Star Lady

and never likely to be again whilst they treat fans the way they do. You might be content to be taken for a mug but I have more self respect. Oh yes for 50+ years home and away from the very first meeting at Saddlebow Road. I'll leave it at that.

That's where you are wrong because before they give anything to anyone, free or otherwise, they have meetings about it, take minutes, write reports , consume biscuits and coffee and that's just for a start. Who do you think pays for that?

Me too dont think they liked me saying fans are treated like mugs and mushrooms. cant have been cos I said the line ups were a pile of rubbish cos that's the truth

I think my guest writer needs to take a tac sub post when he stops laughing of course

I object most strongly to any of my taxes being used to subsidise any professional sport. The bit in bold makes my blood boil!

If most meetings were of that standard I for one wouldn't have walked away from the sport. I'm not in favour of super tuned bikes but last night didn't come across to me as a track simply for fast bikes. If you think Batchelor has more talent/trackcraft than Bewley for example I suggest you are rather biased.

I and most other folk pay enough tax to councils now, why the hell should taxpayers be expected to subsidise any sport

Writer replacement doing a sterling job. As for the guest he's scoring more points than me

Splendid performance so far chaps writer replacement/guests working a treat

I would comment on this but I've a prior comitment getting on with my life on Wednesdays but don't worry Haza is guesting for me, Daniel Smith, waytogo and gi3webb are all eligible to post in my place

I only read Lynn and GP threads nowadays. I read before the season he was riding for Poole and then that PK was a short term replacement so I genuinely didn't know what to think when I saw the Worrall announcement. TBH I couldn't give a flying fart where Holder rides or even if he does after last season, just thought maybe it was another Poole average manoevure.

I've not been paying attention.....thought Chris Holder was riding for Poole this season.

I always understood the home team offered 3 dates, if the away team rejected them all the BSPA/SCB told both parties when to run it.

Apparently riding in the Danish league which takes priority, it takes something beginning with P but priority isn't it !!!!

It will never happen It makes too much sense,

You are getting pretty good at it too

As I understand it yes he does

I think you missed the point. Parents who don't like their kids being tired for school the next day will stop at home. Which means speedway misses out on capturing a new generation of fans. I agree fans have a choice but the sport is dying, fan numbers are dwindling, the sport needs all the youngsters it can get. If starting 15 minutes earlier gets just a dozen extra kids interested, IMHO it's worth it.

As children under 16 get in free maybe the promotion doesn't care if school kids don't come in term time. That's typical of the kind of short term thinking of the BSPA over the years

I wonder just how much the footie/ half a team and weather have affected the crowd.

2 miles from track. Rain stopped about 30 minutes ago. The sun is now playing hide and seek behind some white fluffy bits in a blue sky.

2 miles from track and still raining quite hard.

Weather update rain now fairly heavy

WEATHER Rain arrived at 0900. It's far from heavy, I'd class it as between light and steady. At present as long as it stops mid afternoon as forecast should not be a problem. Having said that the forecast actually says it's raining heavily at present.....it's not. Who trusts weather forecasts anyway Will update later.

and for those worried about the weather. It's been absolutely glorious in Lynn today. Not seen a sign of the wet stuff. I lost my bet about a call off by today.....but there's always a burst water pipe damn sneaky things water pipes