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  1. mikebv

    Brummies 2024...

    Then the book and stubs are ok! Getting Wolves/Cradley fans in has got to be worth at least a look at for Brum I would say given the collective crowds Wolves and Cradely could attract at Monmore.. History suggests they cannot hope to have enough of their own fans, sadly, to maintain a Div 1 team..
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    Brummies 2024...

    They could sign... Vaclav Millichich. Or Martin Vaclick.. Or even Martin Vachilich...
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    Brummies 2024...

    If they dont significantly increase their crowds, there wont be any regulars to moan about it...
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    Brummies 2024...

    Maybe offer last years season ticket holders at Monmore a couple or three free meetings? Or even a heavily reduced season ticket? Proof of having one last year required obviously...
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    Brummies 2024...

    I do always feel "quite young" every time I have been to Brum....
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    Workington 2024

    Cook has his well published mental challenges, however just to overcome them, or even just cope with them, as he has shown he can do, actually (and maybe even ironically), shows great mental strength and resilience.. In a place local to him, with supportive management, and in a league of a significantly lower standard, I can see him flourish, and also have a Div 1 place after a couple of months or so as teams make changes to their middle order..,
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    Workington 2024

    But what about the games England are in...?
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    Brummies 2024...

    Obviously not knowing what the Birmingham business model is, but... You would have to think that Wolves closing is something that they would factor in, and see as an opportunity.... UK Speedway, uniquely for a team sport, does have a high proportion of followers who follow the sport generically rather than worry too much how "their team" does, which could give some potential.. 200 to 300 Wolves/Ex Cradley fans, starved of Speedway each week, allied to 200 to 300 extra Birmingham fans tempted back more regularly due to the higher standard of rider, might just be enough, with the TV money, to make it viable.. They appear to have done a decent job in at least trying to promote themselves, so maybe promoting the likes of Emil, Bewley, Doyle, Holder, Fricke etc, may just prick up more interest from those who still follow the sport locally, but no longer frequent the place... From what you can see looking at the crowds in Div 1, around 1500 seems to be a "decent" figure for tracks to compete and do "OK" financially.. Maybe Birmingham can also generate some extra sponsorship cash now they are in Div 1, and on a major TV sports channel, to offset any shortfall in gate revenue..? You have to wish them all the best for keeping Birmingham going..
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    Belle Vue 2024

    Jason Crump has also retired... A double blow for the Aces...
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    Brummies 2024...

    500 to 600 fans a week are not suddenly going to grow to 1200 a week, which you would think is a minimum to compete in Div 1.. No1 riders certainly dont come cheap, even with TV money to subsidise it.. A huge challenge for the Birmingham leadership team, let's hope they can deliver a competitive and affordable team on their support levels.. It certainly wont be easy, so best of luck to them.. Will go when the Aces are there if not on TV..
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    Brummies 2024...

    One million percent.. The racing is still great to watch at most places. And being able to watch some of the best in the world do it also makes it worth going along to watch..
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    Oxford Spires 2024

    No stranger than having Bomber riding for everyone week after week..
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    Promoters Conference

    Could also see sWINDon back...
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    Swindon Stadium

    There is a track already, which is currently having a brand new stadium being built, actually n Swindon itself.. Maybe someone could run Speedway there? It has been ran in Swindon, quite successfully, for a good many decades... Has anyone told Terry about this site as it sounds perfect... Or, if he does know about it, and doesnt want to use it, maybe someone else would like to open up Speedway there? The Swindon Robins could be a name to consider for the team...
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    Promoters Conference

    730 tapes up... By 8pm, "junior match" and "lap of honour" for the winning team completed and track reset done for fifteen mins... 815 "Main Event".. 15 heats all done and dusted by 75 mins later.. Two hours of 21 heats of speedway entertainment all completed by 930pm... Interview the juniors during gaps in the early heats of the main event around their meeting and performance which gets them some wider notice, and have a 30 min post meeting fan conference/selfie opportunity with the home teams' riders of both meetings.. 10pm. Time to go home...
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    Promoters Conference

    Simon Wigg always suggested putting the "junior match" on before the "main event".. Two reasons.. One, being the younger lads got to ride the track at its best, and in front of a " big" crowd, which can only help those who progress to the higher levels.. And two, as he described, when you go to a restaurant you don't have your starter after the main course.. Six heats of junior racing done in 25 mins or so with fifteen mins of track grading/visit the bars before the "main event" would tick a lot of boxes for young rider development and value for money for the fans.. And, before we get the usual "what if they crash and delay the main meeting"?.. Spoiler alert. Speedway is a dangerous sport where even the best can, and sadly have, been left disabled for life, or even more sadly, lost their lives.. Crashes are not exclusive to young inexperienced riders.. It would be good to see "something different"...
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    Oxford Spires 2024

    And riders didnt have contracts in several other leagues at the same time, ie Poland, Denmark, and Sweden which many UK riders race in two out of the three, restricting their availabilty.. You have to admire the confidence they have in their product, however, getting both leagues completed to timeline has been found a "tad difficult" historically, so competing in both can only double a challenge that has seldom been met by those just competing in one.. At least they shouldnt go weeks (or a month as some have in the past), between meetings, however, the down side to that is if they do, due to weather, then the fans will be coughing up plenty in the last few weeks of the season if they want to watch every meeting, and that can mean they pick and choose which to attend.. At least they dont have the Jubilee Cup to arrange... Hope it goes well for them, as they seem a progressive team of people..
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    Brummies

    That was what a promoter mentioned in the SS a couple of months ago.. If you have other numbers, possibly he was adding in the value of the "complete package" including "free" advertising on Eurosport maybe?
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    Brummies

    Should try and get Peter Adams or Sam Ermolenko... With Fast Freddie at No1.. 300 to 500 Wolves fans each week, added to £100k TV money could be the game changer...
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    Promoters Conference

    How very dare you... Maybe they could stream it in action and let us watch it on our smart phones during the meeting? We could also maybe have a competition called "Guess the start time" measured from the Green light to tapes up... And also publish the mean start time averages of the 15 heats in the Speedway Star each week... I also presume the refs now get paid less as they no longer risk their lives pressing a start button for our entertainment a minimum 15 times a night..?
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    Promoters Conference

    What? Not even the electronic random starting system? You are hard to please Bobcat...
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    Oxford Spires 2024

    You won't get weekly Speedway though, and that will be the challenge.. Rain offs will inevitably impact it, as will the SON.. If both teams reach the play offs it will be carnage trying to fit all the meetings in.. Look how hard it is now for both Leagues to finish "on time".. Next season, Oxford will have double the challenge.. If they reach the play offs in both leagues it will be like Workington in their treble season, racing god knows how many tines in that last month.. A disaster for the club sadly, in what was the pinnacle of their history...
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    Promoters Conference

    What difference would that make? It would be the same people running it who are happy to run the sport the way they do now...
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    Oxford Spires 2024

    And if both teams reach the play offs the league wont finish till after the Jubilee cup has been ran!!
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    Oxford Spires 2024

    It is a huge challenge taken on... Maybe they have some big sponsorship to cover any hit at the turnstiles? Of maybe they feel the £100k plus they will get off the TV deal means it will be viable? 8 home meetings a month for the two top division teams would mean around a £200 outlay for anyone wishing to attend all of them.. Some ask given the current pressures on disposable income.. Hope it all goes well, never been to Oxford so will make it hopefully next year...
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