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And then plenty of people on here would be busy posting about how corrupt speedway is because, yet again, it can't follow it's own rules etc etc.

I think Cram and either Howie or Lockhart are great commentators, they raise their voices only when necessary - which was not often. The guys who do all the snowboard cross/snowboarding stuff are very excitable, but that fits in with the vibe of the sport so makes perfect sense. My real beef is with commentators who can't speak English properly. John Jackson, the 'colour commentator' for the sliding sports could barely get through a sentence without the English language taking a pummelling. I'm not a pedant, but a constant stream of 'lines what they're driving' 'good starts what they're making' type comment is fairly unbearable.

Desperately hoping for good news. Took my oldest daughter to Perry Barr for the first time last year and she really enjoyed it. Would be such a shame if she couldn't go again.

My auntie used to live in Cornwall. I went one night, it was against Somerset and was brilliant - the kind of track you can't forget. Harris and Emiliano Sanchez were the Trelawny top two. Can only remember Jason Prynne and a German (I think) rider - somebody Wolf was it?

Speedway is a sport with 'downtime', like cricket, cycling etc and therefore there is going to be a fair amount of 'non-action' time to fill. Imo the job of the commentary team is to provide a conversation you can be drawn into, like pulling up a seat at the pub. A mix of sporting chat and general chitchat works well and I reckon Nige and Kelv do a good job of it.

The NHS are going to have to put 'Crashing through the tapes' on the list of symptoms.

Do you still stand by that guarantee Steve?

Gater's paradise!

I've been to two of those. Cradley was the track nearest to me growing up. Trelawny was great, like no other track, it really was like speedway on the moon but with a double decker bus. I too wish I'd gone to White City.

She's has already started talking about the Brummies as 'we' - the start of a slippery slope.

Oh my word Porkie, I'll have to warn her.

It was. Thank you so much. For everyone else - JJ very kindly asked Daisy if she wanted a spare Brummies cap that he had. She did, and proudly wore it for the rest of the night and all the way home. Thank you mate for that lovely gesture.

As a track I like it. Yes, it's small and has its quirks but the racing is decent and we won't be wearing the track at the end of the night.

That was my daughter and I. It was her first ever meeting (so she's got nothing to compare it to) and she really enjoyed it and was asking when we can go back. She was tired because her legs were aching and she's normally in bed by half eight. I'll be honest, I'd be more likely to take her to Wolverhampton next time to cheer on whoever Wolves are riding against so at least she can see a meeting on a normal track. Your points are spot on. The track was an utter disgrace. Daisy was struggling to watch after the first 6 or 7 heats as there was so much dust in the air, it was all over my head and needed brushing off when we got back to the car. I felt like I was part of the Afrika Korps. Even she was commenting that the watering and tractor racing was having no effect whatsoever, so a 9 year old at her first ever meeting could see the issue.

There's nothing wrong with it. But then you must expect people to react or interact with it, otherwise why post it on a public forum? John's postings could be quite bizarre (Jack Keen from Erith!) and were often going to receive a negative reaction from some. Chunky reacts to all sorts of posts on here, regardless of the age of the poster. In fact, I can think of several other posters who were far more vociferous towards John's postings.

That was a strange one. My memory of it is that he fell off and his bike hit, and then went over, the fence. But it’s a while ago and I might have imagined these details.

Well remembered, as a child there was something that really disturbed me about that show.

Bingo was one I think. Not sure if the others were pastime related? Darts? Snooker? Dominoes?

Interesting point. It's a tricky one, and I do see it from the promotions point of view. However, I think the emphasis should always be on getting the meeting on if possible. As Stevebrum stated, it's a sign of how much the sport is on its backside that the major consideration in these circumstances isn't sporting but financial.

Oh balls. I don't get chance to get to many meetings and this was going to be one of them.

I find that the problem is not necessarily anything terrible that has been said. It's the fact that so many threads, particularly in the Premiership section, just descend into absolute drivel. Caused by the usual trolls, and those who can't help but respond to their every post, even though they must know by now what the outcome will be. I used to enjoy reading through the forum and keeping in touch with things but these days find that, too often, it's just tedious garbage.

Great ideas. But I still think there's room for a tactical 'Triple Jeopardy' joker. Can only be played one in each meeting by each team. Unless the lower placed league team is over 10 league points behind with 40% of fixtures still to race. Then they can opt to use the feature twice if there's a sun break. The nominated rider (purple helmet) will score Triple points for that heat. Then be called to the centre green for the 'jeopardy' section. A coin toss. Correct call - the riders points total is doubled. Wrong call - they have to do the next race on foot. Can't believe Starman's negativity, there's no pleasing some people.

I first noticed Hans's rolling starts when I was watching the GP series DVDs about 10 years ago (Being a supporter of a PL team I hadn't seen him in the flesh at the time). After that, spotting his rollers became a bit of a fixation - he basically does it all the time as far as I can see, it's part of his start technique.

. Farage claims every ballot that goes against him is a fix, he'd still be banging on. If we are all meant to hold hands and move on then surely the overbearing hubris needs to stop too. The reality is that no one, clearly not anyone in government, has the first clue what's actually going to happen and what post-brexit Britain will look like. It's a rare day I agree with Peter Hitchens but I suspect there'll be more than a grain of truth in his statement that we were only ever half in the EU, and post Brexit we will be only half out.

Or, most plausibly, he can't count to two.