crescent girl

How did Facundo Albin perform at practice?

Good post! C'mon folks, the club DOES need backing!

Ok fine, two pages on modifying speedway in general. About which there are loads of threads. Now let's get back to Berwick's survival. At the dance tonight, it couldn't have been emphasised harder that the Bandits need a major sponsor to survive, despite the promotion being so well thought of in the corridors of power that they allocate the BenFund and World Finals to the club. So how can we (all) help?

Serious times. Newcastle and Edinburgh (both stable clubs, considered to be well-run) admitting losses. Workington and Glasgow changing ownership. Berwick, despite being well-respected by FIM/BSPA,etc need a big sponsor to keep going. Hopefully, some more Bandits news at dance on Friday night?

Take away the rain-offs and it would have been well finished by now. 2012 was a freak year for weather. 2013 and beyond must be better!

Check out the club website! Something's happening -- more news tomorrow night. Hopefully..........

It's The Fish!

This is so impoortant. The club has admitted they have a problem We need our speedway Let's make nothing but positive, constructive posts on here until the fix has been effected. As the notices say: "No time-wasters, please!"

I think the FIM are holding this together pretty well. There were always to be two local wild cards (like Newman and Perry were at Coventry). Four Poles withdraw -- two with what could be termed questionable injuries. FIM invite two further locals and include Dakota Morth and the Czech lad -- who are willing to further their experience As someone said earlier -- these are World championships. The days of holding everything in one country and just using riders racing in that country at the time went out with Tommy Price in 1949. Speedway is going global. If riders don't like that, don't enter for World championships. End of.

I'm told Craig Cook is a Bandit at Shielfield on Saturday, Adam Roynon will be the No 1 at Rye. Doolan definately guesting for Charlie Gjedde (ha!) in both meetings.

Since you've fallen out with Uncle Len, will you be at Shielfield on Saturday with your (much) better half then? It might be chilly, so wear a Bandits scarf!

So would that be a hint that you'd like to take over running the website, or what? I would say that yes, Bandits will indeed advertise the tenner admission to a Trophy Final and yes the management will be quoted in the media. What would you suggest instead - that they keep the meeting a secret?

Well keep on making your jokes. I think this is a bit more important. Or is losing a well-run club funny?

So --- in the wettest year for over a century, how do you suggest the matter could have been better resolved after last night's rain-off?

For God's sake, Monarchs are losing up to £2,000 a week when they ran, plus eight rain-offs! How much do you think the fee for THJ was? If indeed it has all been paid. These deals are often on the never-never.

Or French Or British It is the casuaL use of the word 'English' when people actually mean 'British' which is making Alex Salmond's ambition so much easier.

But are they at Sheffield? And when -- Redcar can only stage Final on Thursday 25th, Berwick on Saturday 27th.

Does this mean Rye are through to PCT Final?

Yes, have Jacobsen back!. Please

Can't help thinking that the lovely aljack has gone walkabout these days. Is that thanks to Witches possibly lifting three major trophies after all --- or has it thankfully been banned?

Leaving Redcar or Berwick -- the northern winner will be revealed on Sunday after Glasgow's meeting -- high and dry with no-one to race in their final? Don't think so. Ipswich or Rye House will have one more northern trip, one more trophy final at home.

Before Liam Carr (Tweedmouth) it would have been Greg Blair.(Jedburgh)

Moto-X yes, Manchester no. Definately Scottish. Pretty sure it is Falkirk or Grangemouth.

Very local. I think from Falkirk?

Edinburgh put local lad Tommy Fenwick in their team. Glasgow have local lad James McBain in their 1-7. Berwick have Liam Carr as No 8, use him when they can. Yet folk are criticising this, presumably wanting these team positions filled by Ukrainians, Slovakians or English riders from 400 miles away?