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Not as bad for GB as people were making out. Yes the track is rubbish and there was no passing except for Woffinden's brilliant move. But after getting the set-up wrong for heat 1, Woffinden only dropped one point all night. Bewley went unbeaten by an opponent in his 3 rides. All we need to do is find out where Mrs Lambert has hidden Stead and Allen, once we free them we should be OK.

If we'd had Woffinden and Bewley in every race we'd have won this semi-final.

Why was Lambert even in that race?

Is this a straight 20 heats? Or is it a semi and final?

Yes, it was confirmed by Leicester

He was allowed in the re-run with no immediate symptoms of concussion, but then felt sick and dizzy in the pits and so was withdrawn from the meeting with concussion. He's therefore on a mandatory 12 day suspension now.

Some people will whinge about anything. When I was a kid I generally wouldn't know the result of an away match until I got home from school the following day and say the evening paper. The only way of getting results the same night was the sports bulletin on Radio 2 at 9.57. If they had 5 seconds left at the end of the 3-minute sport bulletin, they would say "and finally tonight's speedway results..." and then rattle through them at breakneck speed. Otherwise I would have to wait to see a friend's copy of Speedway Star at weekend to know results from other clubs. Nowadays, thanks to the internet, not only do I know the result of every meeting within minutes of it finishing, I know every rider's individual score. In fact I know the result of every individual race within about a minute of it finishing. And I can even download a copy of the referee's official scorecard the following morning! Not sure what more I could want.

It's back on now.

Came on 5-10 minutes late. Now we've got pictures but no sound

There were 7 Oxford riders all feeling happy. But Happy complained and they all started feeling grumpy.

I presume you're referring to the cost of buying the BSN stream, which is £12.99? (You're not referring to the admission price of attending the meeting - £20 I think ) If so, I don't see a problem. It's paid by card and it's pretty common in retail to end prices in 99p to look psychologically cheaper.

7 Million pounds? That seems a bit over the top! I've heard he's also been ringing round other promoters asking if they want to buy the riding assets. Not sure who Newcastle own. Joe Alock? Lee Complin?

Surely The Blond Bombshell was Graham Warren, and The King of Crash was Phil Bishop.

Because Belle Vue chose 2 & 4 for the semi-final, and Sheffield chose 2 & 4 for the final?

Curious situation. Obviously Atkins' original ban for withholding his services is over, but by now accepting a guest booking as a member of the Plymouth 1--7, surely Atkins has acknowledged and accepted his place in the Plymouth 1-7. So having restarted riding, if he doesn't turn up for the next Plymouth match (having now acknowledged his place in their 1-7 and used it to take a guest booking) then he should get another ban for withholding his services again?

Decent replacement signing https://www.bellevue-speedway.com

I understand and respect your points 1 and 2. But I was thinking more of "3) it would be quite funny"

Just a thought... but as creator of this thread, why not remove his sad attention-seeking by deleting the thread? I'm sure no one else would mind.

Think Leicester will be one of the strongest in the league at home. It's a tricky track that most visitors don't like, and with the Thompson's riding 2nd division around there and being well dialled in, I don't expect either of them to drop a point all season at home in NL. That on its own should win matches.

What were the crops? potatoes?

Looks like, just days after saying he wasn't quitting, Atkins has quit both Plymouth teams. 28-day ban for withholding services would appear to be the next step. Got to feel sorry for Plymouth who are losing riders at a rate of knots, and to a degree feel sorry for Atkins who seems to be a decent lad, but is having his career ruined, as you say, by people close to home who are calling the shots and doing him no favours.

Bog standard riding order from both teams. Pair the No.1 with the 5th average. 2nd best rider at No.5. Remaining two can go at 3&4 either way around. Used to be fashionable to put the strongest reserve at No.7, but these days teams seem to give the easier No.7 spot to the weakest rider, and swap them around during the meeting as necessary. (Also, we're assuming that is the riding order, and not just someone guessing at what the riding order will be, and listing them in the most obvious order).

Basso did better. He scored 10000

He was withholding his services, so he'll certainly be banned. Presume the ban will affect his NDL place too. Not sure whether it's a 7-day ban or 28? He put something on his Facebook to his "fans and sponsors" saying he wasn't quitting, but he didn't say anything about not turning up at Scunthorpe.

Atkins had denied rumours that he's quitting. Gilkes will be a big miss though. Sure anyone can guest for him, but finding guests willing to travel to Devon who can match his scorepower might not be easy.