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Absolutely huge miss you’re right. Bigger than Doyley in fact. Any replacement is likely scoring around 5 points less than Dan and that’s being generous. That’s a 10 point swing in the overall score right there. We’ve currently lost the two most important riders at both ends of the team. Let’s hope they’re back soon but more importantly, when they’re ready and properly fit.

I’m not convinced you’re right here. Guess we’ll find out sooner or later.

Another one.

They won’t no, but then why have that quoted rule? They’d just simply say use any rising star off the list who hasn’t already got a place. The question is, is his converted championship average used?

Is this right or wrong?

They can’t get the hourly bit right so I wouldn’t bother with the 15 minute bit 😂😉

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/forecast/u12b4ht3f#?date=2025-06-05 This has it petering out around 2pm and nothing after. Doesn’t actually look too bad there. As ever though, always a more reliable forecast on the actual day so let’s see what they say in the morning. I know I joked about wanting a rain off, but all jokes aside I hope it goes ahead. Hate postponements and I’d rather go and see a meeting tomorrow.

Met office now has rain from 7am, and now stopping at 2pm with no further rain all evening! It’s changing every half hour..

Well drizzle all day should help in that regard! Driest spring on record and a lot of tracks have suffered with dust and blue grooves this year it’s been that dry. Just depends how heavy the rain is, but it’s due to stop around 5/6 pm at the moment.

He doesn’t. You must have him confused with someone else. He was released by us a few years ago because in Louis’ own words, he just couldn’t get the hang of Foxhall and was so poor at home.

Forecast hasn’t improved. If anything it’s gotten a little worse. Met office has continuous rain from 8 in the morning until 5pm, BBC which tbf is the least reliable I find, has rain from 8am until 2am Friday morning. Forecast changes daily though so let’s see what the more accurate forecast will be tomorrow morning. Still no news on the Rising Star for Lynn.

The Cup would be a bummer but I’m not sure losing a few meetings in the league would be a bad thing. Fourth position will do fine, with averages being kept as low as possible, particularly Dan’s with next year in mind. The way he was riding he might have ridden himself out of a job for next year! The target has to be get everyone fit and firing in September. IF we can do that, I don’t see another team that would beat us over two legs.

Hawkins said Janowski was asked to guest but turned it down. Begs the question, why ask him in the first place? He scored 4 from 6 rides at Foxhall a few weeks ago and looked genuinely awful. Emil, Brennan, Ellis and King taking rider replacement rides was always the better and right choice surely?

Their fans are an insufferable lot they really are 🙄

Probably best to call it off now tbh save the aggro of travelling plans for everyone involved 😁

R/R for Doyle, Hume for Thompson. Rising Star for Lynn TBC

I do. It’s unlucky yes, but the bad luck has to sit with the side that are missing said rider. There should be no situation here where a rising star (effectively a novice) can be replaced in his programmed rides by a Grand Prix rider.

Absolutely.

Yes, Ben Cook simply can’t ride it for toffee. They want to pray there isn’t too much rain because this is the only chance of progressing as they’ll likely get. A re-staging with Ben Cook in the Lynn side and Ipswich at full strength would give them zero chance with all due respect.

I don’t think anyone was suckered in. Starting is an essential part of Speedway as we know and so much concentration goes in to watching that little release trigger to get away the quickest. Any slight movement anywhere would cause a rider to drop the clutch. I don’t believe anyone deliberately moves to get another rider excluded either. As I said, so much concentration goes in to watching the tapes that you’re bound to get the jitters from time to time and drop the clutch too early.

I don’t think that matters anymore. Someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but that average won’t be used.

What about being declared fit to ride, but then gently slipping off in your first ride and then “aggravating” an old injury and being unable to continue?

Just a little? 😂

Bit of rain around Ipswich Thursday. Could do with a rain off tbh