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STOKE v DUDLEY - MEETING OFF There will NOT be a restaging and no meeting at Stoke next week. See you all in 2011

Well, Claus wasn't at Eastbourne so have the MC refused his inclusion in the Panthers 1-7? I thought there was a rule of not allowing riders back if they were in the 1-7 during the previous season. Mind you, that rule gets bent quite a lot these days. All gone very quiet now!

Apparently they both appealed and the fines were changed: Nicholls - His toys were ordered back into his pram and will stay there for probationary period of six months. Emil - His dummy was confiscated and will be locked up for one year. Both were sentenced to 3 months in an open kindergarten. Stop press...both have had their Equity cards suspended for over acting.

STOKE are holding a training session this Sunday 12.00 - 3.30pm. Please call Dave Tattum if you are interested (07789 028003).

Take more water with it mate

The 250 races are the ones in the right hand column.

In mitigation for the organisers of the format, there is no easy way to do it with 10 riders. The ideal numbers are 8 or 16. So, either you tell two of them they can't race or you find 6 more. The problem with the latter is that to boost it to 16 you could be putting riders in who are not ready. Not an ideal format, but just to see the lads performing was great. Also, no riders were 16 as I had a copy of the sheet giving all the dates of birth. Youngest was 11 and oldest 15.

I have sent the scan to everyone who PM'd me, but one failed to deliver. If any haven't arrived just PM me again and I'll resend. cheers Ian

I was the announcer at the meeting last night at Stoke. If anyone would like a scan of the completed meeting scorecard please PM me your email and I'll send you one later. Cheers Ian

I'm pretty sure that it is the ex Swedish world champion Ander Michanek. I remember having his autograph in the past and the surname was always curtailed like this.