ouch

Whoever gates will win, provided they can dodge the dangerous bits of the circuit. Giving this one a wide berth.

That was a very welcome return from Ricky seeing him average 6.40 in that meeting and bolster his low start to the season. If he can hit on or around his starting average again I’ll take that at this stage. He’s targeted a 7-7.50 average put I think that’s a bit off yet as he’s not hit that kind of average in a match yet nor looked like it.

Should be as close as the last one when we were only six up going into the last race and that was courtesy of Lasse breaking down twice whilst leading. To add to the well know issues with the team we have Ricky averaging 4.00 points and looking all at sea at this early stage of the season. I think we’ll grind out a result in this top v bottom exchange and the entertainment will be top notch again Good luck to both teams and stay safe.

Just checked your website, are you sure it’s £25?

£5 for kids plus £2 booking fee. 241 was put forward over the winter, I’m surprised it’s online only but it’s better than nothing. Well done Robins.

Bjerre and his team mates have to cut their cloth to suit their purse.

Certainly takes the sting out of all these complaints we get on here about the length of time meetings take to run. Belle Vue like many other clubs have been wrongly accused when all the time it was the refs at fault. Now we know where the issue lies, solving it shouldn’t be a problem. Many fans mistakenly thought it was a multitude of issues but thankfully that’s not the case.

It depends which you think is worse, a 20min delay whilst things are sorted or just send the two Aces out to ride around unopposed. I think the right decision was made and by clearing it up with Adams it would hopefully stop it happening again.

That’s the most I’ve enjoyed a meeting at Monmore for decades though with no pressure you could enjoy the track for what it is. Heat 3 and 11 even with the white line advantage were still great as riders were all over the place in these heats trying to gain an advantage. It had a really fun feel to it similar to my trips down the M6 to Telford and the laughs that provided. Max made me giggle. Becker’s one to watch and him and Wolves is a match made in heaven, he’ll make them unbeatable at home this year. Surprised we won on aggregate with the way we rode this evening , not that it mattered as the place in the final is booked. Bring it on. Two sets of Happy fans leaving the stadium, not often that happens.

Fair play to Belle Vue not mentioning Adams in all this and just saying there was some “confusion”. Well done.

Was the delay due to Belle Vue?

Great meeting as always with Wolves and plenty for both sets of fans to be pleased with as the match score had plenty of interest up until heat 12. Lots of good races with many being 2 in 1 on a track somehow devoid of dust until heat 15. There was some shenanigans with Adams’ nominations and this led to a 20 minute delay so it took the running time past the usual sub 2hr mark. It was an excuse to sit in the lovely sunshine any way. Nice to be traveling to Monmore for what now is a friendly. At the risk of upsetting folk I still hope any fallers don’t get injured, it’s the way I am and I’m not going to change.

It’s discretionary, basically Peter Adams asked CVS and he said it was ok. It’s not always given as I know of one rider who - should he have not ridden straight away - R/R was denied.

I can only speak about the Colts fixture that was referred to in the original post, that only had one R/R for the injured Paul Bowen. He was there with his kevlars on, so maybe he was hoping to give it a go despite false optimism. Anyway due to there being lads left without a team place this year we are bringing in Kean Dicken for our next match.

True. I reckon over the two meetings tomorrow they’ll be 4 or 5 fallers.

There will be crashes and I’m not afraid to say that I hope they are not serious, whether you think it’s boring or not.

Craig was advised that all his personal sponsors had to be in black and white. The only coloured one on Ipswich is Tru Plant and I can’t see any on the Lynn kevlars. Troy can do what he wants as he isn’t a Chapman rider.

Luke C had a stinker of a meeting. He’s found it tough this year but I hope he manages to turn it round.

If you do that you’re denying a seventh rider a regular place in the team. It’s not as though RR is a regular thing so changing the format to make it look better on the few occasions when we are down to six lads doesn’t make sense.

If we win the afternoon meeting then we’re through to the final. Though this will make the evening meeting a dead rubber it will give the lads more track time especially on a tight circuit. I’d run as per programme with no changes and give the lesser lights a run out in heat 15 if possible. Depends on the heat 14 vote I suppose. Just hope the crashes at Monmore aren’t too serious on Monday night.

Buster would not accept logos as Troy has them. What could Craig have done by way of compromise?

Speedway will be the winner. Well I’m half right. Lol.

When your second heat leader and four point reserve score zero between then, you are always going to be up against it. Given that one had his collarbone screwed together just a few weeks ago and the other is coming back from well documented major injuries it comes as no surprise. Any opinion to the contrary if frankly baffling. Luckily titles are not won in April and I’m sure later in the season we could expect a modest 12 points from these two to make things a little tighter come heat 15.

Spot on.

Yep, you.