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Speedway Tower, White Tower 
White Tower White Tower. 

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Welcome to the Speedway Tavern. 
Enjoy your stay day. 

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Welcome to the Speedway Tavern. 
Can you remember the halcyon 

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days when on this programme we 
approached a new season of 

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anticipation? 
Me, Chris and the younger Master

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Buck giving predictions that 
were invariably wrong about this

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coming season. 
We would usually do that right 

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at the beginning of March. 
Well, 31 days into March we can 

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now finally, thankfully, do the 
same rubbish predictions. 

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Some things never change and we 
should say welcome to the blue, 

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white and orange of the Foxes, 
only in Speedway. 

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Good evening everybody. 
Good. 

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Evening. 
Good evening. 

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Did you notice? 
I, I, I, I I managed to get in 

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in a quite a few difficult words
there that you probably didn't 

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understand. 
Halcyon anticipation. 

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Invariably, I'm I'm pleased with
that one. 

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Ingenuine up. 
You asked Dictionary. 

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. 
Authorsaurus. 

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They shouldn't. 
Say there's no dinosaurs here, 

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right? 
I guess that's the the only 

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place we can start, isn't it 
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We know the team now. 
We know the team, we know what 

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they're called. 
We know the promoter so. 

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I'm guessing you you because you
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team in front of you there? 
I have indeed, yes. 

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OK, let's go through it. 
OK, let's just go through it. 

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Just unfortunately he's on the 
wrong page. 

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Hang on a minute. 
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Right. 
So the Northampton team is Nils 

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Christian Leverson, Nikolai 
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Lindsey, Kai Thompson, Troy 
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Obviously that is not the 
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be confirmed in due course. 
Number one being German leads 

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going. 
To be German leads, yeah, big, 

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big, obviously step for him. 
He circles being a third, eight 

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leader or stroke second string 
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the UK. 
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to see whether he can make the 
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And of course it's going to be a
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track that nobody's ever seen. 
Before nobody knows. 

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Nobody knows. 
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the team were. 
I said it earlier, didn't I? 

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This is this year's Birmingham. 
It feels very much like that. 

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Would you agree? 
Disagree. 

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It's, it's difficult to say. 
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course you talk with Birmingham,
you, you were talking about an 

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established track and the 
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over the previous three or Four 
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any sort of momentum. 
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but it was the wrong sort of 
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always going to be a tall order.
Inertia, not a momentum. 

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It was, yeah, I think it was. 
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order for Northampton, you know,
declaring that they were going 

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to, of course, late. 
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been ahead of their team 
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I would imagine there would have
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Again, what does that remind you
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It's the, it's the same thing, 
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And there's obviously Birmingham
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When, when you got. 
Paul and some poor Susan Yeah, 

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yeah, that was Chris. 
I didn't Chris Simon. 

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I just so. 
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will say, it does feel very like
Birmingham. 

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However, I don't think the 
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No, I don't think it is. 
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hitters missing, of course, 
Salford and often Doyle 

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Brady Curtis still there as his 
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the move to Kings in. 
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top, the full one for the top 
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that league is going to go. 
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difficult for Northampton. 
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I think to have seen, you know, 
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Riders, there may be a a big 
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Of course, the budget would have
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Where you're going to get that 
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problem, isn't it? 
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I think this is this is in a 
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this too many times in racing 
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that have declared light that 
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You can't really have that 
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want to try and sign riders. 
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clubs, I don't think you get to 
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Polish clubs are and he's 
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February. 
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riders generally now June or 
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previous year for, for next 
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So they're ahead of the game in 
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Whereas obviously in the in the 
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it's sort of put together on the
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isn't it sometimes? 
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fair, most of the teams started 
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could. 
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mudded because of the, the 
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six team situation. 
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what, where, well, everybody. 
Knew who? 

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We knew who it was. 
We just didn't. 

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Yeah. 
Exactly. 

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Yeah, that's the only in 
Speedway. 

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They can't do that next year. 
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position now where and I've 
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forums there that that they're 
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I had heard. 
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happen. 
And I've heard that before. 

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We have heard that before, 
unfortunately, Sir. 

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Yeah, I I wish, I wish 
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big, it's a completely, you 
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You know, as I say, Northampton 
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not been any Speedway in 
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So and I, I think they needed a 
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I think they needed a good 
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they're at least competitive. 
And need to be competitive. 

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Yeah, I I would agree. 
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Birmingham was the fact that 
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at home. 
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problem because at the end of 
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your supporters only see the 
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So if you if your team is not 
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matches in front of their own 
fans, you've got a problem. 

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I mean, there were, there were 
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gosh, I don't want to keep going
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that's got done dusted now. 
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when match was over after the 
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I think, yeah, I think, I think 
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this yourself, there was there 
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went to Perry Barr and you 
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somewhere else. 
That's not a healthy position to

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have. 
No, if only for somebody like me

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to say that, yes, you know, but 
you just highlighted a comment 

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there, Chris and it's 
disappeared. 

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I was just about to, yeah. 
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I don't know who who said it 
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bit. 
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as a neutral petrol admission 
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teams? 
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problem. 
That's going to be a major 

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problem. 
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problem. 
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There's no, they've got no home 
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I haven't seen a lot. 
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the recent weeks, I mean, I've 
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That's like they're having a 
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you know, give him a little bit 
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They need publicity. 
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Northampton know who Hans 
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it seems a stupid thing because 
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But if he's just where where 
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a long time, even before he was 
riding then. 

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Yeah, I mean, you make fair 
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So they're called the Foxes. 
What are we feeling about that? 

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I think from what I've read on 
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people are fairly underwhelmed 
by that. 

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It's a nice logo. 
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It's probably, it's probably the
it's probably the best logo of 

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all the teams in the top layer. 
I think so. 

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And obviously it's new. 
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We haven't had a club that's 
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of years. 
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don't think they just look all 
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nickname. 
So it's it's a new thing, yeah. 

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Yeah, yeah. 
So Pete Clark says don't mention

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Birmingham and Dunn and Dusty. 
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Certainly dusty, that's 
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so. 
That was yeah. 

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Thanks for that, Pete. 
OK, so that being said, should 

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we go through the teams and make
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It gets easier every year to 
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because there's less teams. 
It's. 

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Shorter OK, so we will go 
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Oasis. 
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course they've already had a 
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with Dan Bailey, Nori Bladorn, 
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Zisk, Brady Kurtz and William 
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Is their rising *. 
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thing that stands out for 
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and Kurtz, clearly the the two 
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OK, Max Rick's in there as well 
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obviously Jack Holder with 
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So, but I think a lot of those 
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going to be one of those teams 
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lead, they got a sort of 6 
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last two with Bewley and Kurtz 
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heats. 
They needed, they needed. 

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It was the last heat decided 
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need them. 
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So they did need them. 
So. 

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Yeah, well, I think from what 
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Brady Kurtz was suffering from a
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of fading under the. 
Weather, but we should say get 

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well soon as well. 
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course, that's the second one, 
obviously following Charles 

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Wright's crash last week. 
So so that's, that's a strong 

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team. 
I think, you know, Bellevue have

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been right in the mix for the 
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now, haven't they? 
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say at Bellevue, I mean, a lot 
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people say at Bellevue, they've 
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They have got no home track 
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advantage. 
They have a. 

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Home engine advantage absolutely
is the, you know, I would say, 

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but possibly the the team that 
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would be Sheffield. 
Yeah, in that court, absolutely.

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Yeah, I mean, I agree, Strong 
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riders. 
We'll come to predictions where 

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we're going to place them, but I
obviously you would be out of 

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your mind not to say they're 
going to make the playoffs. 

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Absolutely. 
They've sort of taken over the 

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mantle in that division, really 
from Paul. 

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Yeah. 
They have the place where riders

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want to go, yeah. 
New track, obviously. 

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Yeah, probably a track that's 
highly regarded by a lot of 

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riders. 
Yeah. 

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And of course, you know, 
Bellevue, it's a great. 

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It's a great name, isn't it? 
It's one of the, you know, it is

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probably the most iconic Speedo 
club in the country. 

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It's probably the most unique 
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country. 
Without shadow. 

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No. 
Yeah. 

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So. 
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You just can see how Will Cairns
does as well. 

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He's obviously made a lot of 
progress in recent seasons. 

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He's a Kilburn. 
I think he's going to be a 

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Cayman as well because, you 
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He saw a track. 
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young man anymore, admittedly, 
but if he's, you know, if he's 

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minds on it, he's still very, 
very capable rider, still a, you

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know, a really exciting ride of 
the watch as well. 

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So but obviously I think Kay's 
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How long they're going to be 
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So let's move on into the 
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which is finally declaring there
a few weeks ago. 

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So they line up with Scott 
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what you would say I think is 
his spiritual harm. 

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Danny King, Tom Brennan, Richard
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Hellstrom bangs and their rising
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OK, there's been a lot written 
about Ipswich. 

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Not, I mean, how, how do you 
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Seifert? 
Enough, is the first question. 

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You think you don't? 
You don't reply some not, not 

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their big points that they were 
scoring. 

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I think that's I think that's 
quite solid. 

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It's not obviously it's not got 
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they had. 
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their crowds are like this 
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know, 3-3 or four really, really
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having Doyle and Software off 
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have come cheap. 
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think to sort of subsidise what 
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been paying them. 
Scott Nichols, obviously lots of

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people suggesting that this 
might be scored his last season.

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My fact that he's gone back to 
Ipswich, which of course is, you

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know, obviously he's what boy. 
How old is he now? 

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4740 I think so. 
That's not bad. 

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Going to still be in that, you 
know that on that level. 

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Yeah, of course, obviously no, 
no TV course for the league this

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season. 
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reason why maybe he's made 
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more crack at the at the 
Premiership. 

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Tobias Music I think might be 
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back to the Tobias Music that we
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then. 
And we did see occasionally. 

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Yeah, that's true. 
He didn't tend to do very well, 

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like #1 didn't he? 
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But you won't won't have that 
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That problem will belong to Mr 
Brennan. 

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I have to confess I've seen very
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obviously I'm sure. 
There's a lot of, a lot of noise

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about him. 
Isn't that obviously ironically,

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I'm interested to see how he 
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might be, you know, that'd be a 
bit of a find. 

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We shall see. 
We shall see, Yeah. 

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Of course so. 
But again, I mean I would put 

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Ipswich in the in the top 4 
myself. 

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I think I've got this. 
I think that that will be my top

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4 as well. 
OK, so let's move on now to the 

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Kingsland stars. 
So they line up with Chris 

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Harris, Yankovic, Max Frick 
Cooper, Russian, Ben Cook, 

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Pakistania and their rising star
is Jodie Scott. 

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Nice to see Paco with with a 
ride in the top league. 

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Yep. 
Absolutely I. 

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Think the guy is is box office 
and he's not, not in the sense 

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of that he's going to beat beat 
everybody, but just the way he 

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reacts to the crowd and reacts 
with the crowd. 

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Always interacts with the crowd 
well, doesn't he? 

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So yeah, you'll enjoy him. 
I don't. 

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I don't know whether that's 
bigger track is would suit him 

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or not. 
And we, we will find house. 

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See, I think, I think this is 
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it's obviously a bigger track 
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Obviously the last few years ago
he's been racing for Edinburgh, 

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which is which is obviously a 
smaller track. 

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Cooper Russian, obviously I 
think there was a lot of noise 

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about him last season. 
I was really impressed with him.

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A couple of times I saw with 
Perry Boar very reminiscent. 

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I thought of in style. 
Let's be honest, we was, we was 

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impressed with everybody that 
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last year. 
Absolutely, yeah, although the 

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the to be fair, the Bulls didn't
do too badly, didn't they? 

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That's true, as in fairness that
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competitive than the senior team
were. 

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Yeah. 
Very much reminds me of of Adam 

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score, Nicky Cooper rushing 
obviously with the tassels and 

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things like that. 
And maybe it was a little bit in

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the racing style Bomber. 
I mean he's you know, he's just 

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like fine wine, isn't he? 
Just, you know, you never, never

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write in my field. 
Just, you know. 

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Another box office just because 
of the way he writes. 

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Yeah, I think there's some 
exciting, you know, potential in

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that side. 
Yankovic I think was solid last 

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season, probably didn't do quite
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expecting as he made a big 
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season before Max Wreck. 
Obviously. 

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I think Kingston obviously now 
brought in a genuine #1 I'm a 

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bit worried because I've been on
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seasons of, you know, in very, 
you know, Heartspoken Will of 

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Kings, Lynn's teams, but they've
not tended to do as well as 

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people expected them to do. 
But I think that's, I think 

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that's a pretty solid side. 
Kings, I think I think you're 

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right there. 
I'm not entire, I'm humming and 

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I are in between them and 
another team at the moment, 

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whether they're going to make, 
whether I failed. 

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So we'll. 
I think home form is going to be

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key for again, for everybody 
else as well. 

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Kings Lane in particular. 
I mean, it's it's a track. 

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This traditionally he's never 
had a great time track 

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advantage. 
He's probably in terms of 

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rising, it's probably not at the
level it was 2025 years ago. 

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I've seen, you know, a lot of 
meetings there in the past that 

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have been great meetings, but 
not not so much in the last few 

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seasons. 
But hopefully they can sort of 

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get back to that as well. 
OK, we have a question which I'm

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just going to totally unrelated 
to what we do, but Dave 

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Allbrighton wants to know how 
Birmingham council being fined 

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for knocking down Perry Barr. 
And it's a very short answer, 

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no. 
Not as far as I'm aware anyway. 

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I don't and I don't think they 
will. 

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Yeah, that's gone. 
Yeah. 

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But anyway, sorry, carry on. 
OK, so let's move on then to the

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Leicester Lions, of course runs 
up last season, so they start 

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off with. 
Who we tip to to win, if you 

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recall. 
They were flying, don't you 

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know, the age of last season, 
weren't they? 

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So. 
So they line up with Sam 

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Masters, Ryan Douglas, Nick 
Morris, Carl Howarth, Drew Kemp,

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Dan Thompson, Dan jokes, 
obviously their rising star Joe 

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Thompson on 28 days as well. 
So with the injury, so OK, so 

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obviously the first, obviously 
the first in the crops out 

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there. 
They of course they don't have 

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the big hit. 
And now in Max Rick, obviously 

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with his move to King's Lynn. 
So effectively it's Nick Morris 

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coming into replace him. 
He's dumb. 

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Obviously he's written for it 
before Leicester in the past and

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done well at Leicester. 
Of course. 

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I thought Charles, Charles 
promising his return after after

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his ban last season, the second 
stages of the last season. 

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There's certainly been an elite 
team, haven't they, in racing 

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seasons and the Leicester. 
Have we? 

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We both thought that I was 
really on such a hot run of form

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last year, but it should get 
like the year before they run 

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out just at the run. 
Line they did. 

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Yeah, unfortunately for them, 
obviously I've got, you know, 

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and obviously looking forward to
seeing Lester because with a few

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of the ex walls rides in that 
team, it always feels like a 

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move of an ex wall, like a bit 
of a wall select really in in a 

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sense, Yeah. 
So I think you'd be full. 

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I think you'd be full to write 
them off. 

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Of course, Leicester, they've 
got a big home track advantage. 

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It's a track that I think a lot 
of teams tend to sort of get 

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spooked out a little bit when 
they go there. 

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But I I I'm not so sure about 
Leicester this season. 

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I think their their tracks tamed
down a little bit. 

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I don't think there isn't as 
much of that, whether that's 

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because people have got it now. 
I think it's improved. 

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I think certainly the when, 
obviously hopefully this season 

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I shall be going there because 
it is our closest track. 

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Northampton probably be in the 
next. 

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Buxton as well, obviously so, 
but obviously we're sure we'll 

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talk about Buxton next week 
because I'm sure we will. 

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That's amazing. 
So yeah, I'm not quite as you're

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about Leicester this season, but
we'll wait and see. 

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We should not wait and see. 
And that leaves. 

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Of course, we've already talked 
about Northampton, of course, so

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we'll just just to reach for 
anybody joining us later. 

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So their side Neil's Christian 
Leveson, Nikolai Clint, Matthew 

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Zagar, John Lindsey, Kyle 
Thompson, Troy Batchelor and 

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Luke Harris. 
Yeah, all, all of that. 

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All of those riders would be 
good riders in other teams, but 

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as a team possibly, which is 
what we said about Birmingham 

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again last year, wasn't it, you 
know? 

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I mean in fairness, a lot of 
people are at the store last 

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season looked at the Birmingham 
side and thought that had 

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potential, didn't they? 
On Piper it looked a decent 

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side, it just never clicked at 
it for whatever reason. 

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Not. 
From day one. 

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Yeah, I mean, I'll be concerned 
about any team that's got Troy 

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Batchelor in him for a start. 
He's not always not reliable, is

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he? 
So Matthew Zaig, or if he's, you

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know, showed glimpses last 
season for for Birmingham. 

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Possibly our best rider. 
Arguably was really probably him

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or Keenan Row. 
Obviously he's not back on on 

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British track at the moment, so 
maybe a bit of surprise there. 

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Neil's Chris Nelson's got a, you
know, huge level of of 

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experience as well. 
Nikolai Clinton won a good 

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season. 
Of course, it's been his 

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testimonial year, so he'll want 
to make it a memorable one. 

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But I think looking at 
Northampton, I wouldn't have 

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them anywhere near challenging 
for the playoff place. 

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I think Northampton's saving 
grace this year is going to be 

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people will want to come and see
the track, so they'll they'll 

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get a lot of visiting supporters
because it's a new track and. 

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A new track because they've not 
got many home supports, have 

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they? 
So, well, they've got to make 

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sure that they promote that well
going into the, I mean, they've 

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got. 
A 20 days, I think it's. 30th of

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April, I think it's their first 
leg meeting which is, correct me

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if wrong, I think it's against 
Kingsley isn't it? 

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Is. 
It not a knockout cup, yeah. 

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I think, yeah, but it's not a 
league match. 

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I know that. 
So I mean, there's there's some 

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suggestions that maybe they 
would be better off maybe having

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a challenge meeting first just 
to like their riders have been 

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used to the track. 
By that point, everybody's been 

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up and running for a little bit.
They've got a couple of away 

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meetings as well, admittedly, 
but I just wonder whether the I 

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mean, I would imagine that 
they'll have time to practise 

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as. 
Well, I mean, I hope that what 

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we're saying is totally wrong. 
Yeah, hopefully they have a good

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season. 
It's it's a roaring success 

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because we we certainly need 
that. 

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OK, so and that takes us on to 
the last sword and that is of 

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course, the Sheffield Tigers. 
So very familiarity about their 

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side, really. 
Jack Holder, Anders Rowe, Leon 

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Flint, Chris Holder, Chiath 
Ridge, Josh Pickering and their 

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rising starries. 
Luke, Colleen. 

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Don't know much about Luke 
Colleen if I'm honest. 

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Going on yesterday's match 
against Bellevue then enough. 

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Give them a run for the money. 
Yeah, they did. 

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And Leon Flint had a good match,
had a has a really good start to

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the season. 
Yeah, good rider. 

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I like Leon Flint again Chris 
Holder ride well in the Peter 

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Grover making didn't he was on 
base and obviously probably 

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should have won the Peter Grover
meeting obviously kind of fell 

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short in the final. 
Jack Holder is obviously made a 

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00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,880
lot of progress in in racing 
seasons. 

449
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,760
I think the fact that the both 
of the Holder brothers are 

450
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,240
racing there together, that's 
obviously helped as well. 

451
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,120
Josh Pickering, Terrific riders.
The watch. 

452
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,400
Love Josh Pickering, love his 
attitude. 

453
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,800
He feels very much in the same 
vein as Jason Lyons to me. 

454
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,520
Absolutely, yeah. 
And Joy Etheridge, you know, 

455
00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,880
good solid rider. 
Again, I really know a lot of 

456
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:25,960
Australians obviously there as 
well, the four, the four 

457
00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,680
Aussies. 
So yeah, I'll, I'll look at 

458
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,600
Sheffield. 
I would say obviously that 

459
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,040
probably the biggest threat to 
Bellevue and we've probably 

460
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,880
deduced from what I said, the 
Bellevue, I would say our 

461
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,520
favourites to win it, but I 
think Sheffield will certainly 

462
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,960
have a have a say in that. 
Right now, I'm going to see how 

463
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,600
much tension Chris has been 
paying to what we've just been 

464
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,840
saying. 
He's not even listening now 

465
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,000
because because I'm going to say
we're going to give our 

466
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,600
predictions now. 
So I would like your top 4 

467
00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:00,320
please. 
Right, OK then top 4. 

468
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:02,360
How much has he been listening 
there? 

469
00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:07,320
Oh. 
Oh, oh, oh, OK, Paul. 

470
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:11,480
Oh, for God's sake, my first 
one. 

471
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,000
You're laughing. 
Paula in this league. 

472
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,040
Leicester. 
OK, you're you're are going to 

473
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:20,240
write this down, OK. 
You're going one 2-3 or four or 

474
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,640
4321. 
Yeah, both of them. 

475
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,960
Are you going to go on 1st Go 
123? 

476
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,240
Bellevue. 
Bellevue, OK. 

477
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:35,320
He has been listening. 
Yeah, all on it, Leicester. 

478
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:45,680
OK, He hasn't been listening. 
Would you like me to go through 

479
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,720
the teams again? 
Switch, switch. 

480
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,360
OK. 
Just one more. 

481
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,760
And should I go for real? 
I know they're not in it. 

482
00:24:52,760 --> 00:25:01,120
Are they Go through them again? 
Bellevue, Sheffield, Ipswich, 

483
00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:04,560
Kingsley and Leicester and oh, 
Kingsley, Kingsley, OK. 

484
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,400
I couldn't do them all all 
along. 

485
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,640
OK, so that's yours. 
So my top four, I would go for 

486
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:16,440
Bellevue to meet Sheffield 
second. 

487
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,040
Yeah. 
Ipswich third. 

488
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:27,120
OK, Kingsland 4th. 
OK, we've basically got the same

489
00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:32,840
I've gone Bellevue, Sheffield, 
Kingsland 3rd and Switch 4th. 

490
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,000
Is it really that predictable? 
It's predictable because there's

491
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,880
only 6, isn't it? 
So we just need to just. 

492
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,080
Go to lose to. 
Get in position really where we 

493
00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:43,000
can. 
That'd be interesting. 

494
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,040
We. 
Need to get in position where we

495
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,000
can get some more of these. 
We can try and get some of these

496
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,720
close tracks back as well. 
Obviously we'll keep keep up in 

497
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,080
that some of these campaigns 
that are trying to get these 

498
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,200
slow slows, he's back and can 
have some success. 

499
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,520
Right. 
Well, we've got a few comments 

500
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,320
come up on the shout box. 
I'm glad I can't see them 

501
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:05,200
unfortunately. 
So, OK, Jeff Daniels says Dan 

502
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,200
Gilkes not fit enough to start 
the season. 

503
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,600
Still not fit from last season's
hip injury. 

504
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,520
Not sure when he's back riding 
for Paul and Leicester. 

505
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,800
Of course, he missed nearly 
nearly the entire season last 

506
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:16,640
season, didn't he? 
So. 

507
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,200
Paul have announced a 
replacement for him, Carl 

508
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:21,480
Newman. 
Yep. 

509
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,120
And Lester have gone with Joe 
Thompson. 

510
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,480
Yes, that's right. 
Yeah, it's on a 20. 

511
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,680
Eight day, Yeah. 
Good little opportunity for Joe 

512
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,640
Thompson. 
Yeah, of course, back racing 

513
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,560
with his brother as well. 
Dan made a lot of priorities 

514
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,280
last season, didn't he? 
So he really did come on, come 

515
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:39,400
on in leaps and bounds, didn't 
he? 

516
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,080
Not just in the, not just in the
in the Premiership, but 

517
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:43,680
obviously in the Championship as
well, so. 

518
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,000
David Albrighton, says Luke 
Becker not riding this year. 

519
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,160
Yeah, one of my favourite 
riders. 

520
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,360
I I, I think obviously he wanted
to come to Birmingham this year 

521
00:26:52,360 --> 00:26:55,320
and couldn't, so that's what I'm
going with. 

522
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,520
OK, One of my favourite riders. 
I love Luke Becker. 

523
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:07,880
Simon Corbitt's given his top 4,
presumably in order, Sheffield, 

524
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,920
Ipswich, Bellevue and King's 
Lynn. 

525
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:12,680
So. 
For the same Bellevue Kings 

526
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,160
Lynn. 
The same teams that we've gone 

527
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,040
for, but slightly. 
Different. 

528
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,120
I think a lot of people are 
going to go for Bellevue or 

529
00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:22,120
Sheffield. 
I just look, I just look at 

530
00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:24,200
their the top end of their side.
So I think they're going to have

531
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:28,080
the advantage. 
All dependent upon that old 

532
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,040
chestnut, of course. 
Injury. 

533
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,560
Yeah. 
Because if you lose you, you've,

534
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,160
that's the one. 
I mean, that's the problem 

535
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,760
Ipswich found a couple of years.
If you lose your your number one

536
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,520
rider and he's a big rider. 
It's difficult to replace it 

537
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,000
now, isn't it? 
Because you know, obviously 

538
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,160
clubs, riders now have got their
whole seasons panned out, 

539
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:48,280
haven't they? 
So they then fit if they're not 

540
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:52,000
racing in the UK to suddenly 
then see if they can fit it into

541
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,200
their schedule. 
It's not easy. 

542
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,720
It's. 
Not easy at all, Darren Reynolds

543
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,240
says. 
Would love to see a national 

544
00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,760
four team knockout competition 
with teams mixed from both 

545
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,960
leagues, with the final being 
staged at Northampton. 

546
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:11,520
Great promotion for a new club. 
I don't know how that would go 

547
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,440
down with who would go and watch
that. 

548
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:18,400
If it's a team that's got not 
your ride. 

549
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,760
I I don't, I don't, I don't 
understand how who would go and 

550
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,720
watch that. 
I, I quite like a A4 team 

551
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:30,800
competition and I'd quite like 
it to be held over one day and 

552
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,400
maybe at Northampton that would 
be well really used to do that 

553
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:35,560
the. 
Premier League Fours, wasn't it?

554
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,520
That was a lot, the Premier 
League's big pair, wasn't it? 

555
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,800
The foursome final that 
Peterborough? 

556
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,920
Of course, the fours fought in 
the National League as well, 

557
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,480
which Birmingham won, didn't 
they? 

558
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,520
We did change. 
That Coventry, Yep. 

559
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:51,480
So we we won it in the Premier 
League as well, not in the 

560
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,160
Premiership as was it. 
The well, I think it was the 

561
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,560
pairs, wasn't it? 
I think we've done both. 

562
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,280
OK, I'm pretty sure and I'm 
somebody's going to tell me I'm 

563
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,000
wrong now and I'm talking 
through my bottom. 

564
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,240
Dana O'brun's gone through 
Ipswich, Bellevue, Leicester and

565
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,240
Sheffield. 
OK, I'm not. 

566
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,560
I'm not going to say I'm not 
completely sure on Leicester. 

567
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,480
Looking at their team now, I 
just think they've lost maybe 

568
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:19,640
something. 
Chris Thorogood says 

569
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,200
Northampton's first Hope home 
meeting versus Ipswich 30th of 

570
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,760
April will take a string 
travelling crowd as a pretty 

571
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,760
short hop from Suffolk. 
Looking forward to it and I 

572
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,040
think that's going to be the 
saving grace. 

573
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,200
Yeah, Ipswich travelled well. 
Didn't last season. 

574
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,800
Certainly the meetings that they
rode at, at Birmingham, there 

575
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:40,360
was plenty of Ipswich fans there
obviously sniffing in a way I 

576
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,160
think as well. 
But it's fairness. 

577
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:45,640
It's, you know, Ipswich is a 
long old way from anywhere else 

578
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,280
really, isn't it? 
I mean, I've done that, I've 

579
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,520
done that journey. 
It's it's, it's a really long, 

580
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:54,280
arduous journey, so. 
Chris Thorogood says Sheffield 

581
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:59,320
to because he's he's going on on
his prediction earlier. 

582
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,760
S Sheffield to win it. 
Bellevue 2nd Northampton 6th. 

583
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,120
Hard to split the rest for me. 
Yeah, I, I just think with 

584
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:10,840
Northampton, I think they need, 
they, they need a good season to

585
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:15,120
sort of keep people's, you know,
with a new, with a new team, 

586
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,720
it's a brand new team and 
they're losing every week. 

587
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,880
It's going to be difficult to 
sort of keep hold of a crowd, 

588
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:23,840
isn't it? 
Because they, they're not, 

589
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,840
they're not. 
They need to rely as well on, on

590
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:30,600
certainly in the initial period 
of neutral funds making the, the

591
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,240
journey down as well. 
I don't know whether there's any

592
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,600
plans for any events to be any 
individual events to be staged 

593
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:38,840
their life in the series, and I 
suppose a lot of it depends on 

594
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:41,800
how successful. 
Fixture list is the front for 

595
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:46,760
for them, as far as I'm aware. 
Or is that that's yeah, Lawrence

596
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,640
Rogers says. 
And, and we should yeah, not the

597
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,760
only new track opening up or 
reopening in this case. 

598
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,440
Buxton reopens on Sunday, 3:00 
PM. 

599
00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,640
The Regina Chain fours Buxton 
versus Potters versus Kings 

600
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,080
versus Wolves. 
Very, very upset that there's 

601
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:08,360
not a Brummys team in there. 
But you know, I heard. 

602
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:14,200
Plus MDL individual, 24 heats of
Speedway, adults 15, concessions

603
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:20,760
13, students 17 to 2210 LB, 
juniors and children 16 and 

604
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,280
under 3. 
So there you go. 

605
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:25,560
You've you've forgotten to put 
on the end. 

606
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,920
Lawrence, take a coat. 
Yes, definitely take a coat in 

607
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,200
the stock. 
Yeah, well, if it's in July, 

608
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,840
take a coat. 
I mean what I've seen the 

609
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,440
pictures I've seen of books and 
it looks a much better track 

610
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,440
than it used to be. 
I'm presuming that temporary 

611
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,360
standing that they've installed 
there is the standard. 

612
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,240
Was a Perry ball, wasn't it? 
Exactly looks like it. 

613
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,840
So but now I've seen, you know, 
there's obviously, you know, 

614
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:50,520
been a fixtures, photographs of 
the place during the winter. 

615
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,600
Obviously as it's been 
developed, a lot of the older 

616
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,680
structures there have been sort 
of torn down. 

617
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,760
I think, you know, they are 
putting a big effort into sort 

618
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:01,520
of trying to it's, you know, 
listen, Buxton is never going to

619
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,800
be a major club. 
Is it all it's you know, that's 

620
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,600
how it came about. 
It was one of these clubs where 

621
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,320
they developed rods and then 
sold them on the profit. 

622
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,240
That's how they kept from going 
until they they decided to stop 

623
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,800
in the old clubs having assets. 
Yeah, I'm sure he was nothing 

624
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:17,520
better. 
I remember. 

625
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,840
And I think in truth, that's 
what Lawrence Rogers is good at 

626
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:26,840
promoting that that sort of 
ground up. 

627
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,880
Yeah, riders and so on. 
I know what I'm trying to say 

628
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:31,760
here. 
It's just the. 

629
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,280
Word we haven't got I think I. 
Think, I think Lawrence founded 

630
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,160
certainly in the top leg. 
I think Lawrence founded tough 

631
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,280
didn't the last couple of years 
like everybody else at 

632
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:43,120
Birmingham, but this is I think 
this is the league where if he 

633
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:44,640
would, I think if he was, 
obviously I think this is the 

634
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,880
league where he's happiest. 
Yeah, and Lawrence has said 

635
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,880
promoting, as ever, good hats 
and scarves on sale for warmth. 

636
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:54,120
There you go. 
You're going to need me to go, I

637
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:58,160
promise you, Phil Taylor says. 
Sheffield, Bellevue, Ipswich and

638
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,400
Kings Lynn. 
You do know guys that we are 

639
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,040
saving these up and we're all 
going to go the end of the 

640
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,240
season, mainly. 
Mainly, Yeah. 

641
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:11,000
Yeah, Fred Graham said he's 
sorry I'm late on tonight. 

642
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,120
Really enjoyable meeting at the 
Benfund, which we should talk 

643
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,760
about in a moment. 
With some decent racing 

644
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:20,120
considering the poor weather 
during the day, our new day and 

645
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,920
Kevin Yul Peterson put in a 
decent performance. 

646
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:27,320
I think the championship will be
a hard one to call this year and

647
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,360
yet we did. 
But I'm not telling you what we 

648
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:33,400
said in case we're wrong here. 
Pete Clarke says Buxton High 

649
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,920
Edge Raceway twinned with ice 
stations. 

650
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,200
Well, it did at the weekend. 
OK. 

651
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,600
Thanks for that, Pete. 
OK, Well, yeah. 

652
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,480
Ben Fond. 
I haven't heard how much they've

653
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:50,640
mad. 
I don't know whether that's been

654
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:51,840
announced yet. 
And what I. 

655
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,040
Believe there is something on 
here. 

656
00:33:54,040 --> 00:34:00,280
So, right, So they haven't 
actually confirmed any numbers. 

657
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,440
There's been a thank you from 
the Ben Fund. 

658
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,000
Speeder odds Benevolent Fund 
chairman Paul Ackroyd is 

659
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,360
reflected on a highly successful
Bonanza stage. 

660
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,840
And in Glasgow on Saturday, New 
Eddie resigning Dan Thompson 

661
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,000
triumph on his hold home track 
of Ashfield, defeating Kevin 

662
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,199
Yule Peterson, Peter Kilderman 
and Justin Sedgman in the final 

663
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,040
of a meeting which provided 
great racing despite rain 

664
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,880
earlier in the day. 
Ackroyd said. 

665
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,520
We got away with the weather. 
I was getting a little anxious 

666
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,480
as the morning went on. 
A massive thank you to Glasgow 

667
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,960
Spade and the Fuchena's for 
their Gen Rosstein. 

668
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,520
Every item helped make the 
meeting as successful to help 

669
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,239
make the meeting successful 
financially. 

670
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:41,040
Also Andy Meredith for his team 
work done on the track to ensure

671
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,239
we got the meeting on. 
It certainly produced some half 

672
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,080
decent racing as the meeting 
went on. 

673
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:53,600
So not say anything in terms of 
the what was what was right, but

674
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,880
of course it was a huge 
obviously, you know, the the Ben

675
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,880
fund is one of the best things 
that I'm not thinking British 

676
00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,600
played. 
I think it's very, very it's 

677
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,680
definitely very, very important 
because you know, there's some 

678
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:06,760
riders who who need that. 
It's like their careers end and.

679
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,520
Well, we've already had a couple
of Indians, absolutely. 

680
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,640
Sacked. 
Good, good meeting for Justin 

681
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,760
Sedgman. 
Yeah, I think as well, I think 

682
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,840
it's worth saying as well, 
obviously the presentation, I 

683
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,640
think that's really as as poor 
like already says, it's 

684
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,040
reinforced the fact that Glasgow
are very capable of staging big 

685
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,760
meetings with their 
organisation. 

686
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:31,680
I mean, this is a club, if you 
believe the rumours, are very 

687
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,160
keen on getting a Grand Prix 
there. 

688
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,680
OK. 
So which would be? 

689
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,960
Why not? 
Absolutely. 

690
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:41,240
Why not? 
It's a fantastic rice track. 

691
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,440
I've seen no problem. 
Certainly think certainly gets 

692
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,320
comparable to Bellevue in terms 
of ricing. 

693
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:52,960
And be nice to, I mean, I know 
then when they take, we're 

694
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,720
essentially taking AGP away from
Bellevue. 

695
00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:59,280
But yeah, no other track has 
two, do they? 

696
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,720
I can't think of. 
No, then, well, obviously that's

697
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:04,480
been you having been, we had 
COVID, of course, then the 

698
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,440
Friday had two grand prixs over 
a weekend. 

699
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:10,440
But no, it'd be nice to have a a
second sort of British track 

700
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,840
that's kind of understanding big
meetings other than other than 

701
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,120
Bellevue. 
I think there's some frustration

702
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,080
that Bellevue keep getting all 
these big meetings, to be 

703
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,200
honest. 
But I know it's, I know it's 

704
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,200
obviously the National Speedway 
Stadium, but. 

705
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,200
It's not really though, is it? 
It's Bellevue Speedway. 

706
00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:31,000
Probably a caveat to getting it 
there though, wasn't it? 

707
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,960
So having to call. 
That, yeah, it absolutely was. 

708
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,000
I know it was because Graham 
Drury told me it was. 

709
00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:42,600
Yeah, Dino says. 
As many laps as I've done around

710
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,240
Buxton. 
The weather on Sunday was a 

711
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:46,960
shock to the system, but it's 
going to be great next Sunday. 

712
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,480
Good. 
There you go. 

713
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,000
Of course it is. 
It's a bank holiday weekend. 

714
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,120
It's always, always sunny on a 
bank holiday weekend. 

715
00:36:54,520 --> 00:37:00,880
What was the resort at the Ben 
Fund in the end? 

716
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,960
I know top scorer was Justin 
Sedgman. 

717
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,360
I can't remember. 
Yeah, it's Dun Thompson, Kevin 

718
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,520
Neil Pederson, Peter Gilderman 
and Justin Sedgman. 

719
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,320
Obviously they were the four 
finalists. 

720
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:17,160
Pederson was good news for a 
sign for Glasgow. 

721
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,760
Yep, good news for them. 
Yeah, absolutely. 

722
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:21,640
I mean, obviously we we 
obviously said I think we you 

723
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,720
know, so it's it's on, it's on 
record anyway. 

724
00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:27,920
I think we obviously predicted 
class go to be certainly 

725
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,920
competitive again. 
Got agonising a close last 

726
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,600
season in that memorable final 
against Paul. 

727
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:39,320
We just missed out so. 
Well, we shall see how that 

728
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:41,280
goes. 
OK. 

729
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,920
Just to reiterate, obviously 
because the National League is 

730
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,680
going to be coming up, we 
obviously will be talking about 

731
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,800
National League during the 
course of this season as well. 

732
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:53,640
Obviously, Buxton in particular,
that's obviously your adopted 

733
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,040
team, your adopted. 
Team for the show. 

734
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:57,520
Yeah, hopefully, hopefully they 
do. 

735
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,520
Well, you know, Buxton obviously
is a it was a great little story

736
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,440
last time, wasn't it? 
And it's just a shame that he 

737
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:06,560
paid it out the way that he did.
But the good news, of course, is

738
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:11,040
he's still there and managed to 
sort of get something about 

739
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,760
running again. 
Just I'll just for any riders 

740
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,880
going there, it shuts off a 
little bit earlier when you're 

741
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,880
going downhill. 
Catches a few rods out does it. 

742
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,800
They just wonder why they're 
picking up spade as they go in 

743
00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:26,400
only one way and then slowing 
down the other way. 

744
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,720
So. 
Lauren Rogers says it's a balmy 

745
00:38:29,720 --> 00:38:34,400
11 degrees forecast for next 
week, so only take three coats. 

746
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,720
Yeah, take it from me, having 
been there, it is cold. 

747
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:40,160
It doesn't matter what time of 
the year you go. 

748
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:43,280
Because you're on top of a sort 
of hill, aren't you? 

749
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,400
It's a pretty unique venue, 
isn't it? 

750
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:46,760
It's a lovely scenery around 
there. 

751
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,360
It's a great, lovely drive. 
There's nothing. 

752
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,040
It's all around there. 
I mean, there's no real home 

753
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,360
fans around there because they 
don't live anywhere near. 

754
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:56,360
It's a tiny little place as 
well. 

755
00:38:56,360 --> 00:39:00,120
So yeah. 
But it's you should go at least 

756
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:03,040
once. 
It's that sort of a place. 

757
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:06,880
David Olbruns got a good 
question. 

758
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,040
Or Brighton. 
Are tracks going to cancel 

759
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,080
meetings when the World Cup 
football is on? 

760
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,280
I don't necessarily think 
they'll need to because the time

761
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,760
zones are going to be. 
Absolutely, yeah. 

762
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,200
They're going to be on Strange 
Times Exchange. 

763
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,360
So I'm not sure that they'll 
need to, to be honest. 

764
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,960
Sort of kicking off at midnight 
or stupid. 

765
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,400
So I think a lot, a lot of it's 
gonna depend on how England 

766
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,080
doing it's. 
Yeah, that's gonna depend on 

767
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:29,760
whether what what Donald Trump's
gonna do. 

768
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,400
But perhaps, perhaps we're 
going. 

769
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:32,880
Probably. 
Not probably best not to go into

770
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:33,600
that alone. 
It's it's. 

771
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,600
About normal quarterfinals? 
Right. 

772
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:40,200
So in a few minutes we're going 
to go over, we're gonna start 

773
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,240
doing the prediction league for 
this week. 

774
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,960
Yep. 
So before we do. 

775
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,480
I have put the the link, if 
anybody's missed it for I'll 

776
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,920
just I'll. 
Just meant to say, yeah, before 

777
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,320
we do that, I think we're going 
to get Chris to put the link 

778
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:57,920
back up on the shout box because
it'd be nice for guys to fill it

779
00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,520
in as we're doing it, wouldn't 
it? 

780
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,680
This is what I'm thinking. 
So if you want it. 

781
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,440
Can you put it on your shout 
box? 

782
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,280
I've already done it. 
Oh, OK, I've already done it. 

783
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:09,440
Yeah. 
So well, I'm still not seeing 

784
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:10,840
any comments. 
That's the last comment I can 

785
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:14,000
see. 
So which is a bit just 

786
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,480
refreshed. 
Nobody wants to talk to Yeah, 

787
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,200
you. 
Might have to refresh then isn't

788
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,560
it? 
Right, OK, get rid of all this 

789
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:22,000
rubbish. 
OK, yeah, League. 

790
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,360
But in the meantime, well, we're
sorting that out. 

791
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,400
Shall I have a look at where the
league actually table actually 

792
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:31,280
stands at the moment, please? 
Yeah, sure. 

793
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:32,160
Can we do that, please? 
We. 

794
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:33,280
Can do, yeah, don't worry about 
that. 

795
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,240
I think Webby has got the. 
Do it. 

796
00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:36,200
Do it. 
I'm doing it. 

797
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:36,560
OK. 
Oh. 

798
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,600
Can't multitask it more. 
No, dear. 

799
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,880
OK, I can't think so why I'm so 
excited about seeing it. 

800
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,960
I'm not normal. 
So is that bit first? 

801
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:50,760
What's that bit? 
That's the overall table so. 

802
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,360
I'll let you and then. 
You are then we got this. 

803
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:54,960
Bit take over at this point. 
Yep. 

804
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,000
So obviously it's still early 
days, of course. 

805
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,320
So I've got 4 white tie at the 
top. 

806
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,000
Don't do all right. 
Don't do that. 

807
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:09,120
Say that because I'm there. 
So so and there's obviously the 

808
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,400
results for last week. 
So Andrew, Skippy, Gordon and 

809
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:17,680
Chris all correctly predicting 
for Skate 42 for Bellevue last 

810
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,000
night. 
Get in there. 

811
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,200
Yeah, I mean, you rent for the 
ridiculous 7020 and you still 

812
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:27,640
got a point out of it, so. 
And was closer than the rest of 

813
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,680
us, I think just. 
So good. 

814
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,320
Or have you had a practise on 
the on the thing? 

815
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:34,320
Because I know you put your 
scores in again already. 

816
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,280
So yeah. 
I haven't. 

817
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:39,840
So I'm I'm, I'm making notes 
now, OK, unless you want to put 

818
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,640
mine in for me as I say them, 
but it doesn't matter. 

819
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:48,240
I'll yeah do afterwards, OK. 
Right, so we have a few fixtures

820
00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:53,120
this week coming up, so first of
all, starting on Thursday we 

821
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:57,120
have got the second leg of the 
Premiership Care Cup Northern 

822
00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:00,120
Section Sheffield against 
Bellevue. 

823
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:03,440
Who went first last week? 
I did. 

824
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,120
OK. 
So Chris, you'll go first. 

825
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,760
Bellevue I've already put mine 
up. 

826
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:13,800
I haven't I. 
You have? 

827
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,200
Yeah, Yeah. 
I can't remember how I put. 

828
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:16,800
That. 
Oh well, you just have to make 

829
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,520
it up again. 
OK, then I'm going to go 

830
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,840
Bellevue by 10. 
OK, well, well, obviously your 

831
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,280
scores will go on there. 
So, OK, so I went for Bellevue, 

832
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:27,360
I went for Sheffield to win by 
6:00. 

833
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,120
So that would be a run. 
Off that would be a run off. 

834
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:35,880
Yeah, I'm I'm going to get go a 
lot would depends on on Bladon 

835
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:43,960
and and or what replacement that
they have Sheffield by 8 just to

836
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,280
be different because we've got 
to split somewhere. 

837
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:53,360
OK, yeah, Webby, you went for 
Bellevue to win by 10, by the 

838
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:53,560
way. 
Oh, I. 

839
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:56,920
Spot some online. 
Were you? 

840
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,480
I don't think you were. 
Oh, I think you were you. 

841
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,920
See Memory Incredible. 
Memory. 

842
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:04,560
I'd love 1. 
No, I'm sorry, you went for 

843
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:05,880
Sheffield to win by 10, not 
Bellevue to. 

844
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:07,800
Win by 10, right? 
All right, I'm looking at the 

845
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,640
wrong 1, Sir. 
OK, OK. 

846
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:15,760
So next one is the base end 
series Southern section and this

847
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,880
is going to be an interesting 
works actually pool against 

848
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:22,520
Plymouth. 
It's definitely the strongest 

849
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:23,760
side that Plymouth have had in 
that league. 

850
00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:31,640
I guess it's up to me to to give
it and I'm going to say pool by 

851
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:38,600
10. 
OK, I went pool by 12 and Webby 

852
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:44,200
went for Plymouth by 10. 
You're probably going to be 

853
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:45,080
right. 
Oh yeah. 

854
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:46,600
It's a lottery, isn't it? 
Really. 

855
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:48,400
No, it's speed by. 
Oh yeah. 

856
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:51,280
OK. 
Much less predictable. 

857
00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:55,000
So the next one in the BSN 
series in the Scottish section, 

858
00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:57,080
that's Edinburgh against 
Berwick. 

859
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:04,800
OK. 
OK, I went for Berwick to win by

860
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,920
4. 
I bet you I went for Edinburgh 

861
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:12,800
to win by 12. 
Nope, you went for Berwick to 

862
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,600
win by 24. 
I think we'll need to get you 

863
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:20,120
some more practise on this. 
Don't we say follow? 

864
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:24,120
Grasping it this weekend I'm. 
Going to say. 

865
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,040
He might not finish his bottom 
presented this season. 

866
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:27,600
Do you know the way things are 
going? 

867
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,320
I don't like this news. 
Edinburgh by eyes. 

868
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:37,880
OK, I went for Edinburgh to win 
by 18. 

869
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:41,360
Big win, home big win for the 
home side. 

870
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:46,520
OK, so the next one is the 
Workington Comets in against Red

871
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,320
Car Bears. 
That's in the BSN series 

872
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:54,000
Northern section. 
OK, Chris, that's up to you. 

873
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:55,960
What did I go for? 
No, hang on, let me have a 

874
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:56,640
guess. 
What was? 

875
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:58,480
What was? 
With the change this, you've got

876
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:01,960
a whole new game there. 
If I get it right, I get an 

877
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:06,000
extra point. 
It's over somebody. 

878
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,240
Somebody by 12. 
Just a bit out. 

879
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:11,400
Any thought? 
Did he actually? 

880
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:16,200
Do you've gone for a red car to 
win 5832? 

881
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:21,120
Possible, yeah, that's the red 
car or the away team, by the 

882
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:22,440
way. 
So yeah, that's. 

883
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,640
My closest one SO. 
I'm going to say Workington by 

884
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:30,680
6. 
OK, I went for red card to win 

885
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:36,240
by two. 
OK, it's Scottish, based in 

886
00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:38,920
Scottish series. 
Then in the return meeting, 

887
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:42,200
Berwick against Edinburgh. 
Who's that again? 

888
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,240
Sorry, I was reading the. 
Berwick against Edinburgh. 

889
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,000
OK. 
That's the return. 

890
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:51,480
And that's up to me, isn't it? 
You'll remember those because 

891
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:53,200
obviously you'll be putting them
on yourself, aren't you? 

892
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:54,680
So. 
Yeah, that's why I'm I'm 

893
00:45:54,680 --> 00:46:00,560
writing. 
All right, So I'll say I have 

894
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:05,560
Berwick by 6. 
I've gone for Berwick by two on 

895
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:07,760
that 10. 
God. 

896
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:13,040
Phil Tyler, says Goodman Webby 
Plymouth 10 Top man Yeah. 

897
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:15,880
Well, yeah, I know. 
I know from going down there 

898
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:18,760
that the Plymouth fans are not 
fans of Paul to be honest, but. 

899
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:22,800
Did I go for Bury by 20? 
4. 

900
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:24,920
No, you went for Edinburgh to 
win by two. 

901
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,480
All right, OK. 
That's not a bad prediction. 

902
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,040
Yeah, OK. 
On the next one that's on 

903
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:36,040
Saturday, that's Paul against 
Plymouth against Paul, that's 

904
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:41,720
the return of. 
Up to up to the OK. 

905
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:48,160
I went for Plymouth to win by 4.
I went for Plymouth to win by 

906
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,880
20. 
Is he got? 

907
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,120
Is is that what's not? 
Too far off, actually. 

908
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:55,600
You went. 
You went for Plymouth to win by 

909
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,360
16. 
Oh, OK. 

910
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:01,040
Another one that could happen. 
I'm going to say first one of 

911
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:02,840
the year, Are you ready for it 
draw? 

912
00:47:06,240 --> 00:47:08,520
But for a bit, Phil, Phil about,
you're dancing around the room 

913
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:09,840
listening to Webbie's 
predictions, I think. 

914
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:11,440
People are tuned in just to 
listen to my. 

915
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,280
That's the idiot going to say 
this week. 

916
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:16,960
I'm the novelty next. 
Week. 

917
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,240
OK, that's a really. 
Interesting. 

918
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:24,000
Idea, but OK, we've got the two 
watchings on the Easter Monday. 

919
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:26,560
So again on Easter Monday bank 
or then we've only got 2 

920
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,680
fixtures, which is not really 
ideal, is it? 

921
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,080
So bank holidays, obviously the 
good God on Thomas speed. 

922
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:35,400
I saw the first one, he's at 
12:00 in the afternoon. 

923
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,440
That's Bellevue against 
Leicester. 

924
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:39,760
This is in the Premiership. 
Knockout Cup? 

925
00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:41,960
That's up to you, Chris. 
I would have gone for Bellevue 

926
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:48,720
by at least sixteen, I reckon. 
You've gone for Bellevue to win 

927
00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:53,400
by 28, which I really wouldn't 
be a surprise, to be fair. 

928
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:54,880
Oh well. 
Yeah, that's good. 

929
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:58,000
I'm going to say Bellevue by 18.
I ain't that. 

930
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,520
Far off. 
OK, I've gone for Bellevue to 

931
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:05,120
win by 16 that. 1. 
And then the final one is the 

932
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:08,920
return meeting in the evening. 
That's at Leicester against the 

933
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:18,640
Ices. 
OK, I'll say Leicester by two. 

934
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:24,440
I've gone for Leicester by 6. 
I've probably gone for Leicester

935
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:26,920
by 24. 
You've gone for Bellevue by 20. 

936
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,400
I'm going to study it next week.
Yeah. 

937
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:37,920
Well, you haven't been the 
bottom presenter yet in all the 

938
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,480
years we've been doing this, so 
obviously that's been held by 

939
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:44,520
another member of the team. 
So yes. 

940
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:49,200
But currently currently I'm 
riding where? 

941
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:52,800
You're joint top, there we go. 
It's only two weeks going to 

942
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:57,160
middler so fairness in, in 
fairness, there's not been that 

943
00:48:57,160 --> 00:48:59,320
many fixtures either. 
There's only been 3 fixtures so 

944
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:01,320
far so. 
But obviously we've got the 

945
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,920
Easter period coming up so 
there's a few weeks. 

946
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,560
But I I have to say I am 
disappointed to have few 

947
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,360
fixtures. 
There are on Easter Monday. 

948
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:12,480
Yeah, that's bank holiday 
usually that's usually got about

949
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:14,360
10 fixtures alone on that day, 
don't you? 

950
00:49:14,360 --> 00:49:16,240
I know there's not that many 
teams in the league so. 

951
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,840
Well over 2 leagues there's you 
would have thought there'd be 

952
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:20,680
more. 
Yeah. 

953
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:27,800
I don't, it's not great. 
It's a shame and and also how 

954
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,960
few fixtures there are this 
early in the season as well. 

955
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:35,360
Yeah, I mean, I know the 
Premiership has started late for

956
00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:40,920
obvious reasons, but Even so, 
come the end of the season I'm 

957
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:45,520
going to be rushing to get 
matches in again like they do 

958
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,840
every single season. 
Yeah, it's very disappointing, 

959
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:52,080
isn't it? 
So, but that's the way I think. 

960
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:54,320
So I mean, yeah, obviously it's 
been a bit of a stop start to 

961
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:55,720
the season. 
Of course it's a stop start 

962
00:49:55,720 --> 00:50:00,720
because of the. 
Nice situation's taken so long. 

963
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:06,360
Yeah, so and all the rest of it.
We have some, we have some 

964
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:10,320
comments. 
I believe that didn't my eyes no

965
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:12,920
good at all. 
Pete Clark says Fred Graham and 

966
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:15,960
all Glasgow fans will be welcome
to visit Boston whenever they 

967
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:19,320
want, but it will be a brave 
Scott to wear a kilt. 

968
00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:23,400
I don't think it will be. 
Have you, have you been to 

969
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,880
Scotland? 
It's gold. 

970
00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:31,400
And Phil says, yeah. 
He says, I am a brave Scott. 

971
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:32,880
OK. 
OK. 

972
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:35,560
Just to point out as well, 
obviously one meeting that we 

973
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:37,800
didn't mention, it's not it's it
was a challenge meeting. 

974
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,560
So it's not on the official 
fixtures obviously that we're 

975
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,520
doing on the prediction league. 
But of course that is Oxford 

976
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:44,480
against Coventry Bees select 
tomorrow night. 

977
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:47,000
That obviously starts Oxford 
season. 

978
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:48,720
So I'll just have a look at the 
teams for that one. 

979
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:52,160
So Oxford line up with Sam 
Masters, Mitch McDermott, Roger 

980
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,040
replacement on the opening night
of the season. 

981
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:57,520
There's Roger replacement 
operating, Anders Rowe, Luke 

982
00:50:57,520 --> 00:51:01,440
Colleen, Eric Riss, Max Perry 
and Dale Wood. 

983
00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:04,440
And their team manager is Peter 
Shroke. 

984
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:09,440
And for the Bees they've got 
Chris Harris, Jodie Scott, Leon 

985
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:13,160
Flint, Luke Harrison, Dan 
Thompson, Ashton Vale, Senna 

986
00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:16,880
Summers and their team manager 
returning to Cowley of course, 

987
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:18,480
the club where he was an 
absolute legend. 

988
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:21,600
Hans Nielsen as the opposition 
team manager. 

989
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,680
Of course he did have a very 
brief spell with Coventry in the

990
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:25,920
mid 90s. 
That was obviously where he 

991
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:29,280
finished his British career, 
9394. 

992
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:34,120
I think you have a Coventry. 
So I imagine there'll be a good 

993
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,000
off, you think of some good to 
get some good weather for that 

994
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,320
because I would imagine there'll
be plenty of Coventry fans 

995
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:43,360
making the trip down there. 
Probably two pans just making 

996
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:45,600
the trip down there for Hans 
Nelson being. 

997
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:49,000
There, Yeah, absolutely so. 
But again, you know, when you 

998
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:52,240
think about it, Coventry and 
Oxford back in the ice, he 

999
00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:54,960
stayed a massive role where he 
didn't like really, really did 

1000
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:58,640
you know they would try. 
I think they, you know, won 

1001
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:01,760
league championships. 
I think obviously Oxford 185 and

1002
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:03,960
86. 
I think Coventry 187 and 88 and 

1003
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:05,720
Oxford again in 89. 
So they were. 

1004
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:08,400
They were always buying. 
A lot with Criedly as well, you 

1005
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:11,080
know, those 3 clubs not not too 
far between the three of them 

1006
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:15,000
are the great rivalry between 
the three between those 3 clubs 

1007
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:20,920
during that period of time. 
So yeah, be nice to be nice to 

1008
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,240
see plenty of Coventry fans down
there and of course, you know, 

1009
00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:26,320
obviously there's still a lot of
things happening with Coventry 

1010
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:30,000
to try and sort of wrest control
of Brandon Stadium back from 

1011
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:32,800
Brandon Estates. 
Still lots of stuff going on 

1012
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:34,280
there with with that at the 
moment. 

1013
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:39,720
Yeah, it's it's a minefield. 
Fingers crossed. 

1014
00:52:39,720 --> 00:52:42,480
Yep, fingers crossed with 
Swindon as well. 

1015
00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:44,440
Yep, Absolutely. 
Yep. 

1016
00:52:45,240 --> 00:52:49,680
And I'd love to hear some news 
about something with Birmingham,

1017
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:54,760
but it's just been quiet. 
Yeah. 

1018
00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:56,320
Hi. 
Ho. 

1019
00:52:57,240 --> 00:53:00,000
Right. 
Well, there we go. 

1020
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:04,920
I mean, the season is finally up
and running. 

1021
00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:08,680
Sort of. 
I'm trying to be, this is my 

1022
00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:13,600
trying to be positive it's here 
and that's it. 

1023
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:18,200
The season is is finally up and 
running. 

1024
00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:25,400
We've seen a bit of Speedway 
going on, just the final bit in 

1025
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:27,520
the jigsaw now is what happens 
at Northampton. 

1026
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:31,440
I think raw, hopefully it's got 
a vested interest. 

1027
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:33,880
With that, let's hope it, let's 
hope it is a success because 

1028
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:37,040
they're thinking, you know, it 
needs it needs to be successful,

1029
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:39,760
I think to retain interest. 
Certainly locally. 

1030
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:44,680
I think if the Northampton 
people turn up there and their 

1031
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:47,520
losing every week, I think the 
novelty is going to roll off 

1032
00:53:47,720 --> 00:53:50,400
very, very quickly. 
So they need, they need to be, 

1033
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:52,320
they certainly need to be 
competitive at arm. 

1034
00:53:52,320 --> 00:53:56,840
I think probably not so much 
away, it's not going to be such 

1035
00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:59,480
such much of an issue, but 
certainly at home they're going 

1036
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:00,960
to need to get some good 
results. 

1037
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:03,880
Somebody a bit earlier asked a 
question on the shout box. 

1038
00:54:03,880 --> 00:54:05,720
I'm. 
I'm not sure who it was about. 

1039
00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:11,640
The rumours are that all of the 
the other five promoters have a 

1040
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:16,080
stake in Northampton and I have,
I've heard those rumours as well

1041
00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:19,440
and it's sort of being implied a
little, Phil Morris has said. 

1042
00:54:21,240 --> 00:54:23,520
It feels like a desperation 
move, doesn't it? 

1043
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:25,400
Well, this has prop the league 
up, isn't it? 

1044
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:28,600
It's as simple as that. 
It's almost as if maybe they 

1045
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:32,480
don't care whether they do OK. 
So I'm rooting for them anyway. 

1046
00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:35,320
I hope they have a good season. 
Yeah, I think all the neutrals 

1047
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:37,040
will want to see them do well, 
won't they, So. 

1048
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:39,880
Yeah, Paul had ride a 
replacement on Saturday at 

1049
00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:41,480
Plymouth. 
I just saw that from Skippy. 

1050
00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:44,000
Yeah, so. 
Due to Polish commitments, if 

1051
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:48,760
ever this the phrase only in 
Speedway was that yeah, I don't 

1052
00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:53,760
know what to say. 
Well, on that note, I think it's

1053
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,680
time to wrap. 
Wrap up the show guys. 

1054
00:54:56,840 --> 00:55:00,480
Good luck to everybody with your
Speedway this week. 

1055
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:02,400
Yeah, keep passing your 
predictions as well. 

1056
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:06,920
So obviously the link has been 
shared again, so and the link 

1057
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:09,800
for fixtures with four will go 
up on Saturday. 

1058
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:16,920
Morning, have a drink have you 
say All opinions here today. 

1059
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:23,520
Welcome to the Speedway timer. 
Enjoy your stay. 

1060
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:31,040
Wedding GA Amen. 
I'm here today. 

1061
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:35,240
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