Shadders

Will do well to exceed 25 points. I'm saving my dough for the weekend meetings

Ellis & Wilson-Dean are guesting for Boxall & Mellgren, who average is over 6. It'll be Massen and Greenwood at reserve Probable line up: 1. Kennett 2. Wilson-Dene 3. Ellis 4. RR (Lykke) 5. Jakobsen 6. Greenwood 7. Massen If Ipswich don't hit 60+ they should be ashamed of themselves *Edited*

Gawd 'elp us!

Ten points? Do me a favour. It'll be more like 20, probably more

I used to go to stocks at Arena Essex in the mid to late 90's when there was no speedway at Rye House. The grass banks were packed for BH Monday meetings. Must've been in excess of three thousands people there.

Speedway is an expensive sport to run. I've heard of some PL reserves on £50-£60 a point. If that's the reserves what are the heat leaders on? The admission costs can't cover the outgoings, so something's gotta give. I compare my visit to Berwick Rangers over Xmas and new year. About 500 people paying £12 a head. The Bandits charge £15 and attract similar crowds. Not having a pop, just comparing. How much to service a motor, £500-600 every couple of months? That's ridiculous. If your engine blows god help you. Something's gotta change

Like it or not that's the way it is. You can't stop riders getting injured and with the amount of foreign riders in the PL you're gonna get fixture clashes with their home country club sides. When I first attended speedway in the mid 80's there were only Commonwealth riders allowed in the second tier. My club, thanks to Ronnie Russell, changed that with the signings of Jens Rasmussen and Peter Schroek. It probably would've happened at sometime anyway, In those days riders used to have one bike, usually transported on the back of their cars, occasionally on a trailer. Speedway was a lot less inexpensive for them, meaning there were more British riders to go around. There are nowhere near enough of the ability needed to make it a spectacle these days.

It's both

I don't think the casual fan gives a stuff who's in the line ups as long as it's a good meeting with loads of close racing. The only people bothered will be fans of the teams participating

You're lucky you weren't at Mildenhall

Don't tell me he did that dangerous move on bend 4 again

Riders were in difficulty early on, then the rain came and I feared the worst. The track settled down after the rain and although slick produced some decent racing. Bradley Wilson-Dean looks like he'll do a job in the PL next year. His move on Halsey in heat 15 was class. As usual, the fish & chips were excellent, the best in speedway.

We should be setting off in an hour after the hangovers have cleared

Beat Robert Lambert by half a lap. Signing of the season

That's us out of the KOC then

Is that the best available? Jeeesus

We were on the start line terrace, far away from the Cradley support, so didn't hear any bad language. Did hear some cheering when a home rider fell, but this happens at many tracks

Kyles problem is lack of decent equipment I'm led to believe. He could certainly do a job at reserve in on decent machinery. Is say he'd bring us more points than Dan Greenwood We were on the start line terrace. Didn't notice much dust

Only seen him once, at Rye last week. Looked pretty impressive. Gonna have another look at Mildenhall on Sunday

You Brits just ain't used to this weather are ya

Heat effecting you mate?

6.15 points to use. Not much about, but RR is NOT an option

Don't be daft Norm

Overtaking at Berwick? Best of luck with that!!

What new watering system? The same one used in the recent meeting at Arlington against the Raiders?