lucifer sam

You're confusing a rider wanting to join another club, and a rider returning to the same club. When a rider returns to the same club, it's 14 days. This hasn't been just invented. Take a look back what happened with Henka at Oxford in 2005. Admit it, you got it wrong, and confused two different situations. All the best Rob

He has been banned. But SCB made a mistake in the first post of this thread. A ban is for 14 days, not 28. It has been since at least 2005. It hasn't suddenly been invented. All the best Rob

Ban is 14 days. It has been since at least 2005, when Henka was banned for 14 days when he rode for Sweden (his hometown club were facing relegation) above an Oxford meeting. Was 14 days then, is still 14 days then. All the best Rob

R/R for tomorrow as already announced. All the best Rob

SCORPIONS SET TO NAME NEW RIDER HENDERSON INSURANCE Scunthorpe Scorpions’ promoter Rob Godfrey will reveal the rider to replace the retired Josh Auty – from the centre green of the Eddie Wright Raceway! Godfrey will name his new signing during tomorrow’s (Sunday) Knockout Cup clash between Scorpions and Peterborough Panthers (start-time 5.30pm). He says: “I always like our loyal supporters to know the news first. “The plan is to announce the replacement for Josh Auty during the parade during the Scorpions v Peterborough meeting.”

Disagree. The cream always rises to the top. When they tightened up on the rules on tape touching (previously you were only excluded for actually breaking the tapes) in the mid-to-late 80s, first at British domestic level and then at FIM level, the same riders were still at the top. Mauger would have been a multiple World Champion whatever the rules. All the best Rob

I think it has to count doesn't it? It was a competitive meeting, despite the age of the competitors! In my case, that's how I can count Fundin and Briggs. All the best Rob

R/R + Nathan Greaves. Greaves is probably the best guest out there to use in place of Josh Bailey. All the best Rob

RIP Bryan Seery, the compiler of the page of the Speedway Star that I always used to read first! All the best Rob

Oxford 1986 - the only team with a 100% BL record: Hans Nielsen Simon Wigg Marvyn Cox Andy Grahame Per Sorensen Nigel De'ath Jon Surman All the best Rob

Neil, yeah maybe, but no sign of Leicester starting any time soon. And if it takes place on a very heavy track, there's every reason to suspect it might take a while to get through. 'Tis a forum, so this is the place to discuss any "what if's..." All the best Rob

Leicester hasn't stated yet. If it does take place, I can't see how Bomber can now do both meetings. In that case, I assume Peterborough have to do one of the following: 1. Use a junior replacement for Bomber 2. Revert back to their previous 1-7 and use R/R for Hansen. All the best Rob

That was one year earlier in 2006. Glad when we kicked out Rickardsson two weeks early and brought in Todd Wiltshire, who actually wanted to ride for us and was willing to help out the rest of the team. All the best Rob

From an Oxford perspective, probably the 2007 EL team before it went t*ts up. Massive and depressing home defeats to Coventry, Poole and Swindon. The 2007 season started on a massive low with the EL team, then we had a CL team which was like a phoenix from the flames and was hugely enjoyable and included one of my favourite meetings of all-time (the sheer drama of the play-off semi vs Plymouth), then the bombshell in November after the season ended. All the best Rob

SCORPIONS SEEKING A LIFT AFTER A BLACK WEEKEND THE EDDIE WRIGHT RACEWAY stages a 33-heat feast of speedway on Bank Holiday Monday afternoon (3pm), with the Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions hosting the Newcastle Diamonds in the SGB Championship, followed by the 500cc and 250cc classes of the second round of the British Youth Championship. It’s been a dreadful weekend for Scorpions, rocked by the shock retirement of the club legend Josh Auty, which came just 24 hours after youngster Josh Bailey announced he ‘needed time out’ to allow his injured shoulder time to fully heal. Both riders have quit with immediate effect, leaving Scorpions searching for two new riders. In the meantime, they will utilise rider replacement for Auty against the Diamonds at the EWR, while David Wallinger will guest for Bailey. Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey says: “Let’s not beat around the bush - it’s been a horrible weekend for the club, with the news about firstly Josh Bailey and then the huge bombshell regarding Josh Auty. “I’m absolutely devastated that Josh Auty has quit, and I know a lot of our supporters will be feeling the same. “The one thing that can lift us all is getting back on-track around the Eddie Wright Raceway, seeing some cracking speedway and witnessing a Scorpions’ victory over Newcastle. “It won’t be easy, but if were fire on all our remaining cylinders, we can take three league points from the meeting. “We have an extra 18 races with the cream of Britain’s youngsters taking to the track for the second round of the British Youth Championship at both 250cc and 500cc level. There are some great kids involved who have bright futures in the sport. “It should be a top afternoon of action, and maybe that will be the medicine that we all need.” Diamonds are led by British Under-21 Champion Robert Lambert, and also feature ex-Scorpion Steve Worrall. Bank Holiday Monday’s adult admission price for the double-header is £17. It’s just £2 more than a single SGB Championship meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway, for 18 extra heats of action. A full and exciting afternoon of racing is ahead. DON’T MISS IT! Admission prices for Bank Holiday Monday: Adult: £17.00 Student/OAP: £15.00 Child (10 – 17): £5.00 Child (0 – 9) Free (accompanied by paying adult) Family Ticket £39 (2 adults, 2 Children 16-17) Match Programme: £1.00 Expected teams for Bank Holiday Monday: Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Michael Palm Toft (captain), 2. Carl Wilkinson, 3. Lewis Kerr, 4. Ryan Douglas, 5. Rider replacement for Josh Auty, 6. Tero Aarnio, 7. David Wallinger (guest). Newcastle Diamonds: 1. Robert Lambert, 2. Ashley Morris, 3. Lewis Rose, 4. Ludvig Lindgren, 5. Steve Worrall, 6. Ben Hopwood, 7. Connor Coles. British Youth Championship (500cc class): Charlie Brooks, Kean Dicken, Elliot Bloxsome, Liam Little, James Laker, Drew Kemp, Daniel Gilkes. British Youth Championship (250cc class): Jordan Palin, Jacob Clayton, Dan Thompson, Jake Mulford, Nathan Ablitt, Leon Flint, Joe Thompson, Danny Curl, Jason Edwards.

Sad news, as a Scorpions' legend retires: http://scunthorpescorpions.co/?p=7215 All the best Rob

To me, Buxton are the archetypal third-tier club. If they are struggling to compete in the NL then something has gone wrong. I know how passionate you are about this level of speedway. I feel for you mate. All the best Rob

Just to confirm that Josh Bailey has also quit Scunthorpe. All the best Rob

It's Mildenhall 2008. A team with a rather unfortunate record. All the best Rob

Not sure if I'm unbiased, but I was stood in front of the ref's box - right by the starting tapes. It was Garrity who caused the mayhem at the tapes in Heat 1, by moving early. I'm unsure how he missed out on a warning, given that the referee was later handing them out like confetti. Garrity moved, both MPT and Garcia went through the tapes. All the best Rob

Frigbo, you'll know better than me. Wasn't there a big pile-up involving Jimmy in 1988? He was a changed rider around that point - the slightly scary version disappeared. All the best Rob

Jimmy Nilsen wasn't that dull to watch to begin with. I think he had a couple of injuries (in 1988?) and he changed a bit after that. To begin with, he was a bit harum-scarum, from what I recall. He had two years at Oxford. 2000 was nothing to write home about, but 1995 was a bit different. He started that year under a cloud, following the injury to Per Jonsson the previous year, but rediscovered his 'mojo' in a Oxford v Swindon meeting, when he started really attacking and picking off the Robins riders for fun. He was a different man for the rest of the year. The following year he went back to Blunsdon and within a couple of years, he was World No 2. All the best Rob

Oh, Lars (or to give him the slightly unkind nickname he gained, 'Last'! ) would definitely be in my list of embarrassing Oxford riders, but not in my dull list. I think Teurnberg's mechanic once went on the warpath, looking for Chris Brown at Reading one night. All the best Rob

Teurnberg was a dull-as-ditchwater white liner, who was simply embarrassing when the Cheetahs went to Exeter. He rode the inside and nearly got lapped!! I wouldn't include Munkedal. He didn't have a great time (to say the least) at Cowley, but he wasn't dull to watch. In particular, before he signed for us, I remember a double-header at Hyde Road in 1987. Wolves were on both Oxford, and Lars got double-figures with some fairly spectacular riding for Wolves. All the best Rob

I mainly saw Kelvin when he was riding for Coventry. He was a good gater who scored a lot of points, but lacked any ‘wow’ factor, which is why he’s one of my choices for riders who failed to grab my imagination. I’ve never really had a chance to speak to him, but dear old Bryn told me Kelvin is a likeable and personable chap. But on track, he just didn’t do anything for me. All the best Rob