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Such a shame. I wish Alex all the best and hope that he comes out of this happier. Seems like a good guy and the type who could have taken the sport forward with new ideas. The sport needs more like him.

Thought that it was a decent meeting despite the rain beforehand. Track got better as the meeting progressed and Kings Lynn gave a great account of themselves. They seemed to be full of confidence and Laguta is a wonderful rider. His team ride with Palm Toft in heat 13 was a masterclass. A couple of Belle Vue's team looked a bit out of sorts, but that's no excuse - well done Kings Lynn for a great effort.

Brennan, Wright and Blodorn made vital contributions tonight, beating their Kings Lynn counterparts nearly every time.

Belle Vue's strength in depth was inevitably the difference between the teams although Rew and Barker deserved more than the points they scored. Emil was simply sensational and a joy to watch. The track staff deserve great credit for the track surface which must have been a difficult job with the very hot and windy weather. Aces took the points but speedway was the winner tonight.

Really looking forward to this, should be a great meeting. Hope they have got plenty of water for the track! The vast majority of the Witches points will obviously come from their top two, so it should be a great opportunity for the Aces middle order to have a good night. Might be a chance for Jake Mulford to get a few points as well. Can't see anything other than a comfortable home win.

I know Rory Schlein is bobbing on a bit but the programme last night said that he was born in 1684 Explains a lot!

So probably only around four / five points then?

Who can take the R / R rides for Brennan?

It rained for most of the morning (not heavy, but constant light rain). It stopped about 1-00. If the meeting had been scheduled for tonight, it might have had a chance, but not for a lunchtime meeting.

To be fair, Thompson looked pretty good at Belle Vue on Monday.

Sounded like a great meeting, Good to see Bewley starting to come good as well.

So sorry for Wolves fans and the sport in general. A league with potentially five teams just won't happen. At least there will be no doubling up as there won't be enough teams soon to double up with!

Mark Lemon has got work to do with Wright obviously. Seems very childish based on the comments on here.

It's a magnificent book Tony, well done to all who helped with it's creation. Whatever people's views on PC and recent fall outs, it's still a great read and insight into 70s / 80s speedway. Thank you!

That's not good - did anyone see what happened beforehand?

That's got BV's season going then. Good performances all down the order. Special shout out to Anders Rowe who looks a decent addition in the RS position - can he replace Mulford permanenty?

After the first leg display, the home attendance will be badly affected I fear.

An excellent meeting with many great races. Doyle was a worthy winner, as several others could easily have taken it, but his experience of GP finals may have helped when it counted. The 5 rider semi / 6 rider final worked well and the BV staff deserve great credit for the slick presentation. Not sure about the reason to give the two track reserves two 'match races' but that's being picky.

A good meeting with decent racing. Well done the Tigers, they fully deserved their win and as has been said before, they look the team to beat this season. Having said that, there were a lot of positives for Belle Vue as well, with Kurtz, Lidsey, Blodorn and Brennan all having their moments. Undoubtably Bewley will score far heavier in the future, so I'm not that downhearted. Spotted Chris Holder sat in the grandstand behind us as well.

Just started raining here at 4.50. To be fair, the clouds are very grey and it looks like it's in for the night, so well done Met Office (sadly)

Sadly the right decision, although there's still no rain here and hasn't been all day (7 miles from track). Feel for the BV promotion who worked miracles to get such a world class field, there's no doubt that it won't be anywhere as near as good when it's restaged.

Still dull but not raining in South Manchester at 12-15 (7 miles from the track)

A great presenter and years ahead of his time. RIP Dickie

Thank you Ian. Most of us are watching this (sad) story evolve from the outside. Inside information like this is very interesting. .......... and can I reiterate I was a massive PC fan as a rider.

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