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Just chatting to a friend who has been a fan for over 2 decades that sticks to GPs these days about Jason Crump now at 5 due to his average reducing. He couldn't understand the whole 5% for guests (I still don't if I'm honest) and then I showed him the table and it blew his mind! If someone who has a knowledge of the sport cannot understand it how on earth are we supposed to attract new fans? Simplest sport on the planet in its purest form made baffling

I find my planner inundated with these, I was under the impression the reason for having the roving reporter at the other tracks was so these programmes could show highlights from the other meetings taking place that day. Haven't seen any evidence of that so far!

Must admit, for my moaning about Lambert being in there I thought he gave a fantastic account of himself. Great win for Ellis, was fantastic on the night! Such. A shame we don’t have the proper world team cup still in place he’d be a shoe in alongside Bewley for the final 2 places. The only downside as always was the coverage, Pearson too busy telling us all that Ellis had rolled and talking about his mates to bother noticing what was happening. Rowe nearly had King 2/3 times in one heat and all that was mentioned was about how king needed points! Yawn.

Still no Brennan, u21 champ and on his home (second home) track but Lambert does get in? Baffling

New points scoring is pathetic, 8 points into 20 with 2 extra rides! And people ask why others aren't interested in the sport

Must admit I hadn’t watched it, was catching up on updates here and there but it didn’t look good. Solid effort from him and Palin though in a decent enough field

Call me cynical but I don’t think you’d have seen a Pole needing 2 points from his last ride to guarantee at least a medal run off, with 2 fellow countrymen in that race come last

Unless he's decided not to take part (cant imagine that being the case) then its just another in the long line of ludicrous decisions by the powers that be!! Should be an auto seed for the u21 champ...thought it always was the case

And he didn’t even get a ride over there!

We used to have a Conference league match on the Firday after the Pairs went to Somerset too. Some great weekends over the years, miss not being able to roll home from those meetings

I'm very much in that camp too, just staggering how he hadn't taken a single pinch of advice he was given not 10 minutes earlier. I was amazed when he was given the rising star tag but watching him this year he appears to be the most unstable on a bike of the lot.

I would say more that Bates just doesn't listen, when the cameras were showing Wright after ht2 before he was back out in ht 3 you could quite clearly see Steady telling Bates not to lock it so hard in the background. His very next race which was no more than 10 minutes after the conversation...

Well it got a little better after I said it! First time there’s been a proper race for me, after the first 2 bends it’s been very gate and go before ht16

Decent result, track is terrible though. Should only need a third in his last? Top 5 qualify don’t they?

Thought Jamrog was a little naughty getting past him, hasn’t he already taken a few off this season?

Interestingly the WRU have announced a friendly with Argentina, on the 17th of July in the Principality.

They clearly knew this was happening a while back, WRU have announced a friendly with Argentina at the Principality...….17th July 2021!

Hoping for 2 better this year! 1. J Edwards 7.53 2. Rothery 3.00 3. D Thompson 5.50 4. H. Atkins 5.86 5. J. Thompson 6.48 6. Sam Hagon 3.00 7. H. Mcgurk 3.00 34.37

If Wells is on a 4, he seems a no brainer?

Exactly my point! £13 seems steep but clearly they’ve done some sums to work out that’s enough to cover costs and make a little bit off it. chuck in 7/8 kids and you won’t get half the numbers needed! Yes they should have called it the British Open but jeez... enjoy some speedway! One of possibly 2/3 meetings in the UK with anyone over NL standard and people are kicking off.. sometimes I think the fans are actually the problem!

is it not just simply a case of there not being enough top level riders available to compete? The current champ and Cook withdrawn, Harris looks as though he wont be there, no chance of Lambert or Woffy being over for it! Who's left? I'm one of the biggest knockers of the BSPA, they've done the right thing in getting it on a stream. 3/4 years too late but at least its happening, if they had charged £13 and put in all the kids with the likes of Barker and Schlien (who no ones complaining about) then there would have been even more outrage! The British Open would probably have been a better name in hindsight, I guess there's till time for that to change. Can we not just be happy that there is live Speedway in the UK?

Yeah, they did! They beat Zmarzlik

Has there been any announcement on the line up for the semi yet?

Ah, thanks! Wasn’t aware

Given his performances in the SEC (which this line up looks loosely based on) KK back in the GPS would be an absolute travesty! (41st in the Ekstraliga averages) Surely the likes of Smektala, Kubera or Prezedpleski would have been better? Presume the Pawlicki’s are still out of favour with PZM?