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You may be right, I had top 5 in my mind.

22 next month. https://www.speedwaybikes.com/rw/udillonruml.htm And unlike most of the American names mentioned here he should get a work permit.

There is a table in the 1990 Peter Oakes annual. The competition encompassed all 1989 NL sides

Try asking here: https://m.facebook.com/speedwaymuseum/?tsid=0.2794026078818468&source=result

Although in practice most of the major matters are discussed beforehand and everyone knows what is likely to happen. (Why otherwise would Spooner and Hume have been released). So I am guessing there are six declared starters, although hopefully there are a couple more waiting in the wings that could still be accommodated.

Maybe we should be promoting the virtues of speedway to the 'gluten free community'

I can see four 1979 Sheffield riders in that team, so it looks like an augmented Sheffield team

The biggest problem for the British domestic season is not starting, but keeping going. ( see for example spectators being thrown out mid session in the Australian open tennis and Leipzig having to stage their home leg in Hungary because Liverpool FC weren't allowed into Germany.) In some ways, the later the start the better, because it reduces the risk of short notice re-imposition of restrictions. Even then there are no guarantees ( what if a vaccine resistant strain emerges?) I suspect that with Cardiff the biggest problem is the inability to get cancellation insurance (which is what did for Glastonbury) to guard against such issues.

No problem at all, unless a family member (say an uncle) was a member of the management committee. Oh whoops!

A little fall out 5 years ago hardly seems sufficient reason to prevent Mountain riding for Lynn.

Understatement. He has only ridden one senior meeting, and he is only 15.

Simon Lambert was granted a testimonial in 2016, a season where he rode as an elite draft/fast track rider, so there is a precedent.

Does this mean that the Premier League have given up on their reserve league?

You have contradicted yourself. You assert the engines belonged to the BSPA and you assert that Godfrey gave them away. Godfrey is NOT the BSPA, so are you suggesting he appropriated BSPA assets to pass on to some mate in junior racing? (I don't think that was your intention, but it could be read that way)

Repeating your erroneous statement doesn't make it any less wrong.

You are conflating two separate rules. BP and Crump have both been away long enough to get reassessed, but don't qualify for an additional reduction for missing a year. Most obviously Crump rode in the British Final last year and Bjarne has ridden every season since he left Poole.

Re the Reading Pairs, I have not one, but two (independently) filled in programmes. Both go for 9 and 5

I can add 2009 10,652 2010 8,536 2013 9,086

I think, just for once I'll give the BSPA a pass and overlook the fact that the rulebook contained no reference to an entire season being lost to a worldwide pandemic

There was only one speedway meeting in Ukraine last season, and it was an under 16 event. So difficult to comment much. Loktaev had a good season in Poland and GP challenge, Karpov rode in Poland, but is probably past his best. Levishin and Rozaliuk rode a handful of FIM under 21 events, but that's not much to go on

Goret made good progress last season. I really rate Blodorn, while Ernst and Baumann also look to have promise. Hellstrom-Bangs is the standout Swede at the moment.

I believe if you are travelling abroad you may need to, professional sports certainly bare the cost of testing. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12175588/coronavirus-all-72-efl-clubs-to-undergo-mandatory-testing-next-week

And in addition lower league football teams have been complaining about the cost of all these regular tests (and that's before you start crossing borders). Who's going to pay for testing speedway riders?

Agree entirely. Anything before 1 May is unrealistic, and anything during May would involve lots of organising just so league football teams could have spectators for one last match. Much easier to start from 1 June with new rules after working out ground rules with major Summer sports (cricket, rugby league, Wimbledon, Silverstone). Doubt speedway will even get asked what works for us and we'll just have to accept what has been decided.

7 July Baltic Cup (20 heats) Individual speedway tournament featuring riders from England, Scotland, New Zealand and Poland 10 July Bronze Helmet Semi Final