SteelShoe

Averages dont tell the whole story though. A rider can sudenly hit top form hitting double figures and guest for a struggling rider eg Jordan Jenkins struggling at Redcar to flying at Berwick.

Okay, thanks Steve. He has had a bad run commencing in the Aussie season.

I haven't seen the scans Steve, are these available on social media at all ?. What do the scans reveal and In what meeting did he suffer the injury ?.

I wasn't being picky mate, just thought you would want to know bearing in mind the circumstances .👍

Did you have your glasses on when you compiled this Neila . Think an edit is in order marra , it is Jay not Jat and Cartmell has 2 L's .👍

Craig was nominated for a Golden Double ride in heat 18 because his team were more than 6 points behind. It looked like Craig thought he would be starting from the tapes but the rules stated 15 metre handicap. He came off gate 4 and stuck to the outside line getting nowhere on what was a track slicker than usual compounded by challenging weather with sun and strong breeze. Don't think Craig finished the race. He didn't come out for his final race in heat 20 and took no part in the semi finals. Charles Wright also took no part in the semi finals but his team Deadfire Demons won the team event with 30 points. He was impressive being unbeaten in his 4 rides. Of the Scandinavians 21 year old Dane Rasmus Pedersen (9 points) was the pick on the day imo with fellow Dane 18 year old Patrick Kruse (7 points) along Swedish riders 25 year old Anton Karlsson and 22 year old Ludvig Selvin with 6 points each not far behind.

Probably true now JJ has found some form, he fits for Bowes, that new engine must be a good one.

Choice of guest a little surprising. Must have been an acute shortage of available candidates. Bomber admits he is not a gater which is so important at Poole, also usually a critic of track prep at Wimbourne Road ie too slick for him to gain up lost ground. Troy Batch may well have returned more points but that is also not a given. Good to see Berwick keep it tight and I think the momentum could well be with the Bandits now but you never know in Speedway, team circumstances and fine margins come to mind. Should be a good contest on a track where fast gating is also very important, who will have their gating gloves on ? .

16 points down after 7 heats we never gave ourselves a chance. 8 points from our top 5 in 10 races to start the meeting as opposed to 25 from the Tigers top 5 was an inexplicable hard watch. The next 10 races in comparison delivered 19 including a retirement from Drew Kemp. The Tigers came out meaning business and quite simply left us for dead. Some great races in the second half of the meeting helped ease the pain but the deficit was never less than 12 points. Overall it was a disappointing team performance . Drew Kemp had a Comets debut that he will want to forget as it certainly was forgettable. Well done the Tigers easily the best team today.

Yeah, quite an intriguing fixture this. I'm sure the GT Tyres arena track will suit the likes of Mario Hausl and KJP, while Bomber, Howarth and Flint need no introduction. Freddie Hodder will also be full of confidence after his top performance in the win at Oxford Wednesday evening. Going to be another close encounter I fancy. Hopefully Vinnie can be solid in the difficult No 2 position. Jordy Loftus in as a guest for Niklas has shown decent form for the Monarchs at Northside so a repeat will be most welcome and I'm looking forward to the battles between the reserves. A repeat of the form shown by Comets debutant Drew Kemp for the Berwick Bandits last season will hopefully help get us over the line . UTC !!!

Pleased we have managed to secure a really solid rider at championship level to replace Craig. Can have mechanical issues at times and be a little guilty on occasions of retiring prematurely but he has a bit of class when he is in the mood. Looking forward to seeing him round Northside a track he goes well at.

If Charles Wright is due back then Nikolai could be available. The problem with this could be any fixture clashes with his Polish team in which case we would be back to square one.

Batch has been a great reliable team member and skipper, just wish he and all the riders would come round and take the plaudits more, they can seem unnecessarily detached at times which isn't good for rider fan interaction. There was some improvement in this last season but it has slipped back.

Yeah , comes down to such incidents in tight matches. Klindt getting some stick,whether deserved or not it is a team sport and the best team usually wins. In the home leg the combined points from the bears 2,3,4,& 5 (14) was only one more than Nikolai's score. Completely agree he can be brilliant or underwhelming which is not what you want from your No1 where consistency is required .

Well done to the Gladiators, must have been a bit tense 😃. Hope Ben Barker not too badly hurt.