RoundTheBoards

The video of the incident has been out there in public on the internet since the day it happened. (Although I don't recommend watching it. I saw it without realising what I was about to watch). I'd say it was a freak accident the type of which could happen in any dangerous contact sport.

Makes sense that the police would be investigating an unexpected death like this, but I can't see it resulting in a manslaughter charge.

Why would "believe" come into it? I've only stated facts. Almost everyone has access to the internet, and should be capable of googling cheap flights. It's only the same as flying to the G.P.s in Poland at a fraction of the cost of driving to the Cardiff G.P, as many do every year.

Correct. You see, unlike the people just making stuff up, I actually got a quote for a flight to see what it cost. At the time I posted, a flight for me on the day the AGM starts and returning on the day it finishes was £58. But if I booked for different dates, with around a fortnight's notice, the cheapest I could get it down to was £31 round trip. Similarly there was a plentiful supply of hotels where 2 nights in Tenerife were cheaper than two nights in a Premier Inn standard of hotel in Coventry. But why go to the trouble of looking up the prices like you and I did, when you can just post made-up drivel?

Wednesday 15 November to Friday 17 November.

That deflection twaddle would be a "No" then to my question. You couldn't get all the promoters from all over the country to drive to Rugby for less than the cost of a £31 flight to Tenerife.

Go on Einstein. Show us how £80 of petrol to and from Rugby for 3 days is cheaper than a £31 flight to Tenerife.

No. Basically the 5 teams from last year's Premiership but with Birmingham hopefully moving up from the Championship. Still a possibility of Oxford joining the Premiership, (as well as Championship), but personally I would be surprised if they do

9 March 2005. He's from Middlesbrough area.

He will be when Ipswich are the visitors to the NSS

If it was in the UK he'd be whinging because it would cost a lot more. I could book a flight to Tenerife now for £58 return. (Had I booked in advance weeks ago I could get that down to £31 return). To drive to Rugby and back would cost approx £80 in petrol. For a three-day conference in Rugby, travelling each day, that would be £240 of petrol. Or I could book a hotel for 2 nights at maybe £80 per night in a budget hotel, so that's still a total of £240. Then the BSPL would have to hire a room in ACU house for 3 days. Split between 20 or so promoters that probably only adds an extra £20 or so. Two nights in one of Tenerife's numerous hotels is going to cost less than trying to find a Premier Inn in Coventry. So overall it's considerably cheaper to go to Tenerife.

Don't let the door hit you on the arse on the way out Richie.

It's far cheaper, easier and quicker to hop on a plane from Tenerife back to the UK than it is to drive home from Rugby to Poole or Glasgow.

A cheap flight to Tenerife, two nights in a hotel, and holding the meetings in the hotel, will be cheaper than the cost of hiring ACU house for three days and the petrol cost of driving to Rugby and back for 3 days.

Oxford is very much a possibility. Can't see Northampton happening now. That was just a back-up plan if a 6th team didn't come up.

Belle Vue, Birmingham, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Leicester, Sheffield.

You can approach riders at any time of the year. Many have contracts in place long before the AGM. Of course, if they are on the retained list of another promoter you need their permission first.

Erm.... That would be 15% 3/(2 x 10) = 15% The thing is, we generally only hear about the tests when there's a positive. We know that in August 4 riders were tested at each of the Belle Vue and Poole meetings with no positives, but generally we don't get told about tests where none were positive, and of course this is how it should be to maintain randomness.

Is Chapman even allowed to sell the club? If Chapman has taken a bung to get out of the Showground (and I'm not suggesting he would... perish the thought), but if he was the kind of dodgy character to take a bung, then surely there'd be something in the agreement saying he can't sell the club. There'd be no point in paying-off someone to get his speedway team out of the Showground if he could just then sell the club to someone else wanting to go straight back in

Not really. Cocaine is the most widely used recreational drug after cannabis.

Hearing that Sayfutdinov, King and Ellis are nailed on. Could also keep Doyle with something like this potential league winning side.... E Sayfutdinov 10.10 J Doyle 9.12 D King 7.05 A Ellis 5.57 K Rew 4.00 B Barker 3.96 D Thompson RS = 39.80

I don't think they are. Consider Ellis's last 2 years' form around the NSS. League & Play offs. 0,3,1,2 =6 0.1',0,1 =2+1 2,2,0,3,1 =8 0,0,0,2 =2 0,2,2,1',0,1' = 6+2 NSS AVERAGE = 4.17

Blodorn is a BV asset. A teenager who is improving all the time. Would be one of the first names in their teamsheet for me along with other assets Bewley and Lidsey. What I find odd is everyone falling for the hoax story of Ellis to BV, just because he's been seen in the GP pits a coupe of times with Bewley. I can see Ellis at Ipswich. Ellis won't be at BV as he doesn't have the speed for the NSS.

Wright's latest 20-match rolling average is exactly 8.00 His average over just this year's 13 matches is 8.56 . That's nearer 8 than 10.

The point being that the Premiership would collapse if only 5 teams were going to take part. A sixth team was needed. One option was to encourage a team to move up (Birmingham) but if this didn't happen the only other option was for the remaining 5 promoters to create a sixth team from somewhere. (Northampton). With it looking that Birmingham will be the sixth team, there's not much enthusiasm for anyone wanting to throw money away creating a new team just for the sake of it.