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Well the weather has been cloudy all day, but luckily its stayed dry, should be a cracker of a meeting, im just setting off, hopefully we can get a double figure lead, to take to the 2nd leg. Ommer Um.

Looking at wednesdays forecast it may well prove to be next wednesday, bcuz it doesnt look good.

Tomorrow sees the visit of the in form Young Stars, with the first Monmore Wood visit of Robert Lambert, who is being touted in some quarters as the new "Woofy"and backed up by Lewis Kerr, those two are arguably the strongest top two in the NL. The Heathens will need to be at there very best to take some sort of defendable lead to Norfolk the following night, in my opinion we will need at the very least a double points lead to defend in the return leg. I think we will be in for some exciting racing, and even without Robert Lambert a big crowd would be guaranteed, but Im sure many neutral Speedway fans will want to see the first appearance of Robert Lambert in the West Midlands. Good luck to all the riders, stay safe, and hopefully we will be in the form to "Ommer Um" maybe not by 20 or so, but hopefully a teen figure lead, the Young Stars will be tough, probably the toughest of all, because i expect the winners of this, to go on and win The KO Cup. Teams, DUDLEY: Paul Starke, Gareth Isherwood, Ashley Morris, Max Clegg, Lewis Blackbird, Dan Greenwood, Nathan Greaves. KING’S LYNN: Robert Lambert, Lewis Rose, Darren Mallett, Jake Knight, Lewis Kerr, Shane Waldron, Shane Hazelden, if Lewis Rose is unfit, then RR will operate.

I also notice that he is not in The British Under 19 Final at Coventry, i have no idea why that is so, as i would have expected to see, the best of our under 19,s in the line up.

Thanks for that Mr Presenter, now i can understand what some supporters are moaning about, Three riders 3 points between them, and no extra rides for Dan G, long way to go to see your Team lose, and riders to have practice.

Anyone got the points scorers from the meeting please ?.

Cant believe no-one has put up a topic yet, so before i go to work, here it is. Im going for a narrow away win for The Heathens.

Looking at the League Table, if Buxton beat IOW by only 6 points or less, this coming Sunday, then IOW qualify for the Play Offs, if they beat them by more than 6 points it goes down to Buxtons final League meeting, where they need a win by more than 6 points. Basically Buxton need 2 x wins by more than 6 points, so this weekend is all important for Buxton and IOW.

Put me down for The 2 Dudley riders, It will be a pleasure to sponsor them Lorro. I actually might have a tenner on Farloe Tango in the Greyhound TV trophy Wednesday night, see if i can get some more for my money.

All i can say BB is Buxton have a meeting at home this week versus IOW, and by a process of elimination they have a final meeting, i am 99% sure, it is against Stoke.

Should be a good meeting in prospect, and what Im really pleased to see, is Tom Perry seeming to be over his latest injury, and if he is fully fit, then The Islanders fans are in for a treat, I know the big sweeping bends on the Island will suit Tom down to the ground, and there is nothing more exciting than seeing a fit, confident Perry making his wide outside passes, I believe the Islanders management are very pleased with Dazza, but they havent yet seen the best of TP. Kings will believe they can win this, but can Stevie B overcome his recent engine gremlins, can young Jack stay on for 4 laps, those two will dictate how close this meeting will be for Kent Kings, because Im sure Ben,Benji and David should be good for half a dozen points apiece.

Waco, if your guys gate against The IOW, anything is possible, our gating won it for us over at the Island, and to be honest outside of Blackie and Starkie, we are not renowned for it, but as you know The Islanders are a completely different proposition on there own Track. I have a soft spot for Kings and The Islanders,as can be proved by my visits to both of your Tracks this season, and a bigger difference in Tracks you wont find anywhere. I from a purely selfish point of view hope The Islanders win, i prefer to see them in the Play Offs, and hope then The Heathens choose Mildenhall, because that puts IOW against The Kings Lynn Young Stars, and i think The IOW can stop the late season charge of Lambert, Kerr and Co.

And at the end what would you say ? It looked a real dogfight down in Kent today, and it looks a fair result in the end, Kent took the win, and IOW took the away point, which in the final points countdown could prove vital. Kents Jack Kingston continues to improve his 9 paid 12 from six rides were interspersed with the usual fall, and EF,when this boy learns how to stay on, or when and where to overtake he will be a real match winner for Kent in 2014, and for me he has been there real find for Kent Kings, yes Stevie B has stolen most of the headlines,but Jack has come on in leeps and bounds, when i saw him guest for Stoke last season, he looked a steady rider, but nowadays he is anything but.

Usually if i remember correctly he was last by the end of the 2nd lap, but yes he certainly entertained us.

Hmmm, i was there didnt see any trouble..Impressed with Lewis Kerr & JJ, also our own Maxy Clegg, Nathan is having no luck at all, at the moment, only bad luck, good win and a battling performance from Storm, the reserves were the difference.

Im still trying to understand, the thinking behind this, Stefan has earned his place it the rebels Team, and did not deserve to be dropped, obviously he had upset someone, because this cannot be justified by the points he has scored. I think the management need to come out, and clear up the real reason behind this. I cannot see the 2 replacements scoring any more than Stefan would have done.

Now if The Storm could manage to win this meeting, that would put them on 22 pts, and would ensure the qualifiers going down to the wire, IOW currently have 18pts with 3 meetings left Kent home and away, plus Buxton away, i can see a home win against Kent,but away ?. Buxton currently have 13 pts with 4 meetings to ride, away to The Heathens, and home meetings against Mildenhall, IOW, and i think Stoke, i take Buxton to win all 3 but only a 2 point win against Mildenhall, and amazingly after so long being winless, Kent are still in with an outside chance, if they won there three remaining fixtures. So if Storm could win, it would certainly put the pressure on for that last qualifying place.

I was directly in line with the starting line, same level as the fast food bar, above that was seats, and behind them was the refs box, and immediately above what appeared to be a tunnel, i never walked down to see what was there. The announcements are not very clear, and there was breaking up of the voice, as waco said you have to try to listen to make sense of the announcements, for a speedway follower, you can make some sense out of them, but for a newcomer, it could prove difficult to follow.

An amazing decision by the Somerset management, i think there has to be more to this than meets the eye, Tough on Stefan he has had a good first season at Somerset, he wont be without a Team for long.

Good post KWG, I dont share your confidence, about it being ours to lose. The reasoning i dont share it are Robert Lambert, Lewis Kerr, and Lewis Rose, whilst Shane Hazelden being at reserve is a complete mystery to me, he has all the ability, the Monmore Track like Kents isnt the easiest track to overtake on, and KL have a few gaters in there ranks. When the Young Stars visited Monmore LR scored 14 from reserve, Shane Hazelden scored 7 in the main Team, in addition KL have Jake Knight and Darren Mallett both well capable of scoring double figure scores reguarly, they are the Team who in my opinion are most likely to stop us winning the KO Cup and League, they have all round strength, and an outstanding rider in Robert Lambert, we perhaps slightly edge it in the all round aspect. Back to Kent, you have a tremendous set up down there, and i fully expect you to be challenging for NL honours next season, yes i do expect you to remain NL for at least one more season, if only to recoup the cost of setting up The Track, buying an air fence etc, etc. Then in your 3rd season i think you will be looking PL, but you have the potential, and crowds to be in the highest ranking Speedway in the UK. I was well impressed easy to get to Track, outstanding facilities, friendly crowd, just one little complaint, that speaker system, i did overhear the same complaint from one of your own supporters when i was leaving the Stadium, all in all you can be well pleased with your first season at Central Park, and heres wishing you have many more of them. Here is a little twit bit of useless information for you, your Chairman Roger Cearns, his family i am 99% sure used to run Wimbledon Speedway/Stadium back in the day, so its definately in his blood.

I can confirm, that was was correct, Oh and we must remember Nathans pass on Benji, which had to be rerun, in response to Bryn, NO when the red lights came on, Im not 100% sure what the positions were, when they crossed the line, Nathan was half a wheel in front. There was no passing until there appeared an outside line, when Ash, and Jack found some drive out there, Starkie tried but just couldnt get past any Kings riders, and when Kings did miss the gate Jack excepted found the same problem. In response to Manchesterpaul, yes it was a good crowd, the Car Parks was full 20 minutes before Tapes up, Stands were pretty near full, Im thinking there were probably around 100/150+ Heathens fans scattered around the Stadium, on all 4 sides so difficult to guesstimate. Chatting to a NEW Kings supporter, he enjoyed the meeting, as i explained how points were awarded.

Firstly well done Kent Kings, a superb all round Team performance, deserved winners, again impressed by young Jack Kingston, very impressive Stadium and set up, for The Heathens though they all gave it there best shot, we were not at the meeting when it came to gating, completely outgated by Kings, threw away a few points notably in Heat 2 when Nathan lost it on the first/second bend, and Ash couldnt hold it on the same bend, when he had just got the bettter of Ben Morley, lost a few points when BABS Horley ordered a rerun of Heat 14, when Jack lost it on the 1st/2nd bend last lap, Heathens crossed the line on a 5-1, in the rerun Kent took a 3-3 with Jack excluded. All in all a good meeting which was NOT spoiled by a couple of incidents which i will comment on; firstly Steve Boxall, good rider, but absolutely no need for the punch he threw at Ashley Morris, after the race, when Ashley split the Kent pair who were on a 5-1, and YES there were lots of Cheers in the Grandstand when Ashley fell in his race with Ben Morley, they did however applaud when he eventually got to his feet. I would have liked to have seen this meeting with a fully fit Steve Boxall, and Heathens Lewis Blackbird. Prior to the meeting i thought it was a mistake to go with RR, and not a guest, i think i am right in saying our RR rides gained 2 points. Once again well done Kent, not the pushovers some thought they might be.

Just about to start on my way, first time i have ever used a sat nav, i hope whoever is riding, they stay safe, and we have an enjoyable meeting, this wont be an easy meeting for The Heathens, with Boxall i give Kent a slight edge, without him, it has to be The Heathens.

Im pretty sure if Steve has half a chance to ride he will do, we all know what these Speedway riders are like, Hope to see you on Track Steve, even if it is against my Team.

1 Dudley 7 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 395 244 23 2 Mildenhall 10 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 456 449 20 3 King's Lynn 11 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 498 506 20 4 Coventry 13 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 3 586 605 19 5 Isle of Wight 10 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 490 419 18 6 Buxton 9 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 420 410 13 7 Kent 10 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 418 503 9 8 Stoke 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 305 432 3 That is the League Table without Todays meetings, so its still between Kings Kynn, IOW, and Buxton, for 2 0f the last 3 play Off places, of course Mildenhall could still drop to 5th, but highly unlikely, just as its still mathematically possible for Kent to qualify, thats why today I think The Heathens had a few IOW and KL fans hoping they would win today.