Fourentee

Blackadder: How could I forget it? I was never offside!

Well, the BSPA site listing 40 points as the team building limit might be a start. http://www.speedwaygb.co/elteams11.html Without getting too far ahead of ourselves, let's hope that Coventry are in for 2011 (as is being claimed) and on a compromise which makes everyone happy. Or, perhaps more realistically, at least doesn't hack off too many parties too badly.

OK, feared as much, thanks for the confirmation.

Haven't read all the thread but is there an attribution anywhere which justifies its title (ie quotes Mr Sandhu as saying Coventry are 99 per cent certain to be in the Elite League next season)?

Or beatified.

FWIW Ty Proctor mentioned at this evening's Wolves presentation night that he had sent his stuff back but the Monmore season, of course, ended with last Monday's Olympique.

Lindgren confirmed afterwards that there were no ill effects from the crash.

Chris Kerr, Tyson Burmeister, Hynek Stichauer.

Danish prospect Niklas Porsing and the young Pole Slawomir Musielak. Edit: Sorry, Richspeedway, wasn't a direct reply to your post. Just hit the wrong button! But while we're here Wolbert is in the field.

And as the SMCWA publicity people are doubtless aware, Freddie won the Elite Open Riders Championship at Peterborough last night, beating riders of the calibre of Holder, Harris et al.

As posted on a different thread some months back, from this side of the Midlands we feel much the same about Harris.

To take these in order... One, choice of gates: I think you'll find that the top scorer gets choice of gate, then the second top scorer, followed by the semi-final winner and the runner-up. On account of, um, it's fairer that way. Or should Bjerre as home rider just be awarded the title and the rest scrap for a place on the rostrum? Two, lessons on riding: I think the EORC champion who has topped the averages in successive years may already have some knowledge on how to ride the machine. Three, utter disgrace to Peterborough Speedway: Don't be too hard on yourself. Four, Hans' average: Yes, but he may not be the dominant number one of previous seasons. Good rider, though. Edited for sloppy spelling.

Fair, no. But OK, yes. The rules are there, Coventry have worked them to their best advantage so the rest of us will just have to chew on it. C'est la vie.

Stop me if I'm going awry here, but do 15 pages of comment boil down to the following: Team has rider, team rests rider for less important matches, team uses rider for vital ones, no rules are broken?

Not the same as your statement of putting pen to paper to moan about. As I said!

Peter Adams neither mentioned, nor was questioned on, the Pawlicki situation in that piece. It was put to him that Adam Skornicki riding against Swindon gave Sqora a 12-match average, to possible future disadvantage, and his response was as outlined. I can understand people drawing an inference, but to say Adams "put pen to paper to moan about Pawlicki" is not the case. Unless he's done so elsewhere!

In Tai's case more a bridge too soon, I think.

Yes, of course, I actually saw that on the Updates site and promptly forgot. Cheers.

What happened to Robert?

Ok, thanks for that. Talented lad, whatever the age.

The BSPA site has 94 but the Buxton one would make more sense in terms of his riding history. Plus you'd expect his own club to know!

I was probably about 20/30 yards to your left and could see daylight between the two as they committed to the turn. I felt instinctively at that moment that Garrity would bring Perry down and, sure enough... I feel that Garrity, in that admitted split-second of decision, knew that if he continued to attack he would risk contact with Perry but duly ploughed on (as you do at 15). No worries on agreeing to differ. Next time we'll have to stand side by side for an identical viewing angle and you can borrow my blinkers.

No blinkers involved; have already praised Garrity's ability. He didn't have to wave Perry past owing to the slight but telling detail that Perry was already ahead.

Clipped Morris and caused fall, took Perry's leg away and caused fall (a barely credible all four back), careered into Branford (who managed to dodge him the first time ) and also shunted into Dyer. T-boned Branford at Monmore in the cup, too, on the last bend of a comfortable home 5-1. Big talent. But wild.

Agreed. But if you're on the receiving end of a Garrity shunt it's something of a moot point whether it was dirty or merely reckless. The bruises are just as painful.