crescent girl

It should also be remembered that Dimitri's four home, four away record won't now be until mid-May at the earliest.

Four home, four away before our riders' averages can be looked at. Fourth away (league) match is at Ipswich next week, fourth home is also against the Witches on Saturday week. Riders' figures then take effect seven days on -- which would be May 6th.

The fans who made the trip will know Liam and Kevin were on a 5-1 ahead of Erik Riss when he overslid on the second or third lap on a greasy track and came down. In his next one there was a bike problem (maybe a result of the earlier crash) and in the third ride he hit the first turn in second place when his chain seemed to snap and he was thrown off. Nil return, but plenty of effort. "Failing to trouble the scorers" slightly harsh criticism IMO.

Kyle Bickley is 15. Joe Lawlor was willing to come and ride for Berwick when others were less available. Go for it, Joe!

....and the better, available, ready and willing alternative would be......?

Joe Lawlor has been announced at replacement guest for Ryan Blacklock tonight. Plus, Danny Phillips is in tomorrow and Rob Shuttleworth will be a Bandit on Sunday.

Be assured he is a Bandits asset, and the loan fee accrues to Shielfield Park. Berwick club were happy to help get him fixed up, and Redcar have very nicely acknowledged the co-operation.

I agree with Taffy (first time for everything, I suppose). Dance with the ones that brung ya to the ball. Let's face it, an eight-point win over the Tigs on Saturday and everything in the garden will be blooming lovely again!

Really? You've seen Sedgy at Shielfield then?

You think?

Both leagues have same averages and same rule-book now... Which is certainly not to the ex-Premier League's advantage in any way.

Top 4, pal...... Not top six any more!

I wasn't there, so I can't comment on meeting. But for those who demand instant changes, bear in mind that you have to have a better-scoring, equal-earning, lower-average rider available to step in before a knee-jerk change is instigated. Also, you must have two British riders in your team at all times. Don't panic, we're not doomed.

Used to be so, but they seem to have slipped another one in under the radar: 18.12.3 The Guest must be in a current Team Declaration and have an MA that is the same or lower than that of the absent rider. If a replacement SGB Premiership rider also has a current SGB Championship MA, then the higher of the MA’s will dictate the eligibility.

Doesn't Rory Schlein race on a British ACU licence? Going back to the subject thread, once again Berwick were able to put a meeting on only -- to quote Ritchie Hawkins -- because they put down the covers during the day. Why, oh why don't other tracks do this? They are nearly all smaller, needing less covering material. Discuss.

Won't he be an NL guest?

Well, we have a lovely night for it. Just a pity B4E is home, going to miss her (and 'im) on the first turn, yelling for the black'n'gold!

Good guests chosen so far. Will Dany be back for Sheffield match?

Berwick will have former Bandit Richard Hall at No 6 on Saturday night.

Robert Lambert is listed at No 1 in the Newcastle line-up which has been logged on the SCB website, confirmed to referee Graham Reeve. Don't you just love forum rumour-mongering?

Starring Skipper Kevin, Dany Gapp, Scott Courtney and Leon Flint. Plus some other folk from other clubs!

Cradley or Birmingham might have come up, if invited for an inter-league challenge?

I can back our friend from Wooler on this. I knew the family, there was no brother. Just Johnny and his sister. Whosoever Peter Rodger is, he wasn't a brother. Although it would now be good to hear from anyone who knows who Peter was -- certainly not a name remembered on the Scottish scene, as far as I am aware?

Very sad to read of Johnny's plight. He desperately wanted to be a speedway rider, but it wasn't to be. He tried cycle speedway in Glasgow around 1971, then got a speedway bike. He later invested in a new bike, took it to the Coatbridge P&P (1973? 1975?) and broke his leg very badly. Didn't ride again until the next term, but didn't give up. He would surely have tried second-halving at Paisley, too? He definately had rides at Cleveland Park in Middlesborough -- hadn't known about Wolverhampton until now. Not sure about him going to Australia, but thought he'd tried his luck in South Africa about '79/80.

Darcy's column in Speedway Star this week lists most of the riders, and a very tasty line-up it is, too. But, as Fromafar correctly points out, it has nowt to do with the Rickster!