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Joe Lawlor still injured Tom Woolley deputises

Amazes me more don’t, if we get nigh on 200 a week there’s an extra 2k income per week why wouldn’t every club in the country want that

Thanks for the kind words re the stream We do our best to try and be impartial but the fan in me does take over some times, I did have to catch myself after Thomson’s win in heat 5 Thoroughly enjoyable match with some cracking races throughout and in my eyes a fair result. Allen’s move in heat 13 was outstanding. Bears will be a tough team to beat this year with better nights ahead for Wright and Stewart no doubt.

Nope, another one from the Cumbrian pipeline off the last few years

Unfortunately the website issues that caused some to struggle initially with the stream also caused issues with the graphics package. Normally there will be heat lineups, results and scores up before and after every race

5.5 hours to go now until this one and a intriguing clash in prospect Both teams at full strength stream available to purchase from https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/emtv/live/Wptm391N9

It’s up in the air in a lot of circumstances so far as each club will have different guidelines to adhere to as these are dictated by local councils not to mention different govt rules for Edin and Glasgow also Every club I have seen has said it will be pre purchased tickets only at the start of the season at least to ease queuing and time at entry

As part of the fundraising for the new junior track the Edinburgh Monarchs 100 fundraising club are hosting an auction this Sunday off various parts of speedway memorabilia (and some boxing and bay city rollers stuff also) As you would expect it is predominantly Monarchs stuff that is up for grabs but there are some other interesting items including a Les Collins signed Great Britain race jacket, Alun Rossiter testimonial race jacket and Krzysztof Kasprzak testimonial race jacket among others Full details of all items and how to bid it join can be found here https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/monarchs100-auction

Yeah as has been said previously Armadale is actually a good bit out of Edinburgh if you are driving up and just looking for nearest place to stay then Bathgate would be best bet as only a £5 or £6 taxi from there to the stadium and there are a few pubs restaurants etc there If staying in Edinburgh itself then as said there is a supporters bus that runs from the city centre and returns leaving 15 minutes after heat 15. Although with social distancing etc I’m unsure exactly on the situation with that this year There is public transport from Edinburgh to Armadale best bets being the train from Waverley or Haymarket stations to bathgate station then a taxi or the x18 bus which runs from city centre to right outside the stadium, this would prob take about 45mins to an hour last bus back to Edinburgh at around 22.05 details here https://www.lothianbuses.com/our-services/lothian-country/ one thing just to watch out for a little is I would have a little look at timetables etc as currently a lot of public transport is finishing earlier and not sure if these will be back to normal by 21st May as Scotland’s restrictions are a little different to down south any questions just give me a shout

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Did the question of if he qualifys for a work permit ever get answered?

And if 2 riders are missing? For me guests are a necessary evil, what I would like reintroduced is the rule where you only get a guest up to a riders home average for home meetings and away average for away meetings that way there is no benefit to a team when a home track specialist is missing when they ride away.

BWD, Lasse Bjerre, Dmitri Berge, Thomas Jonasson (I know there are commitment issues there) 4 off the top of my head throw in riders who potentially could double up/down as averages allow such as Bewley, Lidsey, Porsing, Tungate, Anderson, Jensen, Musielak obviously not all of these riders are available but it only needs a couple to be and it’s problem solved really

For me there is zero reason whatsoever for the points limit to be reduced, the 2 arguments for it seem to be 1 - rider availability 2 - cost cutting both of these are absolute nonsense, there are riders available to fill slots left by riders not returning and if the issue is lack of heat leaders then instead of having a 9 point man and a 3 point man sign 2 5.5/6 point man there seems to be an abundance of these. cost cutting is the biggest fallacy of proponents of reducing the average as simple economics is cost is dictated by supply and demand all you do in that instance is move the demand to lower average riders who in turn increase their demands. I remember the year that 2 British reserves were dictated below a certain average the Monarchs approached a few and were keen to sign one who then promptly demanded a ridiculous signing on fee and other perks that would have made his package on a par with Craig Cook all this for a guy who has never turned a wheel at Championship level (and now I think might be out the sport) The limit should stay at 41 points and if we have teams that can’t build to that and aren’t competitive then that’s on them. Why is there always this constant rush in speedway to lower standards to that of the worst rather than raise them to that of the best?

This weeks guest on ‘My Life in Speedway’ from the Talk Speedway Podcast is former Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Berwick, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Redcar man James Grieves Listen here Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1V0LtxcH4xElJLdLjCVzkp?si=BwX9hCDAQH-I5ejZOwp-pg itunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-life-in-speedway-with-james-grieves/id1485785964?i=1000498714499 on www.talkspeedway.co.uk or by searching for talk speedway on your podcast app of choice

This weeks guest on ‘My Life in Speedway’ from the Talk Speedway Podcast is former Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Berwick, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Redcar man James Grieves Listen here Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1V0LtxcH4xElJLdLjCVzkp?si=BwX9hCDAQH-I5ejZOwp-pg itunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-life-in-speedway-with-james-grieves/id1485785964?i=1000498714499 on www.talkspeedway.co.uk or by searching for talk speedway on your podcast app of choice

This weeks guest on ‘My Life in Speedway’ from the Talk Speedway Podcast is former Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Berwick, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Redcar man James Grieves Listen here Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1V0LtxcH4xElJLdLjCVzkp?si=BwX9hCDAQH-I5ejZOwp-pg itunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-life-in-speedway-with-james-grieves/id1485785964?i=1000498714499 on www.talkspeedway.co.uk or by searching for talk speedway on your podcast app of choice

This week’s guest on ‘My Life in Speedway’ from the Talk Speedway Podcast is former Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Berwick, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Redcar man James Grieves Listen here Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1V0LtxcH4xElJLdLjCVzkp?si=BwX9hCDAQH-I5ejZOwp-pg itunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-life-in-speedway-with-james-grieves/id1485785964?i=1000498714499 on www.talkspeedway.co.uk or by searching for talk speedway on your podcast app of choice

This weeks guest on ‘My Life in Speedway’ from the Talk Speedway Podcast is former Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Berwick, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Redcar man James Grieves Listen here Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1V0LtxcH4xElJLdLjCVzkp?si=BwX9hCDAQH-I5ejZOwp-pg itunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/my-life-in-speedway-with-james-grieves/id1485785964?i=1000498714499 on www.talkspeedway.co.uk or by searching for talk speedway on your podcast app of choice

This week on the Talk Speedway Podcast it’s another ‘My Life in Speedway’ this time with none other than 2 time world champion Bruce Penhall listen by searching for Talk Speedway on Spotify or your podcast provider or on our website at talkspeedway.co.uk

Hi Rob, event should be able to watch on demand if you click through to the match report https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/news-centre/article/2020-10-02/lawson-takes-the-title- then there is a link at the bottom to buy the recording

There are ways round that though, for example the Edinburgh stream that was due to launch this year had a geographical block on it so it was only available if you were a certain distance away from the stadium so as not to discourage the normally attending fans. I don’t think streaming is going to revolutionize the sport but where it can help is in the shortcomings of fans through the gate. Away fans apart from the odd local derby are all but non existent now and that is a market that can be tapped. Using say Somerset as an example, realistically for a normal league match they would probably have 10 fans or so in attendance at Armadale. Now if the match is available for them to stream at say £10 you may lose the 10 fans that would attend but if that is made up by 50/60 somerset fans buying the stream plus another 10/20 neutrals that might just fancy it then you have increased income probably by about £500 multiply that by 20-25 home matches and it could be another £10k+ plus in the club coffers

This weeks guest on Talk Speedway Podcast’s My Life In Speedway series is former Wolves man David Howe Hear about his move to Wolves, his love for the club and the reason for his year away at Oxford Listen at talkspeedway.co.uk or by searching for talk speedway on Spotify, iTunes or your podcast app

This weeks guest on Talk Speedway Podcast’s My Life In Speedway series is former Scorpions number 1 David Howe Hear about his move to the Scorpions, the debt he felt he owed Rob Godfrey and his delight at them winning the league as he watched on frustrated. Listen at talkspeedway.co.uk or by searching for talk speedway on Spotify, iTunes or your podcast app

David Howe is the latest guest on the ‘My life in speedway’ series listen at www.talkspeedway.co.uk or by searching for Talk Speedway on Spotify, iTunes or your favourite podcast app