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Well done to the Rebels! Seems 16 points lead was ample as i always thought it would be. 4th final in 5 years is a pretty impressive stat, congrats to the promotional team as much as the riders for that. Lets beat those Tigers now whichever variety we have to face!

i did say IF

no Glasgow will have to do better than that especially if Somerset are back to claim the PL Title later this month. and i wouldn't be surprised if you weren't the 'brains' behind the whole which rider fits and rides tracks well for the Rebels when the need arises??

nah Ippo can have him back if they want! (***** Somerset poster alert ***** add it to the count!)

But weren't Glasgow in the same boat last week as RR for Lunna made them stronger both at OTA and Ashfield for KO Cup. Bach as supposed 7 pointer could take a 4 pointers ride.

Obviously Jake can't improve on a maximum but he can certainly match it whilst Sarjeant definitely has room for improvement!! Don't underestimate Jake the guy is a class act.

Sarjeant really needs a vowel in heat 11 to make a word from his scorechart. An 0 will do nicely for the Rebels!

Never like to miss an opportunity!!

I reckon the correct one would have to probably exclude both of them. Lindman was reckless but Karlsson was just dangerous as he knew exactly what he was doing as he looked twice! If it had been Holta in the middle i reckon he wouldn't have turned left so sharply.

nah she was fine! She will be back for the next meeting i'm sure

if you had flown into Bristol i reckon you could have done it in less than 6 hours!!

Yep there are a few of us although at 90 my grandmother rarely gets there now! She has never been short of a word or ten has my Auntie Brenda! Our whole family love speedway and to have the Oak Tree Arena open when it did was perfect as the 'older generations' (Brenda and my mum and dad) had started to drift away a bit. They are regulars every week now plus all help me out getting the golf day sorted each year for the club.

Well if Garcia had turned left instead of right then i don't think Bradley would have been injured either! How at that point did she know how the evening would unfold? The traffic was bad again on the M5 making it slow progress for many to the OTA. I did comment to the people stood around me last night on the lack of a number 8 for either side when they did the parade last night but i have heard the demands of an eligible NL rider to take up such a position are sometimes quite high and prohibitive. Gone are the days when they saw it as an opportunity to put themselves in the shop window for a team place now all they want is £££'s.

Just looking at the updates and I am wondering why at Swindon last night (when he even won a race!) or in either match tonight Coventry failed to use Henry Atkins for any other/RR rides. Admittedly i am only looking at a computer screen for the updates but I know the kid is keen and will only get better by riding and testing himself at a higher level. I am sure he didn't learn much from sitting in the pits for both meetings, not even getting a chance when the 2nd meeting had slipped away from Storm. Maybe Henry would have been better off going to Somerset tonight for his usual after meeting blast?

That should have been good news for Sheffield really as he is awful at Somerset. 6+1 from the R/R is better than what he would have got!

Don't think you will be seeing Zach on Sunday? Got a feeling he is still sidelined with his badly broken fingers.

Looking forward to this one but it will be a long day before the racing starts with the Rebels Golf Day FORE! taking place before it at Brean Golf Club. Hopefully it will be a fun day for everyone and a successful one for the club both on and off track. Great to see a few of the riders and other clubs supporting it as well. Not sure what Jake and Rohan are like on the golf course but we will find out in the morning! On the track i hope it is a home win and the slip up against the Devils from 2015 won't be repeated. If Rohan brings his form from the EL this week i can only see another maximum for him again.

He didn't like the trademark Jake Allen divebomb into turn three on lap one of heat one! He obviously hasn't seen Jake at the OTA as he does it once a meeting at least and it is the most controlled divebomb i have seen as he holds it no wider than mid track around the 3/4 bends despite coming in at about 100mph!

This was in the match programme last Friday (with the full T&C's) but wasn't mentioned over the PA on the night. So i thought i might add it on here to raise awareness of the Season Ticket raffle which is running in connection with the upcoming Rebels Golf Day FORE! which helps to support the ongoing cost of the Air Fence/repairs and also other improvements to the OTA. Buy a ticket for £5 and if you are the lucky person whose ticket is drawn out of the hat during the meeting against Plymouth on Friday August 26th then a 2017 Season Ticket to watch the Rebels could be yours. Keep your eyes open for the tickets on sale on Wednesday evening and again on the 26th but make sure you buy one before the tapes rise for heat one against the Devils to be in with a chance of winning.

Got a feeling Josh is Swindon 'doubling down' as his contract is owned at EL level so they get first call for original fixtures. Rohan i think is still PL owned (Ippo??) so we get priority on him. I may be wrong on this though or just making it up as i go along but that is speedway for you! What average is he on??

Not sure Charles is allowed back until Glasgow at earliest (9 days?) and I understand from what Jake said on Radio Bristol earlier he is away all weekend as he is driving to Sweden for U21 WTC after home meeting next Weds. I also think you might find Swindon are riding at Belle Vue next Friday as well so no Josh anyway even if he is fit for that one. Dan Bewley was mentioned as Zach's replacement on Saturday and Sunday.

A depleted Rebels did a great job tonight to beat Sheffield. Missing 3 of our normal riders remaining 4 plus the guests produced a solid performance to start another winning run! Great effort by Brady back in a Rebels bib showing he hadn't forgotten his fence scraping lines around the OTA. Jake was so unlucky as had heat 1 all sown but until the chain went. He was that far ahead he still almost reached the line before Brady in third! R/R produced 9 for Wrighty so possibly only a point or two dropped with that being used . Starkey was the rider of the night by a mile for me. His ride in heat 5 to fend off Stead and protect BWD was amazing but still not a patch on the ride he produced in heat 12 to beat Howarth by about 1/4". Rohan was that good also that you hardly noticed he racked up 17 points, certainly thriving on the Somerset air. BWD was solid as ever with a great win in heat 5 on his R/R outing ahead of Stead/Bates. Chessell tried hard but lacked the speed to keep riders behind him although Greaves locking up in front of him certainly helped Sissis in heat 2. For Sheffield Stead was a bit hit and miss as was Bates. Both scores were increased by one point due to Allen's misfortune. Comedy moment of the night was heat 10 when Sheffield team manager put the B/W on Howarth but no one told Berge (who would have been my choice for it anyway!). Howarth looked ok and had a great race with Starke in heat 12 and Berge got better as the night wore on spoiling Starkey's max in heat 14. Garrity was poor for the experience he now has. Obviously was his left hand causing the problems as in true Coventry fashion he dropped the clutch before the tapes went up in his first two rides. Not sure what he did in heat 9 with his slow motion fall and failure to clear the track due to much hand shaking. No idea what or how he hurt it but can't have been too bad as he was back in heat 13. Sissis was poor but might have been hampered by the Sheffield shale still all over his kit from the night before! Greaves score flattered him a bit too as had 15m advantage over his partner in heat 2 and only beat Chessell twice. Good night of speedway overall and onto Edinburgh next Weds ahead of a Northern Tour which i doubt we will get much out of after hearing the teams news tonight. Although this is the 2016 Rebels we are talking about so who knows!!

He surely can't be better at the inside line than Mathias Kroger was!

Come on Najjer it is tough to single any one of the Rebels out this year, they have all been superb!! I do agree that Rohan has been superb on a track (I think i am right in saying?) he admitted to not liking at the press launch day. Despite those great performances he still can't get the no 1 racejacket off Josh which shows how good he has been too! And then you have the engine room of Wright and Starke, The Oak Tree Arena would be a much duller place if those two weren't in Rebels colours each week! Possibly only Zach hasn't hit the heights yet but he will get there when he is fit again.

Was it a different Presenter tonight then? Not Pete or Nigel?