False dawn

A very good question. I did think, at one time, that I knew. But testing it against what really happens, blew a hole in that theory.

There's a novelty. Somebody guesting FOR Bomber

As long as there no team riding involved or TV cameras close by in the pits.

Nah, he's a promoter or was it a referee?

Ah but. I did buy an Aero at an aerodrome. It was one of those yard long jobs, as I remember.

Good luck with that. I emailed them on the 19th May about the Championship Pairs meeting to no avail.

Aren't they running greyhounds at the same stadium? Normally that means no dogs, I'm sorry to say. It's kind of ironic, for me at least, since my dog is a greyhound. But even that hasn't gained him access to other stadiums that run both sports (Sheffield, for example).

I think the Leicester faithful just feel a bit let down by Anders behaviour. He was cast as the "next great thing" and people are right, he looks like he couldn't care less. If he doesn't want to ride for Leicester, be it because of his Polish connections, or because they ride on Saturday, please, just be honest. Having just read the GP thread, Anders perhaps needs to consider the future a bit more. Serving his time on a variety of British circuits might just stand him in good stead in time.

I've heard it's only ten minutes long

Big if. And will we ever know, so that we can make a judgement? Given that promoters have never published gate numbers, I doubt it. Incidentally, 2500 paying £13 is about equivalent to 3500+ going live. Two people (or more) watching a single stream only pay once.

How is 5 greater than 3+2? I haven't seen last night's meeting, but there is a lot in what you say. "Backing up" a race has always been a tricky skill to master. I recall Ole Olsen being a past master but there are clear dangers involved. But I have to say that some riders are consistently not looking for their partner, be it a pairs meetings or league racing. Indeed, we've all seen so called top riders who do their partners no favours at all. I often imagine the conversation in the pits after a team event.... Rider: "I scored a 15 point maximum, what's the problem". Team manager: "We lost".

I stand corrected. However the 3 permanent wildcards all came 5th in their respective qualifying rounds.

I can't watch this live. Does anyone know how soon the replay becomes available on BCN?

No genius, but according to my figuring, it's one chance in 720.

Top 5 from each of the three qualifying meetings plus a local wildcard. Benjamin finished 5th in Lejonen, Tom was 6th.

Unfortunately, Tom didn't qualify. Missed out by one point and is 1st reserve. Benjamin, qualified by right.

Don't worry, it might not be Boris.

I guess my immediate reaction is, "A lack of loyalty, especially so early in the season, is likely to be reciprocated in due course". Good luck Anders Roweski.

But Leicester didn't start riding on Saturdays after he signed for the club.

From the write up on this book: "James Lloyd Elder. Lloyd was known as 'Sprouts' due to a growth spurt in his teens"

Might be a worthwhile investment, depending on what you paid for yours..... Click here But you'd think for that price, they would throw in the postage. And who owns that strange gold hand on some of the photos?

Wow. Thanks for sharing that. Sounds like a really good read.

All quite true. And I do wonder what's going on with Anders. But my question remains. Do you get a 7 day suspension for missing a meeting though injury/illness or not?

We all hope that, of course. But I am a bit confused. Anders Rowe missed a meeting last Friday and incurred a 7 day "suspension". Jack missed a meeting on Monday and is back 3 days later?

I've just realised there is a flaw in this idea, in that there are 6 clubs participating. Still, why spoil a good idea with mere details? Perhaps we could have a handicap race with the 6 RSs handicapped according to their teams current scores. Let's see Tom deal with that at the NSS, especially with the twins team riding!