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Oh boy are you in trouble with the Bandit thread commando`s. But you are right,we have spectacular meetings at Shielfield in the past,so its not like it cant be done.Last season our track crew were at the mercy of the weather at times,so you can forgive that,but I still maintain if the racing top notch then the crowds will come back.The promotion have taken a gamble in lowering the admission prices,hopefully that will attract a few back but if the tracks prepped well and the racing is good,theres bound to more missing fans to come back simply through word of mouth about the racing.

Yeah right. While I agree that a modern presentation can add to a night at the speedway,its not the be all and end all for me,I mean Ive never walked away from Shielfield thinking wasnt Dick Barrie great tonight,or there was some great banging tunes tonight.Its all about the racing for me and that brings up the thorny subject of consistant track prep.Some see the subject as "sad" but put good riders on a good track and you invariably get a good meeting.Im even quite happy to put up with Barries witterings,and any music of choice if we get some cracking meetings,and as we have seen in the past it can be done.

Mr Barrie will love reading this,his ego will be suitably massaged.

Less of Dick Barrie,less laps from the tractors,push the meeting through,its not to much to ask.

But does it though,advertising space is bound to cost more for the F1 coverage than any for GP speedway,so a return of only 2.2 million might not be that great,must admit though Im surprised its that high.Ive always thought Sky were reasonably happy with the viewing figures for speedway though with the money Sky are throwing at PL football it could well be that speedways days are numbered.

You think,normally I record any GPs or SWC meetings that are held on a saturday night,so I can get to Berwick.Should the GPs be available on this site through a link from Polish tv for example then Id stay home and watch the GP,that means Berwick Speedway not getting my admission and programme money.

The threads about Pearson & Tatum have been done to death IMO,they are clearly the commentaters that Sky want and if theres GP speedway on Sky this season they will be the commentary team,which is just fine by me.

Fine by me Id be quite happy for Sky to put their money the GPs anyway.

As others have said theres no definite decision been made yet so lets hope Sky decide to show the GPs in 2013,must admit though if Sky were going to televise the GPs you`d think they would have announced it by now.

Barrett has posted on Facebook that he has to take rest for 2 weeks but should be ready for the start of the season.

If theres no GPs on Sky next season and the Sky deal isnt renewed Id get used to it.

Bingo,at last we have one Leicester fan who`s sees the point of the meeting.Well done to the Leicester promotion for putting on a meeting with something different for the home fans.

Says Skytext page 449,it reports thats Barrett has compressed a vertebrae in a freak accident while on a skiing holiday and has been ordered to take 8 weeks rest,leaving things touch and go for the meeting with Edinburgh. So if your looking for your doom and gloom merchant give Sky a call.

After a skiing accident it might be a bit of a struggle for Nicki Barrett to be ready to go for the start of the season.

Agree with you,how dare the Leicester promotion try and bring money into the club. Flagrag makes a good point that it might be an idea if Leicester bring in an EL No1 as a guest,though that means that one of the homes riders will miss out on much needed laps in the early part of the season.Tell you what un-happy Leicester fans Berwick have Edinburgh as their first meeting of the season,fancy swapping.

Are you serious,the chance to see Nicholls,Kasprazak etc round Leicester is sure to bring out a big crowd,so well done to the Leicester promotion for doing so. Better to give an EL team a challenge than to give a PL team free practice.

Very true,and if memory serves they have sponsored the Bordernaplis meeting in the last couple of season or so. Excellent news on the team sponsor,I hope it will be the start of a long tern relationship.

The club announced that when Alden decided that he wasnt coming that put an end to Albin,though I must say that if your keen enough on a rider then you should sign that rider.I hope Albin is a success at Sheffield but it might be a case of one step back before two foward.

I dont agree,anyway which one of the current Berwick team would you drop.Albin is very much untried and will see most PL tracks for the first,that IMO is to much of a gamble to take at this time for Berwick. Wish the lad the best of luck at Sheffield though.

Can we take it everyone is now happy that Wells has signed.

If the Berwick Promotion are going for a "gimme me the money" in their negotiations,then I fear they may end up empty handed.Any prospective sponsor will want to know what return they get for their sponsorship,exposure,publicity,etc,not to mention a return in terms of sales.To that end it would be interesting to know if any of our previous sponsors gained from their investment.

But where the clowns,send in the clowns Dont bother they`re hear

Yes,certainly better news,it was posted on here a few weeks ago from one of the Berwick fans that looking for a small group of sponsors might make an alternative.Its also reported that we are still in talks with a couple of companies who might be a main sponsor.

You shouldve tried some of the Ipswich threads from last season.

Then you dont think there`ll be a sponsor then,Id imagine that would be the 1st question the riders wouldve asked before signing their contracts,not to mention the BSPA when handing out firstly the Ben Fund meeting then the Under-21 meeting later in the season. And nobodys moaning as far as I can see.