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Yes, just received my notification of today's meeting 👍

Think I shall keep the math simple and go for a monumental Witches spanking, 60-30 Aces

As I say, it can still be a great night out... If you go for the racing and not take the team sport angle too seriously.. If they could harness the racing into a "proper team sport" operating model, (like other countries do), then that would truly be a game changer for many who no longer regularly attend, and may also then generate some sponsorship interest from "outside" the sport.. Tom Brennan will be up against the Aces this Monday and has so far this season ridden for fhe Aces as many times as he has for hs own team... That is the kind of thing that makes it more "sports entertainment"....

1. Alfie Bowtell 9.41 (Bux) 2. Ollie Binns 2.00 (KL) 3. Ben Morley 8.40 (Leic) 4. Jake Mulford 8.74 (KL) 5. Ben Trigger 9.06 (Red) 6. Ben Whalley 2.00 (Ed) 7. Seth Norman 2.00 (Leic) Total: 41.59

Disappointing meeting on a rain affected track which the trackman doesn't seem to be able to cope with , driving around with a grader that hardly touches the track ? First half of the meeting was dire , Klindt showing his dark side where as Kye Thomsen attacked it and got his rewards, best Ive seen him ride. Once the track dried it improved and Pijper and Scott were very impressive for such young lads. Edinburgh were solid enough to keep it respectable and I think will go through overhaul.

This will be won from the 3, 4 and 5 positions, The Comets look very strong the Scorpions don't.

I’m with you there but unfortunately this goes against the majority of the cartel and those on here. I hated Cradley back in the day but marvelled at the racing antics of Jan O etc. Yes we may have lost but the speedway was exquisite. Bigger picture thinking by looking to make the sport as a whole more appealing doesn’t go down well with the old school currently strangling our wonderful sport. We are now in the era where winning is all and if that means tedious gate’n’go speedway then so be it. The problem there is if you are a newbie who is not yet invested in the team then the lack of thrills and entertainment means you ain’t coming back.

I have both eyes open and a metaphorical baseball bat to beat the BSF/BSPL cartel with. I can acknowledge it’s a losing battle though.

I’m not sure anyone is blaming Cluff and Loftus for the defeat however if you are going to compete in the league a solid reserve pairing is an absolute must. One point between them even away from home isn’t enough. I’m surprised Dayle Wood wasn’t in the team this year tbh.

I hope Cooper does well, he is an exciting rider to watch.

Are BSN still sending out emails with details of the upcoming schedules? They used to, but I’ve not seen any for a while, so wonder if I slipped off the list. I did get an email about the cancellation due to the van breaking down last week though oddly.

Its never boring when you win. I realise losing an entertaining meeting can be enjoyable but sport is about winning. Crowds do not turn up for teams that lose every week.

Will do 👍🏻😂

I would say crowd slightly down from the usual but still ok, the rain all week and the forecast probably kept some away. But our diehards that come from far afield made the journey. Aberdeen, Greenock, Pitlochry, Stirling etc, they all made the trip down.

What did people think of the crowd? Huge credit to the track staff, it rode really well considering the elements. Also all fourteen riders who put on a decent spectacle especially when it is early doors.

That will the photos that are doing the rounds. Looks spectacular just not typical speedway weather.

Heat 15 was torrential rain, how they managed to actually race was amazing as track was under water at that point, rest of the meeting was OK, just that last race.

How wet was it? Some of the online photos make the place look like a swamp. Ashfield is probably the best prepared track in the country it surely can’t have been as bad as the photos suggest.

What WWE? No one expected Leicester to win at Owlerton on Thursday. Did you think it predetermined that Bewley would chase Douglas for 3.7 laps in heat 15 on Easter Monday before passing him. Bewley certainly looked overjoyed, Douglas looked gutted. Don't think that was our on.

Afraid when you see the Talent of Pollenstad,Bangor,Andersen and Bednar to name just a few you realise the lack of real GB Talent.

Have only seen results but Częstochowa are an embarrassment to the league. Wroclaw reserves will cost them the title. Kowalski! being meeting winner where Laguta, Kurtz & Bewley failed is surprising. Enterprising use of Pollestad will see Gorzów battle 5th spot with Leszno. Paluch injured?

You're right. But the point stands that multi-use opportunities are there IF the owner WANTS to make a success of the stadium.

If fans are happy with a "boring" win, then I guess that'll keep the crowds coming. I'm very much more interested in the entertainment on show, than the result. While I'll tend to be cheering on one of the teams in action, I don't have "my team" to support (Rye House & Arena-Essex / Lakeside) so can understand why others would feel differently.

I was replying to the first part, about the Poole track in the play-offs.

Don't let a Poole fans hear you say that 😆 Anyway, I have seen mostly from the gate matches kept exciting by a close score. But a 60-30 match could be exciting if the Scunthorpe keep gating & Workington keep passing.