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This is not football..Promotion and relegation do not work in Speedway Expect problems at the end of the season....

This really looks tough on Ellis,but how can you change the rule for one rider..Are there any others effected in the same way ?

Not sure you can ride National with an average over 4 in the premier...Of course thing s can change at the A.G M...

Any thing could happen next year the great brains of speedway have yet to meet up at the B.S.P.A...?

Some may go up and some may go down..But i believe the overall team strengths will go down...

Good luck to Rob Branford and Ben Morley in the pairs sunday,,No last places is the key to winning this meeting as Ben and Danny Ayers showed last year ,,.

Weakening of team strengths is almost inevitable,,especially with an enlarged Elite league,,this would have a knock on effect with the Premier

I still think he was more wound up than his throttle....

Lots of delays tonight for various reasons,,but in between some very good racing,,it was always going to be a close run thing here ,and it now looks like Newcastle will likely progress to the final .,,Some good performances from Robbo,,Heeps and Morley ,and Busk Jacobson and the rest had their moments..Stand out rider was Newcastle,s Steve Worrall,,with good back up from Morris and Palovaaraa,,, Barker was a big let down to himself and Newcastle ...Roll on next season,and hoping the improvements at the track start to take shape..What league we will be in is anyones guess at the moment,personally i hope Rye stays in the Premier,,i do not think there would be the level of support needed for the Elite League...

Can see some sort of amalgamation of the leagues next season

I too hope we do not go down the six riders per team route..I know riders who took part in the trial meetings,and they were not impressed at all,,...

At this stage with a possible change in the make up of the leagues next season, ?,It is impossible to speculate on the make up of any sides at this time,,,

Rob Branford has improved as a rider this year and as there are still some rough edges to iron out, i think there is more to come next season and hope he is in the Rockets team

Rob Branford has done really well since coming in to the team,,And i believe still has further improvement in him,,,

As far as i know Ben Morley is riding for LAKESIDE tonight ,wed ,,so Raiders could be tracking a guest

Apart from the shananagens before the last race it was a nail biting night for Rockets fans,,The team scraping home in heat 15,,Ride of the night Rob Branford heat 14 the lads an entertainer for sure...,,Personally i have been off line for nearly a fortnight with a line destroyed by the water boards excavations in our road,, And BT definately would not make quick speedway riders,,will they now sue the water board for their costs ???,,,,I want compensation from Talk Talk........

Ben Morley guests for Cradley.....Rain drizzling in south essex do not know if it is the same in Kent do not think it would be enough for a cancellation if it is....

Macca56 all rumours are just that till they actually happen ,,Interesting though,Could be a good move.." ?

Ive never tried Fush and Chups,,What does it taste like ?Is it like mashed fish and chips ,,but messy

You are right Shads and i should have noticed that,,,Guess im getting old...I take it you will be doing the Premier riders Champs on the way back from Berwick ..I will be attending the Marathon at Rye ,,i may even take a mattress and camp out for the night,....

It would.now appear that the rockets are not riding on the day of the National league double header ,Rockets. Are at Bewick the night before which is what Shads was referring too..So Branford and Morley will ride in the double header on the Sunday

Ben Morley was lucky enough to have him as his coach the first time he sat on a speedway bike at a ride an slyde day at Kings Lynne,,Allround great guy....While im on here have not seen regular forum contributer Alan Jonesj at Rye lately,nor has he been ,posting,,on here,,please let us know if your ok Alan .....

I agree local guests will help the situation,,But it is not the same as having your own powerhouse top end ,,and i think you will find Bowens average is to high to guest as would Ellis,,s be,,, before you suggest him,,,,and there is nothing else out there to match our top two......

Tonights marathon does not bode well for a Raiders double header,,plus some other junior meet thrown in as well this is not what the fans want,, And if the Rockets are away no Branford or Morley ..Who is going to watch that !...,The match was easy for the Raiders against a weak Buxton side but it gave some usefull experience to the lower order who all managed a few points,,, score line was as easy as it looks 56 -34 ,,Even Priest had a 12 point max up till heat 15 where he got the nod over Ben.. Due to the dragged out after noon the fans were drifting away during the Raiders match and it is understandable..Some if not all the delays are avoidable.......

Great come back from the Rockets,,started with a 5-1 from Robson and Morley in heat 11,,, followed by an impressive ride from Branford a 4-2 with Heeps. and with two rides to come from the invincible Kennet things were looking good for the aggregate victory,,,the score 54 -36 gave us a 2 point overall entry to the next round against Newcastle ,,An exciting meeting and Rockets looked solid tonight,,,,Just a shame about the boringly long time between the two meetings 1hr and a quarter..i feel the junior kids should have gone out before the first meeting,,The crowd started drifting away during the Raiders meeting in large numbers,,,its a shame but 5hrs and twenty minutes is just way to long for a double header...Lessons need to be learned for the sake of the fans......