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I'd have gone with Danny, Kyle only won heat 14 due to a mistake, so I assume his gating wasn't that sharp, massive race like that you've got to go with the skipper. Can't believe any Manager would have picked anybody else. I assume you mean next Saturday, also according to another thread on this forum, the promotion thing is dead. Reckon there's a decent chance both us and Sheffield might go up, if they say top division to race Monday / Thursday.

How long do we have to wait for the final? We haven't got a meeting this Thursday but Sheffield have arranged a pointless meeting with Redcar. I suppose it gives Cam a bit more time to get fit. I see the idiots that run the sport appear to have done away with the promotion thing, what a surprise!!

Phew!!! Well done lads. If someone had told me we'd go through with Danny having a nightmare I'd have said, no way!!

Anyone know the reasoning behind the change in the R/R replacements last night? Very unusual not to give the reserve heat 1 so he can check the track out before his own race. Then to put Danny and Rory together seemed a bit strange. I can understand if R/R was for No4 and they wanted to get the better riders out of the way in case of rain and an early postponement.

I'll settle for that. Got a bit worried when it was 4 points. But it will all be academic, Sheffield look awesome.

As much as I'd love to be there tonight, the threat of the wet stuff has put me off. If I go to a restaurant and pay for a three course meal I expect three courses, but at Speedway I can pay for 15 heats and won't get a refund if I'm short changed. So hopefully the lads will win and the weather will be better for the final.

Why the hell did the 1st Division decide to have a KO cup this season? They haven't had one for the past few seasons, the 2nd Division supporters have been moaning for years about having the final earlier in the season, the 1st Division clubs must have realised this was going to happen. But this is Speedway so as usual nobody does anything about anything and every season ends up in a mess. The sport need a fixture coordinator with total power to force teams to ride, until this happens this crap will continue.

I originally questioned that, but as we ride Thursdays I suppose it would have been pointless waiting for another week, at least we've got the 2nd leg in the forgotten cup.

Certainly agree Cam should only come back if fully fit. I trust CL and RH to pick the guests, apart from youknowwho, they've been doing an excellent job on that score lately.

I'm just amazed after all these years we still allow cheating and messing around at the start. Plenty of ways of stopping it, but if BSI, the Poles and the Swedes are happy with all the nonsense at the start, a 2nd rate Speedway nation like Britain isn't going to do anything about it.

That will hit us hard. Sheffield to do the double now.

We're certainly picking some decent guests (with the except of Kevin bloody Doolan). Normally finishing 2nd would mean we get the 2nd leg at home, but unless Glasgow ride us next Wednesday, I can't see us getting what we've earned,shame but that's the problem when you're a Thursday night club I suppose. Now we've just got to hope the mighty Sheffield go off the boil a bit. On current form either us or Sheffield will do the double.

Very true, but I was referring to a very fast track which I certainly regard as dangerous when wet. Tracks like Eastbourne and the other small ones are just more awkward when wet, where generally a rider will just slip off as opposed to anything nasty.

Either a moaning git, or a sensible bloke that doesn't want to risk serious injury on a dangerous track. I wont go to speedway if there's a threat of rain, and I certainly would never blame a rider for not wanting race on a dangerous track, and let's face it, they don't come much more dangerous that the last one he questioned whether it was safe or not.

Anyway, back to this meeting. Forecast still showing showers, I assume it all depends on how heavy they are.

Look at our situation with Edinburgh. If someone had told us we've got to go there the previous Friday then we'd have gone with Connor Mountain, 5 guests and R/R. Nobody is saying it's easy, but someone in charge (with power) would certainly make life easier. And don't forget, we're lucky at Ipswich, it hardly ever rains here on a Thursday.

Problem is, sometimes one team wants to ride and the other one doesn't. Would be harsh to penalise a team when others are refusing to ride them.

No real need for awarding fixtures, just make them ride in the first place. Surely the promoters must see the problems we do, but we know the solution, but they do nothing about it. The K.O. cup is the one that always gets me, bloody obvious the teams in the play offs are likely to be the same as the ones in the latter stages of the cup, but still we wait and wait for the cup to be sorted every year.

There isn't really a curfew at most tracks that must be adhered to, it's just there so a promoter can save money when he wants too. At Ipswich there's been a few occasions when the music and talking has stopped but the racing continued. If 10 heats have been concluded by 22-00 the curfew will kick in, but guess what will happen if only 8 heats have been completed?

Well done to all those involved for getting 30 heats done in such quick time, shows it can be done, but most promoters just use the old curfew excuse to save a few quid.

Fair comment, but Edinburgh haven't been able to ride for the past few weeks due to the unavailability of the opposition, so they'd have only had one meeting anyway.

Monarchs website says 20-30 for the 2nd meeting, SpeedwayGb states 20-45. Let's guess sometime later than advetised.

I've been spouting on about having a fixture coordinator for years, I never realised we had one. Problem is, Mr Vatcher isn't given enough power. Clubs should not be allowed to say no once, let alone twice. Surely it's better to ride with one rider missing in July than have the current mess we have at the moment. We all want to see our own 7 riders, but in the current climate most fans would accept 6, or maybe even 5, certainly better than some of the joke teams that have been put out lately. Either that or move all Speedway to Ipswich where it only rains once a year when speedway is due.

Edinburgh must be the only team that would rather run a double header that ride on an off night. Obviously at £30 a head they deem it financially viable, just hope the handful of Ipswich fans actually get to see 15 heats for their money. If memory serves the only double header that has run the full course this season was the bank Holiday one at Swindon, in all other cases fans have been short changed.

Kevin is just what more tracks need, so much time hanging around at speedway you need someone to amuse the crowd though the "nothing" minutes. Sorry Cookie, you're in a very small minority if you don't appreciate the good work that Kevin does.