bigcatdiary

Heat 1 looked like a classic first bend bunching and should have been all 4 back, not in the least surprised with Horleys decision the woman always comes up with absurd decisions and this one was on a par, heat 15 could have gone either way, another referee could easily have excluded Ostergaard. The white exclusion light farce in 15 was another Horley spectacular, Absolutely clueless.

Not for Konopka he isn't Barrett is on 3.17

The reason promoters lose so much money is likely down two main reasons, riders being paid too much and not enough supporters paying to watch. I notice it's already started this year with various promoters calling for the sport to cut costs.

He was at Peterborough the other week, hadn't seen him in years.

I have no idea why the BSPA kept quiet about the ruling that allows this, which has satisfied referees and other promoters and was previously explained. You know as well as I do that the regs are only a rough guide, they do pretty much what they want and interpret rules to suit their needs at the time.

Which makes it all the more interesting because we lost the vote 3-2 apparently, bearing in mind A promoter recommended him you would have thought they would know the rules. If they were sticking to the rules it would have been 5-0, this whole thing stinks and unfortunately not for the first time.

I look forward to discussing it with you next time we meet.

PLC semi final and final dates were set aside at the start of the season by the fixtures compiler ( John Campbell Edinburgh) so surprising they haven't kept to them.

Shaun the whole rule book is badly written. The Panthers supporters are not, it's just the odd one from Rye House that seems dissapointed.

Probably lack of space if the amount of vehicles and gear they brought to Peterborough last week is anything to go by.

It's interesting that Lindgren this year is like a carbon copy of Woffinden last year, I am wondering if some of the riders are doing too much but the new heat formula certainly makes it a lot more difficult to keep knocking in the big scores. Lindgren isn't the only one struggling, Andersen, Batchelor, AJ, Holder, Bjerre and even Iversen are also not producing big scores and averages this year

Excellent signing, young, talented and on his way up in the sport.

Well I have only been once and that was enough, I dont need to mention the racing because everyone saw what it was like live on Sky. I think once a year on sky is too much, Wolves v Coventry was the match to be at, the sky scheduling this year is awful.

Dog show runs to 7pm apparently

To be fair I don't think the track being slick was the problem, the track was fine and had plenty of dirt on it, it was just the Panthers couldn't buy a gate and not for the first time didn't present the opposition with any problems. MPT didn't have any problems passing did he.

Exactly, most of the riders mentioned on here by supporters cannot do PL because of visa restrictions, GSA being to high, too many clashes between leagues or price themselves out of reach, then you get ones who just plainly are not interested. It's a minefield and at the moment riders call the tune because of the shortage. Just watch for the stories later on about clubs losing vast amounts because of riders demands.

But despite the BSPA not issuing a new GSA & Declaration issue (office closed over weekend) Greenwood isn't in a PL team so cannot guest under 17.7.1.3

Plenty of interest in this match with the British 125 Championship taking place before the main fixture and an MDL fixture afterwards. In addition the Panthers give a debut to new reserve Rafal Konopka and Brady Kurtz returns as guest at no 1. Team news to follow.

The inside stayed good because of the grip, the circuit was incredibly fast last night with 11 of the 15 races providing race times under 60 seconds (TR is 58.4 by Kasprazak) and both the Lamberts did 58.8 in heat 1 and 5 respectively. Generally our times are around second or two slower and I think it was this that took the edge off the racing early on, having said that I thought it was a great meeting and the latter stages were very good, Panthers did just enough to win but Glasgow were good value for a point. Crowd looked down from normal but boosted by the kids scheme and they seemed to be everywhere, lets hope a few want to come again, at least the club are trying. Certainly better than the tripe that was served up on Monday and from the comments in the pits that wasn't only my thought. Ronnie Russell was present, meeting referee was Graham Flint and the steward was Mick Bates. Yes I noticed that as did a couple of friends, not the best advert for the start girls

I don't see why, they have both just gone downhill since the start of the season. Fricke cannot double up (visa)and Lakeside (EL) can only have 2 D/U riders per team (Kennett and Lawson) and Bech rides Poland as well.

Poole, Coventry and even Kings Lynn are light years ahead of the rest but Poole are going to walk it, nothing changes. Except the EL and the supporters attending keep getting smaller.

No he isn't Smith,s June GSA is 6.60, Howe,s GSA is 7.41

Very poor judgement and clearly fans are voting with their feet, didn't look to be more than a few hundred from the TV cameras.

Oh dear, Arena and rain just doesn't mix well, poor meeting exacerbated by some poor refereeing I am no fan of Kennett but that was a dreadful decision to exclude him. Lindgren was just awful didn't look interested at all. I agree with others Belle Vue v Coventry was the match tonight, who the hell decides these crap decisions

Just out of interest have you given Glasgow any stick for signing Howe whilst Sargeant awaits an average or do you just have a downer on Peterborough.