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Think it would have been much bigger if the meeting had been on a Saturday like the well attended semi final. And on the subject of Ellis Perks - his CL average has risen from 3.95 to 6.4 this season making him one of the most improved riders in British speedway this season. His current CL average is greater than Rasmus Jensen's was at the same age (5.92 for Somerset in 2015)

Why not take the refereee's word for it? He's an ex-rider ... so by your logic infallible.

To quote from some of the material I have: "The name California appears on local maps as early as 1761." 1930s adverts refer to "Longmoor speedway at California." Apart from the country park there is little evidence of California as a settlement, the church and hall already referred to and the double mini roundabout. These are generally shown as having Finchampstead addresses.

And on Saturday where would Perks, Ras Jensen and Vissing be?

Faced with seven meetings to arrange at fairly short notice in October and endless rain I imagine that the principle factor for Leicester's management is simply getting the meetings on.

Forecast looks iffy. Hopefully it will turn out better than last year's deluge

I have a similar recollection. Was it a PL play-off between Rye House and Sheffield? 2007?

A reminder of the last official fixture between Championship and Premier League teams http://www.sheffield-speedway.com/news.php?extend.2439 Sheffield 32 Leicester 58.

While I agree with your general point I can name seven Poole riders that Rasmus Jensen could beat on a regular basis. After all Rasmus would be number one in the Poole averages if he were in their team

Berntzon is 26. Not a single Swede under 25 averaged even a point a ride in this year's Elitserien. Hellstrom-Bangs (who is still 16) is definitely the hot prospect, only Hjelmland and Anton Karlsson of the other young riders look like Elitserien material at the moment.

We have enough problems with doubling up, but trebling up just makes it ridiculous

Greg Hancock, Melbourne 2015 (and before that Hampel, Stockholm 2014)

I think you can. Michelsen averaged 2 points a match more in the Extraliga and over a point a match more in the Elitserien.

If it is about the best 15 riders in the world why do you exclude Michelsen? He did more than Drabik in his GP appearances this year. He has performed better than Drabik in the Extraliga and Elitserien and is miles ahead of a horde of GP riders in both the Polish and Swedish averages.

I have a similar vague recollection, I think it involved Kasprzak and a civic reception though.

15.5.3 Where a Referee stops a heat, and the leading Rider has completed at least 2 laps, then they have the sole discretion to either order a re-run or award the heat based upon the positions when it was caused to be stopped; Riders, other than the one disqualified being advanced one place

My recollection is that at the 2009 conference they reassessed the gravitational constant at 6.00 as the 9.81 figure was out of date

A perfect example is Mikkel Michelsen whose most recent GSA is 6.02 (2015) but based on his Swedish and Danish form should be around nine now.

Not unique to Britain, in 2017 Smederna finished 5th out of 8 and won the Elitserien play-offs

I doubt there is any difference between chosing first or second leg at home in terms of the chances of winning. Last season there were 38 two legged ties in the cup,shield and play-offs across all divisions. First leg home team won 20 of the 38. What might be at issue is attendances. I suspect (but I am sure there are promoters who would know better) that experience shows that all other things being equal, having the second leg offers a better chance of a big crowd.

Funny - I stood on the first bend and would describe the crowd as energetically and enthusiastically loud. (as they were ag Poole in the latter part of the first leg clash.)

Although Emil has only ridden 9 matches in 7 years (four of them this year).

My my, Peterborough must have been so wound up by the end of the season that I'm surprised they didn't finish with a 75-15 win

My guess is that with so many other things to sort out nothing will change for a year or two. The Govt. wants to move to a points based system - it seems inevitable that speedway riders will get fewer points than say curry chefs. In the event of a 'no deal' brexit the riders most at risk of losing out are journeymen Danes. I suspect those Aussies with patriality will be ok.

Are you sure you are not thinking of Rene rather than Leon?