Paulco

Stayed in Berwick overnight , got the 11-22 train up , never seen any rain till just past Motherwell . On the brightside , it was a brilliant afternoon in the Horseshoe Bar , i'm not long home

That was minging and freezing . Speedway should be a summer sport , freezing our bollocks off watching that rubbish shoukld be a criminal offence . Bellego and Vissing were untouchable , but against us that isnt saying a lot . Wolbert turned in yet another disappointing performance , luckily Berwick's number one was equally as minging . Harrison gated and was gone in his first ride and that basically was it , Theo was equally as ineffective . Only our youngsters , Berge and Thomsen , were up for the fight and willing to mix it . Best race of the night , and only actual race , was heat 14 . Lemon gated and was that slow in front that the other 3 riders couldnt fail to be breathing down his neck and Wethers eventually wore him down . Freezing cold night with boring racing , not really what the paying public want

Must be earthshattering stuff then

Even us ?

The ex Bandit , if only briefly , would be Theo Pijper . Always love going to Berwick , start at the Brewers Arms - then round the corner to the Leaping Salmon - then over the bridge to the Queen's Head and finally arriving at the Black and Gold about 5 o clock . Do we care if we win or lose , well maybe a little bit . The craic on the terraces is always brilliant though .

Jenga never disappoints

You should know by now the Speedway Star canny do owt right for certain ones on here .

It's the main reason i go and when the helmets and gloves come off and two players are thumping each other , the crowd loves it . Braehead v Fife is a real hate match and it's no co-incidence the last time they played at Braehead it was a 3,600 sell out at the Arena . Back to Richard Hall , okay maybe he should have helped Auty to his feet before thumping him , but heat of the moment makes us all act irrationally .

I wasn't there , maybe Auty deserved it . Not the first time Auty's exuberance has ended in tears

Why ? That's quality stuff from Hall . We need more of that in speedway , nothing gets the crowd going more than a known villian thumping somebody . Might get the fans back through the turnstiles if they thought they might get a bit of contraversy . Newport v Glasgow the night before Cardiff used to be packed to the rafters and i'll bet a good percentage of the crowd only went because they knew something contraversial usually happened in that fixture .

Unless you're a top rider blessed with divine ability , like a Shane Parker , not many number ones lower themself to try and shephard home a team mate of much lesser ability .

Darcy is just misunderstood , he's not thick and he never had sex with that woman . Robert Lambert however is a modern day Oswald Mosley and should be punished under the treason act .

Two meetings then

But they live in their own micro climate dont forget

Good early call off , saves people hanging on . The rain is torrential and is showing no signs of stopping

Surprised at Jensen , he was supposed to be the trump card at reserve for Berwick

Welcome to my world lol

Hopefully catch up with you and your mates on the back straight tomorrow , but you're right the forecast isn't hopeful

you're probably right , the Comets look the part . But the rain has to stop before anything can happen

Not yet , we're using the hospitality cabin on the fourth bend at the moment . But surely by August we'll have something better

yes it does

Well keep me informed , do you still have my mobile number ?

i wouldn't read too much into that result either George . By all accounts the track was weather affected and it was more the Bandits being minging than the Monarchs being good . Samantha Fox had no last places which pretty much proves that . Hoping last week was just a bit of a rider having a slow start to the season , he'll have to be more on it this week as it's an official home meeting now

A real toughie for us this Sunday as we entertain the Comets . They look an outstanding side and are justifiably looked upon as favourites for this season's title . But that's not to say we cant beat them on Sunday , but our gating will have to be raised a notch or two from last weekend . Comets have three returning ex-Tigers in Josh Grajczonek , Mason Campton and Chris Mills plus our favourite guest at the dump , Ricky Wells . No idea the riding order the Comets will use , as we dont know who's riding for who one week to the next these days , but we should be along the same lines as last week . The Red Alert newsletter wasn't forthcoming with team make ups .

But by god it was cold there brrrrrr