IainB

I should put in a FOI request to see what happened to the taxpayers money

I see Damien Bates on the website complaining about ticket sales for tonight and worried for Saturday. I can't comment on the cubs as I have zero interest in them but I thought the crowd was quite healthy last Saturday and that was a dead rubber that had zero promotion on the website. If it's on I'll be there on Saturday night!

It was difficult to see who the r/r rides were taken by work everybody wearing team suits, you being so far away from the track and the numbers on the riders race jackets being so small

Blimey! That long ago! Guess I'm getting old lol

It wasn't around the time they were giving the converted Honda's a go was it?

Loans have to be paid back... In theory

My first visit to Kent (as a neutral) and what a fantastic setup it is. Reminded me a little of Stoke with the size, shape and positioning of the track. A lovely big grandstand, everybody was polite and friendly (a few tracks could learn from that) and it was a typical Len Silver production with the track being watered in the right places at the right time to keep the dust down... Only downside was the PA system was inaudible

Is this potentially good news for British Speedway I wonder. The headline news says it'll be easier for under 35's to move to and work in each others country's. Could we see an influx of Aussie 2 pointers like back in the 80's

Do these Polish/Russian youngsters/reserves ride in the lower leagues in Poland doubling up at all? Because most of them this season seem to be way out of their depth and borderline dangerous.

I think they announced last week that you can now pay at the gate... check out their website

Does anybody know where the QR code is located at Peterborough so we can all check in with our NHS Covid app for contact tracing?

They used to prohibit photo's and videos at rock concerts... more recently the talent themselves on the stage encourage it, it all equals more exposure

It's surprising that some of these "slippery customers" haven't had one of the government Covid loans with no intention of paying it back and declaring bankruptcy, as no doubt many many businesses will do up and down the country. I suppose we'll have to wait and see on that score

I'm at a bit of a loss to understand what track watering is designed to achieve in this country, is it to keep the dust down for the fans or to make the track better for the riders? All I know is that when the track is watered in the GP's or on Polish coverage the whole track is watered not just the outside. If you were watering to keep the fans clean and allow them to see the action they have paid for why would you not water the inside where all of the dust is coming from. The sun break seems to be a relatively modern phenomenon in Speedway, I'm not sure what's changed since when I started watching in the late 70's and now. I assume the start time has been changed to 7pm to try and avoid a sun delay, it wouldn't have made a difference last night anyway even without Auty's crash as the track work they carried out made things drag out. Glad to hear Auty's injury isn't as bad as was feared.

That may well have been the case... it clearly needed watering after the parade (why was everybody wearing helmets except from Josh Auty) and before heat 1. Then the same old practice of then watering it from mid-track to the fence when all the riders are riding the inside line

Dusty track, no contest, long delays due to inadequate medical cover and track grading, track still showing signs of big holes in it just like in 2019, 15 minutes racing crammed into 2 and a half hours and there would have been a sun delay if it wasn't for Auty's crash... and all for £17 + £1 booking fee... But on this occasion I didn't really care, it was just good to be out on a beautiful summers evening watching some Speedway at my local track. Thompson twins impressed me again, Bates was comical at times trying to stay on his bike, sometimes succeeding other times not, if he's not retired by then, surely he'll be at reserve soon?

DeliverCoo Ahem... I'll get my coat

... And others

Hope you all had double chips!

Just seems to be too restrictive to me, the team manager may as well stay at home. If they'd wanted to be a bit more innovative with a different competition they could have made the top 5 ride at whatever number the manager decides, home team to declare first

Dave Rowe in English and Sam Ermolenko in Double Dutch

2 full teams, can't see anything other than Leicester progressing. I wonder what the thinking behind not allowing tac subs in cup matches is? Is it just having it different for being different's sake?

Anybody any ideas on team line ups for this one, not mentioned on either clubs website... Seems like they almost can't be bothered lol

Isn't there a "Briggo" track cover? He's missed a trick there

You don't have to be located at the stadium to do telephone sales... there's these wonderful new things I've seen called mobile phones... they don't have a wire attached to them or anything! I'm gonna get myself one