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BERWICK v PLYMOUTH (Saturday, July 25th -- 7pm)


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Following the unavoidable -- in no way the fault of the speedway promotion -- postponement of last Saturday's BSN Series Semi-Final, speedway roars back into Berwick (OK, Tweedmouth if we're being accurate) this Saturday, with Plymouth's Gladiators storming the Shielfield fortress.

Huge kudos to promoter Jamie Courtney and the good guys at Landels Electrical at East Ord (01289-331545) for putting in the hard graft necessary to restore the stadium to its full electrical glory over the past few days.   Remember Landels Electrical if you have need of sparky assistance, domestic or industrial, in future -- always try to help the people who help speedway!

Although both clubs are in action on Friday night (Bandits at Oxford, Plymouth at Edinburgh) they hope to be at full strength on Saturday night:

BANDITS: 1. Peter Kildemand, 2.Jye Etheridge (C)  3. Victor Palovaara 4,Jordan Jenkins 5. Nick Morris   6. Jack Smith 7. Reid Battye.

GLADIATORS: 1 - Danny King (C)  2 Joe Thompson  3. Daniel Kilma  4 Ben Barker  5 Scott Nicholls   6 Azne Grmek  7 Ben Whalley. 

The appearance of the amazing 48-year-old Scott Nicholls -- a 7-time British Champion -- in the visiting line-up is a huge attraction.   Ever since he appeared in third place in the 1989 British U-16 Championship at the age of 11 (racing, and beating, boys up to five years his senior Scott has proved one of Britain's best, as well as most durable stars.    Recent maximum performances tell us Scott remains very much a speedway star -- as ever, it will be pleasure to welcome him, and watch him, at Shielfield this weekend.

 

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Did the football club help towards the cost of bringing the Electrical Firm in, or did the Bandits have to fork out the cost themselves (I'm presuming Landels didn't do it for free, of course, if they did, good on them) ?

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1 hour ago, crescent girl said:

Following the unavoidable -- in no way the fault of the speedway promotion -- postponement of last Saturday's BSN Series Semi-Final, speedway roars back into Berwick (OK, Tweedmouth if we're being accurate) this Saturday, with Plymouth's Gladiators storming the Shielfield fortress.

Huge kudos to promoter Jamie Courtney and the good guys at Landels Electrical at East Ord (01289-331545) for putting in the hard graft necessary to restore the stadium to its full electrical glory over the past few days.   Remember Landels Electrical if you have need of sparky assistance, domestic or industrial, in future -- always try to help the people who help speedway!

Although both clubs are in action on Friday night (Bandits at Oxford, Plymouth at Edinburgh) they hope to be at full strength on Saturday night:

BANDITS: 1. Peter Kildemand, 2.Jye Etheridge (C)  3. Victor Palovaara 4,Jordan Jenkins 5. Nick Morris   6. Jack Smith 7. Reid Battye.

GLADIATORS: 1 - Danny King (C)  2 Joe Thompson  3. Daniel Kilma  4 Ben Barker  5 Scott Nicholls   6 Azne Grmek  7 Ben Whalley. 

The appearance of the amazing 48-year-old Scott Nicholls -- a 7-time British Champion -- in the visiting line-up is a huge attraction.   Ever since he appeared in third place in the 1989 British U-16 Championship at the age of 11 (racing, and beating, boys up to five years his senior Scott has proved one of Britain's best, as well as most durable stars.    Recent maximum performances tell us Scott remains very much a speedway star -- as ever, it will be pleasure to welcome him, and watch him, at Shielfield this weekend.

 

Hopefully both teams survive their Friday fixtures and we get to see both teams at full strength 

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9 hours ago, StevePark said:

Did the football club help towards the cost of bringing the Electrical Firm in, or did the Bandits have to fork out the cost themselves (I'm presuming Landels didn't do it for free, of course, if they did, good on them) ?

It's interesting that football match was on at stadium last Saturday!

That would indicate electricity problem relates to speedway problems ?

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1 minute ago, Catch Me If You Can said:

It's interesting that football match was on at stadium last Saturday!

That would indicate electricity problem relates to speedway problems ?

Or a tactical call off,rider availability??

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2 hours ago, Catch Me If You Can said:

It's interesting that football match was on at stadium last Saturday!

That would indicate electricity problem relates to speedway problems ?

Sure I read the issue was with the floodlights which aren’t needed for the football at this time of year 

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3 hours ago, Catch Me If You Can said:

It's interesting that football match was on at stadium last Saturday!

That would indicate electricity problem relates to speedway problems ?

They don’t start football matches win the green light.👎and the Ref blows his whistle to finish.

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22 hours ago, Bandit59 said:

Hopefully both teams survive their Friday fixtures and we get to see both teams at full strength 

Berwick not at full strength tonight as Jordan missing.

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27 minutes ago, Gambo95 said:

Berwick not at full strength tonight as Jordan missing.

So probably R/R again on Saturday BTW who can take JJS rides 

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12 hours ago, Fromafar said:

They don’t start football matches win the green light.👎and the Ref blows his whistle to finish.

I don’t know what the issue was but they also won’t have needed the flood lights for a football match in the middle of the day. I think it’s a bit silly of anyone to suggest it was anything other than a honest, uncontrollable issue.

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On 7/23/2026 at 11:13 PM, gmuncie said:

Sure I read the issue was with the floodlights which aren’t needed for the football at this time of year 

Even if it was the floodlights, would make no difference as the red lights and starting mechanisms need to be functional 

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