bigcatdiary

Track wise it isn't the best by any means but the stadium and viewing are very good. Will certainly be a blow to the sport to lose Coventry.

Shown as 3.00 in the Edinburgh final GSA for 2013, it doesn't show how many matches he rode.

No the sensible ones ignore him completely.

Premier Inns at Orton Meadows, Hampton and Norman Cross are all within a few miles of the track, their are plenty of other reasonably priced hotels in the Peterborough area as well.

I would have thought it was obvious why Panthers are seeded to the final.

The management have picked the team and clearly rate both Jakobsen and Porsing who are expected to make a mockery of their starting averages, they are also both young and on the up in their careers as opposed to on a downward trend. Grondal is another who should improve especially starting at reserve and both Ostergaard and ROTY Lambert had excellent seasons despite suffering from injuries, Palm Toft needs to find consistency but mounted on decent machinery could be another HL and Perry is as good a number 7 as any others in the league and probably better than most. It looks an exciting team and they could surprise a lot of people, no double uppers as well which is a major step forward, it might look points shy of the limit on paper but leagues are not won on paper.

Interesting to read see of the issues regarding late arrival because a few years a lot of mine used to come Friday, Saturday and very occasionally Monday and after speaking to my local postman it was clear it wasn't his fault or the stars. The postman told me some magazines are held over by the local distribution areas and after a firm email to the local SO manager it funnily enough doesn't happen anymore except for the odd bank holiday. I think the star is a quality read and like others I especially enjoy the special articles and track reviews over the winter, the new super 7 being a good example.

Many thanks for your replies which are appeciated we'll certainly by me. One quick question, bearing in mind the whole topic came about because of a flawed race format wouldn't it have been common sense to scrap it and go back to a race format that provided accurate averages which were fair to all concerned.

Certainly my interpretation.

A quick look at the current rulebook shows all changes from the previous year in bold print.

The problem is the SCB are not in control of the relevant sections of the rule book that cause all the problems, the BSPA control the sections applicable to the EL and PL a point the SCB manager Graham Reeve has pointed out to me several times. In addition two members of the SCB management are BSPA promoters (Alex Harkess & Gordon Pairman) so are hardly Impartial.

And that's the basic problem It needs ripping up and starting again.

I have been saying this for years and it hasn't happened yet, a new rulebook written by people other than the BSPA would be helpful as well.

Phil I did try and PM you but for some reason I am unable. Did the BSPA or office complain or has SCB been suspended just for flouting BSF warnings.

I am sure you will correct me if I am wrong but I thought it was Stuart Douglas who keeps the sport going at Lakeside, has Cook bought him out.

I have and to be fair I think Cook is beng disrespectful, it also comes across as downright arrogant as to why supporters would question his and other promoters decisions. How on earth he can call supporters thick, biased or both after some of the ludicrous ideas he came up with (EL KOC format being one) escapes me. Another classic piece of Jon Cook PR.

Is the correct answer

It's to do with the supporters club, vacant positions on the committee.

Every club has supporters who don't agree with the majority and Rye House are no different, RH even had a promoter (now gone) who didn't agree with most of the Rye fans on what constituted a good team. On the basis that Simon (deservedly) won the rider of the year award I think you can take it shads that he is generally very popular and most will be delighted to see him back.

And theirin lies the problem, the BSPA continues to hide everything it does instead of doing things openly to the benefit of the sport, despite assurances from the new chairman it's clearly business as usual.

This is bog standard press release bullrubbish, the blokes ridden for just about every team at one point or another and didn't even get offered a place last year. Without at least one big hitter Lynn will struggle.

Born March 1990 apparently.

Failing to keep fans informed of what's going on is also very damaging and certainly doesn't portray Hemsley or the club in a good light.

Surprised that no Ricky Wells this year, I expect he will get plenty of guest bookings at Monmore though

2.43 according to the final PL GSA