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Ty Proctor in for Jason Doyle.

Race 11 on here....... http://www.edinburghmonarchs.co/race-of-the-season/ The lad did great!! (But he gated last and came through after Newman was a bit forceful on Vissing and Doyle!!)

Did I not read farther back that there are 3 year visas available? Seems like a good idea to cut down on the impact of having to take 12 month breaks. But do they require holders to stay here for the 3 years and go back to Oz and earn there?

Jack Young results - http://www.gillmanspeedway.com/results/results-gillman-speedway-meeting-number-8-on-sunday-26-january-2014/ No Heeps but (another!) good win for Rob Branford.

Claus Vissing & Marcus Helfer

Good looking team. Should be good to watch. I think I might make them my second team!!

Put the rod away.

I try to avoid paying tax. I thought it's what ISA's are all about?

I would prefer 60's music at Ippo to the inane drivel they usually pump out when I go there. Even 50's, 70's, 80's or 90's would be a big improvement!!

You collecting stamps?

Excellent spot - the DVD is available on Amazon for £4.75 and a copy will be delivered here tomorrow!! Nostalgia rules!!

I thought they had already awarded us the pairs to save everyone the effort of entering?

Glad I'm not alone in seeing this!

Knew you would cotton on eventually! Actually if you had read my post you would have seen that I have a major concern about how Fox will perform. I think it could be a very close thing between him and your Frenchman for who drops their average the most/least. Sedgmen however will add a stack to his!

Prickly!

He'll thrive at Edinburgh!

Funnily enough I can only find 3 PL zeros through 2011 and 2012!! One at Berwick in 2011 when there were 7 retirements in the meeting which stopped after heat 12 and he had 2 of them. Two in 2012 - for Redcar at home to Scunny and guesting for Sheffield at home to Edinburgh. And 4 EL zeros in 2011 and none in 2012. He is still young and after a year out is much better equipped for this season. So I reckon he will be back to his high scoring form this season. Might even get ahead of the other Aussies in the team!! I think you just might be short sighted about Kus as well!! Both will be way ahead of Berge in the averages!! Yep - totally agree on that one too!! My concern is whether Aaron Fox will drop his average as much as Berge!!

Based on Justin's form in 2011 and 2012. Which included ......... (2011 - Newport) 10 paid 12 at Edinburgh including a win over Cookie. 13 paid 14 at home to Sheffield 13 at Ippo Plus various 8's, 7's, 6's. (2012 - Redcar) 10 at Sheffield 16 paid 17 at home to Sheffield 12 at Glasgow including a win over Grieves Plus various 9's, 8's 7's 6's. All from the main body of the team - not from reserve where he will start 2014. And from the EL in 2012............ (Lakeside) 11 paid 12 at Coventry. 8 paid 9 v Wolves including a win over Freddie Lindgren 8 paid 9 v Belle Vue 8 paid 9 at Wolves Plus a 7 and a couple of 6's. And his recent form in Oz. Buy heyho if you don't think the sensible money is on Justin to massively outscore the Frenchman then so be it. I'm happy to put 50p on it! And no I have never seen Berge ride. But he has no UK experience to note. And I have seen reports that he was outshone at Berwick by Liam Carr. And he starts 2014 in the main body of the team.

Nope I would be gutted!! Compare Justin with Dmitri Verge or whatever he's called. Our man is a stick on to increase his average heavily. The Glasgow man will do well to drop his by only 2 points!!

We'll see!! An absolute snip on 4.99 or whatever. Looking for at least 2 points on top of that this season.

Pedantic point - Cookie is not Edinburgh captain!

Justin Sedgmen.

Rings a very vague bell. Wasn't the steel plates on the starting grid was it? Or maybe some form of starting boxes?

Yep - same sport / different bats. Plus a joker style double points option using a different coloured helmet cover ball!! Has Barry Hearn ever been involved in speedway promotion? If not, why not?

http://www.worldchampionshipofpingpong.net/news/video_ping_pong_the_basics.htm This explains the differences between Ping Pong and Table Tennis. Barry Hearn has introduced this tournament in an attempt to make the sport more spectator friendly by reducing the spin and speed impact of the sponge rubber bats currently used in table tennis by replacing them with standard bats containing a thin sheet of sandpaper rather than one of unlimited combinations of sponge and rubber pimples of different characteristics, thickness, speed and spin which have reduced the rallies so much in the modern game. The idea is that longer rallies will be better entertainment for spectators and players will need to rely on their skill rather than relying on what the bat can do. Good luck to him I say.