lucifer sam

:party:

Paul Evitts crashing at Oxford... during the parade. He smashed into some of the other bikes, and was out a couple of weeks injured. Plus Peter York showing Marvyn Cox his damaged bike, with a mic on hand to capture Cocker's rather colourful response. All the best Rob "Tiny" (the chap inside the chicken) gave me a warning about Wee George last year. I'd told him I'd be fine. George gave me a big cuddle not long aftewards - I'm glad he never does that when I'm out of the suit Are you coming to Sunny Scunny tomorrow mate? All the best Rob

Paul, you could form a Scottish Superleague. They would be no restrictions on using riders already riding for English teams or elsewhere, so I would suggest teams of: Edinburgh Monarchs: 1. Craig Cook 2. Derek Sneddon 3. Two-track Tully 4. Rider replacement for THJ 5. The Fish 6. Aaron Fox 7. Bert Harkins Glasgow Tigers: 1. Tai Woffinden 2. Darcy Ward 3. Chris Holder 4. Niels-Kristian Iversen 5. Greg Hancock 6. Richard Lawson 7. Steve Lawson All the best Rob

Somerset police want them to be 30mph, but police authorities in Rugby insist they should be 50mph. All the best Rob

FIRST FRIDAY NIGHT FIXTURE AT EDDIE WRIGHT RACEWAY FLUIDAIR POWER Scunthorpe Scorpions stage their first Friday evening fixture of the season this week, entertaining 2011 Premier League champions Glasgow Tigers at the Eddie Wright Raceway (7.30pm). It will be the Scorpions’ second meeting in 24 hours, since they are also in action at local rivals Sheffield tonight (Thursday). New signing Nicolai Klindt will finally make his 2014 debut for the Scorpions on Friday. The Dane was due to ride at both Berwick and Peterborough in the last week, but both were rained off. Klindt is unavailable for the match at Sheffield, due to a Danish Final commitment, so Edinburgh’s Sam Masters will guest for the injured Anders Mellgren. Meanwhile, Australian Ty Proctor is set to make his long-awaited debut for Sheffield. Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey said: “We’re after points from both meetings. We’ve dispensed with rider replacement and we have seven men for each meeting. “We will do everything we can to try to win at Sheffield. We took an excellent 53-41 victory there in the League Cup, on a night that Josh Auty reigned supreme. The Tigers are a decent side themselves, and will be out to avenge that result. “We have riders who go well at Sheffield, and it would great to win at their place again. But, as a minimum, we need a point out of that meeting – we need to start picking up away points from our league matches.” Glasgow’s Anders Thomsen was injured in a race-curtailed meeting in Scotland on Sunday, and the Tigers bring in a familiar face as a guest at No 7 – Scunthorpe Stags’ captain Steve Jones. Godfrey added: “Against Glasgow, we need to take all three league points. “We’re not under-estimating Glasgow, by any means. But we’ve already dropped four points at home and we need to start scoring the maximum points from our meetings at the Eddie Wright Raceway. “Nicolai (Klindt) got used to riding at Scunthorpe last season, and this year I’m convinced he will hit the ground running. He can gate and he is a quality addition to the side. It will be good to track seven of our own riders again.” There are 24 heats of action in total on Friday night, with the nine-heat second half including a Midland Development League match between Castleford and Milton Keynes, featuring Stags’ Liam Sanderson and Sam Chapman. Admission prices for Friday: Adult: £15.00 Student/OAP: £13.00 Child (10 – 17): £5.00 Child (0 – 9) Free (accompanied by paying adult) Family Ticket £35 (2 adults, 2 Children 10-17) Match Programme: £1.00 Expected teams for Friday (English unless stated): FluidAir Power Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Josh Auty, 2. David Howe, 3. Nicolai Klindt (Denmark), 4. Ashley Birks, 5. Ryan Douglas (Australia), 6. Matt Williamson, 7. Thomas Jørgensen (Denmark) Glasgow Tigers: 1. Kevin Wolbert (Germany), 2. R/R for Dimitri Berge (France), 3. Mark Lemon (Australia), 4. Theo Pijper (The Netherlands), 5 Rusty Harrison (Australia), 6. Kasper Lykke Nielsen (Denmark), 7. Steven Jones. Midland Development League teams: Castleford: 1 .Danny Phillips, 2.Tom Bacon, 3. Michael Neale, 4. Liam Sanderson. Milton Keynes: 1.Sam Chapman, 2. Jack Hall, 3. Jez Pestell, 4. Shaun Tedham. Glasgow Tigers at EWR Ave Ave Best Name Lge M R Pts BP (no BP) (w BP) Performance Rusty Harrison PL 7 24 29 3 4.83 5.33 9 from 5 rides (2012) Mark Lemon PL 8 40 77 4 7.70 8.10 18 + 1 from 6 rides (inc 6 pts T/R (2009)) Kasper Lykke PL 2 11 10 4 3.64 5.09 7 + 3 from 6 rides (2013) Theo Pijper PL 5 23 30 4 5.22 5.91 10 + 2 from 5 rides (inc 4 pts T/R (2012)) Kevin Wolbert PL 5 22 34 2 6.18 6.55 9 + 2 from 5 rides (2011) GUEST RIDER Steven Jones DEBUT PL MEETING @ EWR Other Notes Rusty Harrison 2003 South Australian State Champion. 2001 Australian Under-21 Champion. Member of Workington's Premier League Fours Winning Teams in 2001, 2004 and 2006. Member of Workington's Young Shield Winning Team in 2010. Member of Belle Vue's Elite League KO Cup Winning Team in 2005. Mark Lemon Member of Exeter's Premier Trophy Winning Team in 2004. Member of Newcastle's Premier Trophy and Play-Off Winning Teams in 2010. Member of Newcastle's Premier Shield Winning Team in 2011. Kasper Lykke Made his Premier League debut for Rye House at Leicester in 2012. Helped his Country reach the 2011 European Under-19 Team Championship. Theo Pijper Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Championship Winning Team in 2003. Member of Glasgow's Premier League Championship Winning Team in 2011. Member of Swindon's Elite Shield Winning Team in 2009. Kevin Wolbert Twice German National Champion (2008, 2011) Has most recently rode in the Elite League in this Country for Poole, King's Lynn and Belle Vue. Rode as a member of the Poole Pirates Team that won the Elite League and KO Cup in 2011. GUEST - Steven Jones Current captain of the Scunthorpe Stags' 2014 National League Team. Has previously rode for both Edinburgh and Newcastle at Premier League level. Glasgow Tigers' Results at EWR 25 August 2008 PL L Scunthorpe 54 Glasgow 39 21 August 2009 PL L Scunthorpe 50 Glasgow 40 03 September 2010 PL L Scunthorpe 62 Glasgow 30 29 July 2011 PL L Scunthorpe 54 Glasgow 36 30 September 2011 PL(Ph 2) L Scunthorpe 57 Glasgow 38 11 May 2012 LC L Scunthorpe 40 Glasgow 34 21 September 2012 PL L Scunthorpe 54 Glasgow 37 28 June 2013 PL L Scunthorpe 59 Glasgow 35 * PLEASE note that the Premier League Knockout Cup clash between Peterborough Panthers and FluidAir Power Scunthorpe Scorpions will be re-staged next Tuesday (May 20).

Is that the same or different time as Wee George tackling the Somerset chicken? The mascot bloke, all seven foot of him, won't go around to the third and fourth bend during the Pairs any more - poor bloke is scared of Wee George All the best Rob

It won't make any difference. Edinburgh and Glasgow will still be able to race in the Premier League, whether Scotland is independant or not. Not that it's going to happen, in any case. The union was formed for a reason, that reason still exists, in that England and Scotland are more powerful and stronger as a combined force. All the best Rob

Indeed. Just had the exact situation explained and will make sure so does everyone else by late evening / early morning. All the best Rob

Wasn't that rule was junked before the 2011 season. Darcy Ward was injured at the start of the season but Poole still used R/R, at which point it become apparent the rule was no longer there. All the best Rob

Another 2 or 3 mins and I would have been off, so thanks. All the best Rob

Cheers PP. Was leaving setting off as late as possible. All the best Rob

Any weather updates? All the best Rob

https://twitter.com/SpeedwayScunny All the best Rob

Looking forward to this one. Neil, quick question, only requires a yes or no, has the "health and safety issue" been resolved? All the best Rob

Erm..... Leicester??????????????????? All the best Rob

I was.... a long time ago. All the best Rob

TWK, I thought you were knowledgeable about speedway in the 70s and 80s. Mick Fletcher was an Oxford Cheetah of 1980, 1981 and 1982. He took me around Cowley on his bike for my 8th birthday treat. All the best Rob

Have Peterborough come forward with a proper and full explanation as yet? They're not going to come out of this smelling of roses whatever they say, but they do need to be honest and open with the fans if they want them to show up next week. All the best Rob

Joe Owen, Steve Lawson, Tom Owen, John Jackson and Dave Perks. And Mick Fletcher of course. All the best Rob

Really enjoyed the NL meeting yesterday - best racing for a NL meeting at Scunny in 2014. Well done to the Devon Demons on a job well done. Meanwhile, the Scunny boys had a few problems, but still battled away. Arron Mogridge did well on his return and would have scored 9, had he not been feeling his injury and been forced to pull up in Heat 10. Although it was the sensible thing to do; better than trying to do the four laps and falling off because of it. Once he's fully fit, which he will be for the next Stags' fixtures, he'll score decent points. Very impressive stuff from young Liam Sanderson. He looks like he's cracked it. Good win over Richard Andrews in Heat 14. All the best Rob

Good meeting yesterday; not as good as Scunny vs Plymouth the week before, but still contained some good racing. I felt Scunny lost it at the beginning rather than the end - you can't give a team like Edinburgh a head start. Although Scunny edged back in front, with Cook out in 3 out of the last 5, Edinburgh had the advantage at the end. Scunny needed a points cushion after 10 races; that was never going to happen at 4-14 down after 3 races. R/R scored 3 paid 4 yesterday, including the TR! Nicolai Klindt will do much better than that. All the best Rob

The rolling start was in Heat 13, not Heat 11, but agree with all the other points. That race should have been stopped, while the NL meeting contained several races stopped for no good reason. Ref had a shocker, then again this particular ref always does. All the best Rob

Theo Pijper as a guest tonight (along with Mason Campton for TJ). All the best Rob

Easy away win. All the best Rob

Mimmo, Good post, although please note the Stags are no longer at Buxton on Sunday, May 11th. Scunthorpe agreed to move the fixture to August 24th to help other clubs. Meanwhile, I too will be travelling to one-off Stags meetings in 2014. In fact, I've already been to one - at Coventry. I have plans to go to several others as well. All the best Rob