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now , now my little padawan . in order to sell your chips,burgers and nice refreshing hot drinks . YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS !

THIS week, under the direction of Editor Andrew Skeels and Art Editor Mick Smith, we start a process of a facelift for Speedway Star both in terms of presentation and content.

Anywhere else I would be worried this meeting may be cancelled, But this new track appears to cope with the bad weather better than most. This sure is a hard first meeting for the Stars, and one that most would relish to see. Difficult to see anything but a home win. Would obviously like to see a good meeting and if we can put a good performance, we might be rewarded with our first point of the season. Am eagerly looking forward to seeing it. Then hoping to get a ticket for the City match the following night....... Fingers crossed...

Any team with only one race winner are going to be up against it to say the least, but to be fair to Newcastle 31pts round Owlerton will be par for course for many visiting teams this season.

I hope when Swindon visit that the fans don’t bother booing or throwing insults at the Aussie, just ignore him and treat him with the contempt he deserves. Will need to keep close eye on him with regard to sandpaper in his pocket.

The Met Office forecast isn't too bad for Monday with no rain forecast after 7am until a 50% chance of light rain at 7pm. Let's wait until Monday before deciding it is certain to be off.

You mean the Millionaires Den has no covers yet shock horror... they are slacking Far too early call-off , Bomber must have looked at weather and thought "nah not travelling" Light rain around 4pm the bugger all after that

With the weather looking good for Wroclaw and Rybnik tomorrow, it should be all systems go- I`m out for most of the day so hopefully there will be good internet coverage. 1st up Wroclaw v Leszno on N sport programme starts 1.30pm UK time 1st race 2pm UK time- this is followed(clash for a bit !!) by the Nice Polska league Rybnik v Pila Eleven sport 3 programme starts 3pm UK time 1st race 3.15pm UK time. http://www.soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=motorsport https://www.meczyki.pl/

Cheers for the links Steve. But despite me being totally clueless, I managed to get it up and running last night after about a thousand texts to my Manager at work who knows his stuff!!! Must say it looks awesome - all the main sport channels in HD and looking great with no buffering!!! Cant wait for the first meeting now!!!

Ipswich lost at home tonight, that should keep Gavan off here for a bit

I have done what I should have done earlier in the conversation - look on You Tube. There I found the 2018 Dorna/FIM coverage! Age is clearly claiming me. So, you can see for yourself. This is the Astana round. It's all on the tvfim channel. At least anyone who wants to catch up can.

Lambert should be doing better at reserve or has the captain syndrome struck him now

Often later than 31st October. It was as late as November 10th one season in the 70s, and a challenge at that if I remember right. In those days any track running fewer than 26 meetings a year was seen as being in trouble with 30+ being commonplace and expected. But then meetings made profits, even those open events that the modern day 'fan' sneers at.

But still no caviar...or prawn sandwiches....

Does not apply at all now rule amended. http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.34055

Maybe Somerset riders are better at the Leicester track than the Poole riders are? Anyway you don't actually think Poole will win you are just saying that so if Poole lose you can just say we are rubbish. Bit sad really!

Agree with that. Also Gavan has a point that most riders are riding in Poland this weekend. And Yes i know the tracks are different but at this stage getting on the Bike is important. Kurtz, Woryna, MAtt S, Linus and Shanes seem to have got a lot of laps in. Think Killer did some yesterday for Tarnow and Josh G has at least done a few this week.

Are Poole a better side than Somerset??? Yes and Somerset went to Leicester and lost by only 2 points. On that basis you should win at Leicester or are you saying that Somerset are a better side than Poole? If Poole dont win, and Somerset can get within 2 points, then i would say thats a poor result for Poole.

Jenga lives under a bridge so how would they find him.

The den is open all day everyday for food and drinks so once again you look rather silly.

Good Friday was 30th March this year!

No covers but we do have TEA, BURGERS AND CHIPS that you can eat and drink unlike Workington

One thing you get with MPT is 100% effort. Good rider for his average. No doubt he will be out to impress. This could be a tight one, with it being the start of the season. Also don't think your Poles have seen the track before? Maybe 4 points in it either way ? With the pants weather we've had I hope theres a big crowd and some good safe racing.

Apart from crowd levels I think one of the things that actually was better in the 'good old days' was Speedway starting on Good Friday and finishing in mid September. March and October are too prone to bad weather for Speedway in my opinion and perhaps a shorter season would encourage clubs to have a more regular schedule.

All helps to get a bigger than average crowd when Batchelor visits with Swindon so well done Troy on that one .

I think we can take this as confirmation of Sunday

just extends the season out for some teams , bring on the rain . reading the tigers face book home page . it now looks like winning by 10 @ home ( v monarchs) is now classed as an obliteration of the away side . the Glasgow propaganda machine is working overtime to attract even more PAYING customers through their gates . you can put lipstick on a pig , but its still a pig .. meeting cancelled i do believe ! it would not have been cancelled this early if you had not signed bomber ...

Reading this week's S/S, It seem Troy Batchelor has a big dislike for the Stars and their Boss. He wants to remember, If he hadn't tried to pull the wool over our eyes, and done as he was contracted to do there would be no issues and he would have been able to ride all last year....... Obviously Buster has to be apportioned part of the blame of what unfolded, but Troy was no an innocent party. He seems to have forgotten that....... He's as much to blame as anybody. The biggest losers, as usual were the fans .....

I usually get to at least August before i get fed up with the Speedway, weather etc. This is the earliest this year.

Its Pete Chamberlain hes very good.

LAKESIDE HAMMERS: Nick Morris, Ben Morley, Adam Ellis, Kyle Newman, Richard Lawson, Zach Wajtknecht, Alfie Bowtell. PETERBOROUGH PANTHERS: Scott Nicholls, Emil Grondal, Nike Lunna, Michael Palm Toft, Ulrich Ostergaard, Tom Bacon, Simon Lambert. I'm probably naming all the right riders, but not necessarily in the right order: Teams in the style of Eric Morecambe from: LAKESIDE: Alfie Bowtell, Adam Ellis, Richard Lawson, Ben Morley, Nick Morris, Kyle Newman, Zach Wajtknecht. PETERBOROUGH: Tom Bacon, Emil Grondal, Simon Lambert, Nike Lunna, Scott Nicholls, Ulrich Ostergaard, Michael Palm Toft.

Obviously I'm not a track man and all that, but was there not a chance to rip it up a bit and add a few sprinkles of water to the outside? Also riders need to adapt to track conditions, I love watching Nico when the track is there for him, but when it isn't, he really needs to try something else, same could be said of Heeps also, and Danyon, but he is still learning I guess. We need a miracle already after one meeting to stay in the shield. On to the positives from tonight, the new sound system was really good, for the few races it was working, and looks like the young German will be okay.

Agree, very good video. Well worth watching.

Very true mike, you're right. Things change and evolve, and times are obviously different now to what they used to be. But I do miss the days of once-a-week home meetings.

Not guilty m’lud! Came as a surprise to me. But a great choice. I reckon he’ll be motivated to do well. He’s currently brushing up on his Scottish/English/Polish/Danish/Swedish dictionary!

Who knows its done now. Anyway shouldnt you be interviewing teamakers and burger van franchises rather than worrying about Stewart. Your infactuation on anything Glasgow is slightly concerning and you should seek treatment immediately.

No problem with parking more than ample on site. However the Stadium leaves imo a lot to be desired. Take a chair is my advice. Last time I went mud terracing was the norm.

afternoon , just read the wee bit that sarj wrote on the Glasgow website .yea , you are correct. the track was really poor last season when you were here , as were all the other track you rode on last year ! i cant see you getting any boo,s @ workington . you aint even worth them . but , i hope you have a superb meeting and actually get past the tapes in all of your races . regards keeping your head down, that i strongly advise you do . if you do score a bucket load , it will be on the same track as last year , same shale , same water. oh but a certain steve lawson doing the track this year . now there is your excuse for the weekend if you score well. lol . so is bomber going to be around on Saturday or what . looks like even the Glasgow propaganda machine cant tell the fans . its all a secret ya know . shhh . dont tell the paying fans , more importantly, dont tell yer own fans W.T.F. is going on . tha faccues are mucking the Glasgow club up for sure . . come on , give us an answer . saying you were not treated very well , in what respect james . sticking a finger up @ fans is not good . yes , you got what you deserved .

Done

Big big home win, although if nicholls is going to score big anywhere, it will be here.

I'll point out again that Jonsson had an official average when he came back to Lakeside but it was reduced by the BSPA because he was no longer as good a rider as when he got that average. Can you not see a precedent there that should be applied for reassessing riders who's form has improved or deteriorated during their absence? Governing bodies are supposed to be consistent in the application of their rules otherwise the system is unfair and lacks credibility.

Really have to check with Chris Harris how he wants to play this. Last week he wasn't too keen to travel north on a wet day due to a family birthday and a religious festival. I have no knowledge of birthday's in his family, but I do know that orthodox Christians consider this Friday to be Good Friday, so that could be a sticking point. Best play safe with an early call off I should think.

Looks a very good line up at Eastie. I might be tempted if the rain stays away.

Freesports guide now showing Polish league as: Round 1 Sunday 8th 3.30pm - live Round 2 Monday 16th 12pm - not live Round 3 Sunday 22nd 6pm - live

He never said he did Just saying that they shouldn't be shot down before they've got started until everything is known about Godden's intention.

Ah! days gone by...the Easter 3TT involving Oxford, Swindon and Reading. Oxford on Good Friday, Swindon on the Saturday and Reading Easter Monday. Those were the days!

In a more sensible world people would be offended by the grotesque sugar content of the drinks being 'pushed' to kids. Rather than the young women who choose to parade around in their panties for a living harming no one.

Seriously this is ridiculous in a variety of sports. No one is forced to do there job as a ring girl, walk on darts girl or umbrella girl. If a lady wishes to do the job then why not let them earn some money. A couple of people who are offended, its probably no more than that, should be told to clear off and find offence elsewhere. Its getting to a time where no one can say anything about any subject in case it causes offence. .

Having watched the sport for over 50 years I much prefer to see the youngsters having a go. They have not learnt some of the requirements for holding on for 4 laps. Witness for instance the ex-moto crosser Danny Ayres. He rarely made a full 4 laps without the need for re-mounting at some stage. Now he is a heat leader in the National League. James Shanes, he had the ability to stay up yet his starting let him down so he was an all out racer. Who could say that the 2 top leagues give any better racing. I see the GP riders going for the world title but rarely see that the racing is any better. Just my perspective, but I used to trip over to Rye House in the sixties when they had the winter training sessions and watch lads of all levels have a go to improve their style or mere speed. Just the sport.

This is what he said Just so everyone knows I’m open to offers in the national league not wanting to cause any upset with Birmingham & they’re fans I’d love to be at Birmingham but I would like to see what others I get, also my sponsorship brochures will be available very soon and would love as much sponsors (new & existing) as possible as I’m wanting new equipment little or large will help and be hugely appreciated!