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Its off - rearranged for Wednesday, Wolves official alternative race day!! No doubt Harris will be guesting for Thorsell ?

So has the threatened rain arrived in Wolverhampton? Is it still on tonight or postponed to next Monday when Bjarne will still likely be missing after the scans on his knee today rule him out for the rest of the EL season - assuming there is a 'rest of the season' after the semis.?!

It doesn't matter - he can't be permanently replaced. Must be a guest under 6.90 or r/r. Although with one more set of averages due out before the final, who knows what his new average will be for October - if Poole get through to the final?!

So Andersen got injured on the August BH Monday - a day after the deadline for any team changes and has not ridden in the EL or anywhere else under the BSPA control since then - that's one whole month!! Therefore Poole had to use guests for the remaining 5 EL meetings prior to the play-offs. They were given permission within the rules for play-off teams to sign a replacement for Andersen on a reassessed average below 7.15 - no rule broken!! Neither Hans nor Poole have broken any rule as Hans' 'long term' injury has meant that his EL season is finished and he has not ridden again in the EL . Having had the stitches removed from his hand on Friday in Poland, the specialist advised that if his hand felt strong enough to grip the handlebars then he could try to race again, which he did today in Poland, where he had his treatment. Scoring 3 points from 4 races and not being considered for his final nominated race, in the Polish 2nd division play-offs. He has subsequently admitted that he has come back far too soon and needs more rest to strengthen his hand.

So Hans gets 3 points from 4 rides and is taken out of his 5th one today in the Polish 2nd tier. Reporting very very sore hand and struggling to grip the handlebars. Just as well his 'long-term' month long EL absence is covered as he's clearly not fit to resume racing at the top EL level.

Intelligible?! Don't you understand either??

'Long term' is clearly being defined by being out for a month and missing 6 meetings. When a decision had to be made about replacing him or not ie during the 7-day window, nothing was certain that he could/might/will/won't return. Hans said himself on Wednesday when interviewed by Clive Fisher that he didn't know when he was likely to return to any racing as he could not grip the bike!!. He flew to Poland - where he has been treated - to see the specialist on Friday last. That ended up with his stitches being taken out and he obviously felt he had enough strength in his hand to give it a go in the Polish 2nd tier play-offs - where he is still clearly struggling.

He's not in the 1-7 and cannot be re-introduced - its against the rules!!

All of them!! 6 in all during that long lay-off!!

So a far-from-fit Hans has struggled to 2 points from 3 races so far. I hope the money is worth it!

No but a month is!!!

The BSPA rule says 'long term injury. He has been injured since 28th August so I guess a month out of EL fixtures qualifies for 'long term'!! Any way his EL season is over and he can't now be re-introduced!!

Yes quite so. Sorry I read the wrong results. So even less of a reason not to re-arrange for Wednesday then if its off tomorrow.

I know there was a problem with track availability last Wednesday but whats wrong with this coming Wednesday 28th, if Monday is rained off?? Wolves website has Wednesday as their official 'rain-off' day, so all it would mean for Wolves is using guests or r/r for Lindgren and Thorsell who are due to be riding in the Swedish finals. :-) ;-)

To be fair there are often fans queuing at Poole at 5pm for any meeting - although they don't usually open the gates til 6.30pm on normal race days. In my opinion the crowd at Poole was decent but not as 'huge' as some in the recent past.

Finally a selfie!!!!! :-)

Well there will have to be some extra sound proofing due to all the new dwellings that are due to be built close by. One of the ways to achieve that will be to build higher walls - especially around the bends - with some covered areas to 'help keep the noise in'!!

Nothing wrong with my seat Starry!! But I agree the main stand does need a total redevelopment plus some covered terracing on both 1-2 and 3-4 bends.

I thought Sandhu had sold the stadium?! Or is Brandon Estates Ltd a company that he still has interest in?

Yeah, but Sarjeant must have shares in a tapes manufacturing company somewhere!!!

Who's said anything about any rider living in Cornwall?

It said that Hemsley and Buster Chapman were actually talking to each other (about the rearranged KL fixture on 7th October), despite DH no longer being anything officially to do with Leicester Speedway LTD.

Where's Cornwell??

Not forgetting Kyle's short stint as a heat leader when he came back but was still carrying an injury.

Hark!! Is that the sound of a protesting promoter I hear?? No not a single tweet!!!