StevePark

Perhaps common sense would have been to pull this meeting 3 or 4 hours before the meeting should have started, rather than the hour and a half after it should have started? Also, Dick told us "all the riders want to ride," which, according to at least one rider 'brave' enough to tweet, wasn't true. Hope the few that can attend on Monday see a decent meeting on a decent track. I'm one, no doubt of many, that can't make it.

You were the one to bring that one up. It might well be a "different coin," but both could well come up with similar obstacles that would have to be overcome. If you don't look and anticipate any obstacles, you are on a hiding to nothing.

Dan Greenwood and Simon Nielsen will guest for the Diamonds at Reserve (Berwick ENewsletter).

No agenda, as you put it. I will be absolutely delighted if the National Stadium happens. I will be applauding loudly if there is an English/British GP held there as it saves travelling all the way down to Cardiff (I haven't been to Cardiff for a number of years, although attended half a dozen, but would love a 'change of scenery' for the said GP and could actually help me male a decision to go to the GP again). I'm just putting 'the other side of the coin,' which, is, after all, what discussions are all about.

Met office website (metoffice.gov.uk) says heavy rain from 3pm right through to 9 - 10pm. Hope it changes. Should be a cracker of a meeting.

All I've said is that it would have many obstacles to overcome, I have never said anything like that it is a task of biblical proportions. If you think putting speedway anywhere, where it isn't currently, is a task of little or no effort (no matter who is behind the scheme), then I suggest you look at all those which have tried in the last few years and failed (Bristol, Exeter etc., etc.). Which is why I apologised!

on a plate phrase of plate 1. informal used to indicate that something has been achieved with little or no effort.

If you are going to name call, at least spell it correctly. It may have held "noisy events like rock concerts" in the past, but 7 months of a noisy event every week, is a bit different to the occasional rock concert. Still..... as Arthur Cross has already said (more than once), it's hardly "on a plate," no matter how you try to "butter it up." Oh, and while we are on, yes, indeed, I am one of those who say the Elite League isn't "Elite." Even more so now that they have National League riders in it. Apologies. In your post, you mention Armadale. Then on line 2 you mention Coventry. Then in line 3 you say there is no railway line. I (wrongly) assumed you were still talking about the Ricoh, not Armadale. I mention Google Maps as, everyone can go onto it and see the location of the Arena. By the way, for your information, I have visited Armadale on numerous occasions!

And pray tell how the heck do you know where I have visited only via Google????? Contradiction there, I believe!

The post they refer to suggests "irons in the fire" about a new 7pt asset. But that post was over a month ago.

No. But those who moved in since 2012 will have been well aware of the railway track and the empty football stadium (with the possibility of the return of football). The additional 15 heats of speedway and the announcements over the P.A. system would be in addition to what they would have expected when they moved in. Very similar to those who have moved into the houses at Armadale. They would have been aware of the speedway track outside their front door, when they moved in, so they have no complaints, whereas those near to the Ricoh could have complaints, as it wasn't used as a speedway venue when they moved in.

I said "leading to houses," not "on." They appear to be flats and are situated on Grindle Road, which is about 150/200mtrs from the stadium. It may well be easily accessible by being close to all the Motorways you mention, but it would only take a few of those NIMBY's I mentioned earlier to kick up a fuss about the speedway being installed in the stadium, to make it a lot less "on a plate," than suggested.

"The hole in the roof", that won't be a roof as such then, will it? Noise will still emanate from it. But I'm glad you accept that "it's probably not feasable," which means you agree with me on one point, that it isn't "on a plate" as suggested by Drop a cog.

Not where I'm looking on Google maps "Streetview" there isn't. On Judds Lane there is a narrow path next to a wooden fence leading to houses (there is a white coach on the right in the car park, with houses straight ahead). Also, don't forget, speedway would be running (weather permitting) every week, not just the every fortnight the stadium would be used for football. All I'm saying is it's not "on a plate" as suggested by Drop a cog. I'm not saying it isn't a possibilty, but there would be a few obstacles that would have to be overcome to persuade people to allow speedway to move into the stadium.

Right behind the car park. Not just noise, but disruption to the local area. Don't forget the NIMBY's who will crawl out of the woodwork at any opportunity.

What's that got to do with the NL Pairs next week?

NL Pairs at Mildenhall.

Have you been there? If not have a look on Google Maps. Anything but "on a plate" due to housing nearby.

Rose back in this week and misses next week (home to Somerset).

As I've already pointed out above, Craig Cook guests at No.1 for Diamonds on Sunday. There doesn't appear to be any talk of change on the Berwick 2014 thread, but I'm sure talk of any change is pure speculation.

I've already answered that question above!!

Craig Cook Berwick 1. Vissing 2 Jensen 3 Doolan 4 Wethers 5 Bellego 6 Carr 7 Kus (via Berwick ENewsletter)

As an example: 2014 - Ludde 17 matches 119 + 10 = 129 points Lewi 16 matches 108 + 18 = 126 points. Not much to choose between them.

Konopka's average is 3.00, which is below Rose's, meaning Rose will remain in the main body.

Rose's average his higher than Schramm's, so how will that work then? (Bearing in mind it has to be a like-for-like swap).