JamesB

A win at Rye and a point at Somerset, or possibly two draws?

This is an important one for both teams but the Witches play off hopes probably hinge on getting something out of the meeting. I think in King and Summers we may have a stronger top order, but it's probably all going to depend on how Gino, Cameron and the reserves perform particularly as we have r/r in place. Everybody is going to need to be on top form with no passengers.

I think tonight is what you call a six pointer. If we don't take anything from it then Plymouth probably have the upper hand. We may have to look above us towards Sheffield but that would require winning all the home matches as well as taking at least four points from Rye and Somerset away. It's going to be tight.

Pretty decent performance. Everyone contributed and a great guest appearance from Richie. I always think Stefan looks a bit uncomfortable at Foxhall but a great performance from him in both rides after the interval with Ashley's ride in 12 also being very good. Gino is definitely getting there and Cameron seems to be getting his confidence back. We just need to make the play offs now which looks 50/50 at the moment.

Lovely evening here at Foxhall. Track looks well watered. Witches by 14-18.

Unfortunately, our home performances haven't been any more perky than Workys away performances.

At this stage, I am probably more concerned about Plymouth rather than Workington pipping us for 6th although both have fairly straightforward run ins. Thursday is now a must win and something out of Friday's meeting would be very helpful.

2nd Bend Beerhut - good point well made!!

The way Summers rode around Foxhall the other week would make him preferable to Doolan for me. If I am reading the regulations correctly Tungate's average of 7.07 gets flexed by 5% for home meetings which gives 7.42 to play with. Summers is on 7.41.

What happens Thursday? With r/r already in place for Tungate, is it also r/r for Covatti or do we get a guest facility?

Clearly a guy who has given his all to British speedway. As he says himself, not a world beater but guys like David are the heart of speedway. All the best for the future.

He definitely said it would be a guest facility for Tungate.

It is clear that Tungate went after Auty post race in a similar way that Nicholls went after Sayfutdinov in the British GP a few years ago and many others have done over the years. In all probability Tungate meant to spray Auty but got it wrong. The outcome was unacceptable and Tungate was rightly referred to the disciplinary process. That process must be independent and you cannot have one of the aggrieved parties involved. If it's true that Godfrey was part of the disciplinary board then that is wrong on every level. I would think it almost certain that the board and decision would not be upheld if it was subject to legal challenge. General Melchett being head judge in Blackadders court martial for shooting his pigeon Speckled Jim springs to mind. In summary, Tungate in the wrong, correctly referred to a disciplinary process but then we descend into a banana republic justice process.

Well, that was an interesting first attempt at texting. If anybody thinks it's easy I can assure you it isn't and hats off to Sue and all the other regular texters. The Witches really were pretty poor tonight and the Diamonds fully deserved the victory out gating the Witches for the first half of the meeting. I thought Kerr was particularly impressive with solid support from the rest of the team. For the Witches, Covatti gave 100% as usual chasing around the boards whenever he was behind. I just can't make my mind up about Tungate. On the face of it a solid 11 points but never really threatening when behind. Cook was poor and struggled out of the gate all night, embarrassingly so in heat 1. Lanham contributed to a degree and unfortunately both reserves struggled and were poor. Finally, I am sure that being a team manager is not an easy job but I really didn't understand giving Lanham the T/R with Covatti and Tungate in the next heat.