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I have a holiday caravan in South Devon and, as well as following my home town team, I have followed Exeter Falcons and the Plymouth Devils/Gladiators as well as the Somerset Rebels. At the Arena I have seen some cracking meetings over the years including those when Plymouth started up again and were in speedways third tier. The track might be a bit tricky but I've seen some spectacular overtaking and there's no time for the riders to get strung out like I saw at the NSS on Monday. If anyone reading this is having a holiday in South Devon or North Cornwall this summer, I urge you to go to the Coliseum for a good night's speedway. There's plenty of free parking in the Coypool Park and Ride Car Park and plenty of seating!

In other words there is nothing wrong with it this season. Especially now they have improved it with the extra banking.

Sadly because it fits an agenda used by a minority of the people on this platform. Sadly, this minority won't be happy until they see another club fold and close, without realising the knock on effect of such a decision. It would leave an entire region, not just a city/town - the whole of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Gloucestershire without a team. Just let that sink in for a minute? Millions of people without a team to support, they'd rather that happened than see the Gladiators make a good go at things. I really feel for Mark, he's constantly getting battered from all sides (including by riders from other clubs!) despite doing what he can with what he's got. People are more than entitled to their views I get that, hence why we are on a public forum discussing it however most of the time, it's not constructive, it's not helpful and it's hurtful what people say about the Gladiators.... However, it's us against the world and we're going to embrace that!! "No one likes us, we don't care... We are Plymouth..."

It is the annual "Leicester already need to make changes" thread.....

Have I missed a forum directive that members have to put their holiday details on the forum?? Surely this would be of no interest to any other poster and pointless!!

Unless you live within easy driving distance of Manchester- 4 nights hotel to be added on and it becomes a different proposition.

I used the Lions stream for the Ipswich match the other week - that started about ten minutes before tapes up - have to say it was very good, am tempted to do so for this match too.

Well done the witches. For tiger.

Nothing to do with rustiness if you're going to be honest.

Your own!!

Yeah, as long as he leaves the track prep to the track staff

Mention idiot & he’s straight on.

Done on both. Sanitised, de-personalised and re-pointed.

It’s a very competitive league this year with teams generally stronger, which is good for the sport. Teams that will make the play offs will be the ones that have top end fire power when scores are tight entering the last three heats. For Leicester to win tight matches, Fricke has to up his game (although tonight he looked a little better) to give the Lions any chance in these situations. The reserves are a worry as many have predicted. At the moment, the Lions are just grateful for wins and bonus points appear to be a pipe dream.

Can't agree that's an easy decision. Sedgemen may score more than Kemp, but Riss would score less than Masters.

Hopefully

Lewis withdrawn at Oxford hope it's not to serious

Well done Aces. As feared man and machine looked rusty and devoid of rhythm on the Lynn side of the pits, need to win more races next home match....against Sheffield

Good luck.

Well I am now going to miss two meetings rather than one unless lucky. Flight from Venice to Bristol at 2pm. Get to Bristol by 4pm. Clear customs and baggage by 5pm. Two hour drive. Highly unlikely I make it. Just for you Poolekeith.

Charles Wright +0 vs Danny King Niels Kristian Iversen -2 vs Norick Blodorn DOUBLE

At least the weather is looking good over on the east side, looking poor over here on the west again, looking forward to the trip over on the sold out supporters bus UTC

Some Poole supporter you are fancy going on holiday in the speedway season will be down on the 15th with worky

They've had ONE match and that was AWAY on a less than perfect track for gods sake !

Would like to see Robert lambert and riders like him at Poole every week tho lisa

Robert likes a bit of oil as well

Keeping it simple tonight. £20 on a 4/1 TREBLE -> King's Lynn, Leicester and Ipswich to win. King's Lynn shouldn't be losing at Home all season with a team that's been built to win big at the AFA on a consistent basis. Ipswich look very solid in every department imo, Jenkins also knows Oxford very well so I expect an improvement from him tonight, The spires have a couple of riders who have yet to fire (Magic and Klindt) and if that continues then there's only one winner tonight. Normally I wouldn't back Leicester but Sheffield's reserves are just as weak, Difference is you know that the Leicester 1-5 can all ride their own track where's doubts linger over how C. Holder will take to the Leicester circuit.

it will only get worse as the lower limit is going to falsely inflate averages so the leagues "better" riders won't be as good as they were 10 years ago and the competition at the bottom will become poorer for it. British Speedway needs strengthening from the bottom up not top down if its to have any chance of surviving.

4/7 yet to do a meeting over here. Forecast looking a bit more promising, just be good to see us out on track and blow off some cobwebs so to speak. Should be a fairly comfortable home win don’t see us causing too many issues.

Should be safe - like your Lions... Blackburn could go down; four matches left, including Coventry, Leeds, and Leicester.

You were already on

Grudziadz v Lublin Grudziadz 9 Fricke 10 Pludra 11 Lidsey 12 Tarasenko 13 Doyle 14 Lobodzinski 15 Malkiewicz 16 Lublin 1 Kubera 2 J Holder 3 Lindgren 4 Cierniak 5 Zmarzlik 6 Przyjemski 7 B Banbor 8 Gorzow v Torun Gorzow 9 Wozniak 10 O Fajfer 11 Vaculik 12 Miskowiak 13 Thomsen 14 Paluch 15 Stojanowski 16 Torun 1 Dudek 2 Lambert 3 Lampart 4 Przedpelski 5 Sayfutdinov 6 Lewandowski 7 Affelt 8

Looking forward to finally get our home meetings underway. Rob Lyon said on this week’s Pride of the East podcast that a few of the boys had a spin yesterday, so hopefully we’ll be dialled in from the off. Would be much more confident if we’d had those the Leicester and Birmingham meetings under our belt first, but still think we have enough. Stars to win 48-42 (hopefully)

With those prices for the final they must be living in cloud cuckoo land !! Or rip-off Britain.

IMO as the rider is missing due to a Non Negative test then the club should only be allowed a guest upto his average

Excellent.

Think you're being a bit harsh why would Edinburgh sack anyone if they lose by six?

It seems that more Scottish football clubs were happy to share their stadiums with speedway than South of the border. One of the few I know is Halifax, and of course, they have been out of the EFL for a while now...

Agree, Bears favourites , no idea on the score but think it could be close. Looking forward to seeing the new Comets riders, might be a new track for a few of them but Celina has ridden here before and Zischke and Vuolas will soon get dialled in as most away riders always do. For the Bears a first home team meeting, need Bailey and Mulford to improve from their performance at Scunthorpe, where they were both well off the pace.

That depends on who’s riding at number 6 for Glasgow. I can’t see any announcement, or have I missed it?

Why do Plymouth get so much grief (on various sites) for their rain-offs? Currently they've raced the same amount of home fixtures (0) as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford (Cheetahs), Redcar & Workington. Plymouth can race on Tuesdays & Saturday, whilst clubs like Edinburgh, Oxford & Redcar also have to fit in 5 NL fixtures. Yet still many act like Plymouth will be the club holding everyone up etc. I just don't get the negativity towards Plymouth?

I fully expect to be six up after heat 2.

I visited his Museum in Loanhead a number of years ago.It was amazing.I suppose Ian will be fair age now.Hence the sale.Shame really that it has to be broken up.

Fancy Berwick to just sneak this 61-29.

Probably just a typo error Don't think it that big a deal mate

Time to rack up as big a score as we can and keep momentum going. Nice to feel positive and happy going to meetings... It's been a hard few years as a Berwick fan!

I disagree, can't see any major sponsorship deal being scuppered by the use of guests. If guest use were sold by virtue of Speedway needing the system because it is so dangerous and the injury rate so high it is impossible to keep a reasonably level playing field without them it could even be seen as a positive by some brands. Where it would be a more difficult sell could be if guests are used to cover riders who are competing elsewhere.

well, i am glad that i am not the only one!! i collect programmes, only fill in the meetings i go to thou, and i also note passes, falls and where they occur, what lap, and the position in the race they are. also note at the bottom/top/side any warnings, fines etc dished out by a ref. yep..can relate to that! oh yes, and sometimes there can be some handy and useful news in those notes too!! if your looking for club rumours!! thanks Beowulf....you have put my mind to rest..there was me thinking i was the only anorak !!!!

I think you are wrong there porky, My friend thoroughly enjoyed the meeting inc. the programme filling. If you don't want to fill one in then that's entirely down to personal discretion. I very rairly fill a programme in when I go to Iwade.............I wait for Sean to post the results in on here and then copy it down so it's nice and neat, and then placed with the rest of my collection, that incidently have a value to some people within the sport, eg: World Finals, GP's and for me Wimbledon NLRC back in the 70's nice to look back on and reflect days gone by.