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Had faith that Eastie would win but a bit deflated in the way it panned out. Bailey was disappointing considering he has had plenty of laps here. Marsden rode better than his points tally suggests. i know you can only beat what's in front of you but this victory feels a bit hollow in the end.

And for what it's worth (no pun intended) the Poole Accounts are very abbreviated (Micro Company Accounts) showing Capital & Reserves of : Feb 2018 £76,881 Feb 2017 £97,815 Feb 2016 £101,625 Feb 2015 £78,160 Feb 2014 £78,701 The last time they showed any detail around assets there was a value of £24,667 for Intangible Assets in 2016.

Dead right. If and when you can find any accounts for a Speedway Club, you will find mostly unaudited, abbreviated accounts which comprise Balance Sheets only, no P&Ls. And in most of these the Nett Worth is declining each year, which would suggest losses year on year. I recall Bob Dugard being asked what return an investor or buyer could expect if buying into a Speedway Club, he laughed and said it was as the other way round, you put your hand into your pocket.

Mate, please don't tell me "No they're not", go into Companies House website, get the accounts for Slade Tipton Ltd, look at the Balance Sheet for 28 February 2017 and look at note 8 for said Balance Sheet. Then come back and apologise. I didn't say any of it was correct in it's accounting treatment - I answered a question with facts of how IT IS being shown in UNAUDITED accounts. Like most things in Speedway, club accounts are far from uniform.

Shown under Current Assets as Stocks.

Rider Registrations in the Balance Sheet at 28 February 2017 are shown as £149,764.

15.8.1 If the Referee stops a heat, following an incident or accident, where the rider causing the stoppage and his team partner were in third and fourth place and a re-run is called with one of those riders excluded, the Referee has the sole discretion to order that the remaining team partner will start on a 15 metre handicap in gate position c or d (the opposing team does not change positions). The rule says nothing about 'staying down' or intent. In my view it's all about preventing the classic scenario of a re-run resulting in a total different result from that which was almost assured before the stoppage. In last nights case the ref did the right thing, it was highly unlikely that Klindt was going to pass the two Lynn riders. Had he been right behind them, and with a fair chance of passing at least one of them, then I'm sure the ref would have had all 3 riders restart from their original gate positions. I think it's a fair rule.

OK, seen it now, thanks.

Regulation 15.3 prohibits riding across the infield prior to a heat. BUT 15.2.6 states that gate preparation is allowed and riders must remain astride their motorcycles whilst doing so......clearly this rule is being broken in the clip above.

Harris touched the tapes first, look at the replay, the tapes are pushed further in front of Harris than Ellis.

OK just found it, 18.10.6 - a rule that applies to Play Offs but isn't included in the Play Off rules section !!!!

So which rule number is that ?

Can someone quote the rule that excludes the riders from the other teams that contested the semi finals please, as I can't see it in the Speedway regulations.

Crap meeting, terrible track, fast but soooo boring. Regarding the exclusion of Huffy, it did seem a bit harsh but if there is a plus side and it results in less faffing about at the start, then that can only be a good thing. It's a shame there aren't countdown clocks at all league meetings to move things along.

Some decent races toward the end of the meeting thankfully, the earlier races were so one sided that I couldn't believe we were racing against the "second best team in the league", according to the league table placings. It is so apparent that this Eastbourne team is too strong for most of the NL teams, and the supporters can only put up with riders strung out over half a lap in many races. Eastbourne have to have some ambition and move out of the NL, hopefully the much mooted revamp of the league structure will enable this to happen. I'm sure there is plenty of appetite to see the likes of Nicholls, Harris, Cook, Morris, etc racing around Arlington again. There were a couple of big positives from last night - one was the piece in the programme from the new commercial manager Ian Jordan, who is spelling it out like it is in no uncertain terms and sounds like a proper breath of fresh air. I really hope that he is given the space and resources needed to fulfil the ambitions in his article. The other has already been aluded to - the presenter / announcer. This guy needs to be signed up permanently. Knowledgable, articulate, smooth and professional, a successor to Kevin Coombes at last. Something a newcomer would see as friendly and serious. It was all about the speedway, no poncy flashing shoes, selfies with 'me' or which side of the stadium has the loudest cheer. No 'matey', I'm a DJ doing a stand in, and certainly the end of 'Tommy B' thank goodness.

I'm not on twitter but the regulars I attend with did notice the boards. The are black on the inside, white on the outside, and possibly a few inches higher than the previous one's and look very smart. Maybe someone could appease Martin by copying this post.

I don't think we all do.... well I don't anyway.

I do hope so, if we can get professional riders back at Arlington and some decent marketing, I feel some of the Elite League stayaways could return and boost attendances.

Have to agree that Morley and Andrews gave it a good go. Also impressed with Ethan Spiller. Another positive was that it was completed by 9 o'clock. Unfortunately there were only 2 or 3 real races, not much passing or even challenging for a pass. Have to be honest, I have been going to Eastbourne for 14 years, through thick and thin, but if I had to watch what was served up on Saturday every week I would give it up. Be honest, would you take a newcomer to Speedway these days?

Am I alone in thinking that Zmarzlik is a throttle jockey and isn't really in control of his bike? I agree that he is very fast and has a lot of bravery in riding high and wide, but I'm not sure he has the all round skill levels that the commentators were on about. He gives the impression of having an 'on/off' or 'stop/go' switch rather than throttle control.

Why would he ? How often are individual and specific British Premiership matches discussed during the GP programme?

Not a fan of Scott Nicholls then ? Any particular reason or evidence to support your assertion ?

But surely only before heat 10....?

What's that an abbreviation of..........?

So they had no say in the fixture arrangements ? They didn't agree to any of the dates , they were just told when I ride ? I think not.