Paulco

Agreed Wolves have nothing to feel guilty about . It's a promoters duty to build a competitive side within the points limit . If a foreign rider fits in better than a Brit , then so be it

Once upon a time the " Back the Brits " brigade were up in arms if a British rider was left on the sidelines at the start of a season , now they're jumping up and down and stamping their feet if the Brits don't have two jobs . I think Lawson would have been at Leicester if they hadn't stayed a Saturday night track and Richie was a victim of believing what he was promised . Hopefully having only Glasgow to earn a living from will guarantee a regular double points scoring payday for both riders as they struggle to make ends meet .

So i'm loud , arrogant and blind to the sport's problems am I ? Oh well so be it . I go two or three times a week simply because , despite the sport's problems , I still love speedway . And when i'm at the track , I enjoy what I see , mostly , and can forget the awful politics surrounding the sport .

It was awesome last year , bit of an anti-climax going back to a one day event

Aye doing my warm up in the Black and Gold

Maybe he's having a wee forced exile from the forum

He can practice at Berwick then , and give me someone to cheer for

Plenty on the terraces though

There is that side to him . I saw him ride like a complete novice for Coventry at Peterborough one night and then watched him finish on the rostrum at the GP Challenge final at Poole the following night . Yes Kasprzak can be unpredictable , but he's reached heights in our sport that I can't see Cook reaching .

What's that got to do with anything ?

Kasprzak obviously . When he can be bothered he's as good a heat leader as anybody , whereas Cook is reliable journeyman rider in the top flight , he's not made the jump into world class speedway to the level Kasprzak has . Plus Cook rode for Edinburgh

I don't mind paying the full price to get it on a Thursday every week .

Only in speedway does a competitor get so harshly penalised for having a successful season .

You will indeed

Forget the Darcy Ward meeting , it is what it is . The Benfund will be well supported whether it's mainly Championship riders that contest it .

Both Templeton brothers fall into this category , though Dougie was the better of the two , both were as hard as nails and not to be messed with . Funniest thing I ever saw during Glasgow's spell at Hampden was a very youthful Bobby Beaton, through his inexperience and youthful aggression ,put his team mate Dougie in the fence . Needless to say Dougie wasn't impressed and let Bobby know in no uncertain terms , then as usual Beaton senior appeared to stick his ore in and the result of that was a full scale scuffle between team mates and officials , with Willie being restrained by about four people .

I think he meant that , not that there's a great deal of representation in our leagues from other parts of the UK outside of England these days anyway . But i'd prefer the strongest possible field contesting the event rather than just limited to a certain section of riders .

Yeah you can only have two from the same track riding for a Premiership club . I always thought Richie and Dan Bewley would be the two , as did Richie himself as he was told to hang fire as there would be a place for him . But there's no loyalty in speedway , we know that , but this is a particularly low blow for the lad to have suffered .

That is just weird . I've never thought speedway comes across well on TV , the only true way to appreciate speedway is to be there to watch it unfold at the track .

Plus it seems they have went back on their promise to Richie Worrall too

Yeah but he wore pink leathers ..........wuss

Seems the wilder a rider is , the more entertaining he becomes . I never considered Richard Green a nutter , very good rider , but not a nutter . But I never saw him round the County Ground . Jason Lyons ,when he started at Glasgow , was definitely out of control a lot of the time , but also very exciting to watch . Likewise Jesper Olsen , when he arrived at Shawfield , made almost weekly visits to the ambulance .

Hard to believe it's 15 years since he was a Tiger . Been a great servant to British speedway and he deserves this

Reading the complaints on this forum , especially over the festive periods , about their Speedway Star being days late puts me off ever getting a subscription . I'm quite happy picking mine up on a Thursday on my way to work .

I don't disagree . No harm to Darcy , his young life has been turned upside down , but there has been a non stop outpouring of desire for raising money for him . That's fine as people are entitled to do that , but other injured speedway riders are just as deserving as Darcy , which makes the Benfund meeting , regardless of where it's held , one of the most important events of the season . Let's hope for a pleasant , dry day on the 12th of March and supporters from far and wide turn up to support it and make it a big success .