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Have you forgotten about Nick Morris who was an excellent guest previously, or even Josh Grajczonek who has no other UK fixture on Friday?

OK, name twelve who you are claiming are acting like this. The likes of Kevin Doolan, Sam Masters, Jye Etheridge, Josh Pickering, Cameron Heeps, Josh Grajczonek, etc. - are they included? Nah, you're just over-exaggerating and stereotyping all Aussies, just because of the antics of a few, mainly Holder. I'm sure we could all dig up examples of other nationalities that have been naughty boys in the past ,and missed meetings in the UK for others abroad, such as Zetterstrom & Jonasson, etc, so should we be banning Swedes when we complete Brexit also. Christ, the quality of the UK leagues is poor enough with adopting such loony suggestions as this

Don't think signing Pickering was down to luck as they had positive recommendations on him from contacts in Oz, including current PL riders. In fact he is the only new Australian to appear in our leagues this Season. Last Season we gave Etheridge a decent run but unfortunately it didn't work out for him, so credit to Jye for persevering and coming good in 2017 and also Berwick on giving him a further opportunity. Bringing back Mark Riss on a starting GSA of 4.00 was also a shrewd move, and until his injury, he had upped this to 6.34, whilst younger brother Erik has increased his by more than 1.5 also. The real weakness as such, imo, has been in the recruitment of the statutory two eligible UK riders, who have shown little sign of improving, albeit Clegg is currently around half a point above his start point, though this is mainly via his home form, whilst Davey has went to 3.03 from his 3.00 start. It might seem that we have been punching above our weight, but apart from that shock away win at Ipswich, we have already met the weaker sides at home twice, and with Peterborough, Ipswich, Workington, & Glasgow due for the B fixtures, reckon we might well drop at least another nine points at home, and drop out of the top four

The relevant SCB Reg is:- 16.3.4 No Team changes will be allowed after 28th July with the effective date being 31st July, except for riders returning to the Team after injury. So according to the above, it would appear that injury replacements are not allowed after 28/7, unless the rider replacing an injured rider in a team, is a rider returning to the same team after injury. In Berwick's case it would appear Bridger could replace NBJ, but not anyone else who had not ridden for the Bandits this Season or had been previously replaced for reasons other than injury. Agree 16.3.4 should be relaxed as any team losing a rider with a bona fide injury, should not be penalised further, but according to the Reg, this will not be permitted.

Noticed an Ippo fan posted this after the Panthers vs Ippo match on 2/7:- Rumour has it that the similar shenanigans were employed at Foxhall when both Scottish sides last visited, with the dirt being scraped off the visitors gates and spread on to the home slots by the track staff Might be sour grapes, but worth watching out for

Or Gino Manzares (work visa permitting)

Your point about why apparently no effort was made to carry out remedial work on the track after ht14, given the improving weather conditions, at least deserves a public explanation from the Berwick Promotion. If no public statement is forthcoming from Bandits by midweek, may I suggest you raise the matter directly with them.

Try freeze framing when the riders are lined up, and if you honestly still maintain that Masters foot is touching the white line, then you really need to have your eyesight checked as you also appear to be unable to recognise Masters left foot from his right

Despite the intermittent rain, the racing was decent and very competitive, with Diamonds unlucky to have Lewis Rose fall and sustain a nasty injury during ht 12. Up to that point the scores had been level, and the final outcome was in the balance. Here is a facebook link to the post match analysis, including interviews with Robert Lambert & Sam Masters :- https://www.facebook.com/edinburghmonarchs/videos/1492643774105055/ Uncharacteristically, Ludvig Lindgren had a major strop with with the Start Marshall after ht15, whom he allegedly called an f-ing cheat because he wouldn't move Masters over in gate 1 before the start. Well for Ludvig and anyone else who is interested, here is a short video on facebook of the start of ht15, which you can judge for yourself :- https://www.facebook.com/mike.hunter.9693/videos/1538433849540589/

Must have successfully impersonated the Invisible Man then

Riss does not race in Poland, but I do not know if he is riding in Germany at the weekend. I thought the one league work visa restriction on Commonwealth riders had been relaxed and was the reason why the likes of Justin Sedgmen is able to race in both the PL & CL.

Out of interest what would the costs be and what is the source to substantiate your claim? There will no doubt be an existing maintenance cost for starting gates which can malfunction in various ways, which together with the re-runs of unsatisfactory starts, add to further meeting delays Maybe you consider delays to be part of the Speedway experience

Not many decent guests available on Saturday - Barker, Riss or Tungate at 1, Hopwood, Bowtell, or Parkinson-Blackburn at 7?

atm, various weather forecasts for Friday are reasonably good, indicating there is only a slight chance of light rain for a short period during the afternoon & evening. Summers for Morris, & Shuttleworth for Payne should not weaken the Bandits, whereas Schlein & Sedgmen might score slightly less than Masters & Wells would for the Monarchs. Apart from Jacobs, the rest of the Bandits have previously recorded decent scores at the Dale, so this might be a fairly close contest tomorrow.

I have no technical knowledge of transponders, but the above, taken from an earlier topic sounds like a possible solution. It also appears that races could be started by means of lights, as per motor racing, thereby dispensing with unreliable starting gate & tapes. Does anyone know if this has been considered or trialed previously?

Taken From Matt Jackson's excellent rider profile for 1928 on Speedway Researcher Website:- COFFEY, Larry Born: Ireland The first time Larry appeared in the results was when he rode a BSA machine at Wolverhampton on June 9, 1928. He soon began to ride at the London tracks and appeared at Lea Bridge and Stamford Bridge in July. He won the novice final at Lea Bridge in early August and followed this up with a win in the Senior Grand Prix at Stamford Bridge. Larry rode all around the country and had a spell in the north-west with outings at Rochdale, Bolton, Salford and Manchester White City. He ended the year by riding at the Boxing Day meeting at Cardiff Again from Researcher Website, Coffey does appear in 1929 Southern League heat details, appearing several times for White City, his last league match being recorded as WC vs Perry Barry on 6/9/1929 where he won his first two heats, and run last in his third due to engine trouble. (page 52) Here is a link:- http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/slresults.pdf

Dunmore also apparently held 3 meetings in 1968, including a 16 heat Challenge match vs Scotland on 8th July, which I obtained the programme for, from an Edinburgh fan who attended the fixture.

Well he did six meetings for Berwick in 2013.

Season tickets were costed on the basis of admission to 18 league matches and 1 ko cup match. Any additional meetings would be charged, and outwith BSPA events, Season Ticket Holders would also be offered a discounted admission price. This was publicised and transparent by the Promotion before ST's went on sale.

Ed Kennett has been released by Rye House, and his converted Championship average would be 8.26, meaning he would be an injury replacement for Garrity (8.36).

Interestingly Kennett on 6.88 (CL), 8.26(PL) could replace Garrity at Redcar as an injury replacement

Still showing their team as Doyle, Batchelor, Holder, Morris & Fricke on SWC site. Are riders outwith the five selected, but in the original squad, prevented from riding elsewhere during WTC week ?

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Absent Friends:- Lambert 10.13 (adjusted home GSA), S. Worrall 9.25 (adjusted home GSA) & Morris 9.33 Possible Replacements Based on GSA (but dependent on availability in the UK) from Championship: Masters 8.93, Wells 8.40 (assuming USA no longer involved),Lawson 9.19, Summers 8.98, R.Worrall 8.95, Grajczonek 9.46 (only for Lambert), Howarth 8.19 From Premier (x 1.2): Scott Nicholls 8.80, Edward Kennett 8.26 Take your pick - my guess Grajczonek & Richie Worrall for Diamonds, Summers for Berwick

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