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Very nice start to this Monday morning, dry and sunny. Forecast for later is fairly good, mostly dry but there will be the chance of showers, some could be thundery and heavy, these will be mostly in the afternoon. I will update during the course of today.

Fully agree about no room for passengers, maybe a bit harsh on Jensen but its fair to say we all thought a move out of the No1 position for Doolan would've helped, lets hope it does in the future. No disgrace in losing at Newcastle, we now have to make sure our riders get themselves ready for our next PL outing.

Newcastle Diamonds = 51 1. Craig Cook (Guest) - 3 , 3 , 3 , 2 , 2' = 13+1 2. Lewis Rose - 1 , 2' , 0 , 1 = 4+1 3. Stuart Robson - 2' , 2' , 2' , 3 = 9+3 PAID MAXIMUM 4. Lewis Kerr - 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 , 3 = 15 MAXIMUM 5. Ludvig Lindgren - 1 , 2 , 2 , 0 = 5 6. Dan Greenwood (Guest) - 0 , F/X , 0 , (SN - 0) = 0 7. Simon Nielsen (Guest) - 2 , 0 , 2 , 1 , 0 = 5 Berwick Bandits = 39 1. Claus Vissing - 2 , 1 , 2^ , 3 , 1 = 9 2. Steen Jensen - 0 , 0 , 1 , 3 = 4 3. Kevin Doolan - 0 , 3 , 0 , 2 , 0 = 5 4. Matty Wethers - 1 , 1 , 2 , 1' = 5+1 5. David Bellego - 2' , 0 , 0 , 1 = 3+1 6. Liam Carr - 1 , 1 (MK - 1) , F = 2 7. Matej Kus - 3 , 3 , 3 , 1 , 2 = 12 Read more: http://www.speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/13455/newcastle-berwick-pl-sun-30pm#ixzz344onjcQP So Berwick`s unbeaten run comes to an end, positions 2-5 need to look at themselves for sub-standard scores, Kus looks like he will be a trump card at reserve Congratulations to Newcastle on their win.

Biggest cheer of the night was after the track staff took the covers off, all that effort for nothing. For those thinking of coming tomorrow, its been summer in Berwick today, with lots of warm sunshine, so the track should've dried out nicely. Tomorrows forecast is far more encouraging, chance of a shower or two in the afternoon but fine for morning and evening. Well, despite the efforts of our marvellous track staff, and the incredible patience of every spectator, Saturday's show was washed out by weather. After a great deal of discussion, various international phone calls and enquiries, the FIM Jury for the meeting pulled the plug on the night at 8.45pm, and ordered the riders (and invited spectators) to return on Monday night (9th) at 7.30pm. This event is not a Berwick Bandits meeting (it is staged at Shielfield Park by the BSPA on behalf of the FIM) so readmission on Monday will only be by production of your rained-off ticket from Saturday, or cash payment at the turnstiles. Tickets held from the previously-postponed match against Workington, for instance, will not be valid. For those unable to attend, these tickets will be accepted at any further BSPA 'shared event' this season, or cash refunds can be claimed from the BSPA offices, for which full contact details will follow in our next Bulletin. Thanks to Berwick Speedway for this newsletter, there`s bound to be fans who cant make tomorrow night, nor any BSPA shared event. Might be an idea for the BSPA to put something like this on their site so it reaches a wider audience as some people out there aren't lucky enough to receive newsletters from the club.

Poole are a progressive club, signing Kennett, if it happens, would be a backward step IMO.

I don't propose to debate last years meeting, but there was two big accidents that meant prolonged treatment to the riders, how could anyone have stopped those. Anyway lets look forward to this years extravaganza.

I agree, IMO the thing that got to people the most was the lack of a decision one way or the other, then the lack of information. I think the vast majority knew that racing was very unlikely from early on.

That might stop FIM meetings coming to Berwick in the future, which after seeing the FIM in action last night might be no bad thing.

Was Berwick Council ever contacted about having Sunday as a possible rain off day, I`m sure they were.

Rossiter`s no where near good enough to manage Berwick, I`m sure he`d love to one day, but tomorrow will not be that day. Keep trying Alun.

Alan Bridgett will stand in as Berwick team manager at Glasgow tomorrow night.

Don't think the crowd will be as good as last nights, work night, school night etc. Postal Address: British Speedway Promoters' Association ACU Headquarters Wood Street Rugby Warwickshire CV21 2YX United Kingdom Telephone & Fax: Telephone: 01788 560 648 Fax: 01788 546 785 Email Addresses: General Enquiries: office@speedwaygb.co Press Office (AP Media): pressoffice@speedwaygb.co Under-21 Great Britain Coaches (Phil Morris & Neil Vatcher): younglions@speedwaygb.co Website Management (AP Media): webmaster@speedwaygb.co Taken from BSPA site, hope it helps.

Forecast for tomorrow is far more encouraging, dry and warm in the morning, there could be one or two showers around during the afternoon but by start time for the meeting the showers should've gone. The evening will be dry, here's hoping all the riders can make it back and we get a full meeting, putting last night behind us.

North East England Forecast Summary TodayA fine and dry start to the day with light winds and some sunshine. A few showers will develop during the day which could be heavy. With light winds it will feel warm in the sunshine. TonightThere may be a few heavy showers passing through during the evening but after midnight many places will stay dry with clear periods and light winds. Taken from BBC Weather.

Cook, Anderson, Harris, Bridger, Bjerre all tweeted about last nights meeting, all lacking professional focus. While there is no doubt that Berwick Speedway were/are at the mercy of the FIM, they, in taken this meeting on they are part of this. I`m sure had the meeting been raced and been a success they would've been looking at their share of the praise, and quite rightly so. So they need to take the share of the responsibilities of the events from last night. Taken another FIM meeting in the future might be taken on more trouble than its worth.

This meeting is scheduled to take place tomorrow.

Berwick’s weather woes continued on Saturday when the FIM organised Grand Prix Qualifier at Shielfield fell foul of the elements. The meeting has now been re-arranged for Monday (June 9) with a 7.30pm start time, when they will be hoping for better conditions. The Bandits have so far lost ten meetings to rain this summer, and they always knew that the weather was closing in as they prepared for their big night. But when the lunchtime practice was staged in glorious sunshine, with the track even being dampened down after the riders threw up dust clouds, there were hopes that the forecasters might have got it wrong. But rain started falling throughout the afternoon. Covers were placed over the bends in an attempt to protect the surface, but by the scheduled 7pm start time it was obvious luck was not on their side. As the rain continued to fall the riders held a meeting when they agreed they would like to see racing continue, and at 8.20pm the covers were removed. But with no let-up in the conditions and fans becoming increasingly frustrated at the situation, the decision was taken that the meeting would be postponed and the crowd were informed of the decision at 8.40pm. This was the second time in three years Berwick had been asked to stage an FIM Grand Prix Qualifier, and unfortunately, it was the second time it was hit by the weather. “Two years ago, after some tremendous work by the track staff, we finally managed to get the meeting on,” said Berwick promoter John Anderson. “But on this occasion we weren’t so fortunate. The riders wanted to give it a go because some of them knew it would be difficult and inconvenient for them to come back for any re-staging, but at the end of the day there was simply no alternative. “The weather just wasn’t on our side and in the end, despite some sterling work by the track staff again, we had to admit defeat. “I hope the fans appreciate the situation we found ourselves in and hopefully a lot of them will be able to come back for the re-staging on Monday.” In an unusual situation, Berwick will be racing the same evening, away to Glasgow in a League Cup clash - but without Matej Kus, who is included in the Shielfield line-up. Taken from Berwick Advertiser on-line. I applaud Hans Anderson for putting his thoughts on social media.

Lets not even go there. Not sure it was feasible to pull the meeting forward, it was advertised to start at 7pm for weeks. Agree with you about the comments from the centre green, if Mr Barrie cares to take himself onto social media, something he claims he doesn't do, then he will see the riders were far from happy. One claiming they were being held hostage by FIM. If they were so keen to get out there it might've been an idea to bite the bullet and go for it whatever the track conditions were, IMO the track was no worse or better at 9pm than it was at 7pm, though it was clear for all to see that any speedway was unlikely. I thought the information handed out by FIM was shocking, it seems they were unable to make a decision, I think the vast majority of us knew there was very little chance of racing, and that's what we all wanted, racing, it was next to pointless putting riders out just to poodle round. Though Mr Barrie did himself few favours to tell us the rain had all but stopped when it clearly hadn't. I, like you, are in a very fortunate position this time as we can make the re-arrangement easily, there will be people who cant and find themselves out of pocket. I had fans from Redcar, Glasgow and further afield sitting round me, all of whom are very unlikely to make tomorrow night, those people I feel for.

Cook due to ride at Belle Vue Monday, Kus due to ride at Glasgow Monday, Anderson, Pawlicki, Janowski, Suchanek due to be at Debrecen on Monday, are they going to be at Berwick.

One things for sure, giving the other meetings going on this Monday, the line up that will be at Berwick could be very different to the one that was there tonight. Announced at the track that re-admission tickets could be used at any BSPA shared event, so I could use them at Wolverhampton a week Monday.

As has already been posted a quite pathetic and irresponsible post.

What a despicable way to treat genuinely decent people. How so.

Home from work, I came through steady drizzle all the way home. Right now it stays as steady drizzle and it shows no sign of clearing, as I posted earlier, if the organisers decide to start I hope they intend to get through all twenty qualifying heats, especially when your asking people to pay a hefty price for the privilege.

If the rains keeps up any kind of set up ideas the riders had from practice this morning will go out the window. Sadly this rain is forecast to be with us for a while.

Just started raining 15-20 miles west of Berwick.