StevePark

I think he signed too late to qualify?

Will Birmingham have a team? Ash Morris and Nathan Stoneman both injured?

With the Diamonds going NL only.

Only one fixture in the CL that day - Berwick vs Leicester, so might have a slight impact?

So.... what's the alternative?

Greyhounds, I'd guess

Off the Diamonds website: Newcastle Speedway make fixture changes and push back 90th Anniversary Meeting. The management of Newcastle Speedway have reluctantly decided to move their 90th Anniversary Meeting from its scheduled date of July 7th to later on in the season to ease fixture problems and allow competitions to move forward. Commercial Executive, Steve Brock, who has led the planning meetings for the 90th Anniversary event said ‘It’s with great reluctance that we have took this course of action but with the added complications of having to give up our race day to shared events we really needed to place the official competitions as our primary area of concern.’ ‘We have had excellent backing from the local business community for the 90th and thankfully they all understand our predicament and will still be supporting the event when we host it later in the year.’ ‘This scenario just makes us more determined to put on something special later on in the season.’ Revised Newcastle Speedway home fixtures in the next few weeks now look as follows…. Sunday June 30th v Berwick – Championship Sunday July 7th v Scunthorpe – Championship Sunday July 14th v Edinburgh – this meeting is now the KO Cup Semi Final with the league match originally scheduled for that date now taking place on Sunday September 8th.

Eh? It's an Open meeting. I'm sure the NL Fours will be a higher priority than an individual meeting.

Danny will probably be riding in the NL Fours at King's Lynn that day, presumably so too will Max,

Taken from Newcastle's Facebook page, for those who haven't seen it (or got FB): Everyone at Newcastle Speedway were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of long-time Diamond's supporter Gary Beaty this morning. Gary had supported the club for many, many years and most notably as one of the meeting security stewards until health issues prevented him from fulfilling that role, but he continued to attend every meeting with his fiancee Mandy. Gary had a varied set of interests including Newcastle United and events throught the City, and enjoyed a famous session as a contestant on Channel 4s Countdown a few years ago. Gary's presence at our future meetings will be missed immensely by staff management and fans alike and the Club would like to send out heartfelt condolences and sympathies to Mandy and all Gary's friends and family. R.I.P Gary

"13 Tankers of water taken off"

I don't know who does the Scorpions Twitter feed, but the Scunthorpe team was put on there at about 5pm today.

Since when?

An obvious statement to make, but a lot will depend on who's riding in Poland that day.

Willie Lawson.... he was a Gem.....

As I say, not always the case. Some guests want a guarantee, for a start.

Depends on the agreement between the rider and the club he's guesting for. What the injured rider he is replacing earns has got absolutely nothing to do with any arrangement made.

Maybe a daft question, but, can you pay admission on the night, or do you have to buy in advance? Thanks in advance.

Current NL averages.... Danny P 6.75. David W 6.13...

If their averages are below 4, they remain on a 4.

He rides for Mildenhall in the NL, who also ride their home meetings on Sundays, so it would depend if he would want to make a permanent step-up to the SGB Championship.

He won heat 2 tonight. Job done.

If he did that he would cop a 28 day ban, therefore effecting him riding in the NL for Belle Vue.