GeneralMelchett

yes it was a nasty crash on a tricky track - dislocated shoulder i seem to recall which can cause all sorts of problems for riders I imagine

Higher % than footballers that make it! flippant i know but you can add others to the made it list its just those 2 are the best examples i can think of right now

I did worry his injury last season would hamper his progress, seems not to have which is great - He and Brennan and great examples of the R/S working really well.

It's probably under the 'totting up' rule (like in football when a player finally gets a yellow after comtting a lot of minor fouls) - You shouldn't be able to just postpone a scheduled meeting however!

don't we all eventually - to my mind this is a simple fix really have a start time and a tapes up time - maybe the BSPA site which to my mind IS wrong on this will make some tweaks!

Unless you are dining at MacDonalds most restaurants are pay after you have eaten - maybe speedway should be pay on exit

Gate three isn't known as the 'graveyard gate' for nothing even when the track is perfect ypou never have a chance! Hope to be there for this and expect a home win by maybe up to 10pts

yes it could and clearly did confuse some non regulars

It states 'tapes up' as what I would call the parade or meeting time for all meetings on the BSPA website!

I’ve looked and the the meeting preview for Sheffield V Belle Vue it does say 7.30 - however in the lower down part of the page page it does say tapes up I feel that should say meeting start time! That’s the BSPA to my mind

It’s fairly standard for the start time to be before the first race normally due to the parade of riders - I will be at Owlerton (weather permitting) on Thursday the meeting starts at 7.30 and I know the first race is about 10-15 minutes after that!

I am sure you’d be right but you confuse me with someone who really cares that much to check it - let’s just hope it’s not raining Thursday!

There has been this year for sure - as we say all the bad stuff comes from the west!

Yeah not so convinced about that I live on the right side of the Pennines tho!

Will declare now wasn't there - isn’t it the Refs job to run the meeting to time or quicker if needed? I bet old Frank Edben would have got through the meeting ok

Apparently the (council) ruling is that racing can’t start until half past two!

some promotions have in the past made the next meeting cheaper if you produce your ticket from the reduced meeting, or have i imainged that? Anyhoo who would think BV would get through 15 heats on and Monday BH Meeting and Ipswich not given that Ipswich is in the driest part of the country and BV probably the wettest!

you did eventually have a Jan Pedersen riding for you tho! Seems that Birmingham started well, or maybe BV started slowly _ checked the scores after about 6 heats and saw they were competitive and doing well then it all seemed to go wrong for them!

Tempted to treat myself to the stream as Can’t get to any live meetings today - home win but Masters will be lively for sure - 47/43 or something like that!

Time for Milik and others who have underperformed to perform today - still think a fairly decent home win 51-39 ish

I’d be expecting a home win for sure - given you’ve just got your first win you’ve been dealt a bad hand with Tobi’s injury!

start one - hes a great lad / rider and proof that the RS was worth doing, Dan T another too!

Good to see the Stars off the mark for 2024 - and Patryk Wojdylo - he was pretty terrible at Owlerton the other week and wow paid 18!

Witches covered well in Dannys absence. still concerend with Emil heat 1 seems a bit of a write off for him think he has only one it once so far this season, plus 3-4 falls seems not like him.

Two takeaways from this match - good to see Cookie back - he didnt really do too much wrong at Olwerton the other season and felt he was abit unlucky when they decided to make changes. The other is whats up with Magic he seems to be really struggling - expected more from him at Sheffield altho I expect all his races were tough and featured a Holder Brother or Woffinden.