Paulco

Yes Richie Worrall won a close race with Stuart Robson with Richard Hall finishing ahead of Ben Hopwood for third . So that 4-2 made it 41-31 after heat 12

We weren't . It was 41-31 after heat 12 , then Ricky Wells had a brilliant win over Lambert in heat13 with Summers again found wanting in the big races , trailing in at the back and it was 44-34 . Heat 14 was where we were going to use Tero Aarnio as r/r , but he hadn't recovered from his spectacular crash in his previous outing and we were forced to go with Connor Coles as Richard Hall was already in the race . Coles had previously been passed and beaten by Ryan McDonald in heat 4 , so the chances of a heat advantage were slim to none . In the race the Diamonds pair gated and although Hall was all over Hopwood's back wheel for four laps , he couldn't get passed . That made it 45-39 . In heat 15 Lambert and Steve Worrall flew from the tapes and Richie and Ricky Wells couldn't get near enough to them to land a challenge . So after looking promising earlier in the meeting , the closing heats swung the advantage very much in the Diamond's favour .

I actually enjoyed the racing last night . Wasn't going to bother because of the guest situation and going on holiday next weekend , but i'm glad I made the effort now . The Worrall clashes were worth the money alone . Shame about the two 1-5's at the end , but never mind it was an entertaining evening at the speedway .

It's a worry , our league couldn't survive with 6 or 8 clubs

It really has to , because even the die hards are getting sick to death of turning up to watch their team with three or four guests in the septet .

The asset thing isn't worth thinking about . Glasgow have to take on Newcastle in the cup tomorrow night without two of our assets cause they're riding for somebody else . So instead of having two of our assets we're forced down the guest route .

And wobblers playtime takes priority over the Championship now it seems

We all know doubling up has ruined this season , but this meeting brings it to a head what a nonsense it is . We have Lawson , Bewley and Smith missing and away riding for other teams , instead of us , on Friday and two of those riders are actually assets of our club . I love speedway , I love watching two evenly matched sides on a well prepared track doing battle . There's no more thrilling sight in sport than four riders , inches apart , vying for the lead in a race at speed . But this season has seriously diminished my enjoyment of the sport . Rain and injuries are things we can't do much about , but going into a quarter final cup tie with four guests and rider replacement is pretty much as low as it can get . The promotion wont thank me for saying this , but the best thing that can happen on Friday is that it pours from the heavens all day and spares us from this farce . I never thought i'd ever say this , but I can't wait for this season to end .

A mouthwatering prospect indeed

Finally we have a KO Cup tie , cant imagine we've ever had to wait until October before racing our first KO Cup tie of the season before . Unfortunately our season seems to be limping out with a whimper and beating Newcastle over two legs will be a tall order . Nike , obviously , still out and Richard is riding for his other team annoyingly . There was talk of Dan and Jack riding in the NL play-offs for Belle Vue Colts , but surely not lol . No idea if Robert Lambert will be gracing us with his presence , but this will be a difficult meeting regardless . We've had non stop rain it seems for weeks , and this week has been no different , hopefully we get a rain break on Friday .

Yeah sits outside the Tigers Den on the first bend . I was only 13 at the time , but can still see him clipping Martin Ashby's back wheel and being catapulted up into the air . Was where the impact was when he came back down that killed the lad . He will always be remembered up here .

Very true , every competitive sport needs promotion and relegation to help it thrive , but the rules we have in our sport makes it a shambles .

Plus apart from about a dozen riders , it's the same riders in both leagues

Cant see any of the Northern teams moving up . An increased Premiership would only interest Peterborough and Ipswich as they are a bit isolated geographically in our division . Sheffield too could conceivably move up . But the rest of us are more suited to what we have , a predominately northern league .

It would be a groundbreaking achievement

Canny wait for Nigel explaining to the viewing public , once they decide who's riding for who , the make up of both sides .

But in which league ?

No let them have Dan and Jack , then we'll find somewhere else for Richie Worrall and Aaron Summers to ride on Friday night , then we can achieve , finally , the speedway holy grail of a team made up totally of guests and r/r .

If , what is being suggested , the Championship runs Friday , Saturday , Sunday , make the Cardiff weekend a festival of speedway . Have the Championship Pairs at Somerset on the Friday , the GP Saturday and back to Somerset on the Sunday for the Championship Fours . That would free up a weekend lost .

He trained beside the Grand Monarch for much of his apprenticeship .

For the promoters to actually think about what they're doing and consider all the possible scenarios of any alteration . Clubs not being able to sign anyone after 31st July being the perfect example of a reasonably good idea spoiled by no consideration given to clubs being decimated by injury after that date .

The set race nights is the only way the current doubling up scenario can be accommodated , so I think that's pretty much a done deal for the promoters conference . You would upset too many riders if the doubling up monster was now reined in . But I agree with your point about championship riders signing for Polish clubs . The second tier being affected by that has to stop , I know that only really involves Robert Lambert and Jack Holder at the moment , but like doubling up these things can quickly spiral out of control .

The majority of meetings at this time of the season are . On Friday Glasgow take on Newcastle in the KO Cup , already decimated by injury we now have to go into this meeting without Richard Lawson who is riding for Somerset . Richard is our asset , but still has to ride for the Rebels because their rearranged fixture was rearranged first . Here is the perfect example of how doubling up is ruining team speedway . We couldn't use Bewley last week presumably because Belle Vue didn't want him riding for us before their play off semi , now we cant use Richard in a cup quarter final . How many times must Championship teams roll over and get their tummy tickled by the big leagues ? This nonsense could be the stick that finally breaks the camel's back .

They're done for the season

And Friday 6th at Glasgow