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Steve Worrall apparently guests for Leicester on Friday and Tigers asset Richard Lawson on Saturday

Official Glasgow Facebook page

Lions have also agreed dates with Glasgow should they progress

Just to be accurate it was the Ashfield Giants that won.

I think you will find that Sam was unfortunately injured in an individual meeting at Glasgow - the British Youth Championships - which was abandoned after Sam's horrific accident. So your speculation is way off mark

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Not aware of any rider getting off Scott free. Am aware of a rider submitting an appeal, its in the rules and the appeal panel deciding a fine was more appropriate. Talking of Scott free, do you know what Mr Nichols would have done if 2nd leg of the the semi had taken place on Saturday as per the rules that state championship matches take priority over national league fixtures.

Confirms why Mr Dickson has been happy to continue to book guests. The guests have clearly done ok and I would suggest better than Richie would have done. So borrow riders from other teams without any of the hassle or cost of providing a van, team kevlars and helping sort out personal problems, equipment issues, travel problems etc. If Leicester end up winning hope they get medals for all their guests and other riders that 'retired' for apparent financial reasons.

Good to see your alter ego is still alive albeit not very well

Don't know but he got injured in June, so that's half the season he's been out and Leicester have been able to use a guest for all that time.

I hope Redcar get through simply because Leicester have used a horses for courses approach to finishing top using guests for Richie Worrall. Injuries are part and parcel of the sport but there should be some sort of time limit to find a replacement or you revert to r/r.

Interesting how things change in speedway, a bit like Scott Nichols shirts. Talking of his shirts I'm sure Scott would have rather been riding in a championship semi against Redcar on Saturday night rather than having to sit in a studio as a Speedway pundit

Surprised Lawson not in heat 15

I was being sarcastic. The Lions should have been racing Redcar this Saturday and this would have meant the final would have been held 11th and 12th.

And of course we have an ex tiger rider in charge of the bears

Does anyone really think the track will be prepared the same way as for the pairs

Chris Harris now at 1 for the rebels and Rory at 3. Based on last night the rebels top 5 likely to outscore tigers top 5 so again the reserves will have a crucial role. They might have only got 1 point last night but they tried there heart out and I'm sure they will be in the points tonight. So rebels to win but hopefully cookie and rasser can do the business in heats 13 and 15 and we sneak a win on aggregate. Fingers and everything else crossed. Just a pity that the winners will have to wait 2 weeks for the final with Leicester being allowed to prioritise NL fixtures over the championship

And if the cubs reach the final of both competitions presumably they will again take priority over the Lions should the Lions make it to the championship final? Of course if the bears win that would make life a lot simpler, one can but hope.

plus thanks for your assessment of Somerset's reserves, who would have thought it

What planet are you on. Can you not read, OK silly question, you are from the Worky area so no need to ask. I thought the meeting would be on. Surprised when the message came through it was off as the Tigers Facebook team seemed confident it would be on. I turned back rather disappointed then read that both Glasgow and Somerset officials confirmed the ref made the decision. How am I defending the indefensible? Now if I had said that Jenga and Taylorj were two of the most likeable and sensible people on this forum I can understand why people might think I was trying to defend the indefensible, but I haven't and won't.

Don't know that it is interesting other than confirming that it was the ref that decided the track wasn't fit for racing.

It was called off at c6pm after positive messages from the clubs social media team. So the club must have thought it would be on based on weather forecast and the fact our track can dry out quickly. They had opened the gates andThere were fans already in the stadium. So yes the host club will have bills to pay. At least the forecast for today and tomorrow is OK.

So this confirms that it was the ref that called it off without consulting anyone?

There is a lot of merit in an early postponement but not when all forecasts suggest it will be dry from lunchtime on wards.

Met office weather forecast now suggests less than 5% chance of rain from 6pm onwards. Should be a cracker tonight, just need a big crowd to cheer the lads home