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BWDouble, I didn’t twig immediately that you were a Buxton fan. Now that I have, be proud of your team. The Hitmen have punched considerably above their weight over the years. There’s that clean sweep of major honours in 2010, I’m sure there was another KO Cup somewhere, plus all those Riders’ Championship winners. The Hitmen have contributed some great riders to British Speedway and are perhaps more than any other team, what speedway’s third tier is all about. It’s an achievement in itself for the Hitmen to come to the tapes in 2014. The Air Fence issue could have oh so easily sent the club the same way as the Isle Of Wight (fingers crossed for a positive result tonight), but Buxton is still there in the NL, which is fabulous news. You can bet your bottom dollar that Jayne and co are putting together the best team they can for 2014. Even if it’s not challenging for honours (which is tough to do at the moment; they are some very strong NL teams about), as long as it’s a side that does its best to win, provides entertainment via some ever improving youngsters, and gives a bigger team a bloody nose every now and then. Personally, once the fixtures are released, one journey I will be intending to make from Oxford will be to see the Hitmen v Stags match, because I really enjoy watching speedway at the Hi-Edge Raceway. All the best Rob

Hold on, I didn't say any team goes into a meeting to lose. They all go into each meeting to win. But this league is not about signing star names. It's about signing riders with potential, who improve week-on-week. And that makes it all more pleasurable when a rider does win his first NL race, or when the team come on top against supposed stronger opposition. All the best Rob Absolutely. And it was great when Buxton swept all before them in 2010 - much deserved. All the best Rob

Isn't this the National League? - if you haven't got top riders, you simply train up some top riders. It isn't a league where winning is the be-all and end-all. All the best Rob

The score is immaterial when we're riding Cradley in any case, because it's just Scunthorpe A vs Scunthorpe B. (Just to point out, I don't have any problem with the make-up of the Cradley team at all ) All the best Rob

No it won't, we'll go up there and give the place a good tidy up before it gets too bad. We'll see just how long the stadium owners can play the long game with a 50m debt hanging over their heads... All the best Rob

RIP Alf Weedon. All the best Rob

Out of my list, I never saw Briggo either, and only saw Mauger in the 1980s (i.e. when he was finally on the way down). It's always tricky to do an all-time list, when you're only started to watch speedway from a certain date. In particular, I did give thought to some of the pre-war greats - Bluey Wilkinson was very close to being included. All the best Rob

Just to clarify that while it is a partnership between the two clubs, ALL the Stags home meetings will take place at Scunthorpe's Eddie Wright Raceway. There's been several people who have formed the idea that home meetings will be shared, probably because of the previous link-up with Sheffield in 2011 when that did happen. In this case, ALL the home meetings take place at Scunthorpe. All the best Rob

It's difficult when I have't seen some of them but: Ove Fundin Hans Nielsen Ivan Mauger Bruce Penhall Erik Gundersen Peter Craven Barry Briggs Vic Duggan All the best Rob

That's correct. There will be forthcoming Press Release (probably tonight) to explain this, but basically it's because it gets very dark & cold at the EWR early in the season, if the club run evening meetings. All the best Rob

Rubbish. Scunthorpe is full throttle and smooth, and has more passing than any other track in the UK. There are some outstanding tracks in the UK: Scunny, Somerset, Peterborough, King's Lynn etc. Unfortunately there's also some cr*p ones, where the track prep leaves so much to be desired. All the best Rob

In October 2012, Scunny had a 72-heat amateur meeting in the morning/afternoon and a 15-heat PL play-off match in the evening. Within the couple of hours between the amateur meeting and PL match, the track staff completely transformed the track, and the racing for the evening meeting was terrific. Rob Godfrey and the track staff work miracles with the Scunny track. All the best Rob

The amateur meeting at Scunthorpe on Sunday (Jan 12th) consisted of 103 races. Does anyone else know of any other meetings took place over more than 100 races, or is this a world record? All the best Rob

Ermmm... he was No 6 All the best Rob

I would choose a low number, because in the event of a complete tie between several riders in a GP, the one with the lowest number goes through. All the best Rob

Tai Woffinden. Rode half the season with a dodgy collarbone, and still racked up the GP points despite that. All the best Rob

Steve Worrall, Max Clegg and Danny Philipps? It's rather flattering that Cradley are trying to win the 2014 NL title with the 2012 Scunthorpe Saints riders. Might have to see if I can pop up a couple of times during the season. All the best Rob

Have we done something to upset you, Old Williamson? All the best Rob When did they shut? All the best Rob

The Oxford fans couldn't get a word out of the bloke. And a few years later, we found out why!!! All the best Rob

My subscription copies arrived earlier than usual... on the Tuesdays (Dec 24 and Dec 31). Another good reason to subscribe, I guess. Need to find time to tackle the Gary Havelock feature - this series has been tremendous. All the best Rob

And Erith... nowhere as usual... eh Williamson? All the best Rob

Apologies for that - it was supposed to all go out at the same time (last Thursday - an update to the website did say that the news was now going to be out within the next fortnight rather than the next week), but some computer problems put paid to that. Sorry - we do try to co-ordinate the news between the Telegraph, Speedway Star and the Press Releases, but it all slipped out of sync this time. But let's concentrate on the postivie, which is a very good new team sponsor for the Scunthorpe Scorpions. All the best Rob Peasley (Scunny Press Officer)

A very top heavy team. Might work, might not. All the best Rob

I find the site a fantastic resource. Looking forward to Parsloes third tier site as well. All the best Rob

There wasn't a points limit as such, it was a grading system, based on age as much as averages. It's how Scunthorpe were able to retain the vast bulk of the 2006 team for 2007. Very strange league in 2007. Scunthorpe, thanks to the grading system, put a team together no-one could get close to. The league's best rider (Tai Woffinden) was only a Grade 6, as was Josh Auty. In turn, Oxford had a side which the next strongest - nowhere as near as strong as Scunny, but more powerful than the rest of the teams. It led to some very lopsided scores - Oxford 71 Sittingbourne 21 and Oxford 70 Cleveland 18 spring to mind. And I think Scunny had the best-ever away win recorded in a league match (at Sittingbourne?). I remember being team manager for Oxford at Scunthorpe in 2007. We got battered. I think we lost 35-58. Rob Godfrey came up to me after the meeting, shook my hand and congratulated us on being the best visitors there that season. Grading systems just do not work - and create more of an inequality than a points limit. Having said that, the 2007 Scunthorpe side were a joy to watch, with so many talented youngsters in one team (which is what the grading system rewarded). The current points limit would prevent a team that strong being assembled in the National League again. All the best Rob