False dawn

Hey, I'm on a roll. Don't pour water on my happy mood. Let's talk about the riders, how well they go at Leicester, who might beat whom, are we going to get a Super Heat? Anything but the weather, please.

Capital F, small d if you don't mind.

To be fair guys and galls I did give credit to the Ipswich website in my original post. And yes it's not a pic of the track today. I just wanted to refocus us all what is to come. The play-off final 2nd leg. We're going to decide the League's best tomorrow (and Poole are going home unhappy). Let's lighten up and hopefully get past the weather and enjoy a fair and hard-fought match between two top sides (yes, even Poole).

Someone did say, let's get a random number generator, adjust for the teams and riders in alphabetical order and take into account league position (not counting the play-offs of course). Then the ref said, "where's the cardboard box?"

We're ready for you !!! [Courtesy of the Ipswich website]

Very good. But I've heard they are going to call it "Au Revoir to Armadale" just to cover all the bases.

They'd have said he was guesting for Wolverhampton.

Hic! I'll drink to that.

Especially as it was originally called the Summer Trophy was it not?

I am a little more optimistic about who might ride here next year. I follow your logic, but given that Max Fricke surely has similar ambitions, why would you think he'll come back?

Ah but. You heard it here first (well sort of)...... Edit: All joking aside, Congratulations to the Edinburgh promotion on securing another year at Armadale. And a sincere hope that the future of speedway in Edinburgh can be secured going forward.

1 ride at Belle Vue or ride at no.1 for Mildenhall, get 10 rides and help your club in two major trophy meetings. A no brainer real, eh?

I think they are charging a tenner to get in then it's a £1 collection for each heat after the first meeting is done. Could be a bargain.

There have been several rain affected meetings at Leicester this year that have been completed quite successfully. But let's get serious. Planning to run the play off finals at this time of year is madness. Not only is the weather generally wetter, the air temperature is a lot lower meaning tracks don't dry out. Have you noticed that "certain riders" become available to be signed this late in the year? Why? Well their "main" (foreign) club's playoffs have been completed. When are we going to stop this madness?

Or having a team he said he'd never support again if they dropped into the 2nd division.

I knew from an official source at 14:30. Not good that they were still selling tickets 2 hours later. Surely there's a very good chance that even if this round of the pairs takes place, it won't be at Leicester.

Like this, you mean.....

On the basis that it never rains the further south you go, it has to be Plymouth

I've got mixed feeling about this one. I've always said that I'd have Scotty back in a heartbeat, but also love Kyle's terrier, never give up style of racing. I guess any late change in the team can't be good (unless your name is Robert Lambert - sorry, couldn't resist that one).

Something similar has happened to me. I think it might have something to do with AdBlock. I paused it and refreshed the screen and hey presto.

They'd have withdrawn because it's Autumn now.

To be completely correct (given thet there is another meeting schedule there next Friday) this meeting should be titled: The Last But One Farewell to Armadale (unless we sneak another year here) Scottish Open Championship @ Edinburgh But everyone would have to buy new programme boards to fit the programme if they printed that as the title. Edit: Just spotted this post. Things start to make sense

Awful news, especially one so young. Our love goes out to Phil and his family at this most difficult time.

These are the times as announced. There were a lot of raised eyebrows as to their accuracy several times during the meeting but here they are.... 1 61.02 Joe Thompson 2 59.46 Ben Morley 3 59.52 Jordan Jenkins 4 61.75 Max Clegg 5 61.79 Joe Thompson 6 62.33 Ben Morley 7 60.26 Jordan Jenkins 8 61.27 Lee Complin 9 63.61 Jason Edwards 10 63.56 Lee Complin 11 61.71 Jack Kingston 12 60.48 Max Clegg 13 60.54 Jack Kingston 14 59.38 Jordan Jenkins 15 59.06 Jason Edwards 16 60.21 Ben Morley 17 61.19 Tom Woolley 18 59.89 Jason Edwards 19 59.70 Max Clegg 20 awarded Jordan Jenkins RO 59.74 Max Clegg

Sorry to say, but he was very hard on one occasion and downright dangerous on another. Jack Smith was justified in being very upset in their clash although it appeared that Lee was the most vocal after the race which confused us slightly. Oh well, no one was hurt, so that's alright. Well no it isn't. Fencing a chasing rider who has a run on you can lead to the worst kind of accident.