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As already mentioned Hammers' riders were in action for their Premiership clubs yesterday. Nick dropped just one point leading Swindon to a convincing victory at Poole whilst Adam scored 7 (a win and two paid wins) and Zach, 3. Meanwhile Richard scored 9 (two wins and a paid win) for Somerset v Leicester for whom Kyle collected 11 + 1 from the reserve berth. Whilst all this was going on, Alfie qualified for the 'under 21' final with 10 points, which could have been 13 had he not fallen when leading his opening heat, and joins prospective Hammer, Jason Edwards, who had already achieved qualification at Eastbourne. Ben leads out Isle of Wight this evening. All very encouraging.

That is the route I would normally take but there are roadworks now almost down as far as the turn-off for South Woodham Ferrers and 50 mph limit. I've had no problems with the M25 recently which is much improved now there are 4 lanes for most of it. Just keep tuned to BBC Essex to be on the safe side.

The forecast seems to imply light rain up to mid-afternoon. With the weather beginning to warm up and also a decent day today from lunchtime it might be OK. Yesterday I counted up the number of scheduled fixtures to date - 56, 37 of which had been rained off!

Rye supporters should be encouraged to learn that KK scored a 15 point maximum in Poland yesterday (Gorzow v Torun).

Just bringing the thread back to the first page, revised dates for the CS matches against Ipswich have been announced. Ipswich come to us next Friday, 13th (perish the thought!) with the return at Foxhall Heath, Saturday 21st.

After 14th April, Spedeworth are not at Foxhall Heath again until 5th May so it could work.

Prior to this I had a look at Spedeworth's fixture list and they don't have any meetings at Foxhall for the weekend 21st/22nd April. Saturday meetings have proved popular in the past so might have been a choice. Of course, there may be maintenance work being carried out at the stadium that weekend.

I doesn't look as if the June 14th KOC fixture will now take place. Yesterday I received a press release email in confirmation but, this morning, it isn't on either club's fixture list whilst the latest news item on the Hammers website states that the date for their away leg is yet to be confirmed.

I don't know if this is something of a record but of the 33 meetings scheduled up to and including tomorrow, 20 have fallen foul of the weather.

Judging by the current weather maps this meeting might go ahead as long as they get on with it promptly and even then they may have to declare after heat 10. As far as the rest of tomorrow and Monday goes the weather could wipe out the entire fixtures scheduled for those days. Poole have already postponed their match against Somerset tomorrow.

I see they have removed the ridiculous ruling which prevents a team from being able to use an injury rider replacement when already running RR and which cost you guys the KO Cup last year.

Paul Hurry has slipped out of the line-up leaving an individual competition with 12 riders. 13 would have been better because now it means riders (possibly 2 or 3) meet each other twice. http://www.lakesidehammers.co/one-week-until-tapes-up/

The cat is out of the bag now so to speak. This week's Star has an article on the subject whereupon it appears Kim is owed in excess of £5000 by Lakeside from 2016. They must have contacted Jon Cook in advance of its publication but says he was unaware of the situation but has reported it on to Stuart Douglas who states the matter is in hand.

He states the amount owing is from three different clubs indicating by means of flag that they are spread between the UK and Sweden during the period 2015 to 2017. He quotes three currencies, firstly in Kroner (Sweden are not in the Euro-zone) but then in Euros and Sterling presumably to better illustrate the extent of the overall debt.

You should be able to field an individual event over 16 heats without any rider meeting more than once.

Nick is on the list to ride: http://www.lakesidehammers.co/all-star-line-up-for-hammers-opener/

It seems very odd to me as well. On a more general note, there is a thread regarding this subject on the 'Speedway News and Discussions' section. Further comments should go there as they are not relevant to the Lakeside 2018 thread. '

Details of opening meeting announced, Spring Classic: http://www.lakesidehammers.co/all-star-line-up-for-hammers-opener/ Season ticket valid for this event.

There couldn't be a clash unless Peterborough decided to ride on a Monday or Wednesday

Just to set the record straight, Jon Cook did not get the averages wrong. Back in November and immediately after the AGM, to which he was not invited as he was neither a Premiership nor Championship promoter at that time, he let the BSPA know he intended signing Ed Kennett and Ben Morley so asked what averages they would come in on. He was told he couldn't sign Ed but for Ben it would be his PL average from 2016. From this he deduced that the same situation would apply to Zach Waijknecht

For those who were unable to attend last evening's fans forum, the main points discussed are here: http://www.lakesidehammers.co/forum-overview/

Max might yet find himself back at Edinburgh now that they have been unsuccessful in securing Luke Becker.

They are all there Steve apart from Ben and Zach who didn't ride in the CL last year.

Not JC's job I would imagine but something to be raised at next Friday's forum.

A Poole fan still smarting from a 60 - 30 drubbing last year but, to agree he is right. Little news emerges from the Website and not a lot of improvements to the stadium had been apparent in 2017 and it is in a far worse state than when Len left it.