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Ostergaard,Doolan,Eklof,Bellego. 56-1

Might take a day or two before we see the details,but from the BSPA statement Id have like to have seen changes.Theres no mention of the end of season competition for the teams not good enough to be in a play-off place,which is one positive at least.

I find those who constantly go on about the track a tad sad. Unless the devil is in the detail its looks the BSPA have taken 3 days to change nothing.

Referees,Scunthorpe were first with Berwick & Somerset joint second.

Dont be so sure,Ive spoken to one or two fellow Berwick fans and they as mystified as me why the Berwick page didnt appear in this weeks Speedway Star,can we take it that every other club are lacking integrity and prudency.We are being told on here that the promotion like to engage with supporters,I think this was a chance missed to get their views over to a wider public. Are you crazy,you`ll be hit with the can you do any better stick that I was a few days ago. Fully agree with you by the way.

Oppotunity missed I feel,Berwick have won praise from supporters from other clubs as a forward thinking promotion,what a chance they had to put those views over,and anyway it wouldve been nice to see their ideas for a way foward.Every other promotion bothered so why not Berwick.

Disappointed that the Berwick Promotion felt it wasnt prudent to put their answers to the questions every other promotion have given in this weeks Speedway Star Survival Special,it wouldve been very interesting to see their ideas on the way forward.They have won much praise from other clubs supporters about how forward thinking they are Im sure their views wouldve been welcomed.

No news yet so Im guessing the search goes on,Im still positive that we will be in the PL come March next season. Mind you,no Berwick means more trips to Brough Park,and Im loaded with whisky just now. Did you ever have a go at that bottle.

Campton looked decent early on,I saw him ride in Berwicks 1st meeting of the season,and again for Glasgow at Berwick in the PT meeting,and he looked like he had something about him.But by the end of the season he looked a shadow of that rider and looked quire un-interested if Im honest. Could be a decent signing on a fairly low average though.

Berwick have already given intention to run next season at the last BSPA meeting,that is dependent on finding a main team sponsor.

Absolutely,and Im sure the promotion will take on board what we have been debating on this thread,some suggestions may be introduced some wont. As Fromafar says though,its the racing,at the end of the day we go to watch.

Give the riders a good track,have lots of passing and overtaking,and by word of mouth the crowds will come back IMO.Part of the reason some supporters stopped going during 2012 was they were seeing a decent enough meeting for their money. Presentation is important,but surely we dont go to see the presenter,even if that presenter is Dick Barrie.

Whilst I understand that the meeting presentation is important,and in Berwicks case it does need up-dating,IMO what happens during the 15 heats is the most important thing by far on a saturday evening,and that comes down to track prep.I want to come out of Shielfield most saturdays and cant wait to go back having watched a cracking meeting,this season that happened only on a few occasions. If that means I have to put up with not such good presentation then so be it,Id even put up with our centre green presenter wittering on and on and and.........

I work with quite a few Poles,so I will see what I can do. I take it there will be rehersals.

Aspegren will be back at Berwick,and almost certainly Bellego to.

No doubting Mr Barries`s knowledge of speedway,but hearing the same things week in week out does start to great after a while. One thing he could do is when theres a break in racing,waiting for a County Ambulance for example,he could interview a rider or two,instead of wittering on about texting some Bandit line etc.

As Ive posted previously,the centre green presenter,be it at Berwick,Coventry,Kings Lynn,or anywherelse for that matter cannott be the main reason why people go to speedway at those tracks.

Life must be getting a bit cold in your greenhouse this time of year.

You can bet that if Roynon doesnt find his way into the Comets team,there will be no shortage of takers for his services.He proved himself as a top PL rider in 2012.

Good news,I hope the Edinburgh Monarchs have a great 2013 season.

Yes I agree,but Barrie should only be a bit part of a saturday nights entertainment,it has to be what happens on the track in the 15 heats of racing that will bring people back time after time. To be fair the Dennis McCleary,who does the race announcements,what else can he do,IMO Dennis does an admiral job both behind and infront of the microphone on a saturday night and of course during the week as a promoter.As Ive just posted the entertainment on a saturday night has to be in the 15Hts on the track,Ive never once went home and enthused how great the announcements were tonight.

Nothing wrong with the track shape for me,and the banking on the 3rd & 4th turn should lend itself to over taking,but for me its how the track is prepared,as you say there is virtually one line which does nothing for overtaking.As we have seen in previous years if the track is prepared well we can have some great racing.

Im no fan of Barrie,but I have to say his column in the programme is at times decent reading. So far we have had some decent ideas to attract people to the speedway,the trick of course and the thing thats harder to do is get those supporters back week after week so they become regular attenders.

You think,if you mean by student someone who is taking further education,then I dont think there will be that many in the Berwick area as theres only an opportunity for any kind of further education at the Berwick Academy,and its not as if students are renting property in Berwick and then commuting to the universities in Edinburgh or Newcastle.

No freaking out here,though you can be sure those posts will follow.