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Thanks for the update, hopefully Bryn will be feeling better very soon.

Information taken from Berwick Speedway Facebook page. We can now confirm that our 2017 season will get underway at Shielfield Park on Saturday 18th March! We will be kicking things off with the 50th Season Spectacular individual event! The Newcastle Diamonds will be in town in challenge match action on 25th March with the return leg the following day at Brough Park. Press and Practice will be held on Saturday 11th March followed by a Season Launch Party in the Black and Gold immediately afterwards. More details will be confirmed in the coming weeks. From everyone at Berwick Bandits Speedway Club, We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Haven`t got far to travel either, just to the end of your wrist.

Lets hope Santa has a spare dictionary going when he does his rounds.

Best wishes Bryn for a speedy recovery.

If they are there providing a service to getting a Saturday nights speedway on at Berwick I see no problem with them gaining free entry, is there one or two to many people getting in free who shouldn't, yes there probably is but I would think you could say the same at many tracks these days.

Lewis Bridger is also due a testimonial, though I`m not sure that it would be held at Berwick.

Silly post.

Our hidden gem seems to have had a change of heart, lets hope he can chip in with a few points along the way next season. Beating the other 2pt reserves on a reasonably regular bases must be his job in the team.

You can add Ryan Blacklock to the Berwick team, he replaces Luke Chessell who has decided to take time away from racing.

TEAM NEWS! Last week the club were unfortunately faced with the news that Luke Chessell has decided to take a break from the sport and has sighted financial strain and a general disillusionment with the sport as his reasons. Gary Havelock adds, "While we are disappointed with the news we have to thank Luke for not leading us down the garden path and dropping us in it closer to the start of the season. We have explored all avenues and feel we have found a hidden gem to replace Luke. After a successful meeting with myself, Scott, Jamie and Dennis McCleary we confirm that our number 7 will be Ryan Blacklock. Ryan's attitude and ambition really excites me and from everyone we've spoken to, giving up and backing off is not something in his vocabulary!" The Workington based Blacklock joins the Bandits pending the necessary BSPA approval from national league Buxton where he has consistently held his own as a heat leader and also formed a popular pairing with our rider of the year Liam Carr in previous seasons. The arrival of Ryan Blacklock to Berwick only adds what promises to be a spectacular season for the Bandits! Information taken from Berwick Bandits Facebook page.

Hang on there fella, you`ll have the anti-negativity brigade after you. IMO I dont think Berwick is the weakest team out there at the minute and I dont see the team bottom of the league. Certainly true to say all of the decent 2pt riders have gone to other clubs so a like for like replacement for Chessell might not be an option, so a couple of changes would be better to strengthen the reserve position, tough on the second rider dropped but if it needs doing to make Berwick stronger then so be it. We dont have to have a 2pt rider, make the right changes could see Carr and Gappmaier start at reserve, which looking at some of the reserve pairing around would give us the strongest reserves in the Championship.

Chessell pulling out may just cause more problems than is first thought as a like for like change would weaken Berwick so more than one change is very possible.

So its just three spaces at Edinburgh, and one possibly two at Berwick and we are done.

Don`t know, if the Speedway Star is doing one PL track it could be any time. Meanwhile some details of season ticket prices prices have been announced. http://berwickbandits.co/article/2017-season-tickets

I agree it would be tough, but if it means having a better team then so be it. Quality 2pt riders arent exactly thick on the ground now as most have been signed.

Berwick could make more than one change.

I think by now most promotions have worked Barker out as high maintenance to say the least and leave well alone, I wish him the best at Redcar but I don`t see him finishing the season as a Bear.

Thing is, how many tracks will be left in 5 years.

I dont make a comparasing, maybe a contrast. Seems fans in all the leagues over here are being asked to pay more and more each year, in most cases to make up the short fall for dwindling crowds, bit of an own goal IMO as a night at the speedway now for the family is an expensive night out. Its true to say wages in Poland are lower than here, but it seems paying lower admission pays dividends at the turnstiles all over Poland as they seems to get near full stadiums.

I`m sure we can all work it out, anyway there`s every chance it could be called something else completely this time next year.

Not sure that any team would survive on those figures, that said its interesting to see that in Poland Unia Leszno season tickets are priced at £35 for the cheapest available, thats £5 per meeting.

Jason Garrity has signed for Redcar.

Barker & Garrity in the same team mmmm that can only end well.

Cradley Heathens ‏@HeathensSpeed Nov 28 NEWS | Luke Chessell is to sit out the 2017 season. Thanks for your efforts this year, Luke!