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Watched it live tonight and my android browser did not like it, was okay for the Worky match but I didn't watch that live... mirrored it from my phone in the end. Not ideal, but the new TV apps are coming soon apparently

Club legend Nicolai Klindt named as captain.

I'm still waiting for a reply from them as to why they docked Workington league points last year... as soon as I get that I'll follow it up with this 😂

A shame he was the only rider who could be arsed to come round and acknowledge the crowd though... compare that with the BSN meeting at Worky yesterday where it was noticeable that after the majority of races the winner went round to accept the applause of the crowd, both home and away riders... it costs nothing

Well, as far as I am aware, they're the only organising body to have made any statement about the issue at all.

Nicely done 👍🏻

Did he get a pre-loved gown for winning rider of the night? 😂

Mine was fine-ish, the screen was occasionally going black for a split second, but I watched it this evening and not live. Android TV using TVBro browser

Mown, mown, mown 🤷‍♂️ 😉😂

It's sport and anything can happen (sometimes 😉) that's why we all follow it. I'm not one for making predictions as you can often end up with egg on your face and it's all a bit pointless imo, I much prefer to comment on what has happened. I was expecting a hiding at Sheffield last Thursday and unbelievably we came away with an 8 point win, it only takes 1 "decent" rider to have an off night, or the track to be not quite the "usual" and that can have a massive effect on the final result.

Not sure where I got £0.30 a race from 🤷‍♂️ But a fiver a race works out around £500 over the course of a 24 match season. But whatever it was, I assume it was a flat rate whatever your ability? Meaning the better riders subsided the less experienced riders? Seems a bit daft for the SCB to not be doing it anymore, they could even have skimmed £0.10 per race as an admin/arrangement fee.

Question: If in previous years riders were being deducted £0.30 per race was this a flat rate per rider covered under an agreement covering the whole league? If that is no longer the case and riders are responsible for their own insurance will lesser experienced riders be paying a higher premium than more accomplished riders? That's actually 2 questions... 🤔

A bit like the league championship then...

Yes, just received my notification of today's meeting 👍

As an aside, from memory, Kylie Howarth was the only rider to come round for applause from the crowd after his heat 7 victory, great crowd engagement?