MrMungo

A trip to Stoke?

Scunthorpe/Sheffield managed okay last season, and they had hmmm 4 riders in the PL, was it? From memory, both the Worrall twins elected to ride for their NL team on the same day that their PL teams were in action.

There's clubs in the PL Play-Offs who also ride on Sundays, so don't see it making that much of a difference, to be honest. Will know more once the fixtures are released.

Except Buxton!

Unless Edinburgh seriously slip-up tonight, I think Ipswich's hopes have pretty much gone. Additionally, why would Doolan want to avoid earning money against the very team that dumped him?

Josh Bailey looks to be a talented kid, but would be a little harsh to throw him in at the deep end at this stage of the season. I hear Bates isn't that far off from being fit again. Not sure whether he can be re-declared into the side or not though.

I know it won't be Nielsen at reserve for Ipswich. Both he and Jacobs (who would be next in line, I assume) are at Sheffield for the Under-19 Final.

Baseby out of the meeting (and possibly season) with leg/ankle injury sustained at Stoke tonight

At the time of the posting, they were no Updates, as an updater hadn't come forward at the time. In fact, if you actually took time to look at when the thread was created, that would be obvious.

Gutted for young Morley. On the way to a faultless 15 pointer only for the chain to go on the very last lap - probably wiping out all of his earnings for the night with it! Those are the ups and downs of the sport, I guess. Impressed with young Connor Coles. He seemed to have something about him in his first 3 rides, but a little something was lacking. Whatever was lacking, he certainly found it towards the end with 2 very impressive paid wins. Will be interesting to see how he develops. Everytime I see him, James Sargeant is involved in some sort of scuffle. I am sure that is just a coincidence though. Must congratulate Mr. Silver on the track surface. Did well to prepare it for 30 heats. Passing was still possible in heat 13 of the NL match, as Nielsen showed by passing Warwick. Seen several double headers (at numerous venues) over the years, and the NL match generally has a blue groove for the least half a dozen heats (if not more!) so was good to see the track was fit for racing in both matches.

Lanham rode pretty well at number 1 last night when it really mattered!!

Adam Lowe who broke his collarbone recently.

Not a great deal of interest in this match by the looks of it! Despite some rain before and after the meeting, it went ahead & Mildenhall will go to Loomer Road with a 16 point lead. Nasty crashes for Bates (broken arm) and Blackbird (suspected broken wrist at the time but given the lack of info, am guessing it's not broken) took the shine off the meeting. Some excellent reactions from riders. First Andrews fell right in front of Jacobs/Bates, and both did remarkably well to avoid him. Couple heats later Halsey did a 360 coming out bend 2, and this time it was Atkin & Carr who both somehow missed him.

At the start of the season, I thought there was very little in it. You could go through the sides and say X is better than X, and so on, but over 2 legs, I'd have expected it to go down to the wire. Both sides have the right idea. Having someone experiened on hand to advise the youngsters, and to help develop them into fine riders. That for me is why they are the best 2 sides in the league by a country mile. Both Jan O and the trio of Lee, Louis & Jolly (sounds like a group of accountants to me) have done excellent jobs and have set the bar for other clubs to follow. The one difference though has been the injuries. Dudley have done remarkably well to remain pretty much injury-free all season long. Mildenhall, on the other hand, have not been so lucky having lost Stoneman already and with Bates and Heeps also likely to be out for the season. If Mildenhall can get some decent replacements, it could be close again, but as things stand, Dudley are huge favourites in my eyes, and have shown very few weaknesses all season long.

Terry-Daley looked a lot better today. I was certainly impressed by his showing, and could've got a couple more. Bad news with Josh Bates suffering a suspected broken arm, and I imagine Graver will be given another chance now.

Didn't they win the Fours recently, Aljack?

I don't know, but possibly at the time of the PR being released the riding order hadn't been declared?

Maybe it is just listed in average order for some perculiar reason?

I'd stick with Terry-Daley. He has struggled a bit since his Dad went home, but there is definitely something there. Not sure his bikes are the most reliable though.

I assume he won't be ready for the trip to Mildenhall on the 2nd?

Well, the later start time would appear to suggest that Blackbird can make the meeting after the match at Rye, so I see no reason why Morley or Garrity (if fit) would be unable to guest considering they are riding in the same meeting.

Why has Cockle left King's Lynn?

It's water under the bridge now. I've already given my thoughts, and I'm not a parrot (can't stand them!), so see no point in repeating them time and time again. It's done. We all need to move forward. FYI, Blackbird and Nielsen are both riding, as far as I know. Wishing a good, safe and enjoyable meeting for all & hoping the atmosphere is an improvment on Sunday's.

Even matchly teams? You can't be serious! Mildenhall are missing 2 of their top 3 scorers from last time. Been replaced by a 3 pointer who's never seen the place before, plus a 5 pointer at number 1. Should be a walk in the park for Dudley.

With the fixture on Thursday not being an official fixture, I'd imagine the rules are a bit more lenient.