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So you are not going to Leicester again, in case there is a delay and/or abandonment? That is your prerogative, but you staying away will not make a difference to the medical cover! And, apart from last night, where it was a bit 'gate and go', even you must admit that this year has seen some great racing at Leicester. Nose, spite & face phrase comes to mind.

Do you?

So, how many ambulances do you think they should have in attendance? How many Paramedics, how many spare tractors?

Or maybe... Other riders turned down the chance to ride in Russia, having to lose the use of their best equipment for a couple of weeks?

Just to clarify a couple of points, the start was delayed because the tractor that pulls the bowser broke down, and the delay was to enable water to be put on the track once the tractor had been fixed. I'm no track-man but you often hear that it is not wise to water the inside of the track once it has got slick, although it might have helped if the mid-match watering had been done a little earlier. Maybe the bowser had not had enough time to be re-filled? I do agree with you point (as per the photo) about the two bare patches around the first turn.

The downside of the September date is the fact that the University accommodation (at around £25 per night) is not available.

It's strange that Coventry is/was always considered as the Wembley of F1 Stock Cars (Stock Car driver's words, not mine!) and yet they raced on exactly the same surface material as the Speedway.

You asked what he had done! I have supplied an answer! What else do you think he MUST do to get your approval?

He, (along with Rory Schlien and other riders) has spent many (unpaid) hours in training schools with the youngsters. And has also spent a lot of time on individual coaching with the Thompson twins at Leicester.

But…... do the referees hold them so long because riders are moving? Riders are supposed to stay still!

And the usual response appears when challenged!

Typical Shovlar getting on the bandwagon with a populist put down! Bet you weren't saying that in the Play Off Final last year!

Because of restrictions imposed on Clean Cut, the message about the delayed stream was only allowed to be publicised (on Belle Vue twitter account) shortly before the streaming began. As word gradually got round, the streaming audience climbed to over 1300. It may well have climbed further after the actual meeting finished. I can understand the (financial) reluctance of publicising the stream, but the technology exists to block the stream from certain areas. Kudos to Pete Ballinger in actually getting the stream going despite having short notice that permission had been granted for the delayed stream.

1. Alexander Woentin 2. Philip Helstrӧm-Bängs 3. William Bjӧrling 4. Anton Karlsson 17. Christoffer Selvin 5 Wiktor Lampart 6 Mateusz Cierniak 7 Wiktor Trofymow 8 Jakub Miśkowiak 18. Dominik Kubera 9 Patrick Hansen 10 Mads Hansen 11 Tim Sørensen 12 Jonas Jeppesen 19. Jonas Seifert 13 Gaёtan Stella 14 Steven Goret 15 Steven Labouyrie 16 Mathias Tresarrieu 20. .

Just started watching the Polish live feed and seen three separate falls caused by bumps/ruts? in the track!

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I have three posts in the fence at the bottom of my garden, which I have recently re-stained. With all this rain only two of them match now as one has faded.

£1900 raised so far at the break for refreshments. TK's own Bees racejacket raised £650. £2300 total on the night.

£1900 raised so far at the break for refreshments. TK's own Bees racejacket raised £650.

Why not come along and see for yourself. Hard for me as a Bees fan to say, but Leicester Cubs (and Lions) have been very entertaining this season.

Meeting costs are not affected by the number of riders (apart from travel money). It's the number of heats and therefore points that determine the outlay.

Jack Thomas replaces Brennan according to the revised Starting List.

40+ Heats at Peterborough last night... all completed in just 2 hours and 20 minutes!!

Congratulations to the Thomson Twins on their professional debut in Sunday's KO Cup win over Mildenhall. Holding their own against the opposition Reserves and taking points off more experienced riders. Quite a baptism of fire as they were forced to take extra rides due to the unfortunate heat two crash involving Jamie Halder and David Wallinger who were both forced to withdraw from the meeting. I hope that Halder and Wallinger are not out of action for too long.

Jan and his family live in New Zealand.