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Because theyve still got 2 or 3 meetings to fit in. A Cup final, a play-off semi-final, and possibly a play-off final? As your team is Sheffield, can you list all the meetings Sheffield have put on since 11 September?

With Leicester in the play-offs for the Championship, and also in the play-offs for the NL, and still in the NL KO Cup, (and star man Ellis Perks also in the Premiership play-offs) I would think it's going to be hard to find a restaging date at Beaumont Park. But surely the answer is simple? Switch the NLRC to Belle Vue. Yes Belle Vue are in the NL play-offs and cup final, but they're not in the Premiership play-offs. The only meeting which has to be staged at BV in October is the NL Cup final. And they may have to stage the play-off final if they get past Kent in the semi. So plenty of dates should be available at Belle Vue in October, and even if we get to the back end of October, that track can take any weather. Wouldn't that be the best venue for the NLRC? If we've got a National Stadium, why shouldn't the National League use it?

Exactly. Woffinden's story is an interesting one, going on to be Britain's most successful world champion after the death of his father and mentor. And being co-written by Peter Oakes should make it a decent read. At £8.99 it's very reasonably priced. Only question for me is, should I buy it now, or wait a couple of months and hint about it for a christmas present.

Danno Verge and Tyler Govier were the first changes after Cupitt and Webster fell away. Other changes followed. Sam Chapman for Govier. Michael Neale for Sanderson. Sanderson back. Of the changes, only Verge is still going, although Chapman showed brief promise.

Not sure what planet you're on with that one. Estimates I've seen ranged wildly from 800 to 2,000. But no one as confused as you with your figure. I'd say 1,000 is about right. One thing did disappoint me though. That is that skipper Tom Perry didn't bother to put in an appearance to say farewell. I know he couldn't ride due to some mystery non-speedway injury, and we had Jack Smith as a guest, but there was nothing stopping Tom popping along to support his teammates in the pits and say farewell to the fans on the mic. Doesn't he live quite close to Stoke?

Yet none of them did develop into anything. Of the 7, only Ryan McDonald is still going, and he's still only an NL reserve. Steve Jones, Layne Cupitt, Scooter Webster, Arron Mogridge, Liam Sanderson and Reece Downes all fell by the wayside.

Can understand your frustration in that position with the mis-selling It just read like you were saying you were cancelling BT Sport because Eurosport was crap.

When is Plymouth v Mildenhall scheduled for? Without this fixture Mildenhall are already sunk. Seems to come down to if Cradley can hold on to win at home to Kent. If Cradley win, they go to the play-offs. If Kent win, then it will be IOW. Kent have a slight bit of incentive to win at Cradley, because if Cradley make the play-offs, it will be a very easy semi-final win for Leicester, who will then be fresh for the final, while Belle Vue and Kent have to slug out the other one. If IOW make the play-offs, it will be a tougher long journey for Leicester, so not quite as fresh for the final.

I can understand the frustration at Eurosport missing heats, and even starting one match at heat 17, but I don't understand how the poor performance of Eurosport (owned by the American company Discovery inc.) would lead to someone cancelling their BT Sport subscription, since BT Sports are nothing to do with Discovery, and never miss heats Yes. We have all the G.P.s and the British Premiership live, as well as the Speedway of Nations, the British Final, The SEC, the World U-21, Polish matches, Swedish matches etc etc It's not even comparable to your heydey of the 30s and 40s where you never got to see a single heat of speedway broadcast live, and probably never dreamed such a level of coverage would be possible in the future!

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Exactly. Nothing wrong with R/R for a genuine injury or a genuine missing rider. Better than loads of guests.... ...but how can it be legal to use R/R for a rider who had a 9 day concussion suspension, which ended 3 months ago? If Ruddick is withholding his services, they should have had a facility for 28 days to allow them to make a new signing. It smells as if Leicester are purposely not letting Ruddick ride because they can get more points from using a facility. Anyone seen the supposed NL coordinator recently?

No problem with the Ryan MacDonald situation. They were only covering with unattached MDL riders as per the rules, and they have recently redeclared with Josh Embleton in his place. The real dodgy one that Leicester seem to be pulling is Luke Ruddick. He was ruled out on 24 May with a 9 day concussion suspension due to complaining of a headache after a fall. He still hasn't reappeared, yet Leicester are being allowed to continue to run R/R for him (which scores good points) even though the 9 day suspension has long passed.

You might not realise that Tac Subs can be used from heat 5 up to and including heat 14 (except protected heat 8)..... but the rules are available to all online, and most fans know this. But team managers, clerks of the course & machine examiners all go on a couse pre-season to have a refresher of the rules, so they would have all known. So it still begs the question why the TS wasn't used.

Why didn't we use Dan Thompson as a Tactical Substitute in heat 14? Also I would have thought Tom Perry was a better choice for heat 15 rather than Connor Coles.

Light rain? It shows it hammering down from 12pm to 5pm. It's raining heavily now. Don't see any chance of it being on.

Is it true that for this ToyStory themed event Jason Pipe is going as Mr Potato Head?

You can now meet Buzz Lightyear and Woody at the NL Fours. That should get the crowd up. After the way it's been organised I'd have thought Mickey Mouse would have been a more appropriate character.