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I agree with you so Sheffield should not have had R/R for either Proctor or Roynon last night.

From the 2014 Speedway Regulations: Rule 16.5.3 No facility is permitted to replace a rider, who although included in a re-declaration has not made an appearance for that team since being re-declared. If Sheffield re-declared him back into their 1-7, then he should've been at Berwick last night.

Thursday's original first leg was a victim of the weather in South Yorkshire meaning Berwick's brief for last night's first leg was simply to score as many 5-1s and take as big a lead as possible to the Tiger's second leg which will now be Thursday coming. Simon Stead was late to the gate and not first away but coming out of bend two he soared round Berwick Number One Kevin Doolan to take a good second, split the Bandits with a home 4-2 going into the record. Steen Jensen ended up on his second bike before Heat Two got under way as his first failed but he was last out of the gate, battling well with Josh Bates to pass him on the second lap with Liam Carr well out in front to take a massive win in another 4-2 to double Berwick's lead. Kus was in blistering form again in Heat Three which he won with consummate ease as Matthew Wethers battle all race with Taylor Poole, having passed Andre Compton, only just missing out on second as yet another 4-2 was recorded with the score now 12-6. Bates had been overhauled by Claus Vissing off bend two in Heat Four, but going in to bend three the young Tiger's steel shoe came adrift and caused him to fall, and subsequently excluded from the three-man re-run in which Vissing barged the tapes and to initiate a second re-run with him off a 15 metre handicap. At the third time of asking Jensen jetted away to lead as Vissing embarked on a four-lap charge and just passed Leigh Lanham on the run to the chequered flag to take a home maximum 5-1 which extended the Berwick lead to a fine 17-7. Stead took a fine win in the fifth with Sheffield finally taking an advantage 2-4 before Doolan made a fine gate in the sixth and held the lead to the end as Jensen passed Simon Nielsen off bend two and gave Lanham some hard moves to think about but the 4-2 was Berwick with better tome come. Carr made a magnificent move at speed round the outside of Compton and Poole to take second, a position he held beautifully to the end of the race, won out in front by Vissing in a Berwick 5-1 taking the score to 28-14. Jensen passed Lanham off bend two in the eighth with Wethers passing and having to re-pass again Lanham on the fourth bend of lap three for Berwick to land another 5-1 to go a very healthy 18 points ahead. Following another 5-1 Doolan's primary chain flew off as he let the clutch out but Jensen was away again well ahead of Compton and Poole to share the race 3-3 and more the score on to 41-19. Stead took Heat 11 with out much trouble in a visitor's 2-4, and, mounted on the same Stead bike, Compton came out an destroyed the heat to take a big win followed well by Nielsen in an unexpected Sheffield 1-5 over Kus and Jensen to tighten up the score to 44-28. Stead's bike - this time with Stead on it again - took another three points, and with Lanham passing Doolan on the opening lap the 2-4 reduced the gap to only 14 points with three races to go and a whole second leg to race on Thursday night. The fast staring Jensen and Wethers roared to the front again in Heat 14, with Jensen taking the widest line round bends three and four ever dared, another 5-1 extended the vitally important differential between the sides to 18 points with one race left, which after a final heat share left that the final difference to take to South Yorkshire on Thursday. The Bandits co-team manager Ian Rae was reasonably satisfied, saying: “Mid way through it looked as though we would easily hit a good 60 points plus score which would have made the trip to Sheffield on Thursday pretty comfortable, but they are an experienced side and it shone through in the latter half as them stemmed the tide and scored a few good wins of their own. “18 points is a good margin to take to Owlerton but it means we have a far harder match ahead than it might have been – and the chance of a ¼ Final against Edinburgh could be the dangling carrot our lads need to come up with the goods.” Individual Riders' Score Chart: Berwick “New Holland Bandits” 54 1. Kevin Doolan 1,3,R,0 = 4 2. David Bellego – Rider replacement 3. Matej Kus 3,3,0,3,1 = 10 4. Matthew Wethers © 1,2,2*,2,*,2*,1* = 10+4 5. Claus Vissing 2*,3,2,2,2 = 11 6. Liam Carr ® 3,2*,0,n = 5+1 7. Steen Jensen ® 1,3,1,3,3,0,3 = 14 Sheffield“Window Centre Tigers” 36 1. Simon Stead © 2,3,3,3,3 = 14 2. Adam Roynon – Rider replacement 3. Andre Compton 0,0,0,2,3 = 5 4. Taylor Poole 2,1,1,1*,0 = 5+1 5. Leigh Lanham 1,2,1,1,1,0 = 6 6. Simon Nielsen ® 2,0,0,1,2*,1 = 6+1 7. Josh Bates ® 0,Fx,0,N = 0 Taken from the Berwick site, as you can see it has R/R for Roynon, as I`ve posted elsewhere it might be an idea if we could get a bit of clarity. I know the Berwick management were not amused about the situation, whether this lead to any kind of protest I wouldn't know.

There`s probably a rule with a sub-section that would stop that happening, but on the face of it I don't see a problem, which is the point, if Sheffield offered the chance for Roynon to come back into the team, and he refused then they quite within in the rules to claim Roynon as withholding his services and get R/R at Berwick last night. Subsequently Roynon should now be banned for 28-days for doing so. All we want is a bit of clarity, from either the BSPA or Sheffield Speedway. Both have websites so its not like they cant make a statement.

Berwick`s to lose now IMO, I feel a tad sorry for Liam Carr being pulled out of one of his rides last night. He has struggled somewhat recently but had paid six from two rides, you`d think he deserved his full allocation of rides, now I understand we have to get Jensen out as many times as possible, especially as he has hit some kind of form recently but IMO it would've done Carr`s confidence the power of good getting a fourth ride.

Had Proctor ridden for Sheffield last Thursday then r/r would've been for him in the meeting last night, and all within the rules as he was required for his EL club, so no problem there. Quite how Sheffield were let away with r/r for Roynon last night is quite bizarre, afterall it was Sheffield who sacked him. Maybe Sheffield re-declared their 1-7 again to include Roynon on Friday, with Roynon refusing to ride, that would mean he was withholding his services and Sheffield were granted r/r. That means Roynon cops a 28-day ban and Sheffield can re-declare their team, this time to include Proctor and everyone's happy.

Even more interesting to see if Roynon cops a 28-day ban for withholding his services.

Oh yes you can, Sheffield are running r/r for Adam Roynon.

In this situation Mr Barrie will have to do as he`s told, especially if Berwick are either going to ride under protest or protest at the end of the meeting.

Its a chance he has taken, David Bellego qualified from todays round of the Under-21 Champs, he finished with 10pts from his qualifying rides and came through after a run off.

1. Kai Huckenback - 2, 1, 1, 1, 3 = 8 2. Ilja Czalow - 3, 1, 3, 2, 1 = 10 3. Joel Andersson - 1, 1, 0, 1, 0 = 3 4. Kenny Wennerstam - 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 = 1 5. Adam Ellis - 2, 0, 1, 2, 3 = 8 6. Aleksandr Loktaev - R, 0, 3, 1, 2 = 6 7. Andzejs Lebedevs - 1, 3, 2, R, F = 6 8. Nicklas Porsing - 3, 1, 2, 3, 2 = 11 9. Kacper Gomolski - 2, 2, 1, 2, 3 = 10 10. Danny Maassen - 1, 2, 1, 0, 0 = 4 11. Stanislaw Mielniczuk - 0, 2, 0, 1, 2 = 5 12. Mikkel Michelsen - 3, 2, 2, 3, 1 = 11 13. Oliver Berntzon - 1, 3, 3, 0, 3 = 10 14. David Bellego - 2, 3, 3, 2, R = 10 15. Michal Skurla - 0, 0, 0, 3, 1 = 4 16. Piotr Pawlicki - 3, 3, 2, 3, 2 = 13 How many qualify.

Your jumping the gun a bit, as far as we know Berwick haven't put in any protest yet, maybe they will this evening when the ref turn up. How could Sheffield have gone with r/r for Roynon, he is fit to ride, it was Sheffields choice to get rid of him. This whole thing would never have come about had the first leg taken place last Thursday.

The get out clause for the MC could be that Proctor would've made he debut last Thursday had it not been rained-off, as it stands what Sheffield are getting away with does look iffy.

I`ve no problem with Bellego going for any title, best of luck to him, but as Fromafar says Berwick only get one go at KOC glory, being without Bellego affects that chance greatly. This doesn't apply in this case, I posted the same when Franchetti, Franc etc missed meetings.

Should Sheffield keep this meeting close or indeed win, I`m sure this point will be made from the centre green.

At least if we lose. To be fair Berwick knew Bellego was going to be contesting the Under-21 this season when they signed, so they knew he would miss some Saturday night meetings. But your right, Bellego sitting in a pit in Germany this evening doesn't do Berwick`s chances of getting to a KOC Final any good at all.

Proctor would've made his debut last Thursday, but thanks to the Yorkshire rain that wasn't to be, he was never going to make tonight's meeting as he is required to fulfil his EL commitments with Wolves at Eastbourne.

Weather very much set fair for tomorrows meeting, Saturday will be dry all day with some sunshine throwing in just for good measure. There is light rain forecast but that wont arrive till after dark and the meeting should be well over by then.

Theres` nothing like a misplaced apostrophe.

Berwick aren't due back there until the end of June, you`d like to think both clubs and the BSPA would want this match settled before then.

Bang goes any Berwick conspiracy theorists from posting any tactical withdrawal theory's.

Its dying on its badonkadonk, that what it is.

As has already been said there is rules governing this forum, stick to them and there should be no problems. Calling someone an idiot can have many interpretations, not always abusive, I`ve seen people be called far worse, even to the extent of having posts removed and warnings handed out. IMO we should remember its only a forum, its great for us to air our views, and argue our points but shouldn't be taken as serious as some do.

IMO we are better keeping religion out of any argument.

As Berwick prepare to take on Sheffield in the KO Cup this weekend, it has been revealed that Liam carr is to get a helping hand with his equipment. AsBandits’ director George Hepburn says Claus Vissing is planning to help the local teenager, who is making his debut PL season with his home-town club. “Claus plans to have a look at Liam’s set-up this coming week,” said Hepburn. “He is going to swap his engines over so hopefully we should see an improvement in his scoring.” Carr drew a blank from four starts against the Diamonds, but Hepburn said: “We knew this would be a learning curve for Liam, but he is not far away and we have always said we will give him time to find his feet.” The Bandits race at Sheffield on Thursday with the return at Shielfield on Saturday and Hepburn says he is confident they can win through to meet Edinburgh in the next round. “I think that if we can keep it reasonably close in the away leg we have a chance on aggregate,” he said. Berwick will be without David Bellego for the home leg of the tie as he is away racing in a World U21 qualifier and rider replacement will operate. Meanwhile, Hepburn is predicting a big year for the club’s winter signing Claus Vissing. The Dane has been in fine form since the start of the season, and an 11+1 paid maximum in his opening Premier League meeting against Newcastle on Saturday was his third ‘full house’ at Shielfield in 2014. “I don’t think there will be many riders beating Claus around Shielfield this season,” said Hepburn. “The track is prepared with all the riders in mind, but Claus in particular revels in the way it is set up.”