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Jack missing at match at the Showground? Who'd have thought it.

That's handy. I started in Lynchwood on April 1st and do get a bit stuck sometimes for lunch. Where is your McDonalds?

Wow, any meeting against the old enemy has to be worth a look, Norfolk v Suffolk, our pride at stake!

20 riders and many fans don't see the issue either. Looks superb in mine and many others opinion... just seems one individual has the issue....

how much more professional did kings lynn look, to us looked like a pro team v's amature

Young Kyle was hugely impressive tonight, he commented in the programme how grateful he was on Workington sticking by him and how much it helped his confidence. Seems a very level headed young man and looking forward in watching him progress further with us this season.

Really don't get the furore over team suits. I couldn't care less and actually used to like seeing all the different leathers riders wore. They can have team race jackets and helmet colours - now I sometimes find it hard to tell who's who on track. It does nothing to increase the crowd, which will continue to reduce unless there is more entertainment on offer, in a better environment, than 15 races.

Yeah Badge we need to keep it close A 2 point win will do rather than 28

I agree with Steve above. Over and over we here the same nonsense trotted out that there is little difference between the two divisions.. yet everytime they meet it's a walkover. Wolves were nowhere near full strength. Nathan Greaves in for Scott Nicholls.. RR for Nick Morris.. but still won by 20 away from home.

The gap in strength has got closer and closer over the past 5 to 6 years, however the top flight will always be too strong for a 2nd tier team - as evidenced by the result.

Large contingent travelling down, the first meeting last season was a cracker down there more of the same tonight would make it an excellent weekends entertainment. Berwick should win but we will take a point is my prediction.

I’m not really fussed either way about Middleditch but like Chris Harris and all the grief he got for his Go Fund Me idea it’s entirely up to people whether they get involved or not, nobody is forcing anybody nor should anyone be made to feel good or bad whatever they decide.

Agree 100% with the sentiments expressed, a brilliant nights racing from both teams. There were are number of "first timers" at Ashfield last night and the two families I spoke to as they left were enthralled with the night's entertainment and are returning for the next meeting. Speedway at its best. Best wishes to Jye Etheridge on a speedy recovery.

As many have said , that was as entertaining and exciting a meeting as you'll see anywhere this season . The racing was terrific with passing , repassing and close racing in almost every heat . Craig Cook looks , and played the part of the best rider in the league to perfection . I wonder if they pay him to miss the gate . But that was the theme throughout the meeting , the Bandits gating and the Tigers coming from the back . Nobody filled that role better than both Jensen and Starke , with Starke's gating pretty awful , and while they can get away with that at Glasgow , they won't at Shielfield Park . Jensen's race with Jackobsen in heat 9 being the pick of a long list of breathtaking heats , that was no quarter asked or given . Young Bickley was also a stand out on his debut , looked a much faster and solid rider than he did last year . Berwick played their part though and were much better than the scoreline suggests . If the track is like that every week , with so many lines , what a season we are in for .

‘The Guy’ lost everything from his testimonial meeting when the club went under. He didn’t request the benefit meeting, it was offered, so hardly greed. Pi$$ poor post from you.

Surely it is right that the club holds the cards, they are after all the employers? Club supplies Kevlars and covers. Hans’ van is not supplied by the club, it is provided by a sponsor who sponsored the club when I was involved. Points money hasn’t really changed in 15 years, but crucially the cost of flights is lower than 15 years ago. With regards colours of sponsors logos, it’s nothing new we did it in 2006, white on a red background stands out much better than any other colour, surely the aim is to get sponsors logos to be seen, having them white achieves this better than any other colour. I don’t see the issue.

At least the Easter Monday start time has been changed to avoid the footie clash!

Hope your internet goes down for a while

It was reported that Belle Vue released Craig for similar. GP rider demands for a bang average rider. He also publicly slated Belle Vue's management. So Craig has pretty much left himself with Championship Glasgow or Premiership's Swindon and Wolverhampton. Neither of the Premiership clubs management teams would be stupid enough to pay what his "Speedway Superstar" wages.

Reading the Speedway Star, and looking at the admission costs listed for each track, I thought I would see what the cost would be for me and my 15 year old lad to attend each circuit.. These teenage years (last year at school) seems to be the ones when 'kids' drift away from the sport, just at the time you would want to keep them interested as they are only one small step away from being potential paying customers themselves.. With the SON being just £22.50 for me and my lad to get in, it certainly puts into perspective some of the admission charges being asked for, and may also give some steer as to why terraces are hardly full to bursting. Some real disparate numbers for 'the same product'... Fair play to Buster, his three teams are by some way the lowest charging in the Premiership.. £27 - Glasgow, Edinburgh (Booked Online pre match day it's £25 at Edinburgh) £25 - Poole, Belle Vue, Wolverhampton, £23 - Swindon, Kent £22 - Redcar, £21.50 - Birmingham £21 - Scunthorpe, Somerset £20 - Newcastle £19 - Cradley £18 - Kings Lynn, Ipswich, Peterborough, Plymouth, Eastbourne £17 - Berwick £16 - Sheffield £15 - Leicester £13 - Isle Of Wight, Mildenhall £12 - Leicester Cubs £10 - Belle Vue Colts..

Weather is set fair for tomorrow. Both teams full strengths. Kings Lynn need to make up a ten point deficit from the first leg. Can they do it? Poole have their first meeting of the season and Holder, Busk-Jackobsen and Covatti need time to settle into their new track. Pirates could be vulnerable if Lynn fire on all cylinders. Will it happen? Will it hell. Poole easy winners.

Typical Berwick meeting IMO.Glasgow like Berwick will be decent Home Team.Sarjeant doesn’t deserve criticism he put up a good show with plenty of effort.

This is Ipswich we are talking about,it doesn't matter what stupid cup meeting it is.

So long as Lamberts return to form remains intact then Lynn should win this We will be there and making some noise either way

Great result for the Bandits, but the racing was pretty meh!

Won't be attending this meeting . I dont do pretty stupid cup matches . Hopefully the Stars will give the Witches a good thumping.

Just a Stars win on the night is all I hope for!

Very wary of this fixture... if we get out of this with a win I’ll be happy

Isn't Lambert riding U21 this year? Thought he was, doesn't it depend on your age at the start of the year or season? If not then Dan Bewley would be a great U21 'third' rider, particularly at the NSS.. Would make sense crowd and PR wise too. Bring a lot of local fans in who may be undecided abut going, and give BT a positive narrative about the 'future of British Speedway' etc..

excellent news ... always enjoyed the Tiggers fans at Shielfield, they help to create a cracking atmosphere

The Wroclaw track was really poor for many a year, but is now pretty good since the Stadium renovations.

The other reason is that they know how bad the Poole track is these days

Confirmed that Jye Etheridge has suffered a broken collar bone in his accident last night so R/R will cover his rides tonight. Best wishes to Jye on a speedy recovery. A tough task just got a bit tougher with now a team of six but if Coty Garcia, who should be a busy boy tonight, can carry on his good start to the season Berwick can still win. No problems with the weather, right now its dry and bright, if a bit chilly and forecast to stay that way.

When Middlo had his previous money nicked by the Reg Fearman promotion, he left speedway altogether and didn't even visit as a fan until the likes of Joe Screen and Steve Johnston were staying with him at Baillie House and enticed him back. Matt Ford took over later and asked Neil to become team manager and promised to hold a benefit meeting for him while he still owned the club. Its not a 'testimonial' as such, its a 'benefit' meeting proposed by Matt Ford (first mentioned at the recent fan forum to unanimous applause) which I'm sure will be well supported by riders, fans and sponsors - and rightly so.

The sound in the stand just after the start is dire, yet the sound in the car park is very good. Agreed ,when Rob is on the mic it is usually clear ,although a sports mic would stop the wind effect. Roger Westby interview before the match is poor as he always does it when the engines are warming up and is completely inaudible. Good job the scoreboard is pretty good and quickly updated.

Grudziadz v Czestochowa Friday April 12th

Cracking meeting to start the season, the racing was just great to watch with passing and repassing in nearly every heat. After a tight start and the Bandits well in it we just seemed to click and we went up a gear and looked very powerful , you were actually hoping we missed the gate as we were picking the Bandits of outside and inside with ease, for us everyone bar Chessell looked good Jensen in particular whilst Cook was just a joy to watch. The Bandits cannot be to despondent as they were well in it until heat 7, they are a decent team capable of doing to us what we done to them at Berwick tomorrow but all in all if that is what we get served up as far as the racing goes we are in for a treat

It was too late to get a replacement in according to the cutoff. Danny stuck it out in what must have been a toxic atmosphere. Trying to do your best, knowing everyone is thinking you are being selfish for not quiting.

Short lived memory you have. You slagged off , by the way try to bend the rules to bring in a replacement for Phillips, problem was Phillips did not play ball.

The meeting on Easter Monday 2019 at Rzeszow will be the tenth POLAND vs REST OF THE WORLD (POLSKA vs RESZTA SWIATA) Speedway Test Match. Poland has five wins so far, RoW has four wins. All meetings took place in Poland. Dates/Venues/Results so far: 1994, April 30, at Warsaw (Gwardia Stadium): POLAND 36, RoW 72 2001, May 27, at Czestochowa: POLAND 45, RoW 63 2011, October 16, at Torun: POLAND 47, RoW 44 2012, April 14, at Gorzow: POLAND 47, RoW 45 2014, October 12, at Rybnik: POLAND 40, RoW 50 2015, October 10, at Lublin: POLAND 54, RoW 36 2016, May 15, at Warsaw (National Stadium): POLAND 44, RoW 46 2017, April 2, at Zielona Gora: POLAND 46, RoW 44 2018, September 1, at Chorzow: POLAND 46, RoW 44 2019, April 22, at Rzeszow: POLAND vs RoW http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/polvrow.htm

A fact or your opinion? If a fact, please show everyone the attendance figures for each club last season or point us to this information. Good luck

My information is the track grading at the interval changed the circuit considerably to the detriment of the home side. I am sure that Hans has nothing in his contract to state he has to have 4 rides, it’s worth remembering that he was well out of pocket last night as he earned nothing from last night and still had expenses to pay out. i am confident Hans will sort it, rather like Bjerre and Barker did.

With a name like BJ Col he could go down quite a lot MMMMMMmmmmm lollol slobber slobber dribble Regards THJ

Never saw that one coming ( did anyone ?). Didn’t even follow it on updates. What is going wrong at Poole? ( after reading Shovvys post). Added to the No Team unit look about then with the Kevlars. Has Matt lost interest ? Well done The Stars on that result

Good result for the Stars tonight,totally unexpected after the start they have had.Every one chipping in which enabled the win.And of course Lambert's return to his usual form.Hopefully with Kasper getting 5pts with a win in ht2 this will give him a bit of confidence to push on with a few more scores like that or better. Roll on Monday where we get to take on those Witches.

Happy to be wrong. Any win at Wimborne Road is a great win regardless.

And the Poole unbeaten home record lasts ............. about 90 minutes

I'll leave it there for now...

I have noted recently amongst some Brummies (Not many by any means.) A sort of expectation and a feeling that we deserve to always win. I have no idea where this has come from and is something that I expect from some football fans and the odd Cradley fan. I really hope it doesnt become catching. The truth about our team is that it was built firstly to make sure we continue as a club. Hopefully no Workington or Alan Phillips syndrome hear. So whatever anyones opinion about Ulrich (And I dont think we have seen enough yet to come up with a credible opinion.) the chance of him being replaced anytime soon is at best unrealistic. Its time to hunker down and support our team through thick and thin. The most important thing is to build from here on up and this takes support and money. We have made a good start. Tobias looks to be the real deal (but again on one showing, as with Ulrich we need to see more.) Paco turns out (with a similar caveat.) not to be the disaster that was predicted. Ashley was the best rider on show last Wednesday. Ulrich may not stay at number one but thats not a real disaster if others take up the mantle. Anyway my guess is that if any changes are made as some are predicting it wont be until the permited team average goes up.

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