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I heard that he nominated you to do it for him.

Only if those rates were lower, and a deal did not include things such as flights, accomodation, workshops, transport,etc. There has always been an 'exchange rate' for the home promoter to pay the visiting riders, with the visiting promotion paying the top up for their actual agreed pay rate. Over the season, of course, it does balance itself out.

And it's a possibility.

Well summed up and I quite agree with you.

Another factor in play is that Claes will return to the second string spot and the Guest for Richie as senior reserve will return as from 1st October. Depending on who's available that could strengthen us.

That's what I forecast will happen. Newcastle will then go for Edinburgh and Scunny will be left with Somerset. So that's Newcastle - Leicester - Edinburgh (Friday Saturday Sunday weekend for us) and Scunny - Worky - Somerset.(Friday X2 and Saturday) We might have to consider a full weekend for our ties, as we also have to have to ride meetings against Worky and Somerset in the KO Cup and LC

Quite agreed. What team has lost their top rider on a 8.5ish average and not been able to replace him, except with reserves and later with second strings. Rolling averages of course, but I still agree with them in principle. Riders like Starke have given their all for us, but none of them were Stevie Worrall, but that's not their fault. We have missed the twins, even more so than heatleaders. Scunny meeting tonight was getting tight till mid meeting, then they pulled away so we had to get a result. It took Claes and Christian to take heat 14 to make it safe for us and not need to have to draw or win heat 15. I think we will go for Leicester as first pick.

Don't kid yourself, he is a decent rider. If £60 a point is true, well the riders are doing to the club what Bowen was doing to the barmaid last year. Allegedly.

We spoke with Glanz about 3 years ago and as a result we then signed Dak.

But you always had the Leicester meeting at home to ride off. Hope it all goes well for you all.

Shocking.

Probably best to have presented the readmission ticket at the next meeting, and getting a fiver off. Much easier and less frustration and admin. Not trying to knock the offer though.

As a conductress, she'll punch ya ticket, arson.

It was, but the other rule allowing a reduction for a rider have spent time in the NL, was never really explained and I think only applied to Robert Mear at Lakeside.

Sly wasn't it. I'm cheering on my favourite team Glasgow tomorrow night.

Cancel all the other meetings and just have a 30 heat oneoff final. Job done and no fixtures problems.

Weather depending Jules, this will be on as the penalties to Denham if it doesn't, will make it happen. Let's hope it gets a massive gate to demonstrate fans support.

I think you will find we ALL want Worky to survive.

Thanks IronScorpion, that's the Arthur Cross post I was refering to.

I think you will find that Arthur Cross explained on it here about a couple of weeks ago, that the agreed date for the cutoff had been put back by about a week, in view of the horrendous number of rainoffs. From memory I think it is this weekend (Sunday ?)for fixtures to be included in the league standing, which then decides the picking order for the playoffs. Failure to complete the fixtures by the new date will result in a fine, and all the outstanding fixtures still have to be completed by the end of October. Failure to do that is a very serious offence. The reason why KD will be complying with the BSPA request to finish the season properly is that all his assets will be stripped and operated by the BSPA, and all inside speedway debts will be taken out of his large bond that he is required to lodge with the BSPA incase of happenings like this and also the case of Newport. Any money left over, and monies for the sale of his assets, will of course be paid back to him, minus any fines he has picked up on the way.

Richard Hall started with Newcastle not Sheffield.

I think you have a very good case for acquiring Bellago as an asset anyway. He did enough meetings for an average but not as an asset with Glasgow. He has for you, so I don't see any other decision but to name him as your asset.

I think GT did alter the kerb line fractionally but it did not change the racing lines as the kerb is on the level part not the banking. I remember talking to GT at the time.

I was speaking to one of them last week and things seem OK.

Not true, that's just what you and ya few mates collectively say about anybody connected to the BSPA. There is, and always has been, attempts to correct the slump over many years but even on here, the BSPA's biggest critics rarely agree on one way out to improve the situation. Half the ideas on here would bankrupt most promotions but the folks forwarding these ideas have not got any cash in the sport that they could lose by applying their ideas. Certainly the members of the BSPA at the AGM have got a lot of thinking, and doing, to stabilize the existing clubs if they, and the sport, can be saved for the future. Back on thread. Worky's demise is sad to see, especially with the start that they made in 1999. Due to the Ian Thomas connection with both clubs, we were asked to open them up on their first night which had an crowd of 4,400 and the place was packed. Eventually naturally, the crowds settled down and flattened out at an average of 2,200. When Worky came visiting they brought busloads of fans, enough to give every Northern and Midland tracks their top crowd of the season. I know that when Worky came to Newcastle, we looked forward to a decent meeting, with great atmosphere and a great opportunity to make a profit to pay the bills. This continued for many years resulting in their many successes in the likes of the 4's. Denham had aways been around as a sponsor and had badgered Tony Mole to sell him the club, but Tony heldoff until he was ready to leave. Ian Thomas was included in the deal, and I am not sure he was that pleased to be part of it. Denham then started to call the tune, upsetting many, banning even more and replacing good experienced people with his own henchmen. As can be seem, I am not a fan of the said gentleman, and i am not alone within speedway. Yes, there has been even more rainoffs than there usually is (and that is a problem normally with Worky). Yes, there has been many injuries in the runnin to the league conclusion. Yes, there is a recession and less that folks are able to spend on speedway. But add in the Denham factor of doing things 'his' way, and that is a closure package. It would be sad for speedway, and especially the Worky fans, if the club was to be closed at the end of their committment to the league meetings. I applaud, and encourage, every Worky fan and other nearby fans, who go to give the remaining fixtures the largest attendances possible, in the hope that someone sees that the potential that this venture used to have is still there, and hopefully comes in to save a well loved facility. We need Worky and it's fans. NB Anybody notice the similarities in the above, to the demise of Newport.