IainB

...Again One for the future?

Yes, I think he mentioned it during the GP, also Robert Lambert may also fancy it. It would be good to hear something from Tai, managed to ride in the Peter Craven Memorial. Am I right in thinking that generally riders from other nations are "encouraged" to ride in their national championships or risk losing their licence?

The most gutting incident of the night was the start marshal trying to get his gut between Drew Kemp and Chris Harris in heat 11!

There's just been a 50 minute delay with Rafa's match on Centre Court while they put the lid on... does anybody have the address for the British Tennis Forum? I'm absolutely livid

What a great night last night, nice weather, big crowd, a sprinkling of good racing... and a Leicester win! A big congratulations to everybody that has made Oxford come back... the stadium was looking the best I have ever seen it, it's a great little race track as well with its straight and bends being in good proportions. That's the positives, things that still need working on... While the track proportions are good for Speedway racing, the surface was a bit dry and dusty, but that's not a problem unique to Oxford, the "music" before the start of each race got a bit tedious after about heat 6... too much tractor racing and for the love of god SEND THE RIDERS ROUND AFTER THEY'VE WON A RACE! Big crowd in, most to watch Oxford, but all to watch the riders and they disappear back into the pits as soon as they've won a race! No geeing the crowd up in such a close match. Great meeting though, it's matches like this that keep you going through all the crap

You would hope that this freak incident has been fed back to the air fence manufactures and that they are working on designing in some kind of non-return valve fix so it doesn't happen again in the future

I was at Oxford last night (vs Leicester), first of all I'll say what a great match it was and a bit emotional to be back after 15 years... If Cov ever came back it may destroy me lol But I must comment on the meeting presentation, Oxford had 8 race winners... yet only 2 riders came around for a victory lap! I'm not saying it would but if they'd come round an geed the crowd up a bit more they may have just squeaked it in the end, the crowd can sometimes be your 8th man, the riders really need to engage with the fans more... and what a crowd it was! It was like watching a match from the late 80's and 90's! Also the "music" played just before the race stats grated on me a bit... 90's club anthem! Also too much tractor racing! Oxford are still in their honeymoon period and it was great to be a part of it last night and well done to everybody that has made it happen, but that honeymoon period will eventually wear off and the crowds will level off also. Great night with a Leicester win though

Maybe, he crashed in heat 3 though, and rode 3 more times

It's bringing back many happy memories for me, last time I was here I had my old man in tow, it's at times like this standing here on the 3rd turn that I miss the old bugger more than usual. I went into autopilot when i got here climbing up the terraces on the 4th turn to get to the 3rd... but of course the pits have moved to the back straight now and you can walk around the bottom of the terraces

If it's the crash against Ippo he rode on for the rest of the night, I'm confused

Why no Nicholls? Something to do with concussion? Is that from his spill for Peterborough against Ipswich? Or did he knock his head after that?

There's a one metre perimeter fence around the safety fence at Peterborough, where in theory you could stand... if you had a death wish, If a bike don't get you the shale spray will

Brilliant and much welcome news! As long as there's a track in place and bare minimum spectator facilities that's all that really matters for 2023, continuity is essential... well done to all involved, I really thought it'd be curtains for the Monarchs. We've all heard so much crap before down the years from various homeless promotions, I really hope this one comes to fruition

Was good to see Tom Brennan specifically stop to wave and acknowledge the Birmingham fans at the end of the match last week, didn't have to do it and he was only guesting... class!

Fortunately for you guys, it's probably not going to make a jot of difference where you only have to finish in the top 4 of a 6 team league to potentially go on to be Champions Well that's clearly different to what the Sheffield promotions statement said, so the centre green announcer was misinforming the crowd... and was then all over Twitter saying how depressed he was with people's reactions. If he'd informed the crowd of the actual facts, maybe there would have been more understanding. I believe there's one going cheap up at Newcastle

Personally I'd like to see Sam fronting the show... on his own for the whole 2-2 and a half hours, or pair him up with Rosco, the dream team!

I think most of the frustration was the lack of information coming from Eurosport to the viewer, surely they could of sent Sam down there with a camera to see what the problem was. Not sure what info was given to the fans in the stadium though. Having read the statement, it does seem like a bit of a freak incident with an Apollo 13 style fix to get the meeting running again. I think most reasonable people can understand things like this can happen and genuinely can't be planned for... I spent an hour trying to get a screw out of the wall the other week, it would not budge, didn't matter what I did, had to drill it out in the end, sometimes the simplest of things just have you stumped

Is that the new Workington bowser?

... and they'll still be trying to get it all finished by 31/10

Has shown more commitment to British Speedway than some British riders... Hans Andersen in that bracket also

You're just trying to get rid of me from here Blimey! speedwayplus.com is still going! I haven't been there since using the programme generator and match report generator many many years ago

The only consolation, with it being on Eurosport, nobody was watching

It's a clear design flaw that nobody will address

I wonder if Leicester would let me do an editorial in their programme? Or Birmingham? What about Scunny?

For me Ermolenko was the rider of 1993 and although he may have got "lucky" in Pocking it's difficult to argue he wasn't the best rider in the world in 1993