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15.5.2 If the Referee stops a Race and the leading Rider has completed a minimum of 2 laps of the Heat, then the Referee has the sole discretion to order a re-run or award the Heat based upon the Rider’s positions when the Heat was caused to be stopped, with the disqualified Rider being awarded no points and Riders behind in the order being advanced one place. As long as race-leader Cook had completed two laps before the stoppage, the ref has the discretion to award the race. All the best Rob

Davy, by pipping Somerset tonight, you've ensured that the last team to win back-to-back titles at this level remains Glasgow in '93 and '94 All the best Rob

That's true All the best Rob

Let the Smugness begin :D All the best Rob

Um, three-time PL champion? All the best Rob

Your team has just won the final. Cheer up you miserable sod :D All the best Rob

Maybe, but it doesn't stop it being a great racetrack. If they could move it away from the M5, I'd go there much more often All the best Rob

Congratulations Edinburgh. It looks like the play-offs have delivered yet again. All the best Rob

Ah, I see, makes sense now. All the best Rob

Why would I be smug - I'm not a Somerset fan. It's just the laughable attempts to suggest that Somerset is not a good race-track, simply because the Rebels win most of their home meetings by healthy margins. That's complete baloney. It's an excellent race-track... nearly as good as Scunthorpe (you call me smug about that one if you like ). All the best Rob

Isn't this the outstanding play-off match, rather than the Border Trophy? All the best Rob

Claimed to be? Maybe because it is. All the best Rob

With Edinburgh scoring 6 points from their tactical rides last night, could the TR again play its part in deciding the destination of the PL title? Should the rule be dropped in two-legged finals? After all, it isn't used in the PL KOC, so why the play-off final? In any case, looks like we are set for an intriguing second leg tonight. Hope the Edinburgh and Somerset fans don't run out of fingernails to chew by the end. All the best Rob

Advantage Edinburgh. IMO a 12-point lead is probably not going to be enough for Somerset. The Rebels might have done it, had their been parity and each team been missing one rider each. But the absence of Olly Allen could be the deciding factor. All the best Rob

Youngy, but surely you have to admit that Cookie does roll a little sometimes. In the Scunthorpe vs Edinburgh meeting earlier in the season, Cookie got away with such an outregeous roller in Heat 13 that he was able visit the bar on the first turn, buy and drink three pints, then have a play on the kiddies slide on the second turn, and still be leading up the back straight. Mind you, there are riders from all clubs who get a bit of a roller. At a recent meeting at Ippo, the Witches fans near me were getting in a right lather about Klindt & Jorgensen, while being completely oblivious to the fact that Tungate was doing exactly the same! All the best Rob

1. Hans Nielsen 2. Marvyn Cox 3. Simon Wigg 4. Ron How 5. Leigh Adams 6. Arne Pander (rode at that position quite a lot between '65 and '68... before it became a reserve position). 7. Martin Dugard Couldn't fit in Jason Crump, Greg Hancock, Nicki Pedersen, Billy Hamill or Tony Rickardsson. All the best Rob

If Birmingham did re-open, could Cradley share home meetings between Wolves and Birmingham? Neither club will be running every single week of the season, and if Cradley staged double-headers, they'd only need 3 or 4 dates at each track. Good luck Heathens - you've got a fantastic fan base, I hope you can find somewhere to run. All the best Rob

As long as Wee George wasn't attacking the rooster All the best Rob

Starman, in your new celebrity status, will you be interviewed on the centre green? All the best Rob

Er...... Somerset finished third in the 2012 league table. All the best Rob

So you don't have to provide your name, address, etc. How does it work then? Just curious. As I said I think it's a terrific idea. All the best Rob

Read what I said, the standard admission price, not the discounted one. I would think most travelling fans would still pay the £16, after all it's a lot of fuss to set up an online account for one visit, plus what happens if it piddles down at noon on the day of the meeting. Not that I don't think it's a good idea - I think it's a cracking one and well done to the Edinburgh management on thinking it up. But for visiting fans, the standard price for both legs is the same price. All the best Rob

I'm sure they'll find something else instead. The funniest whinge was regarding Somerset putting their admission price up (by just a single £1) to £16, when the standard admission price for the Edinburgh leg is.... yes, you guessed it, £16. All the best Rob

R/R being used by both teams for a middle order man (fourth in the averages for one team and third in the other) - seems about the same for both teams to me. As for Sneddon riding with an injury, well aren't Olly Allen and Charles Wright as well? Scotsman, are you getting in your excuses early? All the best Rob

Sheffield in the Play-Off finals??? - Spinny, is there a play-off final for the bottom two teams? All the best Rob