phillwhitewasmad

Wouldn't know because he wasn't there

One league 6 man teams every rider has 5 rides , if a rider is injured during the meeting the rider directly above or anyone below in averages can take his rides only one extra though, no long term rr or guests injured riders to be replaced in 10 days. No black and white rides.

Giants v stars didn't take place neither did dukes v meteors

Harry Mcgurk 4th Sam Mcgurk 10th Luke Harrison 17th really good meeting in a difficult format lots of positives from the meeting.

Yes it is due to the torun meeting Berwicks Luke Harrison and Sam Mcgurk and halfax rider Harry Mcgurk are all there to race on Thursday in the European 125 championship. They also got to watch Torun v Wroclaw yesterday and will watch the sec meeting on Friday Got to love been the dad of a speedway kid lol

The start list go team gb #3 #12 #15 De startlijst: 1 Bartosz Tyburski 2 Erik Bachhuber 3 Luke Harrison 4 Pavel Kuchar 5 Christian Wagemans 6 Jonny Wynant 7 Karol Zupinski 8 Milan Dobias 9 Margriet Diever 10 Kacper Makowski 11 Marlon Hegener 12 Harry McGurk 13 Maximilian Troidl 14 Filip Nizgorski 15 Sam McGurk 16 Filip Sifalda 17 Pawel Trzesniewski 18 Piotr Swiercz 19 Nick Haltermann 20 Nynke Sijbesma 21 Wiktor Przyjemsky 22 Sam Ensing 23 Daniel Klima 24 Tom Finger 25 Krysztof Lewandowski

Not alarming as it may look some kids stay 125 and don't go 250 some have an extra year on the 250s before going 500 it's mainly due to the age spread and like you say national league beckons as well for the 15 year old. 33 riders is a good number and seems to be increasing year on year

Adam was josh autys mechanic for a while

Are berge and Vissing available if so let's get them even if it means another change as well

Redcar Carl basford, Gavin parr , Alex Goldsbourgh, Elliot Kelly Berwick josh embleton, Kieran Douglas, Luke Harrison Sam McGurk

Think this will be close but scorpions to edge it by 6

At this moment I do believe that the youth scene is moving in the right direction year on year more riders taking part and moving through the groups. I'm sure tai could help in someways but let's not think he is the messiah of the youth movement as it is already in good hands

Was enjoying this thread until this delusional post

How right you were

Mixed feelings on this scunny through and through but the boys a raider and proud of it so I'm off for a draw

The latest fixture in the NJL calendar took place at Berwick where the Border Raiders beat the Ashfield Giants 23-13 The meeting opened with an easy 5-1 to the home pair of Kev Whelan and Kieran Douglas over Mark Mcilkenny and Dale Lamb. Ht 2 brought a 3-3. Sam McGurk won the heat followed home by tge Giants pairing of Corban Pavitt and Jack Wright . Raiders youngster Luke Harrison had the misfortune of an engine failure just as the tapes rose. Ht 3 saw the Giants pair more competitive from the gate but it didn't take long for the Raiders to get in front to take yet another 5-1. Ht 4 was the race of the night. Giants Pavitt swooped across from gate 4 as the tapes rose to take a lead which he kept to the finish. However what went on behind him was a tremendous tussle between the other 3. Wright was holding 2nd place but was under real pressure from the Raiders pairing. Harrison was trying the outside with McGurk on the inside. The Giant was still 2nd as the three of them came out the last turn but with Harrison looking to go round him, Wright moved out just that bit further to block that challenge which allowed the 4th placed McGurk to charge up the inside to nick 2nd on the line. A Giants 4-2 but a fantastic race and just a pity the video company don't film these races. Ht 5 saw another determined effort by the Giants pairing with Dale Lamb in particular looking like he was getting to grips with the place. Whelan was well clear so the battle was for second between Lamb and Douglas. Lamb held on to that spot before a determined Douglas found a way past to secure another 5-1 and paid maximums for both the home 500 riders. Ht 6 saw Pavitt make another fast start with McGurk behind him. We were back to another entertaining battle between Wright and Harrison for third spot. It was nip and tuck between the two again but this time Harrison wasn't to be denied and found his way through to take third behind his partner. Raiders 23 Kev Whelan 8+1 Kieran Douglas 7+2 Luke Harrison 1+1 Sam McGurk 7 Giants 13 Mark McIlkenny 1 Dale Lamb 2 Corban Pavitt 8 Jack Wright 2+1

Good meeting and don't think the score reflects the racing on show

It's ok at the moment weather looks good for the day

In fairness I would of been disappointed at the loss of fixtures but still wouldn't of seen the need for the outbursts we have had. Also the njl only accounted for 10 of our fixtures and five of those clashed with other opportunities to ride. I do like the way Scunthorpe run the mdl meetings when they mix the 125/150 class in with the old format so you ride after heats 2.4&6 gives all riders a bit of a break

Not sure you can say the listed riders started in the mdl would admit the honed their skills there. Youth speedway is on the up and I do feel there are plenty of opportunities for all levels of rider and cc that a compromise can be come to, to solve the problem. Seems a lot of needless effing and jeffin and general unpleasant comments from those who don't agree and want things there way or know way

Six 500 hundred heats is still the same four riders in the mdl format so your point is what

Not a fan of double points rides or giving someone 7 rides however don't think in Scunthorpe's case last year that any of last seasons losses were due to these rules. It was more a case of the better side won on day and in general even the heavier home defeats were full of good racing which is all we want to see. Do feel though tracks should be prepared so they can be raced and not just ridden no setting them up for a huge home advantage where the visiting team is searching for the dreaded setups for the first 10 heats its usually game over by then. Think scunthorpe is a good example plenty of dirt and racing lines grip is usually pretty even through a meeting and as the dirt moves out those who want to chase it can, those who don't can be just as quick on the slicker inside line.

I'm from scunthorpe and would like to add the lack of a winning team keeps many locals away the product it's self is very good if you view every meeting as a neutral as I do win or loose as long as I'm entertained not to concerned by the result. However the town has an attitude of if they ain't winning I'm not going and this follows the same pattern with the football club.

I attended the youth awards on Saturday and as such I would say having seen all of these kids ride I can see the green shoots of recovery coming through. Neil Vatcher is doing a brilliant job getting them track time at a variety of tracks. With the gtr engine coming through as a cost cutter to the riders and the general up turn in the economy ( it makes us happier)I can see a rise in popularity over the next few years not to the level of football but back to pre recession levels. Let's try to be more positive and enjoy our sport.

Me to mate but seeing half the meetings is better than no meetings at all