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13 minutes ago, Normski said:

Back in the day  I would do the odd Starting Marshal spot at Berwick. Used to be when I was satisfied all 4 riders were in place; I would drop my arms to my side wait till green light came on then walk away. There used to be a 30 yard flag as well where if a rider broke down you could push him to that flag to see if he could get under power again. Couldn't do that at Berwick now you would be into the first bend .:D:D

Might be a bit of a tight squeeze to get between the bikes nowadays Norman:D:cheers:

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10 minutes ago, Steve55 said:

Lou Charlesworth didn't seem to be in line with the new rule today. He did it the old way (put his arms down and started walking), the ref had to react to him and put the green light on as he started walking. Who cares?

Not a surprise,that’s typical with speedway rules.

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3 hours ago, Normski said:

Back in the day  I would do the odd Starting Marshal spot at Berwick. Used to be when I was satisfied all 4 riders were in place; I would drop my arms to my side wait till green light came on then walk away. There used to be a 30 yard flag as well where if a rider broke down you could push him to that flag to see if he could get under power again. Couldn't do that at Berwick now you would be into the first bend .:D:D

Back in the day at berwick the green light was only their to let the home men go, gifford jones meldrum and the templetons were at the first corner before the comets had set off ! There used to be a clip on youtube from 1975 check it out 

 

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21 hours ago, Fromafar said:

The starting Marshall signals to the Ref that the riders are line up,then proceeds to walk away ,their will be a slightly longer delay until he clears the back wheels before ref releases the tapes.Its called the Sarjeant rule:D The difference being the ref will put the green light on before the ref walks away whereas before the light was put on after the ref walked away hence a longer delay.

Ahh...the smell of burning clutches ;)

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Glad to see a good crowd yesterday for an event well promoted by our promotors.While it was good to get the season started I think the track wasn't conducive for good racing. When our riders went out for some dirt they went backwards.It looked like it needed more shale on to provide a better dirt line.We also had the blue groove on the bends which we've not seen for a while. I hope we going to get a better surface for our lads because yesterday was a bit processional and our lads are a team of racers not gaters .

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On 12/15/2018 at 2:07 PM, Cliffeboy said:

Careful Tigers bigging  up young Kemp by too much. Already saying he can put 2 maybe 3 on his average. Different class of rider at this level. 

 

Still thinking this Cliff? :)

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Just read the Phil Lanning interview with Josh Bates in this weeks Speedway Star. It starts with "You will never ride a speedway bike again." This was what the 'surgeon' said to Josh in his hospital bed after his sledging accident in March last year. Ok, Josh argued that he would, but all things being considered why did it take such a length of time for him to be replaced in last years Sheffield team? If this is true surely it was obvious that it wasn't going to be a matter of weeks before he was back, but the actual months it did take. To be honest I wasn't aware he'd had an operation as a result of his injury, when I fractured my spine as a result of a fall (quite a high one!) I didn't have surgery but it was 5 months before I could return to work. It was quite obvious therefore that he would not be riding, however how long did we go with R/R for him before Jan Graversen was signed?

Another part of his interview made me smile where he says, "Without speedway, I've got nothing, nothing in life. Nothing to fall back on." This from a fella who decided he was retiring from speedway in December 2017, remember that? 

It's good to see him back though, he really looked on it at the Ben fund meeting and I am looking forward to seeing him ride Sheffield in our next home meeting, even if it is for Leicester.

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