Normally have Ben fund collections at shared events.

W9 LionStalker... He'll be quite a signing for the team that gets him... has worked under Mr Dickson before... quite successfully 🏆 I'm a bit surprised that Oxford didn't wait for him, especially in a league play off system where you don't need to operate at 100% for a full season.

This was even on Greatest Hits Yorkshire this morning in the sports news bulletin - really hoping everything works out for them all.

I only visited Odsal once - the 1996 PLRC - and it was an experience that will live with me forever. The atmosphere, the banking, the racing, etc, Odsal and Bradford Dukes were a huge loss to the sport.

Its me again, there is no escape Iain. Its B he has an operation in the closed season and will not be fully recovered until mid season I think I remember May being quoted.

Thanks for sharing, @IainB. I’m in no doubt that Leigh Adams is one of the best riders not to have been world champion. As someone else said, he achieved averages of over 9 and 10 across three leagues in the UK, Poland and Sweden for over a decade. A remarkable achievement of high level consistency and not only a testament to his ability, but his professionalism too. It would be easy to suggest his shortcomings on the world stage were down to a lack of ruthlessness or risk taking, but the GP that Leigh Adams rode in was very different from the one we see today. No disrespect to today’s field, but GPs from 1995 - 2005 in particular were littered with number ones, all capable of winning a GP. I met him by his van after a meeting at Oxford in 2001 and he was so pleasant.