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I would like to hear why the ref made the decision he did. I can understand the Scunny frustrations as both of Cooks wheels crossed the white line. There was also a blatant tyre warming incident by a Poole rider in the first leg which went unpunished, there were clouds of smoke coming from the tyre it was that obvious.

Worky riders letting themselves, the club and the fans down. No desire on display from either rider. Would have rather watched Tate and Vinny.

Just reward, great potential Reid. Sometimes it is hard to follow up a good debut season with one in the following season, be interesting to see how he progresses but he has all the attributes to push on.

The forecast in the 3 days leading up to the meeting was all over the place. At the time of call off it was very poor after looking like we would miss the rain the day before. It remained a poor forecast until Sat morning when there appeared a chance it may not be as bad. It was definitely the right call based on the information at the time, the BBC forecast proved once again to be nothing if not variable. It did rain later in the evening.

Redcar track around 3 miles less distance wise and takes less time to get there.

There ara a number of joint supporters of Reds and Comets, a couple have expressed their disappointment with this decision to myself personally. It is a somewhat unfortunate switch when the World Cup can be watched on catch up or recorded by those able to watch it.

Very frustrating watch that. Less said the better. Well done to Vinnie who has had a tough season and to Niklas who deserved another ride at least. He looked as comfortable as anyone tonight, his best meeting for the Comets on a very tight track, he impressed greatly for his first time there. Batch showed just what a professional rider he is, his equipment very rarely lets him down. Easily our best rider over the two meetings.

Some cracking Speedway in this meeting with Comets playing their full part. 12 down after 7 Comets fought back well in the middle part of the meeting but Scunny came strong in 14 and 15 to bag all the points. Palm Toft with probably his best meeting of the season and reserve Nathan Ablitt with a match winning 9 points seen the Scorps home. Comets reserves had a tough night which was the difference really. The scoreline perhaps flattered the Scorps a little as the racing was generally very competetive. UTC !

Yeah been a difficult year for Vinnie. I expected him kicking on this year but its tough when you get injured and then struggle to score points on your return. Being at No 2 just compounded the dufficulty really.

Well done the Comets and a big thanks to Bomber and the Billericay Blaster. You guys helped bring a bit of cheer in what has been a challenging season to date. What was going on with Vinnie, didn't come out for his last ride ?

did Scunny replace the injured Dan Gilkes with Jacob Hook after the 75% point ?

John Campbell article appears to have a feel of well if we the Championship don't start planning now who will and when. It is obvious Mark Lemon is desperate to retain the Premiership, maybe he has forgotten he rode in the Premier League back in the day. The article talks about 8 Premiership teams but then questions where the other two teams are going to come from as both Poole and Glasgow have stated they will be in the Championship in 2027. Apart from this there has to be doubts about the future of at least Sheffield at Premiership level, they have already sounded warnings of sustainability at current crowd levels.

A statement surely has to come from Andrew not JD . My instincts tell me Andrew has not invested his life savings in producing a mighty fine race track and venue which he continues to develop to run practices and the odd meeting. British Speedway needs to reinvent itself. It appears obvious the fans are getting increasingly bored of the current format so it is incumbent on the promotors to bring forth much needed change. Where are the visionaries ?.

Yes I believe so but are there many that Northside would have a chance of staging ?

Hi King Jamie the answer to your question is I simply dont know. On the face of it was a failing previously and I would hope harsh lessons were learned and proper remedial action and accounting steps were taken to prevent it happening again. Like you state if the same mistakes are repeated then that would indeed be unforgiveable and negligent. There is nothing old fashioned about expecting company officials to carry out their duties on time, nothing less should be expected . Without access to full audited financial accounts it is all just smoke and mirrors and chinese whispers regarding the financial situation of the club. We as supporters take information from our club in good faith without knowing any of the actual detail.