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Marcel Helfer will also remain with the team and Micky Dyer has been offered to other clubs on loan. The above is taken from the Monarhs site. Sorry about the size of type.

Id be attending this meeting even on full prices,so its a most welcome offer from the promotion that gets me in for £10,though Im sure one of our merry band will be paying £20.

Hardly given,more loaned.

Cresent Girls right,its a season ticket you want for that king of discount. Id be tempted to buy a season ticket for next season,somebody out there is bound to have one for this season,would it be possible if you could post price and how many meetings you get for your money eg,does it include KOC meetings,PT meetings,YS meetings,I know the GP meeting wasnt included which I understand.Im not so much bothered about the benefits you get for the supporters club,but if theres a discount to be had,and it worked out a good deal cheaper its bound to be a good way in getting guaranteed extra people through the gate and income into the club.

Morris is one of the few assets that Glasgow have that make things a bit more attractive to any new owner.Im sure if it wasnt for other matters he mightve been a Swindon asset by now,he may very well still be of course.

Oh I forgot,he`ll have one ride,pull out through injury,face painted and he`ll be off bouncing like a goodun.

So pay your £20,I take you have been paying it all season. A couple of short sharp showers in the middle of the afternoon but right now its bright and sunny. As we havent heard otherwise it looks like Fisher will be making his comeback from injury tonight,Im sure our promotion wouldve told us if he wasnt going to make it. Comfortable home win,but hopefully Barker & Fisher will keep things interesting.Sadly for Barker theres no fun fair to play on this time.

Its amazing though just how many people you hear that used to years ago and now dont,my dad used to go,infact I started going to Shielfield with him,now he just doesnt want to go,he does have an interest and will sometimes watch the Sky meeting but as many times as Ive asked he wont go anymore. I hope as many Berwick fans go as often as possible,I dont want to get melodramactic but we see all to often what happens when clubs dont attract enough fans.

Off thread but Id like to congratulate Dennis McCleary on his award of being official time keeper at this weekend GP at Cardiif,no celebrations for him though,its Berwick Rangers v Rangers on sunday and theres no way Dennis would miss that one.

Maybe he just lacks focus. Maybe thats what the fellow needs,someone to come along and say come with me and focus.

Not sure how you`d work that at the turstile,anyway if you want to pay more then pay more and that goes for anyone,Im sure any extra would be gratefully recieved. To be fair to the promotion,and as Fromafar says,this promotion have never been slow to try things like this.I think on this occasion it might be to try an attract a decent crowd for a wednesday where a normal wednesday night meeting is a finantial disaster.Might have been an idea to try it against one of our local teams so it might encourage a few more visiting fans,if this is a success we could yet have that as we are still to race some local teams. Its good to see other promotions doing something to try and attract new or returning fans. Just on the meeting itself is there any news if Ryan Fisher is riding,not sure if he`s made his return from injury.

Heres one suggestion,not sure if its been tried at Berwick before,might not work,might make no difference whatsoever. We have quite a number of Poles living and working in and around the Berwick region,as we know speedway is massive in Poland but there are very few if any Polish people attending speedway at Berwick,I work with a few and they know speedway is in Berwick but not sure where.So my suggestion is why not have a few poster in Berwick in Polish,unsure but do we still have a Polish shop in Berwick,there certainly was one,if there is why not put a poster or two in there,I mean the cost of a few poster or two cant be that bad and Im very willing to help with translation. Worth considering maybe.

The NL is probably the one league where winning isnt the be all and end all,its aim surely is to provide the younger riders with the chance to race and put themselves in the shop window for any PL team.

You just dont get it do you.

With the amount of promotional work going on,I hope theres a big crowd,though if this meeting attracts back supporters who dont go anymore,and Berwick get beat will they return.Given our current league position this meeting is a must win match,and I think Berwick will win.

I,for one dont feel alienated as a fan,I will support the Berwick team be they top or bottom,I will be there at every meeting and that includes wednesday.Its fair to say I dont always agree with certain decisions made by this promotion but it will not,and will never stop me going. Its daft to even hazard a guess at next years team at this stage,we dont know the final averages,or what the points will be next season. As I posted earlier the promotion deserve a decent crowd come wednesday,they`ve put plenty effort in,and dropped the prices,whether thats enough to tempt people I have my doubts,but you cant deny the promotion are trying,something at least. Agree with you about the press releases,I hope this is something that can be looked at.

Whilst I understand the frustrations,the Newcastle promotion and/or referee obviously thought this meeting could be saved,its easy to say now that the meeting shouldve been off hours ago,but with such a back log in fixtures the last thing they needed was another rain off,but its been re-sheduled now so you dont have long to wait for the re-staging.

Plymouth are at Sheffield on thursday,but even then theres hardly likely to be a big travelling support if any atall.Hopefully Fisher will make it come wednesday,so him,Gathercole and Barker should keep things decent.

Only people with some sort of lazer counter would be obsessed with crowd levels. Im paraphrasing but this is what John Anderson said in his programme notes last night,the promotion is taking a massive gamble this coming wednesday by trying a new angle.They want to know if more people would attend the speedway if prices were reduced,I hope it works but Ive got my doubts,its a working night,true its during school holidays but still a working night so some fans will be working shifts,the opposition isnt the best and Berwick are on a losing streak at home and no matter what the admission prices are people wont support a losing team,irrespective of injuries. You`ve got to take your hat off to the promotion for at least trying something,but usually wednesday night fixtures are a finantial disaster.

Im sure the track staff will do everything to get the racing on,but once you hear theres track work going on before the racing starts you know your pretty much doomed.

But we are all "terrace managers" to a degree arent we,the difference is most of us go and watch our team ride,this aljack fellow clearly doesnt so his opinions are null and void.

Sedated rather than subdued would be better.

I take it none of you has read an Ipswich thread.

It seems to be happening more and more,Im sure it was announced before the start of this season they was going to be a medical room that would at least speed up any hand over between our medical team the the ambulance crew from the County Ambulance.As you say delays kill the meeting stone dead,last night there were people heading home as soon as it was announced another ambulance was on its way. Of course in all of this the comfort and treatment of any injured rider is paramount,I dont think anyone would suggest otherwise,but in the last couple of weeks we have lost two NJL meeting and second halves through this.

Its sometimes a risk but Id go with guests,though friday at Somerset showed its not always the answer.Nick Morris has been booked again for wednesdays meeting against Plymouth,so in the short term we are in a decent position.The only thing that would change things is if Ashworths injury is a season ending one,then we may need to look for a permanent replacement.