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Clearly the problem was a referee could not read and adhere to the rulebook. That is where the problem arose.

Assuming Davey is given UK Citizenship he will then have to apply for a British Passport and that could take a while to be issued.

When doing their solo runs Dan Bewley had the fastest time.

Clearly the answer is to object unless a written guarantee is given for a new venue. Reasoning being that it was suggested by the council that there should have been objections put in for the adjacent estate before it was built.

Originally an abattoir was built on the site. It is now a meat and fish processing plant

WSRA (Scotland Committee) have been in contact with James Tannock regards donations. We felt that it would be better that they go to SRBF and that would be very much what Jimmy would have liked. James agreed and has since been in contact with Paul Ackroyd. Details from gustix are correct with the one change Donations can be made to: Speedway Riders Benevolent Fund

Sad day. The WSRA were made aware of Jimmy's poor health and were advised to expect the worst but that doesn't stop the shock of losing a good friend. If Jimmy recognised you, he never passed without acknowledging you, no matter where you were. A true gentleman. We will sadly miss his chairing of our meetings and his being the MC of our annual dinner in Livingston. It will be a sad night next March, when we don't hear is voice on the mic. RIP Jimmy

Why worry Ekimba - don't think you support Armadale now.

Actually we are talking about Armadale Speedway which is the official title and the name which is used on all official paperwork. It just so happens that Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway Team hold competitive meetings there.

W Dishington will not be ref in either meeting. His is out of the country until Saturday and was at Armadale last Friday. Should not think J McGregor will be ref at Ashfield as he has been there in recent weeks. Believe that referees can only be at a track once every four weeks. So looks like he may be at Armadale

Former Linlithgow Lightning rider Ian Milne can be seen in a BBC2 documentary next Friday, October 16 at 9pm. Ian, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a number of years ago, struggled with pain for eight years before being referred to Strathcarron Hospice for help to find an effective relief. He visits the hospice each friday before travelling on to Armadale. With all his personal problems it is alway a cheery Ian you see at the speedway, more than often with his former team mate Neil Hewitt.

Masters won heat 13. The Presenter announced what he had thought he had seen, possibly as it was across the tapes, but with the finishing line being slightly further along the track the result was different. The Presenter should NOT be announcing results of races before the referee gives his decision. The regular announcer, Scott Wilson, has been fined for this in the past.

No Glasgow just have to play fair. Rather than delaying until Edinburgh are without 3 riders. I'd like to hear the Glasgow Promotion deny that is their tactics. Will only be proven by early agreement of fixtures.

Has the first blind referee been appointed? No red lights!

Bit unfortunate you single out the Clerk of the Course thus implying that the rest of us are unhelpful/rude. As a member of staff I don't consider that I'm rude - well maybe Scott Wilson thinks so - maybe you think I'm useless at my job. I'm ok with that but rude and unhelpful I am not. Please read your posts before hitting the send button and consider what you are saying.

Have read many times of people who could not enter the country even although they have wife and family here, so I would suspect it may not matter.

Let us firstly consider who the BSPA are? They are a group of people who have interest in promoting speedway at stadia in Britain. When people on this forum refer to the BSPA what do the refer to. They refer to an executive appointed by a group of people, referred to above, who have appointed their peers to represent said group. The executive have to comply with the law of the land as decreed by government agencies based on bills passed by Parliament. We must await the approval proposed line ups. Do not blame the 'BSPA', blame those who put the executive into their posts, the real blame rests with ALL Promotions and their lack of attention to detail.

The Somerset Team Manager phoned the Referee on a number of occasions during the meeting but did not when this incident occurred. In my view this was clear indication that he knew some wrong doing had taken place on track.

Can be used next year according to T's & C's in rule book.

You say there were two separate meetings. I assume that the fans left after the first and paid to enter the stadium for the second meeting .

Would be interested to know when its been done before maybe you could tell us Cyclone. Clearly against the rules Taken from 14.9.1 "In the event a Referee abandons a Meeting, no further racing, practicing or use of the track is permitted."

OK the referee did make a mistake but we are all human and I'll defend the referee in this one. Surely he should not have been put in this position. If Monarchs' team manager knew it was not within the rules he should not have tried it on. As for the other 'gaffe of the night' - there was no complaint from the Edinburgh team manager prior to it happening.

Don't believe that no mention has been made of the burgers on the night! They were as bad as the track.

No change to the rule in any Supplementary Regulations issued by the SCB.