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Michael Penfold anyone . But on the subject of Berwick . Stewart has really pulled a rabbit out the hat in Kildemand , what a cracking signing .

If the rumours are true , and this is the team , then it's quite an exciting prospect . Bomber will do what Bomber does , score well and entertain us . Dan Thompson could really kick on next season and become the second heat leader . Leon Flint looked to be finally getting the hang of Ashfield towards the end of the season just past. Kyle Howarth is a proven performer and will ride to his average . Young Mr Boughen could be capable of much improvement. Yes the reserves look a bit on the weak side , but they are young lads and you just never know . I'm confident Freddie Hodder can compete adequately in the home fixtures at least .

Anyway back to the meeting . After watching Zmarslik heave and elbow another rider into the fence on Saturday night , and as usual get away with it . It was a joy watching Harris and Masters give each other room to race and thrill the crowd with amazing four laps of speedway in heats 13 and 15 .

That was an awesome meeting last night , track was good and the riders , well most of them , put on a great show for the public . For us 1 Chris Harris - sublime 2 Jack Smith - mince 3 Anders Rowe - get him signed for next year 4 Matic Ivacic - utter mince 5 Leon Flint - brilliant 6 James Pearson - brilliant 7 Tom Spencer - did as well as we could expect Redcar 1 Charles Wright - rode well , no match for Harris though 3 Danyon Hume - started well before fading 4 Jason Edwards - very impressive 5 Danny King- past it 6 Ben Trigger - did as well as can be expected 7 Jake Mulford- looked very fast The heat 14 tactical sub put the kibosh on our lingering hopes for the bonus , but it was a cracking encounter .

Canny beat a bit of accuracy , and it was spot on . Decent enough meeting , Pickering was brilliant , had support from Thomson but that was it . For us wee James was the stand out performer . Will 10 points be enough for the bonus point , dont think it really matters now , always good to beat the Monarchs though .

He was mince at Glasgow last night

So it is Bomber and Anders tomorrow in the Pairs . As for the argument against Anders , did Craig Watson not make his Tigers debut in the Pairs at Somerset a few years back ? I dont buy into this he must have ridden so many matches nonsense , if he's a signed rider then he can ride .

Back to 1987 haha

Riders are basically self employed so you can't stop them an extra earning potential. But it only highlights how ridiculous our sport can be . If in particular Bomber and Flint have good meetings for Workington today , then they severely damage their own club's play off chances

And Flint as well now , its crazy

If I knew it was going to be a Workington/Glasgow select side I might have made the journey down

Oh I know , it was nearly a dust off when we were there a few weeks back , I had to leave bend one and retire to the bar

When is the rain due ?

Well since you ask . The tractor racing is actually a very important function during a speedway meeting . They appear at the end of every four heats , well it takes around four heats to savour a pint in its entirety. Ok if there is a couple of reruns one might have to go thirsty for a few minutes . But Ted the tractor man strutting his stuff every four heats gives me just enough time to go for a refill

We coped when there was about 20 teams in our league ,and we had the fours too