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? You missed some great racing and no-one got hurt. What's not to like?

Chris Louis was on the telephone to the printers at 9.00am on Friday as he had a number of issues with the programme on Thursday, one being the presentation of the race card. The issues are being addressed and an improvement should be noticed on Thursday

Although your post included an emoji, it does nothing to hide the meaning of it . Instead of making jive remarks about the effort the work and money that has obviously gone into the presentation of each of those clubs, you should be complimenting them for trying to make this sport look more professional. When making you predictions you ought to remember, had it not been for Buster there would not be a Premiership league for your cheaply attired riders to compete in

I suppose it is the 'good nature' of decent human beings to be reluctant to 'lay into' the opinion of an ex rider who has suffered enormously at the hands of fate. And we cut him a lot of slack. in the last few weeks the Ben Fund meeting was a reminder of the cruel way in which this dangerous sport can take down the most decent and noble of the speedway fraternity. Guys like Garry, Wilkie, Joe et al. I suppose this Twitter rant, which advocates causing another human being deliberate harm during a race, does show that tragedy doesn't just strike the good guys.

How can Justin Sedgeman be added to this meeting, he`s been advertised as being in the Berwick Bordernaplis for a while now. Surely having accepted Berwick`s invitation he should stick to it.

A rider brilliantly blessed with riding talent but sadly deficient in human compassion and common sense.

Now everyone knows Nicki is no angel but Darcy didn’t seem to mind him when he wore a replica suit to help raise money for Darcy.

I am not answerable to you , but as a previous loyal supporter I am still entitled to have my say and you are correct I will not be attending . I am in total shock at what has gone on with the club since the new year, you must be one of a few that are happy with it . Me I am far from happy with it and I will have my say and if that upsets you tough.

Apart from the result, this was a cracking meeting with some brilliant racing on a good slick track in front of a large crowd with the usual contingent of away supporters. Thought we were in for a good stuffing early on but, like another meeting here a couple pf years ago, the Diamonds suddenly turned it around and after a 14 point deficit, the Diamonds got with in 8 points only to lose heat 15 with a 5-1 against. A 12 point defeat was actually decent given the dominance of the Bears in the early 7 heats. In the junior meeting, there was some great racing and good performances from Dicken, Josh , Archie and Danny who was flying. Unlucky start for Sheldon with a dodgy clutch, but he will on song next time out I am sure. Some terrific overtaking at this junior level. Nice to renew our friendships with our usual Bears fans and ChrisHT, who made me and Alan very welcome once again. Thanks for your best wishes. Very impressed at many things last night, a good atmosphere with the fans, great racing, stadium improvements, good even paced meeting and a complete rethink to revitalise the programme and content. The whole evening was a great advert for speedway, with 2 sides who will give a good show everywhere I think. Massive parking, and queues at the turnstiles, even had some pies and peas left when I got there. NB Forgot to mention the fine form of Jordan Stewart. Very hit and miss last year IMO, but if he can continue this form he could prove to be very hard to beat.

Poole at Peterborough 15th April by then no doubt Hans Andersen would of been released for having the wrong colour kevlars to everyone else

If he had accepted to ride at berwick belle vue should have known that and should not have asked him to ride, i think he should be at berwick or banned from belle vue

Good question Andy. Not open this morning. Maybe its another last minute job. Will have another gander tomorrow morning. Just looked again (Saturday pm) and its now up and running

I do if u could just understand the first post i dont want to watch up to 2 mins gardening followed a 60 sec race its killing the sport

Len runs Kent like it's still the 1980's, speedway every week. You have to applaud him for that. The crowd numbers prove it's what people want.

Highly entertaining meeting in front of what looked like to me to be a pretty decent attendance. For Redcar, Stewart was highly impressive while Palm Toft's last to first in heat 10 was the highlight of the night. A word, too, for Jack Smith - a battling performance. Newcastle might yet be a much better prospect than some have suggested particularly if Clegg gets going.

Well that was as good an opening team fixture as you could possibly hope for - the quality of the racing throughout was excellent, with a couple of stunning races. Bears looked like they would run away with it, good fightback by the Diamonds and then a last heat 5-1 gave the Bears a 12 point advantage. Not sure it will be enough but cracking entertainment. For the Bears Wright was superb, MPT excellent (Heat 10 fantastic ride), Stewart looked improved from last year and Ben gave his all as usual. The other 3 all battled hard and showed promising flashes. Looked like a decent team tonight. For the Diamonds the 3 heat leaders started poorly but picked up and Wethers, Lambert and Clegg chipped in. A very good start and a decent sized crowd.

To be fair, you’ve got to admire how Buster’s done this for maximum media exposure. He announced the KL team one by one over several weeks and now he’s sacking the Boro riders one by one. Genius

Happy to take the love and support from those who provided then kick them when it suits. He always was and still is an odious character.

Nicki took Pawlicki wide. Didn't leave him much room at all, and Pawlicki bailed. I'd agree with an exclusion for Pedersen as he ran him up just that bit too much. But nothing to comment on beyond an everyday run-of-the-mill exclusion. As for Ward, well I hate to see him the way he is now. I'd love to have him fit and well and back on a bike racing. I don't want to see any rider suffering the effects of serious injury. But as a person, he was an obnoxious pillock before his accident, and he's still an obnoxious pillock now.

Ward proving once again to be a first class tosspott. stinks of jealousy, Nicki P a three time world champ, multimillionaire and then what has Ward got? a bitter guy thats for sure.

Topsoil summed up most of what I was going to post. Decent meeting to be fair with some good close racing. Not as cold as it’s been for season openers, but they did a decent job in hurrying it along after the injuries in heat 12. Good to see the tannoy on bend three has been adjusted so we can actually hear announcements. Team looks solid throughout, but the real tests are yet to come.

Good first meeting, for an individual. Track was nice and smooth, with a bit of dirt round the banking after a few races. Inside line got used to good effect on the third / fourth bends early on. Some impressive rides by Doolan, Spud, Leon and Coty at different times in the meeting. Theo Pijper surely won't take long to get a team spot somewhere. Jye did really well to stay on after his coming together with Nico Covatti, looked destined for the safety fence. Likes the new system with the season pass, no queueing, straight in. Meeting went at a decent pace. Only down side was the injury to Danny Ayres. It's good to be back.

Darcey probably thought he was going to play 'Jack the Lad' throughout his career, picking up a few world titles along the way, while putting two fingers up to anyone and everyone. Problem is fate got in the way. The real disturbing aspect of the tweet is that because he's not in a position to do NIkki harm he is, perhaps, suggesting that someone else ought to do it. Someone who Darcey would regard has having the balls to do it, like Darcey himself has and would, hence the little black book.

Like you say Jordan Stewart was I bit hit or miss last season,but he is a talent and has a great style given luck he will be star IMO

You complained about THIS race, which started bang on time. Gardening is utterly irrelevant as long as riders are ready to go at the conclusion of the two minutes. They could just sit in the pits instead. That would be exciting.

Kurtz and Josh G riding in the opening league 2 meeting of the season. Kurtz is riding with Leszno and Rawicz because he is young enough. Brady got 16 from 6 rides Josh got 10+1 from 5

They were left dead at the tapes when off 2 & 4 as were Newcastle when they were off 2 & 4. gates 1 & 3 were by far the best for at least the first two thirds of the meeting. the new starting procedure seemed to have been thrown out of the window in this match. Starting Marshall is supposed to indicate to the ref that he is satisfied riders are ready. not sure how he is supposed to do this, does the dropping of his arms the signal. Green light is supposed to come on BEFORE he walks to the back then the tapes are released. Well that certainly didn't happen. No green light until Starting Marshall was at the rear of the bikes (as per last year). Not sure who was to blame , the ref for not putting the green light on early enough, or the starting marshall for walking back before the green light. Needs to be clarified/ sorted otherwise confusion will reign. That said it didn't spoil what was a very entertaining meeting.

Just who are you to tell me what I can and can't say, if I am not happy about something I will say so, sorry if you don't like my comments .

I got on really well with Peter and still do, every time he is back and we bump into each other, we speak for ages. It seems you have a grief with someone?

It must be expensive to fund 14 kevlars over the season for the merry-go-round of the pie rats

why are Poole lucky a week on Monday?

That was my understanding of the rule , I'm sure hat Berwick can register a complaint and get him banned if they want to

Yes a lot that cares and looking forward to the season ,if you don`t care , don`t keep putting negative comments here , all clubs have problems some worse than ours , we are in top league with a good side, new grippy track lets enjoy it jimg

In the wacky world that is British speedway nothing would surprise me i seem to recall in the 70s John Davis was in dispute and rode as a guest for himself

2019 Regulations 16.2.1.2 At the end of each Season the BSPA will produce a Listing of all riders who have competed in British Speedway during that season and following approval and/or amendment at the BSPA AGM’s these MA’s (i.e. excluding Bonus Points but including other allowances) will be the Riders MA for used at the start of the following Season. 16.2.1.3 These MA’s will remain effective for Team Building, Team Positioning, Facilities, rider eligibility for Heat 15 etc. until new MA’s become effective. 16.2.1.4 Updated MA’s will be calculated monthly on a rolling basis on all eligible meetings, up to and including 23rd of the month to become effective from the 1st of the following month.

Good money saving idea , take out your NO;1 and replace him with a new NO;7 .

i remember, maybe 5 years ago, at Kings Lynn all the riders had to have "Roger Warnes Transport" on their fork cover, but one rider refused. when i asked him how he got away with it he said "well if they want me to ride ...." so it's been done in the past

Sundstrom, Iversen, Jepsen Jensen or Buczkowski. As much as I like Gomolski, he is not a heat-leader. I will not be attending a single match this season. Buster can bugger off.

How things have changed, eh ? did you ever get anything decent from 'tab coupons' ?

Don't knock the Provident my mother kitted me out for School every year using a Cheque from the Provy Then Christmas and Birthdays it was Parrish's Cheques Never seemed to get many Green Shield Stamps though? Regards THJ

Zielona Gora v Rybnik training match Friday 29th March

How anybody can side with Craig Cook in that saga is anyone’s guess. Speedway is struggling financially and whilst there is sponsors pumping money in keeping clubs afloat they should get every preference available to them. The fact Cook said he would of signed on for more points money and milking the club even more null and voids any slight argument he had. Clubs need extra revenue and if riders aren’t happy then go and ride somewhere else. All the other riders have got on board including more high profile names like Andersen, Lambert and Harris.

You are the only one that sees things way differently to you. That’s why I put the emoji that I did. On paper one of the strongest sides this year and haven’t seen one other prediction that thinks Wolves will be bottom. We are only making predictions on what we see at the start of the year, irregardless of how pointless this is. FWIW my pick would be. 1. Wolves. Very solid with plenty of riders on bargain averages. Jacob (when fit) and Nick both started last season as number ones, now find themselves 3rd and 4th in the averages. Howarth had an injury wrecked 2018 and will easily add a point to that starting average. Ash Morris really improved at both levels last year including a spell in the main team. Now starts as lowest averaged rider. Key riders for me are Kyle and Becker. If Becker lives up to half his promise I can’t see this team having any weak links at all. 2. Swindon. Strongest top 3 on paper and average. Will always be in with a chance at the tail end of meetings. Doyle is just class and whilst his other heat leaders can blow hot or cold at times I still see them as a huge danger. Ellis is a strong second string and i# getting better every year. Make that a strong top 4. Key riders are Lampart and Zach. Think Zach will add well in reserve. Definetly improved last year and good to see him progressing nicely. Lampart seems an odd signing but perhaps Rosco knows more than the rest. 3. Belle Vue. Again on paper very solid. Can see Fricke becoming dominant at number one. Kenny will have the odd stinker but should be solid otherwise. Every rider like Wolves have improvement in them. Remains to be seen if Worrall can start 2019 the way he did 2018. If so I’d have to make them top favourites. Dan Bewley is a real talent. Ricky is a good solid middle order rider. You will a good 5-8 points from him week in week out. Key riders. The fitness of Bewley remains to be seen but should be superb come end of season. Lidsey, much like Becker, comes with huge expectations. Can see the NSS being a fortress. 4. Poole. Still no real leader but another solid looking line up. A decent top 2 whilst Klindt was massively rejuvenated at Poole last season. Needs to be solid all season. Josh is promising a much better season (see this weeks SS) whilst Richie should do a good job too. Both reserves look solid in that department. Key rider. Grajczkonek. 5. Kings Lynn. Lambert is a complete class act. Thank god we have the pleasure of watching him again this season. Then it’s a real struggle to see who will step up to the plate to support him. Proctor did a decent job and has always been a decent top flight rider. Riss I really rate but is he going to step up to the plate and step away from the comfort of the number 2 berth and Lambert partnership? Jorgensen and Kerr have done little to show they can step up yet. Key riders.Toft and Kerr. 6. Peterborough. Would have been top 4 if they hadn’t have got rid of Cook. I’m basing my assumption that Gomolski is replacing Cook but would have to think again If it’s NKI! Hans is still a decent rider but not a great number one. Tungate has a high average due to his home form at the NSS. Can’t see any improvement there. Lower end looks solid but one of them needs to step up if the Panthers are to be in the hunt. Key rider. BW Dean. 7. Ipswich. On paper look the bottom side with no real leader. Difficult to drum up many positives I’m afraid! Lower end looks more hopeful than the top end. Key rider. Jake Allen. Top 3 look well clear of the rest. Poole stand a fair bit above the bottom 3. FWIW.

Nothing wrong with that whatsoever.

Moron

O.K. I know he was very badly injured, but, now to wish others were as badly hurt as himself comes over, to me, as pretty sick.

richie with 10+1 tonight in 5 rides. Good effort from him at Ipswitch.

If you think of it along different lines compared to last season you may see it differently. Nick Morris replaces Thorssell Scott Nicolls replaces Heeps / JBA Luke Becker replaces Nathan Greaves Yes Jacob is a big loss but it's only temporary and Nick Morris can be just as good around Monmore and should do well away. IMO this team looks much stronger overall than last year, no way should we finish bottom

This coming weekend four of Neil Vatchers Young Lions will take part in round one of the 125cc onk speedway KNMV championship in Belgium. Good luck to Freddie Fox Barron, Sam Mcgurk, Harry Mcgurk and Luke Harrison