Fortythirtyeight

A club can sign as many riders as it likes but can only field seven. A certain very northern club used to sign around 12, then find out the points limit , and slowly release the excess by telling them “ it’s a points thing “. That way they got the pick early on as other interested clubs got told by riders “I’ve already signed for someone else “ but were sworn to secrecy. Great tactic, till another , very southern club , copied it.

As Havvy revealed in the S/Star…..there is a way around the rules , if you look hard enough ….’ Team Coach ‘ 😂

So it needs a bit of planning but surely its not too much to ask to at least have home fixtures every fortnight ? That way you can cater for the other Friday night teams and fans get a regular race night and still fit the NDL fixtures in.

Why would anybody involved in speedway be given a nationally recognised award for a sport thats been going down the toilet for years ? Whilst certain individuals have given their all within the sport, the likes of Woffinden , not only with 3 world titles but also his charity efforts , Harris, Nicholls etc, they get large financial rewards for it and , lets face it, no one outside of speedway has ever heard of any of them .

Having seen the new fixture list it looks like home matches in May , June and July are as rare as Poole defeats ! Twenty plus days gaps between fixtures ? Hope they fill these with REGULAR FRIDAY Tigers fixtures or they will lose fans.

Speedway GB is an independent business. The BSPL sold the ‘rights’ to it around 2018 as they needed to save costs so they will be self sufficient.

So he was disappointed a rider changed his mind and then he lets a rider go who he had told had a team place ? if true, it works both ways….

Whilst the new split version is certainly questionable from the point of view of using, primarily, the same riders I dont see how you can call it a ‘closed shop’. If a club wants to enter the NDL and can fit a full seasons fixtures in ( which isnt a lot ) then they can enter!

Should make the play offs then

Exactly ! Workington never said they were in ! The BSPL press release ( which Godfrey is head of ) said they were and now blames them for their hesitation when they never ever said they were in having been told , falsely, that other teams would be joining including a certain club in the north. What you read between the lines is your issue, Workington have never said anything so don't insinuate that its their fault.

and you think Godfrey is going to accept blame for the situation ? Workington were mislead on the makeup of the ‘league’ and so took time in considering their options waiting to see if the other suggested team(s) were actually going to join but now someone else has been persuaded to join in so all is right in the speedway world, but you can keep blaming Workington if you wish.

As always you are just fishing for a bite, how sad.

As predicted Workington were not going to take part once they found out the true composition of the ‘ Trophy League ‘. The former Redcar Cubs manager , Kevin Kay, proposed a NJL level mini grand prix series with individual riders competing at each track in full 5 ride meetings to include 125, 250 and 500 levels and a mini version for second halfs to replace the struggling NJL team league as they were struggling to fill the team places but it hasnt been taken up. The kids need something like this and on a regular basis to give them more track time.

You know they did and you also know the promoter paid for it himself, it wasnt a ‘prize’.

Rumour is you can possibly replace the word ‘ Workington ‘ with the word ‘ Mildensomething or other ‘, possibly.

Which Kent can’t do as their riders already ride for the opposition. But you are entitled to your opinion.

The prize is a trophy costing about £30 but you do get to keep it and then disband your victorious team for the next season.

Then it’s just another speedway bodge, basically just an excuse to fill in fixture gaps that have been created by p*** poor organisation and lack of forward thinking. No wonder speedway gets no national coverage and isnt taken seriously but an absolute minority

But isn’t the idea that this NDL Trophy league is for them to get track time to develop into good standard NDL riders who THEN develop into Championship riders ? Not be championship riders riding against novices !

Isnt that the point of this league ? rather than having J.Thompson in the side it should be for the NDL second strings, reserves and newbies.

I didn't say it was there fault, but its speedway and its in the UK . The sport in this country is a mess and spiralling further downwards season by season. Knee jerk decisions with no long term plan and no thought given to the fans. Now we have to try to attract new fans to watch the sport by telling them that this rider rides for THREE teams….and a certain rider who rode in the premiership last season is now riding in a brand new division aimed at novices !

Never ever assume any level of professionalism or consistency with modern day UK speedway, as the cancelled Cardiff GP has just proved.

No one has said they wanted to change leagues, it may well have been they were told one thing and then it was changed. The top table have a habit of ‘tweaking things’ without full consultation. If Workington were ‘misinformed’ of the divisions competitors, and Im led to believe this was the case, then why should they then be bullied into fielding a side in a competition they didn't want to be in ?

Oh well, sign of the times, they have given up on Cardiff with it’s inflated prices and ever lowering crowd. So now we have two days at Belle Vue, hardly the same attraction but at least it’s a GP.

It’s at Oxford as they know they will attract a big crowd even without long distance travelling support so the fund will benefit but I do agree, not good for fans who travel but then fans don't seem to count much these days .