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And yet, a rider who can't be there today, was desperate to ride for his club, rather than his country in the SWC, so he wasn't bothered by the above!

Cracking result. Great to see Danny Phillips among the 'genuine' points. Great guest in The Fish. A professional job done by all Diamonds Bring on the Semi!!

SATURDAY, JULY 23 9am - East of England Showground gates open. 11am – Inter-club supporters’ football tournament. Noon to 1.30pm – Riders’ village with representatives from all competing clubs. 4pm – Premier League Fours semi-finals. 8pm to midnight – Evening entertainment (tickets £5 to be purchased on the day. Maximum capacity 600). SUNDAY, JULY 24 9am – East of England Showground gates open. Noon – Individual meeting featuring two riders from all teams who fail to qualify for the Premier League Fours final. 4pm – Premier League Fours final. WEEKEND ATTRACTIONS Also available are . . . • Fairground rides • Speedway shopping market • Junior motorcycle stunt team • Vintage bike exhibition • British speedway Under 16 youth team display • Pop Idol's Jamie Tinkler • Ex-rider 'talk in' MEETING FORMAT Fans will be able to enjoy 72 heats of top class Premier League action featuring 52 riders on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24. 12 teams will be split into three groups to do battle on the Saturday, with the top side from each group earning a place alongside hosts Peterborough in Sunday’s showpiece Grand Final. In addition, the top two riders from each eliminated side will be entered into a 20-heat individual meeting on Sunday to ensure riders of every club will be in action on day two of the event. With 36 heats of action on both Saturday and Sunday, the revamped Premier League Fours Spectacular Weekend is sure to be an unmissable event for speedway supporters.

George said on the mic to Roy on Sunday that the Swedish fixture was not on the list when the date for the Fours were agreed, but since then the Swedes have added it on that date.

I think he was first reserve for the Swedish Final (the same meeting as Ludde is in) so must be either having to turn up, or someone has dropped out and Victor is now riding in the meeting.

We should have enough of a lead, but anything can happen on the night. It's a pity Jason Garrity isn't fit. His races against Robert Lambert the last time we were there were worth the admission alone.

1st and 2nd bends and back straight to stand. Home straight is the main stand where you have to sit down. The pies are highly recommended. Burgers are nice too. Alternatively Smiths chippy afterwards.

BSPA Said they gone with them as Hosts. As from next season the Holders will be seeded through to the Final.

Perry's average is higher than Grondal's ?

He's injured though. The others are missing for 'other' reasons.

Redcar's number 1 Tobias Busch, Lewi Kerr, Ludvig Lindgren, Matej Kus. There's another four, just off the top of my head.

That could have been me on the other thread! Getting my Edinburgh riders mixed up!

Can't remember if it's Fisher or Wolbert (!), but one of them was announced as guest by Roy last night for Steve (riding for Belle Vue).

Surely any protest must have been made before the meeting started?

I asked Victor in the pits tonight and he said both he and Ludde were at Sheffield on Thursday.

Wolbert (or did Roy say Fisher?? !!) for Steve, otherwise 2-7 unchanged from tonight.

Dick Barrie not there?

How both see it: Sheffield: http://www.sheffieldspeedway.co/news.php?extend.2112 Newcastle: http://www.newcastlediamonds.co/news/article.asp?id=100567

Kus, I think, will be on World Cup duty for Czech Rep, so will miss the Semi Final (don't know about the second day IF we get through). Great to come away from OTA with a League Point and fantastic to see Danny getting 5+1 (however he got them). Let's hope that's the confidence booster he needs.

R/R for Steve Worrall: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/speedway/newcastle-diamonds-toughest-away-fixture-11613513#ICID=sharebar_facebook

Sorry, but that is wrong on so many counts. For a start, had Josh Bailey ridden Brough Park before? Would Lewi Kerr have come back for a second season if he hated the track?

He started off fine, though, it's just in recent weeks he has found points hard to come by. Last night he made a couple of good gates and went into the first turn in either first or second place, but by the start of the back straight, was at the back in one of them, but did battle well in the race he scored his point in. He's been scoring OK for Stoke in the NL recently, but, for whatever reason, hasn't been able to transfer that at PL level.

Connor Mountain rides for Mildenhall, who also ride on a Sunday, so would he want to step up virtually full-time?

Because, for some bizarre reason, the BSPA agreed to this rule! The way I see it is this (in my opinion, of course) and I say this regards any team effected, not just because it's Newcastle, Robert Lambert was never going to be riding last night for Newcastle. He withdrew from the meeting at Coventry through injury, not the Newcastle match, so the Diamonds should have been allowed the guest last night. On Friday at Somerset, should RL still be out injured, then it should be R/R as he is unavailable to ride for Newcastle (and all subsequent meetings for both clubs). It's like saying last night at 7.30pm.,"It's raining at Coventry, so tonight's match at Brough is postponed"!!!! It's doing the guest out of a pre-arranged (and booked in good faith) booking and therefore extra income and, more importantly, it's short-changing the fans (again). But, seeing as we were making the rules up as we went along (heat 15) last night, what do you expect?

Because he was injured