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Was Peter Adams not there then if CVS was making decisions usually made by the team manager?

That’s just naughty, Arnie!

Thanks - I hadn’t seen it anywhere

Sorry if I’ve missed it, but where’s James Sargeant?

You don’t half find some weird and wonderful things!

He learnt everything he knows from Steve Shovlar

The refund policy was designed to give consistency. But it’s only a policy, not a rule. Clubs are independent businesses and must have the right to exceed the minimum. It’s not without precedent as, in the past, other tracks have offered much reduced readmission. Perhaps the correct approach would have been to allow free re-admission but suggest that supporters might wish to make a voluntary contribution to help cover some of the costs incurred due to the abandonment.

Assuming it’s a chest, not a chef infection, then he should be suspended for 7 days starting with today (SCB Rule 010.5 h )

The guess, and I did say that was all it was, was based on just having a second ambulance. The £800 you quote is for the entire medical team of a minimum of 7 to include a doctor or paramedic.

Many clubs have, under these circumstances, ignored the published terms and conditions and given free admission to ticket holders. The policy wasn’t designed for an event that only runs two heats as that is clearly unfair on supporters - £10 for two heats is outrageous. Stop hiding behind the rules, Birmingham, and do the decent thing. On the ambulance question, I think the SCB rule is that a second ambulance can’t just be any old vehicle with the word “ambulance” painted on it. It has to ge registered with DVLA as an ambulance and have both a driver and an attendant. My guess is a second ambulance would cost somewhere between £250 and £400 per meeting. Other than for tv meetings, I doubt there are many tracks that have two ambulances, but, given the current strain on the NHS, maybe more should consider it? A final point is to express my disappointment - that’s me using a gentle word - at how very limited the sympathy and support for Josh Auty has been. In the press release, Laurence Rogers referred to the abandonment of the meeting as being a “huge blow” for the promotion and that he felt sorry for the supporters. Not a word about feeling sorry for Josh or any update on his injuries which appear to have been serious enough to require him getting morphine. Birmingham supporters and Birmingham riders deserve better.

I thought that might be the case

What website are you looking at? All the fixtures are there: https://britishspeedway.co.uk/calendar/2022-fixtures-results/

There were, allegedly, reasons other that naivety that caused the demise of Rye House. When clubs run out of money to pay wages half way through a season, it’s because of lack of income. When clubs haven’t even been paying the wages, you have to wonder where the money has gone.

The format is shown in the SCB regulations: SR 16.6.1 (page 147). The whole rule book can be viewed on the SCB website.

Apologies - tried to post race card and failed. See next post

That counts as a starting offence as defined in 11.1.6

Rule 11.1.27 - a rider disqualified for a starting offence can either go off 15mtr or be replaced by a reserve. It’s only if a “qualified” is withdrawn can he be replaced by another qualified rider. It’s been that way for a considerable time

Apologies - I didn’t mean to offend. Meaningless in terms of the league or the cup.and meaningless in terms of the made up opposition. But only my opinion - I prefer a season opener, if it’s to be a glorified practice session, to be en open meeting, an interleague challenge or an inter club trophy. Something that matters, even if it’s just pride.

I’ve just had a look at the forecast. Not surprised! Wet and 3C. And a meaningless fixture. Not good for an opening night so sensible to call off early as they’ve done

R/r rides: Mountain heat 1 Ellis heat 5 Worrall heat 8 Howarth heat 11 ……but only a guess

I had to look Greebo up. Apparently “assigned that title by trendies and rudes”. Sounds about right. Definition as follows: A greebo is a person who listens to rock/punk/metal music and doesn't follow fashion trends. They don't usually class themselves as being a greebo but are assigned that title by trendies/rudes. Some of them may look quite threatening but generally they are all around nice people and they resist starting fights or arguments with people who do follow trends. However, if you were to ask one if they had anything against trendies or rude boys their answer would seldom be 'no'. Almost all Greebos have some kind of disliking towards trendies mainly because they make their lives hell. Abuse is hurled at them when they walk down the street and they frequently get the crap beaten out of them for absolutely no reason other than the fact that they are different.

Many thanks.

What’s the race format for this? 20 heats like in the GPs then the top six to the final or is there some sort of pre-final race off?

It’s all getting close now with the first meeting of the year less than 5 days away. Weather forecast looks good so I hope Josh gets a decent crowd.

What are the rules now on work visas? Do riders still have to be amongst the top two or three in state or national championships and, if so, how does Pearson qualify?