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I think HT's estimates are reasonable ( if only clubs did run once a week!). That comes to about 200,000 per year - add in Cardiff and round up and we have about 250k paid attendances. For comparison: https://www.statista.com/statistics/686971/highest-attended-types-of-sport-in-the-uk/ I am pretty sure that if you go to ice hockey/basketball etc fans forums you will find similar discussions about lack of coverage.

I've been there. I was gobsmacked when I saw it suggested as a GP venue. It offers great opportunities for young riders that want to get track time, but it would be like proposing a GP at Carmarthen.

If it is a rule it affects every team. If it affects just the one match it is a blatant breach of the rules ( even with the connivance of the SCB). The acid test here is can ( to use a random example) Peterborough now use Ricky Wells at Rye House next week?

There's a case to be made for Michanek in 73, and I think Mauger's experience might have given him the advantage over Olsen in 71 across a whole season.

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1733/robert-ledwith

Following today's rule change is Ricky Wells now an option for Nicholls guest replacement at Rye House next Sunday?

Those would be my preferred four too

Every single major American sport is run on 'socialist' lines. [Ironic isn't it]

Few U21 champions are ready for the GP. Even Jason Crump struggled in his first year. But are we really ready for the next Dawid Kuwaja in the GP? There is also a strong likelihood it will mean yet another Pole. World under 21 champ should be considered on merit along with other wildcard picks.

So have I got this right? 1) NLRC scheduled for 3pm 2) Peterborough v Lakeside scheduled for 5pm 3) Lakeside ask for NLRC to be brought forward to 1pm so Morley and Bowtell can ride in both 4) NLRC start moved to 1pm so Morley and Bowtell can ride in both 5) Lakeside name two guests for Morley and Bowtell, both of whom are available to ride on Sunday This is REALLY extracting the urine

The solution to this one is quite simple. Use the formula that Poland had when they used averages. Take the last 20 matches (as now), but throw out the two highest and two lowest scores and calculate the GSA from the remaining 16 matches. Then if a rider wants to reduce his average he would have to underperform in no less than four matches to make a meaningful reduction in his average. That would be a big hit to a rider's pay packet (or promoter's wallet if they are subsidising the suspicious loss of form).

Depends on what nationality Loktaev is that week.

To Doyle and Iversen presumably. The question is if Vaculik isn't third then who will be? Morris, Fricke, Cook, Thorssell, Kasprzak, Holder... There are plenty of credible candidates.

I think they have been wondering that for a long time, but it is only in the last year they've chosen to do something about it.

Agreed A further problem is that the SCB/ACU seem to be taking more of an interest (probably a good thing in itself) meaning that BSPA 'decisions' are being relegated to 'proposals' and subject to ratification - thus creating even more uncertainty.

Most councils allow more public participation than Rugby, but them's the rules we have to work with. I think the committee members will be more inclined to listen to someone who lives in Brandon or Binley Woods.

That is a monster-ous suggestion!

I thought it was his brother Tom Combobulation they were after signing.

I would send objections to the council now, but hold off on e-mails to councillors until there is a date for consideration of the application and an officer's report to comment on (that could easily be a couple of months away - ask the planning officers when it is likely to be scheduled for). I would imagine that Tony Gillias will not sit on this one! For now I'd try and engage councillors in the wider issues of Coventry Bees survival (e.g. finding new sites) and keeping the councillors for Brandon itself up to date on developments. (Watch out for changes to the original application prior to determination by the planning committee)

And I thought you were numerate and understood statistical distributions. A very poor attempt to justify your wildly inaccurate statement.

Your first sentence is plain wrong. Life expectancy at 65 is a further 17 years on average. So well over 50% of 65 year olds will still be alive. See https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/lifeexpectancyatbirthandatage65bylocalareasintheunitedkingdom/2014-04-16

Just wondering.. If Luke Becker is not a good candidate for discretionary recommendation for a visa , then can someone give an example of who would be? There must be some cases as otherwise there would be no point in having the discretionary provision. The decision looks perverse and misguided, however maybe this is about the politics of brexit.

Yougov shows that there is lukewarm support for this - 41 to 35 with 24% don't know. However when you look up the detail it is clear that support is strongest amongst the young, women and Londoners. That leads me to suspect that there would be a majority in favour of their retention among speedway fans given the demographics. There are things I feel strongly about, but this just isn't one of them.

Without planning laws it would be even easier for developers to buy up stadiums and redevelop as residential or commercial property. The fundamental problem is the basic laws of economics. Speedway (and many other leisure activities) simply can't compete with the financial returns available for other land uses.

Several tracks opened for business in 1940. There were even plans for a league. But then on May 10 Germany invaded France (followed shortly by Dunkirk) and activity reduced sharply. West Ham and California both shut up shop in May. Aside from Belle Vue who ran a full season, Rye House (11 mtgs), Oxford (8) and Glasgow White City (6) also staged more than a couple of meetings.