Well after reading how “the Hero” rode at Glasgow for the Isle Of Wight on Sunday I felt it was probably time to give him a little space on my blog.
Tero came into the Berwick team this year as a relatively unknown rider and many of us did not know what to expect from him. Lucky for us he started off with some ok scores for the team and quite impressed us.
Tonight was not a great night in Berwick as many of you will read elsewhere.
Crashes in race one and three on the first corner but with no injuries.
However later in the night, Heat 4 i think, another crash on Bend 1 with new boy Scott “the Scud” Smith. A bike was thrown over the fence into 2 spectators. Both of whom were children.
So glad to see this 
Heres the press release:
This will be Smith’s 3rd session as a Bandit, in an association that goes back to around the turn of the Millennium for his first and 2005 for his second, but the prodigal son has made another highly anticipated comeback.
The Scud had kicked off 2008 with the Workington Comets, but as results were slow to come his Cumbrian bosses lost patience and let him go just as Berwick were looking for a replacement for the injured Italian, Guglielmo Franchetti.
Saving the day, everyone involved at Anderson’s Quality Butchers Berwick Bandits are delighted to welcome back an excellent old friend.Anderson’s Quality Butchers are back as main team sponsors for the Berwick Bandits in 2008, dramatically saving a lot of heartache behind the scenes at the border club.
The last minute life-line for the team, to be known as “Anderson’s Quality Butchers Berwick Bandits” has been a very welcome relief for club boss Peter Waite who had been desperately searching for a team backer.
Brilliant season for the brummies. We all didn’t expect Birmingham to have such a good season as this one, considering at the start we had such little home advantage. All the riders have done well for us, but for me Jason Lyons has been terrific. Without him i`m not-sure whether we would have achieved what we have done. Two finals (premier trophy, Young Shield) and second in the league is great, only the fact we were unable to finish our fixtures before the cut off was the only reason we were unable to reach the play offs. Well done Tony mole and Graham Drury and the brummie riders who have been a joy to watch.
Ok only 1 more meeting left at Berwick and with only 3 riders left on the team we are probably looking at a major defeat.
However to perhaps there is one good thing which has came out of this bad season ending. Peter Waite, Berwicks Promotor, has finally got his finger out (excuse the phrase) and officially released a signing for the 2008 season. However after seeing the rider ride at Edinburgh and then again at Berwick last Saturday i will say that perhaps he needs a little bit more time to practice before he moves into full PL speedway.
Here is an article I read in the Daily Mirror after first hearing about the incident on the Berwick Speedway Website :
A czech speedway rider who could barely speak English became suddenly fluent after a head injury.
Matej Kus could hardly string a sentence together until he was knocked out racing in Glasgow.
It is thought to be a case of foreign accent syndrome, which can affect concussion patients.
BERWICK BANDITS
OVER 100 former Berwick riders will be present at Shielfield Park on Saturday as the Bandits celebrate 40 years of the club with a special meeting.
Promoter Peter Waite said: “There will be memories to be rekindled for anyone who has ever supported Berwick in its whole history.
“This is a celebration of Bandits nostalgia to beat them all. It’s the meeting not to miss under any circumstances.”
GLASGOW TIGERS
The Scotwaste Monarchs fought back from a 7-point deficit to take a 47-42 victory at Newport on Sunday afternoon.
They were indebted to a spectactular and thrilling performance from guest Lee Complin, standing in for Matthew Wethers, but there were good performances elsewhere in the team, notably Ronnie Correy’s sound dozen.
Complin made brilliant use of a good outside line and was almost unstoppable, losing out only in heat 12 when Phil Morris used blocking tactics to cut off Lee’s run.
11/06/2007
Elite League
Belle Vue 47 - 43 Lakeside Hammers
Poole 45 - 45 Swindon
Wolverhampton 54 - 39 Reading
12/06/2007
PREMIER LEAGUE
Isle of Wight 42 - 47 Kings Lynn
13/06/2007
PREMIER LEAGUE
Birmingham v Mildenhall
(postponed)
Kings Lynn v Isle of Wight
(postponed)
CONFERENCE LEAGUE
Stoke v Boston
(postponed)
14/06/2007
ELITE LEAGUE
Ipswich v Coventry
(postponed)