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If anybody in the Coventry area fancies a speedway distraction to the events (or non events) happening 'up the road', we have Scottish legends Bert Harkins and Jim McMillan as guests of the NSSC tomorrow night, 26th January, at the Brandon Club (just down the road from the stadium). Tapes up at 8pm. Everybody welcome, only £3 for non-members and all proceeds to Neil Vatchers' U16 Young Lions. All details and future guests here; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk

So deadline day has come and gone with no further news...... I've no idea who are the good guys or the bad guys or who is right or wrong....but to be honest I've become rather ambivalent about the whole sorry mess. Thanks to the toxic mix of Horton and Sandhu I'm losing my love of speedway.

Well done guys. Very professional presentation and Steve Brandon makes it look so easy, when of course it isn't at all. Neil Vatcher is doing a great job with the Young Lions and needs and deserves all of our support.

If you fancy a bit of good speedway news, for a change, take a look at the video of last Saturday's "Celebration of British Youth Speedway". Held at the NSSC on behalf of Neil Vatcher, featuring six of this years seven British Champions, from Danny King to Dan Thompson and hosted by SKY's Steve Brandon. Superbly filmed by SpeedwayPortal. http://www.speedwayportal.com/gb-young-lions

Apologies if I've missed the point with this but is this a settlement for one person or will it be possible for the rest of us who endured that night to get some money back?

The continued silence from Mick Horton since the 'agreement' became increasingly worrying.....now we know why. Where the hell do we go from here?

New Bees team manager, Jim Lynch, is a late addition to the panel for tomorrow's 'Speedway Question Time'. The panel now consists of; Tony Steele, Jim Lawrence, Steve Brandon, Jim Lynch, Neil Vatcher, Simon Stead and Graham Drury. Hosted by David Rowe. All these guys giving up their evening to support GB Young Lions. Come and join the fun, only £3 for non-members, venue just down the road from Brandon stadium. http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk

Judging by the events up the road I don't think we are going to run out of things to talk about! Everybody welcome. For only £3 come and meet like minded fans, have a chat and be entertained by some of the sports top names and help support Neil Vatchers' Young Lions. http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk

At 8pm on Thursday 1st December we are holding our version of BBC's Question Time. Instead of David Dimbleby our host is Dave Rowe and the panel members cover all aspects of professional speedway life, namely; Tony Steele, Steve Brandon, Graham Drury, Neil Vatcher and Simon Stead. Everybody is welcome (non-members £3) and all money raised goes to the GB Young Lions (under 16's). I may regret asking this but if you have suitable questions for the panel please send them to info@nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk before Nov 27th, including your name and also let us know if you will be there to ask your question. All details are here; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk Thank you.

We are pleased to announce that the SGP Race Director, Phil Morris, will be our guest at the NSSC on November 17th. Everybody is welcome, non-members £3. All proceeds are donated to Neil Vatchers' Young Lions (Thanks to all guests and supporters of these events we've donated £1500 this year). Come and enjoy the company of speedway folk and hear what Phil has to say. There's also plenty of opportunity to ask Phil your questions directly. Further details; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk

Just a heads up that we have Danny King as our next guest at the NSSC on Thursday night. 'On Thursday 20th October at 8pm we welcome Coventry Bees and Ipswich Witches star Danny King to the NSSC. Danny is always a fantastic guest, so we hope to see you there! Venue: Brandon Club, Main Street, CV8 3HW' Everybody welcome, non members £3 entry. All proceeds are donated to Neil Vatcher and the Young Lions. We also have some great guests coming up; 3rd Nov. James Sarjeant, Josh Bates & Jason Garrity 17th Nov. Phil Morris 1st Dec. 'Question Time' - confirmed panel members include; Rory Schlein, Graham Drury, Steve Brandon & Tony Steele. Hosted by Dave Rowe 14th Jan. Young Lions Presentation/Awards night

Probably because he is a 'Monster athlete' and not a speedway rider anymore?

With 83 heats over three days I think the track is entitled to look a bit tired. Thoroughly enjoyed our first trip to Pardubice, would recommend it to anybody.

I admit there wasn't a lot of overtaking but all the races were tight with very little between them. On such a big, wide, fast track they seem to have more time to weigh up moves and you can almost see them thinking their way through a race. Our first trip to Pardubice and very, very impressed. Can't wait for six of them to get on the track tomorrow and Sunday!

We are going to the three meetings in Pardubice and the Lubos Tomicek in Prague. This will be our first trip to the Golden Helmet mainly based on fans recommending it while on other European trips. Is there any news on the line-ups for the Saturday & Sunday meetings in Pardubice and the LT in Prague?

Peter Adams is the guest at the NSSC tomorrow night. I don't know how much he'd be willing to discuss Tai's signing for Wolves or the Team GB situation but as you know he's been very close to him for many years. Besides that Peter was very entertaining last year with tales of the many World Champions he has worked with. Smuggling a passport less Bruce Penhall over the German border in the boot of his car was one of the highlights! Peter has a very sharp wit, totally different to his on screen (SKY) persona. We are in for a treat. All proceeds go to Neil Vatcher and his Young Lions. Only £3 for non-members, everybody welcome. http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk

Peter Adams is the guest at the NSSC tomorrow night. I don't know if he'd be willing to discuss Tai beyond his signing for Wolves but he's been very close to him for many years. Besides that Peter was very entertaining last year with tales of the many World Champions he has worked with. Smuggling a passport less Bruce Penhall over the German border in the boot of his car was one of the highlights! Peter has a very sharp wit, totally different to his on screen (SKY) persona. We are in for a treat. All proceeds go to Neil Vatcher and his Young Lions. Only £3 for non-members, everybody welcome. http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk

Great to see the riders being able to show us their immense skill and bravery on a big track with plenty of room. Such a different sport to when they are tripping over each other on tight fiddly tracks. Some of the races today really put a smile on your face and reminded you why you are a speedway fan! Extremely jealous of Aces fans who can watch this every week.

We are pleased to say that Martin Smolinski is making a rare visit to the UK as guest of the NSSC. Martin will be our guest for the evening with plenty of opportunity to hear his views and plans for this year including partnering Nicki Pedersen in the new Speedway Best Pairs Cup and his quest to get back in to the SGP. With thanks to Tony Steele (and his kit) we will also be watching the first UK screening of the speedway documentary film, "Speed, mud & glory". Martin will also have copies for sale at £15/each. The meeting is this Wednesday, 23rd March with an earlier than usual start time of 7:30. Everybody welcome, entrance is £3.00 for non-members. As usual all proceeds are for Neil Vatcher and the Young Lions. For all details and link to film teaser; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk

My version of events, for what it's worth. I reckon there were 60 in attendance and the event was ably hosted by the press and media guy from Kings Lynn (sorry don't know his name). Of the 60 I'd say about 20 were Coventry fans. It lasted about 3 hours and apart from a couple who hogged the microphone and really tried to force their point of view it flowed quite well and covered a lot of subjects. Starting with rider safety and steps to make the bikes easier to handle and reduce costs. Apparently a very productive meeting was held earlier in the day with Ollie Allen and Danny King where their point of view made the BSPA reconsider their stance. I think it's a very good move to get riders and the BSPA to talk directly on these issues and the BSPA members were certainly impressed by the riders contribution. Promotion of the sport on a national scale and media/social media also got a good airing. Personally the strangle hold that GoSpeed have over all the teams websites and social media is just crazy. How can you hope to broaden your fan base, particularly to younger people, when you are not allowed to show anybody how good the product is. There was a general agreement amongst the panel that this does need to be addressed (I'd say urgently)....we'll wait and see. The lack of a sponsor for the Elite and Premier leagues was mentioned a few times but I can't recall a really positive answer. Other topics discussed were track conditions, speed of meetings, more interaction between riders and fans, a national launch day for the wider media, racing on only one or two nights a week, putting British speedway first (looking after our own interests in relation to Sweden, Poland etc.) and planning very early for 2017. All in all I think it was a worthwhile exercise. I certainly hope that, even though it was not very well attended, the BSPA members present thought so too. Most questions were answered concisely although there was a bit of shuffling of feet and gazing at the desk when the current fad of signing 8 or 9 riders was mentioned (work in progress I think!). If they do run another one, and I hope they do, I'd recommend you give it a go if you can. After all it is an opportunity to put your point of view directly to those who run the sport. They were certainly listening and you could tell that certain points and views had the desired effect. Who knows, in their media savvy future it may be broadcast live with interaction from remote fans! Anyway thank you BSPA for putting the event on. We look forward to a brighter future.

Would probably help if they announced who would actually be on the panel. As you would expect it's all very vague and wouldn't be surprised if poorly organised on the day.

The NSSC have Mick Horton as guest a week tomorrow, Thursday 25th February. There's plenty to discuss including; new admission charges, new stadium?, new team and new rules and reg's. Everybody is most welcome at our popular new venue, The Brandon Club, just down the road from the stadium. For directions; http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk/directions/ There is a small charge for non-members of £3.00. Annual membership (open to everyone) is £10.00 for adults, £5.00 for concessions (children free). Members then only pay £1.00 per event. All money raised is donated to Neil Vatcher and the Young Lions. http://www.nuneatonspeedwaysupportersclub.co.uk

Thank you for your replies. We had already booked a hotel because we panicked at the "only two rooms left" when we were tentatively looking but fortunately it was the Hotel Euro so we are re-assured by your recommendations and off on the right foot.

Having met several people on our speedway travels who have said, "you must do the Czech Golden Helmet". This is our year! Our outline plan is to fly to Prague and then train to Pardubice to take in all three days of racing. We then plan to go on to Vienna for a few days and then to Budapest and fly back from there. So we will be reliant on public transport. If anybody would care to take the time to offer any hints/tips we'd be most grateful. Particularly getting to the stadium and tickets etc. Of course any favoured bars/restaurants would have to be fully explored 😉 Thanks.

Sorry Gemini. Thanks for pointing it out, I've corrected it now.