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Cannot speak for today, but at Sheffield I think that Alex Davies was very disappointing, and certain no where near the rider he was. The pleasing fact from Sheffield point of view today was the overall team performance, in the past two seasons if Simon Stead had score only paid 8 from 4 rides would generally mean that they would have been humped, but all 6 of the riders chipped in with points and only 3 last places in 15 heats tells a tale. It is far to early to make any predictions about the coming season, but if we can have a team that stays fit, and Josh Bates can show us the controlled Josh Bates rather than the rash lets give the throttle a go twist I think that we may have hit on a team capable of pushing for a play off play offs.

Sometimes its best to say nothing.

Unfortunately, Sarah is bang on with the money with what she is saying. To maintain decent and healthy crowds you must win at home,and if lose them then it is very hard to get them back.

Every so often your team has one of those nights and this meeting was one of them for us. Not quite the cricket score predicted some say, well never said that it would be. But at no point did I feel that Redcar would get anything from this meeting. Losing Josh Bates in heat 2. Andre Compton having a nightmare meeting with two exclusions and a fall also certainly did not help. And Redcar have to thank Lasse Bjerre and Hugh Skidmore for keeping the scores tight scoring all but 13 of the team total. Heat 13 was as some say worth the admission alone Bjerre been the first rider to give Steady a hard race, and Bellego fighting hard to get back on the pace and passing Gravesen. But we come away with 3 points Redcar came away with nothing, and move upwards on onwards.

Yet another top quality quote from the Jenga Joke Book.

Depends where Redcar place Skidders or the Rider Replacement. If they put Skidders or the Rider Replacement at number rider position then we could see take the lead after heat 1. Still think that we would have too much in the tank for the Bears.

Totally agree, if Robbo is riding Redcar are more than capable of giving us a good run for our money. In saying that I do feel that we should beat them, but talks of a cricket score is a bit premature.

Good performance from the Tigers and nice to finally get a win at home against the Scorpions, their winning streak at Owlerton was starting to grate a little. But the pleasing factor about last nights win was that I think that we can still do better and I think that the team will improve. Steady is the King of Owlerton and it is going to take some rider to beat him there. Andre as good as ever, showing no effects from last seasons horror crash. Ash Birks put in a solid performance. Ty Proctor still finding his feet, and should and will get better. David Bellego was made for Sheffield and Sheffield was made fro him. Josh Bates looks far more smoother and seems to have matured be interesting to see how much he can put on that starting average this season. Arthur Sissis show glimpses of what he can do, will take his time to settle in and I don't think that we will see the best from him until next season. The other pleasing factor last night was the Team Spirit through the team, a willingness for riders to lend out bikes to team mates when needed some that has sadly been lacking in recent years with other Sheffield teams. Not a great night for the Scorpions, with only Wilkinson and Auty making any sort of impact unless you count Lunna's impact on the air fence on the first bend. Its still early days and there is a long way to go, but if we can stay fit and keep the spirit going we could be in for a far better season at Sheffield.

Sorry you were saying.

Really, I will remind you of those comments after the meeting.

Difficult one to estimate, as all the bars were open, so standing on the terraces was difficult to estimate, but I would make a conservative guess of around 3,000 but could have been more.

Cracking meeting with all of the riders putting on a great show for a true racer that Ricky was, and I hope he enjoyed the meeting as much as the crowd did. Lets hope that the money raised was enough to make Ricky's and his wonderful family much more comfortable.

Not sure if I would say emphatic win, but after watching 3 of our riders taking part in the Ricky Ashworth meeting yesterday I am feeling more and more confident.

Have to agree, I always attend the Press and Practice Day and always look forward to it, but it is no way to judge who loks good and who does not.

There has to be something otherwise why have riders obtained visa's? Looks to me as though riders who have for one reason or another not rode over here last season or had a season that has been badly effected by injury have been assessed on season where they have done a full or a near full season.

Ty is Ty Proctor, and is Australian. Tai is Tai Woffinden and is British. Something that has been playing on my mind as well. I have read through the criteria and struggle to find where is fitted in. Maybe he failed to ride enough meetings last season and for reasons for his Visa he has been allowed to use his previous years average instead.

I will add to the debate of Risager and Lambert. The league was a hell of a lot stronger when Risager was 16 compared to Lambert. Lambert is a fine prospect but we have to careful not over hype him.

According to the BSPA site 5.37. But that is a rolling average and not sure whether or not it the rolling average that they are using.

I think the Promotion has gone for a safe pair of hands in Andre, and if he is fit then looking around at what else was on offer he is possibly the best option. I agree probably means will be even strong er at home. So bring it on.

Good Luck to the lad Morley. Looks like it is sink or swim time for him. The Redcar top 4 is decent, but the bottom three could be their big downfall. The big problem is where to place Gravensen and Skidmore. Skidmore's best riding position and where is most effective is riding the number 2 slot, but that would then mean putting Gravensen at either 3 or 4, and could prove costly when either heat 12 or 13 comes around.

Pontus Aspgren 7.17

Possible, but the problem for me is that his average is below 5 and that would mean putting a young raw rookie in Arthur Sissis in the main body of the team. One name not seen mentioned and he rides Sheffield well is Mathieu Tresarrieu, get him into the team and we still have Sissis at reserve.

Lee Payne.

Absolutely spot on with what you say about Lewis, I have friends who have spent time with Lewis and got to know the lad and they say he is a nice lad. No doubt he has the talent but does not know how to channel it, I really think he needs to take a look at Tai who already has a World Championship under his belt. Tai was going on a similar path, but he appeared to see the light of day, got Peter Adams involved and the rest is history. Lewis should be doing the same rather than involving himself in petty arguments, and getting his head down, otherwise later on on life he might just sit down and think "If Only."

Sounds like Lewis was expecting the club to loan him the money to buy them then.