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Because British speedway needs a supply of talented young riders, and few tracks have the capacity to provide significant track time to youngsters. A few weeks ago it was a real pleasure to see Ben Trigger riding against Leicester and witness his progress. It's good for the sport

Newcastle still appear in League table on BSPL site, but have been removed from latest published GSA.

At 2.5 points over they will struggle to achieve that.

Mm terrible luck to loose Barker and have him replaced by a guy who could only score paid 17 Still a good performance by Glads and sounds like they have good cause to feel aggreived.

Which will be aproblem for Brum as his GSA continues to fall (even if not riding)

I would imagine this would be a legitimate claim against the BSPL bond. Certainly should be.

And Atkins (and presumably Atkins père) has arrived. New declaration now published.

Surely Oxford has planning consent. I don't recall it needing a new consent to reopen, so if it closed again it could reopen at a later date (baring a major redesignation in the structure plan?)

Still nothing on BSPA website, Plymouth website or twitter

Why would Smetana need a Czech visa? Surely Smetana was subject to UK Home Office rules?

Meeting closed at 18.06 (after the final race was awarded despite 2 laps not having been completed)! So 4 hours 6 minutes after advertised start time.

I think it was an away match at Swindon. Douglas Underwood plus six guests in the mid 70s.

And by the time work permits were sorted out the season (for Newcastle at least) would be almost over. Smetana?

YES Have a look at the 1970s Polish averages. How many meetings did riders like Jancarz and Plech miss because their British contracts required them to be in the UK?

New GSA published (15 June), and Atkins is no longer in Plymouth team. We await developments

Don't think a dispensation is needed. 12.4 states: If a rider is representing their FMN in an FIM/FIME Speedway Championship, irrespective of the rider’s MA, a choice of G or RR facility is available. That's the same wording as the rule in the Championship section that allowed a guest for Harris when on long track duty. So my reading is that it is an application of the rules NOT a dispensation.

But he will probably be competing for a spot with Dudek, and if Smektala or Kubera qualify, and that is quite possible, then further places for Poles will be heavily oversubscribed. I'd give him one, but I don't think I have much influence over that decision.

An intact concrete starting grid still exists, at Californiz Country Park where California Poppies rode in the 1950s

The other issue is all his points are scored at Plymouth. Home Ave 7.00 Away Ave 1.71

Industry in California is the only venue I can think of that regularly stages speedway 'indoors'. But it has worked there for many years, so perhaps your suggestion has merit.

You need a minimum of 2 days to allow for team declarations for matches on the first of the month, and a couple of days to catch any errors (there seem to be increasingly more occasions of these of late). But it wouldn't be unreasonable to reduce it to say 5 days.

Surely at age 27 and with only 11 seasons of racing you want someone with more experience as a rising star?

I would regard that as pretty much a perfect set up.

Given Plymouth's win at fortress Scunthorpe and only losing by 7 at Leicester, I admire your optimism.

If not, I'll blame the team manager