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As it was in Scunthorpe ... can I ask again, are there going to be regular practice days at Leicester?

Are there going to be regular training sessions at Leicester in the future?

Ben rejoined Plymouth because he wanted more rides than he would get just in the EL. He is so highly regarded in Birmingham that they adjusted the fixture lists to accommodate this! As I said, he won the Bonanza fair and square, beating Harris and Niki P and all the rest to do it. I hope he does avaerage 12 at Plymouth

He won it on merit, beating three Grand Prix riders in the process. He really is that good ... he (and Fisher, who also rode well) is far too good for the Premier League.

That's what I like to see, an optimist ... Vissing, Wright and Barker all rode for Birmingham last year, and Barker was by far the best of them. So was Fisher; that includes better than Masters and Doyle as well.

Understandable that he wanted to leave Leicester. He was fantastic at Birmingham the previous year - what did Leicester do to him?

Duh ... that's what I said, Spin

Barker has said that his EL average is too high for the PL next year, and he will have to concentrate on the EL and continental meetings in 2012.

Phil knows how to pick them! Rob Smith and Tom Young looked pretty useful as well, although I had never heard of them either. Perry and Taylor were surprisingly limp.

He said GB: these are Australians!

No - planning permission is for one day a week only. And there is a 10 pm curfew.

Except, of course, who makes the laws? Parliament. And who comprises members of Parliament? Lawyers. I rest my case ...

They were used in a few meetings at Birmingham early last year, and the speedway racing was inaudible a quarter of a mile away. This is in an urban site, of course; but then again, the airport is a bit further away!

A couple of years ago, Roynon was very much competing with Jason Lyons as Birmingham's No.1; I don't think that he will have much trouble in establishing himself in the NL. I suggest that he will soon become the No. 1 you want.

What has happened to Ben Taylor?

Birmingham have been talking about running some NL challenge matches in blank dates (only 8 teams in EL ) using B'ham assets. Having seen the Dudley matches at Perry Barr last year I am looking forward to that if it happens.

Quite right. The NL is a professional speedway league, just like the PL. I went to the Dudley matches held at Perry Barr and really enjoyed them. As Vince says, the times were only a second off the Birmingham times (and this was a team which included Jason Lyons and several other top PL riders!) and the racing was just as good. Any Potties who refuse to watch NL racing are simply cutting off their own noses to spite their faces.

It's remembering yesterday that's the problem ... I was there cheering for Whacker Hunt and Graham Warren once upon a time!

And the transfer of two top riders! We don't want the trick which the BSPA pulled on Birmingham in 1976.

So did we - and Newman's - but it seems that Patchett has pulled a fast one, which has lowered him a long way in my estimation.

There is no such place! Did you mean Perry Barr or Wolverhampton?

Who said that? The oldest one is 22! And the rest were promising.

This was just someone clumsily opening a bottle of champagne, not grabbing someone by the throat!

Er... Who?

And if they do, for any Devils fans reading this, DON'T wander about in the middle of the fast dual carriageway like some did last night! If you park in the One Stop, walk underneath the flyover.