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Parts of Birmingham had extremely heavy flash spells of 5-10 minutes torrential rain during the morning / afternoon. It was very localised but had they have had a couple of those they would have been marginal in terms of having the meeting on. There are occasions when you are damned if you do and damned if you don't and on this occasion to have significantly watered during the day would have been a massive risk.

Fair play to Plymouth I'd bought an Online Ticket for this match and had a very polite "match off" e-mail off the Club / Ticket Agent at about 10 past 8, well before anything appeared on Social Media. Disappointing but I'll look forwards to the rearranged fixture.

Rowe wants to ride more in Poland where he has offers, good contacts from a spell in 2020 and also potentially fast bikes prepared by one of the top UK tuners based over there. If that's where he wants to focus people should respect that and he certainly doesn't have the big fish in a small bowl some UK riders suffer from and have all of their careers. He's not going to be riding for any Friday / Saturday / Sunday track in UK on that basis and as U24 league is on a Tuesday in Poland that really narrows his CL options you'd think for a home track and he'd miss a lot of away matches. Fait play to the kid, he's showing ambition

Giving up Poland for The Toon. Has Mike Ashley made a huge donation?

It's well documented and common knowledge that the issue for the Atkins family at Somerset and Plymouth was Garry May and his insistence of continually swapping reserves over. Some riders need a kick up the backside others need an encouraging arm and some support. Atkins is still an excellent talent and hopefully Jason Crump and Peter Shroek can harness and encourage it and get his career back on track.

credit where it's due and absolutely everything you say is irrefutable and correct. the elephant in the room though is that is this business model (however laudible for Scunthorpe) the model that THE CHAIRMAN on the Management Committee should be advocating. sadly most of the TRacks under his control can't adopt the model and cheap and cheerful does not cut it I'm sure with the sort of major Sponsors and professional outlook the Sport wishes to attract. That's why the loss of people like Adrian Smith, who had the business background and vision to promote the sport should be deeply concerning as the Sport needs bringing in to the 21st century in the UK. massive credit and respect for the way he runs and the stability he has created at Scunny, no doubt about that BUT is this a model for the Sport in the 21st digital media era, I'd argue not.

Can't you accept the fact that Berwick, like some other Clubs don't have the confidence in their local wi-fi network to either stream commercially all of the time nor offer card payments. Can't you give them credit for being 100% transparent about this. What's worst, being clear entry is via Cash or taking a risk, crossing their fingers and praying that a wi-fi signal will be good enough to allow people who think they can pay by card to be able to use a card. Who'd be the first to moan he drove 300 miles each way to Berwick to find his card didn't work because the wi-fi signal had dropped out. Fair play to Jamie Courtney and everyone at Berwick who run a tight and successful ship.

You carry on with your head up the arse of Polish speedway whilst British Speedway withers and dies

There is one Club at fault here and it's not Edinburgh or Glasgow its Rawicz. Dishonouring commitments, playing the bully and disregarding other European Countries is a stain on Polish Speedway. It's crystal clear that Championship Clubs, particularly those who race on Saturday / Sunday and indeed any other Club wishing to ride on those dates or on occasions on a Friday; are going to be compromised by people who will chop and change Fixtures at a whim. Please don't beat each other up when the perps are in Poland!

Read what I said Not referring to the Club Referring to a change on the Management Committee. M Ford resigned, D Ford replaced bim

Yes the appointment of Junior to replace the old man was one of those moves that you'd more associate with Boris Johnson. Does anyone know was there a ballot, were any other promoters given a chance to apply, or did senior just proxy his position to the puppet?

When Plymouth or any CL Friday team for that matter can often have half or more if their team riding PL the night before, its probably wise to do their main PR once all riders have reported in fit. Fans should also remember that most clubs are run by people who have a day job and press officers the same and often volunteers. Not all Clubs are run by chateau owners.

Glasgow should be submerged with requests from riders then. My mate who is in the Flat Earth Society is adamant its downhill all the way home in neutral.

I guess that depends Club by Club on the basis of (a) any Contractual agreement with the provider (b) what they have invested in equipment. As you indicate, if it's costing money then surely a Club would have the balls to stop it (may be thats what Glasgow did?). The issue with straming no-one other than Owners IF they have the data is how many tickets a Stream purchaser would normally buy? If one guy buys a stream but would usually take a family of 4 it's never going to be cost effective, if a single person buys a stream instead of going, it is cost effective you'd think. The danger is the easier that you make it for a very regular and occasional regular not to go and to sit at home, the bigger the problem for the Club.

Is per chance Chairman Godfrey there to witness this entertainment

Firstly best wishes with Joe. It is a joke though isn't it. The Chairman whose management committee churn out fines for lack of ambulance cover, derogatory comments, missing riders. He runs a tin pot operation. No extra ambulance cover, riders missing again, slagging off opponents over pa system and a thing called a programme that breaches the trades description act. The Boris Johnson of British Speedway, bringing the sport in to disrepute, lowering it to Scunthorpe level, a few hundred fans, poor facilities, levelling down. Dictatorship. God help us. Time for change.

The fact he's starting to break in to Poland and Europe can only enhance him up the escalotor as it did with Ty; Lambert and most recently Bewley. If he can secure regular spot at Rawicz and in the U24 League once he is no longer eligible for U21 Events it won't do him any harm at all. It's a double edged sword though as that reduces his UK options (unless the Poles loosen the restrictions) but with Belle Vue in the PL and Glasgow on a Friday in CL, hopefully he can remain in the UK Leagues for a while longer. The adversity he's been through with injuries and his mom have no doubt strengthened him mentally and he deserves all the plaudits he gets. The time he spent with young riders last night afterwards; when it would have been so easy to load up his van and vanish, as the majority do, was wonderful to see.

I remember Brennan riding PB very well in Championship early in 2019 season. It would have been before he had his bad leg injury so possibly in the Shield I don't think he'll let us down.

A friendly welcoming Club with some excellent Supporters. I'd agree seems such a short turnaround for 2023 unless things are already in planning. Just asking a question? Would transferring License and Team to Northside for a season work for both operations? Keep Monarch support active and get Northside set up. Either at CL or NDL level? Fingers crossed the Monarchs can continue.

Quite funny that Glasgow couldn't be arsed to respond to the Little Lord Fauntleroy of the BSF

Keleher 4.15 Rowe ended 2021 on 4.17 not sure if he has 2022 CL average yet?

Might explain a cryptic tweet from Zaine Keleher with his bikes in his van?

100% Would have expected a few to be Div 2 regulars by now. The Czechs Latvian and Danes though seem to be producing better 18 to 23 though currently. But of a catch 22., need Polish experience to develop but can't get in to do so. May be a few of them need to drop CL and focus on PL and European leagues? PL being Monday and Thursday.

If we're not careful we are going to have likes of Brennan, Kemp. Palin, Flint, and others in the next wave coming through who is under 23, unavailable pretty much every weekend from May to October as more and more under 23 under 21 under 18 mickt mouse Events take place in Europe. The main Event dates should be fixed and agreed so UK fixtures can be settled but micky mouse should not take precedence over CL fixtures. Especially on Fridays when 8 teams often racing.

When I was a lad White City won a league title with R/R all season for Dag Lovaas. They rarely used Guests from memory. Is it fairer to say that IF a Heat Leader gets a season long injury or withdraws his services that a short term Guest Facility is allowed (28 days) but after that the rule is to sign a permanent replacement of to be allowd R/R for the season. R/R at a time of Heat Leader shortgaes may be the fairer option and give opportunity to a declared no 8 who could become a regular.