idanthyrsus

What's the worst ather like? Or weather even

True, although the way the sport is run is the issue. Last Newcastle away meeting - 2 guests This away meeting - 1 guest and 1 R/R In the middle of the season this can be possibly expected with injuries and the like, but for the first couple of matches I would hope that each team is full strength. Without wishing to take the thread (which admittedly I started) off track, the decision to allow riders to ride for two teams is just utter nonsense. It was done to try and paper over the cracks of the elite league not being able to offer mid to lower average'd riders enough meetings to make a living.

Curse the internet and it's ever changing content. It makes fools of all of us!

Thanks Steve - are we going to use R/R for Tero and get a guest for Kus? Only two days away, normally somebody else would have gotten here first

I might make my way to this one, but it is a 300 mile round trip. Anybody got the team news? I don't want to go and watch a premier league select ride against Workington.

Don't get to many matches, but saw an entertaining meeting. Not sure about the no 7's. Could be a lot of accidents caused by riders whose courage outweighs their skill or track craft.

That's spelling, not Grammar

Have you ever thought about grammar or punctuation? All the statements you have made are blindingly obvious to anybody entering speedway as a sponsor / backer / promoter. Your opinion is clearly at odds with what brought Darly into the sport in the first place. But he has put his money where his mouth is and if he has decided to place his time elsewhere I for one, am happy to let him do so. I have spoken to Daryl personally and he was passionate about Newcastle, that is all I ask from a speedway promoter.

So when do we get a result from the BSPA over Matej Kus then? Has anybody seen George with large brown envelopes in the recent past?

Glue the barbed wire to the road whilst inserted inside aforementioned cat. It's going nowhere.

The Northumbrians don't export their "barbed wire out of cat" music pieces. The Jocks send them everywhere. Northumbrian pipes are also not (thankfully) particularly numerous. I'm bored of all this Matej Kus nonsense and wanted to bring something really important into the debate.

Sounds about right. Does anybody want a musical instrument that sounds like a cat having barbed wire pulled out of its backside? That'll be the Jocks then...

Since Pakistan has only existed since 1947 I find that unlikely.

I don't live in the NorthEast anymore, so get to very few meetings (the odd away meeting), but follow most of the matches on the excellent live service on the Newcastle Website. I've noticed that recently (i.e. the last five years or so), meetings take a lot longer than they used to back in around 2001 when I last went every week. Usually, back then the meeting started at 6:30 and would finish around 8:15 if there had not been an unusual number of hold-ups. Obviously sometimes it went on much later. I think this is down to track preparation. Back in time, the track was prepared for a fifteen heat meeting - was very wet at the start (gaters paradise) and then got better for the racing brigade as the meeting progressed. At the moment, the track is prepared as well as it can be, which is obviously designed to give better and more enjoyable racing, but does mean that the tractors are out re-doing the track every four heats. There was also no 'sun' breaks. Or meeting interval (who thought that would be a good idea?), so I suspect this is the main reason for the additional time, which to me is simply wasted time. Just my thoughts - your views may vary.

Does that mean a rider getting onto a new bike because of mechanical problems with the original bike would be excluded?

If you can't hit somebody over the head with a rulebook then I despair for this world Especially when the Speedway rulebook is such a good one for pulling obscure, pointless and mind numbingly inane rules out of it to prove your point. This is especially satsifying against the Jocks. Do Berwick count as Jocks or not? Are you getting a vote for the Scottish independence?

I've quoted directly from the regulations - feel free to post something different from the Speedway regulations that backs your point.

Just to quote the actual rules: "15.5.2 If the Referee stops a Race and the leading Rider has completed a minimum of 2 laps of the Heat, then the Referee has the sole discretion to order a re-run or award the Heat based upon the Rider’s positions when the Heat was caused to be stopped" So it seems that if certain fans want to berate the referee then they should actually be in a position of knowledge prior to passing comment. Or to put another way, those who reside in vitreous constructions, should refrain from the hurling of heavy projectiles.

To assist further, It's the button next to "Goldy" on the keyboard.

Perhaps if the lads got well and truly drunk before preparing the track that would work.

Does that mean you are Tinky Winky?

There are simply too many jokes...

Except there was no factual evidence to Berwick's statement. I've made my statement - you may not like it, you may not agree with it. But I'm afraid you are going to have to live with it as I'm under no obligation to provide any further comment (just like Berwick Speedway aren't)

Possibly. I await the official announcement from Berwick Speedway with the result of the investigation and a full description of the event's leading to the fiasco on Saturday then. Hang on, I've just looked out the window and I can see the Porcine Aerial Acrobatics team warming up outside.

Yes - that is absolutely the case. But since the provable fact's aren't going to be posted and many people seem to be of the opinion that "everything will happen behind closed doors" and "this thread should be shut down" I feel it's best to get as much information out there as possible. It's not ideal, but when you don't give any information out, then this is what happens.