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I'd be pretty happy with Lewi or Danny King for Cookie, Dan Thomson for Tate and Anders Rowe for Claus.

I know he cant be in two places at once but boy he is going well at the minute

Ashton Boughen 👌🤞😃

Leave that up to the promotion Neila. I would argue you can't afford to not have that team, would be a fantastic spectacle and worth paying to see.

The guy is quite incredible, the best loved rider in British Speedway for obvious reasons. 👌

Not sure about that one 6+2 from R/R is probably what the Cheetahs would have expected from Heeps. Ashton Boughen was the difference he was different class last night , no one rode as wide as he did in each of his 5 races.

Looking in I think a lack of consistency has been an issue for the most of the Bears riders.

They were last night

No one picked up Jacob Hook wasn't at the start line in heat 14 either but he was announced as being in the race.

The performance of Ashton Boughen just underlined the talent this young man has.. I've seen a few meetings at Redcar and not many riders beat Charles Wright by that distance. Riding every race high and wide he looked supremely comfortable and accomplished. His equipment also looked very quick. Too be honest none of the Bears extended him this evening.

Ashton Boughen been ultra impressive so far. Advantage Cheetahs. Bears just too inconsistent and seem to lack belief tonight.

Hope Paul Starkes equipment is better tomorrow than tonight for Poole so far.

King good gater just what you need at Poole

Miracles do happen 😃

Advantage Bears

Like your optimism Neila but only the belief, determination and preparation of the 7 Comets on the night can do that. I would much rather we had the home leg first on this occasion mainly because I believe another poor result at Poole will once again affect the gate at Northside. The 7 riders wearing the big C in the Poole leg need to all produce a performance aimed at keeping the deficit to 10 or less, this would set the 2nd leg up nicely. We would still need to pull off the result of our season but the racing should be top drawer and hopefully a great watch if the Comets have the bit between their teeth. UTC !

Would make the maths easier but I think I would rather see the rider pool increase over the coming years in the possibly forlorn hope that more Speedway teams will return.

With the present number of teams across both leagues (16) i'm surprised the feasability of one league isn't being talked about. Currently about 90-95 riders employed in the top two leagues. You would need at least 112 to go to one league. Many fans in the Championship haven't been happy this season with the dearth of fixtures and sometimes 4-5 week gaps between home meetings. It's hard to think that in 2003 the Premier League alone consisted of 18 teams.

Excellent idea. I think Poole on their crowds could afford to run an NDL team. British Speedway needs more youngsters coming through does it not. Well done Oxford on running 3 teams this season, just hope that has been financially viable.

I don't think the Semi and Final count toward the averages but I may be wrong.

Safe journey and thanks for attending in what was our lowest crowd of the season.

Starkey set the the scene in that one only just making the 2 minutes and not really being ready while Ben Trigger continued his Northside dominance over Sam McGurk. You guys won it by a distance and outscored our reserves 9-4. which proved to be the difference in us winning on the day.

Incidentally heat 15 was a superb speedway race. 👍👌

Agree because both riders rode their socks off to make sure we didn't get beaten again by the Pirates. It felt like a win after being 6 points down after heat 12 knowing how strong Poole have been in the latter part of meetings this season. Would be interesting to see some stats on Zack Cooks winning percentage in heat 14, he seems to make it his own looking in from the outside.

Rich is probably having one of his best ever seasons . He has certainly mastered how to make a good living from British Speedway