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Congrats to the Birmingham DUCTAIR Bulls on retaining their MSDL title with a 22-14 win at Sittingbourne . Skipper Arran Butcher notch a maximum,whilst debutants Max James ( a paid max) and Vinnie Foord had two wins and stopped when leading his first ride with ignition problems . Vice captain Bailey Fellows returned from injury but had a chain problem in his 2nd ride that saw him have to come off 15m . Sittingbourne 14 (Chris Watts 4R 7, James Laker 4R 5+2, Rhys Laker 2r 1+1. Taya Thirtle 1r 1+1) Birmingham 22(Arran Butcher 3r 9 max, Max James 3r 7+2 paid max, Vinnie Vinnie Joe Foord 3r 6, Bailey Fellows 3r 0)

great job by the track staff volunteers

car park opening at 5.30 is normal --- have to wait on volunteers arriving to man it and as gates don't open till 6 then this works for the club. It is the Brummies home for as long as an agreement can be reached with the landlords .

he is hoping to ride

5.30

just to say that people can pay by cash or card on the gate as well as pre-booking on trybooking with ref : https://www.trybooking.co.uk/BSSA

not based on current averages and Max has only just got an official av

JORDAN PALIN , BEN TRIGGER, DAN GILKES --- INJURED ANDERS ROWE GOOD LINE UP STILL !!

BRITISH U21 FINAL DRAW THE draw has been made for the British Under-21 Final at Birmingham on Wednesday August 31. Belle Vue and Glasgow star Tom Brennan defends the title and has been drawn at No.8 for the showpiece meeting at Perry Barr. British Youth boss Neil Vatcher said: “Unfortunately there have been a few withdrawals from the original field, but this is still a fantastic line-up and it’s sure to be an exciting British Final.” DRAW: 1 Vinnie Foord, 2 Leon Flint, 3 Kyle Bickley, 4 Jody Scott, 5 Harry McGurk, 6 Henry Atkins, 7 Joe Thompson, 8 Tom Brennan, 9 Drew Kemp, 10 Nathan Ablitt, 11 Sam Hagon, 12 Sam McGurk, 13 Dan Thompson, 14 Jason Edwards, 15 Jordan Jenkins, 16 Connor Bailey. Reserves : 17 Max Perry , 18. Alex Goldsborough There are still a few sponsorship slots available : Race Sponsorship £50 a heat ; rider sponsors £ 50 -- Nathan Ablitt , Henry Atkins, Max Perry; Alex Goldsborough . Methanol £10 -- Alex Goldsborough . Tyre £50 -- Alex Goldsborough . CONTACT : laurencerogers@birmingham-speedway.com you can pre-order tickets at Trybooking with ref : https://www.trybooking.co.uk/BSSA Admission : Adults £16 ; Concessions £13; Juniors 12-16 £3 ; U 11's free ; Students 17-22 £5.

WOLF CUBS BACK ON TOP OF MSDL The PARRY'S INTERNATIONAL Wolf Cubs regain top position in the 2022 MSDL with a 19-15 victory at Iwade over the Sittingbourne Crusaders. The Wolf Cubs lost guest Jacob Fellows in the preceding National League clash with a broken leg. With Sam Woolley also out they were down to two riders. The home side four riders' names were put in a hat and drawn out with James Laker moving sides for the clash. The Crusader's captain was unbeaten in his four rides to notch a full 12 point maximum ! With Jamie Sealey winning two rides before a final heat crash causing extensive bike damage , this was sufficient to secure a win for Wolverhampton. The home side lost Nathan Hargrave after two falls with Rhys Laker top scoring with 10 points with five second places and backed up by lady racer Taya Thirtle with 5 paid 8. The league title will be decided at Iwade with Birmingham Bulls due there twice. SITTINBOURNE 15 ( Rhys Laker 5r 10, Taya Thirtle 4r 5+3, Nathan Hargrave 2r 0_ WOLVERHAMPTON 19 ( James Laker 4r 12 max) , Jamie Sealey 3r 6, Tom McDonald 4r 1) TEAM M W D L FOR AGAINST TOTAL Wolverhampton 8 4 0 4 135 138 8 Birmingham 4 3 0 1 77 56 6 Sittingbourne 4 1 0 3 61 70 2

no rain forecast now today .. had a bit last night but that helps John Priest with the watering . Hope to see a good turn out of Bees fans tonight !!

Be great to see lots of Bees fans there

the interval is normally 10 minutes. With the heat more track work and watering was needed so an extra few minutes was allowed --- not 20 mins of interval .

depends what weather forecast you look at . Met office gives a 50% chance of some rain at 10am which helps with watering then rest of day a 20% chance of rain !! Metcheck shows 0.1 mm of rain till 1pm!! so please don't put people off going !! BBC Weather is notoriously wrong anyway . This is a night for Coventry fans to see a Bees team back on track for one night and hopefully many will travel the short distance up the M6 to Perry Barr

Already announced as starters for 2023 ... as for guests what else can be done with 4 injured and 1 banned ??

just read it and I don't think it reads that way. Just stating the facts that any cancellation would be up to Poole and that Poole would have preferred a full strength Brummies side --which they would too . In the end the team that represented them was under strength but never gave up and did the club proud producing some exciting racing and a total walkover some expected ,

and they saw some good speedway from a makeshift team that was unavoidable ... as for the line-up being Thursday afternoon --the original line-up was sent on time but Birmingham lost 2 riders with injury on Wednesday night and spent hours finding late guests which they did --- how could they have given a revised line-up any earlier ??? Taking into account other fixtures that night, riders out injured, Speedway of Nations taking some away , time off work at short notice all credit to the lads who stepped forward to ride --and give Poole a tough battle.

really??? where do you get your information from?? Birmingham worked tirelessly to get riders to fill in for INJURED riders etc ... and those who rode for the Brummies gave it a great go and gave the fans some good racing to watch

RAMPANT DUCTAIR BULLS REGAIN TOP SPOT IN MSDL The Birmingham DUCTAIR Bulls were in rampant form at Perry Barr as they handing out a comprehensive defeat to title rivals Wolverhampton , who lost their young skipper Luke Harrison in heat 1. The 15 year old had bike problems during the race and pulled up on the centre green where his bike went up in flames. Thankfully the track staff put the fire out but Luke was out of the meeting which was a blow to his side. The Bulls though took advantage of this and posted four maximum 5-1 heat wins plus a 4-2 as the match reached the stadium curfew time and reached heat 5 to give a result and two league points to Birmingham with a 24-6 scoreline. Two crashes and a replaced air bag in the main meeting held proceedings up but the MSDL lads got all but one race in after the frustration of the previous week when delays meant that they only raced three heats , one less than is required to achieve a result against Sittingbourne. DUCTAIR Bulls skipper Arran Butcher posted a three ride 9 point maximum whilst Freddy Hodder recorded a paid maximum of 8+1 in his 3 rides and Jacob Fellows weighed in with paid 10 with his 7+3 return. For the Wolf Cubs Kyran Lyden and Jamie Sealey had 3 points apiece. Birmingham DUCTAIR Bulls 24 ( Arran Butcher 3r 9 MAX, Freddy Hodder 3r 8+1 PAID MAX), Jacob Fellows 4r 7+3) Wolverhampton PARRYS INTERNATIONAL Wolf Cubs 6 ( Kyran Lyden 2r 3, Jamie Sealey 3r 3, Damian Nowakta 3r 0, Luke Harrison 1r 0) TEAM M W D L FOR AGAINST TOTAL Birmingham 4 3 0 1 77 56 6 Wolverhampton 7 3 0 4 116 123 6 Sittingbourne 3 1 0 2 46 60 2

where have you seen that reported ??? Not from the club or its owners -- they have a meeting soon with the landlords to discuss lease for 2023

afraid we are not yet streaming .

really ? Be interested to see which riders they were . And getting water down into the base is essential and John had problems on the big bowser and had to use the small one in the afternoon .... and watering too late is not what tracks do so not sure what your experience is of track work ?? as for ruts and holes "all over the place" ?? and dangerous ???? Having seen several tracks in recent weeks I can say I have seen much worse and that it was not bad as you have said ... there were a few problems which John worked on after the meeting till 1am but track was not as painted above .

so an open individual meeting which nowadays regular fans don't support === so a reduced crowd of support and hope that the athletes could be tempted (or even allowed to!!) come and watch something they know nothing about with heavy security with them ?? You have no idea !!

think you will find it's your bank.

we have the British u21 final on 31 August and plans are afoot for more meetings . So what would your suggestion be for this Commonwealth Games tie you think should be run ??