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Really looked a healthy turnout too me wouldn’t say it was any less or more than usual. Only going by the naked eye though as I don’t count the crowd every week.

No because I see topinkas former mechanic Paul in our local Asda and he’s a hot prospect kvech going downhill

I always thought once the decision had been announced that was it. Came over very poor on the live stream. They even showed some clip they received from a fan on the 3rd bend.

Blobby is driving Cluff down in a bridge building exercise helping him unload his kit. Going by inside intel he is going to wait until Cluff goes for a piss and abandon him in Cumbria in the hope he spits the dummy and chucks it. So I have heard.

End of the day the ref makes the decision . If he is as some say being influenced by certain people then that’s his ownership of the situation. Greg being an ex rider yes he is entitled to voice his opinion as much as all the warriors do on here but he says it as he sees it. Been to plenty of places where the ref was influenced. Berwick on the wrong end of one at Armadale last year where after 10 mins the decision was overturned. No changing it now though. As for the meeting Berwick were ruthless out of the gate and if Reid hadn’t taken a bad one which was no fault of his own then it could have been a cricket score. Good luck to the riders today . Stay safe

Agree,very strange decision,if100% accurate.Sets a dangerous precedent for the sport.Dishington! Say no more.!

The racing at Ashfield is always exciting but the crowds have been falling away recently. Friday was one of the hottest days of the year but the attendance was poor. I'm not sure why this is the case.

If the above regarding Mr Blair and the referee, them in charge should be looking into this and fine / suspend both patties. But I won't hold me breath as them in charge don't seem to care

Well today's another day, looks to be a very patched up comets side, but to all fans please come down to support the comets, it's only the 2nd meeting of the season, injuries happen, we carry on supporting the Comets through good and bad 😀🔵⚪🏁UTC

Yeah poor form from Greg Blair and and the referee. You are absolutely right about the sport, it actually denegrates amateur sport calling speedway amateurish.

Looking very vulnerable today now, really need Tate to step up and the skipper to be on his best form to have any chance of avoiding a home defeat. Dayle Wood improved as the meeting wore on last night and was riding with a lot of courage until he suffered bike issues in his final two rides. Hopefully he has his bikes sorted and we can celebrate some points from him again at reserve. Please support your team today, I believe that although weakened we will still see some entertaining speedway and that is what it is all about. UTC !

Week 1 fixtures Tuesday 5th May- only 3 matches as Rospiggarna v Dackarna is on Wednesday 8th July. All matches start at 6pm UK time. Smederna v Indianerna Vargarna v Lejonen Vastervik v Piraterna

Thanks for that, interesting stuff. A good insight into how the Polish tracks (and all tracks) differ in shape and size can be found on the Speedway Challenge (SC26) game which can be downloaded on your phone, all tracks on there are based on the actual circuits and you have to 'ride' them differently on the game. The Polish tracks in particular all vary quite significantly.

Impartial announcer? Since when are there any of those? I'm sure they make any away fans feel welcome but they will always play up to the home fans. Sure he isn't as bad as the Wolves one was (Porky). Also with the guest announced you will do well just to win on the day!

Round 1 on Tuesday 5th May start times 4pm UK time. Gorzow host Leszno, Zielona Gora and Wroclaw. Torun host Grudziadz, Czestochowa and Lublin

Absolutely.

There was certainly plenty of "incident" last night to keep folk interested even if the "racing" (passing) wasn't up to much. If it hadn't had taken them around 20 minutes per pop to replace the airbags there was nothing much else to complain about... they're certainly not going to get a job in an F1 pit crew with the amount of time it took them to replace the bags, they really need to be addressing that, I remember seeing the Birmingham track staff replacing an airbag in a matter of minutes a couple of years back, literally 2 or 3 minutes! Proving that it can be done. When you've had a 20 minute delay to replace an airbag, a 52 second race and then follow that up with a 10 minute track grade it's not really "fan friendly". Due to the tight, confined nature of the Plymouth track they really need to get on top of this issue.

R/R for Cook Mitchell Cluff guests for Niklas

An interesting take on circuits from Dan in this week’s Star. It’s good to hear an informed opinion from one of the most skilful & adaptable riders currently in action. Here’s what the world number 3 had to say. "We will see what happens with the new promoter," Bewley said. "But I would love to see more temporary tracks and have that bit of guesswork again, where no-one has an advantage." Someone who hasn't ridden a bike might also notice the lack of small tracks on the calendar and suggest this is also to the detriment of a championship largely raced on high-speed Eastern European ovals. Bewley has a very different take and insists the circuits are more varied than meets the eye. He said: "When it comes to tracks like Lodz and Gorzow before it, or even Torun, the closest track to those in Britain is probably Leicester. You actually really have to turn the bike a lot on those tracks. "People have this conception that all the Polish tracks are big and easy and you just ride around in a circle. It's really not very accurate. We go to Landshut and we're doing 80mph at the end of the straight but then we are under the bars to try and turn it. "All the tracks we ride have slightly different material. You could argue Belle Vue and Wroclaw are the same track but they are actually completely different with the material. There is a big difference between them. I actually think there is quite a variety between all the tracks now." In the 2000s, it was often widely assumed that Polish riders struggled to adapt to Britain's tight and technical tracks. But a new age of purpose-built speedway stadiums such as Torun, Gorzow and Lodz seems to have given those competing in Poland a more technical grounding. "Gorzow is more technical than Wolverhampton used to be, for example," Bewley said. "Wolves wasn't very difficult. People thought that I couldn't ride it. The difference was I wasn't very good off the start back then. I could easily ride it. The track was really not that difficult."If anything, Gorzow is probably a lot harder than most British tracks to ride. I know we're not going there for SGP this year but it's a real track. "The track in Lodz is a little bit like Eastbourne was - just a bigger version of it. It's similar in a way. The kerbs are a bit funky.If you put a third on to the size of Eastbourne, it probably wouldn't be far off this. A lot of tracks in Europe are more technical than people think." Bewley seems pretty adaptable wherever he goes, as a SP bronze medal in 2025 suggests. A famous win at Manchester's first event, coupled with second spot in Landshut, third places in Gorzow, Malilla and Wroclaw, and fourth at the finale in Vojens, earned him a first-ever podium.

From the Berwick match report, sums up our luck. 3 riders down already after 3 meetings A freak incident in the pits saw Cook apparently dislocate his shoulder while working on his bike and become the second comet to withdraw from the action.

Surely we can't go R/R 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Welcome to the weird world of British speedway, people of Northamptonshire. Your new team has already been pre-knocked out of a competition before you start seeing them in action. Its a new trend. Chelsea FC now has a policy of pre-sacking its managers before they start

From the Berwick match report, it gets worse… (not sure why they would even print this) “Initially referee Willie Dishington excluded the Bandits’ man but then controversially decided to review his decision, actually using camera footage from a supporter on the third bend as the official club stream didn’t have a definitive angle on the high speed crash. Even more controversially the Scottish official overturned his original decision and excluded Cook.” What an absolute sh1tshow. I’m guessing that’s the reason Greg Blair went into the referee’s box, as how else would the footage from the 3rd bend get to the referee. This sport is just so amateurish at times.

Overcast at the moment with blue sky in the distance. Light shower this morning but a lot cooler today so hopefully the track plays ball and gives us some good racing.