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Least enjoyable meeting of the season so due to the stop start nature, understandable with the Jye Etheridge crash in Ht1, but the incessant tractor, water breaks meant the meeting took well over two hours to run. Berwick had very little luck and after losing Etheridge their task was virtually impossible but they did make a decent fist of things.

If Blackburn has lost all his equipment in a fire then I understand his absence and have every sympathy for him, hopefully he will be back soon. But this isn't the first break he has had from speedway, if his heart isn't in it then he might be better off out of it all together.

I wouldn`t disagree with you but speedway fans up and down the Country are used to seeing their riders racing elsewhere rather than for their own club. Berwick aren`t weakened to much IMO as Nick Morris is a more than capable replacement for Harris.

Thank you, I wasn't aware of that.

I see he is with holding his services and taking time away from the sport again.

I see its r/r for Jack Parkinson Blackburn again, I take he is injured. When Belle Vue were at Berwick a couple of weeks ago nobody seemed to know why he was missing.

Sun is out, weather set fair. Major task for the home side tonight and last nights home defeat at the hands of Poole won`t have helped. Redcar do have riders that can cause Berwick problems round Shielfield, hopefully our guests perform and we take advantage of good old R/R 47-43 either way

For a whole variety of reasons I`ve never been confident that speedway would or will ever return to Brandon, this is just another nail in the coffin.

Looks like there has been a major fire at the Brandon Stadium over Thursday night.

Still a very decent field, sadly though no Tai Woffinden to lead Team GB.

I saw Harris had been selected to ride in this meeting and kind of thought it was pushing things to get from Berwick out to Poland for a lunch time start.

Follow the link on the Twitter section on the left hand side https://newcastle-speedway.co.uk/news/

Can`t see the club being fined, track work has begun with the postponement of Newcastle`s next home fixture, probably at great expense to Rob Grant. If there isn`t an up turn in attendances especially what has happened in the last couple of weeks Rob Grant could be massively out of pocket.

Taken from Facebook The Newcastle Speedway promotion, along with the sports authorities, have taken the decision to postpone our next home fixture on Sunday 22nd May against Scunthorpe. This is to allow for essential track work to be carried out. The promotion is working with BSP Limited and the Speedway Control Bureau to carry out this work. We will of course keep all of our supporters up to date with this work, and hope to have everything complete and approved in time for our next fixture against Redcar on Sunday 29th

Meeting updates are here, meeting starts at1-30pm BST. https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/131586/stal-gorzow-u-24-ks-torun-u-24

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If only it were that easy, Grant was ready to walk away, please remember that. If Grant walks again, its difficult to see Newcastle Speedway surviving, which would be a great shame.

If these photos are accurate about the state of the Newcastle track, its possible we won`t be seeing racing anytime soon until these issues are sorted out

Surely if the home riders were quite happy with track conditions then the referee would've had no option but to continue with the meeting.

Obviously I am not there so can`t comment on specific track conditions for this meeting but its fair to say this meeting wasn`t abandoned due to track conditions because of rain making the track wet and un-rideable. But I will make this point, in cricket there is a rule where the governing body, ECB, can investigate a sub-standard pitch, maybe the BSPA should do the same especially in these circumstances where it would appear a club can prepare a sub-standard track.

Chris Harris making his Polish League 2 debut for PSZ Poznan in their away meeting with Rawicz. Meeting starts at 4pm BST and updates are here, Harris will race in the No4 position. https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/relacja/130798/metalika-recycling-kolejarz-rawicz-spechouse-ps-poznan

This is taking from Sportowefaty and translated, so sometimes things are lost in translation, but it appears Walasek also has rib and back injuries. https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/999059/zuzel-nowe-informacje-ws-grzegorza-walaska-wykryto-kolejne-urazy

Kyle Bickley once again selected by his Polish club Torun in their home meeting with Stal Gorzow in the Polish Under-24 League. Meeting is this coming Tuesday.

Busy weekend for Chris Harris next week as he has been selected to ride for Team GB in the European Team Championships in Poznan Poland. That meeting has a start time of 1pm BST so he will need to hot foot it out of Sheilfield after the Redcar match. Teams are below, Tai Woffinden obviously has something better to do on that afternoon. Denmark. Leon Madsen, Patrick Hansen, Anders Thomsen, Mikkel Michelsen, Frederick Jakobsen Sweden. Jacob Thorssell, Fredrik Lindgren, Pontus Aspgren, Oliver Berntzon, Kim Nilsson Poland. Patryk Dudek, Maciej Janowski, Janusz Kolodziej, Bartosz Zmarlik' Kacper Woryna GB. Robert Lambert, Dan Bewley, Adam Ellis, Chris Harris, Tom Brennan

Looked out of sorts in his first two rides but very much improved in his last two. Involved in race of the night in Ht9 while leading for the most part.