an important part of our sports future.

KING'S LYNN 22 1. Adam Kirby 3-3-3-N = 9 2. Layne Cupitt 1-2*-N-0 = 3+1 3. Alec Wright 3-3-3 = 9 4. Ryan Kinsley 1-0-0 = 1 (Team manager: - Wayne Dunworth) STOKE 14 1. Sam Woods 2-2-2 = 6 2. Sam Ward 0-1*-1* = 2+2 3. Adam Sheppard FD-R-1* = 1+1 4. David Holt 2-1-2 = 5 (Team manager: Mike Gittings) 1) Kirby, Woods, Cupitt, Ward 4-2, 4-2 66.76 2) Wright, Holt, Kinsley, Sheppard (FD) 4-2, 8-4 65.63 3) Kirby, Cupitt, Holt, Sheppard (Ret) 5-1, 13-5 66.48 4) Wright, Woods, Ward, Kinsley 3-3, 16-8 65.67 5) Kirby, Holt, Ward, Kinsley, Cupitt (NS) 3-3, 19-11 66.10 6) Wright, Woods, Sheppard, Cupitt, Kirby (NS) 3-3, 22-14 65.21

Thanks for all that Veterancub, it make a bit more sense to me now. Good to see Redcar are running a series of challenge matches, it's important to keep these lads on track as much as possible. I've now got to send the results of the King's Lynn v Stoke (MDL) meeting through to the BSPA website, so I'll thanks once again, and good night. Regards Mike

I do the polite thing by respecting my elders, and say well done. Best Wishes Potted!!

No chance mate.......OUR.......Max will be really up for this one.

I've got about six left I think but it's pointless buying dentures because with living in the same county as you, I can always borrow yours if I need to have a photo taken. Enjoy this evening, and just remember that coming second doesn't sound as bad as saying you finished last .

Haha you're quite right Veterancub, as I had already posted to Boz some half an hour before you made your sarcastic remarks against me, I'd realised my mistake and admitted it to him. Thanks by the way for posting the winning times, they are much appreciated. Okay, can I ask you for your help please? It's been reported on the BSPA website, that the 2nd leg of the NJL Cup Final will double-up with the league match at Berwick on the 21st June. Obviously there was a Berwick 'A' and Berwick 'B' in the NJL Cup competition, and operated with different riders and team-manager, so does this mean that when Berwick ride their league fixtures, 'A' & 'B' will become one and utilise the services of all the riders that represented them in both groups of the cup? That is a genuine question that I don't know the answer to, as I don't know how many riders each club are allowed to have in their squads, that's if there is a limit. Thank you for your anticipated help.

No worries mate, thanks a lot. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Thanks TMW, I'm certainly looking forward to the meeting, and I'll leave the brolly at home!!!!

A great service, thanks a lot Boz. Hi again Boz, I don't know if you can help with this, but I originally understood that because this fixture was postponed on the 27th March and then again on the 3rd April, that the result had been declared as an 18-18 draw, with each side getting 1-point. I'm totally confused!!! Okay Boz, forget my last posting, I've just realised that this was Final against the second Berwick team. All the Best.

Thanks for all that info Laurence. I shall see Adam Sheppard in the Red & White of Stoke tonight. Laurence, The riders points chart shows Dan Miles scoring 3-points from two rides, but the heat details show him as 4-points from three rides. Also the riders points chart shows Alex Wilson scoring 3-points from rides, but the heat details show him as 2-points from one ride. Would you be good enough to advise what is right please. Ta much. Mike

Hope you're soon feeling much better Dale. I'm still struggling with my cracked ribs, but am feeling much better in myself now that most of the internal bruising has gone. Thanks very much for the MDL line-ups they are much appreciated. I have to smile though, because I could almost pick the visiting side myself, as Adam Sheppard (not Shepherd) often pops up, although not so much this year and Sam Woods has ridden for every club against us so far this year, with the exception of Buxton!! I expected Lee Geary to be in there too. As you say, Martin's charges aren't here tonight, but two of them have represented his side in the KO Cup, against...........US. I'm not trying to pick holes here mate, but to do the rider justice, his name is Layne Cupitt. Now then, is Scooter Webster his real name? If he'd been Lambretta Webster, that would have sounded quite feasible, but come on, lets get real over this Seriously though, lets home for a good one tonight in front of a sizeable crowd, and hey here's a thought, if Rory Schlein is going to grow his beard for a charity, I wonder if a certain gentleman (note MV, I called you a gentleman) would let you cut his ponytail off for the same worthwhile cause????? Well he lives a little bit in land from Great Yarmouth itself, but I know what you mean. What's the local weather forecast for your area tomorrow, as I intend coming up to the British Youth Championship if it's favourable (another junior meeting that doesn't seem to have been given much publicity). I might be wrong as I've only briefly flicked through the pages, but apart from the fixtures section, I don't recollect seeing it mentioned in the Speedway Star this week, although I'd stand to be corrected on that one. Still never mind if it hasn't, there's loads of foreign and grasstrack news, which is more important!!!!!!

Yes, news does seem to be slow these days filtering through about NL meetings, but on this occasion it might be because Dale has been a bit under the weather. There may of course be some information on Facebook, but the like of you and I forget to look on there!!!! As you suggested it might be, it's a nice sunny and warm morning here in West Norfolk, and is forecast to remain like that for most of the day, although there might be a short shower at some stage (probably between 7.30-10.00pm ). Gates open at the usual time of 6.30pm, and not 6.00pm as shown on the clubs official press release, and the line-ups are as follows: - KING'S LYNN: 1) Max Clegg 2) Darren Mallett 3) James Cockle 4) Marc Owen 5) Kyle Hughes 6) Josh Bailey 7) Scott Campos STOKE: 1) Ben Wilson 2) Chris Widman 3) Ben Hopwood 4) R/R 5) Jon Armstrong 6) Rob Shuttleworth 7) James McBain There is also a Midland Development League fixture in the 2nd half, but your guess is as good as mine as to who will actually be riding for the the two teams. Publicity for that is no where to be found, which is sad really. We should be giving these meetings maximum publicity, but very few clubs seem to. As for the main event, it looks to be a cracker, with every rider looking to be more or less the equivilant of his opposing number, and has all the makings of being one of the best National League meetings the Norfolk Arena will see this season (I shall say that for the next meeting of course ). I'm not sure off hand whether Ben Wilson is still the Bronze Helmet holder or not, but if he is, then there's the prospect that that could be the property of a King's Lynn rider by bedtime too. Tonight will be the fourth time the clubs have met each other on league business over the years at the Norfolk Arena, with the 'Potters' having won two out of the previous three clashes, so the home side will be anxious to level the spoils. With large amounts of normal King's Lynn fans staying at home on Wednesday because the Elite League side were on TV, it's to be hoped that they will come along tonight to receive their weekly fix of LIVE speedway. It's gonna be good, miss it at your peril.

Could you let me have the heat details at some point please mate, as I need to know how many firsts, seconds, thirds and last places each rider had. I realise it was late when you got home, and you just wanted to get to bed. Thanks Mike

Like you Martin, I had no idea that STR had a Facebook page, and it didn't even cross my mind to look on there, nor will I. I also agree that using Facebook is a retrograde step, and once again like you, I find it difficult to interpret. As for Twitter, well we won't even go with that one!! I'm like Bryn, I haven't got an all-singing, all dancing mobile phone, because quite honestly I wouldn't know how to use one, nor would I have the time to spend playing around with it all the time even if I did. I'm afraid Facebook has/is taking over peoples lives. You've only got to walk around town and observe how many people are glued to their mobile phone, rather than watching where they are walking, its become an absolute obsession. Last Christmas we had a lot of people round to dinner, and ALL the younger generation, plus a couple of older, actually sat at the dinner table playing with the damn things whilst eating their meal. When a question was asked of them all you got back was "Sorry I didn't hear what was said". It was so ridiculous, that two of them were texting each other sitting almost opposite each other, so they've obviously lost the art of conversation. One rider said to me last year, along with a promoter, that they now only use Facebook as they got fed up with being slagged off on a forum. That to me is total nonsense, because it's just as easy to slag someone off on Facebook as it is on a Forum, and is a lot easier for the world and his friend to read about too. I understand messages can be sent privately on Facebook, but once again, I don't know how to do that, although in this instance I think you do, as I think you contacted me once to enquire how my wife was progressing. I'm stuck with the old-fashioned e-mails I'm afraid (at least I've advanced from Snail Mail), but even with that system, I'm beginning to find it more and more difficult to get people to respond to me, and I can only assume it's because their noses have been super-glued to the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phones. Anyway, enough moaning from me. It's time to put speedway to bed for the day, as I've got a bowls report to write for a local village club followed by some work for the Tommy Steele Fan Club (yep, I'm involved with that). All the Best Mike

Well that was certainly a full in depth reply!!! As I was under pressure to take her who should be obeyed to the shops if the speedway was off, I didn't have time to go searching round places like Facebook, which I don't get on with anyway very well. Why should I anyway, when the facility is on the the BSF and always has been. It's now 12.30pm and I guess it's time for us both to take our midday pills. See you sometime. Mike

Search as I might, I just can't locate the riders points and more importantly heat details from this meeting. I understand that Coventry won 24-12, but that's the only information I can find, can anybody help PLEASE????

Any news please anybody, as it's tipping it down here, and I don't want a wasted journey? Okay, I've just found out that the meeting has been cancelled. What on earth has happened with the BSF? It used to be full of information about amateur meetings, but these days gives minimal coverage.

Is it still planned for this meeting to go ahead, or has the heavy rain in the past 24-hours deemed it impossible? Thank You.

I hope both sides enjoy an entertaining and safe meeting this evening. As you know Malcolm, it was a meeting I was very much looking forward to travelling up to, in the hope of seeing a 'Young Stars' win, but unfortunately for me, I've broken some ribs, and am in to much pain to drive. No, I hadn't been on the amber nectar, I just fell in the garden......huh, who said speedway was dangerous!!!! Regards Mike

Hi jimbobswales, could you possibly clear up a query for me please? The NJL website says that the Berwick 'B' v Northside (19/4) resulted in a 17-13 win for the home side, with Heat 5 being a declared result due to an accident. However, referee Willie Dishington has forwarded the result through as Berwick 'B' 14 Northside 10 to the SCB, with the scored being declared at the conclusion of Heat 4. Do you have any idea why there should be a difference in the two understandings of what happened, and importantly which version of events is the correct one. Thank you in anticipation for your time and help. Best Wishes Mike Me again jimbobswales. With regards to the Workington v Berwick meeting on the 3rd May, referee Dave Dowling says the result was Workington 14 Berwick 'B' 20. The report in the Speedway Star this week shows the result as being Workington 15 Berwick 'B' 20. The difference in opinion centres around George Rothery (Workington), because the Speedway Star says the rider scored 2+2 from 3-rides, but the referee claims his total was 1+1 from 3-rides. According to the programme, George retired in Heat 2, finished third behind his team mate in Heat 4 before suffering another retirement in Heat 6. If, and I only say if, the referee is correct on both this particular query, and the one mentioned in my previous post, then I'd make the Group 2 table looking like this: - TEAM M W D L F A PTS +/- Berwick B 2 2 0 0 34 24 4 10 Workington 2 1 0 1 32 37 2 -5 Northside 2 0 0 2 27 32 0 - 5 Speedway Star has published. Berwick B 2 2 0 0 37 28 4 9 Workington 2 1 0 1 33 37 2 -4 Northside 2 0 0 2 30 35 0 - 5 Please don't think I'm trying to pick holes with anyone because I'm not. But there are clearly two versions of what actually happened, and I'm interested to know for my own records which is correct, as will Peter Oakes for next years Speedway Yearbook of course. Thanks once again for your anticipated help and understanding. All the Best Mike

Sorry Speedball, I know nothing about him other than he was born on the 6th April 1990.