balderdash&piffle

I suppose you could say Doolan and Howe probably will not hold their average as well. Te other 3 have potential

Summers pretty average around Shielfield, occasionally hits a 12, most of the time 6 or7 points, do you want an 8 pointer who may drop to a 7.5 ish. With the other 5 probably nailed on, can fit in a 9 pointer and an 8.5 rider, assuming the starting points are 42.5.

All while tuning a piano

Makes sense, cut the cost a bit

The private club will just change the rules to suit

A majority rather than a few, me thinks

Calm down Dave, hope you not going through the change pal.

Let the flier go and shoot the rest

That's where most speedway clubs are going wrong in the present, I feel

At the end of the day, it's up to the management whom they let in for free, they may do something behind the scenes that the average fan is not aware of. However, I think the best way to support a club is to always pay through the gate, over the years I have been offered free admission from various sources including the promotion. I have always declined them on the grounds that morally I should support my club by paying at the turnstiles.

Think of the boost in trade for the clutch makers

Agree with you then, same problem up at Berwick

Without those faithful few who give up their free time to help at speedway, there would be no speedway anyway, the least for those who do is free entry and a free cup of tea from Mrs E. I am sure a way will be found for The Diamonds to survive, I certainly, as one of the enemy up the road, really hope so.

If I were a ref, I would fluctuate my release, might be 10secs next time 15secs then perhaps 20 secs, Would certainly have to hold until the tapes were released

You know as I do Dave, the problem lies with the BSPA being a private club, setting it's own rules, and if you don't follow the private clubs rules you are not allowed to join or are excluded from the club. If you are not in the club you cannot run speedway in the UK, as it as a closed shop. All riders are self employed, so under UK law should be able to ply their trade to whom ever they decide, and not be restricted by the private club rules.

On the badges, just been given a Berwick Bandits badge, with a 1985 bar on it. He asked me to give it to someone who collects them

There is also another group coming up straight behind them, Flint, Mcgurk brothers, Palin, Edwards, just to mention a few. watch out for Leon Flint , 15 in February and already moved up to 500s, 2015 125 British champion, 2016 and 2017 British 250 champion

When you get to my age, most are under a certain age

Getting better by the minute

Oh dear !. I think it is time to scrap the tapes, and get a man with a flag

To anticipate is part of a thought process, you take a judgement, some riders are good at it, some not so good. Luck is just hoping for the best and getting away with it.or not.

Surely, anticipation is a real art it must be deemed as perfect judgement, any idea that a rider is not anticipating is total nonsense, if he did not anticipate, he would be left at the tapes.

They have announced there will be a hog roast on the night.

Yeah, but they make Vodka with whats left over

here we go again, SPEEDWAY IS A SIMPLE SPORT. the rules are over complicated and in many cases not totally necessary in their current form. Seven riders per team. 15 heats of 4 riders. Four riders set off together go anti clockwise for four laps keep turning left. The first rider over the line is the winner and earns 3 points, the other riders are awarded points accordingly 2nd, 3rd, 4th. The team with the most points at the end of the meeting is the winner. No T/Rs or T/subs needed, that is just manipulation of the result.