Given the home perfomance this was much better from the Brummies, looks like Rew is having a decent start to the season, will be keeping tabs on him this year!
or painful!
I reckon Brum and Oxford could well be battling for the wooden spoon, both will be out of the cup this week! Looking at the Birmingham side they have packed it with too many journeymen.
Given that statistically it's a 1 in 7 chance to win the title now and has been for the last few seasons - it should be nearer double that 😉
anyway back to the match....
He was good at Sheffield - i suspect (know) its more like a Polish track than Birmingham is!! Lets hope for Birminghams sake it was first meeting rustiness as to have another under performing Polish heat leader would seem like carelessness!
maybe so but one result doesn't a season make and all that - but cracking start and advantage witches for sure!
Won't be down for this but will be keeping tabs - best of luck to Tom B on his home 'debut' he weighed in with a decent score last night also!
Jenkins used to ride at Peterborough and in my opinion is good on the bigger bowl like tracks. There is a video of him riding in 2023 for Peterborough v Sheffield and he is blasting round beating a lot of supposidly better riders.
Ellis was really good at Foxhall - if he got out of the gate he was often away - he also pickled up a fair few 5-1s with his partner. His injury hampered the Witches as well in my view.
Everyone will feel confident but the Witches lost 2 times to BV at home in 2023 i think it was so no room for complacency!! I do expect a home win however - Kurtz will be the top man for BV.
I do sometimes but that's due to the number on the backs not always being clear - to me its seems obvious to have riders number and name on the back just like in other sports - the days of me knowing which rider was which by leathers, sponsors and bike covers are long gone.