WembleyLion

Agreed Lambert was certainly very good at the age of 15/16 although some way short of what Michael Lee was achieving at such a young age. As you rightly say some riders look very impressive at 15/16 but fail to progress as might have been expected. Others like Jason Doyle of course rise to the top once their teenage years have passed.

Michael Lee was certainly the best 16 year old I have ever seen.

I think the way Rob Lyon masterminded the Panthers averages towards to end of 2021 was hugely impressive as there was not much margin for error to get Bjarne to reserve and to keep Ulrich in the top two so as the maximise R/R opportunities. A very useful poor night at home v Sheffield in September followed by really timely retirements for Harris and Andersen (both when leading) in the next home match v King’s Lynn worked to perfection to set everything up for the play offs and we all know how they ended!

I feel that whoever finishes top would want to avoid picking a combination of Redcar and Scunthorpe as these are two teams they could easily lose to away thus restricting them to two homes wins and two bonus points i.e. six points in total. The additional problem is both Redcar and Scunthorpe are capable of taking five points off each other so one of them could easily end up on seven points and win the group. I feel a much safer option will be to pick Scunthorpe & Birmingham/Edinburgh/Plymouth.

Indeed and there is absolutely no reason why KL could not have done the same today and start the meeting! I expect it will be confirmed that the real reason for the call off was the absence of Laguta and they dared not play the food poisoning or wrist injury card again.

Ipswich had a weakened team last week with Rew on international duty and Dan Thompson injured in heat 2 meaning they had a number of races with only one rider. Had that been KL tomorrow would they have tried to abandon the meeting or can you only play the injured rider(s) card a day or two beforehand?

Assuming R/R for Klindt I can’t see this has been called off because KL could not get a guest for Thomas Jorgensen. There are plenty of possibilities to choose from all capable of taking points off Rew, Hume and a RS which is pretty much all TJ might have reasonably been expected to do against the Witches. So the problem must be elsewhere in the team? I wonder where?

It seems it was only a question of time before it happened.

Yes indeed better than Nick Morris also who was the 5th best Leicester home rider this season. Harris was second, ahead of Lawson also.

When I arrived at 7pm it was clear the track was in a poor condition and 40 minutes later it was called off. Having seen the track at close quarters I don’t think there was ever any realistic chance of seeing any Speedway tonight given the earlier rain today. The return of Speedway to Oxford has by and large been a great success and one to celebrate but these questionable decisions to chance it to the last moment do a lot of damage to the club and undoubtedly will drive fans away.

Looks like the Premiership KO Cup final and Play Offs have been put back a week with the first week of September now beginning to fill up with re-arranged fixtures.

Some slight movement in the fixture list now sees Peterborough v Ipswich on 7 August changed to a league fixture and the Bank Holiday meeting on 28 August is now a cup one! No real impression that anyone is too bothered about sorting out all the other missing fixtures - some have been missing for months now!

Speedway doesn't need that kind of publicity!

So is this Worrall’s holiday? Fri Glasgow Sat travel to Latvia Sun ride in Latvia Mon anywhere but Sheffield Tues to be confirmed Weds Poole

… and riders holidays!

Nothing much really changes does it? No urgency at all. Well done though to those clubs who look to be in a position to comfortably complete their home fixtures in good time.

I can remember seeing England v New Zealand from Wimbledon in 1970 which was shown on a Saturday afternoon.

50 years ago today saw the final of the Daily Mirror series which resulted in the much talked about and controversial run off between Peter Collins and Anders Michanek! It was certainly a great occasion!

I suspect Artem is as injured as ruthless Robert was when Belle Vue rode at King’s Lynn after they had won the title last season!

1) 61.94 2) 62.04 3) 60.66 4) 59.68 5) 60.06 6) 60.00 7) 59.95 8) 60.12 9) 60.00 10) 59.62 11) 60.07 12) 60.04 13) 59.78 14) 61.13 15) 60.12

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Ray Wilson - Bostik!

Shocking decision especially with all the evidence available.

Scott Nicholls and Nicki Pedersen

Yes I believe so