Gemini

Good job I didn't or I wouldn't have known who he was. I've just about got him sussed out when I see him at Peterborough now but it's taken a long while.

I think Sky generally want matches where the visitors at least stand a chance of winning, which unfortunately Leicester probably don't. Anyway, they've already been to Beaumont Park once and we're in the same boat at Coventry with only one visit. Boat being rather appropriate on that occasion.

I await with bated breath for the outcome. I had to google that saying as I wasn't sure if it was bated or baited or even what on earth it means. But apparently.......Breathing that is subdued because of some emotion or difficulty. Origin Which is it - bated or baited? We have baited hooks and baited traps, but bated - what's that? Bated doesn't even seem to be a real word, where else do you hear it? Having said that, 'baited breath' makes little sense either. How can breath be baited? With worms? There seems little guidance in contemporary texts. Search in Google and you'll find about the same number of hits for 'baited breath' as 'bated breath'. In one of the best selling books of all time, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (whose publisher could surely have afforded the services of a proof-reader), we have: "The whole common room listened with baited breath."

You can save mine and quote it again the next time I'm having a moan. For the record my dislikes are sunbreaks and unnecessary delays due to crappy tracks having to be sorted out during the meeting. That's about it really as I've never been interested in the statistical side of speedway so things like that don't annoy me. With regard to Cardiff - yes that's me and why I don't go any more. Don't like rowdy people whether they're Poles or not and sick of spilt beer and having to get up to let someone go to the toilet every five minutes. Much more comfortable at home.

Not suitable for me then. Speedway here may have its faults ~ and many of them ~ but I still enjoy it. It's nice to be able to stand (or sit) next to visiting supporters without any aggro. Perhaps a bit of banter but that's it. I'm looking forward to seeing my Swindon friends on August 21st and if the Robins win I will congratulate them, although it may be through gritted teeth.

Which also affects Leicester as well. Wishing Simon a speedy recovery.

Me neither. Swindon always worry me as they seem to be our 'bogey' team. Still, looking on the bright side I do get to see my Robins friends from Basingstoke who I'm sure will be making the trip up to Brandon.

Me too. No way would I be a Speedway supporter if it was like that.

He's always been like this and like you I'm sure it doesn't help. Fair enough if something isn't working try something else but then that doesn't seem to be enough and it's back on the merry-go-round again. When he used to ride for the Bees last time he'd take a while into the season to get going but be flying for the last few months so why not put the bike/s away for the new season when they are proven to be fast and working well? But no it's off with the old and on with the new which always meant a couple of months to get going again. Bah!

Oh yes ~ you're right. I had to fish my programme out of the bin and that was the race Doyle caused him to fall so got excluded. Perhaps it does bode well afterall if he sticks with the GTR and doesn't keep messing about.

Before anyone gets too excited though it was only Jonasson (3 points) and Puddzuks (1 point) so not exactly one of the big guns.

There usually is. Still think it was wrong of Tungate to do this after the re-run though. Speedway is dangerous enough without riders doing something unexpected like this as the re-run was pretty uneventful. I think it's a broken hand?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5amcO2uQ5JA&feature=youtu.be And the probable reason for Tungate's anger.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT6F69LQE0k&feature=youtu.be

This just doesn't seem right all this Coventry and Wolves love in lately. Bees fans sympathising with Wolves fans because they're having a bad season and now Beowulf saying 'C'mon the Bees!!' and Shawn 'C'mon the Wolves'. No one, but it's a shame he didn't do this years ago as he was usually the cause of the flack anyway.

He learned how to pass 3 riders last night that had started from the gate whereas he was off 15 metres. Pretty impressive how quickly he did it too. Perhaps that's the answer to equal things up a bit ~ give riders like Adam a handicap?

I thought that was the reason too. Didn't seem to bother him being 15 metres back anyway and it certainly made it one of the more interesting races of the night when the overall match was pretty mediocre, apart from the score.

And took himself off Facebook as well. Strange him being so anti-social after all these years of winding everybody up.

I agree with the first bit but I'm not so sure about the second sentence. Once my two were old enough to be left at home they weren't interested in being dragged to speedway matches anymore. I'll have to broach the subject with them of what happens when I'm no longer able to drive myself to meetings. Should be interesting.

Ah.....so you are one of the fans who get some meetings delayed because they don't turn up until the last minute and find themselves in a big queue.

I'm just wondering how you managed to only be over by 12 minutes after parking the car, eating in the pub, going to Tesco, walking to the stadium, queueing to get in, watching the match plus 2nd half then walking back to the car park again with a probably tired 6 year old by then.

The short notice this time was the Scunthorpe match on July 12th but why on earth this date was given I don't know because even I knew almost 12 months ago that a big dog show was taking place that weekend because we always go. Well they've got fair warning for 2016 as 'Just Dogs Live' is on 8th/9th/10th of July.

Perhaps get to see you on a TV programme yet as the bailiffs come knocking on your door seizing assets to cover the fine. Just as an after thought what happened to that old rhyme 'i before e except after c'?

Well if I was the Coventry promotion I know how I'd get 'the last laugh'. If Bees get to the Semi Final of the Play-Offs I'd refuse to let any Sky cameras in the place.

I don't have Sky but someone has let me borrow the Peterborough v Glasgow match and I was puzzled why the Peterborough start girls hold the boards upside down? Presumably the other side has the gate positions or is coloured red, blue, white and yellow for the riders position but surely the bit facing the camera should be the right way up?

Try Peterborough. Excellent racing, decent toilets and a big grandstand holding 2,000 so you can sit down in comfort.