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He's already riding and racing well if not exactly 100% race fit! You can't blame fans of any club from questioning Erik's fitness to race when his own weekly update/newsletter was on his own website. Even with my blue-tinted glasses it was clear (not blurred) for all to read before it was amended.

Lawson's injury was more about severe bruising around the lungs (from which he was cleared by the hospital) and extreme 'grazing' up his arms and leg from the track shale! He wasn't signed off with concussion or anything!!

Wow, 2 members of the same Polish/Russian family in British Speedway!

Averages don't change till after 23rd June , effective 1st July.

I meant fully 'race fit'!! But he's getting there.

Gary Flint steps away due to personal reasons!! Little and Courtney to fill the void.

Uncle Artem will ensure Vadim is OK!

Suggestions on a postcard please and don't forget the new stamp!

Plus the bowser, start mechanisms and a load of shale!!

Lawson still isn't fully fit so this will be tight!

I'm sure the R/S would have been in the Championship if 7 of the clubs hadn't voted for a reduced points limit of 40 pts rather than the previously discussed 42 points!!

The official GSAs change after 23rd of each month effective 1st of the next month and only include League meetings. The Latest GSAs (issue 13) show no changes yet so for example Morris is still 9.66 I believe.

What new averages? Only league meetings change the averages. The next changes should be effective July 1st after 23rd June cut off.

Based on what has reportedly happened elsewhere the SCB would withdraw the SCB track licence! However a NORA promoter would have to pay the stadium rental first!!!

He withdrew from Worralls testimonial today as he'd tweaked the nerve in his neck again.

Is Knudsen available?

But it costs less at Poole and you see more trophies!

R/r or guest for Howarth presumably?

I've heard rumours of Poole staying exactly where they are and welcoming more tracks on Wednesdays.!

Notwithstanding Wolves possibly going too.........!!

Imo Lynn will be there if the one league is of Championship--ish standard.

It's a variation of the premises licence for a maximum of 3 weekend 'events' per annum plus drive-in movies in school holidays. The stadium leaseholders - GI - are NOT looking to run these things themselves, merely hire out the stadium to potential event organisers for a rental fee - similar to and in addition to speedway.

2024 no Wolves? No Panthers? No Monarchs? No Brummies? One league?

Sport Business Photos Steve Worrall lays out plans for testimonial at Poole Pirates STEVE Worrall is determined to “put on a show” to the paying fans who come to watch his testimonial meeting this week. Poole captain Worrall will hold the event at Wimborne Road on Wednesday night, with a team representing Pirates taking on a Belle Vue Aces select side. It pits the Premiership champions of 2022 up against the Championship champions, with the meeting originally scheduled for late March, before wet weather intervened. There are just three changes from the line-up of the original date, with 2021 world champion Artem Laguta now leading the Pirates charge, with the likes of Danny King, Rory Schlein, Chris Harris and Matej Zagar also involved. Worrall to help Poole homeless charity at testimonial meeting Looking ahead to the meeting, Worrall told the Daily Echo: “Second time lucky, hopefully! It’s probably a blessing in disguise, in a way Speedway is much better when the sun’s out and everyone can enjoy it a bit more. “There was a lot of messing around to try and get the date and I’m thankful for Poole and for the BSPL for everyone cooperating and helping me to squeeze this date in, because there weren’t many options. “I put myself in a rider’s position – we’re all busy enough as it is, you don’t want to be doing testimonials and stuff at this time of year. “I’m thankful I’ve been able to get 90 per cent of the original line-up back, with the addition of a couple of new ones, which probably makes it a little bit more exciting than it was.” Discussing the addition of Laguta, who has recently signed for Premiership outfit King’s Lynn Stars, Worrall said: “The way I’m looking at it is, although it’s my testimonial and we’re celebrating 10 years of service for me, I wanted to put a meeting on that people would talk about and that generates a lot of interest. It’s not so much about the money, it’s about putting on a show. “I’ve been around speedway long enough. I’ve been to other people’s testimonials and you know the good ones from the bad ones. “When I thought about mine and tried to plan it, I always wanted mine to be one that people talk about and people want to go to. It’s not just a formality that ‘oh, we’ll have to go and watch him because he rides for us’, I wanted it to be something big, so I always went for that basis. “And getting Artem in, the likes of people from Plymouth, Oxford, Swindon, they’ve got to travel a fair way to go and watch him (in the Premiership). The idea behind it is people will travel here and come and watch and create a really good atmosphere.” Worrall also laid out plans outside of the 15 heats of action. He said: “Before it goes ahead, in the lull before it kicks off, I’ve got a live band who are going to come and play some music and entertain the fans, so that will be pretty cool. “I’ll try and do a bit of an exciting parade, rather than just the guys walk out and wave. “Then you’ll have your 15 heats. I’ve been really fair with my teams, I think if you work out the averages, they’re pretty much bang on the same. But when push comes to shove, we want Poole to win. “And then afterwards we’ll try and have a bit of a fun race. I’ve got a super final basically, which will be quite entertaining to watch.” conta Modal headline Close Automatically injected HTML goes here SubmitCancel Before you leave, look at these selected top stories

Will the Aces meeting be put further back as the City parade has been delayed a further half hour due to torrential rain? Or will it be off altogether?