Paulco

Familiar tale on our travels this season . Why do we run out of steam at the end of these meetings ?

We're in new ground for this kind of thing . We had tickets for Berwick v Glasgow last Saturday, which was rained off , and we got refunded by the Tuesday without having to do anything . I'm sure Glasgow will be the same , just keep an eye on your bank account

Sorry you had a wasted journey , was brilliant sunshine all week up until ten minutes before the tapes were due to go up . Nobody could really believe how hard it came down , we stayed for a few pints and within an hour the track could have probably held racing , bit too late though . Hope you can manage back one day and actually get to see some racing on our fantastic track

That was a downpour and a half . There was a Somerset KO Cup.match a few years ago.that got stopped in.similar monsoon conditions , but I think.the rain tonight was even worse than that day . Brilliant sunshine up until.7-20 , then that . You couldn't make it up.

Agreed , but the so called top league is a bit of a nonsense

I know , it's just amusing

So to be clear about this ......Berwick can't use r/r for Anderson because he hasn't rode a meeting for them this season , so they have to revert to using r/r for Garcia - who hasn't rode a meeting for them this season

Maybe they can use r/r for Makovsky as well , speedway rules are totally bonkers

The Tigers bandwagon rolls on this Friday when we entertain Plymouth . Be a nice change to have speedway royalty in opposition, but after watching Jason Crump struggle during Monday night's telly meeting , you wonder how fit he actually is . We welcome back Connor Bailey to the fold and hope he can hit the ground running to give us that bit of extra potency at reserve . Sam Jensen's early season form sees him move into the top 5 , with Justin Sedgmen dropping down . Shows how daft our league set up is when Sedgmen rides in the main body of the team for Sheffield in the 6 team nonsense , and rides at reserve in the Championship . Crazy . Anyway this should be a routine three points with Plymouth looking to have a long tail , but hopefully it's another cracker on the league's Premier circuit .

Had a great night in the Leaping Salmon , didn't miss the speedway at all . Be back at the end of July

Pumped

True , had paid for the train tickets and bed and breakfast so decided just to have a day out in Berwick anyway And it was raining when I got off the train at ten past one

Canny blame them , I wouldn't want to take us on without Leon Flint either

Going by our recent away fixtures , we'll need to be 14 points ahead by heat 13 to secure the points . So we'll need Summers and co to keep doing what they've been doing for another week yet .

Disappointed Tiger heading home , but today is why speedway is the best sport in the world , the best two teams in the league served up a classic on a brilliant track .

This kind of thing never works . Seems a good idea on paper , but there is always a reserve who improves out of all proportion . I would imagine there will be a few instances this season where a number 7 will be " injured " just before a tough fixture . Smith's injury is a legitimate one as he crashed during the week , but I admit circumstances have fallen favourably for us .

Not a bad meeting at all . Shame restrictions meant that the crowd was sparse because the racing deserved a better atmosphere . For us Cook was his usual dominant self , only losing his maximum to Wright from the coffin box gate 4 . He was well supported by Nicol , Ostergaard and Jensen . And a word about our guest , Danyon Hume , he was brilliant , and exciting to watch . For the Bears , Wright and Allen carried the main fight , but after all the Anders Rowe hype this season , he was very disappointing . The covid nonsense seemed to go smoothly and we were never harassed to wear a mask , which was good. On to Redcar on Sunday now

Visiting reserve outscores home number 1 and visiting reserve gets criticised ? Only in speedway

I have my ticket for Sunday and will be there . Its a joke I have to travel all over the country to see speedway when I'm not allowed into my local track

The deafening silence coming.out of Ashfield makes me think we'll still be watching the telly again on Friday night . Which is nonsense

Its an interesting experience going to a meeting as a neutral , you dont get wrapped up in the emotional side of things . Was impressed with how Berwick are coping with all the covid nonsense , it didn't seem like anything out of the ordinary being at a meeting . To be honest I didn't really notice that much difference in Berwick's track , but in saying that , there were some decent races , the highlight being Etheridge and Howarth in heat 12 . Don't think Berwick will come up against a better duo than Douglas and Morris again this season , so if Gappmaier continues his home form and Flint continues on his sharp upward curve , get Summers and Busk Jacobsen going and the Bandits will be a match for anybody .

PEntertaining enough meeting last night, Berwick's strength in depth overcoming Leicester's three man team . Leicester unable really to cope with r/r for Bates as only the Thompson Twins and the woeful Proctor able to cover his rides . Cant be too critical of the twins as they're just finding their feet at championship level , but when Leicester needed something in heat 14 , they had to go with Proctor . Heats 13 and 15 were nailed on 5-1's as Douglas and Morris were just about unstoppable. So heat 14 was their undoing .

Thats breathtakingly arrogant . Maybe those riders weren't at it because the opposition rode well and didn't allow them.to be at it

Yeah but they are on a speedway track tonight

What a prospect Ben Cook looks