racers and royals

I`ve known "Jacko" for a long time- maybe he knew the rule and was overruled by the ref !

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIrrjyBLNQw

Rospiggarna v Piraterna video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mot7i-ZlqrI

Swedish play-offs Monday- Fricke won't be there. Don't know about Nicholls

15.16 HANDICAP HEAT RULES (for offences shown in Art 15.3, or permitted by an SR In Team events, if a rider commits a Starting Offence (Art 15.3) the Team Manager has an option to either replace the disqualified Rider by a Reserve (starting in the original position) or nominate the offending rider for a 15-metre Handicap, starting in gate (d). If Gate (d) is already occupied as a result of a 2nd or subsequent re-instatement then a Reserve Switch is the only option. Furthermore to permit the 15-metre handicap then: a) The Team Partner will take gate ( with the opponents taking gates (a) & © For a 2nd offence by the same rider in the same heat a mandatory disqualification with no replacement permitted. c) If the offence is committed by a TR rider and a Reserve Switch is chosen, the use of the TR shall nevertheless count as a TR ride i.e. it is forfeited but the Points scored by the Reserve do not count as double. d) as per Art. 15.15.7 only the Handicap option is available. In an Individual event that permits the use of the 15-metre “Handicap” option for a Starting Offence (Art 15.3, then the ruling allows for multiple use, providing gate (d) is used, then gate © for any subsequent offending rider

Big result for Dackarna winning 47-43- so it`s just 1st and 2nd to fight out now, with the winners getting the final 2nd leg at home Dackarna need to win both matches to pip Rospiggarna to top spot After 4 matches each 1 Rospiggarna 8 pts. +78 2 Dackarna 6 pts. +18 3 Piraterna 2 pts. -52 4 Indianerna 0 pts. -44 Both Dackarna v Rospiggarna matches on Mon/Tues should be on TV

He I`m sure wants it changed back to gate 4 without exception- It is dangerous anywhere other than gate 4 however the league title could be won on changing gates in heat 15-It`s not the man necessarily going back 15m but his team mate getting onto a far better gate- what`s the alternative ?

Bad news round 2 is not live on TV any longer- however the company that did the stream from kings Lynn probably will be doing the same from Paradubice. Czech television CT 4 might also be showing it live.

TV match next Monday has to be Dackarna v Rospiggarna Indianerna 41 Dackarna 43 in Kumla.

But it did change just for heat 15 for the reason I put in post 8. Why is there confusion about heats 1-14 ??

Close in Kumla Indianerna 21 Dackarna 21

Are people really that thick - the sup reg clearly refers to heat 15 and actually cross references to it - 15.14.3. I can only assume Refs and certain team managers do not read the sup regs !!!!

Stream up and running http://tvsport.pro/channel/302/ lovely evening in Sweden. Underway in Kumla Indianerna 5 Dackarna 1

There is no confusion in the rule book heats 1- 14 the rider goes off 15 m on gate 4 . Only in heat 15 (sup reg 2) does the rider go off his orginal gate 15 m back. Anything that has happened contrary to these rules is A refs cock-up B team managers cock-up. It was changed for heat 15 to stop a team moving gates in the instance of a close match when one team had the bad gates( 1 and 3) and wanted to get their riders on 2 and 4

Please list heats and gates to clarify your argument ? - We can then check the ref`s programme on the BSPA website.

The rule is -15m back always goes from gate 4 and positions are shuffled to allow for that- unless it`s heat 15 when the 15 M rider goes off his allocated gate. Are you saying that didn`t happen ?

Bit of a guess- could it be Barney Kennett in the middle and Martin Yeates on the right ?

Is it MJJ who replaces AJ ??

Good Programme from Eurosport today- all 15 heats plus re-runs as well,

Dackarna v Indianerna video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz6kOMscBN8

This week and next week( Mon and Tues) we have back to back play-off nights. The round 4 TV match this Wednesday 7th September is Rospiggarna v Piraterna live on C MORE sport at 6pm UK time Likely teams Rospiggarna 1 Doyle 2 Fricke - not at Belle Vue 3 Jonsson- Injured Tuesday- R/R 4 Thorssell 5 Vaculik 6 Lahti 7 Lindman Piraterna 1 Hancock 2 Piotr Pawlicki- R/R 3 Kildemand 4 Nicholls - Not at Belle Vue ?? 5 J Davidsson 6 A Rosen 7 Engman stream http://tvsport.pro/channel/302/ Eurosport 2 1 hour highlights programme is on Friday morning at 8.30 am Wednesday`s other match is Indianerna v Dackarna likely teams Indianerna 1 Lindback 2 Lindgren 3 Protasiewicz 4 J Andersson 5 NKI - not at Poole 6 Cyfer 7 Jablonski Dackarna 1 janowski 2 Holta 3 Dudek 4 K Gomolski 5 Ljung 6 Johansson 7 Max After 3 matches each 1 Rospiggarna 6 pts. +46 2 Dackarna 4 pts. +14 3 Piraterna 2 pts. -20 4 Indianerna 0 pts. -40

After 3 matches each 1 Rospiggarna 6 pts. +46 2 Dackarna 4 pts. +14 3 Piraterna 2 pts. -20 4 Indianerna 0 pts. -40

34-14

Great start for Rospiggarna at Piraterna 19-11 up

Round 6 - last round to decide the finalist`s - just NKI I would think.