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Massively grateful for your really informative postings AC. The posting about the borough boundaries and the complexities it has lead to was one of the best I've ever read on the BSF and really interesting. Many thanx

Blimey, you make it sound like the fishing trip story in Gavin & Stacey..!!

PLEASE stop with this - it's incredibly juvenile and very tiresome...

For goodness sake, what do YOU think..?! Of course it was prearranged...

I see Robert Lambert's average (putting him at number one now) is 10.07... I was expecting it to be a fair bit higher.. Is there some kind of deduction applied or is that the correct CMA for his matches to date..?

Not sure what meeting you were following?! First rerun (for an unsatisfactory start) wasn't until heat 8!

I would be astonished if the old (and by old, could be very old...) boundary between the two original boroughs wasn't the river. There's an exact same issue very near me between Newham (another made up name from 1965!) and Barking & Dagenham (funny enough in '65 called just Barking but Dagenham-ites complained so much they soon changed the name to B&D!) - where the River Roding as it currently runs is NOT the boundary but the original course of the river (now not visible at all..) is. I'd imagine the Wandle was redirected but the old Borough boundaries remained as was and this wasn't then picked up when the various old boroughs simply merged into the larger 'Wandsworth' and 'Merton' in 1965. Slapdash in both of these cases not to have regularised the situation at that time...

That wasn't the point I was making Jayne. You criticised Neil (Nikko) for going 'public' (ie on here) when he's a club official implying that because of his position at the club he shouldn't be expressing opinions on this forum. Yet you then immediately did exactly the same thing!

Hang on, you're the promoter do you not think that THIS posting (below) is both unprofessional and inappropriate - criticising as it does the Kent management and riders..? Pot and kettle are the words which spring to mind..

Hmm, sounds like there was a lot of stones that were turned on that track today!!!

Very interesting I never knew that. Odd that the boundary isn't the Wandle though... Old borough boundaries very often were rivers - I wonder if at a later point (who knows perhaps when the Stadium was built..?) the river course was altered - that could explain the confusion.. I take your point - but tbf 'Merton' was set up in 1965 which really is a long time ago now, so I would think it odd for a local business like the Squash Club to be making some kind of a stand about it! There are a number of examples of odd 'unified' borough names arising from disputes over names in the '65 reorganisation. 'Redbridge' when it should really be Ilford; and 'Havering' when Romford dominates are two. But none as daft as 'Haringey' which is a made up name merging the two previous boroughs, Harringay & Hornsey..!!

No, that's just you gustix!!

Yes that's it - though the website is VERY misleading as it describes it as follows, "Christophers Squash has a strong reputation as the most friendly squash & fitness club in Wandsworth." Er, it's neither in Wandsworth the place nor indeed Wandsworth the London Borough as the stadium is situated in LB Merton...!!

Is the squash club (set up by Roger Cearns) still open?

Absolutely Rob - the constant sniping attacks on Steve are indeed indicative of the bigotted and usually totally misinformed attitudes so prevalent on the BSF. How are you mate anyhow - very long time no see..? Interesting that you mention the SLP there, gustix - I'm sure that fine publication wouldn't have made such a shocking grammatical error with that use of an apostrophe in the word "it's" in your posting!

Steve Ribbons btw achieved something which no promoter had managed to do for a decade and something which everyone else said would NEVER happen - and that was to reopen Wimbledon Speedway. So I personaly think he deserves some respect rather than the constant jibes...

Gosh this looks like a poem!!!

Oh that's a shame - still never mind shall be able to get away a bit earlier from NA as a result.... With a new key ring as well!!!!

Hi MM, Can we look forward to more Lightning action in the MDL next Weds after the Kent match..?

Mate, I shall indeed be Saddlebowing-it a week today! I shall be paying your emporium a visit of course - hope you don't try and fob me off!!

Hi mate - well I agree it's not really been released as officially as it should've been, being a GB championship and all that - but I've just 'forwarded' on the posting the 'Sittingbourne' (ie Iwade) club posted a week or so back. That's as 'official' as I've seen tbh

As the following doesn't appear to have been posted on this part of the BSF and obviously it's important for those planning to attend the final round, I have taken the liberty of forwarding here:

Hate to be bearer of more 'bad news' Mimmo, but my understanding is (John C posted it a week or so back...) that the GB Youth meeting at nearby Iwade has been put back to 22nd. Sept.

I think Steve was only barred from being used as a guest when on that 11.38 assessed average. Now on the lower calculated average can't see why he can't be used as a guest..

Hi there - can confirm that (as is pretty common for stadiums which stage greyhound racing) spectators are NOT allowed to bring in pet dogs.