Bagpuss

No extraliga fixtures yesterday. Another really enjoyable night of speedway at the Norfolk Arena and a very comfortable Lynn victory in the end although it looked anything but after heat 8. A good atmosphere, some decent racing and above all else a young, local lad making a big impression on his home senior debut, take a bow Jody Scott. Kvech was excellent as was Lawson after heat 1. Bomber was Bomber and the others chipped in. Ipswich massively missing Thompson and best wishes to Doyle after his withdrawal. Ben Cook back next Monday according to Rob Lyon after the meeting.

Ben Cook back next Monday at BV according to Rob Lyon.

Was all over and done with in an hour and 35 minutes once they got going. Any quicker than that and I'd feel short changed personally.

I was going to write a reply but you've worded it perfectly. The idea that anyone would hit the fence as hard as he did on purpose is bonkers.

And both riders are on record saying it was pilot error and not track related. Makes little difference anyway, Poland do what they like and don't care about other speedway nations.

Lynn is probably the most physically demanding track that we have in the UK due to the surface. Just to add this is where Phil Morris needs to be getting involved if he's not already, to mediate and try to come to a solution.

It's not a difficult equation to work out though.....Poland have paid for all of his treatment and rehab, pay riders thousands more than they earn here and the tracks are far easier to ride. Did Emil ride for Torun but not Ippo at the end of last season? The crunch is obviously next Monday, Belle Vue away would be the meeting he'd return for if he's going to. Lynn don't ride at home for three weeks and I suspect that's the issue with tonight. You would like to think that with the relationship Ben has with Rob Lyon and his previous commitment to Britian that he will ride next week and be strong enough to stand up to Leszno if they pressure him not to.

It also means no leeway if somebody else has a stinker. But thems the breaks, just have to get on with it.

For clarity they had booked Kildemand weeks ago before Cook had even had a practice to see how his wrist was. But agree with the rest. He obviously wants to ride in Poland but not the UK at the moment and it's a good question why he had five rides today. He will clearly get banned if he rides in Poland again and then miss the next Lynn fixture after that (BV away on Monday 23rd). Lynn aren't at home for three weeks after tomorrow, I'm guessing he and Leszno don't want him to ride on the grippy Lynn track until then at the earliest. Bottom line though is if he has a doctors note after today then there's not a lot anyone can do. I really hope we see him again and it's not another Museilak situation as Ben comes across as a genuine and honest fella.

I seem to remember last year that we had a facility for Museilak for the first 28 days and after that it was a 75% facility. Essentially the club gets a month's grace if a rider witholds their services and after that they need to replace them or they only get a 75% guest.

I'd agree that bans have to be handed out if riders appear in one league and not others but I'd also say that there is an enormous difference between riding at Lezno and Lynn if you have an injury.

On the contrary, I think Dean should be involved in running the sport in the UK as he seems to have all the answers.

What happened to Matt Marson?

We were able to interview Ben for the podcast this week, you can listen on the link below. I can see him getting a 28 day ban going forward if he rides on Sunday.

Well I think the racing has been excellent so far.

Unlucky darts!

Behave 😁

Lovely old job.

But you don't get to see Holders, Kvech, Fricke, Doyle, Emil, Woffy, Bewley, Kurtz, Magic, Museilak, Zagar etc etc. And two extra teams doesn't make for 'much more fixture variety'. Plus I'd question if Championship really is 'much more competitve', really not sure it is at all. I just feel its a real shame that one of the most successful and well supported sides in the country won't strive to be the best they can be and ride at the highest level. It's all a bit safe.

Maybe they don't want to do it full time with all their other commitments? Lynn never wanted to be in this position, I think using different riders from their own NDT team is fair enough, the likelihood is that they are likely to struggle against all other RS's anyway.

Tomorrow's forecast now looks a lot more encouraging on the Met Office App.

Source?

Oo er missus

You've been on the forum long enough to appreciate that discussions develop on various threads.

Most other clubs don't own their stadia.