TheScotsman

And they contain fish (I believe!!). Let's pray the electrics can hold out for 2 meetings.

Can't argue with that. Bandits are having a great season.

Ditto on their performances on their home track!!

Ours were fine. Maybe yours were old? Was that during the Fours?

Great price tonight - £20 adults; £15 concessions; £5 children - for 30 heats. Hopefully the track will be in good nick after the rain. And hopefully the fish & chip van will still be doing a roaring trade!!

But 0 from 4 on the Friday and 3 from 4 on the Sunday.

Radars suggest the rain should have moved away from Peterborough by 10.30 this morning and should be dry for the rest of the day. Still chucking it down in Essex mind!!

I would have thought Berwick would be favourites being big track bullies. I will support the underdogs again - come on Panthers!!

Might even pop along for this one too. I have the programme already after all, given the good move of including the racecards with yesterday's one.

Well as a vaguely semi-neutral (ok I did want Panthers to win, but only as my second team!) I actually quite enjoyed yesterday!! Disappointed in the final result but Todd Kurtz was the main reason. Well done to the big bro. And also the crash suffered by Lasse Bjerre certainly knocked points off him. Oh and that goddam TR yielding an 8-1!! However I think the criticism of Panthers is a bit OTT. Hall (and the management) seem to be getting most of the stick. I don't think that's totally fair Look back at Hall's scoring over the past 3 seasons and it is about 7 and over on average. He has a great reputation on the big tracks. The Showground is a big track so it would have been an entirely reasonable expectation that he would be scoring 8 or 9 at home most weeks. As it turned out he scored paid 7. He rode well in his first ride to come from the back and beat Aspgren and Wright. In his second he finished behind Osty and the forceful pair of Morris & Wright. In his third he finished behind Osty with Allen miles in front (as he was in every race). In his fourth he was a distant second to the big bro (who picked up a paid 15). Yes he was fortunate that Aspgren dropped it when second but that was the only lucky point he picked up. It seemed to me Hall's biggest problem was that his gating was diabolical. Since it was only his second meeting since the beginning of April, maybe he needs to be cut a bit more slack. Adam Roynon was certainly better than I expected. Two very good wins. A big shame about his second ride when he collected Bjerre. He looked pretty shaken about what had happened to Bjerre. Max Dilger - the jury's still out!! First 3 rides he ends up on his bum on the first bend!! Yes he got a big clump from Aspgren to put him there but he seemed to do the other two without any assistance! Good win in his first ride though after getting the reprieve. Good points later against Wright & Aspgren. Not at all convinced Jacobs would have scored any more. But Max does need to toughen up on the first bends. I was very disappointed with Nicky Barrett. Was expecting much more. He seemed very slow. Other than that, Osty & Dryml scored as many as you would expect. Dryml's tapes exclusion in the last heat didn't help though!! By the way I was surprised to see the guy stand on the track a couple of metres away from him when he was starting off 15m. Is this normal? It looked a bit Health & Safety'ish to me!! I thought they usually stood on the grass and looked along the line to see if the start was fair? Can't believe his peripheral vision could have taken in the tapes and Dryml at the same time. Lasse Bjerre was very unfortunate and seemed to take a very nasty one in his second ride. Certainly curtailed his scoring a lot. Was surprised to see him come out for his last two rides. For Somerset, Allen was imperious and never looked like being headed. Morris scored well after his blank opener though I suspect he won't be on Osty's xmas card list after their second ride. Big bro Todd was a revelation - gated very well and looked fast. Chas was a bit up and down - I suppose 5+2 is a decent return but he has been going so well I was expecting more. Aspgren was pretty disappointing. Starke scored about what I expected - 1 awarded point. R/R was a bit of a let down - 3+1 - got to expect littly bro to have beat that. So all in all, without big bro's performance I reckon I would have seen a Panthers win with some decent races (and some processions)!! Oh and by the way - Adam could do with getting out of the gate in a straight line, he was snaking a lot!! In fact the whole Panthers team could do with being sharper out of the traps. Would have made a big difference.

Just love it when the underdogs triumph! Well done Rye.

I thought I was quite a good st1rrer!!

It was injuries that pretty much wrecked Panthers' season.

Thought Bandits regularly pick up 4 points away so they must be looking at 60+ today? Come on Rockets - some of us love you! Always love the underdog.

Looks like I'll be paying another visit. I'm expecting Hall to score about 7 or 8. Do they still play queenie's dirge at the start?

LOL LOL again.

Yep but Darcy can do No wrong you know.

Is there not a Storm match he can go to watch?

On your own most likely. Bring a dog!

Certainly is a blow - r/r rides are only Aspgren, Chas, Todd & Starke.

At least you've got a cup final to look forward to!

No crash helmets involved then? Second division stuff. Must have been bad to wind up The Smiler!

1962 is actually a very good year.

What was the handbagging?

Well done tiggers.