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I never said it was a valid reason FOR ME. However, I see the frustration from most of the posters on here regarding that! My point was that we've been down to a handful of teams before - and we survived. That isn't - and shouldn't be - an issue...

The fact that there aren't many teams isn't the problem; the problem is that there is no loyalty and you have no idea who is riding for your team on a certain night!

.Remember, when I was still in the UK, I wasn't watching it from the living room or internet. I would drive all over the country, even missing out on Wimbledon meetings so I could take in multiple meetings on Bank Holidays! Yes, I too have have had numerous disappointments like rain-offs and crap meetings, but it never stopped me from heading out somewhere a few days later. I will admit that in the current climate, I would probably think twice about going to certain meetings, particularly if the weather is dodgy.

See? The supporters are NEVER happy. They always find a reason to complain, and a reason not to go. I just enjoy watching racing, and it's a pity others can't...

Thing is, with the quality of riders competing, the regional championships (Southern Riders, Midland Riders etc) actually MEANT something - even the qualifying rounds. Hell, with three teams, the London Riders Championship even meant something! As I keep saying, the variety of meetings kept everything "fresh". We started the season with the Metropolitan Gold Cup before we got into league action. Then we had the KOC. At Plough Lane, we had the Daily Express Sping Classic, the Internationale, and the Laurels - plus odd ones like the "Levi's for Feet". We had a couple of 4TT, including the Inter-League which was run over four legs. Often there was a best pairs during the season, and the crowning glory was being awarded a Test Match! There as ALWAYS something different, and ALWAYS something to look forward to.

And that could easily be done a couple of weeks after the last GP... They make it WAY more complicated than it needs to be.

Zarnovica Result 1 - Martin Vaculik - 14 2 - Dan Bewley - 13 (after runoff) 3 - Robert Lambert - 13 4 - Rasmus Jensen - 12 5 - Peter Ljung - 11 6 - Luke Becker - 10 7 - Dimitri Berge - 9 8 - Jan Kvech - 7 9 - Jacob Thorssell - 7 10 - Eduard Krcmar - 6 11 - Matic Ivacic - 5 12 - Daniils Kolodinskis - 5 13 - Tero Aarnio - 3 14 - Max Ruml - 2 15 - Daniele Tessari - 2 16 - Erik Bachhuber - 1

Nice win for Bewley over Vaculik, there...

How did everyone manage with newspapers and magazines, which were full of ads on every page? Again, if you want something to be free (which I'm sure you do), then you have to put up with the ads...

Well, I have been called a 'king anorak before!

Let me look into that (yeah, the twins might be an issue)...

That drives me crazy!!! Particularly at the start of a race, when they list each rider's current points - which are usually wrong...

If only more people could do that...

Hmmmm... As I said, I will keep looking.

There is a sidecar driver called Chris (drove in the early 80's), and another driver called Joe from 2010 or so. They are both from Helston, so I would think they're related.

Google didn't pull up anything... You sure it was "Trewin"? I'll keep looking...

And how much?

That's what I mean; you just go back and edit it, and nobody is any the wiser. I do it quite a bit!

You know you can just edit your post?

Ah, but that's different (or so the "experts" on here will try to convince you...)

EVERY sport has it's own quirks. Take my own sport of darts. Are there any other sports where both players/teams don't get an equal number of turns to finish the game?

Doesn't matter...

Try looking at the World Cup. Round-robin groups with a points table, which are then wiped out in favour of a knockout...

I agree with you as far as the 20 heats, but modern sport is all about sudden-death and play-offs. A straight 20 heats WOULD be easy to have all race points counting, but with semis and a final, that alters things drastically. Overall, I preferred the previous system, but I never liked the way that a rider could win a GP, and receive a much lower score than the guys he beat. To me, that defeats the object of sport...